Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-07

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India--State OF the InsurreetiOn.
From the London fines Aug. L.
It's now bellev d, even 10 C4lsu IA, that the In
dian Rebellion is al end, ard thai little Temn ns
to the aecomplishhy our authorities beyond The sup
preston Of bFigandage and there-establishm4nt Of
order. This conclusion is the more s,risipv iBss
much as the Lower Provinces now present tbe Chief
scenes OF disturbances, and we are told ~ the last
! dispatches that Bengal and Caloutia are forhwah
TO be placed ia better state Of defense But il is
evident to alt persons Of observation in India that
the insurreciOn has Os IFS alarming ehaFacsFis Ice
/ and has dWindled from the dimensions If a great
military revolt TO the complexion OF mere local dis
orders. No organized rebellion any longer subsisis
! No leaders, abroad with any military rover MAT
ters seem settling down" said our telegram Of YES
terdsy, SIN all par Of India 0fthe popular chief
some have paid the public % nalty Of their g.ilL
like the Princes Of Delhi; some have been slain 20
be field, ike kOosr Sireh and the Rance OF Jbansi
/ and some have fallen by The hands Of their oW1
/ countTymen, like the M0nvie of LucnoW OF those
who survive not one remains in command Of any
fortress. garrison or cry; few can be said TO
4 be a. large Fefuze Shah, the last OF the MOgul
/ Princes, dsres not quit his hiding place in Dude
while NenaSahib eohceals himself 50 eectua hal
nobody can guess where be IS to be found. Il
doubtedly. however, a remarkable incident Of this
contest that man on whose head has been set
price IN proportion 10 the circumstances
than was offered 10 this country for the arrest Of he
Preender should have escaped capture up to this
moment. FOureeh months have elasped since the
preparation Il his crimes and eleven since the re
covery of Delhi replaced in our position Of con
querors and masters For nearly year, the eiore,
We have not only enjoyed she prestige Of victory,
tn have he'd the command more or less Of the tel
rltories in which this mscreant must have been CO..
ceaied; and vet he has hitherto been entirely sue
sSfui IN GLIDING pursuit Ills hardly certain that
wehaFe ever been his track, though his person q
well kRoWn, and be is fully believed 10 have been
present at Caipse, at Lucknow; and at sreily
The circle, however IL now rapidly closing upon
him and his mpliees They are refreshing TO
the last assylums furnished by wild and half
cultivated territory. Very significant was thai fea
in the late intelligence which exhibited the
! scene Of action, not in city, but in Jungle,
Just nov the Presidency OF Bengsl-rhe grea seat
of the reVOlPreseuis three main divisions Of terri
tory in eOHdiioEs differing msierslly from each
other. One is formed By the country east Dude,
q second by that 70 the vas Of the same province
while that turbulent kingd, NJ itself constitutes
third 10 Is no reflection on our progress that this
ceulral dIsirict-lhe home of the Sepoy class and
the last focus of the revolt-should still b. unsub
dued It's lsndr o'ders, or a feast many Of them
still Withhold their allegiance frem the Brush Gov
erument certain Of lis petty chief are in g4ius
US, aud the province generally Is in state If not Of
active insurreetiOp, a any rae ofcompleie anarchy
Still even here, htld the capital wi a garrison
superior TO AL the leves Of the country and We can
march out of Lucknow, as Sir Hope Grant has gal
lanily shown, with force sufficient 10 quer AMI
disperse any assemblsge Of rebels venturiug upon
stand To the east Of Dude. that is 10 say In The
old provinces Of Babar and Bengal considerable dis
lurbanee is reported as prevailing The troubles,
it is true are merely local aud d not mu h extend
beyond the diner si0ns Of gang robbery and maraud
ing, but the roads are unsafe in places, and the
revOlrers are conducting themselves with great
n, a. n.
tace is striking ThstEast country, comprising re
Districts OF Rohilcund and Delhi, represents the
original Of the rebellion, the scene Of lis frs
outbreak and Of It's most de- Perate struggles l. is
now perfectly Tranquil, well ordered well organized
and we'll controlled When We ask for an explana
ton Of such marvel, We told hat it has been
brought under the administrator Of Sir John Law
renee This division Of territory attached some
months ago, by judieiOus resolution. 10 he Gov
eminent Of the Purjaub, and Delhi in consequences
has become as peaeeable as Lahore
Tie reader should be on his guard against attach
ing too much importance 20 the accounts Of brgand
age sud iresbOOiing which nov I'm the staple OF
Indian intelligence There is probably no exaggera-
ton in the descriptions received but the facts do
not imply any new or dangerous eleme NJ Of political
disorgaBiEatiOn In India robbery has been system
atized into profession, exactly as piracy was on
the shores Of the Baltic Ten centuries ago Whole
tribes have inherited predatory DISPOSITIONS and
caiugs Our Government succeeded TO a consId
cradle extent in suppressiHg such practices though
at one time the freebonteTs, under the name Of
PindsIees, we're organized in such exranriinsTy
strength as II cost the exeTiOns Of q gular
Since that periOdthe country has been omparavely
quiet but robberies BY great organized zang7 we're
sui not uncommon, and We could turn without much
trouble to certain rep rs representing life aud PR
perry almost as secure in Bengal before IN mu
iiuies as they described 10 he BY the last dis
o bitches from Calcutta The suspension Of authority
hn Ia vadf hsan ms nd
ing communities from control. ADD they resumed
their old habits as soon az the pressure which bad
controlled them was wifhiraWn TIE present DIS
rurbances are but an expression Of Indian habits
., a consequence a the rtb Zion The propensity
existed long before the nsurrecioD, bur 70 vas thea
controlled and as Government enters gradually up
On the full exercise Of It's functions il viii be con-
trOhed again
Crusd rirg that a. this time last year at Least
900 well organized so ders we're IN arms against
US, that they had posse sion Of our ehlef arsenal
ami that everything gave prospect OF Protracied
and possibly eheekeIed struggle il is Ger aiuly
prising tina opportunities so extensive should not
have called TO light any one example Of political
military ability in the ranks OF The Insurgents. Not
IN 81 that INN rnse army dld there exit single
IA iv. general Though Iudia is he very country Of
su, es.sful soldiers and hourishiDg adventures Il
comprised besides the PrOdigi0us leyies Of own
raising despersdnes Of all the most promising races
in the world Arabs, Afhans, Malnys Persians--
thsfee anee Oriental service, the ressentves OF
E ,si ern eonauerors sEsrmed By thousands il The
native courts Of the country and yet soldier
of fortune has risen 10 he surface 40 Sivajee No
Hsder Ali, DO Runjeet Singh, not so much even
Dboandiab has appeared % thescene Koopr Singh,
The man killed in the Bahar jungle, is said have
shown The greatest approach 10 military ability; be
other rebel leaders literally worthless; in fact
we hardly known their names A Khan BahadooT
Khan is said 20 have been raised TO the chief
mand at Delhi, and 10 have had his brains turned
by the elevation, bul who led the insurgents at Cal
pee, 81 CaWDpOre. az Gwaor, and at countless O'h-
or scenes Of conflict, We can scarcely tell. If any
distinction has been achieved at all il has been by
women rather than men, by the r NEE Of Jhausi
and the Begun of Dude No LePey, as far as we
have learned has ihroEn more than the capacity Of
a non>commissioned officer Our naive troops have
remembered he words Of command and the evolu
tons Of graud parade; they have retained the i'm
press uf discipline and organization tenac0usy
that regiments and brigades have burg together 20
the las they could 60 through all the forms Of camp
duty, or even fed service, with Chinese fidelity bat
| in their campaigning there no life whatever.
| They never made strategic movement, never sue
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