The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-01-07

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BEFORE TIE CAPTURE.
sLxLA. Sept. Ia.
! my Ows PRECIOUS MAMMAL really hope
ana pray that before close this letter may be
| able 10 tell you that Delhi has fallen. II Is i'm
! possible to describc the intense anxiety we
have been in during the last week. and still are
/ IN. God IN his mercy grant that my precious
husband may be spared Mrs. sibey and are
/ fellow sufferers, as It were both our dear ones
are at Delhi. You shonld see, or rather ii would
I pain you TO zee. our anxious faces when the
| dAk comes in and we are waiting for Our let.
/ tiers. Ifl- last week we have been more than
usually anxious. as it is the week that the siege
/ train from FerozepOrc arrived al Delhi and
/ the regular bombafdmen, commenced. II be.
gan on the 9TH. and all seems going on well.
/ thanks be to God. Two great bastions, the
( Moree and Cashmere, would not know each
other, George says; they are in ruins. | ex-
I pect George went 10 bring the siege train ill.,
lie wrote from kbei, twenty miles from Delhi,
TO Ine. and said, "iierc am /, following that
| blessed siege train. which Is seven miles long, q"
The assault, think. viii have taken place yes
terday tsuudayD We shall not hear, fear
III tomorrow; perhaps We may get the tee
graphic message to-day. and God grant il NAV
hearted soldiers before Delhi and given us vic
tory.
II esteTday morning, coming out of church
We we're told by several people ''Delhi /, taken
Delhi is taken.' You, darling one, will imagine
our feelings on hearing this happy news. We
went down to the reading rooms, and Mr. Up
pefton, Of the 18th. kindly, knowing our in
tense anxiety. went in to ascertain whether It
was true. He came out, and said, AYES, il Is
quite true; Delhi is ours; the Killed and wound.
cd IN Our sb'e amnunte. to 400. and Of The
enemy 5000 Capt. Campbell told me that he
heard II from man who had seen the tee
graphic message from Barnes to Lord William
Hay, who IS the Deputy Commissioner here
4 Col. Blair, who is here, said before Mr..
Silley. 81 heard the sa.utes. and saw the blue
lights" The blue lights were 20 he the signal
OF Delhis fall. Well went home. and i'm.
msdiately rat down. and wrote To Lord VIM
Hay, myself asking him if there were any
truth in the report, aud this the answer got
back -
"'DgAR MIS-. B.-The report il wholly false
The person who originated il ought to be pilio-
ried. only wish hal him here.--l ours SIN
ceTey. WI. HAY
Short. and TO the point: but we were very
indignant, a. he also seemed TO he. at ANYBODY
spreading such false report. We have quite
enough 10 bear without false reports.
Now il hear Delhi has fallen We shall hard
~ believe II. oh, how very thankful shall We
be when this weight has been mercifuily taken
from "a Ever since May the lie OF terror We
have lived in india would be hard to describe {:
never knowing in the plains the night we sht
I have to fly ;or our lives. Sometimes al Lahore,
/ when the doves began too coo. when the guard
was changed, It sounded Just like the distant
[ hum of au advancing multi,ude. Every nigh,
almost. when went to bed. used to zee that
some Of the ehdren's things. which they woul,!
require IN ease Of flight were thrown all ready
TO he ~natehcd up in an instant: and We have
lived even IN dread OF our own servants, not
/ that We have had any cause 10 do 80, tor both
Mrs Sibeys and my servants have behaved
/ very well. but still we have felt thoroughly IN
IN their power their feet have been on our
neck. completely. Fancy our ki'mutgar, o.
table servant, here telling little erl, vi course
meaning i to be repeated to !nauiml, that her
mamma would soon be obi gci 70 go and grind
! corn FOR ticking Of behi's horses. Daring
the NJ uharram. the Mussuimsn's yrea, festival
We were III great dread of a distut banee. ba,
I God mercifuly heard aul Answered our praS err
for peace and for safety. for al passed Oh A.
/ 0nietlyas possible. We were truly thankful
when II was al over ETery precaution had
/ been taken ~ case ui disturbance: picqtlet-
+ were stationed all bout. lou viii see all the
horrors that have been perpetratcd Ia the pa
per>, We never see them now, and perhaps Il
: "a we'll we DO not. Fancy a poor sergeant
. major family being buIutla boxes. at Gavin.
pore ihiak. The ruiIilns first kjied the father
and mother, cutting them W into bis. aud
forcing their iIc>h down their poor children
itroats and then burn, them. Poor lafy
Hayes feel sorry for he's great lo... He
. with party Ct three OF ioNr gentlemen, aud
with regiment of OHde IRE. llars. went Gu,
TO ,Gie: tie Grand Trunk Roa !. The regimen
behaved quite quietly until they were mile,
away from environments They taen mn.ed
atciy sho' their commanding officer, Captain
Barber, They cut ~ the head Of poor Mt. Fab
rex 10 tAa act oi drinking water al well. Cap
tain Have. beng political character. vs..
taken into the nearest station. See:,norc, q
mock trial was held over him. and he was hing
the other officer. Mr.. shepherd escaping vi
poor Cant. Hayes charger, which baJ got loose
ana run away. rh.s saved biz lI'e, with God
blessing. This j. an account OF ;hi~ tragedy, an
{ believe j. !, true.
Sent T..
God las Incredibly b!ss-cl De-. o... d, erAa,
inc ti, victory and success. o.. '... F., ere ir
-.d. Delhi. No time for more. ioG WI >ec
a. details IN tie paper. Thank Gcd, George :.
mcrcifvlly spared rs yet. ! hass leca in too
great agony and suspense 10 write Love tc
al, dear oaes Your own child. INA u"
AsEAR rrE CARR gg.
SNLA, Sept. p.
MY nuS D,8arNC MAMA: I am writing
wiki almost the t1li idca Ma; this letter wi
mover reach Won. aHA am afraid nv last tive
letter. have never reached yon eilher. Tn
last msil that came % ! never got your letter
and feel 80 -al aul sorry about Il tia, one 81
vrrr dear ictters should be missing bot il J,
~ji worse nv letters not getting To you. foi
yurr anxiety must DC fearful. IN the last lett
/ told yea that our troops had made the assault
aaa La1 sui uto Delhi, with God blessing
he, after the mail hai been gone some few
day4. our troops had possession cf that mise
r4bje place The rebel, had evacuated thei,
stronghold, tie palace. and 49, en- troops GOT
possession of IL without Further h,0odshcd.-
Tee los OF lite IN the assault was fearful, both
among men and officers. Ny brave husband
va. IN the thickest. believe. having replaced
Major Tomb-. whose battery. o. rather the
p,0r men had been feariuily cut M (oat o. 81
nlcn he lost SOL George had 10 relieve him
aud with Gods mcrcall protection. escaped
without even q wouad, praised b. God tor all
hi, mereies TO W. All f.g having heard and
answered ny prayers for ny precious husband
safety MAY God continue Ms percie. TO ~
and spare hR, that We may together devote
ogT i'ye- 20 IL, sersIee. lou will w0a5e,