The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-13

/ nus Neeu torn uOWn, anu n EArten oil
] quisitc and fragrant flowers surrounds the
scene. Mr.. Leo pointed out to us some
seventy mounds containing bodies or por-
tions OF bodies of those not thrown into tho
WELL soldier stands on guard TO keep tho
| foliage and flowers from being ru,hrssly
pulled. / asked soldier II might takea
rose as n memento, and he handed mo n
cluster OF roses, rod and white, both colors
suggestive to me--the red typical OF tho crr-
mage there enacted. AMI the white for tho
purity OF those who from that spot assembled.
But OF course the most absorbing interest
concentrated at the well, into winch hun.
dreds OF women and children were nung or
lowered. A circular wall Of white marble
inclosss this we'll. TIE wall is about twenty
feet high. Inside this wall there Is marbls
pavement. Ipaced 1t and found II nty-
seven PAGES around In the center OF this
inclosure AMI Immediately ahovs thn well o,
tho dead Is n sculpturci angel OF rcsurrac.
ton. with iluminel face ami two palm
branches, meaning victory. THIS angel is
looking down toward ths slumbercrs be-
meath, but the two wings ggest the rising
OF the last day. Mighty consolation In mar
bic They went down under the hatchets OF
the sepoys. They shalt come up under tho
trumpet that shall wake the dead. felt
weak and all a-trembe as | stool readin.
these woris on the stone that covers the
well rs tered to tha perp stual memory OF
great company OF Christian people, chiefly
women ana Cnlluren, cru"lly mnsS1crel
near this spot by the re5el. Mana Sahib, and
thrown, the dying with tho dead. into tna
we'll beneath on the 18th day OF July. 1857"
On the arch OF the mausoleum were cut tne
words. These ara they who came out OF
great tribulatlor."
The sun was sinking beneath tho horizon
as came down the seven or eight steps OF
that place OF sepuchcr. and bethought
myself "No emperor, unless II was Napo.
leon, ever had more glories around his pit.
low or dust, and no qugen. unless IL wera
the one OF Tai Mahnl, hai reared for her
grander cenotaph than crowns tho resting
places OF the martyrs OF Cawnpur. But
where rest tho bones OF tho Hcrod OF tho
nineteenth century. Mana S1hib? Two mon
sent out TO nni the whereabouts Of the
daughter OF General Wheeler tracked Mana
Sahib during weeks rido Into tho wilder.
dess, and they were told that for awhile
after the mutlny Mana Sahib sot up n little
pomp In the junglcs. Among q few thousad
Hindoos and Mohammeians he took for him
self the odly two tents the neghhors had.
while they lived In the rain AMI mul. Mana
Slhib, with ono servant carrying an um.
brella, would go every day TO bathc, and
people would 20 and stare. For some
reason, after awhile he forsook even
that small attention. and disap-
pearcd among tho ravnes OF tho
Himalayan Mountains He TOOK with
him In his flight that which he always took
with him-a ruby OF vast value He wore Il
rs some wear an amulet. He wore IL as
some wear a lie preservsr. iIe wore It on
his bosom. Tao Hindoo priest told him ns
long ~ ho wore that ruby his fortunes would
be good. but both the ruby and tho prince
who wore II have vanished. Not u treasure
on the outside of the bosom, but treasure
inside the heart, is the best protection. Solo,
mon. who hal ruAies In tho hllt OF swords,
and rubies in the lip OF tho tankards, and
] ptth in Ia Naaf n.f huN at4nt t.1.
Mana Sahib did not hnd out ~ time, "wis.
dom il better than rubies.' When the
forests OF India are cleared by the axes OF an
other civilization, the lost ruby Of this Gavin
pur monster may be- picked up and be
brought back again 20 blaze among the
worlds jewels But who shall reclaim Tot
decent sepulture the romans OF Mana SahibY
Ask the vulturcs Ask the reptiles Ask
the iacsals Ask the midnight Himalayas :
Much criticism has been made OF Sir
! Henry Havelock and Sir Colin Campbell be-
| cause OF the txterminating work they did
| with these sepoys. Indeed II was awful. My
escort, Mr.. Lfs has told me that he saw tho
/ scpoys fastetad TO the mouths OF cannon.
,'ssrifh6n TIE guns would nre, ana ior II lew
thfonds there would be nothing but smoke.
IA rs the smoke began to liit fragments OF
esh would be found flying through ths nir.
fiou may do your own criticism. | here ex-
A, ress no opinion. There can be no doubt,
rowevsr. thar that mode OF finally treating
Vhe sepoy5 broke tho back OF the mutiny.
The Hindoos found that the Europeans
could play at the same game which
! the Asiatics had started. The plot
WAS organized for the murder OF
all the Europeans and Americans in
India. Under its knives and bluigeons
/ American Presbyterianism lost its go. '"s
missionaries. Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell.
| Rev. Mr.. aui Mrs. MacMullin. Rev. Mr.. ana
| Mrs. Johnson. Rsv. Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman.
I The work OF slaughter had been began In
| all directions on an appalling scale, and the
commuters the English army made up
I their minds that this was the best way.
The Black Hole prison has been torn
down, but stone pavement tw lnty feet by
twenty indicates the ground covered by the
| prison. The building had two small WIN
dow', and was intended for two or three
/ prisoners. These natives OF India crowded
into that on room OF twenty feet feet By
twenty feet 1i5 Europeans. The midsummer
/ neat, the suHocatlon, the trImpltng OF ono
upon another the groanin; and shreIing
aud begging an praying OF ALL are matters
OF history. The sepoys that night held lights
10 the small win 10 VS. and mockal the suffer-
ers. Then all the sounds ceasol. That
night OF June 20, 1856, passed, ana 1913
corrses were taken out. Only twenty-thres
people of the li6 were alive, an they had
10 be pulled out from under the corpses.
Mrs. Carey, who survived. was taken by tho
Indian naho5 into his harem and kept u
prisoner six years. Lucknow in 1857 was
only an echo Uf Calcutta in 1856. During tho
mutiny OF which have been speaking ma
tives who had been in the services oi Euro
peans aud we'll treated by them. an with no
cause OF ofense, would, at the call OF the
mutineers, and without any compuuction,
stab 10 death the fathers and mothers oi the
household aud dash out the brains OF the
children. These natives are az peace now,
"a phnnaA nj flaAs ,,sfl
enact tho scenes OF 1856 and 1857. They lool;
upon tho English ms conquerors and Them
selves rs conquered. Ine mutiny Of 1857
occurred because tho British Government
was too lenient AMI Put in places Of trust
and IN command Of forts too many OF the
natives.
call upon England to stop the present at
tempt 10 pllliat" tho natives by allowing
them to hold positions OF trust. | am no
Ularmist, but ths only way these Asiatics can
be KEEP; from another mu,iny is to put them
out OF power, and say beware, or tho Luck