New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-31
INDIA
sIATE Or TpE INsuRRECHON.

Rebellion Z. e. en., s:1 TIA. H.,ie reL.,us 70 bs
accomplished BY os- Authorities beyond The snppres
ZION oi tIssn1 1sge ssc iae rent ot osaef.
Tbs conci5sisr IS tie more stIAog, iass Iusa s. the
Lower Provinces present he cLi-i >ce-es o. li-
;uEbanee, sui ne ETe tod BY tAe ~, -
ps.c5ts that Bergsl snG CscEls. are forthwith - oe
placed IL better .t.e Of GsfeHs.. bl- II : sV'deE1
20 al persers OF oo.es.on IL lids, t1as the ;1suF-
e3uon ice. ts .lsrIncg clsrsctsns;c-, A'd las
cginoed from the dimensions % gres, m,ltsry re-
vo; 20 the complexion q mere local cis rd=Is. NO
organized reoel.ion say .orger seb.ts No e 'der
65r0se Win sry z ltery p)FsE. Iet,Sis seem sell
.rc donr.' ssii cur telegram Of yesterday " N all
pats CT lids" Of the popular c-iets, sore nave
paid tne public penalty Of thet gut, Ike the Princes
Of De.h; :, asye been ;lsil IL the us.d Ike )oer
Sirgh srd tne RsIee Of Jhsrsl; sai some nave ALLEN
by ,he "a "a OF then VI country -r, Ss t1e u oc
we CT Lucknow. OF thoe VINO surglve, 10. one re-
sire snd Of sny fortress garrison or city few
esad 70 be g, lsge. fsroze Sash ;he ast OF
tre Mogul Princes, dGres Iot Ql. his nltirs pace
IN Oude, while Nens Sshib corcs.la himself , etee.
Tally that rcbody can guess where he J. To oe t)nnc
IL i uroC ubiedy, however, remarkable incident o'
ttis cOntett that On whose head IA been set
price - le.ge- IN proportion p the c-Cg instances than
Nss offered 10 til connry for the arrest OF the Pc
tender sbo1d have escsped capture up 20 this no
eDt. Fourteen monIas have elapsed since the per-
petrslon Cf hs crimes and eleven sIce the recovery
OF Delhi replaced us IN our pCs) OF conltero's aad
masters. FO- nearly yesr, Therefore, We hsye not
OILY erOyed the presge oi victory but have hsd the
connsnd more or lees, OF tue territories Il waeh this
'scrssnt must have beer c)nces.di 6nd yet lie has
hitherto been entirely successful in egdiDg pursu.
II is bsIdly certain that We nave e'er beer on Es
track though bs person ! well known, snd ne = uiy
believed Il been pre- sent 81 Capee, a. LlcSno@,
and st Bareiy. Tee circls, however, ls loE rapidly
clos.og upon aim and MS aecouplces. lney are re-
treating q the lsst esyuns furnished BY s S.t and
hslfcutiystsd territory. Very significant was that
feature ia tie l.te Intelligence snich EXHIBITED the
seere Of seton, not il CITY, but in 2 Jungle.
just now the Presidency Of Bengal-the gre.. sest
OF the revol;-pressnts three main divisions o. te.r-
tory in ditoIs differing materia from eac5 oner
One s formed by the couatry eest OF Oide, sec md
by htt 10 the Test o. the same provioce, while hst
turbulent Kingdom iIseli constitute, tard II no
reflection on, our progress thai this central district
the home OF the SpOy class ard the sst focus OF the
revolt-shouId si be unsubduod. Its lsndhoders, or
a. least many OF then, still withhold their aleganc
! from the BFitish Government, cetsn OF its petty
chiefs are in arms sgaint us, sad the province gen.
orally is in state If not Of sctive insurrecon, a. any
rate Of complete anarchy. Still, even here, We
| hold the capital with garrison sup9nor TO ell
the leyies O. the country aud We can march out Of
| Lucknow as Sir Hope Grant has gallsnty shown,
with force sufficient to conquer and disperse any
essemblage of rebels yentuiiDg upon stand. 10 the
east Of Dude that n TO say, 10 the old provinces OF
Bahar and Bengal considerable disturbance isreported
a. prevailing. The troubles, II i true, are merely
local ard do not much extend beyond the dimensions
Of gspg robbery sCd msraudng, but the roads ere un
tsie places and the revoltera conducting them
selves with great ferocity. To TIE west of Dude,
however, the spectacle ID striking. That vast country
c9mprisirg the Districts OF Rohilcund and Delhi,
oi lis fist outbreak and OF its most desperate srug
g.es. II is perfectly Tranquil we'll ordered, well
orsenized, aud well controlled When We ask ;or an
explanation of such marvel are told tlat /, has
beer brought under the administration OF Sir John
| Lawrence. This division of territory wa attached
soms months ago, by g judicous resolution, TO the
Government Of the Put suo, and DELHI In Consequence
| b6s become ss peGceeble a. Lshore.
The reader should be on hi. guard sganst attaching
| too much importance 20 the accounts Of D:gandsge
snd reebocUrg which cow form the staple Of Iniisn
| intelligence. There s probably TO eXsggera,i0n in
the descriptions received but the facts do not imply
sny new OF dangerous element OF political disorgsn
zaton. In Irois robbery has been systema,zed into
sprofetsion, e1sctyss piracy was on the shores OF
the Baltic ten centuries sgo. Whole tribes nave IN
herlttd predatory dispositions srd csllDgs Our Gov
| eminent succeeded 10 cons dersbe extent in sup
pressing such practices though AZ ole time the iree
boCters, under the name of Plndarees, were organ
zed IN such extraordinary strength ss 10 cost US the
| exertons OF regulsr war. Since that period the
country hes been comparatively quiet, but robberies
by great organized gangs were still no. uncommon.
and could turn without much trouble Ia certain
ports representing life ard property almost insecure
IN Bengal before the mutnies they described TO
be by the last dispatches from Calcutta The suspen
| sor OF authority ensuing upon the late revolt re-
lleyed these msraudng communities from control, and
they resumed their old habits the pressure
which had controlled them was withdraw. The
preseLt disturbances are but an expression OF lnden
| habits, not consequence Of the rebellion. The pro-
peney existed long before the lnsurrsclon but II was
then controlled, ard as Government enters graduslly
upon the full exercise OF It's functions 1t will be
| tfolled sgsin.
| Considering thst a. this tire last year a. le ,st
10000 well organized soldiers were in arms sga1s,
us that they had possession OF chief arsenal and
that every thing gave prospect of a proracted and
possibly checkered struggle, il is certainly surprising
that opportunities so e1teT sive should not have allied
TO hght any one example OF political military ability
IN the ranks Of the insurgents. Not in all ths. inn.
| merse army did there exist single native general
though India is the very country Of successful -
diers and flourish rg sdventurer-. II COMPRISED be-
sides the prodgious levies of raising desps
isdoes Of oil the most promising races IN the world
Arabs, AfnsIs, Masys, Psrsans-ths free lanc,s II
Oriental service, the representatives Of Eastern cor
querors swsrrned by thousands in the native OF
me country, and yet lot soldier OF fortune hss
| risen 10 the surface. No Sivsjee, 70 Hyder All,
| no Rurjeet Singh, not much even ss Dhoondlsh,
mas appeared on the scene. kooer Singh, the man
killed IN the Bahsr Jungle s said TO have shown the
greatest spprosch TO military ability the o:he rebel
Leaders literally worthless in fact we
hardly know tner names. A knsr Bshsioor
kHAN H sald 10 have beer rs.ed TO the
chiet command al Delhi and TO have hsd
bis bIans turned by the elevation but who led the IN.
surgents at Calpee, at Cswrpore a. Ggalor, and al
countless other scenes of ic can scarcely tell
Any distinction has been achieved at all it has been
by women rather than men, by the Rance Of Jhansi
AID the Begun Of Dude. No Sepoy as far as we
have lesrted has shown more than the capacity Of
noI.oOmmssioned officer. Oar native troops have re.
membeied the words Of command snd the eyolutions
Of grand parade they have retained the impress of
discipline and organization tensco ously that regi-
ns nts and brgades have hurg together 70 the las,
they could 90 through al the forms Of camp duty or
field service With Chinese f1eity, but il their
campaigning there was no life whatever. They lever
made strategic movement, never succeeded II al
s:ssuli, scarcely ever repeled one. They could not
keep stone walls sgsirst attsck. They neld
Delhi ony til our heavy guns had come up 10 effect
breach-Lucknow lot so long-Gwslior the strongest
fortress in India rot at al. Left d themselves and
dem sd of fhsfr hsr 81,