The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-12-14

l"WTtEce h0N ucen IN poor hedlth Tor u
long time before the mutiny. lie had been
IN the Indian service for years, ana he had
started Tor England 70 recover his health,
hut getting as tar MS Bombay the English
| Government requested him to remain at
| least awhile, Tor he could not be spared
IN such dangerous times. He came here to
Lucknow, and iurescping the sleye OF this
Iesidpncy had iiiicd many OF the rooms with
grain, wlthou. which the rssilency would
have been Obliged 10 surren Ter. There wers
| also taken by MIN into this resilency rice
and sugar and charcoal and fodder for the
oxen and hay for the horses. But now. at
the time when all the people were looking
TO him for wisdom and courage. Sir Henry
is dying"
! Our escort describes the scene. unique,
tender. beautiful and overpowaring, and
while stood on the very spot where the
! sighs and groaus Of the besieged and acera-
| ted and broken hearted mot the whiz OF bul-
lets, and the demoniac hiss OF bursting shell,
| and the roar OF batteries, my escort gave me
the particulars.
CAS- soon as Sir Henry was told that he
| had not many hours no live he asked the
chaplain TO administer to him the holy COM
munion. He felt particularly anxious for
the safety Of tho women in the residency,
! who, al any moment, might be subjected to
!
dency. their breaking in only matter OF
time unless reinforcement should como.
He would frequently say to those who sur
rounded his death couch Save the
| ladies. God help the Door women and chill
dren! He gave directions for the desperate
defense Of the place. He asked forgiveness
! of all those whom he might unintentionally
| have neglected or offended. Hel mes
sage for all his friends. He forgot not to
! give directions for the cara Of his favorlte
! horse. He charged his officers. saying 'By
no means surrender. Make no treaty or
compromise with the desperadoes. Die
fighting. Hetook charge OF the asylum he
had established for tho children OF soldiers.
He gave directions for his burial, say
! ing; NO nonsense, no fuss. Let
me be buried with the men, He dictated
! his own epitaph, which l read above his
tomb Here lies Henry Lawrence who
tried to do his duty. My the Lori have
mercy on MS soul. lie said: Il wouldlike
to have a passage OF Scripture added TO the
words on my grave, such as, 'FTo the Lorl
our God belong mercies and forglvenesses.
though we have rebeled against Him"
Isu't it from DaniclY SO as brave nun as
England or India ever saw expired Tho
soldiers lifted tho cover from his flca
ami kissed him before they carried him
out The chaplain offered u prayer Then
they removed the great hero amid the rat
Ting hail OF the guns and nut him down
among other soldiers buried at the same
time" All Of which [ state for the benefit
of those who would have US believe that tha
Christian religion is fit only for women in
the eighties and children under seven. There
was glory enough in that departure to halo
Christendom.
'There," said our escort. Bob the
Mailer did the work" who was Bob tho
Nailer?" ooh. he was the African who sat
at that point, and when any one ofour men
| venturGd across the road he would drop
him by rifle ball. Bob was a sure marks.
mau. The ouly way to get across the road
for water from the we'll was to wait until
his gun flashed and then instantly cross
before he had time to load. The only way
we could get rid of him WAS by digging Il
mine under the house where he was
hidden. When the house was blown up,
Bob the Mailer went with it," | said to him,
Had you male up your minds what you
and the other sufferers would 10 in case the
iiends actually broke in?" "0h, yes ~ said
my escort. "We had it all planned, for the
probability was every hour for nearly fvs
months that they would break in. You must
remember it was 1909 against 10000. and
for the latter part Of the time it was
900 against 10000, and the residency aud
the earthworks around it were not put up
for such an attack. II was only from the
mercy of God that we were not massacred
soon after the besegemeut. We were re-
solved not to allow ourselves to get into tho
hands Of those desperado9s. You must re-
member that we and all tho women had
heard of the butchery at Cawnpur, and we
knew what defeat meant. If unable TO hold
out any longer we would have blown our
selves up and all gone out Of life tog ethsr"
''Show me, said 'the rooms whore the
women and children staid during those
awful months" Then we crossed over and
went down into tho cellar Of the resdency.
With shudder OF horror indescribable [ en-
tered the cellars where 622 women and chill
dren had been crowded until the whole floor
was full. know the exact NUMBER, Tor [
counted their names ON the roll. As one oil
the ladies' wrote in her diary-spsaSing OF
these women she said, "They lay upon the
floor fitting into eacl other like bits in a
puzzle" Wives had obtained from their
husbands the promise that the hus-
bands would shoot them rather than let
them fall into the han Is OF these desper-
ADDE'S. The women within thu resdency
were kept on the smallest allowance that
would maintain life. No opportunity OF
privacy. Toe death angel AMI the nrtn
angel touched wings as they passed. Flies,
! mosquitoes, vsrnn in full poss 3ssion of the
place, an these women in momentary ex-
pectation that the enraSad savaces woIll
rush upon them, in violence OF which clu)
and sword and TORCH AMI throat cu.tin;
would be the mlider forms.
Our escort told US again and again OF the
bravery OF these women. They did not de-
spair. They encouraged the sodiery. They
waited on the wounded ami dying in ths
, hospital. They gave up their stockings Tor
holders OF the grapsshot. They solleei
each other when their children died. Wnen
a husband or iathsr fell, slch prayers OF
sympathy wore offered as Onlv won IN can
: offer. They endured without complaint.
} They prepared their own clildran Tor burial.
. They wera inspired for tho men VINO stool
| at tnelr posts hshtins till they dropped.
, Our escort told us that again and again
l news had come that HlyaocS AMI DURAN
I were on the why to Ietch these bssiegel
. ones out o. their wretchednes. They had
received II letter from Hlvelocs role 4 up IN
= a quill AMI carried in tho mouth of dis