Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-23

tho body. The rest were TO be brought
back. The SColoncls permission was
also asked TO take Q, 900 rupees out of
the treasury for distribution along the
road. About 0 o'clock in the morning
n lot Of ,Brahmins arrived aud went
up into the palace, and shortly after
the body was brought down, dressed
up in full Court costume and bedecked
with jewels. 1t was placed in sort
of sedan chair in a sitting position,
covered with a canopy Of crimson and
gold, and thus borne on the shoulders
Of lot of Brahmins, The procession
was formed and went of, first n guard
of Rajpoots, then men carrying tho
5000 rupees, then anothcr guard, then
some twenty or twirty torchholdcrs
with lighted torches, then some men
with lighted candles, then whole
crowd Of Brahmins, in the midst OF
which was the body borne aloit on
their shoulders. Some Of them sprinis-
led the body with rose leaves and
flowers, others carried palm branches,
two others one on each side, waved
long yak tails about to keep off the
flies, Just as would have been done had
the Maharana been alive then came
the emblem Of royalty, the Hinhoo
"Sooruj," or sun, the red umbrella, and
other paraphcrnalia. The wailing as
soon as the body was brought out in
sight of the crowd was tremendous :
The place of cremation, where all
the royal tombs are, is place some
two miles outside the city walls. The
whole populace followed the body there
and as soon as the ceremony was over
every man was clean shaved-beard,
whiskers, moustach, and even the hair
of the head. All Rajpoots wear very
long flowing whislScrs, which they are
in the habit of winding round their
ears, and it must have been great grief
to many man to cut them OIL. There
is not man in the country now with
any hair ON his face, and il gives them
the funniest appearance possible. |
did not know many of the officials
when ! first saw them. Ii was cer-
tainly most extraordinary sight, and
one that ] may never see again. The
Maharana Of Oodeypoor is the head OF
all the Hindoos in India, the direct de-
scendent of their great Rama and
traces his decent for more than fifteen
hundred years back. forget the OK
act date at the present moment. AG
ter the procession had started the
zenana women became more quiet ;
one or two threatened to throw them.
selves from a high window, to the great
terror Of some Of the chief nobles' who
beqeed the Colonel 10 pitch tents and
awnipgs under the window 10 break
their IAN n reouest the Colonel refused
ofcourse as il would only have tempted
them 10 do Il at once whereas the hard
stones did not look inviting.
on October 18th Lieutenant Yate
writes aYesterday eiqht of tbe nriu.
cipal sirdars or mobiles Of the State came
TO Colonel Wright with request from
the Queen mother that Sobunc sing
the uncle of the late Maharana. and
othersmight be arrested and imprisoned
in the palace dungeons, as he had killed
the Maharana by witchcraft, incanta,
tions. &c. 1t seems hardly credible
that in the present day charges of that
sort should bv seriously bivui,h, NDl-
ward, but it shows what queer people
these Rajpoots are to deal with. The
intention of the Queen mother, if she
could get Sohung Sing and bis con-
feres in the palace, is to starvc them to
death before the expiration Of the
twelve days ofmourning. HadColonel
Wright not been here on the spot, it
is allowed bynll that there would have
been no end Of bloodshed. All these
men accused Of witchcraft would have
been killed, and several suttees would
have taken place TO certainty, and
IN all probability there would have
been q regular disturbance and free
fipht. As 10 was. pusma Sale. one ot