Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-01-05

I uu CITY II ueAeuueu Dv tne riNcE Junltlh
| In addition 70 these two defenses OF
wall and water there were 40, 600 se-
poys, all armed. Twelve hundred Brit.
ish soldiers were to take that city.
Nicholson. the immortal general. com
manded them. and you must visit his
grave before you leave Delhi He fell
leading his troops He commanded them
even after being mortally wounded.
You will read this inscription on his
tomb:
John Nicholson, who led the assault
Of Delhi, but fell in the hour OF victory.
mortally wounded, and died Esd Sep.
tember. 1881, aged SIS years.
The Cashmere Gate.
With what guns and men General
Nicholson could muster he had laid
siege 20 this walled city filed with
devils What fearful oddsl Twelve hun
dred British troops. uncovered by any
military works. 10 take city surround
ed by firm and high masonry. on the
top Of which were ia guns and defend
ed by 80, 600 foaming sepoys A larger
percentage of troops fell here than in
any great battle happen TO know Of
The Crimcan percentage Of the fallen
was a.. IS. but the percentage Of Delhi
was 37.9. Yet that city must be taken.
and il can only be taken by such cour-
age as had never been recorded in all
the annals OF bloodshed. Every charge
Of the British regiments against the
walls and gates had been beaten back
The hyenas Of Hindooism and Moham-
mechanism howled over the walls. and
the English army could do nothing but
bury their own dead But at this gate
stand and watch an exploit that makes
the page Of history tremble with agita-
tion.
This city has ten gates. but the most
famous is the one before which we now
stand, and it is called Cashmere gate
Write the words in red ink because Of
the carnage. Write them in letters Of
light for the illustrious deeds. Write
them in letters Of black for the bereft
and the dead Will the world ever for
get that Cashmere gate? Lieutenant
Salkeld and Home and Sergeants Bur.
CESS, Carmichael and Smith offered 10
take bags of powder TO tine foot of that
gate and set them on fire, blowing open
the gate. although they must die In do.
ing il. There they go just after sunrise.
each one carrying a sack containing "a
pounds of powder. and doing this under
the fire OF the enemy
Lieutenant Home was the first "a
jump into the ditch, which still re-
mains before the gate. As they SO. one
by one falls under the shot and shell.
One of the mortally wounded ~ he
falls hands his sack Of powder with q
box Of lucifer matches to another, tell
ing him 10 fire the sack. when, with
an explosion that shook the earth for
90 miles around. part Of the Cashmere
gate was blown into fragments, and the
bodies Of some of these heroes were SO
scattered they were never Rathe.ed for
funeral or grave or monument. The
British army rushed in through the
broken gate. and although six days Of
hard fighting were necessary before the
city was in complete possession the
crisis was past The Cashmere gate
open. the capture of Delhi and all il
contained Of palaces and mosques and
treasures was possible.
Lord Napier Of Magdala. Of whom
Mr.. Gladstone spoke 10 me so affection
ately when was his guest at Hawarden.
England. has lifted monument near
this Cashmere gate. with the names Of
the men who there fell inscribed there
on That English lord, who had seen
courage on many battlefield. visited
this Cashmere gate and felt that the
their own lives ought to be commemo
rated, and hence this cenotaph But. aft
tr all, the best monument is the gate
itself. with the deep gouges in the brick
wall on the left side made by two bomb
shells. and the wall above torn by ten
bombshells, and the wall ON the right
side dcfaced and scraped and plowed
and quilted by all styles OF long reach
ing weapOnry Let the words Cash
mere gate. as synonym for patriot
ism and fearlessness and self sacrifice.
go into all history. all art. all litera-
ture, all time. all eternity My friends.
that kind Of courage sanctified will yet
take the whole earth for God Indeed
the missionaries now at Delhi, toilipg
amid heathenism and fever and cholera.
and far away from home and comfort.
and staying there until they drop into
their graves, are just rs brave In tax
ing Delhi for Christ as were Nicholson
and Home and Carmichael in taking
Delhi for Great Britain. Take this for
| the first sermouic lesson.
Vanished Giorie..
Another thing you must see II You
so TO Delhi. though you leave many
things unseen. is the palace Of the mo.
guls II is an inclosure 1000 yards by
500 You enter through vaulted hall
nearly 400 feet long. Floors Of Florcn-
tine mosaic and walls once emersl6ed
and sapphired and carbuncled and dia-
monded | said to the guide, "Show Us
where once stood the peacock throne. -
Here it was. he responded. All the
thrones Of the earth put together would
not equal that for costliness and b,il.
lance IL had steps Of silver, and the
seat and arms We're Of solid gold. II
cost about $3.50. 600, 900. IL stood be-
tween two peacocks. the feathers and
plumes Of which were fashioned ont o!
colored stones Above the throne was a
life sic parrot cut out Of one emerald
Above all was canopy resting on ~
columns Of gold. the canopy frinred
with pearls Seated here the empe~o
on public occasions Wore crown coy
tanning. among other things. the Koh-
moor diamond. and the entire blaze o.
coronct cost $40, $50. 900. This superb
and once almost supernaturally beat IL
ful room has imbedded in the white
marble wal! letters Of black mari le,
winch were translated 10 me from Per
sian into English as meaning:
I, or the earth there l,c an Eden of bliss
That place, Is 3, is Il this. Is this. Is this
But the peacocks that stood beside
the throne have flown away. taking all
the display with them. and those white
marble floors were Redeemed with
slaughter, and those bathrooms ran
with blood. and that Eden OF which The