Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-11-25
VOL. 4.--N0. ID.
BRITISH ATROCITIES IN INDIA.

The London Morning Star says that very
grave statements have been made IN private
and official circles respecting certain transac-
tions at Cawnpore and Dinapore, and which are
supposed to afford an explanation of the late
order of the Governor-General of India in IA
vor of clemency and Justice, and of the strong
accusations made by Gen. 0utram against SOL
diers under his command. These matters cam
not he long concealed from the public. They
point to new maSsacres that have taken place
at Dinapore and CawDpore; but, unfortunately,
the soldiers charged with the more recent
deeds OF horror are English, and not Sepoy.
We viii mention what the statements to
which we refer really are, promising that tho
information we give is derived from reliable
authority.
1t is said that at Cawnpore aud the neighbor-
hood the Queens 18th Regiment put to death
not fewer than ten Thousand people or ac-
cording to another version, killed all the ma
tives they could get at, whether men, women,
or children. At Dinapore, a portion of the
Scpoys, at great personal risk. remained faith
full and refused TO march with the mutinous
regiment; but the Queens 10th, after its en-
counter at Arrah, went to the barracks where
the faithful Sepoys We're and said, ssWhat. are
these black devils to be spared merely because
they have given up their arms !'' Then, amid
curses and imprecations. they turned the un-
armed Sepoys into the barrack yard, and had
killed IA considerable number of them before
the massacre could be stopped. The number
of killed and wounded by this process are va
riously stated, but We hear that nearly half of
the hundred who were taken ont had thus to
| suffer. This, however, is the mildest version
of the Dinapore affair. The bayonet as vel,
as the bullet was used by the soldiers of the 10TH
and one of their victims was woman.
| In The Bombay GQ>efte We have an account
Of the practice adopted by the English army
| in blowing away Sepoys from their guns. 1t
| is mode OF punishment which evidently casts
the wheel, the galows, and the guilotine into
| the shade, and appears TO be accompanied by
mutilating horrors that probably have no par
allel in the whole history Of mankind.
The blowing away from guns is most appai-
ling. After the explosion the grouping OF tho
mems remains in front of each gun was various
and frightful. One man s head was perched
| upon his back, and he WAS staring round as if
| looking Tor Ms legs ana arms All You see at
the time is cloud like dust storm composed
Of shreds of clothing, burning muscle and frfz-
zing fat. with Jumps of coagulated blood
| Here and there stomach or 4 liver comes fall
ling down in a sinking shower. One wretch
ed fellow slipped from the rope by which he
was tied to the guns just before the explosion,
and his arm was nearly set on fire. Whilo
hanging in his agony under the gun, sergeant
applied pistol to his head, and three times
the cap snapped, the man each time wincing
from the expected shot. At last rifle was
fired into the bacl. of his head, and the blood
poured out of the nose and mouth like water
from briskly handed pump. This was the
most horrible sight OF all. l have seen death
in all its forms, never anything TO equal this
mans end -