New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-12
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
TI,RKEY.
wnIRLING AND ROWLING DEL


spectacle of the dancing deryishes Let me describe
it you The center Of the mosque is rallied in and
the floor remarkably smooth After prosiratlng
themselves many times while one sings or chants
they ALL clothed in a brown garment, advance 10
ward the singer, bend the upper half OF the pouy
until it is horizontal then kneel and finally place
their foreheads on the ground. Then they rise
facing the altar; and after alterations OF slngnss
aud proStratiOns, music is commenced OH kIhu Va
fageOlet the outer brown garment is thrown asde'
and the deryshes stand ready in short white trow-
sers and white skirt fastened at the waist extend
ing 10 tho knee TO commence with bare feet on the
smooth floor whirling at the given signal The first
movement is TO turn the right foot the left toes
inward as if clubfoOted raising at the same time the
left heel having previously given an impetus to the
left when raising the right foot; This Is the entire
motion, continued successfully about every Two
turns they make while revolving slowly, and also
advancing successfully in Their orbit toward inc
altar. Afterward, as their zeal increases perhaps
one such clubfOot movement lmpeis them three vi
four times round. They consider this as symbonIlng
eternity and the vicssitudce Of life, while the night
hand extended, palm mp implOres gifts from Heaven,
which the left hand turned downward, is supposed
10 be distributing to telOw-mOrtas retaining lew Oh
the temporal gifts for themselves The whole scene
is solemn and when they stop whirlng, at signal
and march round, bowling 10 their leader without
turning their back on him, they often graceful,
and always meek and earnest ....
OF the bowling dervishes. had no previous ade-
Quate conception aud ID is difficult 70 do the scene
anything like Justice although, after relieving our
selves OF our boots led to gallery and COM
foTably seated Turk fashion. sheep skins, where
we had full opportunity 10 hear and see. Each
wOrShiper after advancing to make sanitation be-
fore the altar he IN, seated himself IN oren-
tai fashion. on sheep skins IN seml-clrcle before
several being soldiers and If late at once fell into the
motions and the chant of the Others. Tho women
here. we'll at the othcL derysh worship seemed
TO occupy gallery incOSCd with lattice work. some
what reminding one of the gallery for ladies' IN the
British Parliament Thepeculiar chants and hoTls
will endesvOr to represent IN English orthography
WithOnt pTetepdlng 70 say Wnat was mean except
when the word Allah or bsmilah occurred 1t was
somewhat thus: While seated ON the floor, and
bending the body dagonaty forward hrst to the right
and then to the left and having the head play as II
hung on wres in unison with the vociferations they
commenced, moderately at first, afterward more
crgetcally and at last furiousy, alternately chant
ing, shouting. and bowling through the gamnt, some
times diatonically words like 'wur leeze, burle-
their bands each side the face and bring them
down. striking head and breast Then raising their
rhe ground they would assume the squatng position
again. and swaying the body give aseries of energetic
sounds like hump while one kept up a prolonged
howl. like the dTone OF the bagplpes through inc
variations of the chant proper Suddenly, at
signal. the chorus ceased, and weak nasal
solo gave Obgato then the chorus
struck in pianssimO, with every few see:
"ndS the favorite staccato gTunt. which sounded
somewhat like short bark This chorus seemed 30,
repeat a thousand times the words, "Di rha darip
d Allah" When this had continued nearly an hour,
they then rose and ranging themselves against the
aud placing tho feet apart to brace themselves
and swayng the body before they continued in all
perhaps thrce-quaTters of an hour more. But there
were sundTy variations IN the grunts and these were
accompanied by all turning their heads to che
right and barking at their right hand neighbOrs then
all TO the left, and so on until apparently some were
quite exhausted. Then one, who seemed to DO a kind
OF choir leader, and also soldier would stamp his
foot TO give new life TO the choir Then the hump
and stamp of feet and crack of hands replaces for
time the voices except the obligatO howl, while the
bObbing of the head works with breakneck rapidIty
.cfa
and their tagging spirits are again uTgedtO tremen
Ous series OF vOciterOus until tSeems
rs It some members OF the choir must drop. Mean
time whrllng derylsh, apparently excited by the
scene stands in tho center and performs his gyTa-
lions with white skirt flying out to circle. exceed
rug hOOpsklrt dimensions. Even some children OF
eight OF ten, in their enthusiasm stand up and try
10 initiate the movements and sounds of the bowling
chorus During part of this scene the High Priest
or as some say he is called the Schah was blessing
infants by rubbing his foot their backs they
lay OH the ground When the older ones came, and
grown men, he stood with bis right foot their
limbs and rubbed his left their back and some
times afterward over their breasts They then rose.
Kissed his hand, and he blessed them When sick,
he blessed q cup OF some liqnid and gave 1T them
TO drink. If their eyes nlamed. he placed his
hands on their temples and rubbed his thumbs re-
, peatedy over the eye-lids. From even these
\ singular proceedings from under our gallery
4 my attention was now irresistbly drawn by
b bS IN, increased f eney 81 fR 6 h ts chorus
down the proceedings rapidly, thus: Chorus men
turn to right and left with c0nIilued gTunt and pro-
lODQeu
other from falling when exhausted, they. orchestra
like bring on the grand toward the last With an
asthmatc whee2e, dlminuendO and then crescendO
howl varied by the Staccato grunt, almost in fuga
pursuit of each other they bob like suppleacks per
spring at every pOr until, with chorus of twangs,
and shricks. and giants, and last fearful howl
stamp Of the foot brings dcathke silence. and the
exhausted band gine. ike ghosts, through raw
hide door. and the service IS closed, % they seem
earnest and deyout this apparently ludicrou5 scene
does not arouse ldgher in most persons but rather
.22IeD;iy Ro'
CoSsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 1O-This is land of in
rigue and one of the most curious illustrations of it
Is the last viii and testament of Fuad Pasha"
published here ten days ago. 1t claims to be the
diving advice Of Fuad Pasha to the Sultan on the
home and foreign policy of the Turkish Government.
IL has created grand sensation, and has been gem
orally accepted genuine It's authenticity has been
formally denied, but in such studied phrases as to
the simple fact that this sOcalled Testament
written in COnstantinople by Malcolm Khan,
Embassy here. lie is the same man who
published a pamphlet two years ago, signed
Several Mussulnans," which created quite sensa-
ton at the time. lie is not q MOhammedan at all,
Int is Georgian by birth, and, believe, Armen-
ian in religion. This last forgery was not by any
means a secret, except 20 the outside world;
mean that il was prepared with the consent and
approval of Aali Pasha, the Grand Nizier, and MIR.
Bour6e the French EmhassadOr The Grand Nlzicr
read and approved It. Mr. Bouree read and u cor
rected il before it published, and Malcolm Khan
was really nothing more than their agent The OBJ
ect of this really able document is TO influence the
Sultan to sustain Aal PaSha and TO prepare the way
for supposed schemes of the Empress. IL agrees
with the known opinions of Fuad Pasha IN many
points, and will no doubt have some influence Inc
Sultan is so shut out from the world that when the
truth leaks out and known to others he himself Will
never heed It,
THE SULTAN, ABDUL AZIZ.
BOUND FOR SEBAsTOPoL, Oct. 1O.--Frday being