The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-11-07

veil % facts.
The real war. according to Indian
,ssious. has no, vet begun. !, must begin
h. 3,p,en,hes, and end in May, sitter which
month il seems taken for granted mat not
. 10, vili be fred Passing, then, over
H. n,,lia,inary herrors. ;adian politicians
a,s evidently satisfied with the prospects Of
II, var. They think that We shall have
p.eeession Of uumphs, and that next spnng
vAi Ind u holding India with stronger
,,.so Than we ever did before. strangely
sco.vb This conviction belrsys ITSELF at the
vs,v tim, that the arrival oi the hogHsh
mail brings what seems there Is 81 immense
undertaking OF the muiny. We believe
tbs. on this poin, they are mistaken. 'he
sts,smeu,s and estimates inside, 10 or ou'
Of Parliament, TO the best Of our reeo'lee'
ton. amply reflected rom time to tine 'he
latest news from India. II was nobody 3
business here 10 anticipate worse Than was
known, and reinforcement. were desPsieh'
ID. II not quite IS expeciiionsly as 81 The
wo,s, had been known, as exPsdiiioasly IS
ANYTHING is ever done in THIS country.
The military estimate, then. taken AZ I hl'
eutta looks rather to the reserve than to the
forces engaged, aud rather to The sartound'
ing country than 10 the actual seat OF war
Even tho prospect Of feTefses N the pfo'tH'
battl. Rsid. and tho interruption OF cofsinu
.ies,ious docs not seem to concern tnom
A. much as nigh, DO supposed. Vt Cal
ea,,a they are safe. The ARRIVAL OF 'ns
Chinese force, the sight Of the shannon N
their river, the passage OF several REGIMENTS
nm IN. river. aud above all lhe departure Of
Cant. Peel, with four hundred BrItisn sailors
and ten snty>eight Founders, make ine'"
f.el AZ secure As we DO at home. he ar
rival Of Sir Colin Campbell, Commander
in. Chief with real power, replacing er T.
C,sos, who, AS IN Indian officer. had res
spoosbiliiy without power, contributed %
his comfortably feeling Atail events, "a"
tide Of war seemed to be rolling up the
Cangss. and every wave OF 1t "oula af'S'
farther inward the matiaeers OF DinHpofe,
vho have created 80 much alarm; oi Kan
pbur. on the very borders Of Bengal proper
Of Dude, and the whole valley Of the "an'
ees Looking to tho other extremity OF
the disturbed line the state OF things al
Delhi WAS so encouraging that We ielt our
selves justified in calling It the other day.
the bright spot IN our Indian prospects onl
At C.lcatts they were even more sangune,
asd fs!ly expected on the 23i OF August,
that the assault had already taken place,
when il WAS supposed the muiineers would
b. dispersed snd large part OF the besieg p
Ing force would be available Tor tho relief
ofLucknow aud the conquest OF Dude. he
tablss had 10 lar been TUNED on the mutt
meets lhA, time va, IN our iav0r Livery
week was adding several Thousands to our
force. and tho idea Of a sikh iHYasipn Of
N,ndostan under tho British ilag was 80
popular in the Puniab. that there appeared
10 he no limits to the accession OF strength
from that quarter. IL Delhi all was eou>
fusion, d,sseniion, desef,ion, want Of powder,
pescus.ion caps. money mon aud i0od. Ne
king was mrst uncomfortable IN bis guar
tsrs. our artillery having found his tia jesty >
range. Tho Nahomedans aud iiludoos
were quaftelliug for tho use OF The water
tanks. All were greatly discouraged by The
uniform defeat oil the recent soflIes. Ia
chs extremity the question was whittier to
20. whether to consult discretion 10y going
down tho Delhi sile OF the junna, or To
TAX, tho more ys.orous course OF crossing
u. river by the bridge Of boats, aud making
for Dude IN either ease Il would be strange
If we did not follow tbom up, aud inlet that
drskenss ii wills aud streets. As far AS
can be Inferred from the description Of our
camp before Delhi, aud the bodies oi rfrg"
ulsss docking to our aid from the PuujAb,
Cashmere. kumson aud hepaul we are
much better prepared lo open warfare ibar
the garrison OF Debit with no other towof
Of strength than their" Kings name"
The probability is that the more despo'
rate AID deeply committed Of the mnl'neefs,
driven out OF Delhi, would swarm n the
direction OF Oade Il is vain. al this DIS,
tance and this day, to speculate on the fate
OF Lucknow. which be- It we'll or III, Is now
. thing OF the past, Even at Calcutta they
bad had no direct or certain news OF the
garrison, with its precious aud helpless
charge, for whols month, II WAS sgpposcd
that General Uatram wonid attempt to ro-
lave the place by going up the noera or
kUc ssVofuir', Nhsfh 'bihHh ~ - - N'"Hf''f
change OF route, but serves TO show the
time required for the task. But whatever
the result, there will then be simply two
armies in the field. Agra, at least, we AS
sume TO TO safe, as il is no longer mentioned
with anxiety, and it IL said not even to be
Invested Certain points, such rs Alfalfa,
bsA, will then be held Tor military purposes;
but otherwise /; viii be a simple. ordinary
case Of two armies ia Toe Geld, depending
for success on tdeir spirit their numbers
endorsements, supplies and the good will
Of the population. We feel 40 question that
ia sli these points, except, possibly. the
numbers xctg..ly brought into action, we
Fave the hes, Of It. We have all the chief
conditions of success Il viii be- found -
indeed, has already been found that, as we
have said from the first, this is not rebel
lion, or even an insarreclion-h - only
ruutiny. Notwithstanding certain iSogi-
Il our want Of prescicnee or want ol
capacity to comprehend the TACT, ihls is
only = military revolt Inspired by those
causes and motives thai prevail most with
The military character. asgtanditement' loFc
u pluuder and general license. pure rest
lssso.ss. in a word, all lhose feelings mat
haze rendered India sea Of troubles for
theso many centuries. lhetuischiei is al
moe. confined 10 the soldiers, Jules, It be
IN accession Of credit aod strength to their
cause that the criminals they release lrcu
the i.ls and the ruiisns OF every iowa help
than 10 ntniidsr aud dasttnv Bet on the