The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-12-28

deal with. II is in the mountains OF the
confines Of Georgia flIar The skill Of Abdi
Pasha wiIrbe first tried, and he 10 said ID
be peculiarly 6ted for This kind of moun-
tain warfare. sy lie has surrounded himself
with staff Of officers Of like stamp, many
Of whom are Circassians and Georgians,
and have already distinguished themselves
in the long contest which has been gbing
on belweenthem and Russia. lnbl }e7da
I scHAMSLl THE cIRoAssIAN LEADER. si5li
y In the staff Of Abdi Pasha, is Sehamyl,
lihe Citcassian, HE most reniarkabie and
desperate man with whom The Russians
will have 10 contend. The following bio.
graphical details Of this man, who has
now for so many years successfully with.
stood Ite onslaught Of Russian armies ii
4 HE Caucasus. and who has iusi Been
placed by the Sulian-i in position where
his talents will be more fully deSeloped,
will, no doubt, be read with interest. IL
is derived from source worlhy Of credit
| The first lime we hear Of Schamyl is 10
1882. In tha, year, devoui Mussulmar,
,Kasi Mollah, held chief command In llie
bands Of Lesghans, 'fchelchenlzes, and
other tribes Of The eastern chan and Tie
Hsleepes abui,ing on the Casdisn and ira,
versed by the Koisn. Kasi- Mollah's
reputation furssnciiIy was gr ater Than that
which he acquired for the higher military
qualities, although a dlshing leader, and
individually one Of lhebravesl Of The brave.
He was brought to bay 10 1882 by Gene.
raj Rosen, alta place called Gumri. Ea.
circled on all sides, almost the last scrap
Of food devoured, nothing remained in Tie
opinion Of Kasi-Mollah. and about thirty
oi lis E,ost Jealous disciples, but to hew
for themselves pail through The, Russian
bayonets, 10 freedom orto Paradise-ei.
lher alternative a welcome one This
resolution finally taken, lIey suddenly
emerged from The fastness they could no
longer hold, and burslupon the Russian
troops with The shock Of an avalanche,
and the furious discordan, yells of troop
Of madmen. For one or two brief mo-
menls, ii seemed as though they must es-
cape 30 'ar mfougn 'ne we pe'esgperi"g
cfcie o. he'r ioes plu ,peS mass ~ 'he'r e,r
desperate way before the momentarily
recoling ranks re closed around them, and
."ey '"i' oy "cs anu ,"'ees' ~hoF ngh',
,ng 10 h'e ias'' r'uuieu oy muske' oans anu
oayone' ''aos: Nas',mohsh pleo WIN
MS many on n's oea!o' amu a ias. prayer
mutmur'ng from MS ups anu his puPns
perlsheu WIN h'm' an save one anu ne
Inc oraVes'' herces.ol mem all VINO broke
!hrom,gh he ehe'rel'ng oayone's, dashea a.
headiong speed past me more dis'anl lines
ol running nre unharmeu|reined suddenly
up as ne reacneu 'ne angie ol moui',ain
go,se' 'nVo WINCH Nc knew none nsfeu 10
i0i'ow s"ooA ~: .eu ','".e'' anu lu,'ea
uehsn' eAec,a,'o" III 'he races o' ms pal
heu ioes' anu 'he heH', moment WIN an
eAul'ihg snou' VI hi"h ! Allah us
appeared IN 'ne uarA n'" noun'aln nu pass
nls 'or'u"a'e % "oISenan n0',' was ocnalny''
'ne iu'u'e Una" '.h @ SpIe"one' JL'ne. Propne'
so'u'er m '"e oauea'uS' w"1Se escape
many VI HIS ''". Ne'' "h's ua5 "i'"y
oe'e'e was uue " ipe pHes' '"'ssrPoS'''ocn %.
u "e augel uaV''e' S.ps"p'' ~no Is Is
one o' s"e ua'sr"a''eH' warn eyeo, Pa'"y
ia',s' iace =" i'"e'c'eh,%es' was onln i' a.
Fcn'iske'' : pace D, aoou' nree ''"u;
sanu lpnapl'a"'s' ANU a''eF nt' escaPe
from Tumri' nc enp''yeu seHers' years W W
pe!dho''a'g '"e ,'ouu,"'nS , q. o' '"e i'I ''eS
gn'sh cha'n' preaching wherever "e went
WIN 'er'iu e,oque"ce uP'" "'e sdo'eS uu'y
ue'oiveu ny you upon aii nue oehe'e's
10 exnfPa'e me intrusive 'nnue'' anu .ne
parau'sai fewarus "hlcl uea'n 10 50 h'sn
and h"'y cause mus 'n'a'i'"'y insure
ihls Prophenca'' as u waS"ee"ne"' m"a''
"e, from 'he cuPo'aS anu "'" ',e's o' e'e
suoi'me anu lowering APPS, gra""a''y H."'
dieu Inc. ia'eh' iahaueism oi .ne mo"h''ii,
eers 10 name, winch sooh communicated
l'seli 10 .he dweliers IN '"e c'''rs anu
s'eppes oI Dagh's,an' anu 'he a'9aeeh' val
Ieys ana plains' ne s,nr' VI oGhamy
miraculous escape lfo" uenera' n'sen oy
'av% o, me arcn angel 'aoTle', t, was re
pealea from noun 10 noun NV w''n enaless IS
varlaliops anu aodl.,ons-hls DARING, sSi,
ana success as s"Iu'er' c"hnr'peu 'ne y
lnsions ol a crepp'"es oigoury' anp ht
gradually urew around m us s,andatu' e aug n's'
oen' 70 MS sway 'ne m"l'l'uue n,ir pl truggeu
warriors whose swo'us ',ave u, , 'ls'L'oen US ~ 81
many ss'lf'es Upon .a oayNs ". .. a .ne NUS, Us.
slan armies, any 10 n,s n'ur @ p'eseu' d"
lnVinc'o,e IRON. 10 'ne'r ulsmayeu'anu pfac'