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103s T H E X Bade K. Fno. 397, October 3...
103 S T H E X BADE K . fNo . 397 , October 3 L . 1 RK *
Ringleaders Were Seiz«D Before They Coul...
ringleaders were seiz « d before they could carry out their designs . "A wing of the 4 rth ( King ' s Own ) Hegiment has arrived from the Mauritius , and been despatched to Kurrachee . A portion of her Maj esty ' s 95 th Regiment ha 3 arrived from the Cape , and is now stationed in Bombay . The rest are daily expected . " All is quiet in the Punjab . The Deccan remains tranquil . The Madras Presidency is undisturbed . British authority is paramount in the Bombay Presidency . " Some further intelligence is related in the Huvkaru of Calcutta : —
" The Punjab stiLl holds oat in bold relief to the rest of India . There , wherever mutiny has raised its head , it has been promptly and severely crushed . In no single instance has Sir Jo-hn Lawrence failed of success . The 55 th , composed of Brahmins , who mutinied because they preferred death to loss of caste , ' took refuge with the Swats , wto not only plundered them of their wealth , but converted them into Mahometans , and then turned them adrift ; the 9 th Cavalry , 26 th , 46 th Native Infantry , and others , were cut up almost to a man , and Sir John ha 3 been enabled , not only to maintain tranquillity , but to furnish a large force for the operations against Delhi . " The 50 th Native Infantry has mutinied at Nagode . but the officers of the regiment are safe , their soldiers not having massacred them . " In the Englishman we read : —
* ' Three hundred mutineers have entered Gya , and the residents have been compelled to shut themselves up in a house . A . detachment of H . M . ' s 10 th was sent to relieve them . The mutineers belonged to the 5 th Irregulars , and an engagement has taken place in which Captain Rattray and his Sikhs have been defeated ; the rebels managing to rush through Gya on their way to the Sbahabad district . Mr . Samuells ordered Captain Rattray to attack ; the captain refused , representing the imprudence of two hundred men attacking about eight hundred , and then Mr . J . P . Grant peremptorily ordered Captain Rattray to advance . The result was that about forty of our men have been killed and wounded . "
The rebels then again entered Gya , and once more plundered it . ! From various other sources we gather the subjoined details : — ' "A body of Santals , about two hundred , collected at a place sixteen miles from Hazareebaugh , about a quarter of an hour before sunset ; the RhamghuT Cavalry , and some Sikhs , commanded by Lieutenant J . M . Graham , went out to meet them . They were on a low lull , with a belt of low Tice-fields between the Sowars and them , and a jungle behind , and , as soon as they saw the Sowars , they rushed to their arms , and commenced ' tom-to > m-ing . ' Fearing that they would bolt , and there being no time to lose , as the sun was just going down , Mr . Graham attempted to cross the swamp
with the cavalry , having the infantry close at hand . His horse stucl in the mud , so he jumped off , and waded through to the opposite bank . The Santals now came on to within about fifty or sixty yards , and commenced shooting arrows . The men fired a volley , and their fire began to tell a little . They were within twenty yards of the enemy , and their leader , a stout gentleman , in a red pugree and waistcloth , with a long two-edged sword , favoured them with an extemporaneous d . ince in front of his party . Mr . Graham fired at him with his revolver , and hit him high up in the left breast , an « l as soon , as his followers saw him stagger , they gave ground , on which the Sikhs charged , and the affair was over in a minute . They got eleven dead bodies ; it was too dark to look for more . Five of our
men were wounded , and three horses . Two of the former and two of the latter severely . The Santals had pitched a tent and standard , and collected a largo quantity of grain , all of which our men brought away with them . " A reward of 6000 Z . has been offered for the apprehension of N " ena Sahib , and somo hopes have "been entertained of capturing him . " A very gallant exploit baa been achieved at Lucknow , by Lieutenant J . C . Anderson , of the Madras Engineers , Superintendent of Irrigation in Oude . He is
with the besieged garrison in the Residency at Lucknow , who were greatly molested by a couple of large guns with which the enemy had taken up a position in a . house that overtopped a part of the Residency , Mr . Anderson successfully undermined the house , and blew the whole of the inmates , estimated at about five hundred , into the air . The garrison then sallied out and spiked the guns , taking back with them into their entrenchment a largo number of bullocks and other provisions . —AIL was well at Lucknow on the lGth of September , and the relief of the garrison is looked on n . H almost certain .
" General Outram has decided against tlio men of II . M . 10 th Regiment in regard to the slaughter of somo unarmed Qepoya of the 40 th N . I . at Dinapore . Ho has , he aays , perused with feelings of indignation the proceedings of the court of inquest , from which it is too evident that European soldiura have Htainod their hands with tho blood of inoffensive men of th « 40 tl » N . I ., wlio liud laid down their arms in Hubmission to tho orders of the British Government , and who reposed on tho good faith of tbat Government , which haa tliua been
compromised . As the individual perpetrators of the atrocity have not been detected , the stigma must for the present , observes the General , attach to the whole regiment . " There is a report at Calcutta that a rebellion has broken out in Cashmere against the Maharajah Runbheer Singh , the son and successor of the late Gholab Singh . [ It will be seen above that Runbheer has sent a contingent to aid us at Delhi , at the capture of -which they were present . ] The rebels , it is added , have taken possession of the whole country . " The Rajah of Assam is said to have been deported from Upper Assam to the large gaol in Central Assam .
" An act for the registry of arms , and for regulating the possession , manufacture , importation , and sale of arms and ammunition , lias been passed by the Legislative Council . It is not to take effect in any place or district till its provisions are specially extended thereto ; and Government is empowered to exempt any person or classes of persons from its operation . " The Governor-General in Council , by . a proclamation , dated the 7 th , invites all faithful subjects of the British Crown to- join in a humble offering of prayer , supplication , and confession of sins to Almighty God , and to implore a blessing upon all measures taken for the repression of rebellion and crime , and for the restoration of peace , order , and contentment throughout British India , and he proposes that Sunday , the 4 th of October , shall be observed in each Presidency as a dav of Special Praver . " '
J * rora official sources we learn ( under dates 27 th and-24 th September ) that — "Malwa is still in a disturbed state , but nothing worthy of note has occurred . In Gwalior , Scindiah is stated to be raising a force of 15 , 000 men for the purpose of intercepting the fugitives from Delhi . A portion of the Mhow and Indore rebels are reported to have crossed the Chambul . The Gwalior mutineers are expected to march on Agra .
"A Shahzadar has collected many thousand followers at Mundisore for the King of Delhi . The Post of Dhar has been seized by Mahomedans in the Rajah ' s - ' service , and Rutlam is believed to be taken . Western Malwa consequently is disturbed . Colonel Durand is still at Mliow . In the Rajpootana Agency , tranquillity is disturbed by the mutiny of the Joudpore Legion . Captain Mason is moving on the mutineers , with two guns and 2000 men . Escape is difficult . The Rao- of Sirohi is giving hearty aid , and theBheels are with ; us . "
Amongst the many brave men who have recently distinguished themselves in India ,, we have noticed with sincere pleasure the name of Captain Maude , Royal Artillery . We believe this officer is the son of Captain the Honourable Francis Maude , K . N ., the well-known friend of the Mavnl Female School , and other kindred institutions . AVe heartily congratulate the esteemed father on the high testimony borne to the skill and bravery of his son by so good a judge as the gallant Havelock .
NENA , SAHIB ' S PROCLAMATIONS . The following proclamations have been issued bj Nena Sahib . The first is dated the 1 st of July : — " As , by the kindness of God and the ikbal or good fortune of the Emperor , all the Christians who were at Delhi , Poonah , Satarah , and other places , and even those 5000 European soldiers who went in disguise into the former city and were discovered , are destroyed und sent to hell by the pious and sagacious troops , who are firm to tlitir religion ; and as they have all been conquered by the present Government , and as no trace of them is left in these places , it istlieduty of all the subjects and servants of the Government to rejoice at the delightful intelligence , and to carry on their respective work with comfort and ease . " Proclamation dated the 1 st of July , and issued by order of the Nena : —
" As , by the bounty of the glorious Almighty God and the enemy-destroying fortune of the Emperor , the yellow-faced and narrow-minded people have been sent to hell , and Cawnporo has been conquered , it is necessary that all the subjects and landowners should be as obedient to the present Government as they had been to the former one ; that all the Government servants should promptly and cheerfully engage their whole mind in executing the orders of Government ; that it is tho incumbent duty of all tho ryots and landed proprietors of every district to rejoico at tho thought that the Christians hnve been sent to hell , und both tho Hindoo and Mahomodan religions have been confirmed ; and that they should as usual be obedient to the authorities of the Government , and never to suffer any complaint against themaelvea to reach tho cars of tho higher authority . "
Order dated tho 5 th of July to tho city Kotwal ( Mayor ) by tho Nena : — " It hus come to our notice that some of tlic city people , having heard tho rumours of tho arrival of the European Holdiors ut Allahabad , are deserting their Iuiuum and going out into tho district *; you ure therefore directed to proclaim in each lane and Htrcot of tho city thnt rcgiinenta of cavalry and infantry and batterion have- been dcHputched to check tho Europeimn either at Allahiibad or Futtohpore ; that the people hJiouM therefore remain in thoir houses without an } ' npprttlionHtoi ) , an < l en ^ a ^ c their inindn in carrying on thisir work . " OAWNVOltE , A lance-corporal in the 78 th Ltighlunilers writes
as follows to his relatives near Edinburgh dating from the camp on the left bank of the Ganges An gust 2 nd : — 6 ' u ~ " After all our hard work we were too late to save the poor Europeans at Cawnpore ; they were put to an awful death by the bloodthirsty rascals . But we are makinethem suffer for it now in their turn . If they had spared the helpless women and children , we could have forgiven them , but now they are doomed to die if ever thev fall into the h : mds of a European . After we retook Cawn pore , the man they called the ' Butcher' fell into out hands . There was a very old European woman who had made her escape . Having dressed herself up like a native of the country , she remained in Cawnpore all the time the mutineers had possession of the place , and as soon as our army found their way 5 nto the place , she
came to us and told us the awful truth . It made our blood boil with rage , and I could hear the men of the 78 th saying one among another , « I will never spare a man with a blackface . ' She pointed out the ' Butcher ' to us , and he was brought up and sentenced to be hanged . But before his execution , we took him to the house where he killed the women an < l children . It was a terrible sight to behold their long hair all matted on the floor , with parts of dresses lying scattered about tie place where the horrid massacre took place . We made the ruffian bend down on his knee , and lick up part of the blood of the helpless that he had spilled , and then wekung him up on a tree until he toas dead . But hanging is thought nothing of among us , we see so much of it every
day . Sometimes as many as thirty are executed in a morning , and others we blow from the mouth of the guns . I have seen some terrible sights . There is only a handful of us , and we have to encounter about nineteen to one of us , and sometimes more ; I have had some narrow escapes lately , and I am in danger of my life every moment ; but I still live in hopes that I will be spared to see this affair finished and return home to old Scotland again . He will be a lucky < iog , however , that gets through safe . This war is not like the late Indian wars . We have our own drilled soldiers with our guns and ammunition to contend witli . Besides ,
this is the worst season of the year that the mutiny could have taken place in , as there are heavy rains and a scorching sun . We have hard marching and hard fighting , with very little to eat ; and , as our clothes and shoes are very nearly worn out , -we are just like so many ragamuffins . The war is beginning to tell very much on the ranks of the Royal ArtiLlery , 61 th-Regiment , 78 th Highlanders , and 84 th Regiment . After the last engagement we bad , on the 29 th July , these regiments mustered only 1000 men fit for duty—that is 201 ) men under the strength of a regiment in India , which are supposed to be 1200 . "
THE WOHK OF RETALIATION . Another soldier of the 78 th Highlanders writes to his friends at Perth : — " We came to a large village , and it was full of people . We took about two hundred , and set ( ire to it . I went in . and it was all in flames . I saw an old man trying to trail out a bed . He was not able to walk , far less carry out the cot . I ordered him out of the village , and pointed out the flames ' , and told him as well as I could that if he did not he would be burned . I took the cot and dragged him out . I came round the corner of a street or lane , and I could see nothing . but . smoka and names . I stood for a moment to think which way I should go . Just as I was looking round , 1 saw a liouse
and tlie Humes bursting out of th <; walls , and , to my surprise , I saw a little boy , about four years old , looking out at the door . I pointed the W 113 ' out to the uhl man , and told him if he did not go 1 would shoot him . I rushed to the house I saw the little boy at . The door was by that time in flumes . 1 tlioughtnot of myself ; I thought of the poor helpless cliild . I rushed ii » , : iti < l after I got in thero was a sort of square , and all round this were houses , and they were all in flamou ; and instead of seeing ; the helpless child , I beheld mx children from eight to two years old , an old clotul woman , an old man not able to walk without help , and a young woman
about twenty years old , with a child wrapped up in her bosom . I am sure the child was not above live or six hours old . The mother was in 11 hot fovisr . I . stood and looked , but looking at that time would not do . 1 tried to get the little boys to fly , but they would not . 1 t °° ' tho infant : the mother would liuve it ; 1 gave it back ; I took the woman and her infant in my arms to carry her and her babe out . The children took the old woman and old man . 1 took the lend , knowing they would follow . I came to a place that it was iinpo ^ iblo tu sec whereabouts I was , with flames . I dn . slieil throu ^ h i- ' ' " called on the others to follow . After a . hard I ' yht , I «*>'
them ull Httfo out , but that wan all . !•>«» Wlinlll « through tho ( iro , part of their clothes , dial did noU'over half of their body , wan burned . I yet tlnui dmvii in thu field , and went in at another place 1 siw nothing hut flames all round . A little further , I . "aw a poor ol « woman trying to com 0 out . , Slio could not walk ; she could only creep on her IiuihIh and feel . 1 went up to hor , and told her I would cairy tier out , ; Imt ««> , hll ° would not allow mo to do it ; Lut , when 1 saw if . W ' use to put ofl" with her , I took her up " » IV llTIUH " carried hor out . 1 went in at tho oilier end , a nil ennui acrosH a woman about twouty-two yonra <>!< ' . ^ ho wft ^ Hitting over a man that , to all iippenrnuw , woiiM not wee tho day out . She waa wotting hiu lips with wmo s » 3 t ° '
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 31, 1857, page 1036, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_31101857/page/4/
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