Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-10
A REMARKABLE ESCAPE.

A gentleman writes from India the following
account OF his escape from Delhi When the
aIaim was hrst given that the troops in Delhi
ead mutlned, l was enjoying my meal, but
irom tne atrocities that a friend of mine came
In ana told me had been committed, 1 left nv
eating, and, looking out, saw seven or eight
men dragging female down the street by the
Rair OF her head, which was long and black
could not look upon that without feeling of
horror, not of what would become of myself
was man-but for the other poor women who
were In Delhi at the time. / went into the
house, and soon returned with rifle, intending
10 lnnlct punishment on one, ut least, of the
miscreants; but no sooner appeared at the
yerandah than was shot at by black: but
he missed me, and for which kind consideration
shot him through the heart About dozen
ruftans now made an attack upon my house,
and began battering at the door.
called my friend who had given me the
news and giving him revolving pistol, to-
gether with my two servants, each armed with
gun, and myself armed with a revolving pis-
toi In one hand and a sword in the other
lthese were the arms of poor Harry,) walked
boldly down to the door and let them in as I
opened the door | retreated behind it, The
blacks came rushing in pell NELL, and were
rushing up the passage, when my friend and
two servants came from their cOncealment and
hred at them steadily, which brought three of
them down, then clubbing their guns they
rushed on the surprised blacks. At the moment
the attack was made by my coup de main, l
stepped out from my hiding-p behind the
door, and shot the hindmost villain down with
my pistol, and then with all the fury of ten
thousand devils, 1 went to work with my
sword, wounding here, killing there, and shoot
ing those that stabbed at me. At last thoro
were but five blacks left, and they forced by
me and gained the street. I, following close
behind them, shut the door violently, thereby
mo- ham l,al-
that all three Of my assistants had been so
mortally wounded that despaired of their
hyes, and my fears were quickly dispelled by
two OF them dying shortly after in the most
frighttul agony-the other-my dear friend
DEMONSTRATING shortly after.
After our killing so many Of their men I knew
that the house would be attacked and no mercy
shown; so l discolOred my face, and assumed
the garb Of one Of the dead blacks, and rs
could speak their language thought should
pass for black. L got out by a back way and
began hailooing and hOOting, and running and
going about where the other blacks WERE SO by
these means avoided suspicion, incurring the
greatest' danger OF being recognised. l met
two or three times with a single black in a lone
ly place, and such was my hatred of them that
could not restrain myself from killing them
One time, after / had killed a man and was
looking over him, body of blacks came up and
would have struck me to the earth, had L not
called out hercely In their language that
would avenge him, and, suddenly starting from
my landing place, called out to an imaginary
fellow to stop, swearing he was the murderer.
L bounded away, the others with me, but failed
to catch the fellow. When the blacks made
sortie L smuggled myself in with them, and
came over to the side of my friends, where
was warmly received. L got wounded in tho
engagement, but revenged myself upon them,
for fought with all the desperation Of mad
ness