The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-28

| tins conii help laushing At, vas nothing 80
| much "a an IN coa6a tsouaa and cruel school
| bully. band OF adroit juTgsers. WHO hii
| crossed from Modris ON Hffaeasftion TO ex-
nthit their fears 81 the royal prssebce, had
| haen so hehlx successful that bis majs~ty,
/ hy way of rs&srdiag meglt, had tOrbidten
| ,.gir departure, aud the poor wretcaes b Aa
! IN already at tae court two years, without
| a pro poet - release, on splendid allowance
Of y basket oi rice Ia zach PEARSON monthly
the old king. grandfather OF the present
one, Was by turns bigpt ard hereto at
one time Staying his suhjects beeaaa. they
were not orthodox tuddhlsts Mt another, aa-
| trccktHg tneiT priests aud conf 4c1 ting their
mon tstsries with rs little remor.sas our own
'binT King Hal, his subjects ALEC folio wing
'he lead with equal obseq uiousness at one
period, when the heretie.u moot was in the
ascendant, his m*jesiy was troubled in mind
While IN search OF the true religion, which he
hHs the sagLcity % see that DaGdhiau1 was
MT.
"Once launched en- the ocean Of ep-,cuiqtiou,
the currents dfitted ti,t un~4sy monarch htthsr
and thlther, until at last they set him the
sho u OF Moham m e'i5an SIN His majesty hit
upon q very curious method OF taAiIg the
soHnGinSs OF This faith, iu order to ascertain
whether there was good holding ground n
the bottom. he was told that they abhorr"a
pork. and would not eat IT. Very right, too,
aid his majesty your Sheen g ,nrtIn& tried
To eat IL, and you know IL killed him
True, your nlalesiy, was the reply 'put0nr
religion does not prevent our following his
example, if we like. whereas with Them IL IL
n IN itter of t1eir ftith--they would die rather
Than po,!ute Themselves " IN IT, ihe cum
Ming thought now passed through the mon
arch mind that II they would rather tie
than tls re q BIZ OF pork, there must be- some
,irtue at the root OF tbeir faith. we Will
"Now there were many Mohamrnedans rs-
siding in Ava some OF H. m foreigners, Others
native born subjects OF the kIug. OF these 40
commanded several OF the most considerable
10 a-sem bie at hi palace, where, 10 their cou-
strruHitDu fhe Usk h LAT ted 4
placed ready C soKed before them, and they were
commanded, gitnout farther ceremony, "a fat
TO ~ oUce. WI II :. study Tor LfTtSeTi " nat
4 srhj ct tor Leecn l feel IL = wrong to
make tyranny. ia its mo-t det-s;ibla form, an
OCCASION tor anu senent bat who can control
the iIn Eiuation in such 4 case Who does
not picture 10 himself ths CoGn t@ntnce IT 4
solemn moulvie with his hand On his Moving
beard. cursny tn slyoTy sptrerio, ~, w4tn
4 refcbiug. s.ii-sick alto ~ ich, he E1pes 10 re-
cei We the unhoIy lnorseI7 The look of despair
--jhe iii-concetied Tag@-lhe mutual, ra'o<-
nizing glInces OF the chief actors. much rs
to saw eve are All in the same bodt-dun'f
tell Of mr, and I won't Tell Of you 80 The
scene. must have been unique OF It's kind
7 ne then monarch Of H1rmah WAS him
self ~ 'icg~d 10 astrological Father tntu
10 religious sp"cul&tion. When eclipseS
the custom Of th!s singular Cour;, that
the T. Essay Brahlnins, of whom there
vera many Te~idi"g Ia AmerLP"rah, should
notify th- IN" "a the Hing. neiheT these
urEtICtl1US WIRE given IEttu
by thensei yea. or whether they acquired iheir
knowledge clse where. forget, hut the time
AT which the eclipse was to ttEs place Wa
ways presented from some source or other
Iht So Brdnmirs, from ;ha influence they had |
acquired over tht king mind by tltir UrOE- !
cheney ia his t+yori'e study, had D. come CO. |
i,ct@ OF general envy, aud IL broke out Hereby |
at this tim", tA- nilCOnteuls taking their |
sttB4 lncau!iou ~ on very slippery ground -
They piTei To a short lived victory by deny
Ing the correctness ot their opponents pre- |
ciction. III LEy Of the chief courti"rs joined |
the cab from II re hatred 10 the UrI0mi rs, |
without the slightest knowledge of the q aes. |
tlou, or dread OF th@ cOGssq aBnccs. 'IGe cum /
ming old king maintained = ypgttioUs silence !
until the chief fneH abOQt his court were
committed 10 Oua 81 20 or the other; then, !
when az had dCa Nh I sufficient number irtJ |
Ll- net, ha threat Tened - punish tae lon1ug !
par y, Which ever IL might be, for attempting |
tC deceive nito.
"a pooi of water lay iuvittngly near. ana |
perhaps suggested the thought. 'Tae Br4a-
Minis. or their accusers, shall stand up IT, the |
neck tn that ponJ, said thu king; theu turn
ing to Mr.. Rodgers: what do you say, : Id. |
Zt' Are the Brahmins right or wrong p !
Now said Mr.. Rodgers, II had only Il I'd
the wisdom To say tn / WAS an CnieArnt,t;
man, and knew nothing Of thess matters, ali
would I've heen rlZht; but. Gred with the
ambition OF being thought a learned man, |
replied i have not made the calculations
your majesty ooh then Won Gao calculate
pClipsasY Yea, vuIr III iestv after 2 IA
shloa.' Then 60 home Instant y, aud let NE
know what you aay IL morrow
IL went home, nol 10 study ne deep things
of Neg ton, you may be s1r~, bat 81 book OF !
tar greater value To my weak coz: pTeheuaon, |
the 5-ngaI almanac, copy OF which had
bAeL seut ne fer hat year. Ali had 70 do
was the school boy task of correcting for the !
longitude, aud IA baiQ rs brass E1vs taa re-
suit TO his males'y. The hnsts OF mary &
OF rank and al many an ii-starTsd as iron
oner, dii behold, waving AZ thick Is lilies
on th" surf7c- OF that pond bat l md ac-
qUired 4 char icter that taxed All Eny iuEen ui.
" to support, and from that time, Dc long AZ
the old fox lived, took peel q are, with
the fear OF the hOrss- pond ever present, never
t. b. without copy Of the Bengal daRual al
1iGrlHc"
II Ie ConcluRed ~ onr ner+