Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-02-15

The chief actress IN the tragedy abou. 10 taxi
plAee,-not by her tears. indeed, but by he
eomPosure and the extraordinary richness o
her costume. She was clothed in Kind 0
lpeIIleoat OF cloth, interviewer with gold threads
with vest Of brocade. Costly Iewels, dia
monds, and emeralds, hung from her ears, anC
and covered her forehead with royal wreath
White lustrous pearls. attached by ring L
The cartilage Of the nose, contrasted slrikingly
with the incarnation Of her lips. Chains O.
gold, Of various forms. surrounded her uecL
and hung from her shoulders, and bracelets O
rubies and coral, encircled her beautiful arms
Finally. even upon her ancles and her small
feet of extreme delicaieness, were rings Of sil
v'r, gaeriug brightly upon the bronze skin.
A. soon Is ,he roHced us ,he arose advanced
toward, hes uncle and gave him thr orepr,.
saio@tio7 he embraced her af-slioneleIy.i m
she eastern manner. watched the old man
when he raised bis head. Not lear was ID
his -ye, bui his lips iremblrd. and he avoided
speaking, lest he might betray his emotions by
hls voice His niece said to him that she had
ba'n waiting Tor him, to 1t him see how han.
P. She was to follow her husband. for whom
the world bad so few pleasures that he had
Willingly and joyfullv passed inte better one; ;
and she expressed hel aope that this time at
least when they shall be reunited. thew will
have nothing more to wish for and that that
happy state would endure forever. Then she
invited US TO come and See him from VIII IN she
was separated but for a shor time, as also the
preparations she had made, and the provisions
she had brought together for their voyage to
the unknoS@ world. We approached the hut,
closed at the two ends but open on both sides
that were parallel with the river, and we saw
On funeral pile, made of sandal-wood and a
bout three feet high. the body ofa young man. |
mostly uncovered, but resting on an elegan,
mat of Madagascar straw. Within reach of his !
arms on tripods, or suspended from the rafter,
over his head, were baskets and pauniers con
tanning provisions of al kinds such as rice, CO
Goa, bananas, figs, the fruit Of the mango. be-.
tel, candies citrons, aromatic herbs, spices
dates, dc, &c, all in great abundance. She
offered US some of each, doing the honors o
her funeral plle, as if she had been in her
house.
While she was yet entertaininguS US, we heard
at once piercing and prolonged sound, like
that Of a bay pipe; it was the commencement
of the funeral service. "They call me-" said
she smiling, and turning to her uncle, embrac
ed him tenderly and dismissed US. We retired
but a few PAGES, in order to lose nothing of the
ceremony She entered Immediately on her
part of it, by commencing a kind of dance all
around the structure, responding all the time to
the chorus Of the musicians in singing and slr.
king together her hands Finally she came a.
gain to the place before the door, where We had !
first seen her sitting, disrobed herself of her {
golden wrapper, and put on one of muslin sat
urated with oil of the sandal tree washed ,
herself with water of the Ganges, took off er |
Jewels and distributed them to the women a. ,
round her, without single muscle trembling, |
or single tear mois.ering her eyelids, She
tn IN called for oil with which she bathed her
hair, I'LL it was dripping, and then left her long
tresses loosely flowing over her shoulders. Milk
was then brought TO her, of which she drank,
filed her hand and moistlned the lips of her
husband with it. This part Of the ceremony
she repeated three times She then approach
ed her uncle for the last time, sauted him,
and asked OF him permission to con>ummAte
the sacrifice. He giving :lgn Of ass NJ She
threw her arms h,qvcnSard with = cry OF Joy.
which was eagerly caush up and re-
Pralvd b. the multitude. She then ohanted a
kind OF litany. repeating the verses, while tbs
altitude msde the Responses in chorus,
This being ended. she entered with frm
step into The pavilion, assembled The pie, seat
ed herself, decently placing her feet the one on
the right and the other on The eft of the
corpse OF her nd,resting his head on her
bosom, and covering his body from the right
and left with the wide folds Of her robe In
this position she allowed to be piled up around
her, to he thickness of about Que foot, dry
pieces of wood, upon which the assistants
plentitully poured oil, sulphur, and other very
materials. Several times she NOV
ed her arms to adjust some of the pieces of (
wood which incommoded her, until she felt her
self perfectly at ease. One of the Brshmns
then handed her lighted torch Inclinng
her head to one shoulder she applied the torch
to her hair, and in an instant the flame envel- {
oPed her head. Enduring this with the most
perfect impassbiity, she then applied the torch
to her robe in front, and then set fire to the
wood in various places, and when she saw the