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feel again that they hold a station in their country; and to 
establish the re-awakened sense in their own minds, and in the 
respect of the people at large, His Imperial Majesty has con¬ 
ferred orders and medals of distinction on many of the native 
nobility, with titles and commissions of military rank ; and, in 
short, every other excitement to the restoration, or rather civilis¬ 
ation, of the country, that can be offered by a generous sovereign 
to a brave and confiding people. That they are still brave, when 
they have any thing beyond mere animal existence to defend, 
has been made manifest during the last twelve or fourteen years. 
In the wars of that period, they engaged heart and hand under 
the banners of Russia ; and their chiefs so distinguished them¬ 
selves, that many rose to the rank of generals; still continuing 
the brave acts by which their hew honours were won. Indeed, 
it is very evident how much easier their new government finds 
it to arouse the old spirit of Iberian and Albanian courage, in the 
bosoms of their Georgian descendants, than to inspire them with 
one for traffic and agriculture. But all will succeed in good 
time ; and their neighbours, the Armenians, set a stimulating 
example of the ways and means of industry, and show many per¬ 
suasive advantages, resulting from their extensive exercise. The 
high reputation as a soldier, which is attached to the character 
of His Excellency General Yarmolloff, and the noble style of 
his government, not in parade, but in principle, suits well with 
the naturally independent minds of the people, so long chained 
to the soil. The marks of those evil days, now passed away, 
are yet upon the countenances of most of the men : a sort of 
cloud hangs over their brows, habitual from the gloom that once 
possessed their souls; but with the growing perceptions of 
happier times, these shades will disappear, and the brave Geor- 
