Glasgow Courier. — 1857-08-13 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE MILITARY EXECUTIONS AT PESHAWUR.  "ateeph.r.pg  We quote the following letter from a young officer, dated Peshawur, 13th June The 5,5 th Native Infantry were quarered in a fort about thirty or forty miles from here. They mutidied, and confided their officers. A force was sent from here to rout them. As soon as they saw the Europeans they fled with their arms. About 150 were killed and 120 were taken prisoners. The remainder of the regiment -fled to the bills, where many of them were murdered by the hillinen, and many of them have been brought in here prisoners; many of them having first been made Mussulmen by force, and some of them said they would become Musselmen if they would spare their lives. The hillmen assented, and then brought them iota Pashawur, where they get ten rupees 41) a head for all deserters. Colonel Spottiswood shot himself, I believe, because he had reported his regiment to he in a perfectly good state only a few days before. But Ido not think lie was to blame. Since my last twelve men were banged at a general parade, all in a row, at one time. I never thought I would have looked on with pleasure at any execution, but you must remember how our feelings have been worked up, and not think me a brute when I say that I delighted in it. But the greatest treat was yet to come, and I hope it is not the last of the kind. On the night of the 9th instant I was on duty, and sleeping down in the lines among the Sepoys. That night we heard there was to be a general parade next day, and there was a rumour that some of the mutineers of the 55th Native Infantry were to be blown from guns. I was not obliged to go to parade, as I had been on duty the night before, but I would not have loot it for a great deal, so I got up before three in order to be in time, and we had the pleasure of seeing no less than forty rascals tied to the mouths of the cannon, and blown to eternity. As there were only ten large guns it required four different discharges. The first batch were done for quite quietly, but when the remaining thirty saw the legs, arms, hands, back bones, Stc., flying through the smoke, their howls for mercy became frightful. I thank God our commander here iB a man, and no mercy was shown to them. Two could not be dragged up to the guns, and had lobe shot. with muskets. Al the last disch trice 1 ESN' a large fragment, either an arm or slag, smoking and bloody, hu,led into the air for upwards of a hundred feet. It came down again among a lot of natives, who were looking on, striking the ground with a noise like a pistol shot. An artilleryman was covered with blood from head to foot; another was wounded by a skull, which was blown back and struck his thigh. Of these forty, only about ten were common Sepoys, the rest being all native commissioned and non-commissioned officers. A great many have been sentenced to seven years' transportation with bard labour.  the i. aßni cd.t nh pie The intense -. compound of to., or strongly escorted. neers were near • on the combat. three places—the ..•—••••-••••-• the barracks quarter .e farther mile • and th . place of turned its verdict. '. Illeet;. The treasure. however, . rumored to Ann Wilsoa of 432 tons, noder a eteemprielliet **out • blow ror, ouJi has 1857: ,abowing.that ear dinsialea.are Um, P70,..1 I en, . stran*ti Mite, happened in reference to this there were he ee camn in irtiaga treasure on the evening of the 4. `-‘•'^ •• -