The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-05

About half past 4 o'clock the military began to ar
rive. Gun after gun made its, appearance, and took up
the position assigned to it Out Of every gateway from
the fort, Europeans and natives were pouring on to the
esplanade in hundreds, and from the native town every
alley, street, and lane were a!sgor ging their thousands.
All seemed anxious to behold the traitor Sepoys blown
into dark eternity. Their crime was known, and the
stern and compressed lips Of every European present,
told how well they deserved their doom. The manner
in which they had been detected in their nefarious de-
signs was subtle and complete, and reflected much credit
upon the deputy commissioner of police and his assist
ants. Three times had a merciful Providence defeated
the plots of the mutineers by the timely arrival Of
European troops from remote colonies, and while the
fourth plot was being brought to maturity, the two
criminals we're seized. The times demanded that a
terrible example should be made, and the doom Of the
men vas speedy As the hour Of five struck,
the stiffness became awful every feeling and faculty
was strung to its utmost tension, and the beating g, of
hearts became audible. The spectacle was one of quiet
l.orror there being none of that excitement which is
to be met with at q public execution in any other part
of the world. TIE natives Of India are not u demon
stratiye race, and they looked on with an appearance Of
stolid Indifference.
The handful of stern aud determined Europeans had,
moreover, overawed them, and there was but one feeling
predominant-fear Among all the assembled tkous-
= ands a murmur could not even be heard-a whisper
would almost have broken the stiffness. The officers
L rodeEFong the lines resolved and silent. So noiseless
was theft motion that even the champ of their horses
bits and the clank of their sabres Jared upon the ear.
While the clock was yet striking the ~brigadier COM
mahding the garris N rode in froat Of he two executive
guns, aud it seemed for a moment as if all sound mad
died away. The sentence Of the court martial was then
read to the prisoners in the Ilindos'ani language, afte:
which they were ordered to prepare for deat... They
were stripped Of their ~regimental jackets, and marched
between files of their European guard to the muzz es
of the two guns. The driIl h~aviidar, one of the two,
was a noble locking man, in the noon Of manhood, tall
and stately. His mien was erect and %disni6ed, until
the men of the Royal Artillery laid hands on him
Then he seemed to feel that his hour had come, a s!ud-
der shook his frame, his jaw fell, and his ivory white
teeth were disclosed. While the two men were being
bound, net a syllable was uttered by the assem- led
crowd, but a rafting Of steel along the line gave notice
that the Enfield rife was being prepared for action
As the word Prime and when the ominous click Of
the clock fell upon tie ear, the 10Th n. [. visibly shook.
1t was evident that they li net know but that the
next ,nomen. tue rifles might be brought to shoulder
and lcyeled against their sr>nt.
Simultaneously with the loading Of the infantry, the
guns to the right and letF af the criminals were turned
straight upon the native regiments. They were loaded
to the muzzle with canister and grape, and the gunner.
stood by the guns with their matches lighted. On the
ssmpar:s Of the fort fonr 81 Founders were also !aia