The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-05

the president of the United States, 1 am
very apt to add God save the queen"
Many Of the streets OF New Zealand
cities are called after the generals and
prime ministers Of Great Britain, and
Wellington and P1lmsrstOn and Gladstone
are the names Of great thorougafares.
New Zealand fees the financial depres-
sion very much. as the who-e word at
this time seems suffering an epiIcInic. In-
deed the world is now a cCnpI ID err.
interlockcd affair. Out Of the hold OF our
ship arriving in New Zealand We're lifted
rakes, plows and various agriculture. I'M
plements OF American manuf2c.ure. H.
day all New Zealand is rejoicing that the
American congress has pu- WOO, on the
free list. and the value Of the Sleep on
al these hillsides IS augmented.
Among our most interesting hours in
New Zealand were those spent at the
bishops house in Auckland. Lord Bishop
Cowie is a man of marvellous attractive
adorned with many curi0s which he
brought from India. where he served as
chaplain during that war which interests
and aPpaLs The word with its tales OF
mutiny. While chaplain he rode with Sir
Colin Campbell and his historical host for
the capture OF Lucknow, that city whose
name will stand in the literature Of all
ages as the synonym for sepoy atrocities.
and wOmanly fOrtitude and Christian
herOics. lie told Us most graphically how
the women waiting for death at Lucknow
tore up their underclothes to make band
ages for the wounds of the soldiers, and
that when at last thess women were res
cued they appeared in the brilliant dress
of the ballroom, these dresses formerly
worn by the conVivial having been sud
denly come upon, and when the wives and
daughters of missionaries and Christian
merchants had nothing else to wear.
Lord Bishop Cowie also had on his
walls pictures of some of the most stir
ring scenes of the Russian war with
which the military friends of the bishop
had been cognizant. Here is a pictured
scene where there was no retreat for the
English and yet their standing firm
seemed certain destruction, and their
general cried out: Men, there is no re-
treat from this place. You will die hereT
and the men replied Aye, aye, we are
ready to do. THAR And yonder another
picture scene of Balaklava after the IA
nous charge of the 600 and the COM
mander said to the few men who had
got back from the awful charge, Men,
ii was a mad-brained trick and they
replied, Never mind, general; we would
do 1t again The bishops walls in other
places were made interesting by swords,
belts and torn insignia of battle from the
fields of India, all the more interesting
because We expect in our journey around
the world to visit Lucknow and Gavin
pur and Delhi and many of the chief
between British valor and sepoy infamy.
And here from the bishops own words
got a satisfactory answer to a question
/ have asked many times, but for which
l never received a satisfactory answer.
/ said: Your lOrdship knew the chief
men of Balaklava, and Will you please
explain 10 me what ] have never been
able TO find out. and to which Tenny-
son makes reference in his Charge of
the Light Brigade and in that line where
he says, Some one had blundered? Do
you know and viii you tell me exactly
what that blunder was?"
He said, Il can and WILL Then the
bishop illustrated with knives and forks
and napkin rings the dinner table Lhe
position of the English guns, the Russian
guns and the troops. He demonstrated
TO me plainly what the military blunder
was that caused the dash and havoc Of
that cavalry regiment, whose click Of
spurs and clat-er of hoOfs and jingle Of
bits and spurts of blood you hear in the
poet laureate's battle hymn. Here was
the line of the English guns not very
we'll defended, and yOnder was the line
of Russian guns backed by the whole
Russian army. The order was given to
the cavalry regiment to take care Of
those English guns and keep them from
being taken by the Russians, and the
command was, Take care of those En-
glish gunsr But the words were mis-
the order was to capture the Russian
artillery. Instead Of the command,
Take care Of those English gunsr it
was thought the command was, Take
those Russian guns?' For that CHASTITY
and horrible assault Of the impossible the
riders plunged their spurs and healed
their horses into certain death. At last
| had positive information as to what
the bunder at Balaklava was. At
Edinburgh years ago L asked one Of the
soldiers who rode in that charge the same
question, but even he, a participant in
the scenes of that fiery day, could net
tell me just what the blunder was.
Now l have at last not only told in
stirring words of a natural orator and
magnetic talker, but ON the dining-table
Of the lord bishop Of Auckland 1 had 1t
set out before the eye dramatized and
demonstrated by the cutlery on the white
tableclOth, but instead Of the steel
bayonets the silver forks Of a beautiful
repast, and instead of the sharp swords
of death knives for bread cutting, and
instead of the belching guns Of destruc-
ton the napkin rings of a hospitality
the memory Of which shall be bright and
fresh as long as / remember this visit
to New Zealand.
T. DE WITT TALNAGE.