Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-15

tern world. Gen. W, OF the army, enleT>
ed "A Turk. says he, he is the same rascal
met two years ago a, Troy, (not in Asia, dear
reader, bu,) New York, when he was then ,a-
ken up and exposed as an imposlor." Asyoung
Abdullah heard all this, and copprehended not
a word, the conversation was continued IN Las
tin. To the objection that his pronunciation
was not foreign. or Turkish, he replrd by ask
ing, In quo modo Turci pronuncianiP When
told that Gen. w. said he was an imposlor-
placing his elbow upon the table ane dropping
his face into his hand-he asked, with an IN
nccence and gravity truly Turkish, 'Pulasne
me posse te decfP ere? He was told thai Gen,
w. said his real name was Belden. 'beiden:
Belden! (inquit grsvi,er) es, nomen valde Gu
riosum! When told we should ,eain his pa.
pers and imprison him, Sum solus, (says he)
vos multi es:is, Po,es'is, 81 placet, me in car
cerim jactarej sed precor vos mil mi.erlcor-
diam perhibere. Parents anxii me in Asia e1-
pectanl.'
Here we we're left by the General to man
age affairs with Abdullab as we pleased. Aier
some further conversation in which ne was al
times invited, .deponere Turcum, ct llnguan la
tina,n,' he requested Of our parry tofavor him
with private interview, which was granted
without hest, alton And here you may imagine
ed, and while we were expecting some impor-
tan. commune atoms respecting our relations
with our Brother Of the Moon, at the following
anuuncia,ion, .Amcricanus non Tu.cus sum-
and when upon being notified tina, but one OF
his auditors understood the only language with
which his rurkship was able to converse with
the Scholars of this country, he Condescended
10 say, well, then let US havc.it in English,
the unexpec ed address was in It's effect, like the
electric spark,
And now as Abdullah speaks good English,
we mus, suffer him 10 continue his story in his
own way, which he did nearly as follows i
am from New York, where my parents now
live. My father is poor, and like many other
parents has some sti ange preJudices against all
book learning. He was always uneasy when
ne saw a bouk in my hand, and was always
uneasy without. When very young, some book
on m king Latin fell into my hands. by stu
dying this and few o.her books, and by fire.
quen, practice. l have made myself familiar
with the use Of that language. have never
received any regular education, and understand
no other language except English. And even
nv LA in is not quite as good as tina, oil Livy,
aud Cicero, for frequently find my lenses OF
The verbs wrong. My drclension Of the nouns
is inc orrect, and l often make a strange mis-
ioiader of the genders. did not recolrc, the
coon enance Of General w, but do recoIlect
the circumstances OF meeting sneh man al tie
Bank in Troy, who wrote Impnstel' upon my
papers, which af.erwa,d tore off. My real
anne as he said is --~--. nave no other rea-
son for using this deception, except my love Of
rowing about the country, aud have IN nothing
else ,ransgressed the rules OF society adopted
among Christians. My certificate dated at
Quebec, was printed a, Hallowtn. The OTHER
vas given ms BY the Senior Glass at Col
Il &c, who were willing 10 aid the blindness and
Ignorance Of those who had not like them, been
blessed with a liberal education. passed a.
mone Government and S uden,s for that rara
avis in this country live Turk
Here ] asked him what they mrant by the
certificate respecting hi. skill in Arabic. On!
saws he. some Of them observed that angular
ornamen, 10 my printed certificate, which told
YOU was prayer from he Koran, and carried
me before sor, Of Theological professor, who
as they told me, was deeply vrrsed in oriental
literature. Ii was examined by him, and pro-
noun-ed genuine Arabic. He even translated
a par, Of he words, after which put il all in
% Latin, and to save his feelings told them
that the written and printed Arabic character
diff red and that he chsracte OF different tribes
was not exactly The same, and that my writing
was in tho character Ola tribe that dwclt some
where down about Bsgdad" Well is that or
nament as you cali it, Arabic? No DO you
understand Arabic? 'Not word We'll what
are these characters which that learned Iheban
was able par laIly to translate? They mean
nothing, and are only some mark which
made After this dined with their President,
and then starred to Portland, where was re-
ceived with much consideration, dined with the
Governor, sc SC. was somewhat started
at being called upon 10 visit him OF the Yankee,
who, was ipfor med, had been in Paris and l.
tally, where imagined he must have seen real
Turks, and have got some knowledge OF Eas-
tern pronunciation However TO make all sure:
I changed my Q'sia,o KS, my is into E's, and
my US into double O's, and gave the whole
wha, conjectured must be the exact pronun-
citation Of the bro ,her Of the Moon, the Sultan
himself, and before L left him I was furnished
with s'lr,,er to his friend in Boston, to whom
l,I st,r NE ha