Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-09-12
Predestinarianisnz in India.

| BY the clear light of the moon we couId-di
| tinguish the emaciated form of an old Jorea.-
tie was sparngly dressed, in the usual ochre
coored cotton clothes, and sat upon the ground
with his back against the trunk of tree. As
he caught sight of US, he raised himselfupon his
elbow, and began to beg in the usual whining
tone. Thy gift will serve for my funeral" he
said with faint smile pointing to few plantan
leaf platters containing termerc, red powder.
rice and few other similar articles We in
quired into what he considered the signs and
symptoms of approaching dissolution. 1t was a
complaint that must have caused him intense
pain, which any surgeon could have instantly
ailevlated. We told him what medical skill
could do: offered to take him at once where as
slstance could be procured, and warned him that
the mode OF suicide which he proposed to carry
out, would be one of the most agonzing descrip-
ton. Il consider this disease as taken from the
BhagWan Qhe Almighty that this form of exist
ence is fnished!' and he steadfastly refused all
aid. We asked whether pain might not make
him repent his decision, perhaps too late His
reply was characteristic of his caste. Pointing
to a long sabre cut, which seemed the length of
his right side, he remarked, 81 have been SOL
der under your rule. If | feared not death in
fighting at the word of the Feringe, am likely,
do you think, TO shrink from it when the Deity
summons me ?"
1t is useless to argue with these people; so
we confined ourselves to inqniring what had
made him leave the companys service. lie
told US The old story, the cause of half the asce-
ticism in the East, disappointment in afaire du
cRur. After rising to the rank of naick or cor
poraI, very rapidly in consequence of saving the
life of an officer at the siege of Poonah, he and
comrade obtained leave of absence, and returned
to their native hamlet, in the Maharatta hills
There he fell in love, desperately, as OrientaIs
only can, with the wife of the village Brahman
A few months afterwards the husband died. and
it determined by the caste brethren that the
relict should follow him. by the suffice right
The soldier, however, resolved 10 save her, and
his comrade apprlsed of his plans, promised to
aid him with heart and hand. The fire was
hcaped up, and surrounded by a throng Of gaZers
collected to witness the ceremony 50 interesting
and exciting TO a superstitious people. At length
the suffice appeared, supported by her female re-
atons, down The path opened to her by the awe
struck crowd. Slowly She assembled the pile Of
frewood; and, after distributing little gifts to
those around, sat down, with the head of the de-
ceased in her lap. At each of the four corners
of the pyre was Brahman, chanting holy sopgs.
Presently the priest who stood fronting the south
east retired to fetch the sacred fire
Suddenly horscman, clad in yellow clothes,
dashed out of a ncghboring thicket. Before
any bad time to oppose him, his fierce little Ma
haraua pony Glove the throng and almost falling
upon launches with the effort, stood motionless
by the side of the unit pyre. At that instant
the widow, assisted by friendly hand, rose from
her seat, and was casped in the horseman's
arms. One touch of the long Maharatta spur,
and the pony again bounds, punging through
the crowd towards the place whence he came.
Another moment and they will be saved. Just
as the fugitives are disappearing behind the thick
e., an arrow, shot from the bow of Ranka-t
missing its mark, perccs deep into the widows
side. The soldier buried his paramour under
the tree where we were sitting. Life had no
longer any charms for him. He never returned
to his corps, and resolved to devote himself to
Guturty. 1t was wonderful, considering the
pain he must have been enduring, to hear him
relate his tale so calmly and circumstantiallv.-
The next morning, when we passed by the spot,
three or four half naked figures, in the holy garb,
were sitting like mourners, round the body of
the old Jogea.--Goa and The Blue Mountains.