Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-02

ookiny down toward the slumberers be-
leath, but the two wings su ygest the rising
Il the last day. Mighty consolation in mar
del They went down under the hatchets OF
ne sepoys. Tley shall come up under the
runpet that shall wake the dead. I felt
veak and all a-trembie as I stool reading
hese words on the stone that covers the
veil: 'Sicred to the psrpetual memory OF
. great company o. Christian people, chiefly
Vonen and children, cruelty massacred
iear this spot by the rebel, Mana Sahib, and
brown. the dying with tho dead. into the
7ell beneath on the 18th day of July, 1857"
IN the arch of the mausol cum were cut the
-ords, "Thess are they who came out OF
reat tribulation."
The sun was sinking beneath the horizon
came down the seven or eight steps OF
hat place of sepulcher, and 1 bethought
myself: "No emperor, unless II was Napol-
con, ever had more elories arouni his pill
ow OF dust, and no queen, unless 1t wers
he one of Tai Mahal, had rearei for her
,rander cenotapi than crowns the resting
places OF the martyrs of Cawnpur. But
vhere rest the bones OF the Herod OF the
iinsteentn century. Mana Sahib? Two men
ent out TO fin 4 the WHEREABOUTS OF the
laughter of General Wheeler tracked Mana
;ahib during n weeks ride into the wiiier-
less, ani they were told that Tor awhile
.fter the mutiny Mana Sahib Set up a little
,onp in the jungles. Among few thouSad
Hin ioos and Molammeiau ne took for him
eli the o..ly two tents the neigh 3ors had,
While they lived in the rain AMI rlu Mana
Iahib, with one servant carrying an um-
,rella, would go evAry day to bathe, and
,eople would go and stare. For some
elson, after awhile he forsook even
hat small attention, an disap-
,earel among the r..vines of the
Iimalayan Mountains. He took with
lin in his flight that which hs always took
With him-a rudy OF vast value. He woreit
Is some wear an amulet. Hs wore it as
Iome wear n life p,esarv,r. He wors on
his bosom. The Htnaoo priest tod him as
ons as he wore that ruDv his FOR. u ieS wouli
>e good, but both the ruby and the prince
ylo wors il have vlnishet. No. treasure
IN the outside OF lr bosom. bur "a treasure
inside the neart. is h. Des. Protection. So O.
nou who had ru aies in the hilt OF swords,
md ru5ies in the lip OF the tansards. and
.ubies in his crown, declared that which
Nana Sahib did not find out In time, "Wis-
iom is better than ruoies." Wnen the
,orests OF India are cleared by the axes OF an
,,her civilization, the lost ruby Of this Gavin
pur monster may be- picked up and be
brought back again to blaze among the
worlds jewels. Bat who shall reclaim for
lecent sepulture the remains of Mana Sahib?
Ask the vultures! Ask the reptiles! Ask
The iacSals! Ask the midnight Himalayas!
Euch criticism has been made OF Sir
denry Havelock and Sir Colin Campbell be-
cause OF the exterminatins work they did
with these sepoys. Indeed it was awful. My
escort, Mr.. Lee, has told me that he saw the
sepoys fastened to the mouths OF cannon,
and then the guns would frs, and for a few
seconds there would be nothing but smoke,
and as the smoke began to lit fragments OF
iash would be found flying through the air.
You may do your own criticism. l here ex-
press no opinion. There can be no doubt,
however. that that mode OF finally treating
The sepoys broke the back OF the mutiny.
The Hindoos found that the Europeans
.ould play at the same game which
;he Asiatics had started. The plot
was Organized for the murder Of
al the Europeans and Americans in
lila. Under its knives and bludgeons
American Presbyterianism lost its glorious
missionaries. Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell,
Rev. Mr.. an Mrs. Mac1fuIi'n. Rev. Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson. Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. freeman.
The work OF slaughter had been begun il
all directions on an appalling scale, amt the
commanders OF the English army made up
their minds that this was the best way.
The Black Hole prison has been torn
DOWN, but a stone pavement tw .nty feet by
twenty indicates the ground covered by tho
prison. the building had two small VIM
lows, ami WIS intended for two or three
prisoners. These natives of II Lin crowded
into that ons room OF twenty feet feet by
twenty feet LAG Europeans. The midsummer
heat, the suffocation, the tramping of ono
upon another, the groanin, aud shriekin
aud begging AMI praying OF all. are matte
Of history. The sepoys that night held ligh
to the small windows and mockei the suffer
ers. Then sill the sounds ceasei. That
night OF Juno 90, 1856, passed, and 123
corrses were taken out. Only twenty-threa
people of the 146 were alive, AMI they had
10 be pulled out from under the corpses.
Mrs. Carey, who survived, was taken by the
Indian naboo into his harem and kept a
prisoner six years. Lucknow in 1857 was
oniy an echo Of Calcutta in 1855. During the
mutiny of which have been speaking ma
lives who had been in the service of Euro
peans and well treated by them, an with no
cause OF offense, would, at the call Of the
nutineers, and without any compunction,
rab to death the fathers and mothers of the
household and dash out the brains OF the
children. These natives are at peace now,
but give them a chance, and they will r.
enact the scenes of 1856 ana 1857. They look
upon the English conquerors and them
selves 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.
call upon England to stop the present at.
empt to palliate the natives by allowing
hem to hold positions OF trust. l am no
ilarmist, but the only way these AsiaticS can
,e kept from another mutiny is to put them
)ut of power. and say beware. or he Lucs-
low ana Cawnpur ami Delhi marSyrtons.
,ver which the hemiSpleres have wept, will
Se eC!lpsel pS tus taNupu'
md D slhi martrydoms yet to be enacted.
peak of what have seen and heari. 1give
the opinion o. every intelligent Englishman
md Scotchman and Irishnan and American
whom 1 met in India. Prevention is better
.han cure. 1 do not say ii is better that
England rule in India. say nothing against
The right OF Inlia to rule herself, but L do
lay that the moment the native population OF
India think there is II possibility OF driving
back Europeans from India hey will make the
attempt, and tina. they have enough cruel
les for the time suppressed, which, if let
ioose, would submerge with carnage every
thing from Calcutta to Bombay AMI from the
1imalayas to Coromandel.
Now, my friends, go home, after what l
aave said, to see the beauties of the Mo-
hammedan;sm and Hindoosm wnicl many
think 1t will be well to have introduced into
America, and to dwell upon what natural
evolution will do where IT has had its
hindered way for thousands of years. and to
think upon the wonders of martyrtom for
Chr.st's sake, and to pray more earnest
prayers for the missionaries, and to con-
tribute more largely for the worlds eyanSe-
lization, and to be more assured than ever
that the overthrow of the ido!a;ric5 of Ma
tions is such a stupendous work that moth.
Ing tuc an omGipotent God thrcu n ~
rospai OF Jesus Christ c.;n ever ucu.oye
Amen?
Keep thy friend.
MANY O man never reaches the turn