Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-13

| they have been to the former one;
| that it is the incumbent duty of all the
| peasants and landed proprietors of
every district to rejoice at the thought
! that the Christians had been sent to
hell, and both the Hindoo and Moham-
medan religions have been confirmed,
and never suffer any complaint against
themselves to reach to the ears of the
higher authority"
Mana Sahib resolved to celebrate an
anniversary The odd of June, 1857,
would be one hundred years since the
battle of Plassy, when under Lord
Give, India surrendered to England.
That day the last European in Gavin
pore was to be slaughtered. Other an
niversaries have been celebrated with
wine; this was to be celebrated with
blood. Other anniversaries have been
adorned with garlands; this with
drawn swords. Others have been kept
| with songs; this with excavations. 9th
ers with the dance of the gay; this
with the dance of death. The infantry
and cavalry and artillery of Mana
Sahib made on that day one grand as
sault, but the few guns of the English
and Scotch put to fight these Hindoo
tigers. The courage of the fiends
broke against that mud wall, as the
waves of the sea against light house.
The cavalry horses returned full run,
without their riders. The Lord
looked out from the heavens, and on
that anniversary day gave the victory
to his people.
Therefore Mana Sahib must try some
other plan. Standing in field not
far from the intrenchment of the En-
glish was a native Christian woman,
Jacobee by name, holding high up in
her hand a letter. 1t was evidently a
communication from the enemy, and
Gen. Wheeler ordered the woman
brought in. She hanued him pro-
posed treaty. If Gen. Wheeler and his
men would give up their weapons,
Mana Sahib would conduct them into
safety; they could march out unmo-
Tested, the men, women and children;
they could GO down tomorrow to the
Ganges, where they would find boats
to take them in peace to Allahabad.
There was some opposition to sign
ing this treaty, but Gen. Wheeler's
wife told him he could trust the
natives, and so he signed the treaty.
There was great JOY in the intrench-
ment that night Without molestation
they went out and got plenty of water
to drink, and water for a good wash.
The hunger and thirst and exposure
from the consuming sun, with the
thermometer from 120 to lao, would
cease. Mothers rejoiced at the pros
pect of saving their children. The
young ladies of the intrenchment
would escape the wild beasts in human
form. On the morrow, true to the
promise, carts were ready to transport
those who were too much exhausted
to walk.
''Get in the carriage" said Mr.. Lee,
''and we will ride to the banks Of the
Gauges, for which the liberated COM
batants and non-combatants started
from this place." On our way Mr..
Lee pointed out monument over the
burial place which was opened for
Gen. Wheeler's intrenchment, the
we'll into which every night the dead
had been dropped. Around it is a
curious memorial There are five
crosses, one at each corner of the
garden, and one at the center from
which inscription l to-day read my
text. Riding on, we came to the
Memorial church built to the memory
of those fallen in Cawnpore The
walls are covered with tablets and cpl.
taphs. l copied two or three of the
inscriptions: 'These are they who
come out of great tribulation;" also,
1.-The dead shall be raised incorrupti-
ble;" also, In the world we shall have
trlbulation, but be of good cheer:
have overcome the world" also, The
Lord gave; the Lord hath taken away
also, "Come unto me all we that labor
and are heavy laden"
"Get into the carriage" said Mr.. Lee,
and we rode on to the Ganges, and got
out of Hindoo temple standing on the
banks. ''Now," said Mr.. Lee, there is
the place to which Gen. Wheeler and his
people came under the escort of Mana
Sahib." l went down the steps to the
margin of the river. Down these steps
went Gen. 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 were
getting into the boats, Mana Sahib
objected that only the aged and infrm
women and children should go on
board the boats. The young and at
tractive women were kept out TWEEN
ty-eight boats were filed with men,
women and children and fioated out
into the river. Each boat contained
ten armed natives. Then three boats
fastened together were brought up,
and Gen. Wheeler and his staff got
in. Although orders were given to
start, the three boats were somehow
detained. At this juncture boy IL
years of age hoisted on top of the Hin
doc temple on the banks two flags, a
Hindoo and a Mohammedan flag, at
which signal the boatmen and armed
natives jumped from the boats and
swan for the shore; and from in
Vulnerable guns the natives on the
bank fred on the boats, and masked
batteries above and below roared with
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