The daily union., 1852-11-10
From lhe Buffalo Commelc
Abd~sl Ii a dir.

| From Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
| Abd-el Kadir.
The intended release OF this extraordinary person from
his prison al Amboise ia France where he has suffered
confinement for nearly fye years. is one oi the most IN
lereslng items OF news which have lately received
from the other side OF the Atlantic la all justice and
honor the Emr should have been permitted 10
pine long in chains, for the faith of Louis Philppe'r
government was pledged 10 the captive prince in
different manner II is likely. however, that policy die
lated the course pursued towards the African warrior,
and that strict observance OF the terms OF capilaalion
would have prouacled the in Algeria, and checked
the onward progress OF the French arms. IL will be IN
the memory OF our readers that Add ell. kadir proved
himself a remorseess enemy TO his countrys foes, and
gave considerable trouble 10 the French army. For a
long time he bated all the force and arlifce employed
to destroy his life capture his person.; and with such
adyersaries as Cavagnac. Lamoricere Montauban and
other brave officers OF France, this easy task
Hundreds OF times. when il was believed that the
prince was taken, aud when deeply-laid plots for
his capture were ably carried out, the bird was
found TO have flown, and the scheme TO have
failed Active, brave, and vsilan he apparently
at all points once, but could he be secured by
his foes So signal the failures 10 seize him that
his adversaries were lampooned for their datorness,
and the prince known universally "the who
could not be caught" He was, howey taken at last.
AT the pass OF kerbous the night OF the 2lst OF De-
cember, 1917 he attacked by General Lamarclere
Even then he might have escaped under cover OF the
darkness, and aided by the difficulty Of country un-
known TO his enemy with every path OF which he was
familiar but trusting to the oen-promised berality OF
France and dsheartened by late defeats he surrendered
to the force which would have been probably unequal
to his capture He made the conditions of his surrender
a promise from the French officers and authorities that
he should be conveyed 10 Alexandria or TO Saint Jean
dAcre, and the terms instantly complied with
The word OF Lamorcere, which was afterwards ratified
by the Duke DAumae, pledged 10 the observance OF
the conditions Of surrender. and Abde kadir yielded him
sell into the hands OF the foes against whom he had so
long and successfully struggled
The pghled word of France was broken, and the
captive Emr was consigned TO dungeons gloom. There
for nearly five years he has been suffered TO pine, every
attempt which has been made to procure his release hav
ing hitherto failed Even now his promised liberation
seems almost mockery, for although it is endeavored
to be decked out in the gab OF noble generosity II bears
the stamp in reality of nothing than change in the
and extent OF his Imprisonment Instead OF being
Internationally released, that the may be said
TO have terminated, he is made 10 swear upon the Koran
oath Arab always keeps invioiate-tha he would
endeavor to disturb the rule of France in Africa
but would bow implicitly 10 the will OF his conquerors
This may probably be considered prudent if not a
necessary precauiion, but the terms of his socaed re-
lease appear somewhat severe He TO be conducted
10 Rusa the ancient capital OF the Ottoman empire Sit
ualed near the sea 0i Mamora, and about one hundred
miles distant from Constaatnope, The famous castle
of Bursa is one mile in circumference, and is celebrated
as suspicious place, say the least, TO
which 10 transfer upon whom the boon of Glib
eFtyp is boasei have been conferred Nor is the cap
tive 10 be permitted 10 leave the Chateau dAmbose until
all the Preparations made Tor his instant transfer TO
that which must consider his new prison house.
II seems though Louis Napoleon actuaied rather
BY wish TO the reputation OF having done
Bile deed or rather act OF justice neglected BY his
predecessors the government, than by hones, desire
10 make reparaon 10 The African prince for the wrong
which has been inflicted upon him. BY restoring him to
that freedom OF which he unjas,ly deprived. The
whole affair appears like hoax played od upon the cap
tive for the benefit of his pretended liberator.