Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-10-17
lxvAsIoy or rnE NEsYonIAN cnRIsTlANs.

get mt definite 10 the extent oil The devastation cor"
,,,;,eJ THIS account give below III full we me-
f.,ys the Acvertiser) that the NrsoTIans oil the ram
,,cinfinr those among whom are the principal esiao
hshments of missionaries, and particularly ."ose
under the charge Of MIR Perkins and has immediate as
;,ss together with the rrsidenc. OF The shop VI AZ
yohannan who has been lately received wan SO mucH
,,., n th,s country have ESCAPED this destructive
r.,,ion Tue HISTORIANS OF the Mountains are less
civilized less peaceful in their habits, ana nave defiVeo
loss improvement from INSTRUCTIONS nj TIE American
Missionaries than those 81 the ra'n ct among mem
Doctor Grant, aud three other oil the issi"ha
,os az the American Boards were RESIDENT ana were
,-cdncas o useful Influence:
r'''"7 [.Nco York Ecening Post
uTbe American public viii feel deep interest in
the fate of this unfortunately situated race OF people,
ccupylny obscure region OF the earth, on Tie Dor
d.rs aud in the extreme corners OF Two empires Which
have been the seat Of the most frequent revolutions
which have happened among nations ihey nave pre-
81, ed their identity of character, and Their reginh IN
somc degree OF purity for many centuries while It's
.p was entirely lost in all the countries around ihei
Fn, this they indebted 10 their obscurty,
and political nsgnIhcance. Their misfortune is, tHat
the greater degree of Improve they may MAKE ex
poses them the 10 the apaci,y ana hosy OF ther
ne gabots "
To those readers who have been accustomed 10 follow
the course Of efforts foreign countes no
,nnrmann will be necessary IN regard TO Inc present
condition of the Nesiorians To those VINO may WISH
10 obtain general knowledge of the history aud pre-
stale OF those up W the oute VI
ira asac lions, would recommend Inc psrnsai oil
vary interesting article the July number of the North
American Review, understood TO be from the pen oil
DR. Robinson Of New York, and from internal evidence,
the production OF one thoroughly acquainted w''h Inc
recent discoveries md publications. relating To The sub
act We would make some extracts from this article
were il lar readers who WISH TO he IN
formed 10 refer TO IL for themselves.
NAV be of interest readers 10 learn, that Mr.
Perkins and his wife, who, after residence of seven
MiSSIOna Ieg
lately made v,si, to this country, accompanied by
Mar Yohannan native bishop, and who lett here III
March last on their return, arrived nj their former re-
sidence Oroomiah, ia June last, IN good health "A
letter from Mr.. Perkins, dated at Otoomali, June To-
may be found IN the last number oil Tue missionary
tlera'd-lt SAYS
alt is with feelings Of ordinary satisfaction, that
permitted address you again from our missionary
Ii.Id We left Evzsrpcm on the 29th ult and reached
Oroomiah yesterday, June lih,l making journey
from the former place oil seventeen days, including
Sahbaths, which, oil course, we did not travel
The road was quiet through the wild reginns on our
route the weather unusually cool for the season
large party had enjoyed fine health on the way and
"ur journey has been very comfortable, not 10 say DE
ghttul.
"On the 18th, we were met by some OF cur brethren
and many of our hr rers and friends Bishops
Priests, Deacons and PeopIe-at Gaboan, about forty
miles from The cs who came with open hearts, thus
far Ia welcome us Mar Yohennan had pr cedad Us
DAYS before and the HISTORIANS assembling from
all parts of the province and many MahommF dams,
from neghboring villages, to hear his account OF The
new world The Bishop is disposed 10 repor, most
avorahly of country and he appears as eager, as
he IS competent dn has people good as the result OF
his visit 10 America He suIl a. his native village
AS we proceeded towards the CITY, the l4!h. II
deeply Impressive Ia observe the scores who came
out TO welcome our retutn-many twelve or fifteen
m,les-some Of the bows Of the Summary had travel
I'D that distance on toot IN the dust and hot sun
The Young Mahommedsn, whom we have mentioned m
our journals Of our pupils appeared among the
rest, with his of servants And our arrival,
five or SIX hundred HISTORIANS were assembled around
our gate TO greet u.s. and welcome Us to our Persian
home. We had the happiness to ind all our mission-
arv brethren and sisters IN their usual health
"The progress made in Missionary work, during
MY absence, has been very percepble and highly en-
couraging. Our schools have been increased from
twenty TO forty. have Just listened to an impr ss've
sermon-a weekly The Seminary, on Thurs
day from Mr. Holiday, to about fifty school
teachers who convened al the Mission station,
for few weeks 10 receive special instruction from
Mr. Stocking. O'her natives were present, making a
congregation &c about hundred. You can more
easily conceive, than | describe my feelings, on EN-
terny our Seminary again, and behoding such a con-
course OF the HISTORIAN Clergy, listening TO PLAIN
practical sermon from one OF The brethren
''As work advances there must, from The nature
OF the case, be extension every department OF our
/ u
funds II is impossible for NJ ,sson, prosperous
ours to stand still We 20 forward, or lose
ground, and this the Papsis stand ready and eager 10
take advantage of the moment we relax. The churches
may confidently expect, in due time, TO reap rich
and glorious harvest, il they fail not
81 have called to day our Prince, NJ. Meerza,
and our old Governor, and introduced Mr.. Stoddard
Both gave hearty welcome, and greeted me with
the cordiaity Of an old friend
The same number of the Missionary Herald contains
CHI nj q from DIR Grant. whose
residence IS among the HISTORIANS Of the mountains
In this letter. which dated al Vary, June 4Ih, he re-
presents the state of the country still unsettled; and
says, g" ea. that these unhappy lands are doomed tn
yet greater m,sPries." The Patriarch, after VAN
attempt To conclude favorable terms of amiiy with the
HskarY Chief made unsuccessful effort 10 raise an
efficient army oppose h,m. II" assembled some four
or FIVE hundred soldiers the borders, where he re-
IN ned days with the Ma'ek, waiting tor more
soldiers In the meantime the koords made descent
on the hlaiek's pasture grounds drove away some
three thousand sheep and killed eight or len persons
Consde rab.e alarm also felt al THIS village, nno
Apr che nslons are sill entertained. Some previous
letters from DIR Grant published in previous numbers
of The Missionary Herald, gave some account oi The
difficulties referred 10 IN this
The following the account of the recent transac.
tons in the Rhindos,an Carduchian Mountains, H.
which We have above referred II IS from CORES
p"nden of the London Morning Chronicle and oateo
al Constantinople, August IL
"Yuu have heen informed of the combination be
tween The Pacha of Mosul and several powerful kn'd
sh chiefs snr the determination OF the HISTORIAN Chris
tans or Chaldeans Letters received the day beior.
Yesterday contain deploabr account OF The result OF
The acL- Of the united troops They had penetrated
the centre OF the Tvaree district burnt the villages
aud chnrcheo, destroyed the crops and put the nhab
ants of both sexes the sword Three, or, according
20 other accounts, five brothers OF the Patriarch have
heen slam his mother cut in halt and his SISTER
horribly mutlGled. The Patriarch himself had fled Ia
Noeul and taken refuge in the British Vice Consulate
Thus scct which had preserved lis Independence dur
centuries, which had resisted the prosecuting sword
Of Islam, when welded BY the most powerful and most
in;oi-rant Of the followers of Mahommed- which, IN
~ simplicity and isolation, had maintained the doc
TIMES and farms of primitive church for above four
teen centuries and winch had escaped the corruption
of religion, OF morals aud Of character, conspicu
Gus in all other christian sects ut the East-has
IN The weakness of Aahommedansm and in the strength
of European Christianity, been delivered over to de-
struclion.
IA IL, .I, ,ariff haet