The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-27
ITEMS FROM ASIA.


Our newspaper files from India dated in Bombay
the 7th and Calcutta tho 1ltn OF May, supply the
following interesting items OF news from Asa:--
After the departure OF the viceroy OF India from
Peshawur, Lord Napier most carefully inspected all
the y,a There nS on parade y eack
ne sSes Son & TIC RaaS d has
been placed on the throne BY the Political Agent in
Owing to the erosion Of the banks Of the Gauges
the railroad station OF Rajshahye is threatened with
The Bishop Of Calcutta laid the foundation stone
4 A NIX church q Dareeuns aud consecrated
Tue native Lady Rance surna Moye, OF cassim-
pore, subscribed 200 rupees month for the mainte-
nance OF an English school at Olpur:.
nsshes q the nets ana ' iSibddIng fishing within
The members Of the Coondoo family, near 6acca
subscribed LOCO RUPEES to ld fcT the preservation
OF ancient sanscfit manuscripts and books
to Indore through the dominions Of Maharajah Hoi-
kar was commenced. A party OF English surveyors
the survey Of aolkar's domIions at lbs request and
at his expense.
The average price Of opium at the last sale was
The harvest was concluded throughout the Central
Provinces OF India and Inc result Is generally favor
The managers OF the eight principal banks in Cal
cutta have given noce that IRON the Isl OF '4 " me
brokerage allowed on bills WI DC Ieducea 10 one-
seam Of coal 100 feet in thickness Of which fifty
feet Is said to be Of superior quality has been dls-
covered al Kolba, ON the Hurdoo river, In the Gen.
trail Provinces.
the quill OF porcuplne piercing her throat while
eating the animal.
although the number OF pilgrims to n Mecca &C. mas
the year for the grand pilgrimage there mad been no
outbreak OF any contagious disease
No less than seven tlgersho0ting partles were IN
| the fed in the Bombay Presidency.
| Coal in small quantities has been found in Pegu,
springs have also been discovered and boring be
commenced to test the probable results Of working
4 fire at Mandalay, in Upper Burmah, consumed
| 10000 houses and cleared square mile and half
OF the city, The European quarter had narrow es-
cape. The Kings Custom House. with large guam
| tity OF European goods was burned. subscrp-
ton IL being raised at Rangoon for the Sufferers.
The cattle plague made Its appearance in Assam.
sharp attack OF cholera broke out at Fyzahad in
| Oudh, causing The deaths OF fourteen Europeans.
| Tie 1wenty-sixtn Camcronians were moved into
camp
| The weather In Calcutta during week had been
very oppressive. the Thermometer had risen to LOG
| In the shade and been daily above l00 Several
, aeaths from meat apopexyn occurred.
Church Missionary ssKidnapDers' IN India.
from the Punab (Lahore) Times, May 10.]
The Christian missionary Is at his old game again
of what is known as ''baby conversion" This TIME,
however, ne succeeds in reaching his victim through
one OF the teachers OF the Zenana mission, who had
been hitherto Unsuspectngly admitted into most OF
| our native households. II seems that on Saturday
last young Hindoo widow girl aged about fourteel
years, WHO used to receive her first lessons from
Zenana teacher by the name Of Miss Martha, belong
| ing to the Church Missionary society. was removed
from her house by the latter without the knowledge
| or consent OF her widowed mother, and,
| under the auspices OF the Rev. j. VAUGHAN,
| baptized IN hot haste. She was placed
! by the reverend gentleman In the house OF one
Hazra, native convert, and there detained from
the lawful custody and guardianship OF her mother.
The reverend gentleman and his accompices We're
served with an attorneys letter calling upon them
to deliver the girl into her mothers custody; but
| this was refused, and we understand that imme-
diatey receipt OF the letter the girl baptized
and the next day the mother was Informed ny Rev.
| J. Vaughan OF her baptism. few relatives and
1 friends Who accompanied the mother in bringing
back the girl were treated TO volley OF abusive
epitneS by the Christian con fraternity OF Amherst
street. Such are the facts of the conversion OF the
present victim OF the missionary body. The story will
| speak for itself.
| The text Will no doubt form the subject OF a
grandil0quent report Of the progress OF the mission
by the Rev. j. Vaughan and the supporters OF the
mission and the British public Will be considerably
hoodwinked, the questionable means resorted to fol
conversion being OF course carefully kept out Of
view. we are afraid that the present instance will
give deathblOw to the cause OF native female
| education through the Zenana Mission. Already 4
has been warning to many HindoO families IN tit
| city. The aged mother, we are informed, is abou
to take proceeding at law Tor the restitution Of tho
! person OF tae GIRL