, 1870-07-31
LIST or GEnuax VESSELS IN FORT.


We Learn by Telegraph that the great,
though unfortunate. Emf: Of tho Arab tribes
unteer to the French Government The rer~
so,al sentiment which dictates tllia c1rer is
alike di+honoEsbfe to the Arab chief aud the
Emperor Napoleon Having surrendered him.
4eif to France on = pledge Of personal liberty.
Loui. rllilhppe-and the eon Of tho desert
was retained in captivity for uzny years.
1ouir Napoleon, however,, generously gave
him his liberty, anu, after receiving him at
the Court Of Paris and expressing his personal
to Brouksa, and afttrwar1 to Damascus. in
AsIa Minor, where l4e las..rc.iIed ever since.
The biography Of Abd-cl-kader IL the history
Of tho French conquest nf Algiers. He was
born about 1907. and is now. therefore, about
t1.sy-three ye'rs Of age. Ills father, Sili cl
Nj ahideu. Was n,arabout (Atab seer), and he
claims descent from the Prophet
Between tic Turks and tho Arabs, previous
to the French expedition, the state Of warfare
had been chronic. Ahd-ci-kasler, threatened
made the pilgrimage 70 Mecca During his
absIuce the French Ind invaded Algeria and
destroyed the Turkish pirasical power. The
menent vas considered favorable to strike q
blow for Arab independence. and the marabont
sid 81 aIahiden got up u contradictions war, III
which Arab fanstacism md predatory habits
found abundant employment. They were par
TALLY successful, and tue Sid VIA nado their
kiEg. hut be resigned his authority to hts son.
holy war was preached, and soon the AEsa,
! tribes fell on tho French troops aud military
cc!onists in the province Of OEan.
In 1888 the war Was resumed, and AlM-el-
Ksler wss beaten in several engagements.
hut the Arab combination was 10 powerful
| wss made by which the sovereignty OF . large
tract Of country was assigned to him, with the
! River Che1f az BOUNDARY, and Mascara as q
capital. HIS own Emira revolving aagainst him.
he obtained the assistance of the French com
nantialats and reduced his retelious subjects
but only to recommence nostllities with
Frarce. lie won 4 battle from General Frizel,
on tie Marta, iu 1885. a Fueceas which con-
titMed his power and obliged the Ffencl,
Government to mako extraordinary efforts
we're sent out from France. u
rivs' eSete, e hbaeSaacfs s'"po power Vas as
weakened, and the French we're able to ad-
vance on Mascara, which had been evacutetl,
and which they destroyed. Tho loss Of hi
| capital did not, however, suppress tue inde-
fatigat]e chief,ain. Like the redonttabls
ScEamxl. tho hero Of the Caucasus. Ills couE-
age was indumltahie, his faith immense, and
tie Resources Of his MUD inexhaustitle- In
Ct; ard tho organized bands OF civilization,
hereiem and faishlessness are pretty equally
distributed. bu: the printing press tells the
story OF one eide only.
Abcelkader obtained new treaties Of peace
in 1881, and endearored to strengthen him
eelf and consolidate his power. Fresh in.
t'iguea Of France and the restleaauea'
of his own wild followers led to new
and repeated rnbusrectione, until At length
: EaEeaul ~as placed in supreme command
with orders to purh tie great Emir to his las
stronghold And nov commenced long se
: 1iee Of border warfare, in which waste au.
| raptne, tire and tword, were the distingui=lirt
chaIaesc,issca, the e1tirp.tion Of the so-caliet
rebefliuua tzibes being the object aimed at
The Indignation Of Europe was raised bs tn
accounts Of cruel 1azzias, With all the horror
Of ~ ,ss ette1m9s.ing wa.f.Fo h.. every 70,
The gallant Duke d'Aunaale, one OF the brave.
! aud mott accomplished ot tha Qrleanis
: flinces, csr1ied the Emis's Smala By assault
:. and compelled Abd-ei-Ksder to dy for his LII
! into the territories Of Morocto. ADD el-lsab
. man, the Moorish Emperor, received hin
. But ne Was dangerous guest, and he tempte
= ahe Moor into var with the French, whic
), waE shp.t and teciaiya-
5 The battle Of Isls brought aAe Moors I
terms. and Abd-el-Kader WAS again fngitirt
q Stirring up rGTo1t in Morocco itself, be bea
the aloors in two battles; and sought to seH
+ him was too strong. however. fhree years q
i renewed fazzla and slaughter and ABIDE
e | kaGer, aeeested ty his trient1s- 1na bereft ,
u everything but biz honor and h:s great hear
g surrendered to Lsmosiciese On the psoniae {
= the General to send him to sy.is. He Va
u however, transported to France, and desant
nntil the proclamation Of thu empire il 185
+ He has risited Pstis in g1e1t splenioz, be.
e well recefyed, and has resided Of late Ies
g at Damascus, where ha defended tha Nkrq
a ties against the Druses. lie has three wv
= and eleven living childeer- As psrt is
70 70 ca.ef, his peaer Ess very great; - q hMd
y y Of regular sxocps, he probably wouiG b, le
ID | eminent