Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-20
From the Richmond South.


The Fall Of Dclhi-Asqect Affairs In India.
The English papers strangely destitute of details
in regard to the fall of Delhi In another column we
insert the fullest and most authentic narrative of the
event which are able to compile from our foreign ex
changes 1t will disappoint public curiosity for be-
yond the simple announcement that Delhi is taken we
have circumstances of particular interest The as
sault was begun on the 14th of September-ust four
months after the commencement of the siege-and on
the 2Oththe anniversary of the battle of the Alma
the place was IN the possession of the attacking forces
The loss of the British is computed at six hundred
Nothing IS told of the suffering of the enemy That
must be realized by effort of imagination, if indeed
the imagination be equal to the achievement The
address OF the cOmmanderinchef the eve of the as
saut will assist us in the conception, 1t is true he Ell
treats protection for the and children, but he
expressly urges the sOdery to give quarter and to
lnfame their passions for the bloody work be recalls the
atrocities of CawnpOre to their recollection We may
be sure the hint not neglected. The English sol
der never remarkable for clemency. We still read
with Indignation Of his exploits in this country during
the war of 1912. We remember his more recent bar
barties in Finland and at Kertch But then his Zero
city mtgated in some measure by the obligations
OF legitimate warfare. Now he is under such re-
Srant He IS suppresslng mutiny; he is contending
with rebels and with rebels who have aggravated the
guilt Of treason by incredible outrages upon the dom
nant race. He has not only to punish sedtion, but to
avenge the assassination of his comrades the violation
of his women and the cruel agones of his helpless chill
dren Brutal by nature infuriate from of enOr
nous wrongs mpeled to violence by the exhortations
Of their General and enraged by the resistance of six
days asSault-the British army we may well believe,
inflicted reributon upon the Sepoys without remorse
or moderation. The world will never have faithful
narrative of the capture of Delhi for then and there
things done which must not be told to Christen-
DOM We only permitted to know that the carnival
of blood continued for week. and the imagination is
left to fill up the picture of city sacked by frantic
SOdleryOt OF property destroy
ed in the wantOnness of rage of houses pilaged of
women violated, of the anguish of mother the fright of
infants and the cries of men in the agonies of death
| Cawnpore avenged at Delhi with an hundred fold
interest to the day of reckoning.
The capture of Delhi by so small force is not only
an occasion of triumph in England but of surprise and
cOngraulatiOn the continent The French press with
all its envy and suppressed hatred to Great Britain does
not pretend to disguise its establishment at the exploit
The journals Of Vienna still more extravagant in
their admiration of English pluck and perseverance.
One paper in particular takes the capture of Delhi to
be the most wonderful achievement of the age We OBJ
serve with satisfaction that the prestige of England is
restored throughout Europe. Everywhere people mar
vel that she should be able to subdue portentous
nsurrecton in her remOtes province without any asss
lance from the central government for the fall of Delhi
is thought to insure the early suppression of the revolt
The rebels have now no ralying point for their scat
tered forces. The unity of their organization is bro
ken up. They can only dispense themselves over the
country and ee pursuit by the nsgnifcance of their
for time, but they will be cut to pieces in detail
Since the capture of Delhi, Lucknow has become the
chief interest in India. Here six hundred European
soldiers with their wives and children encompassed
by thirty thousand Sepoys under NENA SAHIB So far
they stand the siege with Incompatible fortitude. They
not only hold their own, but in several brilliant sOrties
they have inflicted heavy loss the enemy and repen
shed their exhausted stores. They now in momen
tary expectation of relief The gallant Havelock, re
intorced by Sir James Outram has evacuated Gavin
pore crossed the Ganges, repulsed detachment of Sc
pOys, and cleared the road to Lucknow. He is but
fifty miles from the place, and will undoubtedly reach il
before it falls into the hands of Nena Sahb to suffer the
dreadful fate of Cawnpore.
In England eXultation the fall Of Delhi is
what moderated by two circumstances of evil import
the folly of the government at Calcutta and the deve
opment of mutinous feeling in the Bombay Presidency
But neither of these misfortunes will postpone the sub
jugation Of the Sepoys to distant day Another bat
tie may be fought with the inevitable result of victory
for the European forces; marauding bands will plagt
the country and intercept small parties from the British
army; some difficulty will be encountered in collecting
taxes and enforcing obedience to law ; bu
that Englands ascendency will be established in lnd;
without difficulty, and solid basis than ever
no intelligent person can entertain moments doubt