Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-03

enlarging for the passage Of our guns. and to
enter the courts Of the Kaiserbagh through
a small gateway, or broken door. 1t was
surrounded by rooms with lattioed windows,
to which access was gained by means Of
stairs opening into the court, the strong
doors Of which were barred on the inside.
The walls were decorated with Indifferent
frescoes representing feats Of arms and fe-
male dancers. On one side the trees Of q
garden could be caught sight Of through the
Venetian blinds, and there was evidence
that we were close to The Kings ,Zenana,
and that the buildings about us were the
houses of his sunichs. A party Of the 3Sth
Regiment at one gateway Of the court, and
of the goth at another, were replying to the
fire which was still maintained from the ad-
jacent buildings and the line Of the enemy's
inner and last defences; but . stray bullet
whistling through the court now and then,
showed that some Of the enemy were con-
eealed in the rooms around.
Our men were in high delight with the
gay dresses Of the eunuchs which they found
! in some of the rooms, and it was with diff
Guilty they were induced TO take of the
crowns of laces and peacock's plumes, and
bird of paradise feathers, and the sword
belts they stuck ever their heads and
shoulders. Here, as in every other build
ing, there were quantities Of kites, the fly
| ing Of which seems favorite amusement OF
these childish but feroclous races. Goats,
horses, the stately Cyrus Cranes, tame
monkeys. apes, antelopes. numbers Of par
oquets in esges were also appropriated BY
the men. In the next court, which was
sheltered from FIRE by the walls around it,
our men had made great seizure Of rich
plunder. They had burst into some Of the
State apartments, and they were engaged in
dividing The spoil Of shawls and lace and
embroidery of gold and silver and pearls
In nook Of this court, where there was q
+ little shade, we retired TO rest ourselves,
a. there was no means Of approaching the
front, part Of the buildings using on tire,
and explosions Of mines feared every mo-
ment. Two men of the Goth were in be-
fore us and, assisted later by some Of the
3S,h, we saw them appropriate moneys
worth enough to make them independent
for life. The rooms Of this nook had been
used as store, by the King or some weslthy
member Of his household, and each moment
those men went in but to emerge with
richer troph. In one box they found dia,
mond bracelets, emeralds, rubies, pearls
and opals, all SO large and bright, and badly
set, that we believed at the time they we're
glass. In another was pair OF gold mount
ed aud jewelled dueling pistols. of English
make, and the bill, stating that His Males
ty, the King of Dude, owed the maks'
$3.50; then out they came with bundles o
,w ords, gold mounted and jsweled, which
they at once knocked to pieces for the sak'
of the mountings, leaving the blades behint
them. Next came out huge chemical lab
oratory, then q gold saddlecloth, studded
with pearls; then gold handled riding canes
then cups of agate and jade, gold-mOunte'
and isweled; then-but l must really stol
this brokers' inventory. The happy pos
SCISSORS of these riches were quite mad witt
excitement. "1s this gold, sir9" sis tha
a diamond?" ais your honor shure that
raal goold?" "Is this string of little whit
stones (rearls) worth anything, gintle
men?" 1t was a great drawback to have
conscience under such circumstances,
greater not to have penny in ones pock
cts, for in this country no one but an oil
stager on the lookout for loot carries far
thing about him; and as one Of the soldier
observed, These here concerns only car
ries on ready money transactions" II
was an experienced operator that gentle
man. Ii q native soldier came in an
walked of with anything which he found II
dark corner out pounoed our friend upo
him, rifle in hand. leave that there, l tel
you. put that there myself" and ther
was something in his eye which exptoine
his meaning SO clearly that the article wa
at once abandoned, and if found to be valua
| BILE, was retained; il not, was "made pres
/ ent Of" Close to US were large boxes
, iapanned work containing literally tfou
, ,anas Of cups and vessels Of jade Of cryst'
, and of china. which the soldiers were list
lessly throwing on the ground and breakin
. into atoms. Had the enemy made stron
I attack on us at that moment, not one half Q
our troops could have been collected to re
pei it. And such were the scenes throug
every court Of the many mansions OF tn
4 Kaiserbaeb. Meantime, intelligence reach