New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-07
The Massacre of Casvnpore--ExtraordIna
Developments.

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We give the snbjoined interesting though somewhat
questionable narrative Of incidents in the memorable
massacre at Cawnpore, gathered by the special cor
stated be true is only another proof that there is
soul Of goodness in things evils for even the much
abused Sepoy refused to obey orders leading to butch
cry and death. The narrative is as follows:
As time rolls on and the events Of 1857 become his
torca the details of the dreadful scenes enacted at
Cawnpore, Delhi, Futteghur and other places, which
must ever sound sadly and horribly in English ears,
are brought before Us clearly and can be viewed
more distinctly If not calmly The narrative of
Mrs Murray may be regarded fiction founded on
fact the former being the work of the ingenious gen
tleman who !. put her narrative into shape Bnt
there is now in course of investigation the story of
another survivor and eyewitness of the massacre of
lCawnpore. Some time ago halfcaste Christian
named Fitchett presented himself for admission into
the police levy before the municipal authorities at
Meerut The usual inquiries into his character led to
the development Of his tale, which is as follows
4 When the mutny broke out he was musician in the
band Of Of the native Infantry regiments at Gavin
PORE and in the general he saved his life by
i proclaiming that he would become Mohammedan,
which he did by easy process almost on the spot
He remained in Cawnpore, and was enrolled in the
Nana's force, with which be did duty.
On the afternoon of the 18th of June, when it be
i came known that the British were advancing, eoun-
Gil Of war or of deberation, was held by the Nana
at which it resolved that the women and children
i murdered. The news went rapidly through the
\ town, and the men of the mutinous 9Th Native In
antry entering the enclosure proceeded to take from
our unfortunate country any articles Of value
or trinkets which they retained on their persons.
i When the Mana heard Of this he was very much dis
\ pleased, and be sent down q body Of Sowars, with
strict orders to surround the house and permit
a to enter but the execntioners It happened that
By means not clearly ascertained -four English gentle
4 men were at this time living with the women and
children in the enclosure. Three have been identi-
i fed without doubt, namely Mr. Thornhill, magis
trate and collector Of Futteghu Colonel Smith, 10th
Native Infantry and Brigader Golde, Of the cloth
ing department. The identity of the fourth has not
been established but it is probable that he was one
Of the Greenways. Shortly before balfpast o'clock
q message was brought to these gentlemen that Bri
gadier Jeekn, native officer Of the mutineers, de-
sired to see them and they left the house to repair to
his quarters. They walked quietly along the road
suspecng nothing in the direction indicated to them
and when they had got far as the Assembly Rooms
they were suddenly attacked from behind, cut down,
and murdered on the spot.
Il Meantime, preparations were being made for the
execution OF the orders Of the Mana and his council.
q There was some difficulty about getting instruments
for this horrible butchery. The Sowars wished to
save themselves from the deflement Of bood-the
infantry were equally ayerse to the taskbut at last
some soldiers Of the 6th Native Infantry were COM
PEELED to go inside, with orders to fire the poor,
helpless crowd They fired in the air. or did so little
harm that it was evident the views Of the assassns
n could not be accomplished in that manner They
out two Of the common butchers of the bazaar-two
Bhooreeas men Of wild, miserable, gpsy.like caste,
q and yaiytee, who were armed with hatchets and
tuiwars and ordered to go In and kill every soul IN
the house and enclosure, while all egress was strictly
, watched by the Sowars outside. It was long and
dreadful butchery. Fichett, who was near the place
declares that the assassns entered the enclosure about
80 P. NJ and that it was 10 P. NJ. before they came
out to announce that their work was accomplished
Once, he says, q butcher appeared with bis sword
broken in two, received o sabre from one of the
Sowars, and returned to continue his hellish labor
The Mana was in the hotel, close at hand, and when
doors should be closed for the night and guards put
over the place. That night the Mana gave a nautct
= Ia kind of dance and ball--to his friends,
= Early in the morning Of the 10th, the Mana gave
orders that the doors should be opened and that al
the bodies inside should be flung into the well within
the compound but as i was far too small to contain
so many bodes it is probable that some were dragged
other places, or were thrown into the Ganges o.
r the 10th Fiichett fled with his friends to Fntte
ghur and here occurs most interesting part of thu
, story. He declares that he frequently saw Mis-
Wheeler, the daughter Of the General at Futteghur
and that she Travelled with Sowar, who had takel
% her from Cawnpore-nay, more, that he was show
into the where she was and ordered to read
tracts from English newspapers which the rebels re
ceived from Calcutta he being employed by them 70
purpose Of transating the news, in which, partie
~ uary that relating to the progress Of the war wit
IN China, they took great interest. she had hors
with an English saddle, which the Sewer had pre-
cured ZOE neT anu bne 1909 CLOSE OeSlue n Win he
face yelled, along the line Of march. When the Bril-
ish approached Futteghur, orders were sent to th
sowar to give Miss Wheeler up, but he escaped wit
her at night and it is supposed he went with her
Calpee. In that it is not at all improbable ths
the unfortunate young lady may be still alive, mo,
ing about with Tantia Topee and that we may rescu
her from her unhappy fate There is another Chri
tian halfcaste still alive, who became Mohammeda
at the same time and under the same circumstance
as Ftchett, In pursuit Of whom the authorities al
lr- most busily engaged Line upon line, here Ii
&; tie and there little, We shall soon know all that ca
be known about that " bloodiest record in the boo
of time"
as DEATH OF a NOTED INDIAN Cn1EF.-An Indii
Y. Chief called Oksm6s died lately near Lansing Mic
~ igan He was supposed to be one hundred yea
er DID, he was in the Of 1872, both forand again
Of Wayne and ST. Clair, at different times. He hid
sabre cat clear across his bach, made by one Of NJ
Anthony Wayne's troopers. AT Fort Meigs he ,