The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-08
A NEWSPAPER Ar TFUFpIY IN pEpc1A

taken, boasting that they deserve their fate.
NEWSPAPER AT TEHERAN IN PERSIA.
The public have hardly recovered from the shock
OF the announcement thst course of lectures was
to be delivered in Beirut, before a new astonish-
ment Is prepared for the occidental world Persia
has newspaper! That there is a Journal de Con-
g,dntmopte, a paper printed at Cairo Gazette at
fekln, occasions us no surprise; but that the an
cient Kingdom of Cyrus, Ahasuerus, and Darius
the Parsis of the Greeks, and the Iran of ali
belief 10 P"'''"s
The Rouz aome'-i rekaie -iHifakie' is the official
journal OF Persia published at Teheran, the resi-
Gence OF the SHAH and the capital of the country
IL Is not large in size, but makes up for it bv the
naming headpiece, which adorns its first page
rms important portion of the paper presents
nemi-Gycie IN which are depicted the arms of Per-
sa The style of is not of the highest order for
the design is something inferior to the enUrayinos
IN the old New England Primer
AS 10 the contents of this wonderful journal, we
Heglra (l857 of our era.) After the usual number
anu order OF the ISSUE printed in letters and figures
we ind the price of this Persian Noniteur to be fix
ed at ten c"ohI. This is equivalent to II cents of
our money for each number. For the insertion of
advertisements the publisher announces that he
must have II cents per line, in cash. The body of
the journal is divided into three parts each having
lts special designation The first is entitled ''news
OF the capital, and of the politics of the Empire in
general ''Politics" are treated of first and after
wards the Editor gives the passing events of Tehe-
ran He writes of the fine weather of the heat and
OF the cold, the Editor is his own +. M and of
tne various incidents in connection with the theatre
the national games, and the public meetings The
"a section Is particularly devoted to "the we'll
guarded Provinces of the Empire" and it is under
TINS head that we learn the price of provisions As
II IS our desire at any expense to keep readers
posted up in mercantile transactions we append
list OF the prices which obtained at Teheran in
the latter part Of 1857, less than two wears ago.
,yLo. ,ooo . DinarS. Cents.
H1aa same weight. 3 abbasi (3s
Barley . ...... 300 din mars N 1S
Mutton III X lbs q abhasi ne
Perhaps the difference of exchange would make
these prices tre less. The Editor saws that sthe
harvest Is magnificent this year., and this accounts
doubtless, for the cheapness of comestbles 1t will
be perceived that neither beef pork appears in
the prices current. In Persia beef Only eaten by
the lowest classes, and it is considered sin to kill
call. Pork, being prohibited by the Koran, new
er enters the houses of the faithful The mutton of
Persia has been renowned for ages.
In the section Just mentioned, also find the re-
cord OF crimes and accidents The Imperial journal
OF Ieheran has its sensation side, and we are az
much shocked at the following instance of taking
the law into ones hands, and its consequent APP
proval, as by any one thing of the most startling
character that has recently taken place in our own
land
"a correspondent thus writes us from Koum: "A
mother OF a family of our city had daughter aged
eighteen, who had often given proofs of misconduct
in trequenting the houses of Christians Armenians
and other places where true believer should never
dare to enter. As the reiterated circumstances of
this unfortunate mother had no effect she 1.-THE mo-
Their, upon beautiful night, profiting by the pro
found sumber of her daughter, strangled her child
with her own hands
"'The next morning, the Governor of the CITY,
having learned of this event. sent for the mother
and IN the presence Of large assembly, composed
OF all the nOtablities of KOum, lavished upon her
al sorts OF eulogies-praising that courageous
ther, who did not recOl before crime in order that
she might save her daughter "
This incident certainly affords a most start
ling example Of the fanaticism which exists in
Persia.
Its evident however, that the people of Iran hold
the W estern nations in profound pety for in the
third division, or section of the journal of erents
we have intelligence of foreign countries under the
mead OF chow comprehensive y Ez Prtz from
Paris. After few words devoted to railroads the
Editor speaks OF the comet, of which the journals of
England and France were full in 1857. We SUP
pose that the sage conductor of the ROuz name -re-
kdei-iHi fake must have seized the false report of
Lord Rose opinion about the heat of the coming
comet, and then enlarged upon the consequences.
he has served up for his readers the pretiest dish
OF weak-headed occidentals that could be imagined
But to our moutons We translate most literally.
Our journal ofTeheran tells that ''the arrival
OF the predicted comet and which was to be the sign
of the winding up of this world, produced a pro
found impression in Europe In Prussia and in Ger
many above all, we wonder if the Persian editor
udS Il cledT luea OF tnat unQenned Germany, MANY
rich persons renowned all their worldly goods
awaiting the grand catastrophe which was to rem
der their riches useless; to-day they have not a
penny. Others, frightened by the approaching end
OF the world have given their minds into the hands
OF the rummagers of old rags 1. c. have become in
sane; lastly, others, but the number is not very
great, generous qualification uncovered the head
and were buried alive in some obscure corner of the
churches" From this general account the editor
descends to particulars and thus edies his Persian
readers: eve are informed that in GERMANY
gentleman renowned for his fortune and luxurious
living, soon as he had learned that on such
day and on such an hour the world would end, was
in the most pressing haste to sell all that he
possessed. The dividing his money into as many
parts the number of days before the appearance
of the comet he resolved to spend daily one of these
portions. He had jolly time of it while awaiting
the star OF the resurrection, !. the end of the
world. The fatal night at length arrived, and with
it our bon ruani the eclipse of his last piece of
gold but he did not behold the gided shield of the
comet. The morning having demonstrated to him
the tasity of his calculations, he committed suicide"
This will suffice to give an idea of Persian news
paper. While we admit that it contains consider
able variety of information we confess to surprise
at not finding in its columns some account of the
miraculous events Of Ydngedonid almost Yankee
DOODLE which is the mellifuous term by which we
are known. He may have learned something in the
meantime The Arrowsmith hoax has doubtless ere
this astonshed the faithful in Iran and perhaps our
Kansas and Mormon difficulties have long ago excit-
ed the horror and admiration of the Court followers
at Teheran. We fear, however, that it will be many
year before the land of Zoroaster stand more
than one journal among its nine million of people
". Y. Jour. of Com.