Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-23
The. Relisi 81 Lueknow,

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account Of the relief Of Lucknow:
On every SHE death stared us IN III
face: no human skill could avert it an
longer We saw the moment approach
when we. must bid farewell to earth, Re
without feeling that unutterable horro
(which must haYe been experienced b,
the unhappy victims. At Cawnpare aVI
were resolved rather 10 die than 10 yield
Land were fally3persuaded that ii twenty
four hours alt would be over, The en-
gineers Ind said So and all knew tl,e
worst. Women strove to encourage eacl
other, and to perform the lightiduties
which! had been assigned MS, such as con.
lveYing orders. to the batteries AMI sun
plying tfef men with provisions, especial
Ily eapsof eotee, which were prepared
day midnight,
had gone oiIt to make myself useful,
Ein company with Jessie Brown, the wife
ola corporal ID my husband s regiment.
Poor Jessie had been in a state Of restless
excitement all through the siege, and had
fallen away visibly within the last few
days. A constant fever consumed her,
and her mind wandered oceasionalIr, es
peciallg that day, when the recollections
Of home seemed powerfully present 10
her. AT last, overcome with fatigue,
she lay down on the ground, wrapped up
in her plaid. Isat beside her, promising
10 awaken her when, as, she said. .'hcr
father should return from blowing"
She fell at length into q profound
Islunlber, rnotionless, and apparently
breathless, her head resting ii my LAP.
| myself could no longer resist theSineli-
nation to sleep, insspite Of The continual
roar Of the canon Suddenly Twas arous-
ed by a wild, linearthly scream, close 70
my ear my companion stooduprightbc-
side me, her aFFns raised, and her head
bent forward inthe attitude Of listening.
A look Of intense delight broke over her
eointsnance: She gfasped my hand,
drew Ene{toWarsls her, and exclaimed !: th##
"Dihna BE hear it dinna ye hear it !
lkyt I'lnio dreanlin' ;it'sthe slogan 81
the Highlanders We're saved we're
saved p b
Then liaging herselfon heraknees, shs
thanked God with passionate fervor. 4
felt utterly beWildered:: my English carr
Heard only the roar Of artillery. and
thought my poor Jessie was still raying
but she darted to the batteries, and Il
heard the efy necessarily to the men:
Courage courage Hark to the $40.
gan I! to.the Mac9regor the grandest q
them A.! Here's help at last r
III 10 describe the effects of these words
upon the soldiers would be impossible. ~
For , moment they ceased firing, aud
every soul listened with intense anxiety,
Gradually, however, there arose a MUIR
muir of bitter disappointment. aud the
wailing Of the women! who had docked 10
the spot burst out anew MS the Colonel
shook his head Our dulTLowlanders
heard nothing but the rattle Of the mus
kerry.
. A few moments more of this death like
suspense, pf this agonizing hope, and
Jessie, who had sank on the ground,
spraug q her feet and cried, in voice 50
clear and piercing thai it was heard along
the whole line II
s'Will BE not believe it moo The slo4
gan has ceased. indeed, but the sCarnp-
bells are commit Dye hear! dye hear!''
At that moment we seemed indeed to
hear The voice Of God i'll the distance,
when the pibroch of the IIighIanders:
brought US tiaings Of deliyerance, for
now there WIS no longer any doubt Of the
fact. That shrill, penetrating, eeaseless
sound, which rose above all other sounds,
could come neither from tile advance Of
the enemy nor from the work Of the Sap
pers. M, It was indeed the blast Of the
Scottish bagpipes, now shriIl and harsh.
as threatening vengeance on the foe, then
in softer-pnes seeming to promise succor
to their friends in need.
Never, surely, was there such 4 scene
ass that which followed. Not a heart ID
the Residency Of Lucknow but bowed III
self before God. All, by one simultaneous
impulse, fell upon their knees, and .noth-
ing was heard but bursting sobs, and tie
murmured voice Of prayer. Then all
arose and and there rang out from thou
sand lips a great shoutof JOY, which rel
sounded far and wide, and lent new vigor
to that blessed pibroch.
To our cheerof God save tile Queen, Il
they replied in 4 weil-Known strain that
moves every Scot to tears, Should auld
forgot ect. After that,
nothing else made any impression On me-
/ scarcely remember what followed Jes1
sic was presented to the General on his
into to The fort, and at the off j
GERS banquet her health was drapk by all
present, while the pipers marched ronnd.
the table, playing once more the familiar
air Of "Aald lang syne."
MARRIAGE people mart al they