The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-12

For weeks before the taking of Lucknow, tele-
grams from the seat of war contained constant
references to JUNG BAHADooR. Step by step his
progress from the mountains of Nepaul to the
banks of the Goomtee, was diligently reported.
The Bombay correspondent of the London Times
repeated the chronicle of his movements the Eng
fish officers in Bengal class of men by no means
apt to be demonstrative- sought eagerly day by
day the intelligence that announced his approach,
and when, finally, in the midst of the storming
of Lucknow, his presence at the head of his noun
tain warriors was made known to Sir COLIN CAMP
BELL, that sturdy veteran consented to lay aside,
for brief season, his corduroys and his servcea-
BILE sword, with its scabbard of plain leather, and
to prank himself out in scarlet and gold, that he
might welcome his swarthy ally with all those
forms and observances which custom prescribes on
the meeting of great personages and to which the
people of the East attach so much importance
But the man to whom these honors were paid, is
one whose name has long been familiar to Europe
and there are, doubtless also some among US who
have not yet forgotten the romantic incidents of
his Indian career, the public attention he attracted
during his visit to London and Paris some ten
years ago, and the many anecdotes that were re-
corded of him in the journals and magazines.
By birth a Nepaulese mountaineer; by profession
soldier; proficient in all athletic and manly
sports; skilled in the use of arms; of undauned
courage; 1.-THE, active and sinewy, JUNG BAHIA
DOOR rapidly rose to distinction as an officer in the
army of Nepaul. But the qualities for which he
cbad md fba oh,
ment they inspired among his companions in arms,
so operated upon the fears of feeble king and
an inscriptions minister that orders were Sc
cretly issued to seize his person and put him to
DEATH Warned by a slave girl, to whom he had
once been attached of the peril in which he stood,
JUNG BAHADooR determined upon his course.
Promptly summoning his brothers, he commanded
them to load their rifles, grid on their swords,
and accompany him to the palace. They obeyed.
Gin few minutes" says a writer in the United
Service Magazine for 1852, "they were on their
''way to the royal residence. The king was in
durbar, Council, and the prime minister, the in
"stigator of JUNG BAHADooR's destruction, sat upon
''his right hand. Arrived at the palace stairs,
''JUNG BAHADooR and his brothers were challenged
'by the sentinel. One flourish of the sabre, and the
Sentinel's head rolled on the floor. Higher up the
"steps they were again challenged-the second par
'ty shared the fate as the first Entering the
'hall of audience, the enraged youth advanced to
'the foot of the throne, and holding out the order
''for execution, of which he had obtained posses
'son, asked the minister if that was not his hand
''writing and the kings sign manual? Before
''reply could be given, JUNG BAHADooR leyeled his
''rifie at the minister and shot him dead He then
'seized the body and flung it out of the window
"a tumult arose. what = exclaimed JUNG BAHIA
'DooR, lis it worth while making all this noise for
"a dead bodyp Seeing the panic-stricken state of
'the king, JUNG BAHADooR presented a warrant for
"his own appointment to the office of prime min
'ister and commander-in-chief, which the king was
''but too ready to sign"
This coup d'etat, alarming, as it did the rest of
the court, insured for the new minister tranquil
existence and possession of Office but at length the
adherents of the previous minister and his own par
tlsans began to murmur; the former taking courage
from the discomfort of the latter, who had not
reaped the full extent of the reward they anticpat
ed This rendered the minister's life irksome to
him, and he cast about for some excuse to leave
ambassador was suggested to him. He caught at
the idea with avidity. The king gladly adopted it,
for the presence of minister who had thrust him
self into service was anything but agreeable
The arrangements of JUNG BAHADooR for his re-
ception at the court of Queen VICTORIA were char
acteristc of his good taste and originality. "Of
what avail is it, said he, 'to carry wealth to the
weathiest of potentates Better far to lay at her
feet what money cannot purchase" In this spirit
ne called around him the principal mountain chiefs,
and, apprisng them of his contemplated departure,
asked of each one the weapons of war most yal-
ued by their family, and which had descended as
an heirloom from the most renowned and war-like
OF their ancestors. His request was acceded to
with promptitude. And these We're the presents
which accompanied his credentials. He had rightly
judged the character of the Queen of England
The simplicity and popularity of the gifts impaired
to them rare value
After spending some months in England where
he astonshed the Court by the naiuee of his replies
and the country gentlemen, by his admirable feats
of craftsmanship and his unrivaled skill as
marksman, he passed over to Paris, There also
the liberal expenditure the versatility of talent
'iiiu independence Oh tne DOlu NepauleSe
mountaineer made JUNG BAHADooR the lion of 1850.
But while he was bandying compliments with Eng
ish Duchesses and winning rouledux of Napoleons
In Partisan shooting galleries. his old enemies aid
ed by the treachery of an officer who had accom-
panied him to England were busy in plotting his
ruin. He met them, on his return to Nepaul, in
his old determined way; crushed out every element
OF opposition; took signal vengeance upon his ira
ducer and reinstated himself in his former position
OF paheeI to the king, and commander-in-chief of
the army, Such is JUNG BAHADooR, the Mighty in
War-as his name denotes-and well has he earn
ed the designation. His f1ittle Ghoorkas' have
fought, shoulder to shoulder with the best English
troops, and at the siege of Delhi and in naaay a
subsequent battle, have been distinguished for the
same activity, and indomitable pluck, which, at
an earlier day, elected the unqualified admiration
of Sir Charles Napier.