The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-17
THE FALSE pROPIlEr,
A Party by tho Name or ] Ohnson Filling
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10 awaiting agents. Eight hundred inte
ligenL Alohammcdan, light.skinncd Air
cans were distributed among the plan,e,
Of eastern Virglnia. Fierce rs untame
tigers, these wild followers Of tho prophe
Of Mecca gave the slave owners NOR
trouble than any other eight hundre
bondsmcn south OF Mason md Dixon
line. Many Of them escaped north, nm,
their deeeenaanss live IN ravctt
county, this State. Among then
arc the Blues, Jucksons, Muncys
ra'meT, Manaways, and other
whose thin lips, high iorchcads, uuuiliu
noses intellectual capacity, and splen,li
physique stamp them At once MS SUPERIOR i,
every respect 10 the full.blooded negro.
correspondent has found among these pco
pie the old home OF the srcnt false nroI,hc
Of Soudnn. His story Is this: Among III
escaped Mohammetans were Geort,e ,Iohn
son and wife. Georges real name wa
l'eyash.cl.Azwal. lie WIS n sl,rik ant
priest Of tho order Of ilami. For severn
years he lived in tho mountains near Con
nellsvlllc, but, fearing recapture went I,
Canada. In lejO he returned to Penpsyl
yania and settled at Uniontown, In is
he removed 10 Brownsville, and subse
Quently to Pittsburgh. where he died |,
1871 alta very advanced asc. In lS;O
while at ConnellsvillG, his son Tom wa
born. At the age OF ten Thomas ha,
learned tho Koran from his father an,
could rcpea. hundreds Of pages. No tur
rcted mosque reared its massive walls. II,
bearded muezzin called the ey.slnyc m,
his family to worship; but Eeyasl.e
Azwah never forgot There is but one God
and Mohammcd WIS his prophet,
aud i'll Il land OF Christian strnl,
gers secretly adhered to the faitl
Of his fathers. In lSlO Thomas .Johnso,
drlflcd TO California 10 return 10 Union
town two years later. III 1855 hr wcnt i,
Paris and joinel the French army. II,
was sent 10 A!sicrs. At tho close Of hi
term Of service he Joined II caravan, ant
crossed the great Desert of Sahara solth
ward into Soudan. For several Years Ii,
lived among the natives Of that almost in
accessible region. With hisalmost periec
mastery, OF the Koran, and his s,lpcrl
knowledge OF the arts Of civilization, cspc
cially OF war, he forged to the IRON, Ms ;
leader. ln lSt2, when lie heard Of the WI
oi he rebellion, and was fired with all am
billion TO help free the slaves OF ,hc south
he wrote long letter TO President LINCOLN
Offering to recruit thousand Arab zouaye,
ior the union army, il the United State,
government would furnish TRANSPORTATION
The letter got into tho newspapers. an,
was published asa great joke. llcre,.rne.
Just as tue war closed. Yet no more cl,.
thuslastlc lover Of the union CAUSE s,oo,
upon PENNSYLVANIA avenue in the city o
Washington on the day Of the lnst rran,
parade Of the fedora! armies than lie ial
red capped Sheik johnson, fresh from til,
willis OF Africa.
Alter calling on the Turkish minister In
visited Connellsvillc, Union,own, i,rowns
vile, then Pittsburgh, to sec his iather. Ii
August he went to Egypt. There ms il M,
duty OF all Nlohammc,luns, he made 4 pil
srlnlase to the tomb OF the prophet at III,
sacred city OF Mecca. Returning 10 soudal
he acquired greater influence than eve
over The semi'civilizcd inhabitants OF lin
extensive country, and cluimed propheti,
powers. AS time rolled on his wealth AN,
power increased, and when the English in
yade.l Egypt he proclaimed himself III
Mchdi, or the last prophet Allah shall seni
to conquer the enemies OF Islam and r,lt
supreme over the world. While Arab
l'Asha was suffering defeat, rumor lad n
That the false prophet was acheyin.
extraordinary victories and slayinL
thousands Of his Toes. To such a per
sun all MolMmmcdans will knecD. Ac
ccording 10 Alohatnmedan belief El.AIelh
Is TO come with great si.ns and wonder:
Just before the Judgment day. lie will an
pear on y milk while clmrger, acco.npanic,
ny an innumemb!c army Of bearded Mus.
snlmen, all mounted on snow.wh;to s,uI.
lions. lie must be visible ruler with
power and victory OIL his side. II he man.
a,ges to spread the report that he is killing
Jews, Christians aud pagans by thousands
Ne mAy be accepted most willingly by The
hloslems. The defeat OF Arab. who
claimed to fight for the cause Of Islam
may cause all Mol,alnmedans 10 turn ia
johnson us their coming prophet. 1t may
be added that one OF the false nronlci',
hundred wives is y native OF rayc,,c com.
ty, an octoroon !roh Uniontown. She
accompanied him to Mecca and 10 Afriu,
n 1865, and is said 10 be the mistress Of
his harem. She, too, is Il direct desceudan,
o. tue Arabs OF the slave ship OF Yorktown
she still writes 10 her relatives in l'epusyl
vania. ...II