The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-10
The Revolt In India.


The Revolt I'm India.
| We yesterday published few extracts from prI
vate letters from India some Of them detailing tn.
most horrible atrocities by the natives. and other.
the hairbreadth escapes and terrible sufferings Of
the Europeans. The following passages occur in 9
private letter from civil officer Of the govern
ment, dated Allahabad, June 18th:
When we could once get out of the fort we were
all over the place, cutting down all natives who
showed any signs of opposition we enjoyed these
trips very much, so pleasant il was to get out OF
that horrid fort for few hours. One trip Ell
Joyed amazingly: We got ON board q steamer with
gun, while the Sikhs and fusileers marched up
10 the city we steamed up, throwing shot right
ana le1t TIL we got up to the bad places, when we
went ashore and peppered away with our guns
my Old double barrel that brought out with ME
bringing down several niggers so thirsty for ven
geance was L. We fired the places right and left,
ana tue narnes shot up to tho heavens as they
spread. famed by the breeze, showing that the
day OF vengeance had fallen on the treacherous
villains.
The wicked 9Th had marched out on the eth.
ieaylng two guns, and Musselman had set him
sell up in the city, calling himself the agent of
the klng OF Delhi. and calling on all natives,
iiludooR and true believers. to massacre all Eu-
ropeans and many poor fellows who had been hi
oing, ieil into his hands and were murdered.
At last, when rcinforcements came up, we all
marched out drove the insurgents out Of the city,
TOOK possession of it and the STATEN where we re-
nlained ever since in the collectors house, about
t~ehIy OF u.s. others in the pucks (brck built
houses that were not burnt aud the Fusileers and
osth VueeIs in the church
clergyman writes from Bungalore, under date
of July A:
u hno~ from the very best authority that the
1anomedans are plotting at this place but whether
lhey care rise will depend on how things go on in
otner places The events of the next three week. q
ulOmpntnHa Mad 81. \
ooen intense L believe, too, that the fears are rea
,T Hs; we nave at Bungalore strong force and
'r 1l,e Madras sepoys have hitherto proved loysI-
ali on oo eums'ance ID our favor. We allow
M pu, regiments to have their women and children
win lhem IN their lines whereas in Bengal the S.,
poy ieaVes his wife in his village and il allowed 70
'isl' ner ior certain period every year Our sys
tenn, doubtless. is great check on the senoys Va
they knew that in the event of their rsip~ t1a;..
lahiiies are In our power, but the Bengal ldiers
| can roam at will e 'uei .
Inc gallant conduct of Lieut. de Ksntzon. Of tba
sth bengal native infantry, at Meerut when M q ~
early day portion of his regiment mutinied. is
| mentioned. The following narrative of the mart ba
| took, is from his own pen: ~ $40
| was returning from accommodating, when in.
formation was brought me that Eve troopers of tina
| Ith light cavalry were coming along the road -
An immediate pursuit of course ordered by
me, and my thirty troopers tore away at full speed
after ME. was just coming up to them and had
| already let drive among the numbering villain,
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| armed with swords and some with csrbines A
| smart fire was kept up at distance of not more
than 25 yards. What could 80 do against 200 rec,
ular troopers, well horsed and armed, particularly
when walked into by the bullets of 100 Of the in
| fantry?
| ordered retreat but my cavalry could not gel
away from troopers mounted upon good stud bret
horses, 80 We were soon overtaken, and then com
menced the shindy in earnest; IL troopers sur
rounded me; the first, Mahommedan priest,
shot through the breast just as he cutting IN,
DOWN this was my only pistol, so was helpless Al
regards weapons save my sword; this guarded Of
| II swinging cut given me by No. ., as also another
by No. 3, but the fun could not last. / bitterl,
| m0urned not having q couple of revolvsrs for
could have shot every man. NV sword was GU
| down, and got slash the head that blinded
me. another on the arm that glanced and only tool
a s:i:e of. The third caught me on the side bu
| also glanced and hit me sideways | know moi
how | escaped God only knows, as II against
| one were fearful odds, especially as was mounted
on a pony bare back. Escape however. did, anG
| after many warm escapes too numerous to mention
| got back here. IA of my brave fellows were
killed, four wounded, six missing; total "a, out OF
| 49, Good odds, WAS it noty
| Another letter says:
told you how galantly our Madras Pusileers-J
$ regiment-have behaved; 100 men of them
under Col. Neil, killed $50 mutineers. saw let
| ter from of the officers yesterday He saw,
that no imagination can depict the scenes ho wit
messed when he arrived at Benares. The whole OF
the Bengal officers were paralyZed with terror anu
astonishment; SO Colonel Neil assumed command
| and proceeded to tho most summary measures cut
| ting off whole regiments. All the ladies were
crowded into room, with wounded and dyinQ
| men, and from the sight that greeted his eve wa.
a row of galowses on which the energetic Colonel
was hanging mutineer after mutineer as they
were brought in. After restoring some little or
der at Benares, on went the gallant fusileers to
wards Allahabsd; thermometer 100 deg 80 and
even 40 mile marches; no supplies to be had; liv
ing on flour and water.
An officer writing from Alahabad says:
You can have no idea Of the awful weather and
of our sufferings from the heat; We sit with wet
clothes over our heads but the deaths from sun
stroke continue large; the dreadful scourge cholera
has also broken out and we have lost already Il
! fighting men. We buried % three nights ago a,
one funeral, and the shr eks of the dying wer
something awful; two poor ladies who were living
over the hospital died, believe, from fright We
have now got about 400 men outside the fort, and
| the disease is certsinly on the decline. All thu
| village people ran away, and one who had worked
for the Europeans these murderers killed SO if thu
| population was to a n.an against US, we shoulC
| stand but a bad chance poor baker was founC
with both his hands cut off, aud his nose slit be
| cause he had sent in bread to us. l need not sa,
| how anxiously We all look for a large army from
| England. We can hold our own well enough til
it arrives but India never in such a mess, anc
| put it in order again. The Bengal army is toss
dras and Bombay; one single mischance, and thos.
| two armies follow.
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