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      of monnt aineers , maybe guessed from a ai&gle note inserted in the A ppendix , dated 1847 . « The present Russian force in the Caucasus " ^ including , of course , the armed Cassocks on heKubanand Terek— " amonntB to 200 , 000 " Takinginto accoant the numbers yearly cut off by disease , more fatal even than the mountain war , every step of which must be won bv he most reckless waste of life—the "Russian Officer may , perhaps , truly affirm that the annual expenditure of life by Russia in her warfare with Schamyl , has for many years past exceeded the whole number of thepopuktion at any one time directly under the rule of that chieftain . \ lES % g AgSaig

      The editor ' s caution on the subject of Russian statistics is , however , worth remembering here : —> The foreign traveller , who wishes to obtain a glimpse of the statistical relations of this country will do well to put more faith in printed Russian documents than in the oral data of Russian officials—those , even whose position reuders an exact knowledge of the internal circumstances of the country a positive dnty . For your true Russians are never more delighted than when a forei gn author sets forth in public with a good round budget of nonsense concerning their nation ; but they dread the truth , as owls do the light—like the

      basilisk , they would die , were they by accident to behold their own real image . For this reason , therefore , every Russian of the ri ght sort will frankly contribute his mite to perplex the traveller ' s notions , and to keep truth out of the way as mnch as possible . With what satisfaction do these gentry then rub their hands when they detect mistakes which they themselves have negotten ? What a rejoicing there was in the Boyar drawing-rooms when M . d'Arlincourfc , in his "Etoile Polaire , " brought into the book-market all the absurdities and obsolete fictions with which he had been

      crammed in Moscow and Petersburgh!—so many false numbers to discover ! and so many wrong names ! such a mass of fables , and so little , truth and Russian society depicted in a manner at once so preposterous and so highly scented—as if the author had written with a dottrel ' s feather dipped in attar of roses ! In short , it was an ecstatic triumph—a pleasure more than enough for the heart of an orthodox Muscovite . It was but fair in the Emperor to repay tbe innocent delight which the noble Yicomte had thus afforded to his Majesty ' s snbjects who speak French—with the gift of an order .

      We have said that the most instructive part of Herr Bodenstedt ' s essay is , his sketch of that politico-religious scheme which made Schamyl formidable to the Russians . This system , it is to be observed , arose and has been since folly developed only in the Eastern Caucasus , where of late the main stress of the war has been . The western tribes ( our " Circassians " ) who took the lead at an earlier stage of the contest , were not then , nor have they since been inspired by the fanatic zeal which united the tribes of Daghestan . They fought from a mere love of independence , each little republic by itself ; and their efforts , however heroic , being without concert , declined before the vast force of the invader . In the

      region looking westward from the Georgian frontier on the Euxine , on the one side of the Caucasian range , and along the lower Kuban on the other , the Russian posts are now seldom threatened but by small predatory bands—the natives , retired to their mountain villages , have for some time made bat few more formidable incursions . The war is transferred to the region spreading eastward from the Elbrus to the Caspian ; where the strife for free existence is animated not less by the hatred of Russian slavery than by a fresh outbreak of Mohammedan zeal against Infidel invasion , —a revival , in fact , of that warlike fanaticism which made the Moslem name terrible from the eight to the sixteenth century .

      It dates from the years 1823-4 ; at which period a " new doctrine" began to be preached secretly at first , to the select Uleraa , afterwards to greater numbers , in word and writing , by one Mullah Mohammed , a famous teacher and a judge ( or kadi ) of Jarach , in the Kur in district of Daghestan . He professed to have learnt it from Hadis-Ismail , an Alim of Kurdomuyhighly famed for wisdom and sanctity . It laid bare the degradation into which his countrymen had sunk by irreligion and b y the jealousy of sect ; their danger in consequence , from enemies of the true faith ; and

      urged the necessity of reform in creed aiid practice , in order to regain the invincible cha racter promised by the Prophet to believers . The theoretic part of the reformed doctrine seems to be a kind of Sufism , —the geneval character of which mode of Islam , long prevalent in the adjacent kingdom of Persia , has been described by our own orientalists . Disputed questions as to its origin , whether in Brahmin philosophy or in the reveries of Moslem mystics , cannot be discussed here ; it must

      suffice to indicate those points which appear to connect it with the hieratic policy that has given a new aspect to the war in the Caucasus . Proceeding nominally on the basis of the Koran , it inculcates or expounds a kind of spiritual transcendentalism ; in . which the adept is raised above the necessity of formal laws , which are only requisite for those who are not capable of rising to a full intelligence of the supreme power . To gain this height by devout contemplation must be the personal work and endeavour of each individual . The

      revelation of divine truth , once attained , super sedes specific moral injunctions ; ceremonies and systems , even of religion , become indiffer - ent to the mind illuminated by the sacred idea , A higher degree is the p ' erfect conception or ecstatic vision of the Deity ;—the highest—reserved only for the prophetic fewa real immediate union with his essence . Here , it will be seen , are four steps or stages , each of which has its sacred manual or appropr iate system of teaching . In the hieratic system of which Schamyl is the head , the divisions seem to correspond pretty nearly with this arrangement , as follows : —

      The fast includes the mass of the armed people ; whose zeal it promotes by strict religious and moral injunctions—enjoining purity of life , exact regard to the ritual of the Koran , teaching pilgrimages , fasting ablutions ; the duty of implacable war against the Infidel , the sin of enduring his tyranny . The second is composed of those who , in virtue of striving upwards to a higher Divine intelligence , are elevated above ceremonial religion . Of these the Murids { seekers or strugghrs , ) are formed : a body of religious warriors attached to theluam , whose courage in battle , raised to a kind of frenzy , despises numbers and laughs at death . To accept quarter , or to fly from the Infidel , is forbidden to this class .

      The third includes the more perfect acolytes , who are presumed to have risen to the ecstatic view of the Deity . These are the elect , whom the Imam makes Naibs , or vicegerents , —invested with nearly absolute power in his absence . The fourth , or highest , implying entire union with the Divine essence , is helil by Schamyl alone . In virtue of this elevation and spiritual endowment , the Imam , as an immediate organ of the Supreme Will , is himself the source of all law to his followers , unerring , impeccable ; to question or disobey his behests is a sin against religion , as well as a political crime . It may be seen what advantage this system must have given to Schamyl in his conflict with the Russians . The

      doctrine of the indifference of sects and forms enabled him to unite the divided followers of Omar and of Ali , in a region where both abound , and where the schism had formerly been one of the most effectual instruments of the enemy . The belief in a Divine mission and spiritual powers sustains his adherents in all reverses ; while it invites to defection from the Sussian side those of the Mohammedan mbes who have submitted to the invader . Among theae , however , Schamyl—like his predecessors in the same priestly office-by ^ T ' T 6 ^ 8 1116 Progr ^ ° f flw sect to spmtual mflaencea ^ Thework of conver-SJ T ^ P rtati on fails . " carried on remorselessly by fire ana word ; and the Imam

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      t t THE GREiT MISTAKE . Well , Teally Tin astonished quite , f And scarce know what to say , ' ' To find that Sunday , after all , < Is still a working day ; That , spite of Legislative Acts , And Bigotry ' s brain fe « r , The worla is going round to day < As rapidly as ever . 1 WfcS 35 Mf * " ' i 3 ££ ~ " »» s * ? ' ' J 25 BSW- » I In any kind of motion , Must stop for hours just twenty-four , To offer its devotion .

      1 thought , too , nothing must be read Sate psalms in holy walls , Yetthere are placards posted up , Announcing " sales" and " balls ;" That men could neither send their thoughts , Xor be allowed to carry ' em , 3 for Christian pastors take their fee 3 From folks—or even marry * em . I thought , if e ' en the aun came out , It would be deemed a crime , And that some plan had been devised To bind the wings of Time ; That every dial , clock , and watch , With six days * labour irking , Would have to wind up its affairs And stop its hands from working . All mail denVties were to stop , Yet there is Mrs . Binns—Ungodly woman!—iust confined

      With—would you think it?—twins ; And Vicar Dobbs . to whom 'twas thought A day ' s respite was given , This very morning made his will , And went , I hope , to Heaven . There goes the doctor in his gig , And there is Chemist Brown As hard at work as jf he meant To knock his counter down ; Yea , even while the parish church 'With pious sonls is filling , A fellow , i awling " Mackerel , " Sells two salts for a shilling .

      I thought all labour was to cease , Yet poor old Mr . Crupp , The bishop's carriage can ' t knock down But some one picks him isp ; And just because the church takes fire , The zealous congregation , Rush out for engine , pipes , and pails , To stop the conflagration . I thought that Jane , my Lady ' s cook , And John , the hutler , too , "W ould be obli ged to go to church , As other Christians do ; And that , however odd it seem , Each ostler , footman , baker , Believed from toil , would leisure have To worship God , bis Maker .

      And Sunday trains still running—well ! They ' ll sure fly off the rails , Conveying pleasure-seekers when They dare not take the mails . There really must be some mistake'Tis Saturday or Monday , For we are holy people t > o " w—That is—npon a Sunday . "We never dream of labonrinff , Upon the seventh day—Or riding out , or doing aught _ That savours of display . Xo children , servants , cattle now Are Sabbath-breaking sinners—And what is more , we ' ve given up Our nice hot Sunday dinners .

      Alas ! methinks—I ' ve been deceived , And so have half the town-It merely is the Sunday Post '" The wise heads have put down—As if , by making it a sin , To send an urgent letter , They did the smallest good on earth , Or made one bad heart better .

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      is as terrible ' to those of his countrymen whom fear or interest retains in alliance with Russia , as to the soldiers of the Czar . With a character in which extreme daring is allied with coolness , cunning , and military genius , —with a good fortune which has hitherto preserved his lite in many circumstances where escape seemed impossible , —it may be seen that the belief in his supernatural gifts and privileges , once created , must always tend to increase in intensity and effect among the imaginative and credulous Mohammedans of the Caucasus ; and that this apt combination of the warrior with the politician and prophet , accounts for his success in combining against the Russians a force of the once discordant tribes of . Daghestan , possepsing more of the character of a national resistance than had been ever known ^^ l ^ l ^^ en whom

      before in the Caucasus , — -and compelling the invaders to purchase every one of their few , trifling and dubious advances by the terrible sacrifice of life already noticed . In this formidable movement , the highlander ' s natural love of freedom is fanned into a blaze by a religious zeal like that which once led the armies of Islam over one half of Asia and Europe . Although it reached its highest energy and a more consummate developement under Schamyl , it was begun by his predecessors . Of the Mullah Mohammed , who first preached the duty of casting off the yoke of the Giaour , and the necessity of a religious reform and union of rival sects , as a means to that end , we have already spoken . This founder of the new system , an aged man , untrained in arras , never himself drew the sword in the cause ; but was active in

      diffusing its principles , and preparing a warlike rising * by . exhortations and letters circulated through all Daghestan . Suspected of these designs , he was seized , in 1826 , by the orders of Jermoloff ; and although he e scaped , by the connivance , it is said , of the native prince employed to capture him , — he afterwards lived , in a kind of concealment for some years . The post of Imam was thereupon assumed by a priest who was able to fight for the new doctrine as well as to preach it . The first armed outbreak took place under Kasi-Mullab , about the year 1829 ; from which time , until his death in a battle at Himry , in 1831 , he

      waged a terrible and , although often defeated , a virtuall y successful warfare , against the Russians , while he prosecuted the work of conversion among the tribes of Islam who delayed to acknowledge his mission , and to join in his enmity to the Russians , by the extremities of bloodshed and rapine . His death , after an heroic resistance , was hailed as a triumph by tho Russians . They counted on the extinction of ths new sect in the defeat of its leader—whose dead body they carried about the country to prove the imposture of his pretensions . This piece of barbarism produced an effect the reverse of what they expected . The venerable face of the Imam , the

      attitude in which he had expired , with one hand pointed as if to heaven , was more impressivD tothose who crowded round the body than his fearless enthusiasm had been— : » nd thousands who till then had held aloof , now joined his followers in venerating him as' a prophet . Of this first warrior-priest of Daghestan , Schamyl was the favourite disciple and the most trusted soldier . KuRi-MuHah was not killed until Schamyl had already fallen , us it seemed , under several deadly wounds—his rc-appearance after this blood y sceno was but tho first of many similar escapes , the report of which sounds like a fable , lie did not , however , at once succeed to the dignity of Imam : the office was usurped for

      more than a year by Hamsad Beg ( Bey ) , whose rapacious an « i swage treatment of some of the princely families of Daghestan nearly caused a fatal reaction against the new sect , and the destruction of its main support , the Murids . Han . sad Beg performed no action of consequence against the Russians ; but expended Ids rage against the natives allied with them , or reluctant to obey his mandates . He was assassinated in 1834 by some kinsmen of a princely house whose territories he had usurped after a massacre of its princes . In the affray which took place on the occasion , there perished with him many of the fanatic Murids , who had become odious as instruments of the cruelties of their Imam . On his

      lieath , Schamyl was raised to the dignity ; but it was some time before the mischief done by his predecessor , was so far repaired as to allow him to : ict with energy aa the prophet of tho new doctrine . One of the ill effects of ilamsad Beg ' s iniquities had been the defection to the Russians of a notable partisan—Uadji Murad—for many" years . a fatal thorn in the side of the independent party . This and other difficulties , among which was the unpopularity of the Murids under Hamsad Beg , were removed by new alliances and precautions , while all that eloquence and skill could perform was applied to restore the credit of the religious system—before Schamyl could hazard a direct attack of the

      Russian enemy—who meanwhile had taken advantage of the delay and disunion to gain ground in nianv parts of Daghestan . From the year 1839 , however , the tide rapidly turned ; and the result , from that date until the period at which the account closes ( 1845 ) - —when Woronzow was appointed to command in the Caucasus , with nearly unlimited powers —has been that the Russians , in spite of tremendous sacrifices , were constantl y losing ground and influence , while Schamyl gained both in equal proportion . We extract the following account of the Caucasian hero , whose portrait , we believe , has never before been so fully exhibited to European readers : —

      " Schamyl is of middle stature ; he has lieht hair , grey eyes , shaded by bush y and well arched eyebrows—a nose finely moulded , and a small mouth . His features are distinguished from those of his race by a peculiar fairness of complexion and delicacy of skin ; the elegant form of his hands and feet is not less remarkable . The apparent si iffness of his anus , when he walks , is a sign of his stern and impenetrable character . His address is thoroughly noble and dignified . Of himself he i .- completely master ; arid he exerts a tacit supremacy over all who approach him . An immoveable stony calmness , which never forsakes him , even in moments of the utmost danger , broods over his countenance . lie passes a

      sentence of death with the same composure with which he distributes "the sabre of honour" to his bravest Murids , after a blood y encounter . With traitors or criminals whom he has resolved to destroy he will converse without betraying the least sign of anger or vengeance . He regards himself as a mere instrument in the hands of a hi gher Being ; and holds , according to the Sufi doctrine , that all his thoughts and determinations are immediate inspirations from God . The flow of his speech is as animating and irresistible as his outward appearance is awful and commanding . " He shoots flames from his eyes , and scatters flowers from his lips "—said Bersek Bey , who sheltered him for some

      days after the fall of Achulgo—when Schamyl dwelt for some time among the princes of the D jighetes and Ubiches , for the purpose of inciting the tribes on the Black Sea to rise against the Russians . Schamyl is now ( circa 1847 ?) fifty years old , but still full of vigour and strength ; it is however said , that he has for some years past suffered from an obstinate disease of the eyes , which is constantly growing worse . He fills the intervals of leisure wliich his public charges allow him , in reading the Koran , fasting , and prayer . Of late years he has but seldom , and then only on critical occasions ,

      taken a personal share in warlike encounters . In spite of his almost supernatural activity , Schamyl is excessively severe and temperate in his habits . A few hours of sleep are enough for him ; at times he will watch for the whole night , without showing the least trace of fatigue on the following day . lie eats little , and water is his only beverage . * * * According to Mohammedan custom , he keeps several wives —[ this contradicts Wagner , who affirms that Schamyl always confined himself to one ];—in 1844 He had three , of which his favourite , Bur Haremen ( Pearl of the Harem ) , as she was called , was an Armenian of exquisite beauty . "

      Will Russian arms prevail in tbe end ? Tho following is Ilerr Bodenstedt ' s answer ; after noticing the arrival of Woronzow , and the expectations raisen by his talents , by the immense resources at his command , as well as by such events as the storm at Schamyl ' s stronghold of Dargo : — " He who believes that the issue of this contest hsugs on the destruction of stone fortresses , on the devastation of tracts of forest , has not yet conceived the essential nature of the war in the

      Caucasus . * * * This is not merely a war of men against men—it is a strife between the mountain and tbe steppe . The population of the Caucasus may be changed ; the air of liberty wafted from its heights will ever remain the same . Invigorated by this atmosphere , even Russian hirelings would grow into men eager for freedom ; and among their descendants a new race of heroes would arise , to point their weapons against that servile constitution , to extend which their fathers had once fought , as blind , unquestioning slaves . "

      To this answer of Ilerr Bodenstedt's we will add nothing of our own . We are weary with waiting for the events of history such as we would have them .

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      It has been ordained by Providence that no individual should be of Buch importance as to cause , by his retirement or death , any chasm in the world . — Dr . Johnson .

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      The Rev . Dr . Scoreshy , in a paper read before the British Association , stated that the highest crest of a wave above the trough of the sea , in a series of Atlantic observations , was found to be forty-live feet . J Awkward Coincidence . —In a Tyneside village church , the curate on Trinity Sunday preached a sermon which was recognised as Til » tson ' s . In the afternoon the incumbent , who had been absent , returned and preached the very same sermon . «" \ t u >~ A Bhower of bla « k win fell recently in Northamptonshire , which on the authonty of a clergyman who relates the fact , rendered two boys who , were loading his waggons , " as black as chimney sweepers . "

      Caw . Stanford , who , at some personal risk , and with singular disinterestedness , supplied the commissariat tf the Cape of Good Hope with provisions when their supplies were , during the late disturbances cut off from every other source , has received the . honour of Knighthood . Poverty has in large cities very different appearances . It is often concealed in splendour and often in extravagance . It is the care of a very ' sveat part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest They Bupport themselves by temporary expedients , and that every day is lost in contriving for tomorrow .

      Vihtue op STRAwnERRiss . -The act of eating strawberries , says an eminent medical writer cleanses the teeth and gams , and purifies the breath . It assists digestion and fortifies the stomach , and being of itself entirely soluble , never turns sour or undergoes fermentation . In many cases it is positively medical , removing rheumatic affections and other diseases arising from obstructions of the system . A Bum . —A certain Irish attorney threatened to prosecute a Dublin printer for inserting the death of a living person . The raenacer concluded with the remark "That no printer should publish a death , unless informed of the fact by the party deceased . "

      True Chariii . —If we give only to receive , we lose , the fairest objects of our charity—the absent , the sick , the captive , and the needy . When we oblige those that can never pay us a » ain in kind , us a stranger upon his last farewell , or a necessitous person upon his deathbed , we make Providence our debtor , and rejoice in the consciousness even of a froitless benefit . * * * He that gives nothing but in hope of receiving , must die intestate . — Seskca . Human Nature . — Elliott , the Corn-Law Rhymer , said , if you wish to know what human nature is , you should solicit subscriptions for a

      poem . He had done so : and one man saitl , " D—n you ! why dou ' t you write something a gentleman can read ? " Another , " Well , I suppose I mu ^ t patronise your vanity , or what you please to call it !" Pride Humblbd . —Leigli Hunt ' s father was a stalwart clergyman , who knew not what it w . -s to truckle . One day , being in company with a certain fat and purse-proud bishop , they fell into a discussion , in which the pompous prelaMcal bigot deemed his dignity would go for half the argument . Finding that Mr . Hunt had the best of it , he turned fiercely on him , saying , "Sir do you know what I am ?" "Dust and ashes , my lord , " replied the clerevman . .

      " I AM an old fellow , " says Cowper , in one of his letters to Hurd , " But I had once my dancing days , as you have now ; yet 1 could never find that t could learn half so much of a woman ' s character by d ; incing with her , as by conversing with her at home , where I could observe her behaviour unobserved , at the table , at the fireside , and in all the trying circumstances of life . We are all goori when we are pleased ; but she is a good woman who wants no fiddle to sweeten her . " A Hint to Newspaper Proprietors and Correspondents . —By a recent order issued by the Postmaster-General of the United States , all correspondence for editors anil publishers of newspapers printed in the States of the Union , is permitted to pass postage free through the territory of the United States , provided such correspondence relates exclusively to matters connected with their respective

      newspapers . Song . —Oh , marry the man you Isve , girls , if you can eet him at all ; if . he is as rich as Croesus or as poor as Job in his fall . Pray , do not marry for pelf , girls , ' twill bring your soul into thrall ; but marry th « man you love , girls , if his purse be ever so small . Oh , never marry a fop , girls , whether he ' s little or tall ; he'll make a fool of himself and youhe knows nothing well but to brawl . But marry a sober man , girls ( there are few left on this ball ) , and you never will rue the day , girls , -that you ever married a' all .

      A Precious " Fix . "—Papers having been lodged to file an injunction to prevent the Dover Company from opening the Ashford and Hastings Line , on the ground that the line , as constructed , does not agree with the parliamentary section . The other day a » injunction » r decision was obtained , prohibiting the company from paying any more dividend until the said line shall have been opened . Therefore , an injunction being obtained to prevent the opening and another to stop future dividends until th e opening , the company are in a true American " fix . " Was ever Woman in suchHumouhWooed ? -

      The following is said to be the manner a Sandwich Islander proposes marriage , when he fallsavictimtto the tender passion : —The chief told her that if she would become his wife he would send one hundred sea oners to her friends , that he would never ask her to arrcy wood , draw water , dig for roots , or hunt forprivisionB ; that he would make her mistress over his other wives , and permit her to sit at h er ease from morning till ni » ht , and wear her own clothes ; that -he would -always have abundance of fat salmon , anchovies and elk , and . be allowed to smoke as many pipes of tobacco as she thousht proper , together with many other nattering inducements ,

      ! be Mixed ARRows .-Cupid , one sultry summer s noon , tired with play and faintwith heat , went into a cool grotto to repose himself , which happened to be the cave of Death . He threw himself carelessly down on the floor , and his quiver turninc topsy-turvy , all the arrows fell oub , and mingled with those of Death , which lay scattered up and down the place . W hen he awoke he gathered them up as well as be could ; but they were so intermingled that , though he knew the exact number , ho could not rightly distinguish them , from which ithaDnenen

      natne took up some of the arrows which belonged lo Death , and left several of hia own in the room of & T 8 , It L caU 5 f > why we now and then see KkXftB

      pany him to the mines , and then have an opportunity of earning enough to purchase his liberty and that of his wile and children . The master proceeded as far aS l ' a tnere P ' aced him in a slave-pen and sold him for 750 dollars . The agreement between the master and tho slave was , as the latter related to our informant , that he should accompany him to tbe mines and work for him eight hours every day , and have Uie remainder of his time to dig on " his own hook . He was to pay his master 800 dollars for his liberty , 600 for his wife ' s , - and 400 each for his

      cnnaren . " My heart was high , " said tho negro , as he related his story , •« as I thought ol the prospect of becoming free and having my wife and children ; \ J I v * felt ' " and the tears rolled down his cneeks , when " massa sell me to get money to curry him to the gold mines . Oh ! dare ' er no God for my n-assa ; he no go to hebben when he die . " "The Story was heartrending , " gays our friend : but he adds "it js a scene of every day life among slavetradera . " -Da % Wisconsin .

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      The People of the Caucasus , and their Struggle for Liberty with the Russians—CDie Volk&r des Caucasus , Sfc . ) By Friedrich Bodenstedt . SecoRd Edition . Frankfort am Main , Lizius ; London , Nutt . The vicissitudes of the war in the Caucasus of late have been surprising enough to awaken the interest of Western Europe , even amidst her own nearer anxieties . Last year it vras said that the conquest of Achulgo , the stronghold of the redouhtahle Schamyl , had effectually broken the power of that daring leader . In direct contradiction to such reports , later accounts from Daghestau tell of the re-appearance of the notable partisan amidst the

      lines of the Russians , and of a defeat of the latter , the most severe , if the details of the event be true , that they have yet suffered in the Caucasus . In any case , these exciting changes would be in favour of a hook professing to describe this interesting region , and to add to our knowled ge of its brave inhabitants . The main interest of Herr Bodenstedt ' s -work ¦ will now be enhanced by its undertaking to give a more precise account than had previously appeared of the priest-warrior of Daghestan , and of the new sect as the prophet of which he succeeded in arraying the independent mountain clans against their common enemy with a kind of combination unknown in earlier periods of the struggle .

      The author has evidently lived for some time in the region which he describes , or in the bordering districts along the Caspian , both in Georgia , and in North Daghestan . His acquaintance with Asiatic and Russian languages and customs , appears to have been gained both , by study and from intercourse with the natives of the sonth-eastern frontier . He is not ignorant of oriental writings that refer to his subject ; and his Russian statistics prove an access to official authorities which are

      not to be found in print These , however obtained , can scarcely have been imparted to him as one of those writers whom the Court of St Peteiaburgh hires to promote its views , through the press of Western Europe . His sympathies are declared against Russian usurpation ; and the tendency of his essay is to prove how little real progress it has yet made in subduing the Caucasus , the enormous waste of money and life with which its fluctuating successes have been bought , and the fallacy of expecting a better resulthereafter .

      The best part of his work is , that which delineates some features of tbe later movement in the Caucasus , hitherto but little known in Western Europe . The historical survey with which the book opens , comprising—with a sketch of Russia ' s usurpation of Georgia , and a keen discussion of tbe pretences on which she claims the sovereignty of Caucasus—an account of its several clans , and of the topograph y and statistics of that region , and an able fiseteh of the origin and settlement of tbe Cos-Back tribes , is also ably drawn np .

      From the ethnographic part we take tbe following rough estimate of the numbers of the male population of the Caucasus able to bear arms . They are given by Herr Bodenstedt , with the provisio that they are but approximate , as follows : — Belonging to the race of Eartwel-including as branches of one parent stock

      grelians , and Suites .. T ^ ""•* goo m Abshadi * , and Tscherkeafian tribe ^ ^ 1 30 WO pyin | the region between the Kuban and the Black Sea ( or those commonl y known to Europe under the denomination of taST ^ - ^ 0 , 000 Armenians «" - « Of Turkish and Persian decent i " . ' . ZWm

      tu .. v A 2 & 5 . 000 Other authorities compute the number van ousl y , between oneand one and a half millions The larger estimate may not be found exce ^ svewhen the extent of the region is coasiflered . The Lesghians we see are here rated at 350 , 000 fightingmen : —of these , some 100 , 000 ttust be struck off , as tribes under Russian control—the remainder will form the able male

      population of that region , in which the chief * arfare of the last ten years has raged . What « has cost in life on the Russian side to attack -hitherto with no lasting effect-this handful

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      AtTflusT 31 , 1850 . _ THIT NOftTHER TjjTAR : " ~^ Z ~~ ¦ ' _ - \ _ 1 _ ——^——

      - The Blood.

      - THE BLOOD .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1589/page/3/