Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-27

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ty."
"Mr. Lee, what is this?" said to our
escort as the carriage halted by an
embankment. 'Here," he said, lis the
entrenchment were the Christians OF
Cawnpore took refuge. 1t is the re-
mains of wall which at the time OF
the mutiny was only four feet high,
behind which, with no shelter from the
sun, the heat at 1870 degrees, 440 men
and 500 women and children dwelt near
/ ly a month. A handful of flour and
split peas was the daily ration, and only
two wells near by, the one in which
they buried their dead, because they
| had no time to bury them in the earth,
and the other well the focus on which
the artillery of the enemy played, so
1 that il was a choice between death by
thirst and death by bullet or she'll
Ten Thousand yelling Hindoos outside
this frail wall and 1000 suffering. dy-
| ing people inside. In addition to the
army of the Hindoos and Moslems an
| invisible army of sickness swooped
upon them. Some went raving mad
under exposure; others dropped under
apoplexy. A starving, mutilated, fe-
vered, sunstruck, CHASTITY group, wait
ing to die. Why did not the heather
dash down those mud walls and the
10000 annihilate the now less than
1000? 1t was because they seemed SUI
pernaturally defended.
Mana Sahib resolved 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 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 execrations. Others
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 assault
but the few guns of the English and
Scotch put to flight these Iindoo tigers.
The courage of 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 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 English
was native Christian woman, ia
cobee by name, holding high up in her
hand a letter. II was evidently com
munication from the enemy, and Gen.
Wheeler ordered the woman brought
in. She handed him a proposed treaty.
II Gen. 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
There was some opposition TO signing
this treaty, but Gen. Wheeler's wife
told him he could tcust the natives and
so he signed the treaty. There was
great JOY in the intrenchment that
night. Without molestation they went
ont and got plenty Of water to drink.
aud water for good "a The hum
ger and thirst and exposure from the
consuming sun, with the thermometer
from 100 to 40, would cease Mothers
reioiced at the prospect of saving their
children. The young ladies of the in
trcnchment 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
sect in the carriage, said Mr.. Lee. |
''and we will ride to the banks of the |
Ganges, for which the liberated com
from this place" On our way Mr. Lee
pointed out monument over the burial |
place which was opened for Gen.
Whecler's intrenchment. and 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 center, from which inscription !
to-day read my text Riding on, we
CAME 10 Illt -nCIlBAldA UullI 10
the memory of those fallen in Gavin
pore. The walls are covered with tab
lets and epitaphs. l copied two or
three of the inscriptions. These are
they who came out of great tribula-
tion:'' also, "The dead shall be raised
also, SIN the world We
shall have tribulation, but be Of good
cheer; | have overcome the world"
llso. "The Lord gave; the Lord hath
taken away" also. Come unto Me all
ye that labor and are heavy laden.
Get into the carriage, said Mr. Lee.
md we rode on to the Ganges, and got
mt at Hindoo temple standing on the
banks. Now" said Mr.. Lee, here is
he place to which Gen. Wheeler and
lis people came under the escort of
Mana Sahib" / went down the steps
% the margin of the river. Down these
,teps went Gen. Wheeler and the men.
women and children under his care.
they stood on the side of the steps,
md Mana Sahib and his staff stood on