The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-19

tl.er Oattie, the issue OF winch .%Outu NOT On
ly have been destructive to the army, but
would have reduced lhosco.v to ashes. In
this truly lamcntable situation, and after
consulting my Generals. amongst whom
there were same Of different opinion, was
compelled to let the enemy enter Aioscogv,
out OK which all the valuabcs, the stores in
the arsenals, and almost all other property
imperial or private, were previously. Con-
Seyed, and scarcely single inhabitant lie :
manned in the town, take the liberty most
hum5ly TO represent to your majesty, that the
entrance OF the enemy into NloScozo, is not
yet the humiliation. ut the Empire. i am ma
King movement with my army towards the
,Iouia road. This will enable me to keep o.
pen my communications with the neighboring
Governments. Any other measure world
have prevented rms, and also have separat
ed me from the armies of Iormazo5v and
Ischich1g oTu. / must confess that the abau-
donmenr of the capital is very hard-but
considering the advantages which may oc-
cruc to us from it, and particularly the pre-
servation OF our armies, it is no longer to be
lamented: and 1 now proceed to occupy,
with my forces, line, by which l shall
command the road leading to Y'ouia and
Kaiouga, annoy the whole line of the enc
my extending FROM .SntofenSk To iiioscogv,
and be enabled TO cut off all reinforcements
marching to join him from the rear. BY
thus occupying the attention of the enemy,
hope to compel him to leave Noscozy, and
to change his whole line of operations.
The General Wmzmgerode has received
orders from me to post himself ON the I'sver
road. and to detach d regiment of Cossacks
on that to JeroslaUe, to protect the inhabi-
tants from being nolested- by small bodies
OF the enemy. am no great distance from
dfoscolv, and as soon as have collected
my troops, l can with confidence await
the approach of the enemy. As lung as the
army or your Imperial Majesty is entire,
animated with its known courage and zeal
the loss of Moscow is not yet the loss of
the empire. For the rest, your Majesty
may be assured that this event is the ma
cessary consequence of the loss of Smo-
lcnsk.
PETERSBURG, Oct. s, 1912.
we have advices that Our troops are az
ting vigorously against the enemy near
6doscosv, driving in or cutting off their de-
tachments. Some conveys of, ordnance
stores have been taken.
Cen. WIzENGERoDE is operating sue
cessfully near Rousa and l7ojaisk.
Gen. WIrGENsTEIN has had several
brilliant affairs on the D7uiaa
Speaking Of affairs in Russia, BELLS Lon
don Messenger of the 18th Oct. after stating
position at Moscow, (Which that paper
styles " the metropolis of the Russian EN-
pre-" proceeds to say, "under all these
circumstances, we are afraid that the con-
atancy OF Alexander will have to undergo Il
test at least equal to its strength. We are
afraid that it will need more rcsolute cou-
rage than what he seems to possess,-to re-
tain his determined resistance at the risk eff
his Empire" The same paper states that
the expedition from Gottenburg lad been
Abandoned, but an enterprise was to be un-
dertaken from Carlsham, where it was said
80 transports were collected.
Mr. Sheridan has lost his election for
Stafford.
Gen Brock was appointed Knight of the
order of the Bath, for his success at Detroit
Messrs 1hcrard and CIuzei were late
ly sent by the French Government to Flush
ing, to direct the means of preserving the
health of the military. These Gentlemen
ordered earthen vessels, filled with oxymu-
ratio acid, greatly diluted with water, to
be placed i'll the apartments of the soldiers,
as well as those where prisoners were confin-
cd and obliged every man employed on
the Notifications 20 dip his hand into one of
the vessels every morning before he went
out to MS work: Ehey placed similar yes
sells in tie di.ches of sinking mud, 80 that,
from these and the fumigaton employed,
the worimen were immersed day and night
in an atmosphere OF oxymuriatic acid, and
preserved their health. Many persons Sc
verely infected with the itch, soon expert
enced the good effects of immersion in oXy-
muriatc acid.
A daughter of the celebrated Rousseau
died at Paris on the 18th Aug. in the last
stage OF a disease, occasioned by the mere
tricious sale of her charms.
We have the pleasure to inform our rea-
ders, that the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety has voted 3Oool worth of paper to re-
place that consumed by the fire at Seram
pore, in the East Indies, in addition to their
annual grant of 20O0l. for translatng the
Scriptures in all the languages of the East
The elections have terminated in the
choice of an augmented number OF Minis
terialists, and to the complete dsappoint-
Inent of the Counterfeit Patriots. At Bristol
Sir S. RomilIy. At Liver pool MIR. Brough-
am, (the champion of the repeal Of the Or
ders in Council)-in London, Mr.. Waitham
have I'll experienced the most cruel dis
appointment. Goblet, put himself up at
Hampshire but the good sense of the cleo
tors soon put him down.
The following British vessels were for
wardng for service, the Queen Charlotte,
raDthe, Pembroke, ~, Albion, "a, Con
queror, Venus frigate.
The American ships Tontine, Il. Il.
Croker Gate OF the Golconda) and Geo.
Washington. Warrington, were up as Car