Democratic messenger., 1894-12-15

rejoice ut the thought that tho Chris
tians have been sent to hell, and both
the Hindoo and Mohammetlan religions
have been confirmed, and that they
| should, as usual, be obcdient to the
authorities Of the government and never
suffer any complaint against themselves
| to reach To tho cars of the higher author
ity."
| The Siege of Cawnpur.
"Mr Lee what is this" / said TO
our escort rs the carriage halted by an
embankment Here, - no said, is tho
| intrcnchment where tho Christians Of
| Cawnpur tool; refuge. 1t is the remains
of wall which at the time of the mu
tiny was only four feet high. behind
which, with no shelter from the sun,
the heat at l30 degrees, 40 men and $50
women and children dwelt nearly u
month. A handful of flour and split
peas was the daily ration, and only two
wells near by, the one in which they
| buried their dead, because they had 10
time to bury them in the earth. and the
other well the focus on which the aril
lery OF the enemy played, so that it WAS
death by bullet or she'll Ten thousand
| yelling Hndo0s outside this frail wal
and /. 900 suffering. dying people inside.
In addition to the army Of the HindooS
and MoslcmS, an invisible army of sick
nesSes swooped upon them. Some went
raving mad under exposure. Others
dropped under apoplexy. a starving,
mutilated. fovered, sunstruck. ghastly
group waiting 10 die, Why did not the
heather dash down those mud walls and
the TO- 600 annihilato the now less than
1000: 1t was because they seemed su-
pernaturally defended.
Mana Sahib resolved to celebrate an
anniversary The Esd of June, 1887.
would be 100 years since the battle Cf
| PlasSy, when. under Lord Give, India
| surrendered 10 England That day the
last European in Cawnpur was to be
slaughtered. Other anniversaries have
been celebrated with wine. This was 10
be celebrated with blood. Other ami
verSaries have been adorned with gar
| lands This with drawn swords Others
have been kept with songs This with
execrations. Others with the dance OF
the gay. This with the dance Of death.
| The infantry and cavalry and artillery
of Mama Sahib made on that day one
grand assault, but the few guns Of the
| English and Scotch put to flight these
Hindoo tigers. The courage Of the fiendS
broke against that mud wall as the
waves of the sea against lighthouse.
The cavalry horses returned full run
without their riders. The Lord looked
out from the heavens. and OH that ami
versary day gave the victory to his pco-
pie
Therefore Mana Sahib must try some
other plan. Standing i'll field not far
| from the intronchment of the English
was u native Christian woman, Jacobec
by name, holding high up in her hand
a letter II was evidently communi-
cation from the enemy. and General
Wheeler ordered the woman brought in.
She handed him 4 proposed treaty. IL
General Wheeler and his men would
give up their weapons, Mana Sahib
would conduct them into safety. They
could march out unmolested, the men,
women and children. They could 20
down tomorrow 10 the Gangcs, where
they would find boats to take them in
peace 10 Allahabad.
The Treaty Signed.
There was some opposition to signing
this treaty, but General Wheelcr's wife
told him he could trust the natives. and
so he signed the treaty. There was great
| joy in the intrenchmcnt that night.
Without moleStation they went out and
got plenty Of water to drink and water
for good wash. The hunger and thirst
and exposure from the consuming sun.
with the thermometer from l20 to l40,
would cease Mothers rejoiccd at the
prospect of saving their children. The
young ladies of the intrenchment would
escape the wild beasts i'll human form.
On the morrow, true to the promise,
carts were ready to transport those who
Were too much exhausted to walk
"Gct in the carriage, said Mr.. Lee,
land we will ride TO the banks Of the
Gangcs. for which the liberated com
batantS and noncombatants started from
this place. On our way Mr. Lee point
ed ont u monument over the burial
place which was opened for General
Wheeler's intrcnchment, the well into
which every night the dead had been
dropped. Around it is curions memo
rial. There are five crosses, one ut each
corner of the garden and one at the cen
ter, from which inscription today read
my text. Riding on, we came to the
Memorial church built to the memory of
those fallen i'll Cawnpur. The walls are
covered with tablets and epitaphs. l
copied two or three of the Inscriptions:
'"rhcse are they who come out of great
tribulation;" also, The dead shall DC
raised incorruptible;" also: In the
world We shall have tribulation, but be
of good cheer. have overcome the
world" also: The Lord gave. The
Lord hath taken away" also, Come
unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden.
"Get into the carriage, said Mr..
Lee, and we rode ON to the Ganges and
got out at Hindoo temple standing on
the banks Now, said Mr.. Lee. here
is the place to which General Wheeler
and his people came under the escort Of
Mana Sahib. went down the steps 10
the margin of the river Down these
steps went General Wheeler and the
men, women and children under his
care. They stood on one side of the
steps, and Mana Sahib and his staff
stood on the other side. As the women
We're getting into the boats Mana Sahib
objected that only the aged and iiiirm
women and children should go ON board
the boats. The young and attractive
women We're kept out Twenty eight
boats were filled with men, women and
children and floated out into the river.
Each boat contained ten armed natives.
! Tn, 4: three boats fastened together were
brou-n, mp, and General Wheeler and
sis staff got in. Although orders were
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