Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-26
Ehomas Henry KaYanagh.

The telegraph the other Jay stated
 briefly, that "kavgnagh, famOus in con ugciiou with the relief of Lucknow, IS aead." Itis pOssi0le that there are moi ci-runug, aur ,rfatsrs who can recall the fame. and as it is 'f4ugsve KavanaoI.J,c
 action, 1t IS worth repeatig: in Noyem-
 ber, 1857, Sir Colin Campbll, after the
 capture of Delhi, marchedO the rellei
 of Lucknow, where Sir Ja1es Outram
 with the HayelOcks and mCy more, lay
 cooued up and surrounded Dy a herce
 and merciless army of muneers. When Sir Colin had reached the outskirts ot
 Lucknow 1t became of th utmost lm-
 purtance to communicateWl hlm. It
 was therefore necessary to ind some
 member of the little garrion at the lies
 Iieucy who would encounter the FISK;
 who would, that IS to say undertake to pierce the serried lines )t the enemy,
 and carry information tC the Comman-
 der-in- Chief, knowing that discovery
 meant death, and knodng also that,
 since disguise was indispensable, the
 death which must pillow exposure must be the iguOIinlous death of spy. We will now ouote from Colonel ABlleson's account of what followed: "'o ask man to dare this risk was, eery one felt, nm possible. But every one felt, al the same time, that 1t ws risk when II
 was most desirable mould be under tasen. Such was thesommOn thought snch the whisper oithe garrison. II | has often been found that the occasion pr1Jnces the man. It produced hlm | fna nE MnAft ] were numerous, ant when the deati ] would be an lgnoulnious death. clerk in one of the cill offices, by nam ] Thomas Hehry kavaiagh, caused Gen ersl Outram to be informed that he va preuarei to trayeEe in disguise m ! hostile lines and b convey a letter . l,ha Commander-inGhIef in hls cam
 near Banni. Mr. Klvanagh's offer va t.e more heroic, nasmuch as, or al the garrison, he was perhaps, the mos difficult man to digulse. Tall, taile
 than the ordinary run of native
 he was very fair-fair of treckl
 i4iruess-and his hair ghttere
 as gold. But, perfectly co'
 uIzant of these drawbacks to dlsguls
 Mir. Kavanagh offered himief. Gener Outram loved q gallant deed ; bu brave as he was, and loving bravery others, he yet shrRnk from exposII man nlindly to the consequences such a deed as that which kavanae p-oposed. He toll him frankly the m he ran, the almost certain late th
 would befall him. But haVanagh h' made up his mind. Dangers there Wei he knew. But, having m view the a important cOnse luences of hls mlsslo , be would brave them" And he d
 lie chose the disguise of Badmaseh g ! native "swashbuckler" or military g ? vapturer. Of whom there were swarms g he ranks of the rebels. He stained e face. neck and arms with lGmpblack d f oil Then, accompanied by a falthi @ native spy, he set ont on his perllo - sxpedlti6n. It would be difficult to |, r srrerate the dangers and difficulties | such an enterprise. The muune' p. svarued everywhere on the rOi V and they were keenly vl0llant. Notm f but the most steadfast intrepid t and uever-failing presence Of mind a !. cgolness could have crowded the IO' l. urv with success. But young h' .- anavb had not relied without ress Pc ] HnDn flLDuHEAAs anu uANhA N-----N- - a rov escapes be stood before Sir Co fl tampbell. and delivered to hlm Gene Y Outram's letter. This letter, cSnveyl e information as to the best means r making the attack upon LucknC a u-oyed of the very highest lmportsI y in the sequel, and Kayanagh was m t properly awarded the high distinct a of the Victoria Cross for feat e gaIlantry requiring infinitely grea r. resolution and capacity than are need ,r to head a charge or lead a storm ,t party. Mir. Kavanagh subsequently, | Iesponse to urgent solicitations, VT Q. ap account Of his journey under ,e title of How I won the Victoria Gro: t. Ills act was justly regarded as ont .o unprecedented bravery and skill, ( -o time when heroIsm was the rule { e not the exception in the Anglo-Ind D. army: and now, after the lapse of f if and-tventy years, the mere recita ,e such deed kindles admiration |
 respect for the dosr of t.