Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-12-12
RH. DR.. TALMAGR
TIE BRoonYN BIvINEs GUz.
DAY RKRNON,
Subject "S.ese of Lucknow Z"

IonS time IN making war against II to take
1t. thou shalt not destroy the trees Thereof by
forcing an ak against them.
NY xx., 19.
The awiulest thing in war is besieCru-n,
FOR 20 the work Of deadly weapons ii add
hunger and starvation and plague. Bssiege
ment is sometimes necessary, but my tex
commands mercy even in that. The frui
trees must be spared because they afford
food for man. ''Thou shalt not destroy til,
trees thereof by forcing an AK against
them" But in my recent journey round thu
world found at Lucknow. India. the rrmam
OF the most merciless besieSement OF fht
ages, and proceed TO tell YOU that story foi
Jour great reasons-to show you what a hof
lid thing war is and 10 make you all advo-
Gates for peace, to show you what genuins
Christian character is under bombar.i in-nr,
TO put a coronation on Christian courage
md TO show you how splendldly gool people
die.
As our train glide into the dinly Irhte,
station 1 asked the guari, "1s this Luck.
now?" and he answered. "Lucknow, at the
pronunciation of which proper name strong
emotions rushed through Doiy m.nI anc
Soul.
The word Is a synonym OF suffering. o.
cruelty, OF heroism, o RO1ror such as is suS-
gested by hardly any other wori. We have
Ior thirty-five years been reading OF the
agonies there endured ami the daring deeds
there witnessed. 1t was my great desire to
have some one who had witnessed the
scenes transacted in Lucknow in 1857 con-
duct US over the place. We found just the
man. He was u young soldier at the time
the greatest mutiny of the ages broke out,
and he was put with others inside the
resdency, which was a cluster OF buildings
making Il fortress in which the representa-
tives OF the English Govercment lived and
which was to be the scene of an enduranca
and a tonbardment the story OF which
a ni,,t Ia
and sacred eloquence have been trying to de-
pct Our escort not only had COOL
memory OF what had happened, but had
talent enough to rehearse the tragedy.
In the early part OF 1857 all over India the
natives We're rea y to break out in re5sliion
against all foreigners AMI esp scally against
the civil AMI military representatives OF tat
English Government.
A half dozen causes are mentip,e for the
feeling of discomfort and insurceciioa that
was evincei throughout India. Eals most
OF these causes were mere pretevts.- Creased
cartridges were no doubt eyGspsraiion.
The grease ordered by the EngiS-I Govern
ment TO be used on thesa cartr iges v..s
taken from cows or pigs, AM grease TO tht
Hmdoos IS unclean, and 10 bite these ear
tridges NJ the loading of the guns would lot
an offrns. to the Hinioo religion. Tat
leaders of the Hindoos said thar thes.
Creasei cartridges was on!y pari OF an at
tempt by the English Government to mlke
the natives give up their rel gton lence, un.
bounded Indignation was arousei.
Another cause o! the nut ny was that An.
other large province o In LA hal bean an
nex.i to the British emp r., and thou Sru Is
o. officials in the empoy o the Kin. OF that
province were thrown Oh. OF position, AZ
they were all ready for trouble maxim :.
Another cause was Iii to he the bal gov.
ernm"nt exercised by some English OH :ials
in India.
The simple fact was that the NATIVES In
dia were u conquered race. an the Ensiist
were the conquerorS. For 1OJ years thu
British scepter mad been wave over In iia
and the In'!ans wanted 10 break that sep
ter. There never hai be II any love Or sym.
pathy between the natives of India AMI the
Europeans. There is none now.
Before the time of the great mutiny th
English Government riskei much power il
the hands OF the natives. Too many of then
manned the forts. Too many of them wer, O..
in the Governmental employ. And now the
time had come for wide outbreak, The
natives hat p 'rsulded themse. YES that they
could sen the English Government flying
and TO Hcconp!isl 1t dagger and sworl anC
ilrearn and nutiiation and slaughter mu.
do the worst.
Ir WIS evident in Lucknow that the ns-
tIyes were 4 out to rise AMI put TO death all
the Europeans they couli lay their hand.
on, mi into the rrsi ieucy he Christian POD
ulation OF Lucknow has. enei for defens.
from the tic RS in human form wnich were
growing for their victi1s The occupant,
OF the resiirncy, or fort. were-nilitary am
non-combatants, men. women and chiIdreI
in number a! out 1892.
L suggest in one ntenca some OF the
chief woes to which they were subjected
when l say that these people were in tine
rrsiieucy five months without n sinrIs
change OF clothing, some of the time tn.
heat at 10 and 130 degrees the place black
with flies and all a-squirn with vermin
firing OF the enemy upon them ceasiuc
neither day nor night the hospital crowded
with the diving; smallpox. scurvy, cholera,
aiding their WORK TO tnat OF shot and shell
women brought up in all comfort and never
having known want, crowded and sacri.
feed in cellar where nine children
Were born less and less foo mo water eS-
cept that which was brought from a well
un Ter the en-mys fire, so that the watsr OBJ
fained was at the nrice of blood the stencil
ofthe dead horse, added to the efiuvia OF
Corpses. and all waiting for the moment
wEen the army of 10000 shriekinS Hindoo
devi 8 should break in upon the garrison OF
the residency, now reduced by wounds and
sickness and death to $40 men, women ant
cbIl iren.
.Call me early" said, 'to-morrow morn.
ing, and let US be at the rrsidency before The
sun becomes too hot" At o'clock in the
mornin; we left our hotel in Lucknow, and
! said to our obiiginS, gentlemanly escort,
"P!sase take US along the road by whic,,
HavelocS and Outram came to the relief OF
the rcsidency." That was the way we went.
There was solemn stiffness as We ap-
preached the gate of tho residency. Bat
tered and torn is the masonry of the en-
trance Signature of shot and punctuation
)i cannon oall all up and down and every
where.
''Here TO the lett" said our escort, "art
the remains of Il building the first floor o.
which in other days had been used as a BAN
quet ng hail. but then was used as a hos.
pitai. AT this part the amputations took
place, and all such patients 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. Ampu.
tations were performed without chloroform.
All the anaesthetic5 were exhausted. A
fracture tina: in other climates and un
der o'hcr circumstances would have come &c
easy convalescencs here proved fatal. Yon-
der Was DR.. FayrerS house, who was sur.
Seon OF the place AMI Is now Queen Victor.
las doctor This uppef.rSon was the on |
GERS room, and there Sir Henry Lawrence,
our dear commander, was woun'lei |. While |
he sat there a shell struck the room. and
some one suggested that lie had better |
leave the room, but he smiled anl sail, |
lightning never strikes twice in the |
same place. Hardly hal hs said this
wnen another shell tore Off h!sthiyn, an ne |
WAS carried dying into DIR. Fiyrers house |
on the other side of the rosd. S:r Henry
IIiNEeucc hiti beeu III poor ntdltn Tor 5
long time before the mutiny. He had teen |
in the Indian servica for years. an be had
started Tor England to Recover his heaith,
hut getting as far as Bombay the English
Government requested him 10 remain al
least awhie, ior he could not be spared
in such dangerous times. He came here to
Lucknow, and foreseeins the s.e;e OF this
Iesidency had filed many OF the rooms with
grain, without which the residency would
have been obliged TO srrrrn ler. There wers
also taken by him into this resiiencv rice
and SIG charcoal and 70 Her for tie
oxen abl 80. 'or the horses. But now, at
the time wen all the people were looking
to him for WIS % n aul courage, Sir Henry
is dy ng."
Our escort Gascri cs the scena. uniqus
.enier, beautiful AMI overpowerinC, ana
while 1 :ooi on the very spot wIere the
siyhs aui g-oars OF the besieged AMI lacera-
ted and broken nelrted ne. the whiz o. bull
lets, and the denoniac hiss OF bursli ing shell,
and the rolr o. batterie nv escort Oaya me