Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-25

paue If the Slab and it, history i follow:
II formerly belonged ~ the Sophis and was one
Il w enormous dlpmands winch ornamented The
throne of Nadir Shah, and which we're Designated
by the 'ef-inns By the mime OF sun or til"
Son. aud "Aioon If the Mountains Whom
Nndir wa as-a.sinetel his treasures were pil'a-
god mud his precious stones divided among a
few soldiers, who carefully concealed them. An
Armenian named Shnfras resided at that pefiud
nj Bnssorn with his two brothers. One day un
/ Afghan came TO him. aud offered for sale tue
large diamond. "the Moon of The Mountains a.
vel a an emerald ruby Of fabulous size, n
sapphire of the finest wntpr, called by the Per
Sims tho Eve Of Allah" and number of other
stones, for the whole of which he asked such
moderate sum that Shnfras suspected that they
hnd mol been honestly come by, and told him 10
call again. n he had not the MONEY in the house
The Afghan, fearing Shaifas WIS going 10 net
with ircuchery towards him. left tie place and
could not again be found although the three
brothers mndn every search for him. S me
yenrs afterwards the elder brother met the man
at Bngdad. who told him that h. had just
sold all bis precious stones for $4,000 pi-
astre- and pair of valuable horses
Shafra4 had the residence of the purchaser, who
was jew. poIntad out 10 him, and he went 10
him and offered him double the price he had Civ
en- for them. but was refused. The three broth
cr- then agreed to murder tho jew aud rob him
OF h- purchase. which they did, and on the fol
lowing day poisoned the afghan, and threw both
the bodies into the river. dispute soon after
aroso between the broters to the division of tn"
spoil which terminated in Shafras getting lid of
his two brothers by poison, niter which he fled
To Consinutinople, aud thence to Holland where
he made known the riches be possessed, and af
fered them for sale to different Courts # Eu-
rope. Catherine | proposed to buy the Moon
Of the Mountains only. Shafras was requested
To come to Russia, and he was introduced to the
Court ieweller. The terms demanded by Shafras
were letters of nobility life annuity of TO-
900 roubes, aud 500 900 roubes, payable by
equal instruments in 10 years. Count Panin,
who then Minister. delayed the settlement of
the bargain rs long as possible and in the mean
time had tho Armenian led into such exlrava
gances that he fell into debt, and when the Min
ster found that he had no means of paying what
he owed he abruptly broke off the negotiation.
Shairas. according to the laws of the country,
could not leave until his debts should be paid and
the Court ioweller prepared TO take advantage of
his cmbairassmenis and ntcnted that the diamond
should fall into his hands for fourth oiits value
Shafras, however, discovered the trap that had
been laid for him, and. disposing of some of the
less valuable stones among his countrymrn, paid
his delds, and disappeared. Agents were sent
after him, who had even orders to nssnssinate md
rob him, but he escaped them. Ten years after,
while he was Mt Astrnchan renewed offers
made 10 him, but he refused 10 enter into any ne
gotatons unless tho bargain should be settled ut
Smyrna. Catherine accepted, and became the pos
scissor of the diamond for letters of nobility 600
900 roubIes, aud l70000 paper roubl"s, making
together about two and halt millions OF iIancs,
Shairas, not being able to return to his country,
where hp would have had to give an account oG
two homicdos and two fratrcides fixed himself
! at Astrnchan, whore he married countrywoman
of his, and had seven daughters. One OF his sons
in-lnw poisoned him for the sake of possessing his
-lara nf his Tho immense fortuna
which the murderer had acquired (trom ten Ia
twelve millions) was divided and soon spent, by
his Successors and several of the grand CHILDREN
Of Shaiias now living at Astraehad in AFFECT
misery Gdignani's Messenger.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE CAsE-A GiRL Man.
One of the most singular instances of disguise
regards sex, says the New York Herald of
| Thursday. came to the knowledge of tho police
on Tuesday. young well dressed, and seem
ingly modest girl, came to the fifth station house
Yesterday, aud asked to lac sent back to her fun
! lily in Buffalo, she had no means of support
| Capt Carpenter questioned the seemin, girl
| to her history, when, after somo hesitation he
was Informed that male in disguise was talking
| to him. He did not believe the story, but sent
| the confessed young gentleman to the Chiefs of
feers who were equally ncrcdulous. The scanning
girl was OF tall and slender shape. with mild blue
eyes, and soft feminine cheeks aud chm, without
II sign of beard being visible. The hair was long
and done up behind like woman's, and even
! the shoulders aud bust were those of young ie-
male. The party was taken from one office To-
another bat was pronounced a female by all
who saw her, Finally one of the officers ea.
abled 10 certify that the party was male wiz
out any question.
The young gentleman was intcrrogated rs 10
his history, aud he stated that he was Il native Of
! Albany, and about 10 years of uge. His bust
ness that of segar maker, but he very of
ten travelled abroad as n woman, as he liked the
dress and felt more Mt home in it than IN the male
costume. He found himself in the city vester
day without money and was forced to make his
story known IN order to get means 10 take Inn
on to Buffalo, where portion of his family resi-
ded. lie gave his name Charles Curtis. The
young gentleman was taken up TO Mayor Wood
and introduced 10 him, and TO other note
worthy persons in the City Hall, aud Curtis
was pronounced ON all hands most won
dertul counterfeit woman. Officer MaSterton
was instructed to take him 10 tho Erie Rail
road depot, and procure for him a free pass over
the road to Buffalo. if possible, bet the railroad
people were incredulou< AS to the sex of Curtis,
and would not giant free pass until they were
convinced of the truth of what the seeming Girl
said, In the evening Curtis took his departure
in the Fri train, without changing his costume
The officers pronounce this the most eNtracIdina-
~ case of the kind they ever had to ID with
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slvsS LNnchbnrg, about $%sShfA
led COW with her Calf about 3months old I'll, SfNA1
Cali is red with white back They bolel -~0
Of GustaNns W Wright about Goodies Crossing in Bedford
VII pay the above reward for their delivery mo or any in
formation Will he thankfully received