The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-05-12

such an immense multitude OF cattle nre dividnd
INTO droves, aud placed under the care Of men
whose only business is 10 keep them together.
aud n, stated times to drive them into wards for
The purpose OF sorting and marking them.
II II e b ACK HOLE.
CALCUTTA The Governor, who had heard much
OF S'ilaja Dowln,s cruelty was frightened out OF
his wits; jumped into II boat and took refuge in
me nearest ship. The Military coinmnndant
thought that he could do no better than to follow
so good an example. The fort was taken after
feeble resistance, and great numbers of the
English fell into the hands of the conouerors.
me Nahob seated himself with regal pomp in
me principal hall Of The factory and ordered Mr.
howell the first in rank among the prisoners,
10 ne brought before hiu.-He abused the inso.
fence OF the English, and grumbled ut the small.
ness of The treasure he had found, he promised
10 spare their lives, and retired to rest. Then
was committed the great crime, memorable for
IFS Singular arociy, memorable for the renIen.
uo"s relrl!Iu'ion 10y which it was followed.
lie English cnpiives were left nj the mercy Of
The guards, and the guards determined TO secure
them for the night in the prison of the garrison, -
chamber known 10y The fearful name Of tn black
| i!oIo. Even for single European mulefacior.
mat dungeon would in such n climate have been
TOO close and narrow. The place was only TWEEN
" feet squire. The air holes were small and
obsrucled 1t was the summer soIstocp-thn
~ be rendered tolerable to the natives OF Eng.
land by lofty halls, apd the constant waving Of
fans. The number Of the prisoners was one
h"ndred and forty SIX. When they were order.
ed to enter the cell, they imagined that the sold.
oIrrs were Joking; and, being in high spirits OH
account OF The promise Of the Nabob TO spare
tlh'r iivrs, they laughed and tested at the absur.
diy OF the notion. They soon discovered their
mistake They expostnla,ed; they crrealed
nut IN VAN. The guards threatened TO cut down
all who hesiated.-The cuptivcs ere driven in
t" the sell at the point of .he sword, and the
door was instantly shut and locked upon them
Nothing in history or fcton-uot even the
story Ugomo told in the sea ofevcrlasting ice
alter he had wiped his bloody lips Oh the scalp
OF his mur'lercr-approaches the horrors which
were recnlinted Ivy the few survivors of that
night. They cried for mercy. They srove
TO burst the door, HolweI who even in that
extremity, retained some presence of mind, of.
| tered large brides 10 the aiors But the answer
was, that nothing could he done without the Ma
bobs orders, that the Nubob was asleep s. that
ne wonld be angry if any body awoke him.
hch the prisoners Went mad with despair. They
trnnped each other down, fought for the pla
ces al the windows, fought for the pii:auce of
water with which the cruel mercy Of the uur.
dererS Knocked their agones -raved, rraved
slihemcd-imporcA the guards to fire among
, Them. The Jners IN the mean time he Id lights
to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the
ITiuiuc struggles OF their victims. At length
tue tunl'ilt died away, in low gasps and mourn.
ing. Day broke. The NuIob had Silent of his
dohaucl, and permitted the door TO be opened,
but II was sonle time before the soldiers cou III
make lane for the survivors, Ivy plng upon
each side the heaps Of corpses, on Which the
burning climate had already done il loathsome
work. When AT length n passage w us mad
twenty three ehasIIy figures, such rs their own
mothers would not have known, staggered one
ly one ont Of the chariIe house. a pit was in.
stnntlY dug. The dead bodies, n hundred rnnh
twenty in number, were flung into il pro.
IniscuouslV and covered up Bur these thing
after the lapse o! more than so wears. canno,
he told or read without horror, awakened! nci
tlier rcnorSe nor pity in the bosom of the say.
aye Nabob. He inflicted no punishment on the
lnurlercrs. He showed 10 tenderness 10 The
survivors. Some Of them indeed, from whom
but from those whJ 1t was though, that any
thing could he cXtorIed We're treated with exc
cradle cruelty. Howell, unable TO walk was
! carried before The tyrant, who reproached him,
threatened him and sent him up the country
IN irons, together with some other gentlemen
who weie supccted OF knowing more thnn they
chose TO tell about the treasures of the conipa.
ny. These persons, still bowed down with suf
ferlng of that great agony, were lodged in mis-
cradle sheds and fed only with grain and water,
ill nj length the inlercesson Of the female reia
tons Of the Nabob procured their release. One
EngIishWoman had survived that night. She
was placed in the larrm of the priuce ut
Moorsllcdad.- Edinburgh Revie,O-Lije of Lord
Ciiue.