The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-22

Of this terrible pedigree.
TahmaSp Khan, the Persian Nikier, was
commissioned Ia inspect the collection Of the
treasure TO be- c>,ortcd from the court and
people o( Delhi. The contributions were
eXactcd from high and low. with the utmost
rigor, no cruclti,s were lcit unprartised and
| AT length an cnurnouS SUN was a,nasSed.
Tie Jewels taken from the Mognl himself
and his mobiles, amounted 90 ~ BOO 600 /;
the famous peacock throne being alone val
ned at eli 100000, Gold and silver plate
melted into large ingots, came 10 C3,.h00,-
900; and other spoils, consisting of rich fur
niturc, cannon, and wnrlikc siorrs. brought
: tfr' a'h,r,Ts RI "a sl"irs'Tp - he ynrrc''
sum Of cS1 800 900; and the lowest estimate
/ ia considerably above cIo000,oo
This wholesale spoiIa,on gives some idea
/ ot the splcudor OF the court ol Delhi previous
/ to the runous invasion by III" Pcrslans.
/ Before leaving Delhi, Nadr Shah replaced
/ the crown on the head of the Great Nogul
/ with his own hand, and gave hiu hong
! lecture on the government Of India, conclud.
/ ing with these alarming words " II noccs
sary, can be with you myself IN forty
/ days from tandahar Never reckon me far
of"
GA the i,h OF May, l13o, the conqucrrr
mustered his army IN the gardens "f Shall.
mar, on the norti side oi p,lhi with vast
train OF camrls ls,rscs aud elephant laden
with the spoils, and the following day hc
commenced his march towards Persia.
II il estimated that. besides the treasure
taken away. the Indians hos, go 0Oo 900
by damng done io houses burnt rnd fields
Laid waste At least .0n 600 human beings
persisted in this terrible visitation; 10 400
htweu l'csiawer aud kurlaul. l0u0O IN
the massacre and 30 600 by famine cnus.
I'd 10y the rsyagcs oI tho iuN adcf-
Il would have been we'll ior the iumr OF
the once mighty family "l 1imout il Noham
IN nj shah had fallen. sword ia hnLd, at
kernaul, instead oi lingering di.graccd cs
scncc IN tlr ruined capital lls pltlablo
descendants sank lower and lower, first in
the power Of Alighan4 AMI Mnhra,ia, ia n
as pensioners OF tn British government aud
HOW the representative Oi the mighty 1lrn-
our tho accomplished Shah l.okh thu brave
and learned I,aber nnd the magnificent Au.
runpzebcc. has become the miserable puppci
Of that gang of miscrcanls who await their
doom IN the city OF Delhi.
y Nahir Shah returned Ia Persia with his
vast treasure. and deposited II IN the castle
oi X ela, close to the place OF hi birth, aud
McsEod, the capital Of his native province oi
X hofassnn, became his capital. BIT the
robbery of the riches oi Delhi proved IA curse
to him. From the time of his return. lr
became avaIicious, and so UNJUST AMI cruel.
hat his tyranny a' l'np,h became int"lerablr.
IN the year IA hu cncnmIsd h4 army
on The plains Of Sultan Meshcd where hc
mcdtatcd with the assistance oi hi u Uubeg
ard IoorkmaD forces, the inassrcr" of all
the rcrsians who's" Gdcli' le suspected
Bu, the plot was overheard and recoiIci
npon himself At dead Of night an "icer
named jcIch Beg passed the guard, and
having discOyercd n adir's tent. cut him with
sabre while asleep. The tyfant sprnng np
bu, in retiring from ,hr tent he tripped over
the cords. and Selch gavr him a mortal
wound
Sp..rs me. i, cried. .hA ~i., fofpiyg
you ali ~
The aSsasslB answered
You have not shown nny mercy. and
therefore merit none.
H., heal WA, sent 10 h,s nephew, AII
h poii. but tb courier lost II on the road,
abd TO screen his negligence substituted that
of some other man. Tho body VIVA buried
"a, Meshed under a small tomb. With Rnf-
den plAntsi rounded 1t but the founder of
the present Ifigning dynasty of Pers'a,
whose family had been pcrsecnted by the
mighty cobqucror. jesrrat"d hIs tomb, de-
.'tpy"d the garden, dug np bs body. AMI
pIar-i hi. bones sudor the A,eI~ of the
trone a, Tcberan that all who passed might
'fampie on them. Orer hls R'aT" at Me
.isl some Industrious Tcasan, has planted n
crop % 'urnIp.
How NAlzi.I Cus.Ts Tnt italian Pv-
L'Gg 4 leitr irnm Mo-. ia the French
f,aJsr., s,aie4 that Mazlibi, thu arch fsyoln-
onist, recently -p.pi o0me tim III that city,
aud aftsrvatds PROCEEDED 20 AMI ssl'iy 70
tgFnsd from i.enoa. disguised A. Ghetto
MAX While ., the latter city b" also
male srg1ral tours Oi obsr' alton ~ the
n1ghbThoOd, always travelling tb" great
highways, 10 the sam disggiDr, hsDra,h
which the ever ygilah, police were unable
81 recognize fac- ~ marked AMI ~ scll
known 70 all.
Fveh ha. ihe following artiol" "n pune.
,ua'ion. which ia worthy 'he attention even
u compassion. addicted 70 lager
Punctuation that il, the pn''in2 tb"
stoIs n tie right place cannot he 10 -
dalossy ,,udei We lately rad in a conn
try paper. the follnring startling account ~
lord Pam'rs,on. apT.aranc' in ,he Ho""
" CopmOf. Lord Palnsr-ta then en-
,..red IA b.. lid a AhL,1 Lat nfrf. LIZ ksi