The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-10
An INDIAN CITY OF BLOOD.
TaImage Tells the Story Of The Mas
SaCTe al CaWnpOIe.

OF AAnQQO46m anu 10A1-A a.
Against the Descriptions Given Of
Them at the Parliament Of Religion.
The Preacher Warns England to
Change Her Policy in the East or the
Massaores of Cawnpore, Lucknow and
Delhi viii Be Repeated.
Brooklyn. n. Y, Dec. 9.-Dr. Talmage
to-day delivered through the press the sec
ond of his Round the World" series Of
sermons. the subject being, THE City Of
Blood" and the text selected being.
Psalms 1417, "Our bones are scattered at
the graves mouth, as when one cutteth
and cleaveth wood upon the earth. But
mine eyes are unto thee, o God the Lord. 3"
Though you may read this text from the
Bible. I read it as cut by chisel into the
pedestal Of a cross beneath which lie many
of the massacred at Cawnpore, India To
show you that Hinduism and Moham-
medism really are, where they have fun
swing and not as they represent them
selves in a parliament Of Religions" and
to demonstrates to what extent of cruelty
and abomination human nature may go
when fully let loose, and to illustrate the
hardening process of sin, and TO remind
you how our glorious Christianity may ut
ter its triumph over death and the grave,
1 preach this my second sermon in the
"Round the World" series, and I shall
speak of The City of Blood" or Gavin
PORE India
Two hours and ten minutes after it's oc-
currence, Joseph Lee. of the Shropshire
Regiment of Foot, rode in upon the Gavin
pore massacre. He was the first man I met
at Cawnpore. wanted to hear the story
from some one who had been here in 1857.
and with his own eyes gazed upon the
slaughtered heaps Of humanity. 1 could
hardly wait until the horses were put to
the. carriage, and Mr.. Lee, seated with us,
started for the scene, the story of which
makes tame in contrast all Modoc and
Choctaw butcheTies.
1t seems that all the worst passions of
the century were to be impersonated by
one man, and he, Mana Sahib, and our
escort at Cawnpore Joseph Lee, knew the
man personally. Unfortunately there is
no correct picture of Mana Sa-
nib in existence. The pictures of
him published in the books of Eu-
rope and America, and familiar to us
ALL are an amusing mistake. This is the
fact in regard to them: A lawyer of Eng
land was called to India for the purpose of
defending the case of native who had
been charged with fraud. The attorney
came and so skillfully managed the case
of his client that the client paid him enor-
mously for his services, and he went back
to England, taking with him picture OF
his Indian client. After awhile the mutiny
in India broke out, and Mana Sahib was
mentioned as the champion villain of the
whole affair, and the newspapers of Eng
land wanted picture of him and to inter-
view some one on Indian affairs, who had
recently been in India. Among others the
journalists called upon this lawyer, lately
returned. The only picture he had brought
from India was the picture of his client,
the man charged with fraud. The attor-
ney gave this picture to the journalist as
a specimen of the way the Hindoos dress.
and forthwith that picture was used either
by mistake or Intentionally for Mana Sa-
nib. The English lawyer said he lived in
dread that his client would some day see
the use made of his picture, and II was not
until the death of his Hindoo client that
the lawyer divulged the facts. Perhaps IT
was never intended that the face of such
a demon should be preserved amid human
records. l said to our escort: Mr.. Lee
was there any popularity in Mana Sahib' s
appearance" The reply was, Nothing
very peculiar; he was dull, lazy cow
ardly, sensual man, brought up to do
nothing, and wanted to continue on the
same scale to do nothing" From what
Mr.. Lee told me, and from all 1 could
learn in India, Mana Sahib ordered a mas
sacre in that city from sheer revenge.
His father abdicated the throne, and the
English paid him annually a pension of
$780, Co., When the father died, the Eng
lish government declined to pay the same
pension to the son, Mana Sahib, but the
poor fellow was not in any suffering for
lack of funds. His father left him $4,000 in
gold ornaments; $500 900 in jewels; $500, 600
in bonds, and other resources amounting
10 at least $3.50 900. But the poor young
man was not satisfied, and the Cawnpore
massacre was his revenge. Gen. Wheeler.
the Englishman who had command of
this city. although often warned, could
not see that the Sepoys were planning for
his destruction, and that of all his regi-
ments. and all the Europeans in Gavin
pore.
Mr.. Lee explained all this to me by the
fact that Gen. Wheeler had married a
native and he naturally took her story.
and thought there was no peril. But
the time for the proclamation from Mana
Sahib had come, and such a document
went forth as never before had seen the
light of day. 1 give only an extract:
LAS by the kindness of God, and the
good fortune of the emperor, all the Chris
tians who were at Delhi, Poonah, Sat
tara, and other places, and even those
5000 European soldiers who went in dis
guise into the former city. and were dis
covered, are destroyed and sent to hell
by the pious and sagacious troops, who
are firm to their religion, and as they
have all been conquered by the present
government, and as no trace of them is
left in these places, it is the
duty of all the subjects and
servants of che government tc
rejoice at the delightful intelligence, and
carry on their respective work with com.
fort and ease. AS by the bounty of the
glorious Almighty and the enemy-destroy.
ing fortune of the emperor, the yellow.
faced and narrow-minded people have
been sent to hell, and Cawnpore has beer
conquered, it is necessary that all the
subjects, and land owners, and govern
ment servants should be as obedient tC
the present government as they have beer
to the former one; that is is the incumben
duty of all the peasants and land pro
prietors of every district to rejoice a
the thought that the Christians haV,
been sent TO hell, and both the HindoC
and Mohammedan religions have beer
confirmed, and that they should, as usual
be obedient to the authorities of the gov
eminent, and never suffer any complain