The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

, to circulate through my numbed
and stiffened limbs began to lay
my plans for escape. Watching a
favorable opportunity, | knocked
the mounted guard nearest to me
down, and striking my horse in the
side dashed furiously away, with
the mounted natives in full pursuit.
The noble animal held gallantly on
his course, outstripping my purMers
and carried me safely to Mandelay,
the Capital, falling dead under me
as | reached the town. Had |
been polite enough to have gone
Immediately to Major Slaiden, the
British Embassador, | would have
saved myself much trouble, but not
suspectiny the Government of com.
plicity in my persecution, | went
directly to the palace of the King
to demand that my prosecutors be
punished. | was not permitted to
see the King, but .Mendji,
the Chief Minister, accused me of
an attempt to blow up the village
where my bungalow was with gun
powder and with having killed a
number Of the subjects Of the King.
CAST INTO PRISON.
Upon his order | was chained
hand and foot, and weak, faint and
bruised was imprisoned with $50
murderers and robbers in a room
which was SO crowded that none OF
us had room enough to lie down
The twenty-five white residents of
Mandelay, with the British En-
bassador, hearing Of my misery,
and having assured themselves Of
my innocence, went to the King
and expcstulated with him concern
ing my cruel treatment, and finally
succeeded in getting me released.
After my wounds had healed, and
my arms, which my keepers had
di<jointed, had been put back in
place, | went among the whites,
who advised me to leave, saying
that | would have more trouble if
| did not. | believed what the
King told me, however, about his
ignorance ofmy imprisonment, and
listening to his tr endly talk | en-
gagged III his service again and went
to the silver mines OF Sekkadown
and Sekkawee tor him. This coun-
try was so unhealthy that | daily |
lost some Of my Burmese miners by |
fever. After six weeks | also be-
came sick, and tearing that | should |
die far away from Christians, | sad.
died my horse and rode to the resi-.
dcnce of the Chief Minister, Pa-Ka-
Mendji, and reported myself as sick
and unable to continue my duties
at the silver mines. The Chief
Minister rebuked me severely for
leaving the mines without permis-
sion, and ordered me to go back at
once | became suspicious and
went Immediately to the British
ambassador, of whom | asked pro-
lection. His medical adviser told |
me that had been poisoned at the
mines, and the same evening com.
menced to vomit and became fright
fully delirious. After being care.
fully nurSed by the wife OF ali Ital-
ian ,jeweler for three days, | recov.
cred and escaped to Calcutta on
board an English steamer, on which
the British ambassador, Major
also went away Oh a two
years furlough.
AGAIN ON HIS TRAVELS.
From Calcutta | travelled through
llindoostan, Reyah, Poonah, Thibet
and Cashmere, over the llimalayaS
into China, and returning to Cal
cutta married my present wife. |
then went to Japan and was EN-.
ploYed for two years by the Japan
sSe Government in their mines.
| .ast June came to this city. The
story Of my adventures in Burmah
we're published in several English
md German papers in 1869 and
70, among them the Calcutta Eng