The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-13


ulting Highlanders, still flushed with the heat OF
victory-Sikhs burning gold and silver tissue and
lace, for the sake of the metals. General Lugard,
seated In the midst OF them, busy giving orders
to group of officers, and first among those came
across was Leith Hay, leaning the javelin of one
OF the Begun state servants, and full of the Incl
dents OF the charge, in which he bore no small part
Tor he was, believe, the second or third man who
entered through the breach in the gateway of the
| column of the regiment conided to his care
Brigadier Adrian Hope, an excellent and gallant
officer, was also there, and he pointed out to me
the narrow window through which he had leaned
! In upon the enemy. How man could have es-
| capped who entered in such fashion, is beyond nv
comprehension. But there were few slain out
right, for the appartiOn of these brawny soldiers
alone unnerved the hands of their enemies MANY
fled at once, and were pursued and shot down in
| the courtyards without offering resisance others
| hred their muskets or matchlocks once made a
wild thrust with the bayonet and ran also:
Others surprised in holes and corners foupbt
with the ferocity of wild beasts One officer of the
95d killed with his own hand IL scpovs, whom he
shot with his revolver sabered in the courtyard
Inc sepoys and matchbox men fed from court to
court towards the Imambarrah and the out-workS
OF the kaiserbagh. Onward went the torrent of
| Slkhs and Highlanders after them. The AID sweep-
ing round by the left of the Palace, came upon A
| neld gun, which they captured. Pressing onwards
they seized serai, garden enclosure of the Pal
ace. Two companies of the 93d, under Stewart.
went too far in pursuit, and came under heavy fire
from loop-hoed wall. A company of the AID. I'M
der prysdae, were led to their succor, and had five
men killed in moment. When they came back
they found, l am told that the enemy had cut off
the heads of their comrades.
The attack, which had been fixed for 3 o'clock
dId not take place till 4.30, ?. NJ, and many
thought that it would not take place at all last
night, in consequence of the lateness of the hour
Az the Begums palace was ours and Sikhs and
Highlanders were rioting amid the mirrored and
many lustred saloons, still filed with magnificent
ShawlS and scarfs and such valuable articles as the
/ nllapa tn ~ Al,
| Hight. These rooms, however, had been for the
most part occupied by Sepoys, and except those of
the Aenana, they were all in a very filthy and dis
! orderly state. Very soon every mirror was shat
tered to atoms, chairs of state were in fragments
and the glass of ustres dashed to the ground so that
the drops and crystals lay like pavement on the
! floors.
Just turning to the left, we were about ENTERING
courtyard when an officer said, ''mind what you
are about! There some fellows hid inside there
and one Of them has just shot sergeant of the g3d
and man of the 10Th" This is as You will have
observed, a mode in which our men frequently los.
their lives in this odous warfare. Soon afterwards
l saw one of these fanatics-a fine old SepOy-with
grizzled moustache, lying dead in the court
sword cut across his temple bayonet thrust through
the neck, his thigh broken by bullet and his stom
ach slashed open, IN desperate attempt to escape
There had been five or six of these fellows alto
gether and they had either been surprised and I'M
able to escape or had shut themselves up in despera
| ton in small room, one of many looking out ON
the court. At first, attempts were made to start
| them by throwing live shell. The use of a bag
OF gunpowder was more successful, and out they
charged, and with the exception of one man, were
shot and baynnettsl on the spot The man who
| got away did so by desperate leap through
window, amid shower of bullets and many bayonet
thrusts. Such are the common incidents Of this
war: We went up to the top of the mosque, upon
the left of the Palace but the fire from the Kaiser
bagh was too near and sharp for one to remain there
without cover,
From eaurt TO court of the huge pile of buildings
we wandered through the same scenes-dead Sc
poys-blood splaShed gardens-groops of eaper
Highlandcrs looking out for the enemy's loop-hoes
more eager groups of plunderers searching the
dead many of whom lay hcaped on the top of each
! other, amid the ruins of rooms brought down upon
/ them by our cannon shot. Two of these were
| veritabc chambers of horrors. 1t must be remem-
bered that the Sepoys and matchbox men wear
cotton clothes, many at this time of year using
| thickly quilted tunics; and in each room there
| were a number of resnis or quilted cotton cover
hds, which serve as beds and quilts to the natives
The explosion of powder sets fire to this cotton very
readily and it may be easily conceived how horrible
are The consequences when number of these sepoys
and nueebs getnto place whence there is no escare
and where they fall in heaps by our shot The
matches OF the men, the discharges of their guns
set fire to their cotton clothing it is fed by the
very fat of the dead bodies; the smell is pungent
and OverpOwcring, and nauScOuS to a drpree-
looked in at two such rooms, where, through the
dense smoke, | could see piles of bodies and
was obliged to own that the horrors of the hos
pital at SebaStopol were far exceeded by what
| witnessed. Upwards of 300 dead were found in the
courts of the palace, and, if we put the wounded
carried OFT at 700, may reckon that the CAPTURE
OF the place cost the enemy 900 men at least The
| rooms of the building round the numerous courts
were, for the most part, small and dark compared
with the great size of the corridors and garden en-
| closures. The state saloon, fitted up for durbars
and entertainments, once possessed some claims to
magniiccnce, which were, however, lying
under our feet in the shape of lusres mirrors pier
| glasses, tables uamoSE sill md coti,
broidered fragments of furniture, marble tables,
| over which one made his way from place to place
with difficulty.
The camp followers were busily engaged in Sc
Letting and carrying away such articles as attracted
| their fancy, shawls, reSdis, cushions, umbrellas
| swords, matchlocks, tomtoms or drums, pictures
looking glasses, trumpets, but the more valuable
plumber disappeared last night. 1t will be long
ere Begun can live here in state again. Every
room and wall, and tower, are battered and breech-
ed by our shot Having seen all that to be seem
and to describe all but torepeat what Ihave
written over and over again, but returned to camp
| omitted to say that among the guns we captured
! here were some very ancient pieces shaky car
riages, and small guns throwing shot two or three
pounds in weight, which tied on their car
riages by rope. There were great quantities of
gunpowder lying about, and the only wonder was
that the enemy could have accumulated such guam
titles of caps and cartridges as were scattered all
over the place. 1t is now determined to advance
by sap towards the lmambarrah through the houses
and enclosures which lie between it and the Begun 5
Palace, most of these, though loopholed in every
| direction, have been abandoned by the enemy. The
troops at the palace were relieved, and Gen. Lu-
CARDS place was filled by Gen. Franks, whose pre-
sent quarters are in the Palace.
LATER FROM INDIA.
CAPTURE OF JHANsI AND koTAH-GREAT SLAUGHTER
Government Tdegraphic Dispatch.
ALEXANDRIA, April 26.-The Madras steamer
reached Suez from Bombay on the 18th inst
On the oath of March the bulk of the army before
Lucknow was proceeding nOrthward to Bareillv,
commanded by Brigadier Walpole. A heavy col
umn, under Sir +. Lugard started on the 9th for
AZimghur, and the remainder continued at Luck
now under Sir Hope Grant.
Sir Hugh Rose reached Jhans on the odd, and
invested the place. The bombardment commenced
on the 25th.
On the lst April, $4,000 rebels, with Is guns
called the army of Pashaw endeavored to raise the
siege, and were defeated with the slaughter of 500
| men.
On the I'd April the town Notifications were cap
| turcd.
On the 9Th the garrison escaped from the fortress
during the night, and by last accounts were being
cut to pieces in their fight, about 5000 having fall
| len. Six British officers killed.
The Rapootana field force, under Gen. Roberts
reached kotah on the 10Th. The town and fortress
were captured on the Both, with very little loss on
our side.
Near Aginseur, on the southeast frontier of Dude
detachment of the 37th, under Colonel Mil
man, had been compelled to retire with loss of
baggage; and on the oath March was shut up
at Azimghur. Strong attachments for its relief
were on their way from Lucknow, Alahabad and
| Benares
The country opposite Benares, and to the north
eastward, continued much disturbed
The Northern Provinces were beingI dsarmed
without resistance
India House Telegram.
BOMBAY, April 9.-The three brgades forming
Sir II. Roses force combined before Jhansi on the
9th of March. The rebels, about $1,000 strong, in
Guiding l,5O0 SepOys retired to the fort, and an in
vestment was made and the seige commenced on
March 2Sth.
On the LIST April a very strong force, under Tan
tia TOgee relative of the Mana, attempted to re-
lieve Jhansi. Without abandoning the investment
Sir H. Rose attacked the relieving army and oain
ed glorious victory, taking Is guns, several ele
plants, and all the camp equpages.