The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-12-21

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of all the peasants and landed pro
prietors of every district to rejoice a.
| the thought that the Christians hav,
been sent to hell, and both the HindoC
and Mohammedan religions have beer
| confirmed, and that they should. a.
| usunl, be obedienJ to the authoritie.
| of the government, and never suffer
any complaint against themselves t.
| reach to the ears of the higher author
ity."
''Mr. Lee, what is this?" l said to oul
escort as the carriage halted by an EN-
bankment. Here" he said sis the
entrenchment where the Christians O.
Cawnpore took refuge. 1t is the re
| mains of wall which at the time o1
the mutiny was only four feet high
| behind which, with no shelter from
| the sun, the heat at one hundred anC
| thirty degrees, four hundred and for
ty men and five hundred and sixty
| women and children dwelt nearly
month. A handful of flour anC
split peas was the daily ration, and
only two wells near by, the one il
which they buried their dead, because
they had no time to bury them in the
earth, and the other we'll the focus or
which the artillery of the enemy
played, SO that it was choice between
death by thirst and death by bullet OF
shell. Ten thousand yelling Hin
docs outside this frail wall and
one thousand suffering, dying peo-
pie inside. In addition to the army
of the Hindoos and Moslems, an invisi.
bic army of sickness swooped upon
them. Some went raving mad under
exposure; others dropped under apo
plexy. A starving, mutilated, fevered,
sunstruck, ghastly group waiting to
die. Why did not the heather dash
down those mud walls and the ten
thousand annihilate the now less than
one thousand? 1t was because they
seemed supernaturally defended.
Mana Sahib res olved to celebrate an
anniversary. The 23d 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
anniversaries have beon 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 execrations. Others with the
dance of the gay; this with the dance
of death. The infantry and cavalry
and artiI .ery of Mana S1i.iU made on
that day one grand assault, but the
few guns of the English and Scotch
put to fight these Hindoo tigers. The
courage of the fends broke against
that mud wall as the waves of the sea
against a lighthouse. The cavalry
horses returned fun 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 a field not far
from the intrenchment of the English
was a native Christian woman, Jaco-
bee by name, holding high up in her
hand a letter. 1t was evidently a com
munication from the enemy, aud Gen.
Wheeler ordered the woman brought
in. She handed him proposed
treaty. If Gen. Wheeler and his
men would give up their weap-
them into safety; they could march
out unmolested, the men, women and
children; they could get down to-mor-
row to the Gangcs, where they would
find boats to take them in peace to AL
laha bad. There was some opposition
to signing this treaty, but Gen. Wheel
er's wife told him he could trust the
natives, and so he signed the treaty.
There was great joy in the intrcnch
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 one hundred and
twenty to one hundred and forty,
would cease. Mothers rejoiced at the
prospect of saving their children. The
young ladies of the intrenchment
would escape the wild beasts in hui
man form. On the morrow, true to
the promise, carts were ready to trans
port those who were too much eX-
hausted to walk.
"Get in the creriage," said Mr.. Lee,
'tand we will ride to the banks Of the
Ganges, for which the liberated com
batants and non-colnbat tants started
from this place" On our way Mr.. Lee
pointed out monument over the burial
place which was opened for Gen. Wheel
er's intrenchment, the well 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 cpitaphs
l copied two or three of the inscrip-
tions: "These are they who come out
of great tribulation;" also, "The dead
shall be raised incorruptible;' also,
''In the world ye shall have tribula-
tiOn, but be of good cheer; have over
come the world;'' also, THE Lord gave;
the Lord hath taken away" also,
Come unto Ne 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 a Hindo temple stand
ing 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." ] 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