, 1879-06-03

playfulncas bccamo possessed Of q sudden and
insane i1ea li,ai they wore going to bc tried hJ
courtAfnnrttal After AOnc luxurious refTcsh-
mcht." so they were brought On shore, enc ty
que. tightly bound, their DECORATIONS anil neck
iaces tenolnfnfousiy cut otl "some begged
t,'at tlr1r women n',l children might he spared,
mud were Informed that tic British Government
tlM not ,condcscGnd to WIT with women and
children" They wcro mnreied to the town,
tfe grncfous r1oou." Mr. Cooper Informing
tia, cunning out through the clouds at,'l reflect
wight Tic prisoners to ihelr fate"
They arrived at midnight. Next morning Mt
laybrcak Mr. Cooper took bis scat. lie hsd :s92
prisoners, bcstles numbers Of camp-iol'owers.
lniEi't hesitate u shoot Moinmmednns, to 4 re-
l,gious fcdliyaI, md. ALONE with HI. "talthtnl
slkhs,:," proceeded TO Justice. "Ten BY ten"
!y says str cooper, ',ne seooys were called forth.
ccsslon they wero panlotict, linked toRuther, and
marched to execution, a 1rlng party being Ia
readlness. Every phase of Department." SAYS
s!r: CoopcT IL 4 critical, ot'crvant spirit, "wns
leu aslng Of volIeys OF blatant tnuskctry
forced the conviction OF Inevitable death, A.
tortslmcnt, rage, frantic despair, the most
s..sd .s ye ons s sas1y Xpn g s,@n @
magistrate t,,r. Copper h!nsc1D as hs snt
under slsc tfade Of the police. station performs
InE ha s4leinn @ luty Will fis native oillclals
rt e @ ,ass ft sc he & The el}stan H r99d a
reserve OF young sikh sof1iery whu were to re-
lcyc the execuifoncrs after certain PERIOD
they danced, though pin'oned, lnsnlte.t tho
Sikh religion. ak! called On Gungaiea TO aid
them; but they only in one Instance provoked
reply, which WA tnstantaueously checked. 9th
crs again pc.ttfured to be allowed to make ono
last sanam to llc snhib.
About ito having been thus executed, ono Of
the cxeeutloncrs swooncd Amy The was le old
est Of tG tirlug party), anu little rest vas al
lowed, ihen proreeatng,, The number had ar
rived at 237, when tic district officer was In
formed slat The remainder refused to eonu out
Of tic oastior, where they hud been imprisoned
temporarily q few hours before. Expecting n
mot aud resistance, prepafattDas were made
against escape, but little expectation was etl-
tsr.aincd Of tl,e real ana awful 1atc which
They Ind anticipated BY few short hours tl,cir
doom. Tlsu doors we're opened. and, behold,
they were nearly all dead. unconscIoi1slv, the
tragedy Of the black Hole had been re~ennctcl.
consequence Of the huhbub, tuu,ult, as.d shout
t,G Of horscncn, police tehscel guards, and ex.
cllcd rtllaEcra., Forty:nvo bodies, dead from
stgncd, IN conmnu With alt the other ho4ltes,
Into unc common pit by the hands OF village
s~ecpers." One se5py vas too much wounded
10 le shot, a,,A wns sent to Lahore, ntong With
al blown from cannon. The assembled ma
tires. saya MG, Cooper, expected 70 SEQ the w0n,-
en- md children thrown Into the pit, mud be-
cause this was mt done "maryeled at the elem.
cney aud tho justice Of the Uritrsb."
The tneN who acted rs exeeutsoncrs were
Skins, barbariapt (iIlcd with traditional hatred
Of the men tlIry slew, The mnil who ordered
tho execution was the agent Of the company OF
London merchants, who Eel1 India Tor revenue.
Alr. Coopcr's superior approved bis acts. Sir
John Lawrence informed him TINT he had acted
with energy and spirit, and deserved well Of The
! State. The Judicial Commissioner VISA more
enthusiastic. "My dear Cooper: 1t
Will he feather III your cap rs long as you live.
fou viii have abundant money TO reward all
and the (exccutfoncrs) Sikhs should haye good
round sum given to t!lcm.n "fou have bad
slaughter enough. We want few for the
| troops here Ito b. blown from eannoN} and also
for evidence" "1l.e other three regiments hero
were very shafiy yesterday, but hardly think
they viii now 70. wish they wuuia, Is they
] nru a putsunce; md not d man Will escape II
they do" The spirit In which tf,e muttny was
! suppressed 1nny be understood from this letter
OF n Judge who was ttnputicnt With his prsu,,-
srs becausc thcr would not run away aud give
| him the luxury Of hunt In the Jungle AMI O
grand battuo like that OF Mr. Coober III umrlt-
sen.
: The close Of the mutiny was the fail OF tho
| East lnuta Company, Public opfuIou arose
against SYSTEM which had brought so much
! d!stonor upun tllu English name and which cul.
| Minated III tragedy so terrible. With tl!e close
OF the 1nutlhy the whole character OF the Eil.
gIRlI administration changed. Tile Company
wns dissolved, n,I India passed under the direct
| eauttol Of tile Er0Wu,