The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-31
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| the @oth OF Novr.. from o cruise Ia the South pl
clfic. While the vaudalia was At oyolu, In th
fsiee Islands, Information vas commuu a Gated Il
Commander Sinclair, by the Consul at Levaka
that the inbabitants Of Lnmati, on the Island o
Wsya-a tribe Of ferocious caunibsls-had sur
prised small vessel, and murdered, cooke,
und eaten the crew. The San Francisco Time
gays:
Therenpon, an expedition, consisting Of GO m.n
was ttes out. placed 10 charge OF Lieut. CsId we'll
with Lieut. Ramsay of he Marines assistsnr Snr
geon lrist ami Mast:r's Mate Bartlett, and sen
| murderers, and taking advantage Of q strong po
siion, 20 town situated on top Of a high mountain
eo lee. above the level Of the sea- defy the par
hight on the mornng after reaching the Island ID
after most tefiRuing march OF several hours ovel
aecnvlties precipices. rocks, and through ravines
the expedition arrived opposite the town. A lons
bait wss made 70 refresh the men, who were alnos
prottrated by their exertons.
After res,inR, the town was assaulted and carried
| by hank movement. the natives fleeing to rms
rocks and fastnesses; the town was nearly destroy
| co, II houses having been fired aud Consumed -
On the return Of the expdfiion they attack cd
IN the most furious manner in one of thu ravines
loss, aftera severe action of about one half hour
the natives losing nearly fifty in lied and wound
cd including two Of their principal chiefs.
The Americans han SIX wounded, one man yery
severely: The seamen and marines behaved ia rlt
most gallant manner. The anomaly of their stu
at.on (attacking powerful and courageous noun
tain tribe in their fastaesses) not moving the,m
eAcept, perhaps to more steady and daring con
Duct. The tribe has been taught severe Ie.son
ana one that viii MT be los. the tribes in their
vicinity. The Americans murdered and eaten wers
Louis Brewer, prussian. natnralized, and Henry
Homer. OF rev York
TIE DUrcHEHY AT CAwNpoRE--Ne,y DeceIosme,ts
The special correspondent Of the London Time,
has obtained q statement of the massacre at Gavin
pore, from a native Christian named Fitchett. who
was a musician in the city at the time of the oc.
ourrence. The account is the only one yet sub.
lisbed which gives q history of the actual execn.
tion OF the British ladies. 1t was rumored that
the British were advancing OF the place when
Naps Sahib gave orders for the massacre. Tb.
narrative says:
There was some difficulty about getting, instru.
to save themselves from the dsfement of blood
the infantry were equally aYerse to the taskwbut
at last soldiers of the 9th Native Infantry
cmp-led TO 90 inside WITH orders TO fire on the Door
helpless crowd They fred in the air or did So T,
tie harm that it was evident the views of the assas
sins could not be accomplished in that manner -
They sent into the town therefore, and the Sowsrs
brought cut two Gt the common butchers of
miserabis gipsyike caste, AMI yiaiytee.
who were armed with hatchets aud luiwars
snd ordered to 20 in and Kill every soul in tbs
watched By the Sowars outside. 1t was 8 long and
dreadful butchery: Fitehett who was near the
closure sbout $50 p Nj and that it WAS 10 p M
before they came ont to announce that their work
vas accomplished. Once. no says, a butcher ap-
peared with his sword broken Ia two received n
sabre from one Uf the Sowars. aud returned TO con.
tinue his hellish labor. The Mana in the hotel
cl athand, when he heard tn Mt all were desd
hs oVdera that The doors should be closed Tor
ths night. and guaras put over Ibe place. That
nighttte Mana save nRutch-a kind of dance and
baltic his friends.
kariy in the morning of the 18th, the Mana gave
orders that the doors should he opened and al.
tae bodies inside should be flung into the well With
III the !npound; but, as il was far TOO small to
contain so many bodies, il is probable that some
were dragged away to ether places or were thrown
into tie GanGes. On the 10Th, Fscheit fled with
his new friends to futteghur. AID here occurs a
h- frequently Saw Miss Wheeler the daughter of
the General at Fntteghur, and that she travelled
with n Sowar, who had taken her from Gavin core
nay more that he sas shown into the room where
she uas. aud ordered TO rear extracts from Eneish
newspaper, which ths rebels received firm Calcut-
translatiug the news, in which. particularly thai
relating to tho progress of the war in China they
took great irtsrest She had horse with an Epg-
lish side saddle which the Sowar had procu I'd or
her, aud she rcdr close beside him with her face
veieJ, along the line of march When the British
appr0acie Fatt hxur orders were sent to the sew.
ar to g'se Miss Wheeerup. hut he escaped with her
at night, and it il supposed he went with her 10
Capee In that CAGE 1t Is not at all i'm protable that
the unfortunate young lady may be still alive mos
ing about with Tantia Topre, and that we may
rescue her from her unhappy fate Theirs is a. 9th
Christian halfca.te still alive who became
= MaboMetap at the same time and urdar
the same CiTcum stances as Eitcbett, in EUR
.uit OF when the authorities are now most
busiiy engaged, Line upon liue, here little an,
there little, we shall soOe know nearly all that
can be known about that 'bloodiest record in the
book of timao