Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-03-04
NUMBER SO.
The Caseass,..
(From the London Leader.)

raj designation which more strictly beJopga Il, ,h. r,
lan range, all that famous territory strechoy 6,
'ne EaIne to the Caspian, speaking OF land rc
before Europe had history, and even nov the
OF events In which tho battle Of East and West
As nave 70 DC fought out. To the English mind tho
name OF Circassa brings fantastic visions OF yei,.d
anu captive beauty, and Georgis seems q SYNONYM
TO all that is voiuptuous in the mo.. l.n.u;.h;,.
and lazy Of the daughters Of the H,resm. But
from time to time, 'hroosh the verscious bulletin.
:" the Hrdhd Rasse, catch stray eiImpses
o' struggle unsurpassed in the anpaL Of
national heroism If We believe Prince woroozov Rus
sa hrs been achieving countless victories bv
dses Of vaor, over those pernacous Who
have not had the wit to confess themselves beaten Thu
renoteness OF the operations and the conn ravs
tenton oil Europe absorved in commerce have
teu 10 hrow halo OF magnificent uncertainty r-ound
those Ssyphean exploits The Lesgiau chi.f has 49,,
killed We know not how by the pen OF the Musoovit
whose sword he has deed and broken; but b,,
as many hves "a Russian generals have lies 10 diase f
Accordingly year after year. We find him NOT onI, No,
khied Or cohguered but slddcn in the d.sh
E ohs,.tmote Obstinate and waIy in resistance. Swif
as MS sword anu stubborn his businesses Sch,mvl h.
been To Russia in the Caucasus What Aid ei K,d.r a.,
france IN Algeria. Gi.ed with vitality 80 n,s,s,;os
ooonuss IN resources eloquent he has all the qualities
To inspire enthusiasm. To his followers he almost -
pne while Wesfern diplomacy has bee Welding ,yc,v
hing To Russia ~ Europe and cxtolng the mac, animo
Of The Gar the successor OF Peter the Great
mas n'ch doGgedy working out the Asian half of that i'm
pera testament which bequeahed his succersors moth
ing les than the conquest &c the world
Mhel eter the Great settled the Caspia he looked
towards India When Catherine IT, seized unoo m.
Crimea she remembered Peters will The vov,rn;,g cI, .
oil England hr' allowed the coast OF the Back s.
10 , into the hands OF Rusa and it under English
mediation that Persia abandoned Daghesap Ev.n no.,
when Turkey is srr ggng for life and Eneands IN
be defending the independence OF her ay Russia has be.n
permitted TO blockade the Asian the EuIipe lust
as she has been permitted to seduce by avos and
ion the trading populations otF1sstern Crcassa Tbev
have been long vaguely dreaming OF deiyerance nv
iand but in Asia as in Europe. the promises Of England
heSe proved deceptive We do not share the appreben
sons OF many for Indian possessions but n ent on,
trade at TrehiZond is worth preserving
but let US not Ike e1tempore evangelits forget our
text IN the ardor Of DISCOURSE Mr. Iven Gooyin has ne
cuIar claims upon the subject OF his present work He
near relative IA nephew, IL are not mistaken, of
Wat Russian General Golovin, who Commander.ip.
oh'i III Tie Caucasus, from 1888 1912 and Who paye
his name TO an important fort the Black Sea He
therefore, may be s1id to write with n cer4in authority
lie mas given u.s. in few pages rapid and picturesque
sun mary Of che Russian wsr in Caucasus from s com,
mencemcnt TO the latest date In wen dgesed comni
ation oi the works of the distinguished travellers pbIIoo
gs's and naturaist who have visited such as
Bodenstedt Moriz, Wagner, De MontpereuI Koch Soen
SER Bayle ST. john Obtain in half an hours prasant
reading minute and description of the whole
region lying between the two seas
We learn the naturrl and commercial reaonrcaa ,ho
vegetable and mineral productions of Daebessp fe i'm
mediate seat Of war) and of Russian Armenia We are
Interested to hear for instance that the
from the ancient river Phasis whose banks rcrd excel
lent sport 10 gentemen who have preserves home
we hnd.out let US quote oor author himself:
Capeasgs is in general on Of the finest countries
in the world II ves with Switzerland for the imnosne
climate ~ ia
1887 exclaimed understand better than ever the
Norus IN geld let there be light and there
was hgn In TACT the sun shines on the Caucasus more
Empire.
'eseanon especially dspiays there sztsA~.a;.--y
I'chhess ana beauty There arc in Daghestsn, walnut
ueS uuer 'o'Iise o "hch Two componies oi soldiers
may eusanPi anu mere STANDS near hiFan plane tree
"oho" s''e, oneting ROOM tue dimension oil which Is
eel anu hs FeoPie go there to play at cards or
W n asne 'ea.
lne mos, oeau'iui ana rare MOVERS enamel the mea-
vows anu tue most esteemed plants grow along the riv-
eHI
wines ana shk are the Two productions Of the Cauca-
e" are 70 Mcguire tne greatest importance
Inc province OF hakheha produces alone 100000 pe-
d'ost oi e1cenehs VINE. w
me eoeoons OF the siik-Worms reach to dimension
oi e'sn' cehheres anu experienced men OF Lombardy
nave oeen 10 go there Tor the purpose OF rearing
S'k worms
Inc Citeass,ans SO" inuian corn, cultivate rice, and
make oreau Win kuruss Inc product OF their tobacco
valued al IooCO Puds and their expectation OF madder
amounts 70 Puds' Excellent saffron gathered in
tue district OF bokou.
huSsia may wen suugS,e ior he possession OF such
REGION but melancholy to see land SO rich by nature
aes3ateu anu Sas.eo oS Pefpe1uai war
NJ: ivan GoioS'n, the author oi the work we are now
consderhg mas oeen RUSSIAN smigrant TOR ten years,
anu since 1910 na'uralxed hngishman lie enjoys the
dshGuoh we oeeve OF oehg the hrst Russian emgrant
VINO uareu 70 puosh political works on Russia and to
6ranu lne governmen, system OF tue Gar. VI high
Russian family career OF distinction lay open to him in
.ue n ei Y. ue<Po' is oro'se's are generals IN
IN the Chancey o. NJ DC Nesserode The story OF his
ao'upt ot Ss'a - 50 cnslHc.efsuc thAt We
cannot ioroear tehng mere. ~ DE Nes:elrode com
psineu more .nan once mat Al. uolosns writing was ille-
goI', anu ieeonenueu nun 70 Ake some lessons IN CALI
g'spS, o"y PeI.'e. W 'e nsh'ss rank o. ohcnls
70 % oS "'esoe. e ilsupoeeuusles oeg,n WIN round
. nanu. M X S,aI. no uouol' WIN nese inces,
shn' '.P'vs a. "o9,' 1sAeu 'o' suo,. ease; anu
a"u ven W " % ~ s "'s'e "'"Nc anu puo'sneu sung
."e eas VI VI. oI, "e S l,o,a'I Nas PeremP
tory ordered TO return to ST. Petersburg 81 route proba-
bly,, TO Siberia but ne had the singular taste 10 prefer
vrot, tn decline TO re Russia on the pea that he
was still studying calEraphy in short learning write