The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-03-11
A RoYALsFUNERAL HAFRIuA.

lasts for years. Meantime the de-
ceased King lies unburied. Immedi-
ately upon his death, his body is
laid out upon framework Of green
wood, constructed like a huge grid
iron, and is dried over a slow fire.
When reduced to the condition of a
mummy, the body is wrapped in new
bark-clothes, and laid in state in a
large house erected, especially for the
purpose " Here it .reposes while: the
contestants are fighting for the sue
cession. "' ~
AS soon as victory has decided in
favor Of one of the parties, the fortu-
nate son visits the hut where bis ia.
theirs body awaits sepulture, and,
approaching the corpse, sticks his
spear upright in the ground, and
leaves it thus near the right hand of
the body. The son now assumes the
regal state, and, as his first duty,
superintends the funeral of his "a
ther.
An immense trench is now exca-
! waited capable Of containing several
hundred people, and is neatly lined
| with fresh bark-cloths. A number of
| the wives Of the dead King are then
seated together at the bottom of the
pit, SO as to bear upon their knees the
body Of the defunct. The night be-
fore the funeral, the Kings own regi-
ment, or body-guard, surround dwell
ings and villages, and seize their in
mates as they leave their doors in the
morning. These eaptives, consisting
Of men and. women Unfortunately,
are conveyed to the brink Of the pit.
where their legs and arms are broken
with clubs. Thus disabled, they are
pushed into the pit, on the top of the
dead King and his living wives.
A horrible din of drums, horns,
fageolets, whistles, mingled with the
yells of the frantic bystanders. browns
the shrieks of the miserable wretches
upon whom the earth is shoveled
and stamped down by thousands Of
cruel fanatics, who dance and jump
| upon the loose mold" so as to COM
press it into a compact mass.
Through this it is impossible for the
entombed victims to force their way,
as their limbs have been broken to
render them helpless and prevent
their escape. At length the mangled
mass of human beings "is buried and
trampled down beneath tumulus of
earth, and all is still. The funeral is
over"
With how much heartfelt feryor
must the inhabitants Of Unyon con-
tinually pray, Long live the King!
GOV. DAVIS AND THF REPUBLICAN
| PARTY.
The regular St. Paul correspondent
Of the Winona Republioan writes as
follows "And what of the Republi-
can party IN this State? The Press
of the 10th ult- says it is dead. In
this the Press spoke in the bitterness
of disappointment. 1t looks a little
as though Senator Ramsey, in the
brilliant but eccentric mind of the
editor Of that paper, constituted the
party. Mr.. Ramsey is not the party,
nor is any other man. 1t was the
mistake of the Press in this matter
that made the rumpus. There was
an impression that when Ramsey
wanted place all others should
stand back. l do not say Ramsey
felt that way, for I don't think he
did. Ramsey did not want the place
half as bad as his partisans wanted
him to have it. I preferred a new
man because I believe in rotation.
"Gov. Davis was placed in q diff
cult position. He was Republican
: 1t was in his power at the opening O.
the session to have abandoned hi,
party and taken the Senatorship. 81,
was willing to have abided the resul
of a caucus, provided he went int
the caucus, but he did not intend t.
60 into a caucus and be slaughtered
e by those who professed falsely to b
his supporters.
t The caucus was theregular machin
: cry Of the party, but his submission
of his chances to the caucus was Will
himself.
8 "Now it was claimed by his friend
}. that he was induced to submit hi
name to the caucus on the assurance
{. of certain secret Ramsey men tha
they would support him. That thes
{ assurances were made for the expires
purpose of deceiving him.
:, "If these charges are founded in fae
u the consent of Davis to 60 into caucu
was not a free one, or one that he wa
bonnd by. He and his friends wei
sufficiently convinced of the facts t
u withdraw before nomination We
made. I know these charges a,
denied by the supporters of Ramse.
: but it is due to Gov. Davis that the
should be explicitly stated as the re,
son of the action of himself an
friends.
II confess that my first choice ws
l. Gov. Davis. He is a young ma
who would have made brilliant re
ord in the Senate. 1t is noteworth
J. that our most talented, men are Il
greatest blunderers in politics. II
. profession of politics demands the GU
ming of the fox rather than the bros