The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-24

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selves around us, and something like
mumbled prayers were heard as they
beat their heads upon the pavement.
We placed some rupees in vessel be-
fore us; these were thrown at the feet
of Kali, and the doors were quickly
clos ID. This savage deity called Kali,
is the wife of Siva and is the author Of
all theKevils which beset the human race.
Bullocks and goats are sacrificed. Fire
purifies the latter, and the Offering is
eaten by the priests; the former, inca
pable of publication, are charitably CIV
en- to pariahs. The ground around the
hall of sacrifice is rank with the odor
of putrefaction One hundred and fif-
ty Bramins and their families live in
and about this temple. They seem to
be supported by contributions of pill
grims, and by deprecatory offerings of
merchants who are engaging in business
enterprises.
| THE KING OF DUDE,
The majestic declamations of Burke,
in the trial of Warren Hastings, have
made the civilized world familiar with
the tragic story of the kingdom of
Dude. We may, hereafter, have occa-
sion to speak, not OF the kingdom, but
of the king. The last descendant of
the native king who reigned at Luck
now under the British protectorate,
joined the mutiny in 1857. On its sup
preston, he was deprived of the king
dom, but was allowed to retain his SOW
ereign rank with munihcent pension,
though obliged to reside in Calcutta
under government surveillance. Yes
terday, we repaired to his palace on the
bank of the Hoogly, in compliance with
his invitation. The royal residence
consists of twelve stately edifices with
collonades, which accommodate retain
ers, servants, and soldiery, numbering
in all ten thousand. A regiment of
native troops gave Mr.. Seward salute
at the grand gate, and we were received
at the palace by the kings eldest son,
the heir-apparent, who announced that
his father, being very i'll, had deputed
him to be his representative on the oc-
casion of our visit. We have never seen
handsomer youth, although he is
swarthy. Dressed fully up to his char
acter, he wore flowing robes of blue
velvet, embroidered with gold, and his
fathers jewelled gold crown. The til
tular King of Dude is probably the only
monarch in the world who wears such
antiquated head-gear as this. Doubt
less, however, it is pleasing reminder
of the palmy state from which he has
"fallen, fallen, fallen"
The prince, in a most amiable and
communicative temper, conducted us
through the extensive flower-gardens,
immense menageries as well as aviaries
and aquariums, neither of which, we
imagine, has au equal in any part of the
world. An account of the animals ex-
hibited would be little less than a "ca-
talogue." We saw huge boa-constric-
tors sleeping in their cages. The
snake-charmer skilfully drew the cobra
de capeilo from its prison, stretched it
on the ground, and then with great dex-
terity seized it by the throat, and at
pleasure made it open its mouth and
show the strong, sharp, white fang,
whose stroke is instant death, and be-
meath it the small sac in which the fatal
venom is secreted. The ostrich, the
bird-of-paradise, the pelican, the fla
mingo, the eagle, and the swan, are as
domesticated as if they had known no
other home. We counted one hundred
species of the pigeon, nor can we recall
the name of any tenant of the air which
is not represented there. The aqua
RUINS are lakes, each covering an acre,
and ten feet deep. Their inhabitants
of all kinds came to be fed from our
hands. An immense green tortoise was
tempted to the shore by bunch of ba-
nanas, and walked back seeming not at
ali oppressed by the burden of an at
tendant, who stood on his back, and
who weighs nearly two hundred pounds.
The English people here tell us that the
munifcent King of Dude is treacherous,
and that his handsome son is graceless.
But when has conqueror contided in his
prisoner?
NIGHT ON THE GANGEs.
A continuous railroad d-journey of
twenty-five hours, fatiguing everywhere,
is doubly severe here; but how could
we decline compliment from so high
native source, or how forego an occasion
so novel and interesting as a night on
the Ganges? Two officers of the
princes household bearing silver maces
six feet long, with twenty servants in
scarlet and white, met us ON the river
bank and placed us in cushioned chairs,
under gay canopy, on the deck Of a
graceful yacht. We foated leisurely
downward with the current. The first
part of the voyage had no special inter-
est. The night was dark, and the dim
lights around us gave us only spectral
glimpses of the terraced banks. When,
however, we had advanced mile, we
saw, on our right, at the rivers edge,
the blazing, cracking flames of seeming
bonfres. The portion Of the banks
thus illuminated seemed to rise to the
height of hundred feet, and we're
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