New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-25
PERSIA.
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES IN PERSIA

can ara o. w. snocessfuly engsS ee in nissOnar,
smong the HISTORIANS in Pefsia Tue sest OF
isoos il the Province Ct OrJomsh, where the
Ne.tos isDs chiefly ieslos 49,.
- A publi,b-o by them well ~ many other
n"eS and usefu books. TIE language Of these pub
c.o., !. that shih - COMMONLY spokea by the Mes
tians q the Ireee5i caVs Language which had never
bssn sritten before the missionsres wet 10 those
psrs ,.
li.h u eveiy perl Of The provinces 10 which msdy
hu,or,ds cf Ns'orisn children asd nth OF bot1 sexes
have ben educ<td BY these meso3 and tnrougn
the pr, aching the Gospsi tight, ruth general mel
IgeUce ard mcral md religious improvements nsVe
teen Rapidly srre dug yer me NeSionae ad ,o
and I, mis-. .i,s have e. ioJtd 'he favor ana tnS
grn;iuce OF nearly Ill The lsadiOg ecc'es'aS cs anu "
tousspds of Their people, One fact is suuicien.
show the extent ahich this IL frae-ni'h9y' lp''
All tbe sch ,ol, IN Dom alb b3ye been thrown open 10
o.. ,nis;1ns,iss and ali the HISTORIAN bishops with
only two exceptions have been fheir nrfn ana consan
biencs The exceptions referred 10 are ihalViuuss Vi
had character. being klven 10 oPon anu 'h"iho'o''
SruukeInsss ~ d deb7u berry -
4, sbonld further be stated in this place that from
time 10 time the Per, ian Goveromsn! has expressed
the most decided appreciation OF the abOrS OF the mls
81 sSo,me, X ng MOI ahmed Shah without the least
oE,sailos issueo nigh frman strongly conmendlng
t4us,no their ytTk ADD ordering AL nj, ofi ;ers 0
give he evoy fscili', and protect nthey mgat need
ava ober less fO III expressions IF spprOb atom have
teep repeatedly MADE b, Other PerIau fuuctonaries
among whom is included the present Kiog himself
There can be doubt that he 'avor With which the
pissiopariss were regarded by these high dgnl'aries
vas in geat measure owing to the kind representa- ioos
aid POI erul IL Oence IT the Bttsn Emb ssssdors VINO
have reside the Court Of Persia Sir John Camp
bell Sir John Mcneil Col Shel, and atterlg Mr.
Murray have all manifested the kindest feelings TO-
ward the men who nave been iaboriDg with go
much perseverance and selfdenisl for the intellectual
and spiritual improvement of that distant ano degra1eo
p.ope aud have aways shown The greatest readiness
To.d them all CDunteldnc9 ana prNec
fion Thus for score of year, the MISSIONARIES nave
been D. Knitted quietly 10 prosecute their various,
eacetnl ard oeneh ent labors, having mons W "o-
lest or to make them AFRAID -, x~,
m p,e-ert Ssdrsz 4m Prime Minister Of the King,
fer sem 10 OF ef is totir enemy. most Ikey,
it s because Of Ola general hostility 10 Engsh ihhueoce
in the cn,ltry the missisosres always being consd
ered a. Eoplishm D. from their speaking and teaching
tn FL gls6 language, aud being under English pro-
fec'ien. .,
IN ehsf Il ne Ptrsso fooes the frontiers of Kurd-
An has had much 10 do with exciting the enmly OF
TIE Pdme Minister against the msnonsIis be ing
uiiitary Governor OF Ofoomah, he became well
oanapted wi tbs character aud lab )rs OF those men.
He ga that they were likely to he sserous check upon
bis rspaciy 6s they were witnesses OF all he did In
OooWsb snd could easily report every sse OF tyrsn
ny ard oPpresslon.
f,man was istued which intended to fetter all the
ou.ratiops of the missionaries. IL prohibited them
from teaching females. aud virtually from having
schools of any kind. Toey were forbidden to teacn
tie English aDgu sge t. any oDe TO employ or aathor
ize any naive Nestosn to preach or to send preachers
t. any olher place; and the people were ordered not
10 attend the preaching OF the missionaries. censor
vas TO be placed over their press 70 zee tnst no.ang
should be prn ed against the previous religious notions
of the HISTORIAN people; and to crown all, the Two
d,ssolue ana abandoned bishops already referred to
were const ued general directors OF everything per-
tanning TO the American mission. Azker Ali Khan,
who is very fit instrument for such a purpose, was
sent to Oroomiah by Government, for the sole pur
pese of seeing that the hrmsn was carried INFO
eject. For some reason or other he has not how
e,er Until It cent? ,show much vlgor In the execution
OF bis Oked task but since the wor has fairly oxen
out WITH EngisnO, ne ove'steps IN vg0r evea tie hr
man itself. Parents are strongly tbreaene1 vita toe
se,e EFT pup5hut nj they send their children to the
scbools. Naive teach are feed imprisoned or
bestD, those who arc not actually engaged 10
teaching native pres bers alec cruelty seized and
bsstinao et lines without the presnse of q
fault Inoe.d every Individual among the people
who IL known having become enlightened 10 his re-
Ieious We've, sud intelligent, undes the training
The missionaries is now h marked man, and Maple
To suffer every specie, Of abuse ana violence which
vile c~pricious aud maevo. mt Government choose
10 infiict.
Fifty village schools that were doing ncslculsblt
good 10 the Nest oran have thus beet broken up
The people are forbidden TO read TIE books that
Issued fIom the mission press aud enlightened and
pous HISTORIAN e,clesast CO are ordered, on pain Of
upris nmsDt and the bssDado not TO enter Their OWE
churches, and not eveo to preach 10 lnovduaS In tnel
own hOuses.
Two excellent Bishops, Yohanpan and Elias, who are
constantly seeking to ralse and improve their people
aye be depriveo of thsr di0ces,s which are to
be placed the 30 miserable men mentioned above
wnoe sole is the means of gratifying 10
the uimoet their carna passions. To these two
lat everything il subject d. and all who do not obey
them Ia eli things To be punished
II lie i'm ,ossbie to believe that the Persian Govern
ment unaide AMI slone, has elaborated this clever
scheme for the annhiat of the American mission in
Oroomiah. In all probability, DO b st. Petersburg
and ST. PEERS have bad u DO with IT. and now IN the
absence Of the British Legation from Persia, aud when
the evil passions OF war are excited they mod II no
fcul matter persuade the Persians to make short
work of IT, Aud Azker Ali Khan openly declares that
e has private orders noepende OF the N
the fman directing him 10 do everything IN his power
TO excite The people az snss the missionaries; and he
going about his work with truly Satanic energy.
just at this juncture a circumstance has occurred
which may possibly have favorable bearing upon
the interests of the mission and at any rate must be
regarded as provIdentia Azker Khan, the Connan-
der In Chief of Oroomiah, slTesdy alluded to as the
sworn enemy of the missionaries and who was probably
the dctst OF the rnsn Against them, has been assss-
sinateo by Koordsh chief near the Oroomah frontier.
Iett,r written by French correspondent In Persia
to the Presse POr'ent paper In that language pub
sbed 10 CoDst snnople IN uding to this event. as
serts that suspected that the American mission
g. aries in 0roomiah, who are always trouble makers.
Z" had something TO do with the des b of this man.
This vile insinuaton accompanied az is by other re-
marks OF dsparagDg nature, is sufficient to show Its
Jssutca origin and l. also confirms the suspicion that
the Jeeuts have had more ess to do with the pres
ent onset against the American mission.