The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-03
THE PRINCE AT CALCUTTA.
Scenes of Historic Interest -RenlfniScencS
OF the (srent Mutiny.


, royal highness, the scene on the CHAT wa
full of intrinsic. interest. There haC
been gathered in the open reserved space
the bearers of names familiar to ever
reader of Indian histery-the descend
J ants or representatives of native poten
tates with whom John Company haC
fought, made treaties, tinkered up .alli
ances, quarreled, intrigued, and whom
that institution had deprived of more o.
less of their acknowledgements
more. Look at this tall, square bull
! man, with the keen, willy eyes, the wide
smiling mouth, the strong, massive chin
a masterful-loOking man, who looks as j
on occasion he could both give and take
His dress is worth examining as well a
his face. On his broad breast are
stretched cords of pearls and diamond,
worth kings ransom there is a blazt
of diamonds from his yellow tOpee, his
ieweled scimitar flashes i'm the sun, his
4 feet are stuck in golden shoes, from the
heels of which project massive golden
spurs. This is Scinda, the man who
clung to us in the mutiny when his OWL
troops, the Gwalior Contingent revolted
and, sweeping down on Cawnpore, would
have driven Wyndham into the Ganges
but for the OppOrtune arrival of Colin
Campbell He has not all his life stood
thus amicably shoulder to shoulder with
Britons. As boy, still in his tutelase
he was within sound of the cannon
thunder of Maharai pore, and there stood
by him now British officers on whose
breasts hung by the famous rainbow rib
bon the bronze star won in the fierce con-
flict where British valor alone retrieved
Coughs reckless carelesSness. Scindia
is talking jjOvially with HOlkar, in whose
bosom, TO all appearance, there fingers no
Grriere penSee concerning the fell day OF
Mahidpore, when Sir John Malcolm
face of 10000 foes; when the young
as his troops fled, and his sister Beema
charged HistOp's infantry with lance in
hand; and when its free independence
was finally wrested from the realm of
Holkar. Sir Talar jung, the prime minis
| ter of the Nizam, attired I'm long black
gown and white topee, and with the
| light blue ribbon of the star of India
over his shoulder, is chatting with Bishop
| Milman in his purple apron. The three
sons of Sir Jung BahadOur, who consti-
| tute the Nepaulese deputatiOn, move
through the throng, attired as British
| staff officers, with heavy aiguelettes in
| addition, but instead of cooked hat and
helmet they wear barret caps, set thick
with priceless diamonds, surmeunted each
| by glittering aigrette, whence waves a
| tall plume of horse hair Among the na-
| tive princes stands Count Seckendorff,
of the Prussian guard corps, with his
plumed helmet and his medal-laden
bosom; and essaying conversation is the
Maharajah of Jaend, in yellow and gold
howered coat, the bosom of which is
mass of diamonds and pearls. He wears
a richly-jeweled skull cap, with plume
rising behind, and underneath the edges
of the skull cap there falls a cloud of
light green muslin on either side of his
grave dignifcd face, covered with iron
gray hair. In long purple velvet gown,
studded with stars of gold, and wearing
tiara-like hat set close with diamonds,
whence fall pendants all around, with
algrette of princely value, with earrings
linked by heavilyjeweled chains, with
jewel encrusted scimitar, stuck in the
yellow sash; his face ruddled dark-red
with chill-dye to conceal the fell ravages
of leprosy, sits silent, lowering, and
somber, the saturnine Raiah of Rewah.
In dark pink brocade over white, with
string upon string of emeralds on his
luster, sits quietly excogitating, the dig
nifed and benign-looking Maharajah of
Jodhpore. Look at the Maharajah of
Pultialah, as he sails along the alley
in navy blue satin coat, with yell
low sleeves-sleeves and coat alike en-
crusted with pearls. His huge white
turban is studded with devices in great
cut diamonds, which once belonged
when as yet the sun had not wholly gone
down upon the NapoleOnic dynasty-to
the ex-Empress Eugenie. What a re-
verse of fate for the diamonds ! Tassels
of big pearls dangle from the tuiban.
On his bosom are strings of uncut pearls,
each one as big as a small Oyster-full of
transparency, but destitute of glitter.
Sir Jamesetsee JehjeebhOy, the parsee
baronet in plain blue frOck with gold
braid, is conversing with Gen. Litchfield,
the American consul, whose yellow plume
,, dances on his dark helmet. One whole
row of seats is occupied by the dilapi-
dated remnants of the once puisSant dy-
nasty of Mysore.
Up among the spectators on the tiers
of benches sit the sons of the eX-king of
Dude, with whom days have so greatly
changed since he reveled in the pictur-
esque recesses of the Kaisev Bagh. Up
| there, too, sits the Maharaiah of Burd-
wan, Bengalee minor rajah, arrayed in
black satin and silver lace, with dia-
mOnds on his head-dress, valued at e6O,-
| 900, every stone of which he would freely
give i'm exchange for the empty honor of
the title to salute. The Maharajah of
Cashmere, a pOtentate actually and real
ly independent, in virtue Of GOlab Sings
opportune payment of the crore of
rupees, which were the expenses incurred
by the company in the first Sikh war, is
conver, ing with his Highness of Lahore,
on whose tiara are the richest specimens
of the richest diamond mines in India
In scarlet robes, with tall crimson mi-
tiers, faced with filagreed gold work,
stand the Burmese embassy, broad shoul-
dered, Tartar faced chiefs, who resemble
in feature more the princes of Nepaul
than any of the chiefs from the Hindos
ton Peninsula. Square and firm, with
his quiet air of self-contained self-reli-
auce, stands at the top of the lower flight
of steps General Lord Napier, OF Magda-
la, the commander in chief of her mai
esty's forces in India. He has already
been on board the Scraps, and is now
here, returned t. bid the prince aformal
welcome in the name of the army. Near
him is Sir Henry Norman, who made
good his claim TO repute in the mutiny.
And there stands around many a soldier,
and many a civilian, who have deserved
well of their country, each in his own
degree, and according to his respective
opportunities.
About 4.15 there arrived from the
Serapis Lords 4 Aylesford, CarngtoD, and
Alfred Paget. with Colonel Ellis and DR.:
Fayrer. At 40 the Viceroy passed
down the CHAT, and with constrained
greetings to the native chiefs, went on
down the jetty to the pOntoon: Thither,
es, the gentlemen, English and native,
who constituted the deputation that
were to present the address to the prince
when he should land on the PontOon.
Conspicuous among these was MIR. Stuart
Hcgg, to whom it was Obvions by his
nervousness, that there had been conf