Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-05-30

marked by fat slab, with an inscription
10 English poetry, ascIibed to the rajah,,
ms friend. The lines are affecting and
the spotwill ever be,to the Christian, Hall
lowed ground. Fragrant and blessed will
the memory of this holy man be, while
earth stands How glorious is the society
OF heaven becoming! How blessed 1t will
be to meet there all the good who ever liv!
ed, and none bat such! E>sf@S'9tsEa s57a III
II There are about twelve thousand Ro-
manists in the province, and in the city a.
bout four hundred. Their priests are gen
orally ofthe Jesuit order, from Goa. With
In few years, a large party have come
over to Professionalism. i" .""'
- IFichinopoiy.>.
The country between, Taniore and Fri
ehinopoly is almost a, desert and | could
not place a relay of bearers on the. road.
One set of men bore mt, the whole distance,
thiFty-eight miles. between Q o'clock in
the evening, and sunrise next morning,
without apparent fatigue. This isthe Gus.
tomary arrangement. s.-..- ..~,. ...,.,s, g f.
This city,. once the capital of small
kingdom, stands on the Cavery river, and
is strongly fortified. Itshas a. population
of eighty thousand souls. - None of that
importance is now attached to this strong
hold, which made it the theatre of such
sanguinary conflicts, between The English
and French, from 1851 to 1855. The
company maintain now FIVE OF, six full re-
giments Of troops here; but chiefly for the
salubrity of the spot, and its read inter-
course with other points on the peninsula.
The mission here was begun by Schwartz,
in 1862, and he Iabored, in ibis field. zen
years. Since that period, it has not Deen
constantly occupied, and previous to. 1897
there had been no missionary here for ten
years, The injury of the repeated inter
missions has been very great. Rev. Mr.,
Scherivogel now has charge, but the work
moves on languidIy. There are about five
hundred nominal Christians: some Of them
the descendants Of Schwarlz's followers;
but very few give evidence Of .piety.. One
Of my informants thought there might be
forty GRITTY; but another, who bad better
means Of knowing, could not make out
dozen. .........,.-0.p ID ....>t5. 81.
The church and mission-house. Of
Schwartz. are within, the fort The former
is still used the latter is empty, and GO
ing to ruin; Herf. as at Tanjore, it was.
sweet to linger in the rooms where be
PRAYED. studied, and reposed Ito handle
| his books;-to look abroad on the objects
on which his eye had rested and to CON.
sole myself with the thought, that, though
so yasLlv his inferior. and so unworthy OF
his society, belong TO that company Of re-
deemed ones, among whom he Is. conspic-.
uous. What goodly fellowship. Flow
will that company rejoice, and shine, when
the memory and the works Of the wicked
shall have persisted forever! ~, .....,.- ..
The last days of Heber were spent labo-
riousIy in this city; and here, "'as thief
in the night" his hour came. -. Though,
his published Travels in India contain
little or nothing to indicate piety, yet no
one can follow in his steps, as l have done,
without hearing enough 10 prove that he
walked with God. stood over his grave
in the church, and surveyed the bath
from which his liteless body was taken, \
with feelings of sacred brotherhood. .:..
49,. ISeringAam. -. -. 49,. -.
Being within five miles of -thetfamous
pagoda at Seringham, ! ofceurse made an
excursion thither. 1t is the most distin,
: guished of the renowned seven, and the ex-
! pectation, of seeing it, induced me to omit
any remarks on those Of Combaconum and
Chillumbrum. Hindoo architecture is toe
uniform to make numerous descriptions oil
! it interesting or useful, - III nj,
- This proud monument of Hindoo art
wealth and superstition. stands on an isl
and, made by the Cayery river dividing it.
selfiuto TWO branches, and forming juno.
ton again few miles below nThe pa.
] CODA, which forms the nucleus of the dis.
: play, and, is the sanetum SGactor&msof the
z numerous kindred structures efeund, is
I scarcely larger than a native'sh hut ;asbut is
) highly adorned, and In some parts gilded
, Ii is enclosed within seven successive
walls, an hundred and twenty yards apart;
; the outer walls being four miles in circum'
ference. These walls are ofgreat strength,
twenty-five feet high, aud, beside common
? gateHays, hayetwenty stGpendous towers
- over as many entrances. "A multitude Of
: sacred edifices are scattered about, among
4 which are some vast halls The fiat Toot
!. of one of these is supported by thousand
4 slender pillars of carved granite. The
e pavements, stairs, and, lower parts of the
e buildings generally, are of red ana gray
= granite and sienite. The rough slabs had
$ evidently been split inthe manner nov
e Sprac!ised in New-England. L was sIrprl
e sed to find that what is thought amongrn'
y Ito, be modern invention had been prae
d tised here ages ago.. 8 2Fa -. Eaisss
q Grifins andtigess, gods and men, pref
= ty well sculptured, adorned various parts
:, ! and the trumpery of dispiay-days, and IN
IL 81, ...hsch The idnls q r., dra tUn fnrti