Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-22
The Pindarees.

The Pindarees.
BylSl4 their actual military strength amount
ed to no less than forty thousand horse. Their
leaders we're all men Of reckless courage and
tried yalor, under whom they rode on distant
expeditions for plundering peaceful countries
,>,aviug 10 bodies of two thousand or three
thous,,, ,,od strong, holding an undertaking COURSE
until thew ,>aached their destination, when they
at once split u,>-a small parties to collect PUN
der. and destroy al. thar they Jailed to remove
They were guilty of the uost !anulaaa ! pa;os.. Is
ties their progress vas mai ea W luz in!uS r ~
burning towns and villages, ne. snt;cAs VI
wretched women and the groans OF 'e'. D.n
tilated husbands were heard wherever the ~.
darees went; and their horses, which were
trained 10 undergo the same privatloos as their
masters, often received, like them, stimulus OF
opium, when impelled to uncommon exertloo
From many Of their sudden expeditions they
returned home laden with spoil, to the mouo-
famous country which borders the Ner-
budda to the o0rth where they found pro
lection fer themselves 10 those great forts
which belonged 10 them, or TO those with
whom they were openly OF secretly IN league.
The fame OF these exploits drew to their
ranks many desertcrs from the loose cavalry es'
Establishments OF Scnda and Holkar Pluoder
being the sole object Of the Plndarees. they
constituted their force for that purpose only;
and, as light cavalry, trained themselves 20
hard marching and extreme celebrity OF move
ment. With this view, it was their custom,
till the monsoon should close and the rivers
be fordable, to exercise the horses, and prepare
them for long marches and hard work. When
the time for marching came they we're carefully
shod, and the expedition Of many thousand
hardened rufians set forth. Out OF every
1000 about 400 we're better mounted than the
rest. Their taVofite weapon was bamboo
spear, varying from twelve to eighteen feet 10
length; every fifteenth or twentieth man carried
a matchbox They were always accompanied
by an irregular train of attendant slaves and
camp followers. poorly mounted on Wild horses,
and who kept up With the general mass as well
as they could. Moying with rapidlty that dc.
fed ali pursuit, they could spread their deyas'
tations over hundreds OF miles without being
INTERRUPTED or overtaken. CuSSeVS illustrated
History Of ladiq.
POETS PEcULIARIrIEs.-Fento was tat
poet, whose habit it was to lie in bed and DC
fed with spoon. He was almost as lazy as
Thomson. Pope says he died OF Incidence.
Wilkee, the author Of "Epgeniad," " loved not
only to lie in bed, but if We may believe bis
bioerapher, Anderson, to lie under sixteen or
seventeen pairs of blankets. Pope was another
poet of queer habits. lie was fretful and petu-
liant, and expected that everything should give
way to his ease If he felt drowsy 10 company
he would 90 to sleep without ado, and once
slumbered at his Own table while the Prince oil
Wales was talking Of poetry. When ne accep.
ted an invitation to stop at his friends house
he took no servant, and his wants were so
many that hall full Of servants might scarcely
supply them. His erranls were so frequent
and so frivolous thatt footmen 10 time avoid
ed and neglected him. The maids when they
had neglected their business alleged that they
had been attending Mr.. Pope. Like the friend
Swift, he was sometimes parslmonlous, anu Is
charged By Johnson with "niggardly reception
of his friends and scantincss OF entertainment
az when he had two guests IN his mouse no
would set at supper single piet upon the
table, and having himself taken TWO small
glasses would retire and say, 'Gentlemen, 1
leave you to your wine. "-Lont0n Ne,oS
Tue JEws-It is curious, not to say anus
ing, to soc how people resent tho Introduction
Of the Jewish element into George Elliot last
great story. That the Jews killed Christ is the
principal thing that many excellent Chrstians
remember about that extraordinary race. Ihey
forget that that race also gave birth TO Christ;
that Christ should be killed by any people
among whom lie might appear was evltablc,
and had to do with human nature at large. Ihe
exceptional and marvellous thing, speaking sec
ularly, was his production. There can be no
reply to the tremendous rctort OF the lsraeiGe
upon whom the Christian had spat, that halt
Christendom worship Jew and the other
half Jewess Says Matthew Arnold "As
we'll imagine man with a sense OF sculpture.
not cultiVatiog it by the help of the remains OF
Greek art or a man with sense for poetry
not cultivatiug it by the help of Homer and
Shakespeare, as a man with sense Tor conduct
not cultivatug it by the help of the Bible;
Greece was the litter up to the nations OF the
banner of art and science, as Israel was the
litter up of the banner Of Righteousness =
Santa Fs Neao Nerican.
Il seems almost pity to describe the less
agreeable aspects of men OF great genius. Yet
it gives one a graphic idea of De Quincy to
Imagine him, as he has just been pictured
shutting about aud a sort of Jeremy Dlddler,
asking people if they had such thing as
sxpence or shilling about them. Ii they
had, he borrowed il to buy laudanum, OF which
he would driuk wineglass at time with as
little conjunction as ii it had been c.arot.