Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-29
Sketch of the Life and Character OF ADD
el-Knder.

sketch Of the Life and Character of ADD
el-Kader.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin gives
the following in late issue:
An Emir of the Bedouin tribe of Hashem
Garabo, in the province of Oran, and west
ern part of Algeria, he was descended from
an ancient family of Marabouts, that could
trace its origin as far back as the Caliphs Of
the Fatimite dynasty. His name at full
length is Sidi el Hadji Abd-el-Kader Guild
Mahiddeen. He was born in 1907, near Mas
cara, and educated at college for the study
of theology and Jurisprudence. His father
Mahiddeen, Emir or Prince of Mascara, en-
joyed in his lifetime the highest repute for
wisdom and sanctity; to such degree, in-
deed, that his house was an asylum for debt
-ors and criminals. His influence gave rise
to the apprehension in the Turkish of Oran
that he Yves projecting the subversion of the
Turkish rule. To avoid the enmity of the
Bey, Mahiddeen made a pilgrimage to Mecca
He died of poison.
Abd-el-Kader accompanied his father to
Mecca, and thereby gained his title of FL
Hadji (the holy). He is said to have early
manifested powers beyond his age He
taught himself Italian. In 1927 he visited
Mehemet Ali, of Egypt, and studied his new
systems. His noble and prepossessing ap-
pearance, with his affability and simplicity
of manners, won the affections of his coun-
trymen, while the purity of his morals won
their respect and esteem.
The French occupation of Algiers met
with little opposition from the Turks but
reused the native Arabs, who, up to 1881,
had permitted them to get but slight foothold.
At that time Abd-el-Kader tried to consol-
idate the natives. He showed such courage
as won their admiration, and in 1882, when
be was only twenty-three years old, thirty
two tribes declared for him. In the two fol-
lowing years there was good deal of
guerilla warfare, ending in his making peace
with the French-they having enticed away
many Of his followers. He was still ac-
knowledged by them as an independent
prince. By various wise movements he soon
regained his influence, and made use of it to
establish the safety Of travelling, to reform
the gross abuses Of the courts of Justice, and
to assure the rights of property. His power
became so greatas to alarm the French, who,
in 1885, sent Marshal Clausel TO crush him at
a blow. The Emir raised $4,000 men and
succeeded in postponing the French advance
until the wet season, when they had to retire.
General Bugeaud next took charge of the
French army. His energetic course and
brides soon left the Arab chief without an
army, and he sued for peace in 1897 But in
1883, he again stirred up the natives, where
upon Bugeaud drove him into Morocco, the
Emperor of which country the exile per-
suaded to join him, and then he executed one
of the most daring and destructive razzias
that the French and their allies had suffered
and which ELECTED the expression from
Bugeaud that Abd-el-Kader was absolutely
unconquerable.
The Emperor of Morocco was soon dis
heartened and turned his guest out of his
dominions, and finally Joined the French
against him. He finally offered to surrender
on condition that he should be sent to Egypt
or st. Jean dAcre. But the French broke
faith and sent him to Paris, where he
remained a prisoner until released by Louis
Napoleon, who sent him to Broussa in Asia
Minor. Broussa being destroyed by an
earthquake, he went to Constantinople. He
visited the French Exhibition. His personal
appearance is thus described: "His stature is
above the middle hight, his head beautifully
shaped, and his black beard and hair form a
striking: contrast to his garment of white
wool; his hands are of the most graceful
form, and as white as a womans; and his
whole aspect is one of combined grace and
majesty"