New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-29
LETTERS OF AN EXILE. No. xyxrv
beryishes and their Miracles.
9 Of TIE n. Y. Trhan.

No sooner did reach Augora than he oos-t~..S
the house which inhabited vas flei with tse ~
Of every description. while those who could ~ IL
breuskt cent me their friends. with Amplifes 80,
cftbsir .uSerirgs requesting me 70 eurr Their, -
ambassadors and messencers. To these rrf,.a, 9
listen issTful a. VAS # committing some f,,,l 49,
But DOE Of those pleBopotentiares insisted xi.h "a -
varrth and requested many tunes, that shos,lI -
Deprive man Of niuetylinr Of bis last kona ,I.r
mined TO conEde in his advocate. bg, % ~ -
,cf srG visit him
He W.. nothing less thsn the chief mufsi Of IA.
tie president Of celebrated establishment orDsr,I
srd very generally reyer,d sort of aaint N.,,h
eer;Ery re tad lived. and lad still several wives ~
little Children his thirtytwo teeth an erect So
,rd strong constitution But al these blessin-s 49,
ip.rficien, 70 reconcile him 20 the loss OF his si,s,s
hesvy misfortune -hich shy hcdv but Nrss,l-.s
would hsye quietly borne at such an sge He hsssx..
never dismissed from his hesrt the wish and the A.s !,
recovering t. According % my knowledge Of E.s,a,.
character and feeling nothing Is further from truA
,lsr the orinicn generally admitted Of the inifer,n
VIII shch . good Mus.ulmsn submits 20 hte n,
don't rebel against necessity, is true but What ma,
in lis senses ever did, Aud he Eastern msn Is ses
carried oui # them fact which springs from his se-
ner ard not from his principles But never saw .us
deerroote6 bope 10 desperate cases as among the xA
~ FLOWERS OF the Prophet There seems 10 be nsin
pe..ibi'y for them Tine. experience, srgumeut-aA
thing harms disc, ursgrs one ~ them To even a
lection he smilinqls answers: Who knows Anal.
" al row eriu and cuts short the discussion Such N,
TIE case with NV venerable mutt Several doctor. IA
visited him many Dervshes had tied "a his neck ID,
Of verses from the Koran. He Acknowledged that ~
coed result hsd come from al these prescriptions Va
the future had nothing 10 40 with the past and be 81
fatfered himself that he might his wife Aais
last child before he died Iltwss Ia perform this mins
that was called and, strange to say, whether Oeas
the old mans confidence was contagious, or becsus
really discovered some favorable symptoms 10 hseA
after an accurate invest saticn. did not Gespaird IA
hsppy result What had taken II first for cata,a
pos spresred 10 me different affection OF the vial
orcsus noi impossible I" cure said So, AMI ADVISED,
rfgims which the old man promised to 0ilos 10 IL
last As nv s;av az sIgors did not extend 70 more hn
fortnight, | don't know what became OF my paiissi
nor If nv cure; but sensible smelorat0n havr1
taken place from the very FIRST day. was, during NJ
ia, in The town literally proprietor OF the very heara
the Nulti sud had asked him bit of the Prophet,
turhan don't think he would have found courage b
refuse me- His whole family riyLed him in kindness
AMI Tolitsness.
vas invited by them 10 visit the summer resiisaa
Of the consregated Dervishes, and gladly accepted IN
invitation ayailng myself Of the opportunity OF get:s
acousined With habits and places but seldom opened
Christians expected to find something liAe our on
ocuveuts but vas much disappointed In behOidmg
square garden divided into many parts each occupied
The center BY small hiosqHe open on all sies, and
surrounded by flowers and fruit trees. The garden
Itself was enclosed in row OF houses Of different sire
and structure. belonging % the Dervishes and Their
imes Sore # them sfill inhabited their sumner
b. De-, while Others bad len them for warner Localities
ia the center o. the town | vas Introduced byui
cgercue into the barem # Ole OF the first categ0u
vhers | fund a numerous female society, several 4
whose members belonged 20 one happy monk and
whole squadron OF babies. the property OF the sane
showers o stockings gloves AMI other knitted aracls
were preferred To ne nor Ets tue mistress OF the Pps
satisfied uut had accepted If beautiful cat, Of "
pure breed of Angora.
From nv earliest DAYS the name Of Angora had been
associated in my mind with the idea Of cats and gOss
bur confess in my shameful ignorance had made ms
fusion between the two names oi Augora and Angola
and ALWAYS Thought the beautiful beasts natives d
Africa rather than Asia 70 had not long been settled
90 my arm, howeyer. When discovered my banis,
aad returned "a the Asatc town, the honor oil which
had deirauded her, though nnocent'y Nothing indeed
IS ser than these ADzora goats, with their proasiOn
curly silyerike locks. falling 70 the ground The cs
too wonderfully pretty animas bur OF these there
are specimens 10 me civilized world, vhle nobody hn
Tried yet e. naursize these precious goats IN othef
ccustres Mich has been done msny Thousands have
been spent 10 transplant Ia rance, ltay, Engah AID
America the Spanish MerinOs, While the Any5fa goss
whose fleece might be mistaken for silh aill et TO
gisze upon the Catalan bills There is certainly some
thing pecu ~ either in the air. tie water or the pas
iHrsge C that province strangely favorable 10 smooth
ue.s and neuess Of the hsr since the AngOra goats are
not 10 be found beyond three days distance ron me
town. At IcOnum, the ancient capital OF kaiamanla
aud the immense plain ia the midst OF wsch u s'
uated they asst OF similar breed but though moon
parsby superior every other breed except nat Oh Az
gOfs it j. far beneath the latter AS for cats they rf
ciusi,eis belong 10 old Angora sud the lconam ca'
bch also remarkably 6ne, cannot AZ all he comPaf'
I'd 10 The real type Of ADs1ra IL not then, poor
preaut that ! received from the derish- lady, and
grateful felt o. | ought 10 feel But my Old hnltl S~
rot c0nten.ed would be be 80, until be had doas
roIneihipg quite extraordinary 10 please lie thought
at last If giving the qualification Of behOldiDg
scene II The DeTvishs power and the sight " mraes
+ curou. spectacle IN the year 1853 and the more
when performed BY baud Of Anssuman saints, ina 10
house and for the amusement Of a Christian W0nA
Many Wose certainly, the p0us hearts which we're tfof
b I'd on hearing OF such cOndcscenson; but The au'n
.ef vas much ol a saint 10 be refused or even
hiemed and the chief Deryish, with i've OF bis disciples
entered ny door one day, ard informed me that 10
Mutt bod .ent them 10 show their skill received
them .th every marx 81 gravity aud respect beggns
them not 10 hurry themselves, but 10 take some eones
and smoke til the pO8er had descended upon them aug
they felt assured Of good result: The coffee and mo
pipes accepted but for tue rest they assured no
they we're always ready show their confidence IN 40
strength OF the .pift ! closely examined them Wahe
they spoke IN order 10 discover II they were mposloS
or dupes BIT could rot make it out, and ] Goddess
that lad the thing been possible should rather nave
taken them for real saint' actually invested win s'a
peTEatural power. A
The chief vas an cd man. looking Ike every od luIs'
perfectly respectable 4 white beard, clear, PLACES
benz naIt look a soft voice. slow speech; quiet gay
altogether in moving and converting 10 shot npshrs
bespeBkDg in bin either the chaTatan or the iana'e
Thee old Nn.sBlmSns oOk Dreay fsr from tbeoos
as from the other They too cold u be the prey o.
orthusasm. and they seem too honest 10 play VI
others' creduty. still they must be one or tho otaef
and VOC shall judge bit before proceed e- me 90
d-ayor % nccoun, for this apparent contradiction Dc
tween the outvs arb aud the inward Mu.snimsn IL a
.oci.ty where cheating end lies sre consdered ds
Honorable tie man who makes a daily use u thin
ashamed II himself sDd gradually acquires that eunaas
and ,uspciOus lCOk thai hurried and uncertain spees
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