Wall-Street To Cashmere

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1THE MISSIONARY PRESS.

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3and girls. Some of the latter were very bright looking. All were

4writing in Persian on slates. Mr. P - says they can dis¬

5tinguish a difference in brightness between the children of

6Christian, and other natives! Then to their printing-press, the

7largest in India! It was started to fuinish work for the orphans

8they took charge of after the great famine of 1838. Mr. Thomas-

9sou said lie would give them tlie printing of the North west Pro¬

10vinces if they would arrange to do it all ; so they have appro¬

11priated all the earnings of tlie jiress for the last ten years in

12enlarging and paying off their indcbtcdiless, and are now nearly

13out of debt.

14ddiey emjiloy 500 workmen. Tliey pay the superintendent

15$3,200 per annum, and have several ty25e-founders from Leip-

16sic. Then to the Christian village formed by these orphans,

17many of wlioin arc married and have families. "When they can

18earn enough to suji^iort a family, tliey are allowed to marry, and

19are given a house. Tliere are now several streets of these houae.s,

20the entire poiuilation of which is over 400. Tlic pirinting-ijress

21is in the tomb of Aekbar’s Portuguese Queen.

22From the to]! is a fine view of Ackbar’s tomb. The portals

23and marble niinar of which are fluted, and the only ones of the

24kind I’ve seen in India. Home, and packing up, and shall start

25after tea for Futtepore Sekree.

26March 8d, BitURTl’ORE. — ^Last evening I was off at ten, with

27a double set of bearers (thirteen men), who are to accompany me

28the entire tour, whicli will last several days. They started with

29a song and invocation to Ram.

30We reached Futtepore Sekree at six this morning. This was

31a favorite country residence of Ackbar — a kind of AVindsor

32Castle — a fortified palace and a wall of seven miles in length

33extending around the low grounds of the village. The place is

34about twenty-two miles from Agra. While I was eating break-

35fa.st, the guide made his appearance. Sheik Bashaut Ali, a jolly¬

36looking, white-bearded antediluvian, who is always ready with