Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-02-16
JUSTIN HARLAN,
WIN. Il ARCHER,
JAMES yVH!TLOCk
WIN. C.. GRIFFITH,
T.. r. YOUNG,
J. p. COOPER.
j. X. GREENOUGH
ifOrs of Richmond PaI1d
Comm ittee.
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For tie Palladium.
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.
Yours, sc.

No. III
Having noticed this subjec, as far as was orr
ginaliy conie mplated, | will now close my re
marks upon Hndosian, with soma cursory all
lusous TO general facts.
The population of Hndos,an, is abou, 49,
900 900, and is composed OF two classes; de-
scendan's of ancient Inhabitants, and tribes Of
foreign extraction. They considered be-
longing TO the Caucasian race. though their com
piexions dark; black IN the south, aud OIL
tint in the north The population is divided
into four trhadi or castles: Isl, Brahmns; 2nd
ksha,riyas soldiers, including princes and
sovereigns; 3rd, Vasyas or agrIculturists and
shepherds; and, 18th, Sudras or !aborers. Inc
lst caste. or Brahmlns are the sacerdotal order
of society, who command unparalleled respect,
and doubiiessly entitled To II, fos tradition says
they sprang from the mouth of tho creator, which
is the scat Of wisdom They are the solo depo-
staries of the four vedas sacred books; aud it
is said that the vedas contain such awiny
nipotent purity, that If poor sudra should at.
tempt TO read even tho title to those works. his
head would instantly cleave asunder. a Brah
min is subject to four stages; the ls', al The age
Of seven when he wears the triple cord suspended
from his lief, shoulder. and is thoroughly tutored:
ID, when he is called Grihasha by marrying and
having children, and when all Of his acts mus,
conform 10 certain rules. They think foreigners
are guilty Of a very aboninabie practice; that Of
blowing tho and then carefully depoeiing
tho excreted matter in the pocket: 81. Vana-
Prastha and 4tb, Sannya in which last state he
is so pure to pass directly TO Brahma without
tho possibility Of a ,ransmigra,ion.
The religion of the Hindoos is complicated
and So capricious TO defy every thing like de-
finitiveness; fantastic farce of crotesnne iI0a
try; made up Of all that 10 loathsome, Iudcrous
and lustfu. They worship almost every filthy
thing tina, has life; believe in the transmgraI ion
Of souls; and hold to hell furnished with lake
Of mucus in which guilty souls are plunged daily.
Infinite ignorance; solitude Of chaos; holmless
superstition. raging and punging on the ocean Of
bgotry! Horrible sleep Of delusion. whose morn
the midnigh, of error! A phantasma illusion.
whose humid breath has petrified tho immortal
mind! II is at thy command the IIlndoo idow
walks triumphantly forward, in her gayest attire,
to the sound of music; yields up her soul to the
fate OF dolatrv, and mlngic5 her ashes with these
Of departed husband
There is largo amount Of trade carried
between India and the European countries. in
consequence of the demand in those countries
for the Indian s;uffs, made OF a very superior ar
ticle of cotton, which grows 10 the Carnatic and
other provinces along the C0romandel coast
Cotton is cultivated in almost every part of In
dia. The finest grows in the light rocky soil OF
Guzerat, Bengal Dude and Agra. The Chinese
purchase the cotton Of Guzerat, for tho manu-.
featuring of nankeens.
Iadia has been the seat of many and bloody
wars Aside from those of antiquity, there is
Suthctent IN tho mldUlo ages 10 saio me most
savage curiosity. In the year 100. Mahmood
Ghiznee subdued the greater part of India, and
exercised the greatest cruelty on the nation
In 1898, Tamerlane overran the whole coun-
try, and in few months acquired the name OF
DESTROYER In 1926. his descendant Bauber,
was created emperor Of Dehi. lie the frs,
Indian sovereign who acquired IN Europe the
ma ne Of the Great Mogul
He was succeeded by his son ifumay DON, from
whom it descended TO his Akber, renowned
prince who subdued Bengal and extended bis en-
pire farther TO the north and south. He IN turn
was deposed by bis grandson Aurengzebe, VINO
after CALLING ard depressing the nation severely,
died 10 1907 at the age Of 90. From this era,
the Mogul empire began TO decline, and the felo
Nous avarice Of other nations directed 70 rob-
bling, plundering and despoilng the sinking pow
ers, to discncumber them OF every thing that
could retard their destruction.
Nadr Shah Of Persia made On incursion into
India. and il was after this time, IN 146l, that
Abdala king of the Afghaas. obtained a victory
over goo 900 MahFattas at the battle of Delhi.
The Portuguese, IN I49S. landed q, Caiicu,
the Malabar coas, ard in 150S. under AIhu-
querlue, took the present city of Goa. They
were dspossessed Of most of their settlements
on the Malabar coas. by the Dutch in 1894.
1860, and 1868. who established themselves
The Coromandel coast. In 1872 the French
made some unsuccessful attacks upon them
But the English have surpassed all other nations
in apProprIa ting the rights of those poor crea'
lures, TO CRAFTY their unholy avarlce. In the
reign of Elizabeth, about the year 1000. they
commenced their enterprises IN this direction and
established factories at Surai, 1912, al Madras
10 1853. and Gu the Hoosly, III Bengal. 10 l745.
In l14i the English obtained an ascendancy