Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-11-26

"Ao"h III upon Tie F1.tlSCn Of the resi-
denoy, now reduced by wounds and
sickness and death to 076 zen, women
and children.
Call me early" l said, tomorrow
morning, and let us be at the residenoy
before the sun becomes too hot" At 2
O'Clock IN the morning we left our ho-
tel IN Lucknow, and / said to our obliQ.
ing, gentlemanly escort, "Please take
us along the road by which Havelook
and Outram came to the relief Of the
residency." That was the way we went
There was n solemn stiffness as we ap-
preached thegate of the residenoy. Bat
tered and torn is the masonry of the en-
trance. Signature of shot and punctua-
ton of cannon ball all up and down and
everywhere.
Here to the left, /" said our escort,
are the remains of building the first
floor of which in other days had been
used as banqueting hall, but then was
used as hospital AT this part the am
putations took place, and all such pa
tients died. The heat was so great and
the food so insufficient that the poor
fellows could not recover from the loss
Of blood. They all died. Alnputations
were performed without chloroform.
All the an@sthetics were exhausted. A
fracture that in other climates and un.
der other circumstances would have
come to easy convalescence here proved
fatal Yonoer was DR.. Fayrer's house,
who was surgeon of the place and is
now Queen Viotoria's doctor. This up
per room was the officers room, and
there Sir Henry Lawrence, our dear
commander, was wounded. While he
sat there q shell struck the room, and
some one suggested that he had better
leave the room, but he smiled and said,
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place. Hardly had he said this
when another shell tore off his thigh,
and he was carried dying into DR.. Fay
rer's house on the other side of the road
Sir Henry Lawrence had been in poor
health for long time before the mu-
tiny. He had been in the Indian service
for years, and he had started for Eng
land to recover his health, but getting
as far as Bombay the English govern
ment requested him to remain at least
awhile, for he could not be spared in
such dangerous times. He came here to
Lucknow, and foreseeing the siege of
this residency had filled many of tho
rooms with grain, without which the
would have been obliged to
surrender. There were also taken by
him into this residency 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 look
ing to him for wisdom and courage,
Sir Henry is dying"
Our escort describes the scene, unique,
tender, beautiful and overpowering, and
while / stood on the very spot where
the sighs and groans of the besieged
and laceratHd apd broken hearted met
the whiz of bullets, and the demoniao
hiss of bursting she'll. and the roar OF
my escort gave me the partic.
ulaFs.
Tried to Do His Duty.
GAS soon as Sir Henry was told that
be had not many hours to 1.-Two he asked
he chaplain to administer to him tho
loly communion. He felt particularly
anxious for the safety of the women in
ihe residency, who at any moment,
might be subjected to the savages who
lowled around the residency, their
in only matter of time un-
ess -enforcements should come. He
would frequently say to those who sur
his death couch: Save the la
dies. God help the poor women and
,hildrenp He gave directions for the
desperate defense Of the place. He ask
ID forgiveness Of all those whom no
might unintentionally have neglected or
offended. He left q message for all his
friends. He forgot not to give direction
'or the care of his favorite horse. He
charged the officers, saying: BY no
means surrender Make no treaty or
with the desperadoes. Die
lighting He took charge Of the asylum
no had established for the children Of
soldiers. He gave directions for his bur
al, saying; No nonsense, no fuss Let
me- be buried with the men, He die
.ated his own epitaph, which / read
above his tomb; Here lies Henry Law
renee, who tried 10 do his duty. May
-he Lord have mercy on his soul flo
said i would like to have a passage Of
Scripture added 10 the words on my
grave, such az, "To the Lord our God be-
long meroies aud forgiyenesses, though
We have rebellod against him" Isn't
ID from DanielT So as brave q man ~
England or India over saw expired Tho
soldiers lifted the cover from his face
and kissed him before they carried him
out The chaplain offered prayer
Then they removed tho great hero amid
tho rattling hail Of tho guns and put
him down among other soldiers buried
az the same time" All of which ! state
for tho benefit of those who would have
us bslieys that the Christian religion
Is 6t only fog women Ia tho eighties aud
children under 2 Thero was gl0Iy
enough in that departure % halo Chris
tendon
wstfT - . i4fs's hist
nThorp said our escort bob fAf
Mailer did tho work % Who was BOD
tho Raileff "Oh, he Was che African