New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-14

httiHS AeesnHt Of the Relief nf fn<1<~
letter dated Calcutta October s'h, gives she fol
At Lucknow
give you The following account of ne relief n
Lncknow, a. described BY lady. one o. M r+,c5
party: On every side death stared - IN tie ~ n,
human, human sxll could avert = any longer. We NV fhs
espth ses Ti,boat i'm is;., y az mus hd kss.s q
which Innsk have been experieuced 81 tbe nni,ssrs
victims ~ Casnpore. We were rtsojvei ru15~rr II
ale sLan 2 yleid ard wefs fully passaAded fhst ID
had said 90, and all knew fhe -e,~t. IN sssss
stEvye % encourage each other ard 10 psrSos- ~
light duties which bad been signed . q, sseh =
conssys1s s s5 rs oras' . 'ne batteries and pyas s
We prepared day and night L had gone ost y ~
and make myself useful, in company wj<h Je,zis
Brown, ne wife q corporal il nay hSebaad's rsEf
citement all through the siege, and had allen asv
visibly within the past few days "A copsfapt lxrcr
consumed her, and her mind wandered occs siousl n
especially that dsy, vhen The recoections Of home
seemed powerfully present to her a 3
At last, overcome with fatigue abe lay down on
the ground, wrapped up in her plaid. IT hesjds
her, promising 70 awaken her when. as she sajd.
her stber should return from he plowins. SIS
fei At length into profound slamker. motioaiss1,
snd apparently hreafhless-her head resting Il ~
lap J. myself, could no longer ressk tie lnciinaf;o
g sleep "a spite Of the continual roar of eanuon
= was @f><&EE4 ty HiI0= 44E3f1DIV scream
close 70 my ear; my coEpanion stocd uDrickt be55s
me. her arms raised, and her head benf 6orvara X
the attitude Of listening. look Of iufense deIirht
rs 9rexe osss asr seqnienanes ut ats asped ny hand
hear ~ dinna ye bear it Ay I'm no dreazin,. Il
the slogan o. the Highlauderf We]re esvS9 ,;.;rs
ayed = Then. ainging herself On her knees. ~
bewildered my English ears heard orlv ne ror1 e
artillery, and thought nv uoor JcsSie 49, s,s1
raving, but she darted TO the batteries snd hsri
her cry incessantly 70 the men, Courage courzRsi
bark to the slogan-to the Macgregor, he rrzniest
/ o them a. Here's help at last ~
To describe the effect Of these words apon tbe .oI
diers would be impossible. For q moment tiev
ceased hrng and every soul listened in intense anx
ETY. Gradually, however, there arose ! murmur 0f
niter disappointment and the waiIng of the von1en
who had iocked to the spot burst out anew as fiss
COLONEL shook bis head Our dali lowland ears heard
notning but the rattle OF the muskefry. few mo
mens more Of this deathke suspense. Of fl,is aeos
izIng hope, and Jessie, who had sunk on the ground
sPrang 70 her feet and CRIED in voice 30 clear and
piercing that i was heard along the whole line
indeed, but the CsmpbeIIs are comm! Dye hears
dye hearin At that moment We seemed. i1desd. IL
hear the voice q God In the distance when the pi~
Dfocn o. me Ignlanders brought us tdings Of a.
iyerance, Tor now there was no longer any doubt OF
the fact That shrill, penetrating, ceaseless sound
which rose above all other sounds could come neither
rom the advance Of the enemy, from the work Of
TIE sappers No, Il was indeed the blast of the Scot
tish nagppes, now shrll and harsh, as threatening
vengeance on the foe then in softer tones seeming to
promise snccor TO their friends in need
tseS Never, surely, was there such acene as that
which followed Not heart in the residenrv Of
Lucknow but bowed itself before God. An by one
simultaneous impulse fell upon their knees and
nothing was heard but bursting sobs and the mur-
INJURED voice Of prayer Then all arose. and there
rang out rom thousand lips great shout Of Joy
which Tesounded far and wide, and lent new viror
to that blessed pibroch. To our cheer Of God save
the Queen" they replied by the well known strain
that moves every Scot to ears-.Should auld ac-
quaintance be forgot ETC. After that nothing else
made any impression on me. / scarcely remember
wnat followed. Jessie was presented TO the General
on his entrance into the fort and at the officers ba
qnet her health was drunk by all present, while the
pipers marched around the table playing once more
the familiar air Of AUD lang syne.r
Our readers, however, viii remember that since
Lucknow was relieved by General Havelock the
Sep2y force, from 900 70 10000 strong, had again
surrounded the resdency, and ut later dates. were
threatening the gallant Harelock and his little army
with destruction Sir Colin Campbell, at the head
Of 10000 men was, however, quickly advancing to
the rescue.