The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-27
From the London Daily News. March s.


board Of commissioners for foreign missions have been
quietly and successfully engaged in missionary abors
among the HISTORIANS In Persia The seat OF their mis-
sons is the province OF 0roomah where the HISTORIANS
chiefly reside.
During this period the entire Bible has been translated
and published by them, we'll many ether good and
useful books The language Of these publications is that
which commonly spoken by the HISTORIANS of the pres
cut daya language which had been written before
the missionaries went to those PARTS
Schools and semnaries Of learning have been establish
ei in every part of the provinces in which many hun
deds of HISTORIAN children and youth of both sexes have
been educated By these MEANS and through the preach
ing of the Gospel light truth, general intelligence and
moral and religious Improvements have been rapidly
spreading over the HISTORIAN community and the mission
aries have enjoyed the favor and the gratitude of nearly
all the leading eccesass and Of thousands of their peo
pie One fact is sufficient to show the extent to which
this is ue-nsmey that all the schools in Oroomah have
been thrown open the missionaries; and all the Nesto
ran bishops with only two exceptions have been their
firm and constant friends The exceptions referred to
individuals of bad character being given to open and
shameless drunkenness and debauchery.
II should further be stated in this place that from time
to time the Persian has expressed the most de-
cided appreciation of the labors of the missionaries
The former King, Mohsmmed Shah, without the least
solicitation, issued high frman, strongly commencing
them and their work. and ordering all his officers to give
other less formal expressions of appreciation have been
repeatedly made by other Persian unciionaries among
whom Is included the present King himself
There can be doubt that the favor with which the
missionaries regarded by these high dguitsries
great measure owing to the kind representations and
powerful influence of the British ambassadors who have
sided near the of Persia Sir John Campbell Sir
John Mcneil Colonel She'll and latterly Mr. Murray have
all manifested the kindest feelings towards the who
have been laboring with much perseverance and self
denial for the intellectual and spiritual improvement OF
that distant and degraded people, and have always shown
the greatest readiness TO afford them all necessary counte
and protection. Thus for of years. the mis-
sonares have been permitted quietly to prosecute their
various peaceful and benefcent abors having "none TO
modest or make them afraid"
The present Sadrazam prime M,nister of the King for
other, is their enemy. Most likely it il
because of his general hostility English influence 10 the
country the missionaries always being considered Eng
lishmen, from their speaking and teaching the English
language, and being under English protection.
1t is supposed also that AzkerKhan the COMMANDMENTS
chief Of the Persian forces the frontiers of Kurdistan
had much to do with exciting the enmiy of the Prime
Minister against the missionaries Being the military gov
of Oroomiab, he became well acquainted with the
character and abors Of those He that they
likely be serious check upon his rapacy, they
witnesses Of all he did in Oroomah and could easily
4 port every Of tyranny and oppression.
i Two years ago. while this individual court fir
issued which intended fetter all the oper-
atoms Ct the missionaries 1t prohibited them from teach
ing females and virtually from having schools OF kind
They forbidden teach the English language to any
TO employ authorize any native HISTORIAN to preach
send preachers to any othar place. and the people
ordered not to attend the preaching Of the msona
res to be placed their press that
nothing should be printed against the previous religious
notions Of the HISTORIAN people and to ALL the two
dissoue and abandoned bishops already referred
constituted general directors of everything pertaining
the American mission. Azker Ali Khan, who is very fl
instrument for such purpose sent to O,oomiah by
the for the sole purpose seeing that the rman
was carried into effect For some other be has
not however until recently, shown much vgor in the ex
ccntion Of his wicked task bu since the has fairly
broken out with England he overseps in vgor even the
rman ITSELF Parents strongly threatened with the
severest punishment If they send their children to the
schools Native teachers fined imprisoned beaten
even those who not actually engaged in teaching
tive preachers also cruelty seized and basnadoed
sometimes without the pretence of fault Indeed
individual among the people who known having
become enlightened in his religious views, and intelligent
under the training Of the missionaries, is marked
man. and liable to suffer every species of abuse and vo
lence which vile caprcous and maevolent government
agent chooses 10 inHict
Fifty village schools that doing incacuabl, good
to the HISTORIAN have thus been broken up the
pie forbidden read the books that have issued from
the mission press and enlightened and pous HISTORIAN
eccesiascs ordered pain of Imprisonment and the
bastnado not to enter their churches and
/ preach to individuals in their own houses.
i Two excellent bishops Yohannau and Elias, who are
constantly seeking to raise and improve their people are
deprived of doceses which are to be placed
the two miserable mentioned above whose sole care ID
to have The of gratifying to the utmost their own
carna passions To these two last yhng is subjected
all who do not obey them in everything TO be pun
ished.
It impossible to believe that the Persian
unaded and alone has elaborated this clever scheme for
the annihiaton of the American mission at Oroomah
4 In all probability, both ST. Peersburgh and ST. Peters
have had TO do with H. and now in the absence of the
British legation from Persia and when the evil passions
excited they find II difficult matter persuade
the Persians to make short work of it And Azker Ali
Khan openly declares that he has private orders ndepend
emit Of the injunction in the rman directing him to do
in his power to excite the people against the
missionaries and he is going about his work with truly
Satanic energy.
Just at this uncture circumstance has occurred which
may possibly have favorable bearing upon the interests
of the mission and at any rate be regarded prov
dentia Azker Khan, the commander-n-chief Of Oroo-
mah already alluded to The enemy Of the mis-
sonares and who probably the dictator the rman
against them has been assassinaed by Koordsh chief
near the Oroomiah frontier.
letter written by French correspondent in Persia to
the Pres Orient paper in that language published in
Constannope in abiding TO this event. that Il
suspected that the American missionaries in Oroomiah
who always troublemakers had something to do with
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