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AMERICA. Ti-nc loss of tlie bark Monasco...
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The Indian Ketolt.. The Recent Events Be...
<<© n Monday * 13 m- 11 th of May , the sowars came « iri » Meernt 4 B * o JDelbiand wreaked tbeirvengeancefcy mtntoaiBg the grater portion of the Euaropeaais . Tfie ^ Sffit Sative Infantry , 5 ** ,. and 74 th w ; ere ordered © nfcwitiitha artillery , ba * being of - the some moid as aMtms ' tf . tbetol Cavalry they offered no resistance , feat t © ld tlieir © flicers that they had fcetter fly with 88 Jittle delay as possible . T £ e ladies bad been colteeted in the tower on the hill at Dellny and-when the dancer became apparent I went to Brigadier Graves , tfcea commanding at Delhi , and volunteered to take a lefttentoMeerutto obtain the assistance of the European toflops . Brigadier Gaswres gave me the letter , and after taking ^ leave of my -wife and three daughters in . the tower- 'With the rest of the ladies , I went to my bouse face
and assumed the garb of a fnqueerj colouring my , haodsy and . feet . I made Bar the Bridge of Boats across tbfrJumna , through ; -the city ; but on reaching the bridge I jfcrand it broken . I xetanted towards the cantonment and tried to get across the river at a ferry near the powder magazine ^ but by this time the sowars of the 3 rd Cavalry had reached the cantonment , and all the neighbearing vUlageis , Goqjura . and Jauts , were rushing t © plunder the cantonment ; the houses were fired , and I despaired of being able to get to Meerut . I rushed across the parade ground , and was fired at twice by the Sepoys . I got as far as the garden near the canal , when I was seized by some villagers and deprived of every particle of clothes . I proceeded , naked as I was born , towards Kurnaul , in the hope that J might overtake the officers aad ladies who had fled in that direction , but
before I had proceeded a mile I saw two sowars , who had evidently failed in overtaking their officers . They rode up to mfe with drawn swords , and exclaimed ' Femngee ! hy ! maroj maro ! ' I threw myself in a supplicating position , and , being intimate with the Mahomedan religion , and speaking the Hindostani , I commenced uttering the most profound praises in behalf of their prophet Mahomet , and begged they would spare my life if they believed that Imam Mendhee would come to . judge the world . I made every moral appeal to them ( after escaping the first cut they made at my throat , which I did by falling down—they , being mounted , « ould not well reach me ) , my entreaties were listened to , and they let me go , Saying , ' Had you not asked for mercy in the name of the Prop bet , you should have died like the rest of the Kaffirs . ' I was dreadfully excited
and could scarcely stand , but as I felt that I must proceed I continued my journey . About a mile further I again met a lot of Mahomedans , who rushed up to me and said , ' Here is a Ferungee ; kill the Kaffir . ' They then said to me , ' You Ferungees want to make us all Christians . ' They then dragged me away to a village about a mile or more from the road , and tied my arms hind me , after which one of them said , ' Kurreem Bux , g « r a « d fetch your sword , and we will cut off the Kaffir ' s Lead . ' While Kurreem Bux was gone to fetch his sword that was to hunron me into eternity , a cry of * E > o 4 vr , dhur ! ' was made by the villagers , acncl the Mahomedans who were keeping me ran to look after their own ? interests . I rushed off and ran with all my strength to the rood again , and escaped from these unmerciful the road towards
Deinga . I continued to run along Eiumaul ; I was again stopped by some iTonsmiths who ¦ were'employed so the Delhi magazine , when one of them sai <& , ' Saibib , don ' t fear ; come with me to my village , aad I will find you food ? if you go on , you will surely be wardered by the Mahomedans , who have turned out from the villages to rob and kill the Ferungees . ' I went TVnSfti the ironsmiths to tlieir house , and was most lwrmanely and kindly treated , one giving me a dhotoe , another a cap , another some milk and native bread ; I fait ray Kfe was safe . I was much excited and could aoawcoly speak ; they gave mo a cot , on which 1 lay dawn , but could not sleep . I told these people I was a doctor , And i » consequence met with much greater attention . On the following morning , the Cliowdrie of the
village sent for me , when the whole village assembled to see : the ' Ferungee Doctor . ' Exhausted as I was , I had to > answer a nralfcifiude of questions put by the peoplo , bafy finding i w « 9- perfectly acquainted wit ) h thcic relighwu ; . language , and manners , they began to tnko inu ~ nitei interest lint my life ,, and said they would protect me . " While I was . staying , at . this village , I hoard Dr . Wood , of the 88 th Native Infantry ,, was in a village some five or six miles offv at Snmmoypore ; a man from this village came to mo and said , ' A Dr . Wood Snlrib is in my village . He requires medicines ; as you know all tho native modioine » j pray toll too what should bo given . I prescribed , but I loaow not whether the medicines
reached hi * n . I aljjo heard while at this village that Calami Ripley -w » s > lying -wounded at the Ico-pits , noar the Parade-groawd . I persuaded tho villajgora that he vraa a , veryguc » t personage , and that if they would toko hintifopd nod water they would bo handsomely requited by tlie Government for their humanity . They took him food for several day *; but after I had left thia village somoton doyal ho * x 4 thwt one of Obo Sopoya had killed aim on tlndiqcglrtm at tho Ice . pita . A , few days after I WABiiuthe * village of Badree it w «» rumoured that all tWFemngewatA & orut , UwbaWah , wad Onloutta had PNn murdered , 4 i * d tbat tho King , of Delhi had taken jtto ffovennrtwtHv and that 86 * tiy village concealed- a VtiM & £ e « it ip « ald > b & detach £ •> tbo ownonfe and general
ruin . The proprietor * of Budree viHagB got alarmed at this ^ proclamation , and I was . remov . ed at night from the village to a small mango tope ,, -where- I was left night and day alone . I was visited at night hy some one or other of the villagers ^ , who brought roe bread and water in a ghurrah . I am unable to describe my feelings during thi » trying firae ; I was all day ia the sun , in the extreme heart , and batons at night , when the jackals , & c , « ame prowling about and crying . It is only God aad myself know what I have endured . After five days and nights in this tope of trees I was again taken back to the village and concealed in a bhoosa house ; I was here shut in for twenty-four hours ; the heat and suffocation I cannot find language to describe . I did not know which was the greatest misery , the tope of trees
in solitude or the bhoosa kotree . A rumour now was set on foot that several sowars had been deputed to hunt for the Ferangees in the different villages , and it was considered prudent that I should quit Badree under the escort of a Fuqueer Jogee ; this man came and offered to convey me anywhere that I might please , bat stated that it was not safe a moment for me to remain where I was . I then started for Bursooah , where I remained the night . This Fuqueer at his friend ' s dyed all my clothes and gave me necklaces of beeds ( oodrach ) , & c , to assume the garb of a Fuqueer myself . After making all preparations to pass as a Fuqueer I commenced xny pilgrimage with him- He took me to several villages and passed me off . as a Gashmeeree , ' Dadoo Puntee , Fuqueer Jogee . ' In all the villages that I passed I was their Jotish reli
cross-questioned , but , understanding ' - gion and oaths , I met with every kindness , some giving me pice , others food . The Hindoos all expressed the most merciful feelings towards the Ferungees , while the Mahomedans could not disguise their murderous feelings . I was taken to a village to the house of Sewak Doss , Sunt Fuqueer Kubbeeree ; understanding his code of religion , and being able to recite several Kubbeeree Kubbits , he received me in every kindness . I told him I was a Cashmeeree , but the sage could not reconcile his mind that I was a Cashmeeree with blue eyes . He said , ' Your language , gesture , clothes , & c , are all complete , but your blue eyes betray yon ;—you are surely a Ferangee . ' 1 disclosed to him that I was . Nevertheless , as I had acquired the Kubbeeree oaths he continued to behave the same . While I was sitting at
this Fuqueei ' s place a Sepoy came , saying he had letters which he was taking to the Umballah force that was at Haee . He did not discover that I was a Ferungee , but I disclosed to him that I was a Doctor Sahib , — would he take my letter to the officer commanding * the force ? .. I gave him a letter soliciting assistance , which he most faithfully conveyed , but , after waiting a day in hopes of getting assistance , and none coining , I thought it prudent to proceed towards Meerut . The beggar who had
conducted me thus far volunteered to take me on . Several people of this village accompanied mo till we got to Hurchundpore , where a Mr . Francis Cohen , a Zemindar ( originally a Tussildar , in the Government employment ) , resides . This old gentleman received me in all kindness , and showed mis certificates under the signatures of Colonel Knyvctt , Captain Salkeld , Lieutenant Holland , Mr . Marshall , merchant , of Delhi , and others , setting forth that they had received every kindne . sa from Mr . Cohen , who had kindly sent them on to Moerut . "
Another letter gives tho following details of the mutiny nt Allahabad : — " Colonel — up to this time ( Juno Ctb ) commanded and I never knew such a mass of imbecility . lie allowed all this" ( tlio mutiny ) " not of his own will , but from an idea that he could not stop it . Ho did nothing flgainet tlio rebels , from tin idea that ho had not tho means of acting . At this critical moment , Colonel Neil arrived with orders to take tho command , though junior , and things changod like magic . On tlio li ) th , oholunv was so fenrful in tho fort that all non-military residents were turned out . Tho 6 th bohaved worso than any regiment . They volunteered ngniiiflt tho rebels to
deceive us . On tho Gth of Juno , a general ovdor of tho Governor-General , thanking thorn , was received by thorn with cheers , and an hour nnd a half afterwards they woro shooting their own officers , butchering women and children , burning our bnngalows , nnd plundering our property . TUoy actually sounded tho alarm to collect their oflfieorH on parade , and showed no si , u ; n » of disaffection until they wcro till collected , when they commenced wholesale nrurdor , tho band playing tho national anthem . We have boon able from tho fort to rescue fifty-six Europeans , and I expect twenty-thrco othor . to-morrow . I got in the Sultanpore people , but at Fyjsubad they have all boon murdered . "
A communication from Fort Mliow relates tho circumstances attending tho insurrection in that town on the 1 st of July : — " It was not a very dark night , -whon all at once tho church , which woo situated on tho highont and most central position in tho station , became illuminated by n bungalow which had boon flrod immediately behind it . I was them certain that it waa our own troops who had mutinied ^ I , howovor , etIU continued talking to tho mon , although I knew tlioy ( the mutlneere ; would make for my plokot , it being on tho only rood to Jndore . I
heard a galloping of horses « pproachiog us , and recalled for my horse , mounted , and . ordered the men to mount- — 1 had previously ordered 'Jbemto stand to their horses when the firing began . I posted myself on the bridge , the men duarwm up behind me all ready . I did not draw my 'Sword , as , if I had , it would have betrayed an anxiety which I did not wish thorn to imagine I entertained . The horsemen I had heard came up ia single file , and pulled up a little before they reached ; us , and walked up to me . The first man who came up said that the regiment was drawn u j > on parade , and that I was to return immediately . I turned round to give the order , and tbi 3 man passed me . Just as I had moved on at a walk , the second man dapped a pistol within a
yard of my heart and fired ; the bail , however , must have passed under my arm , as I was in the act of ordering the men to march , and had turned round to make them hear me . Tliis was enough . My own guard and the other men called ont , ' KiiH him , kill him I ' . when they saw me moving on unhurt . I tben put spurs to my horse and went away like the wind . I passed two or " three others on the road , and they , too , fired at me ; but they might as well have shot at a flash of lightning . I tried to draw my sword , but it fell from the scabbardy and I had not any pistols with me ; so I made the scabbard serve for a sword , and galloped on , passing burning bungalows , arrived at the fort , and was , of course , let in and loaded with congratulations , for everyo n e thought I was done for to a certainty . "
A Polish correspondent of the FrarikfoiH Journal says it is strongly suspected in the kingdom of Poland that some of the officers and soldiers who have recently been dismissed from the Russian army with a year ' s pay litive gone to join the mutineers in India . ¦ „ " Certain it is that the Russian Government has for the last ' three years been systematically exciting the Chinese , Persians , and the heirs of the Great Mogul , against England . " We read in the daily papers : — " Among the numerous examples of heroism of which every mail from India now brings us an account ^ few are more striking than that given hy Mr . Robert Tucker , the late judge of Futteypore . Actuated by a chivalrous
sense of duty , he remained at his station when all other Europeans had quitted it , and by giving and promising rewards to such native officers as should serve faithfully , nnd himself fearlessly riding about the city wherever danger appeared or he thought that hi 3 presence might bo useful , he endeavoured , but in vain , to stem tlie tide of insurrection . "When the gaol ha 1 been broken open and the treasury plundered , Mr . Robert Tucker made his last stand , single-handed , on the top of the cutchery , and many of his assailants ? fell before his fire before he himself sank under a volley from tlie rebels . He was one of the most generous and high-minded of the 'Company ' s servants . "
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America. Ti-Nc Loss Of Tlie Bark Monasco...
AMERICA . Ti-nc loss of tlie bark Monasco , * of Warren , Maine , from Gottcnburg for New York , together with fifty Swedish steerage passengers , near Bare , Newfoundland , has been reportc 1 from St . Pierro Miquelon . The captain , his wife , the crew , and six paasongara , were saved . The French war steamer Tonnerre , from Vera Cruz , Havannah , has put into quiirantine below New Orleans with yellow fever on bonrd . A meeting of the citizans of the Fifth and Eighth Wards , New York , has been held . for tho purposes of perfecting arrangements for the organization of a I ^ ow and Order or Vigilance Committeo . A similftv committee ia said to have existed for some time past iii the Ninth Ward . Tho Mexican elections continue to be fiwourablo to
Comorifort . A revolutionary movomeirt at Jolapain tho interest of Santa Anna in said to bo causing the Government much uneasiness . Tho apprehended Spanish invasion has nl . io excited serioUH alarm , and tho governors of tho various provinces have boon ordered to hold the National Guard in readiness . Tho only ihiwb of importance ! from l ' oru ia that tho Vivunco party , whoso hoad-qiuiirfcors woro in tho neighbourhood of Aroquipa , bus shown symptoms of vitality , nnd that n battle took place on tho 2 » t'h ult . Moth parties claim tho viotory ; but tho loss of life on both sides waa very small . Tho published aooountH of this action vary considerably .
A clerk , named William Waldon , who plundered tho South Yorkshire Uuilwuy » nd River l > on Coal Company of about 900 / ., and absconded to tiuohco , huo been arvodtud at Toronto by fho doloctivo . s who woro sot on his track . Tho Toronto branch of the Uppor Oanuda bank has buon broken into , and robbed of WH ) 0 l . Mrs . Cumiinfrham , aim Burdoll , tho woman who figured in tho lata oxtrnordlnfiry trial for murder nt Now York , ha » boon again arnml'ed on a charge of pTotoncUnfi ; to be doliverort of a innio infant , tho child of the luto DrBivrdollnnd tlio lioir fco ¦ Iris property .
. , Wo road In tho JJoston Oowior of July *? th :-- Oaptuin J . A . Patten , whoso misfortunes and uufforingfl m oonnoxion with the nlitp Neptune '* Oar have beeri tho theme of much public comment . Mod at the M ! J < o « b Asylum , Somarvlllo , at two o ' olook yos | jerdwyjno'gJJ ' ftgod tWrty yoara and throo montlw . . Dejrf , *»< l wmo ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22081857/page/7/
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