New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-14

blood-soaked floor Then they were taken ont
and hanged on a gaows erected between the
house and the we'll where the murdered English
women and children lay On the arrival Of the
Ninety-third. Sir Colin Campbell put a stop &c
this particular punishment unworthy of the
English name and a Christian Government
General Neill." adds Mitchell has been much
blamed for this order; but in condemning the
action We must not overlook the provocation
The General saw more Of the horrors OF Gavin
pore than | did; but what ! saw. ana the
stories which were told by natives VINO
claimed to have been eyewitness of the
horrible scenes which they described were
enough to make the words mercy and par
don appear n mockery." The next year.
while Mitchell was in charge of high-caste
native under sentence Of death he was told by
this man that Mana Sdhib had intended to spare
the English women and children. but that they
had an enemy in his zenana in the person OF a
female fend who had formerly been slave
girl. She persuaded him to order the massacre
being supported in her evil counsel by many OF
the Nhna's male advisers. who wished TO see MIN
so implicated in rebellion that he could not draw
back. His own guard refused to do the work.
as did the Sepoys Of the Sixth Native Infantry.
Then the fiendsh slave-girl went forth into the
city and found the men-two butchers among
them-who did the deed In the war which fol-
lowed this massacre quarter was given on
either side-on the rebels part through stony
cruelty, and the part Of the Europeans ne
cause they needed every available man for the
struggle and could not guard prisoners. Nit
chell notes. in concluding his comments on this
phase Of the war that the European soldiers went
through the terrible scenes OF the Mu,iny with
m,
children. or even III armed men. came into their
power
The rescue Of the women and children shut mp
in Lucknow with n handful Of English troops
10 guard III I'm, was one attended by many thrill
ing episodes Every position leading mp To- the
Residcncv was won with desperate bravery by
the attacking column. one Of whose units was
the reckless little soldier then known as "Plucky
wee Bobs' and now as General Lord Roberts.
The natives fought like devils ncarnate In blind
fury; while the Ninctv-thrd. fresh from the
sight Of the "slaughtcr- house." screamed Gavin
pore, You bloody murdcrcrs," TIL hoarse and
mad with thirst brought on 10y biting the nuzzl"-
loading cartridge with their Sitting powder
They were inhamed by memory Of the S"poy
atrocities that mutilation and death seemed I"
have no tcrrors for them. one poor fellow
whose leg was carried clean of above the kne"
by round-shot I'm the advance on the shan
Nujeef was knocked head over heels by the fore"
Of the shot. He sat bolt upright on the grass
with the blood spOutng from the stump Of his
limb like water from the hose Of a fire engine
and shouted: Here goes shilling a day;
shilling a day. Pitch into Them boys: pitch
into them, Remember Cawnpore, Nihety-third'
Remember Cawnporc Go at them. my hcarties"
and he fell back in a dead faint. and on we
went" He was dead before the doctor could
reach him
Occasionally the avengers rclcnied. as in the
case of a native who. by clcYcrly 'shamminC
dead" had nearly escaped. H. was still within
range. however. and several rifles were leyerl
at him.
But Sergeant Tindlay. who was on the ram
paris. and himself one Of the best shots IN
the company called ont: Don't fir. mon: give
the poor devil chance" Instead Of - volley ~
bullets the mems better feelings gained the day.
and Jack Pandy WAS -cpficycd with cheer 20
speed him on his way. As soon a. he heard IL
he realized his position. and. like the Samaritan
lcper Of old. he halted and putting mp both his
hands with the palms together in front - his
face. he salaamed profoundly. prostraung him
self three times on the ground 10y way ~ thanks
and then walked slowly toward the liAdshlhi-
bArh. while "" on the ramparts waved orr
feather bonnc's and clappcd our hands 10 him
In token Of good will.
An adventure which had an clement If FUN
was that Of the tweve-ycar-od drummcr-boy
Ross. who climbed the dome of the shah Nuienf
to signal 20 the besiegcd English In the Resi-
dency. and who stayed up long enough amid the .
anemys round-shots To- tootlc Yankee Doodle"
on his buglc "Won't the Yankees feel jcal-
,us" said the monkey. coming down. when they
hear that the ttlest drummcr-boy In the r"gi-
nent sang Yankee Doodle under a hail If fir"
IN the dome Of the highest mosque In Lucknow" .
Another amusing rcmnsccncc is that If a
piper and three others who had fired /
their last round of ammunition In the streets of .
Lucknow. and were attacked 10y half dozen
rebels The three men with rifles prepared 10
defend themselves with the bayonet. but az
soon the rebels were within twenty PAGES
# the party the piper pointed the droncs II
bis bagpipes straight at them. and blew such
Wild blast that they turned tail and fled like the
wind. mistaking the bagpipes for some Internal
machine.
The capture of Sccundiabhgh as described
by the sergeant. IS one Of the most exciting
episodes Of modern warfare. When the fight
was done. over two thousand or the enemy lay
lead within the building and the centre court
and nine officers and ninety-nine men Of the
Hinety-thrd were among the killed and
wounded. In Of the chapters dealing with
Among the volunteers who came from the
seventy second was a man named James Wal .
ace. He and six others from the same regi-
nent Joined my company. Wallace was not
lis real name but he never took any one into
lis confidence. nor was he ever known To have
my correspondence He was usually so tact
urn in his manner that he was known In the
company as the Quaker. a name which had fol-
owed him from the Scyenty-second. He had
Violently received a superior education, for If
skcd for any Information by a more ignorant
Omrade he would at once give IL: or questioned
IS to the translation Of a Latin or French quo
alton In a book he would give ii without the
east hesitation. | have often him on
he voyage out walking up and down the deck
+ the Bceisle during the watches II the night
epeating the famous poem Of Lamartinc. "Le
'hien du Solitaire" commencing:
Ielas! rcntrcr tout seul dams maison desertc,
ans vor vorc approche une fcnetre ouvcrte.
Taking him all in all, Quaker Wallace was IA
TRANCE enigma which could solve.
When pressed To take promotion. for which his