The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-03-04
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A THRILLING MoMnNT At LUCKNOW.

A THRILLING MoMhNT At LUCKNOW.
The war in India has been attended
with many scenes Of thrilling interest,
and there have not been wanting pens to
J picture them with startling effect. The
following graphic description of the scene
at the moment Of the arrival of the re-
lief, so painfully awaited by the beleag-
ued inmates Of Lucknow, written by a
lady of the rescued party, equals in dra-
: matte intensity the best descriptive pas
sages Of Sir Walter Scott, and supasses
anything done by Russell in the Crimea
death stared rs in the face We
were fully persuaded that in twenty-foui
hours all would be over. The engineers
had said so and all knew the worst. We
women strove to encourage each other
and to perform the light duties which had
been assigned to us, such as conveying
! orders to the batteries and supplying the
men provisions, especially cups OF coffee,
which we prepared day and night. / had
| gone ont to try and make myself useful,
in company with Jessie Brown, the wife
of corporal in my husbands regiment.
Poor Jessie had been in a state of rest
less excitement all through the siege, and
had fallen off yisibly in the last few days
4 constant fever consumed her, and her
mind wandered occasionally, especially
on that day, when the recollections Of
home seemed powerfully presented to
her
" At last, overcome with fatigue, she
lay down on the ground, Wrapt up in her
plald. ! sat beside her, promising to
awaken hcr When, as she sad, her faith
er should return from ploWing. She at
length fell into profound Slumber, mo-
tlonleSs, and apparently GREATNESS, her
head resting on my lap. | myself could
&c sas,tf FoS'aJ 'he idtfinatH y % sleep
III Slhe ol tHe cQn'lnocd roar oi me can
hon' suddenly was aroused pl a Will
'lheafl1!y scream ciose 70 my ear my
companion SIooa upfEuI peSiae me- HeT
arms raised ana ner mead Deht forward
III 'iie a,'ituUe !. oi listening y iooA oi
lhteliSe oeIiSH' piohe over ief couii'e-
nance She sraSQeu my 1aHd, Grew me
,o"a!VS hcF' ana eAcIaI"i2G' bI.iid !e
i,eaI ], uinN" %c near 1t Az III no
ofetnlln II 'ie slogan the iiistiahd-
efS v e re saved, we re saved Iheil |
llh9lAT hcrseA on hef NlieeS' she 'hahA-
eu Gou WIN pa$Sioha'e IefFof.
ieit utterly OeWliaerea my Eng
iiSil ears heafd only the roar oI aftiliery,
ana tlougit my poor JeSsle was sun
raVmg, but sle dorted 10 the batteries
ana | heard her cry necessarily TO the
men, Courage! hark to the slogan =
TO the MacgFegor, the grahdest OF theh |
a. Here heip at last. 10 describe |
ne effect OF these words upon the sol
dlefs would be impossible For q mo- !
ment they ceased firing, and every soul |
listened With intense anxiety. Gradual |
~, however, there arose murInur of BIT /
ter disappointment, and the WaiIing Of /
women who had fOcked out began anew |
as the Colonel shook his head Our dull |
lowland cars heard nothing but the rat
tie of the musketw.
"A few moments more Of this death
like suspense, of this agonizine hone, and |
Jessie, who had again sunk on the ground,
sprang to her feet and cried, IN a voice
50 clear and piercing that il was heard
along the whole line. .Will We no be-
lieve it noo? The slogan has ceased, |
indeed, but the Campbolls are comm -
D,xe. hear? dye hear? AT that mo- t
ment we seemed indeed to hear the voice
of God in the distance, when the bag
pipes of the Highlanders brought us IL
dings of delivcrance; for now there was
no longer any doubt of the fact. That
shrill, penetrating, ceaselcss sound, which
rose above all other sounds, could come