The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-12-12

and children.
"Call me early" I said, tomorrow
morning and let US be at the residency.
before the sun becomes too hot" At Z
o'clock in the morning we left our ho-
tel in Lucknow, and said to our oblig-
ing, gentlemanly escort, "Please take
us along the road by which Havelock
and Outram came to the relief of the
residency." That was the way we
went. There was a solemn stiffness as
we approached the gate of the resi-
dency. Battered and torn is the ma
sonry of the entrance. Signature OF
shot and punctuation OF cannon ball
all up and down and ever. where.
"Here to the left" said our escort,
s'are the remains of building the first
floor of which in other days had been
used as q 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 80 inst .ffeient that the poor
fellows could not iecover from the loss
Of blood. They all died. Amputatiops
were performed without ehloroform..
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 Yonder was Dr.. Fayrer's house,;
who was surgeon OF the place and is,
now Queen victoria's doctor. This up
per room was the officers room, and,
there Sir Henry Lawrence, our dear,
commander, was wounded. While hel
sat there shell struck the room, and:
some one suggested that he had better,
leave the room, but he smiled and salda
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 ut 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.
the rooms with grain, without which;
the residency 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,;;
mt the time when all the people were.
looking to him for wisdom and cour-'
age, Sir Henry is dying"
Our escort describes the scene,i
unique, tlnder, beautiful and overpow-'
ering. and while ] stood on the very
spot where the sighs and groans OF the
besieged and lacerated and broken
hearted met the whiz of bullets, and
the demoniac hiss of bursting SHE'LL
and the roar of batteries, my escort
gave me the particulars.
Gas soon as Sir Henry was told that:
he had not many hours to live he asked.
the chaplain to administer to him the,
holy communion. He felt particularly;
anxious for the safety of the women in
the residency, who, at any moment,
might be subjected to the savages who
howled around the residency, their
breaking in only a matter of time un-
less re-enforcements should come. He
would frequently say to those who sur
rounded his death couch: Save the
ladies'. God help the poor women and
childrenp He gave directions for the
desperate defense of the place. He
asked forgiveness of all those whom
he might unintentionally have neglect
ed or offended. He left message for
all his friends. he forgot not to give
direction for the care of his favorite
horse. He charged the officers, say
ing: by no means surrender. Make
no treaty or compromise with the des-
peradoes. Die fighting He took
charge of the asylum he had establish
ed for the children of soldiers. He
gave directions for his burial,
saying: No nonsense; no fuss Let
me be buried with the men, He die.
tated his own epitaph, which I read
above his tomb: Here lies Henry Law.
renee, who tried to do his duty. May
the Lord have mercy on his SOUL he
said: 4 would like to have passage Of
Scripture added to the words on my
grave, such as, ITO the Lord our God be-;
long mercies and forgivenesses, though;
we have rebelled against him." Isn't
It from Daniel? So as brave man as
England or India ever saw expired. The
soldiers lifted the cover from his face
and kissed him before they carried him
out. The chaplain offered prayer.
Then they moved the great hero amid
the rafting hail of guns and put
him down among other soldiers buried
at the same time" All of which l state.
for the benefit of those who would have
us believe that the 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
the Nailerq" "Oh, he was the African
who sat at that point, and when any
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