Show S SIAM IAN I 1 of A letter fro from ild eldar or ila blam luddington to elder george 13 wallace bangkok ki of df siam I 1 1 1854 1 I I 1 am situated inan an insalubrious dime clime among a few friends I 1 and aj nii many y fo foai e 9 wild who seek to contaminate 0 and O overthrow w every righteous principle and i mitale the iii natives tives in in ity debauchery ry sec 1 I 1 siani siam has been misrepresented grossly liy by athenian Athen can missionaries missionaries cherev the rev VIr smith offered gift red one hundred bundred if the ohp europeans would not write to singapore owl con F carmn era g captain trail who has be been en six weeks in durance for firing a salute in in tile the roads of singapore or on boar dof the ling king s ship 1 1 I 1 baptized captain trail and wite wife the first sunday I 1 lail landed ded nd and confirmed them at tj he sometime same lime time I 1 thrice have visited him in in prison and gave him some books he will remain tn j prison till wt ve can gret get a letter frond from singapore far I 1 arrived rived here on the first i day 14 of rl your annual con conference conferee feren c vave I 1 ath day of arh april a stranger and andl al ine e i inn n tn uncivil iced the firby k king ing called the governor to an acco account tint for allow ing a vessel to pass Packing liam before he got word and was flogged sevet severely tily his subjects ts crawl on all fours and sam sometimes on the belly dikea like a serpent when hen they approach the king all siamese subject have to work for the king 74 70 days and upwards I 1 if a man gets into debt and cannot pay he is thrown into prison loaded with irons and ad I 1 then put to i the tort torture urethe the r hands put into machines or blocks of wood and pinched till the bones crack in order to draw out a few tic kalls js when uis like drawing bloch out ok or a pi pine ne apple PP ae the they y then become slaves and seldom get g et their liberty the king never feeds his slaves slaves or prisoners they have to belt beg or 0 steal but generally prefer the latter or cut grass for the elephants which now number 50 at the palace I 1 visited them a few days ago they are known by the commission they hold they ha have ve from one to five gold rings on their tusks the white elephant is allowed to eat from a gold 1 table and always calams baarns the king this great I 1 animal is proud of his office the natives be lieve that their former king hax hast transmigrated trans migrated into the white elephant as the king is ledged at this time lord of heaven and earth and king of tile the white elephant these animals j kill a great many of heir keepers every year 1 tile king says it is their their had luck ur or misfortune the king hihi has lias got this place well fortified from the r routh of the river or Packing liani a distance tance of 40 miles asiain is a large kingdom with parts csome osme other different kingdoms that have been added and different tribes taken and brought liere here as slaves part ol oi malacca was taken and nearly 1000 slaves men women and children for refusing to send yearly presents aiwas said but I 1 was informed afterwards the presents were sent but one of their nabors nabobs bobs took these gifts to himself and being fund found out took poison the king here rele released used the other ruler 01 0 malacca but retained the trophies and slaves they number now five thousand thoua and I 1 think there are 10 or burmese in thralldom 1 visited one ot of their festivals vals a few days ago I 1 was cautioned to go armed aimed as they are i a set of wild barbarians outlaws laiks they would as soon 1 take your life dh as to look at you I 1 had a view of heathen scenery it was ivas picturesque fire works burmese barme e da dancing neing masks and indian paintings in true aeration atila I 1 A of the populace are Chi chinese riese 8 skilled killed in all manner of hypocrisy find and there are tho thousands of the sons of ishmael and of different tribes and nations of the antipodes of tile the I 1 earth I 1 I 1 this country lies very lowa low andlor the most part is is covered with fruit trees and herbage of various various colors and hues the fruit is la luscious but shut out as it were from all the rest ot of the world wadid in the dark regions of af fattier father ladia india a a pan man must not gat speak above his breath without the second thought all vessels coming here if they have any ditt diamonds monds must stop at Pac kinghan or mouth of the river river for the benefit of the skink ing and the king takes all pu pub b lie letters to himself if he thinks proper and reads them there is is one large field ot of paddy 10 or 15 miles long on the opposite side of the river river sugar ane cane is is very vary productive and large quantities arti are shipped board is is five dollars per month breakfast 9 a am m dinner at 5 pm p m Therin thermometer ometer 96 1 N lat at 11 13 0 58 E long 0 I 1 SV thie the weather is sultry and hot the wet season is is about one fourth that of burmah banker is a floating city nearly all business asdon is done ait oit tire water boat lure hire is expensive one hilling a day or one hour all alj the same tour four men paddle the boo boat I 1 A few eveni evenings I 1 was reading in my chapel a dickall fell at my feet driever learned where it caroe came from bu there is a god in isral israel that hears the rayena r and saints when n they cry I 1 I 1 have delivered one lecture every sabbath 8 sin i nee ce my ar arrival in baiko k some eight or ten europeans gener generally alV 1 attend I 1 im am trying to learn the native lin language guage doubt will take me from one to two years the reverends verenda re say five mr Sils bery n now on hi his s way back to ohio I 1 think has edthe language seven years year s and cant preachy etin siamese I 1 will keep digging till you altshu all say enough and then if you see fit to call we me home ho meshall ishall be truly in heaven and happy in the extreme or if you say spend your days in father fataei india it shall be even so not my will but my beaven heavenly ly fathers bedone I 1 I 1 t k utah is a land of india is and the smoke emoke ot of her torment gets thicker and thicker the whole earth is ia defiled with broken covenants and men and women are full of abominations |