Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-01

tONNA WAOlA bAAO gVNCAgAhA AA&Ao ROWG
! Of life and death; and tolerably larg
revenue Is collected from the inhabi
tantE, thanks to its inexhaustibly fer
tile soil, where the same crops havI
come up on the same ground for cen
turtles, without manure and without
signs Of failure.
About the beginning OF last year the
young Prince determined TO spend the
time before reaching his majority in q
pilgrimage to England, which he
reached In June. He hired a house in
London, and worked hard at seeing
the sights required from a cOnscien-
tious traveller; attended debates In both
Houses Of Parliment, was present at a
Queens ball in gorgeous apparel,
where, in his cloth Of gold tissues, neck
laces, and strings Of Jewels, he looked
like the prince in O fairy tale. He
paid visit to the Queen at Windsor,
who he said, twas very kind" attend
ed meeting of the British Association
at Liverpool, where, being asked to
speak, he said a few words much TO
the satisfaction Of his audience on his
intention to do all In his power to en-
courage the cultivation Of cotton on
his return to India; went into Scotland
where he distributed the prizes at a
great volunteer festival, and made a
second little speech, greatly to the pur-
pose, about the good feeling growing
up between East and West, and on
the friendly relations Of India to En-
gland. He ended by q visit to the
MahaTajah Daleep Singh, In Suffolk,
which he Is said to have much enjoy
ed. He seemed much pleased, alto
gether, with his treatment during his
whole stay, and was turning his steps
homeward to India through Belgium,
the Tyrol, and Italy, the way by Paris
where he otherwise wished to have
gone, being blocked by the war, when
he was Overtaken by the winter.
The snow fell, and his followers
were extremely anxious to carry back
box Of the strange stuff to ''shOw
them at home" Even the moderate
degree Of cold in an English October
had tried the men very painfully, and
probably affected poor Rajaram him.
SELF He was taken i'll at Florence
with heart complaint, from which he
had already suffering before at Inn
spruck on his journey. Nothing,
probably, could have been OF much
use In such case; he disliked being
attended by Western physicians, and
the end was very sudden at last,
though the best doctors in Florence
were summoned to his aid for the salts
faction Of his most careful and judici-
GUS guardian, Captain West. Almost
as soon as the breath was out of the
Rajah's body, his poor attendant began
Interpretations, intending at first to
burn it, on the Lung 'ArnO, the very
midst Of the city, as the ceremony
must be performed on the banks Of q
river. This, Of course, could not be
permitted, and with much difficulty
, Sir Augustus Paget obtained permis-
sion from the Italian authorities to all
low the funeral to be carried out after
midnight, at the end Of the Cascine,
two miles from the town.
Itwas dark night; a clustering
north wind was blowing, and the
cold was biting, says an eyewitness;
the pile had been built already breast
high, and near it was q fire, rouud
which group of Hindoos were stand
ing sadly and silently. "The Rajah
was the k;ndest and best Of masters,
and these poor fellows are as grieved
at his loss as II he were their own
father" was the affectioDate tribute OF
his English servant.
! Presently came up all omnibus con-
tanning the body, which was then
brought out upon plank. AS it was
borne along, the light from two feeble
lanterns fell on the placid features OF
young and apparently corpulent
man. The turAan and o richly EN-.
| brOidered robe which wrapped the
corpse were of bright scarlet; the
bracelet, necklaces and jewels around
his neck and arms were said to be OF
great value, and were all afterward
consumed In the fire. The body was
then laid reverentially upon the pile.
One attendant placed betel-nut in the
mouth and hand; o second piled cam
phor around it, another muttered sew
eral prayers. A Brahmin priest per-
formed strange ceremonies with q
white linen cloth, which he folded and
unfolded, offering up prayers while
kneadiDg dough, to be placed along
side the corpse, which was then care,
fully fenced in with logs and pIanks,
forminga sort of box, into which were
thrown perfumes and essences; fresh
logs were piled up for about a couple
of yards more; camphOr,- and q mix.
ture Of beeswax and turpentine, and
a quantity of brushwOOd and shavings
were added, and the mass was then
kindled. The flames shot up brilliant
driven by strong gust Of wind
throwing lurid glare on the numer.
ous spectators, the muddy Arno, the
black clumps Of trees, not yet quite
bare Of leaves, and the groups of Indi'
ans OF every different shade of colol
from coal black to light brown, witt
their glistening white teeth, and tur.
bans differing in shape according t.
the rank Of the wearers. Each haC
his settled station near the funeral fire
and stood gazing inten.ly on it durin,
the long, cold hours with o kind O
mournful, fOrlorn resignation which
was extremely tOuching-many o
them weeping bitterly. At seven il
the morning the wood was oil con
sumed, the embers Ayere extinguishe,
by, water from the river, the ashe
were collected and placed in q pOrce
lain jar to be carried home. Every
thing used in the funeral pile was thel
taken out in boat and sunk in mid
stream, and the attendant laid fresl
earth on the spot itself, traced in tn
!! form Ofa heart, around which wer
then placed some vessels containin
rice. Then all the Hindoos knelt an
prayed with their faces to the groun
the dismal ceremony was finished
and the iorl0rn retinue departed /
silence, bearing with them the vas
with the ashes to be thrown into til
Ganges when they should reach the
native land. The next day they Ina
all left Florence.
4, And thus, far from his Indian, an
: even his English friends, his. country
his young wife and child, among,
: men of an alien religion, of foreig
: and unsympathizing race, the POI
boy Raiah passed away
EARLY IMPREssIoNs.-Go to
! brick yard and take a brick, fresh
: moulded, and press a leaf upon it
: gentle pressure Of the finger vi