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

pitched near the fortress OF kelat, in the
Persian province of khorassan, poor
woman gave birth TO son who was named
Nadir X ooli, or the slave of the Almighty,
in the year 1858. The child's father earned
his livelihood by making shcep-skin coats for
the peasants, and Nadir WAS brought up US
shepherd until the age Of thirteen. when
his father died.
An ass and camel were his only pa,ri-
mony, and he kept his mother by gathering
sticks in the woods and carrying them to
market.
In lI0i marauding band of Toork.
inaiis carried himself and h,s mother away
into slavery. The latter died bu, Young
Nadir escaped after four years Of servitule,
and, having stolen flock Of sheep fled into
the mountain Of X khorassan, and adopted the
life Of "A robbcr. Ills reputation for DARN"
and bravery soon spread abroad over the
country. In ia, he received the command
of large force from the governor of his
native province, with which he repulscd the
invasion of the Toorkmans
Al this time Persia was groaning under
the yoke Of the conlucring Aifghans, and
the rehtinl Shah was fugitive in the noun
tains which border on the southern coast Of
the Caspian Sea.
The intrepid robbcr chief therefore, offered
his services ,o his unfortunate. sovereign,
and received tho command Of his armies.
lie now displayed most extraordinary abl.
iy. and in two yeats had conquered the
Ahghans IN several hardiought battles, ,hu4
completely riddng Persia from foreign in
vasi"n Shah Tahmasp was restored 10 the
throne with the powerful Nadr "a general
Of his armies. But the ambition Of the
robrr could never rest satisfied with the
position of a subject In 132 he dc,hrnnel
the Shah, and in ,36 he was proclaimed
sovereign OF Persia by II vast asscnbhgc Of
chicf., on the plains of Mocan. near the
shores of the Caspian.
This extraordinary man was rude and
illilcratc, but possesscd II magical influence
over the soldiers, and an intuti,e instinct
which seemed to point out to him the exact
moment for action. lie was SIX lee, high,
with round shoulders, and large expressive
eyes. fixed under broad cxpanse Of forehead
Ills voice was laundering aud terrible
battle axe was his iavori,c weapon
IIhSDg NH,auu IHc IHTh~s Huu DN'
down every attempt Mt rey0lt amongst thu
restless tribes of the mountains of Persia
Na.iir Shah turned an eye Of longing cupi-
dity on the rich but now almost powercss
Indian empire OF the Great Mogul
The empire OF the Moguls in India, which
had been founded 10y the brave and learned
babcr, most charming OF autobiographers
had risen 10 the height Of it, splcndor DIR
ing the reign Of Aurungzebe, who died in
,01, and at the time Oi NadIrs rice was
sunk to the lowest drcgs Of degradation
Nohammed Shah the reignng Great Mogul
passed hi time IN sensual pleasures in the
pa,ace Of Delhi, while the Malratta trib.s
plunderl the southern frontier. and the
Sinks and Rohill..s assumed virtual indelen-
deDcc in tine north and west. One Of the
grat omras, or lords, who enjoyed the title
of NizamooI Nook. regulator Of the state
governed the important province Of the
peccan while Devrsn X han. thu chief ad-
WISER Of the MoyuI. cxpsyI his pu-illani-
nous weakness by bribing the Mabratta.
with large sums to desist from their incur
slons
The rich and splendid city Of Delh. the
centre Of oil this pitiablc weakness, was
foun'kd by the Moenl Shah Jehan, in 1891,
on the west SIDE of the river .Junna, in the
midst Of fertiie plain. The palace sur.
roupdci by wall thirty fst high Of r'd-
dish stone il bult along the banks Of the
river, with gardens planted with orange
groves and apricot tress surrounding il Tic
liewani khass, or hall Of audience, was the
chief pride Of the palAce and AZ inscription
proclsimel-" u there be an elysium on
earth u j. ihs-thi- j. IL - IN It's palmv
days u contained The famous throne which
-to"I on siy legs of ma~y god, set with ru-
hlf,, emerald. and diamonds with golden
peacpcks covered ~i,h prcrioGs stnnes and
l"ar.,, iorniug It's canopy 1hr ceiling of
tni- .Ifsrt, hall consisted oi .atIn canOpss
ami The walls we're hung with ,sisen taps
ine. embroidered wi,h gold IIcre Il.
Great Mog1i surrounded ~ omfas iu gOr-
g'nn. dr's-.s, gave audience % governors
sDi anita sadurs On these STAT Crca-
-ior- b" sas st'nd ~ white sa,in ciyered
With god embroidery a tgriian ~ c1tl -
god snIiuplH'-l by Ne figure 81 heron
sn"-' ttt sr.f coyer''i with large d.am1n1s
apd colsr = euornnus ,-sr'.
Ih' o'hT chamber of the p.'are ser.
800 l'1-- magnificent. and The yau'r. we're Gll~l
With cou Itl..- 'rrAsur'. Ihr houses U the
r,ch ard iosDr'ous pnras tesu'ified The txo
pfineipa' -tr'-n'- of b city. bat tie bogus
oi tn = orr ca-~~ S9rc mean. and that.
e,i ~'ts -'.a-
" can h. ~ ma,tfr ipr ~ois1er ,ha; tho.
vast ir-asnr.% s~7c r,sete-i hv the vic'D.
hi. et'em'na'r c,u-, shoald have Lo.n sud
isanly startled, ~ the fa'a.' ~ their pleas
nr's, by 'be Ders that P~--ian army sas
~ 'he frontier
The d.s,eu,iGn 4 ~ sri,.s.a,Of gave a