The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-01-30
uEl,Crous MATTERS.
rnn ntsslnm or tlle MnhrMttn.

six m,nths IN the minds of tlr Mnhraias, his
divinity was fully established. Ills fame, tie mum
Der of wm.hppcra ihc amount OF offerings. the
vows sent to be registered, The pilgrims crowding
tn his presence, were all increasing rapidly thut
men hogan to wonder what would bc the upshot of
this daily increasing enthusiasm. The liajah Of
SatAia bcgan tn b. very uncnsy. !, seems that
from the first hc had discrclitcd onl disliked Mar
ayun n,rl At an interview which look place between
them he allowed soiur ur his doubts AMI cnmity 10
trauspirc. His sccp,ciNn, however, must not he
attributed to lis superior good sense AMI culiahcn
mtnt. Ilisoppostion 10 Narnyun was thcopposition
of superstition to superstition. Since the death Of
Narayuu rct. have come to- light, If We can credit
TIE statement made in the public papers, and at the
time not contrndictcd, which afford very curious
md sufficient reason for hts oppositiur at the sninc
tim, that they proved TINT the liaah was quite MS
rrrdulous and suprisiious ~ his counlryincn. One
oG the tdics at the court, the wife Of one of the
ministers, had il appears, been for many years sub
icrt to fall into frances, during which she was filled
within Warnlu uru,, orspirit Of prophecy. During
THESE periods of inward umiuotIou she had given
u,trroncc to series OF predictions. promising the
Roiah the most rStrivagmt dcatin, such as the
recovery of the llindoo Empire all the nations
protesting llnlooism etc.
These prediction, were regularly taken down ~
they we're uttered, lay her husband, or som, other
party AMI were repeated about the court for tlIc
| bencH uf the Raiah Altrr hc was dcposrd by Sir
Jatn'4 Carnac, copies of these predictions were
found in The H"narl, as well ns some other papers
that went To show that his hghncss placed implicit
confidence in, and was in great measure governed
ly thrm This fact afterwards discovered fully
csphin. the opposition which the Raiah alone of all
rh, Mahiatti nation offered to the prctcnsions of
Narlvn Bawa.
Locking upon Iimsclf a q tl,c person who. accord
inc Do llo prnphccy, was achieve miycr-
sal ,npir, AMI rypcl the British, hc could but ilv
brook the rival claims set up by this Child. as the
incarnation Of Inlraiit forrtoll by Toolscdas
Indeed II IS not To hc wondered at that the pro-
gross OF the worship of Narayun should have caus-
ed the l'dnh considerable fear and uneasincss for
stronger minds than his has been shaken 10y the oc-
counts, which were daily brought of wonders per
formed by this extraordinary child and by the rap
idjty with which all nwu were seemingly compelled
To own, anl bow to bis claims Of divinity. Eu-
ropcau gentlemen, firm believer in Christianity
and distinguished for literary attainrnts, was ask
cd when the mania was at lis height, what was
his opinion Of Narayun Bawa. His reply was Ms
follows :--
" The facts which ! have hoard have quite stag
grrod me the whole llindno population are thor
oughly convinced Of the divinity Of this child, and
are going mad after him. It is impossible to say
what extraordinary means Cod may see fit to adopt
tor the spiritual recovery of the Iindoos Orlina-
ry means and missions seem to have failed with
uwln
n"' III the mdSt oI all thus enthusiasm rNpec-
Nton message of dism'y came to every city
N""g"h H""d IS "'"t!' At first, no one would
.n '"'', ''''' ~, .
'rH, ,'''' ",' ''"''' ''''" '''
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'''' "N"''' =" "" "'!S'
me "'hh'r "' ms "'"th was such as we might
"'Nc "''h TT" 10 expect IT seems that while Mar
"E"" was as "S""' 'NNhung his control over at
''' snakes brought I" hm 10y strangers, Mhar
"' '"t'Ah produced very large one winch he sai'
"' h'u Drought all 'h' way ''om b'narrS or Som'
w'"' TAR %" pace NNr'Fw 'aH' holt" it will
''7 usual p''uh'HS' "h" attempted to play with II
- ""', ''' '"' "'S' U' nc ''Ul' Srr'Ht That h
: ''"'' ~, "'"'N', '"' ''Pt"' "''"'"' 'rll'hfe"
""' "' "'" "i''"'''l """ ID very snort u"'o 'i'
"',"''" ,""'' ""'" 'i"i'"''"'' III "''"Sioh' "'
'o"'' ,''' We, '''' '''' '','',N' wa" '''p''-
""''',"N '''"" 'N''"F'' VI ''c u"'" vi an ""i"
''''''" ''' Nv human ''''s "'S ''H survived tl'
" "'''"' ''''''N' ny ms "''lP'rS' us
""'" WIS "'''''""" W Tue III ''''e oi the h9oh "'
'""''"' WIN, was "S''''r"' haa sent the Mhn'
o""' p''N'"''' Tue '''a' SNAKE lh' Mh"r himself
WAS '''','n " nave "'''' 'n'E''"n III disguise
n"' "","E" N''"!"" WAS "r""' Tue "''oS'"h uio not
'N ~" '''"' - was ''''''v'''! gave" out 'h"' he
"'''' ',N' w Wv '''''" VI ''s"'" ""l ana vast
" f"h''"''' ,''''s'"E !" .''S n'P'' ""''co
, VIZ Wv 'i'' y" "'"''S' MS 'es"'''c''o''
The predicted day passed no resurrection took
place and the disappointed and sorrowing crowd
"""N' 10" l"e To th'r deiuS"n, aud began to dis
P'rH'' hnt oven the lnatnHton did notcnd. Re
ports continued I" he circulated that Nardym was
"H-Nrp'ar shortly at different places, and occn-
S''m'y that he had appeared, In Poonah, it was
Tor un" believed that his soul had lodged itscl
IN ,'' h'dE o' a h"bmim who would h'liiIl oil tha
!. w" o''n p''U''''u"' "' t"' peasant boy but tliS
i'hPoSts" "t an 'npoSturo speedily died away.
III 'o' '""N' II 1t was IN IKE manner given ou
u'"' n' was I" appear u're and the town of llur
n'p wa 'n' coast was pointed "ut As the place. The
""'"'o"N' IN consequence were ina state of grca
'N'"'h'h ana expectation AMI, nj one time 1t wa'
"""E'' hA' Nar'N"h hRureall( appeared. ItWa'
III 'HN wise one evening" at dusk, SONS pcopN
going 10 the temple To- pay their vcspcr worship
round " person lying prosuatc before the idol, ap
pArthtly III trance Ills features were unknown