The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-01-21
Thrilling Aoco unit Of the Relief OF
Lucknow.
from lie Pays Of Parish

CALCUTTA, Thursday, Dec 8.
I give you the following account Of |
the relief Of Lucknow, as described by
a lady, one Of the rescued party: !
On ovory side death stared us in the |
face; no human skill could avert it any
longer We saw the moment approach, |
when we must bid farewell to earth, yet
without feeling that unUttorable horror |
which must have been experienced by |
the unhappy victims at Cawnpore. Wei
were resolved TO die rather than to
yield, and were fully persuaded that in
twenty hours all would be over
The engineers had said so, and all knew
the worst. We women strove to en-
courage 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 with
provisions, especially cups of coffee,
which we prepared day and night. 1
had gone out to try and make myself
useful, in company with Jessie Brown,
the wife of a corporal in my husbands
regiment. Poor Jessie had been in al
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 wan.
dered occasionally, especially that day.
when the rccollections Of home seemed
powerfully present to her At last,
overcome with fatigue, she lay down
on the ground, wrapped up in her plaid.
| sat beside her, promising to awaken
her when, as she said, cher father
should return from the plowing" Sic
fell at length into a profound slumber,
motionlcss, and, apparently, brcathless,
her head resting in my lap. l myself
could no longer resist the inclination
to sleep, in spite of the continual roar
of the cannon. Suddenly L was arous-
ed by Wild Unearthly scream close
to my car; my companion stood upright
beside me, her arms raised, and her head
bent forward in the attitude Of listen
ing. A look of intense delight. broke
over her countenance, she grasped my
hand, drew me towards her, aud ex-
claimed, "Dinna ye hear it2 dinna ye
hear it? Ay, I'm no dreamiu' it's the
slogan O. the Highlandcrs We're
saved we're saved I" Then, Ainging
herself on her knees, she thanked God
with passionate fervor. 1 felt utterly
bewildered; my English cars heard only
the roar Of artillery, and thought my
poor Jessie was still raving, but she
darted to the batteries, and heard hel
cry necessarily to the men, "Courage
courage hark to the slogan--tO The
MacGregor, the grandest O. them a II
Here's help at last ~ To describe The
effect of these words upon the soldier
would be impossible. For a momen
they ceased firing, and every soul lis
tened in intense anxiety. Gradually
; however, there arose q murmur of bit
ter disappointment, and the wailiug Oi
the women who had focked to the spo
! burst out anew as the Colonel shook hi
4 head. Our dull, lowland ears hear
: nothing but the rattle of the musketry
: A few moments more of this death-lik
suspense, Of this agoniziug hope, an
. Jessie, who had sunk to the GROUND
: sprang to her feet, and cried, in a voic
! so clear and piercing that it was hear
u along the whole line-"Will ye no be
lieve it nOo2 The slogan has ceased
q indeed, but the Campbells are comm
Dye hear, dye hear p At that me
s. ment we seemed indeed to hear th
g voice Of God in the distance, when th
pibroch Of the Higblanders brought U
tidings of deliverance, for now thei
= was no longer any doubt of the fact
% That shrill, penetrating, ceaseless soUnt
& which rose above all other sounds, coul
% come neither from the advance Of th
l- enemy, nor from the work of the SaI
lr pers. No, it was indeed the blast Of th
p Scottish bagpipes, now shrilla and harsl
as if threatening vengeance upon I'll
r foe, then in softer tones seeming
~ promise succor to their friends in nee
ro Never surely was there such a scene Z
10 that which followed. Not heart In tl
ar residency Of Lucknow but bowed itsel
N before God All, by one simultaneOJ
,o impulse, fell upon their knees, an
10 nothing was heard but bursting sol
. and the murmured voice Of prayer
Then all arose, and there rang out fro
thousand lips great shout of jo
which resounded far and wide, and lei
new vigor to that blessed pibroch 4
e our cheer Of "God save the Queen
they replied by the well-known stra
that moves every Scot to tears, "Shou
auld acquaintance be forgot" &c. A
ter that, nothing else made any impre
sion on me. I scarcely remember VIII
followed. Jessie was presented to q
General ON his entrance into the fol
and at the officers banquet her heal
was drunk by all present, while &
"a. pipers marched round the table, pla
g. ing once more tho familiar air
io "Auld lang syno,"
CHANGING GROUND The New YO