The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-13
A WIDOWED HAKEM.
[I,nndnn Queen. I.

The HOmepard Nail rather amuses US with
it's story about Sir Jung Bahadoors WIDOWS.
IA minute and narrowing account was given
of the suffice OF the inconsolable widows OF
Sir Jung Bahadoor Immediately after the
lamented death of that remarkable man. Ii
was afterward mentioned that only few OF
the great minister's reicts expired in the
flames. and ultimately it came t6pe surmised
that only one, the youngest and prettiest,
died by fire. Still it has hitherto been be-
lieyed very generally that Sir Jung's death
proyed the knel Of q considerable percentage
IF his widows IL not of the whole batch. This
pleasing romance has, however, been COM
pletely discredited by the arrival in Bombay,
On January 1a, Of the whole four Of the wild
ows il question, escorted by detachment Of
the Nepauiese army, under the personal
command of Gen. Jegot Singh-"the lion
OF the world"-the commander-i n-chief OF
the forces of Nepaul. The ladies are en-
route to Dwarka, one Of the five places OF
pilgrimage mentioned In the shasters as
possessing extraordinary sanctity. Jugger-
naut Is another of the fine places In question,
and BeDareS Is q third. The holiness of
Dwarka may be inferred from that Of its COM
peers. The widows are shrOuded from head
III
line eye were permitted to approach them 1t
could learn nothing of their form or features
But every care Is taken that not even their
outer garments may be seen by the other sex
covered way was formed at the Byculla
station, passing from the railway carriage
Through the ladies' waitlng-room to the Car.
rage In attendance, and along the passage
the ladies we're carried or removed beneath q
sort of canopy OF silver, right royal in style
and value Once safely got in the carriages
IAl bod GI1r
which was engaged for the occasion. There
they were to remain for short time to
recover from the fatigue of the railway jour.
ney before proceeding to the Dwarka.
The following, week our contemporary re-
turned to the subject, giving some additions
particulars from a Calcutta paper: IA curl
Gus pilgrim party is now proceeding through
the country visiting its most sacred shrines
| 1t consists 6f the rects OF the late Jung Ba
hadoor. with other ladies Of the Nepau
court, attended by numerous retinue, ane
escorted, we believe, by late brother Of
| the Prime Minister Of our Goorkha neighbor
This strange party crossed the holy river OIL
their return from Mozufferpore. at the Ganges
bank, opposite Barrh, from the riverside ter
minus of the Tirhoot State railway. by which
they came down In a special train; and tht
site Of their crossing presented strange
scene, with It's motley crowd and theii
strange observanees. A special steamer was
waiting to receive the party, which left
their carriage and walked over the sane
under gorgeous canopy, completely hiding
them from view. and upheld by six mighty
bearers. The CHAT was entirely cleared
for their passage but when the
ladies reached the ietty they emerged from
| their moving tent and walked exposed to thu
steamer waiting to receive them. They wer'
all dressed in the most beautiful and vari
coored Chinese and Japanese silks, and not
few seemed fairly prepossessing. As tnel
left the shore the escort fired q salute: and
as Precipitation to. the gods, handsful Q
rupees We're thrown IN the river from botl
sides Of the ietty as the party was walking
across It, This magnificent largesse seemet
to have the desired effect, for no casualty at
tended the stoppage of the steamer in mid
stream for the bathing Of the pilgrims, VIII:
were all safely dispatched from the other sid
in special train by the East India Railwa.
Company on their way to Bombay. A coupl
Of hundred coolies who had been intereste
spectators of the scene from various vantag
points on the bank, made q unanimous rusl
into the water on the disappearance OF tn
last redcoat, and began busi(y seeking for tn
food, lgifts2) thrown to their gods, nothiDl
undeterred by the sacrilegious nature OF thel
performance. Many ancient Nepaulese coin
were thus recovered"