The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-28


"The San Francisco Bulletin. of the llth of May,
says one F. Wilson has applied to the United
States District Court Of California for copyright
of letter said TO have been written Dy Jesus
Christ, aud found sixty-hve years after his cruel
fixion about eighty miles from Iconium. tits said
the letter was found under stone, on the face Of
which was written, Blessed is he that shall turn
me over All people that saw 1t prayed to God
earnestly, and desired that be would make known
to them the meaning Of this writing that they
might not attempt in vain 10 turn it over. In the
meantime came little child and turned it over
without help, 10 the admiration Of all the people
that stood by and under this stone was found
letter written by Jesus Christ, which was carried
10 Icouium aud there published and in it were
written the commandments, signed by the Angel
Gabriel, Dnety-eight years after our Savlor's
birth, TO which is added King Absruss letter, and
our Savor's answer, and also his miracles, and
full description of his person. in Sentulus epistle
to the Senate of Rome. Excavations are also
faid 70 have brought 10 light, in Syria, Hebrew
house, dating from about the second century be-
fore Christ. Some of the rooms are In good pre-
servaton, and among the books found is col
lection of Hebrew poems, said to be unknown to
present Orentals.n
We clip the above from the Cleveland Leader
Of a late date, and give below copy OF the let
ter alluded to. The copy is furnished Us by Mr..
ID. A. Altafier, OF this place, IN whose family II
has been carefully preserved for three or four
generations. Ii is printed in English type, on
coarse paper that may once have been white, but
of the Californian mentioned in the above extract
is probably similar TO the one in our possession.
The history of this one, as related to Us by Mr..
AltaGer, Ia as follows: One of the ancestors OF
Mrs. Altafer, q hundred years ago or more, was
an unwilling student or priest in monastery at
Genoa, Italy, where was also a reluctant nun.
These two formed an attachment for each other
escaped from Genoa to England, and were mar
ried, carrying with them the only copy Of " a let
ter said TO have been written by our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ" which had been sacredly
preserved in the monastery. Religious super.
stition invested it with miraculous powers, and 1t
was preserved IS charm" 1t emigrated to
America with the family. and is probably the only
copy in the United srates beside the one in Call
fornia. The document is as follows:
COPY OF LETTER SAID TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST,
And found eighteen miles from Iconum, twenty
five years after our blessed Savior's crucihxion.
and transmitted from the Holy City by con-
verted Jew, and faithfully translated from the
original Hebrew copy, now In the possession of
Lady Cubass's family, IN Mesopotsmis.
The letter was found under a stone both round
and large. at the foot of cross, eighteen miles
from leOnium, near village called Mesopotamia.
Upon the stone was written and engraved :
"Blessed be he that shall turn me over" All
that saw it prayed to God earnestly, and desired
that He would make known unto them the mean
ing of this writing, that they might not in vain
turn II over. In the me Antime little child about
six or seven years of age, turned 1t over, to the
admiration Of all present.; and under the stone
was written the commands OF Jesus Christ in a
letter, which was afterward published by the
angel Gabriel. ninety-eight years after the death
OF our blessed Savior, and carried by a person
belonging to Lady CuDsss, and made public In the
city OF Liconium, etc.
The letter of Jesus Christ is as followeth:
whoever wOrketh on the sabbath day shall be
cursed. l command you to go to church and keep
the Lords day holy, without doing any manner
of work. You shall not idly spend your time il
bed or decking yourself with superhuities o.
costly appearance and vain dresses, for have or
daned il a day of rest; will have that day KEEP
holy, that your sins may be forgiven you. 1or
shall not break my commandments, but observe
and keep them. Write them in your heart, anC
stesdfasty observe that ii is written with my Owl
hand and spoken with my own mouth. iou shall
not only 60 unto the church yourself, but alsI
cause your men servants and maid servants to d.
The same aud to observe my words, and learn M
commandments. Your shall finish your laoo
every Saturday in the afternoon, by six of tn
clock, at which hour the preparation OF the san
bath begins. | advise you to fast nve Fridays i
every year, beginning With Good Friday, ana con
tinue the four Fridays Immediately ionoWlng
You shall diligently and peacsably labor IN you
own respective dwellings, wherein II hatn please
God 10 call you. You shall love one and anothe
with brotheTly love, and cause them that are nc
baptized to come 10 the church and receive IN
sacrament of baptism, and the Lord supper an
10 be made members Of the church. 10 so dolnG
will give unto you long life and many blessings
your land shall flourish, and your cattle bring fort
Abundance, and will give unto you man Dies
ing aud comforts in the greatest Temptations.
''And he that doeth to the contrary shall De Of
profitable. / will also send hardness oil hea
upon them. until l see hem; but especlal
upon the impairment and unbelievers. He tn
hath gwen TO the poor shall not be unproat
HE. Remember to keep the holy Sabbath day
for on the seventh day have taken TO rest m
self And he that hath copy of this lett
written with my own hand. and spoken with 7
own mouth, and keepeth it without PUBLISH
IL 10 others shall be blessed OF me, and thou
his sins be In number as the stars OF the hesye
and he believe in this, he shall be pardone
and II he believe not this writing and these co
mandments, will send my own plague up
him, and consume both him and his children q
his cattle. And whosoever shall have copy
this letter, written with my own hand
spoken with my own mouth, and keep 1t 10
house, nothing shall hurt them nor the hg
ming, fire, thunder or pestilence shall happen
them to do them any harm. And u won
with child and in labor has copy OF this lei
about her, and the family put their trust IN !
She shall be safely delivered of the child
Shall moi have any tdings Of me bat by the
Scrintnres until the day Of Judgment All 60
ness happiness and pros perity shall be IN
house where copy Of this letter shall be fou
Amen. 'EsO hONiNOA SAL AVN