Connecticut western news., 1894-12-13

anu I,OOO suu6fluS, uyluB peopIt iLsiuo. In addition to the army of the Hindoos and Moslems, an invisible army of sick nesses swooped upon them. Some went raving mad under exposure. Others dropped under apoplexy. A starving, mutilated, fevered, sunstruck, ghastly group waiting to diel Why did not the heathen dash down those mud walls and the 10, 900 annihilate the now less than 1000? It was because they seemed su- pernaturally defended.
 Mama Sahib resolved to celebrate an anniversary. The 23d of June, 1857, would be 100 years since the battle of Plassy, when, under Lord Give, India surrendered to England. That day the last European in Cawnpur was to be slaughtered. Other anniversaries have been celebrated with wine. This was to be celebrated with blood. Other anni- versaries have been adorned with gar lands This with drawn swords. Others have been kept with songs. This with generations. 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 a lighthouse. The cavalry horses returned full run without their riders The Lord looked out from the heavens, and on that ami versary day gave the victory to his peo- pie.
 Therefore Mana Sahib must try some other plan. Standing in field not far from the intrenchment of the English was native Christian woman, Jacobee by name, holding high up in her hand . letter. It was evidently communi cation from the enemy, and General Wheeler ordered the woman brought in. She handed him a proposed treaty. If 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 go down tomorrow to the Ganges, where they would find boats to take them in peace to Allahabad.
 The Treaty Signed.
 There was some opposition to signing this treaty, but General Wheeler's wife told him he could trust the natives, and so he signed the treaty. There was great joy in the intrenohment 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 120 to 140, would cease. Mothers rejoioed at the prospect 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 MT. Lee, "and we will ride to the banks of the Ganges. for which the liberated com batants and noncombatants started from this place" On our way MT. Lee point sd out 8 monument over the burial place which was opened for General Wheeler's intrenohment, the well into which every night the dead had been dropped. Around it is curious memo rial. There are five crosses, one at 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 in Cawnpur. Thewalls are covered with tablets and epitaphs. I copied two or three of the inscriptions: These are they who come out of great tribulation;" also, "The dead shall be raised incorruptible;" also: "In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world;'' also: "The Lord gave. The Lord hath taken away" also, 'tCome unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.'
 "Get into the carriage" said MT. Lee, and we rode on to the Ganges and got out at Hindoo temple standing on the banks. "Now," said MT. Lee, "here is the place to which General Wheeler and his people came under the escort of Mana Sahib" went down the steps to 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 were getting into the boats Mama Sahib objected that only the aged and infirm women and children should go on board the boats. The young and attractive women were kept out Twenty eight boats were filled with men, women and children and hoated out into the river. Each boat contained ten armed natives. Then three boats fastened together were brought up, and General Wheeler and his staff got in. Although orders were given to start, the three boats were some how detained. At this juncture boy of 12 years of age hoisted on the top of the Hindoo temple on the banks two flags, Hindoo and Mohammedan flag, at which signal the boatmen and armed natives jumped from the boats and swam for the shore, and from innumerable guns the natives on the bank fired on the boats, and masked batteries above and below roared with destruction, and the boats sank with their precious car go, and all went down save three strong swimmers, who got to the opposite shore. Those who struggled out near by were dashed to death. Mana Sahib and his staff with their swords slashed to pieces General Wheeler and his staff, who had not got we'll away from the shore.
 said that the young and attractive women were not allowed to get into the boats. These were marched away under the guard of the sepoys.
 Days of Horror.
 (Which way?" I inquired. "I will show you," said MT. Lee. Again we took seats in the carriage and started for the climax of desperation and diabolism. Now we are on the way to summer house. called the assembly rooms, which had been built for recreation and pleasure. It had two rooms, each 29 by 10, and some windowless closets, and here were imprisoned 2O8 helpless peo- pie. It was to become the prison of