The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05

? the building, 2Ct as We walked down d
stone stsPs ard under tie Cys-Uching shai
trees VIC had grown to Be qci.e proCe-
sion.
An ENTERTAINMENT ANC FAREWELL.
oar further stay in Agra wGs mad,
pleasant by dinner at the Aara Club, q
roomy building in an euclo-u-e Of tr, e and
grass. This dinner WAS complimentary 10
Grant in the presence of Rsua Nshal
Singh, the Mshsra an OF Dholpur, VIII,
presided. This young prince is in the six
teeIth year of Eis age. He is Jat by
desoen'; the Jsts, supposed to be tribe Of
/ Scythsins driven through Chins ard ever
the mountains TO find home in Rsjputana,
| The Msharsjah governs a small province,
| LOCO square miles in extent, with popu-
| latiOu OF 500 600 and a revenue from the
| province Of Si,5000G0 annually. The
Mahsrajsh hss been under the tuIelsge OF
! the British Government, his guardian be-
ing Lieutenant Colonel Denneby. The
Maharsj n wore picturesque Hindoo cos
tune and jewels of immense value. He
sat next 10 Mrs. Grant, with whom he
had 4 long conversation. The Prince
speaks English tiuently, and, having been
under English influence from his infancy,
it ia believed will De a royal prince.
The experience of the Easlish in
the education of princes and Indians
OF high caste has not always been satisiac.
tory. After they marry and pass out of
the control OF their guardians they remem-
Der much of their English education that
might as well be forgotten, and forget
much that might be remembered. | sup
pose blood is stronger than the school
books, and many an Englishmsn has re-
minded me with bitterness that before the
mutiny no ipdian price wss more fire.
quently in English society and more popu-
lar with officers and residents than the |
Mana SahIh, who butchered women and |
children in CaSnpore. | do rot recall |
this 10 throw the least imputation upon |
the Maharajah or connect his name in any |
way with the saddest memory in Indian |
history. The Maharajah is a young man,
with pleasing countenance and manly, |
frank manners, and seemed to be fond OF |
'hc old Colonel who was IN charge of him.
At the c'ose Cl the dinner the Prince arose,
ard the health OF the Queen was proposed. |
Then came toast 10 Gen. Grant, proposed |
bv Judge keene, and resporse from the !
General, the substance of which has gone to |
you by telegraph and need not be repeated. |
AT the close Of the dinner a company OF na- |
tive players gathered On the veranda and |
told stories in the Indian dialect, and gave |
little mimic charades or comedies, the ac-
tors beiug puppets, kind of Hindoo Punch |
ard Judy show. The subjects illustrated |
were incidents OF the mutiny and scenes in |
the life of a tax gslherer. There was a
good De al Of skill and some humor shown
In the management of the puppets, and
altogether it was an old experience. The
dinner over We took our leave of our
friends, whose kindness had been un.
bounded, and the next morning proceeded
to the north. to Delhi, the city of the Mo-
gul kings, and Lucknow, the city of the
rulers Of Oude-cities famous in the an
cient history OF Indea for their wealth and
splendor, and even more famous now with
a dresry and tragic renown as the centres
Of the mutiny OF 1851.