Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-06-23

surrounding nations; but when storms have
threatened our empire, PATRIOTS CT all ranks
and stations were ready to draw the sword f.,
the defence OF their religion and laws.
Now there appears TO be the most urgent
necessity to increase the number OF our troop,
bv new levy. Our strong forces are are.v
at their post for the defence Of the empire
their braverys& courage are known to al Ia.
world. The confidence Of their emperor aad
government is with them. Their faith ard
love to their country viii make them irresist,
able against far superior force With III.
same paternal care have we adopted all defcn.
sive measures to secure the safety and welfare
of All and every one and therefore otdeI,
LIST, To raise in the whole empire IRON each
500 men, two recruits. 2diy. o commence \
in all our governments two weeks alter lhc
recent of the Ukase, and to be finished IN the
course &C a month, 3dIy. TO CONFORM to th:
regulations laid down with respect to the lew
Of the recruits by an Ukase presented to the
Senate, and dated Sept. 10, IS j. 4thiy The
recruits TO be kept in the garrison towns viii
the garrison and interior battalions, on The
same footing as the recruits Tor proylslonaEy
dcpots are Kept and broughtup.
ssThe immediate tuIhlment OF tins order
for raising of recruits during the period fixed
is entrusted to the Senate.
o''' ALEXANDER.
est. Petersburgh, March 70, 1872"
Although the mails were not arrived in due
course at Stockholm from ot. fetersourgli
some few letters bad reached The Swedish ca.
Dital from thence, to the 10Th ult. They 4.
,,ee that war between Russia and France was
determined on. Several applications had, It
is SAID in them, been made to the Emperor
Alexander by the French Government, 10
,riyo Ronanarte an interview, which the for.
mer declined.
- Fam Gottenbnrgh, 1t is stated, that impor.
tant intelligence is expected to transpire in
few days, relative to the proceedings in the
Diet 1t was confidently reported that Swe-
den and G. Britain, was one of tue first objects
to be subjected to the consideration oil that
Assembly.
More French prvateers had been captur.
I ed by the Swedish ships of war. A Swedish
courier is arrived in the packet, with dis.
patches for Government.
The Hamburger Correspondence, of the
22d Of April, contains long account of the
trial of Michel Michel, for traiterous CORES.
pondence with foreign power, which, it ap.
nears. was Russia. This correspondence
| il IS said, had been carried on for 8 or years
past, and was begun when NJ. d'Oubril VS.
at Paris. Michel alledged, that NJ. dOuGrl
having said that he had occasion for an able
confer, be had offered his services, and rCCeiY.
ed at e st few insignificant papers to copy;
and at the third or fourth tine Of his atten'
dance. he was presented with 1000 francs, q
,-.-.L:~i., Payment, appear 81 to him
excessive; but Michel being then employed
in the War Office, and acquainted with the
organization and disposition of the troops,
vi G'Oubrjl, who at first appeared so gene.
rous, soon pressed him closely to obtain in.
formation Oh these heads. Michel was al,
first shy, but at length yielded to the repeated
solicitations Of III. d'Oubli and the intelli.
gencc thus procured may we'll be supposed
to have furnished Russia with facilities, and
given her encouragement to engage il the
wal against France of 1905. After NJ. d'Ou.
bril had returned to Russia, the Count de Tol.
stoy came as ambassador to Paris and with
him, rs Counsellor of Legation, the Count dc
NesscIrade; when Michel maintained with
tho same traitorous correspondence he had
carried on With D'OubriI furnishing III. de
Nesselrode with list Of the superior officers
employed intzermany, and q statement Of the
strength and position ofthe corps of that az
my, in the course Of this correspondence,
Michel contrlved to procure information Lou
is Saget, clerk in the War-Ofice as also
Alexander Salmount and Marie Moses, called
Mirabeau.
The last ofthe Russian agents employed in
this affair appears to have been NJ. Czerni-
choff, to whom Michel furnished statement
Of the army in Germany, which lie had pro.
cured from Saget.-Michel was condemned
to death, and the con6scation Of all bis pro-
perry: Louis Saget to pay a fine of SOD
francs, Imprisonment in dungeon, and seye-