Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-06-22
THEOUTLAWS OF CANDRIsU.

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A mountainous part of the British pos.
sessions In the East was infested about a
quarter of a century ago, by Wild, fierce
race called Bheels, who regarded robbery
as sacred institution. and followed it as
profession. A tribe of fifty thousand of
these piunderers, under leaders whom they
implicitly obeyed, held the strong fast
nesses of their native mountains. and
seemed to defy the power of the Govern
ment to dislodge them thence. more es-
pecially as the climate of the place was so
deadly, that it was calculated that in three
years service among the mountains of the
Bhee,s. hundred soldiers in every regi-
ment became disabled
So degraded did the character of the
Bheels appear, that even the Hindoos re-
garded them as outcasts, whom it was poll
luton to assist, and righteousness to slay.
Drunkenness was fearfully prevalentamong
them, and they offered up bloody sacrifices
to the false deities whom they adored.
Their depredations were dreaded, and SO
hopeless appeared the idea of their ever
becoming anything but robbers and mur-
derers, that a Governor of Bombay had
looked to their utter determination as the
only means by which peace could be given
to Candeish
Yet, by the mild Mountstart Elphin.
stone, a scheme was formed to reclaim
even these outcasts-a scheme which re-
quired yet more courage to execute, than
benevolencc to plan. To James Outram.
a youthful officer in the Bombay service,
was the dangerous task assigned. aud he
did not shrink from it. In vain hisfriepds
attempted to dissuade him from what they
deemed vain sacrifice of his life; only
he saw the duty before him. and went
straight forward
Outram had already, in fight, gained
some successes over the roEber tribe He
now sent back his detachment, and alone.
unarmed. unattended, threw himself
among the savage Bheels, his life being en-
tlrely at the mercy of those against whom
his sword lad been so lately drawn
Many times was he In imminent peril, but
a merciful Providence watched over him
whose end was mercy Outram gained
the hearts of the robbers he hunted with
them and astonished them by his feats OF
daring; he taught them mechanics be
dressed their wounds be listened to their
tales he prescribed for their diseases
those whom the sword could not subdue,
were subdued by the power of kindness |
The young British officer enlisted the
wild Bheels into a military corps; those
who carried terror In the names through
out the country. became now its defend
ers, and III less than two years those who
had been formerly trained only to slaugh-
ter and raplne, had shed their blood free
ly in the cause of order
And shall we draw no lesson from facts
like these2 Behold the power of kind
ness Are we not called upon to civilize,
in our Lane lanes and alleys those wboSe GSt chat
of the robber tribes of Candeish There
are hundreds and thousands of unhappy
boys trained up to vice, living as pests to
society, who require the voice of kindness,
the fostering hand of benevolence, to be-
come, under the Divine blessing, defend
ers of the peace which they now break.
Who will enlist them under the banner os
the Crosse Who will come forward to en-
roll them as the soldiers of Christi Who
will venture into the haunts of misery
and guilt to seek the outcast by the force
of kindness, the spell of sympathy to draw
forth the latent good that may possibly lie
in bosoms now familiar with crime2
If Outram found success among the
robbers of Candeish, can it be wanting to
those Christian heroes who 60 forth on a
like errand of mercy, and, in the spirit Of
faith and prayer, toll in the service of that
Heavenly King who willeth not that one
of these little ones should perish2
LORENZO Dow-The best aneciete of
Lorenzo Dow that we have seen is that
being one evening at hotel kept by one
Bush, in Delhi. y. Y . the residence of the
late Gen Root LIE WAS imnnrtuned hr thu