Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-09-03
THE YOUNG TURK.

m WYNN VI tWV dSo VIZ puplISUeu STATE
ment from Maine paper, ofthe arrival o
a young Turk in this countrywide could no
speak English, abstaincd like true Mus.
sulman from the use Of pork, &c. 1t |,
found out since that ho"was only a Turk
in disguise, hONxmg the people wherever
ho went, as appears by the following ac-
count from the Portsmouth Journal.
The above named ,Abdullah NOLAN.
med was in this town the latter part Of last
week. He seems, from tho extract from
the Portland Advertiser, to have attract
ed o. large share Of the interest and atten.
ton Of the wise men ofthe Enst-so much
so, that I have no doubt our friends this
side Of kenneboc will be highly gratifiod
to learn fcw additional particulars respect
ing the genealogy and adventures Of Alb
dullah, which were not communicated to
them:
Abdullah appeared here under very fa-
vorablc auspices, having with him print
cd paper, one corner ofwhich was garnish-
cd with several lines in manuscript, having
the general appearance Of tho eastern
printed character, and stating in English
the outlines Of his history, his birth, cap
turo by the pirates, escape, &c. and an
other paper, bearing tho names Of tho Som
ior Glass, At the Oldest and most distin-
guished literary institution this side Of
Mount Katadin; and stating that the afore-
said Seniors ut - College had Ind sew
eral conversations with the bearer Of il,
Abdullah Mohammed, whom they had dis.
covered to be young man Of uncommon
intelligence, and strong natural talents
TINT he converSed IN the Latin language
with great elegance and propricty-that
no was intimately acquainted with the CO.
ography and history Of Modern Turkey
that no was, as they had been informed by
those who were competent to judge, Ia
milior with the Arabic and other Eastern
languages concluded by recommends
ing him to tho sympa,hies Of u generous
public. We hOd also, among other cor
iifcates, one from Zebnlon II. Shepherd,
which stated that Abdullah, tho Turk,
spoke the Latin language with greater facil-
ity and correctness than any other person
the aforesaid Zebulon Ind conversed with
In this country. i
Such an array Of authority should have
screened Abdullah from NIL .lspicion,-
but here, aS he afterwards said ho had
beon elsewhere, ho WINS iurrvvt ,,.-...,.H-.-
tune. | met him in company with sever
n of my friends, and while wo were exa-
mining some ofhis papers, and conversing
with him in the only language in which no
IS able to communicate with the scholars
in this western world, Gen. W, Of
tho army, entered. "a Turk !" says no
-" no Is tho same rascal mot with two
years ago ut Troy, (not in Asia, dear read
or, but) New-York, whore he was then Ia
ken up and exposed as IN impostor." AS
young Abdullah heard NIL this, and COM
pretended not word, tho conversation
was continued in Latin. To the objection
that his pronunciation was not foreign, or
Turkish, bo replied by asking, IN quo
modo 1wci pronunciant?" When told that
Gen. W said he was an impostor
placing his elbow upon the table, and
dropping his face into his hnnd, he asked
with an innocence and gravity truly Turk
ish, Futanse me posse to dcCiptrc |" He
was told that his real pamo was Belden.
" Belden! Beldcn! (ingua graViter) est
nomcn valdc cmriosmm ~ When told we
should retain his papers and imprison him,
" Sum sofas, (says hey DOS multi estis,
Potcstis, 81 ptacit, me IN carcerim, joctarc /;
sed precor rOs mii misecicOr6tiam I0rehiberc.
Parentes anzit me-. in asia appellant"
g Here we were left by the General to
manage affairs with Abdullah rs we pleas
ed. At times he was invited "dcpOnere
Tmrcum, ct tingu0m LGtin0m, "she request
ed two Of our party TO favor him with
private interview, which was granted with
out hesitation. And here you may ina
CINE our surprise, after the keys had been
duly turned, and while We we're expecting
some important communications respect
ine our Brother Of the Moon, at the fol-
lowing annunciation, =" AmericGnMs non
7arcas sam - and when, upon being no.
tilted that but one Of his auditors under
stood the only language with which MS
Turkship was able to converse with the
scholars Of this country, he condescended
to say" Well, then, let Us have !, in Eng
lish." The unexpected address was IN 't'
effects, like the electric spark.
And now as Abdullah speaks good Eng
lish, we must suffer him to continue III,
story in his own way. which he did near
~ as follows. am from -, New-Ynrk
where my parents now live. My father i
poor, and like many other parents has some
strange prejudices against all book learn
ing. He was always uneasy when he saS
| a book in my hand, and I was always un