Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03
THE TWELVE LUCKY DERVISES.
Translated from The Hungarian.


Numbers Of devout dervises go up eve
ry year 10 The larger cities OF the Quo
man empire. They are especially fond
of ConsLantinop!e. y year does not pass
in which they do not appear in this holy
Guy. Soue come from Persia, others
from Asia Minor, Others again from Bag
dad auu clsewher Here they surround
themselves with Il cloud OF piety and pow
erUv, and remind the Inhabitants vi Con-
stantlnupIe how noUie Is their calling,
how great their purify and virtue, how
exalted their holiness, because they 60
clothed in rags about the streets oi Con-
stanunople begy!n5 aims.
In the year l826 1t happened that gre"
ter crowds than USUAL, OF those holy
guests, came lu CUnstantInople. They
were vel! aware that he more Of Tie
same KIND there were, me more scantiy
would ue me gifts vi The devOut 10 be
shared by nulvIuut!S. Nevertheless
they came in foods to ConotnntinoP!e,
aud several hundred were assembled
there at once. n stranger might have
supposed the cane TO defend tie city
against foreign army. The brotherhood
as theoe were alone, they got along toll
erably we'll, but matters afterwards went
worse.
On certain Sunday, Ussein, the oldest
Of the company, addressed his assembled
brethren, and began to complain, in a
voice interrupted by weeping. My
! brothers, we are twelve orthodox Mussul-
mans. You see for yourselves how black
this year is 10 US ; three days have passed
without one having collected para or di-
mar. There is no longer any true belief
among the Turks people have no Ion
/ ger any sympathy for US everything is
cold. Have you heard what has hap
Dened at Warna and ROstIndza Have
you heard how the Franks oppose our
belief? Are not the dervises under the
especial punishment of God and his
prophet Mahomet, who is angry with the
| Mussulman OF the present day ? Do you
not see how the turks parade in Frank
pauLaIoons Shall these things prosper!
No, no, the I rklsh faith is declining
- Listen, my brethren, my depIorable
companions, listen to me ; We must sepe
rate-one 90 here, another there. to seek
our livelihood. We will go further and
leave CUnstanyiuople behind US to the
anger Of God. The Muscovite will avenge
US on the dwelicrS in ConStantinople, and
repay tnem for th.lr parsimUny 10 Us anL
the Turdlsh faith"
| His speech was Interrupted by foods
! oi tears, winch tell over his cheeks. Tnt
olher derviseS were moved by his adlres.
! 4 nd ,lc nj {
Iurued his eyes around as ii he had no
yet lost all hope.
L" Fear not, my brethren, fear not, my
companions" began Omar, Il am tht
youngest, and on that account the leas
wise OF any among you. Will you per
NIT me to speak ?''
They all answered, " 1t is permitted
Ii it be So" continued Omar, sustain
yourselves. We are not yet lost ! There
are yet true Turks in Constanlinople i
not true that they are all turned Franks
Have you not seen that whole troop O
dervises have come here, and since the
saints are so numerous in Constantinople
they lose their Importance, no one heed!
them. This is the true reason. Let u!
not be fools. My advice, if it is agreea
bic to you, is this: Tomorrow is Friday
l will stretch myself out stif, and repre-.
sent myself dead, you will then carry me-
into the middle of the street which leads
to the great mosque, you shall cover nj
with thin shroud and lay me on board
-Four of you will remain to watcI
me, and weep over me. If any of tn
passers by ask you the reason of you
sorrow. you will say to them that one 0
1.-The brotherhood is dead, and you hay