Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-06-15

It was literally made up of precious |
stones-was the wonder of the oriental
world, fell into the hands of Nadir, who
also carried with him, on his return to |
Persia, near 10000 elephants, camels,
and horses, together with crowds oil
sklliul artlfioers, &c. An amount al
most greatas that acquired by the Shah,
is supposed tohave fallen into the hands
Of the Persian officers and soldiers, or
10 have been wantonly destroyed by
them, during their military operations,
or while engaged in plundering the un-
fortunate inhabitants.
The amount of human suffering
which the Persians inflicted upon the
country which they invaded, was on
scale as great as the plumber which they
reaped. For upwards Of seven sue
cesslve hours, The great city ofDelhi,
the capital of the Mogul empire, was
ravished by a hundred Thousand bar
barous soldiers, who had received or
ders to fall on and spare not. They
fulfilled their orders in the same spirit
in which they were given. Historians
differ as to the numbered their victims,
bot the best informed of them, rate it
at about 10000! Not all of these,
however, persisted by the Persian
sword; for many Of the high-castc Hin
docs, finding their fate inevitable, rather
than permit themselves to be insulted
by the ravagers, first murdered every
member of their establishments, and
then set fire to their residences, and
finally fell by their own hands. The
condition of Delhi, during this time, in
the graphic language Of the eastern
writers, "afforded an apt type Of the
day ofwarth and judgment at the end
of the world" Nor were the crue!ties
inflicted during the march of the Per-
SLAMS to the capital of a less fearful
magnitude. Towns and villages disap-
peared before them, as if they had been
destroyed by some sudden convulslon
of nature. In collecting the subsidy
which the Mogul monarch had agreed
to pay the Persian, as the price ofpeace,
fortunes Of the most horrid kinds were
inflicted upon Hindoos of every rank,
and in great numbers. Truly, there
should be much in athe pride, pomp and
circumstance ofglorious war; to atone.
for its horrors, for they are manifold.
MoRMoN1sM We learn from The Bos-
ton Recorder, Mormonism has found liz
way into the church in Massachusetts, and
led to the excommunlcation of some of IFS
This circumstance hasinduced
the publication Of a letter by Mrs. Dawson,
a woman Of unimpcaching veracity, resi-.
dent at Monson in that state. 1t was
written by her first husband, The Rev
Spaulding, formerly resident Of
Cherry Valley in this state, and subse.
quenty Of New Salem, in Ohio, some
lines called Conneaut, from the name Of
Inc creek on which it is situated. His
impaired health excluding him from active
labors, he amused himself by the compost.
lion ola historical romance, being sketch
Of the lost race, who constructed the nu.
merous ancient mounds and forts which |
abound in the western country, and some
Of which are in the town of New Salem.
In this production, he initiated the style Of
The Old Testament. This was about the |
year 1912. The work purported to have
been written by one of the lost race, and 10
have been dug up from the earth. Por. |
lions OF the narrative, as be advanced in it. |
he was in the habit Of reading to his
friends in the neighborhood.
From New Salem, Mr.. Spaulding re-
moved to Pittsburg, Pa, where he became |
acquainted with Mr.. Patterson, the editor |
IF newspaper, to whom ho loaned the
manuscript for a perusal. Connected
With Mr.. Patterson's printing Office, was |
Mr. Sidney Rigdon, who has SINCE figured |
argely in the history Of the Mormoiis, as
me Of their leaders and founders, and who
rad ample opportunities to become acquant- |
ID with the manuscript, and 10 copy it. |
Mr.. Spauding died in 1916, and the man. !
'script to which we refer was preserved
~ his widow.
When the Book Of Mormonsn appear.
ID, a copy Of it was taken to Nsw Salem,
where female preacher undertook to ex.
pound its mysteries. The work was im-
nediately identified by some Of the irhab.
lants, who had heard il read BY Mr..
Spaulding, and particularly by his brother,
who was still resident at New SaIem.-
The circumstances produced so much ex.
'itement that the inhabitants Of the place.
lad meeting, and deputed one Of their
lumber, DR.. Hulburt, to repair 10 Monson
Ind obtain the original MS. Of Mr.. Spanl-