New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-05

and justice begins once more to be heard. re-
cent debate on this subject in the British House Of
Commons, while giving some evidence OF fhis' al
fords also abundant proof that the Eoshsh. IN the
way ofsuppressirg Indian rebellion, have exhibited
On interruptions ferocity, savage antipathy hardly
outdOte by that of the Sepoys themselves 10
fact, il turns out that the most grievous charges
against the Sepoys-those by which indsnats
was nOst iLfamed against them, both IN ladis anu
Et glaSd-were, after all, not facts, but the mere
inventions of English terror and hatred Inc
murder by the Sepoys Of some OF the wives ana
children Of their English officers was passona'eiy
aggravated in the accounts sent to England by nor
rble details Of mutilatoD, outrage and torture,
which, after having served their purpose OF stmu'
s.ing hatred and antipatby to the highest point 1t
is now discovered never took place. In many
cases the women and children were spared, and
were protected and sent in perfect safety to the
posts and gsrrsons occupied by their friends;
While the stories Of mutlations and fendish out
rsgea, which had for their localities now Delhl aud
now Cswnpore, have, after a strict Investigation
made on the spot failed to be supported by any eVi
dence whatever.
The English, on the other hand, whether the
officeIs AID soldiers actually eogsged in Iadia IN
tie suppression Of the rebellion, or the English
public at home, have MT appe. red disposed to make
the slightest discrimination between the onense ci
numbering women snd children and that of hostil-
ity, proved or suspected, against the English DOM
instioD. Lord Canning, indeed, as the head Of the
IA: n al str uotio
Orsbe to bis humanity, in reference to the treat
ment Of mutneers in which he drew distinction
aud it would seem a very plain one-bet~een
the case of the SepOy who in mutiDy, murdered
or helped to murder the officers and set fire to the
cantcnment,, and that Of him who, after this had
happened, being left without any European officer
to advise or encourage him. yielded to the force OF
example and Joined in the movement These in-
structOns however, found very little response IN
the public sentiment either of the English in India
or the English at home; in fact, they provoked
perfect howl of indignation and it does not appear
that down to this time they have had the slightest
effect upon the conduct of the wsr-if war that
can properly be called, which, so far as the Sc
poys are concerned, seems rather to have the
character of wholesale slaughter and military exc
cution "Let not the people of England, writes
a subaltern officer in published letter which vas
read during the course of the debate, be IN
: the least alarmed at proclamatiOns OF the
Governor. General, or any one else. we 90
"not care one straw for then." Not only is
no quarter given in action, but the whole
tenor of the correspondence sent to England,
and published there with applause, indi ,ates on
the part of the writer's savage passion for blood
A magistrate of Agra is described as hanging men
with his own hands, and then shooting at them
with bis revolver. Another magistrate boasts OF
having already hanged ninety.fve, and hopes the
next day to Dake up the round hundred. Two young
officers shoot a MOhammedan apiece for scowinga at
them, and Court of Inquiry justiies the act In
every village where the telegraph posts or wires
are found injured, the head man is hanged. The
prisoners brought into camp by the natives at
from thirty to fifty rupees head, are hanged, shot
or blown away from the guns. Every Sepoy
without discharge is hung as soon as taken and
not only that, but the same measure of vengeance
is dealt out to every man concealng Sepoy, or
guilty Of having given them food or communicated
with them. 1t would seem indeed, as If the halter
rather than the sword had become the favorite in
strument of the English officers "A lot more
rebels this is an extract from an officers let
ter" were strung up this morning. They are be-
"inp thinned fast. wish the authorities would set
some more of the higher class swinging; it
d" would do a vast deal of good"
late dispatch If Sir Colin Campbell directs
tbs+ tb march of the troops must be deliberate in
order TO afford time to the magistrates to visit
the rebellous villages, AID Ito display to the peO-
s.ple. in On unmistakable manner the resolution to
visit punishment on all those who have, during
the last few months"-dOne what committed
murders. put women and children to death Not
q, sll-"wbo have, during the last few months,
",t aside their allegiance. Wherever a de-
tacbment of English troops appears, bloody asslze,
it seems is held, one village being laid waste after
another and the head men hung in cold blood on the
sole ground that they had "set aside their ale
cispce'-in other words have done something
to favor, or are suspected OF having done some
" thing to favor the reestablishment of the rule
(which the English had overthrown." That the
halter disposes of all who escape death on the field
appears from the significant fact referred to by one
of the parties to the debate, that after war with
a numerous enemy, carried on during ten months
and in which not less than fifty different combats
have occurred, the British, so far as official and
nOn-ofEcisl information goes, are not in possession
of single prisoner, taken either in conflict or after
persut. The very last telegraphic news from India
contains accounts of four actions, in which, with