New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-26


erAisn preference o- ,nti-s' ~ ne d''eaa's. Of ne
dei,cate dsty Of ecn-osi"
VERY good, Indeed. The Hindoo or Sikh is
better disciplined. lees Aievns. rspao'ous THAI
that incompatible model of warrior. tee Brtisb
soldier, But 20 far we have seen tta mdrT1fal
Britoa only employed. Let US now csss > glance
at the B1itsh army "looting" IN its collective
capacity:
livery day adds 10 the prize property. and It IL
estinated that the sales will produce E6c, 900. re
tom of Carnrore 10 SAID 10 BE- FIJI OF "a. piande- o.
Lrckncr and if the damage done to public buildings
the cest,ucton Of private property the deterioration
in vsue Of houses and land, and the results OF depop-
uaticn could be estimated, it would be found thst ne
capital Of Dude has sustained loss Of IRE or SIR nR
hons sferfing
The Cslmuck hordes Of c;enghis Khan and tt
muir, falling upon q city like swarm of locu'ts'
and devouriDg everything that come in their way,
must have been blessing to country compared
with the Eruption of these Christian, civilized
chivalrous and gentle British soldiers. The former,
at least coon passed away on their cratic course;
bat these methodic Englishmen bring along with
them their prize agents, who convert loot into sys-
TEN, who register the plumber. sell it by auction,
and keep sharp lookout that British hero sm
is not defiauded Of title Of its reward.
We shall watch with curiosity the capabilities of
his army, relaxed its dfcipGne is BY the effects
of Wholesale plumber, sta time when the fstigues
of hot weather campaign require the greatest
.trpgeucy Of discipline.
The Hindoos must, however, by this time be still
less at for regular battle than they were at Luck
now but that is not now the main question. 1t
far more important to know what shall be done If
the insurgents, after show Of resistance, again
shift the seat of war, ssy to Rsp,otana, which 10
far from being subdued. Sir Colin Campbell must
leave sarrisors everywhere; bis field army has
melted dswn to less than one.half of the force he
had before Lucknow. Ifhe is to occupy Rohcund
what dsposabs strength will remain for the field
The hot weather is now upon him; in June the
rains must have put stop to active campaign
ing, and allowed the insurgents breathing time.
The lts of European soldiers through sickness
will have increased every day after tho middle OF
April, when the weather became oppressive; and
the young men imported into India last Winter
must succumb to the climate ia far greater numbers
than the seasoned Indian osmpagners who last
Summer fought under Havelock and Wilson. Rohil-
cund is no more the decisive point than Lucknow
was, or Delhi. The insurrection it is true, has
lost most of its capacity for pitched battes but it
is far more formidable in it's present scattered form,
which co0pe,s the English to ruin their army BY
marching and exposure. Look at the many new
centers of resistance. There is Rohilcund, where
the mass of the old Sepoys are collected; there is
Northeastern Dude beyond the Gogrs, where the
Oudians have taken up position; there is Calpee,
which for Che present serves IS point of concen-
tratiOn for the insurgents of Bundlecund. We
shall most likely hear in few weeks if not sooner,
that both Barely and Calpee have fallen. The
former will be of little importance, inasmuch a.
it will serve to absorb nearly ALL if not the whole OF
Campbelrs disposabls forces. Cslpee, menaced
now BY General Whitelock, who has led bis column
from Nagpoor to Banda, In Bundlecuud, and by
General Rose. who approaches from Jhansi, and
has defeated the. advanced guard Of the Calpee
forces, will be more important conquest; 1t will
free Campbelrs base of operations, Cawnpore, from
the only danger menaciDg it, and thus perhaps enA-
bic him to recruit bis ned forces TO some extentby
troops set at liberty thereby But it is very doubt
full whether there will be enough to do moro than
to clear Dude.
Thus, the strongest army England ever concen-
trated on one point in India is sgsin scattered in
al directions, and has more work out out than it
can conveniently do. The ravages of the climate,
during the Summers heats and rains, must DO terri
bic; and whatever the moral superiority Of the
European over the HiHdooS, it is very doubtful
whether the physical superiority Of the Hindoos IN
Drawing the heat and rains of an Indian Summer
will not sga ain be the means of destroying the En-
glsh forces. There are at present bat few British
troops on the road to India, and it is not intended
to send out large re.enforcements before July and
August. Up to October and November, therefore,
Campbell has but that one army, melting down
rapidly as il is, to hold bis own with What If in
the mean time tie nsurgent HindOos succeed in
raising Rsjpootana and Mahratta country in rebel
ion1 What if the Sikhs, of whom there are $4,000
in the British service, and who claim all the honor
of the victories for Themselves, and whose temper
is not altogether favorable to the British were to
rise
Altogether, one more Winters campaign. at least,
appears to be in store for tho British in India and
that cannot be carried on without another army
from England.
The long negotiation for the purchase Of what
little private land remained on Wards Island has
been completed, and the whole island is now public