The Nevada Democrat., 1858-03-03
The Indian srutinies.
Corrsspondencs Of the London Times.


CALCUTTA, November e.
Speculation is rife ss to the future policy Of
the rebels. They are somewhat premature, ~
it is not absolutely impossible that Sir Colin
Campbell may be shut up ss Sir Henry Have
lock was, but the tive plans attributed to them
deserve notice. According TO one opinion
they will, on the fall of Lucknow, diEperse, seek
shelter in the four hundred forts with which
Dude 10 studded, and there maintain desult-
ory war. According to another, they will dis
psrse, outmarch as, as they have always dsns,
and penetrate by dstachnenta into Central In
dia. In that pestileHt nest Of rajahlings, new
abs, chiefs, Independent zemindars, and titled
vagabends Of every kind, the materials ofinsur-
rsetiOn are ready to their hands. They will be
able, tso, to raise the Bombay army, sheHld it
be at heart disloyal, and in the very heart of
the Continent, protected by Thousands Of square
miles Of jungle, by the absence Of roads, and by
their distance from eur trus bass-the sea-
they may maintain themselves for msnths. II
is of course impossible to predict what an
AsiAtiO will do, his usual line being 10 adopt
the course most opposed 10 his sbvisus interest
Fer myself, heWever, believe the second Opin-
ion the more probable. OKs thing is certain
the majority of the Sspoys disbslisve the fall OF
Delhi. The Kotah regiments mutinied in con-
sequence Of that belief The 32d Native Infant
ry considered the story an invention. The Sc
poys at lie here laugh at the assertions Of Gov
ernment. Even the men at Barraskpore doubt
and ask travellers. The unfortunate mistake
made with respect TO the King deepens the prev
alent impression. 1t would appear that the in
struetiens issued by Mr.. Colvin, though long
since been cancelled, are still obeysd at Delhi.
The life Of the King, therefore, was guaranteed
aud he has been permitted to keep q retinus,
and to insult English officers by ordering them
to take their hats off in his presence. Ofcourse
every native believes that the English dare net
punish even the man who deliberately gave up
their wives and daughters to dishoaer. The
youngest son of the King, moreover, q man Of
l8-equivalent to 80 in Europe-has been de-
clared innocent, and rides about Delhi on an sl-
ephaRt, attended by tive British officers. Can
you wonder chat the European seldiery are halt
frsnzed?
THE KING AND QUEEN OF DELHI.
A private letter, dated at Delhi Palace, New
l6, in the Times says:
ave have seen the captive King and royal
family they arc in ruinOus little rooms In one
Of the gates of the Palace The old King locks
very frail, and has q blank, nxsd eye, as Of one
on whom life is fast closing. He, certainly, is
too old to be responsible for ahythng that has
been dene. With his sons much more guilt may
lie ; some have been shot, as you must have
Aenug pOhV utw wv 0htuheus 1he yOuukSbb Fun
we saw looking like Is, they say Is, bold and
coarse to lookist. He is the only child Of the
Queen. With her some Of eur ladies have had
a long interview. They found her seated on
common eharpoy, (bsdstsl,) dressed in white
cetton clothes, withTew 4hd very trifng orna-
ments-all her grand thiAgs having been taken
from her. She is described as short and stout,
above 30 years OF age, with = round, animated
face, net at all pretty, but having very pretty,
little plump hands she was cutting bstelnut to
eat with her pawn. Some thirty females, rela-
tives and menials, surrounded hor. She profes-
ses the utmost horror OF tho Sd Cavalry, to
whom she traces her msfortunes. She says the
King was helpless TO sentrol them, and that
when their arrival had placed Delhi in rebellion
against u.s. they were 90 ready to rob her as any
one else. She says the mutineers did rob the
palace, and that all her jewels were only saved
by being buried. She does not seem to blame
us for their present captivity she understands
the necessity for inquiring into guilty or inno-
cent parties but she did not seem to assert the
Kiag's innocence as much a. her own. She said
he had been in the hands of bad people. There
appeared to be frightful rivalry among the We
men; it 10 said she criminatsd the sons Of form
or wives, she being the last. Her sister is rep
resented a. being much better looking than her
self, and has q daughter Of thirteen married to
the Kings youngest son, already mentioned,
and reputed very beautiful. Our ladies describe
her as having superb large eyes, and a most
beautiful little mouth, but her face otherwise
too fat and full Seine Of the wsmen told them
they had English women and children in the
palace after the massacre, in hope Of preserving
them, but that the mutinsers demanded them
and could not be resisted. They say the Sc
pOys complained that the King was feeding En-
xlishwomsn daiatiy while he only gave them
grain for food"