The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-19

| ollceF because no was only hY0 leol
square In his boots, aud that grim
Highlander, Sir Colin Campbell, with
Sir Hugh Roas-but for these the Britt
ish empire might have been but story
now
wOlGOley got into thsthlck Of all. He
was With GERRt at AllahRhad, and was
aiie'ds.camp to Outram whom liaVelock
and "Little Jimmie" rode at the head Of
their column, which made one Of the
monumental marches Of history, before
It irampSd up that "street OF death" at
Lucknow just Ia sims TO hear tho sklrl
OF tho pixies OF Sir Colin Campbell's adj
vance regiment, the SeyeRiy'oighth
lIighlandsrs, as II debouched into tho
square in front oil the residoncy, and the
starved, wounded, but still fighting
remnant Of tho iar,ansnt garrison knew
that God had heard thsm and they wsrO
safe and free,
THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW
Tho writer asked Lord WolseIey about
the truth oithSt pathetic story Of Joanie
Deans at Lucknow.
~ think it's true" said no. "A Scot
tlsh surgeon was chief medical man
there. Ills RRmo was Macpherson. HO
Is now Col, Sir Herbert Macpherson, q,
u. Ills wiiohAd brought out a highland
woman a. purse for her ,tREss children,
Tho night before the roliei arrived was
extremely warm, and this woman had
taken ono OF the lIttla children that w0s
i'll out into tho air there was on the bal
cnny OF Il sort Of tower All at once DR.,
Macpherson heard her call to MIN. Her
eyes were alamo. oh, diuna 20 hear
tho slOgan? she said. lie listened, for
relief was a matter then OF lie or
within tWsnty.four houTs death, but
heard nothing. 'Ahl hear II again.
shs screamed. and down she rushed to
tell her mistress Of tho relief that was
nigh ut hand. Sho told what the pipors
ware playing, too, and | asked old Hon.
ish MacnMh Of kintail, ehiNf piper Of
tho regiment, about it, aud no told me-
that they did play what Jeanie Deans
said she heard ~ that hour. But a. the
SovGnty.eighth must have been fifteen
miles away don't understand It at all
Wolssl0y was ia thu storming party
that carried Alum Bagh, and got two
wounds at ton minutes apart, In 1855,
when tho outbreak was ondad, he was
Twenty-Five, had seen Sorvics in three
wars, and HRvelOck and Outram, backed
By Lord Clyde (Sir Colin Canpbsll's
title when no was made peer had in
dorsed WOlsoley for the hrevot OF lieu.
tenant colonel, which meant good
deal tnen, for 1t carried with ii tina pay
oil the full grade. OF course no got II.
lie wanted leave to 70 homo for ak
months, but England always had lot
OF little wars on hand.
SERVICES IN CHINA AMI CANADA.
This was with China, and ended In
the taking Of Pekin, 1t was at tho al.
ialr OF the Taku ports, on the PsihO,
that Commodore Tantel, U. S. N, com.
manding the American squadron out
there, SAINT word to his old friend, Adj
miral Sir James Hope, who commanded
tho Briti'h fleet in the land attack on
the British forts. that should he need
his help Mr.. Tantel would DO on hand.
adding, "Dlood IL thicker than water"
The officers under Sir James presented
the gallant American with q superb
silver loving,cup with the hags OF the
two nations on Il intertWined, and the
historic words engraved above them,
When the civil war OF our own conn.
try began in 1881 England Immediately
began strengthening her Canadian
forces, and Wolssley camO out in com.
mand Of a battalion Of HE regiment and
visited both the Union and Confederate
armies with ForemNnth, Of the guards,
10 1863. Wolsslsy had to 80 back to
Canada. and thus missed seeing Gettya.
burg from Gen. Lees headquarters.
But our field marshal made his great
coup in 1870 A hali.brsol named
Louis Rsil--haIf fanatic, half insane
began an emeute up above Winnipeg
that might have been very serious,
WolIeley was sent out TO crush II. lie
did his work 90 promptly and complete.
ly that from that time fortune has been
steadily Mt his right hand.