Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-11-30
Turkisi, Prophecy,

tits remarkable that the Turks themselves are
IMPRESSED with the belief that their religion is
near extinction DIR. Walsh has given copy OF
a warning issued from the Mosque OF Santa So
phia IN 1898, containing among other prophecies
the following viz; that in 1870 Of the Hegira Chat
in in 1867 the sun (which is the emblem of the
Ottoman empire) will rise no more. In 1880
(that is in 1851 the Koran will disappear and in
1900 (of the Higira) antichrist will appear
The Mahometans believe that antichrist Will
come near the end of time, to prevert and seduce
mankind, and turn them into the path OF pedltlon'
that after him Jesus Christ will appear, whose
presence antichrist will not be able to support,
but will be struck dead at the sight of him; and
DO melted like salt They also hold that Christ,
al the vicar of Mahomet, will invite oil men to
embraces their faith and leave them other choice
than Mahometansm or the sabre Death will be
the lot of those who are insensible to the light OF
truth and to the power of Christs preaching.-
Under one and the same faith, all the world will
then be united.
These ideas, which originated from Mahomet
himself, and are preserved by an unbroken tradi-
ton, show the doctrines of'sIslamism' concern
ing Jesus Christ and his second coming. They
profess, indeeu, to receive him the greatest OF
prophets, who appeard before Mahomet, as the on
" saint predestined to visit this world in fulness
of time, to unite all men in the same religion
But in order to derive from this system favora-
bic to Mahomet the Imans have subjected the
Saviour to the sacerdotal authority of Mahomet
as his vicar, accounting him the last of the uni
versal Caliphs, who shall come at the end of time
to exercise in the name of Mahomet, the rights Of
the priesthood and Supreme Power over all the
people of the earth.
THE ClRcAss1Aks.-A correspondent of the
London Times writes of the Cjrcassans and their
country as follows:
Much ignorance prevails throughout Europe
with regard TO the Circassians, or rather Daghes-
tar, war. Even its locality is commonly disregar-
ded and Crcassian, bordering on the Black Sea,
10 represented as the theatre of war.
In truth, few or no outbreaks, rather inroads,
occur in that district. Both the mountains and
inaccessible portions remain unsubdued, and Rus
sia, for some years past, has virtually contented
herself with confning their inhabitants within a
strict Gordon. The line of coast is in Russian
possession as also belt of territory separating it
from Turkey, while on the east it is separated
from the actual seat of war, Daghestan, by $50
miles of a difficult country, in absolute occupa-
ton by the Russians, and moreover, absolutely
subjected to that power.
Daghestan is similarly encircled by Russian
territory and is even separated in similar man
ner from the Caspian sea. Nevertheless, it has
hitherto striven earnestly, but vainly, to emanci
pate itself from this state of insulated bondage
Its efforts have been chiefly directed to the sur.
prise of outlying posts and forts, varied by sudden
forays and inroads upon the adjacent Russian ter
ritory.s These forays are often successful, as fa
az booty is concerned, but can never affect or dis
turb the virtual possession of their present posi-
tion by the Russians; although on the other hand
they necessitate an immense force, distribute
over the whole line of frontier, to repress them
With portion of this force the Russians annual
~ attack Schamill and the other Bays in thei
strongholds, and invariably with the same appar
ent iH-success.
Protected by the impenetrable nature of tn
country, the mountaineers permit the Russia
troops to penetrate into defles, where dsciplin
and order are unavailng, and whence they ar
compelled to retreat with loss and discontinue
Incapable as the Daghestans are of resisting tn
Russian u oops on an ordinary field of battle
once in their own defiles, they assert evideI
superiority. Hence Russia gains apparently moth
ing by these attacks, though perhaps her end
served by the efficiency acquired in actual wa
fare by her troops. These troops, and those
the adjoining country under the same commant
were stated by Prince Woronsow, in converss
ton with an English officer who lately visited hi
camp and Tillas, numbering 100000 men,
Allowing for the exaggeration natural to a loos
conversational estimate, we may probably safel
conjecture them to number 100000.
1t will thus be seen that the Turkish force
now collected at Ardahan and Kara, will find b,
inefficient allies in the warriors of Daghestal
supposing juncture ever to be effected betwee
them, in despite ofthe one hundred and fifty nile
and the Russian forces which divide them.
Russia can afford to withdraw the creates
part of the troops now employed in observation
Daghestan, at the trivial cost of few raids ar
incursions, followed by no danger of serious d
version, sacrifice which would fall far mo
heavily on the helpless Villages than on the Ru
sian government Disorder and partial insure
tons, too, might, and doubtless would arise
Georgia, which might swell the Turkish RAM
by the addition of few thousand raw irregular
but which might well be dsregarded by the Ru
time to redress them.-N Y. Sum-
o. A young lady in class studying physiol
gy, in the High School at Sandusky, made a
swer to q question put, that in six years hum