The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-12-14

con M camo down tho seven or eight
steps at that palace of sepulcher, and
l bethought mysslf, mo emperor, I'M.
less it was Napoleon, ever had more
glories around his pillow Of dust, and
no queen, unless ii were the one Of TAI
Mahal. had reared for her grander oeno.
taph than crowns the resting places of
tho martyrs of Cawnpur. But where
rest the bones of tho Herod of tho nine.
teenth century, Mana Sahibf No one
can tell. Two men sent out to find the
whereabouts of tho daughter of General
Wheeler tracked Mana Sahib during
weeks fidc into tho Wilderness, and
they wero told that for awhile after the
mutiny Mama Sahib sot mp little pomp
In tho junglos. Among few Thousand
Hindooa and Mohammodans he took for
himself the only two tents tho neighbors
had, while they lived IN tho rain and
mud Mana Sahib, with one servant
carrying al umbrella. would go every
day to h1tho, and people would 90 and
stare For somo reason, after awhile he
forsook even that small attention, and
disappeared among The ravines of the
aimalayan mountains, He took with
him IN his flight that which ho always
took with him---a ruby of vast value.
BE wore 1t as some wear an amulet.
He woiS 1t rs some wear q life pre-
server. He wore ~ on his bosom, The
HinGoo priest told him as long as he
wore that ruby his fortunes woald be
good, bat both the ruby and the priiite
who woTo it have vanished Not n
treasure on the outside of the bosom.
but treasure inside the heart, is the
BEST protection. Solomon, who had
rules hi the bilt of swords, and rubies
in tho lip of the tankards, and rubies in
his crown, declared that which Mana
Sahib did not find out in time, wis
dom is better than rubies When tho
forests of India are cleared by the axes
Of another civilization, the lost ruby of
this Cawnpur monster may be picked
up and be brought back again to blaze
among the worlds jewels Bpt who
shall feclaim for decent sepulture the
remains of Mana Sahib? Ask the vul-
lures! ASK tho roptilesl Ask the iackals
Ask the midnight Himalayas!
Cruelty Matched Cruelty.
Much criticism has been made of Sir
Henry Havelock and Sir Colin Campbell
because of the exterminating work they
did with these sepoys. Indeed it was
awful. My escort, Mr.. Lee, has told me
Ghss he saw the sepoys fastened to the
months of cannon, and then the guns
would fire, and for q few seconds there
would be nothing but smoke, and as the
smoke began to lift fragments of flesh
would be found flying through the air.
You may do your own criticism. / here
express no opinion. There can be no
doubt, however, that that mode of final
~ treating the sepoys broke the back of
the mutiny. The Hindeos 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 End bludgeons
American Presbyterianism lost its glori
Gus missionaries, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
Campbell, Rev. MI. and Mrs. MacMul
lin, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. johnson, Rev.
Mr. and Mrs Freeman. The work Of
slaughter had been begun in all direc-
tons OH an appalling scale, and the
commanders of the English army made
up their minds that this was the best
way to stop it. A mild and gentle war
with the sepoys was an impossibility.
The natives of India ever and anon have
demonstrated their cruelty. l stood on
the very spot in Calcutta where the ma
itives of India sa ii56csseted that scene
which no other people on earth could
have enacted.
The Black Hole prison has been torn
down, but stone pavement 20 feet by
30 indicates the ground covered by the
prison. The building had two small
windows and was intended for two or
three prisoners. These natives Of India
crowded into that one room of 90 feet
by 20 feet l45 Europeans. The midsum-
mer heat, the suffocation the trampling
If one upon another, the groanlng and
6ffieking and begging and praying Of
all, are matters Of history. The sepoys
that night held lights to the small win
dows and Knocked the sufferers. Then
all the sounds ceased. That night of
June 20, 1856, passed, and 1913 corpses
were taken out. Only % people of the
146 We're alive, and they had to be
pulled out from under the corpses. Mrs.
Carey, who survived, was taken by the
Indian nabob into his harem and kept
prisoner six years Lucknow IN 1857
was only an echo of Calcutta in 1856.
During the mutiny Of which have been
speaking natives who had been IN the
service of Europeans and well treated
by them, and with no cause of offense,
would, at the call of the mutineers, and
without any conjunction, stab to death
the fathers and mothers of the household
and dash out the brains of the children.
These natives are atpeace now, but give
them chance, and they will re-enact
the scenes Of 1855 and 1857. They look
upon the English as conquerors and
themselves as conquered. The mutiny
of 1857 occurred because the British
government was too lenient and put in
places of trust and in command of forts
too many of the natives
England Too Lenient.
cali spon England to stop the pres
ent attempt to palliate the natives by
allowing them to hold positions of trust.