Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-09


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letter received in town, that quarters
were ordered;o be prepared. at jill
fsrent stations in Poland. for his
whole army, and it is now believed
that he is on bis way to Paris.
November II.
s vicforu epsr .Murat.-An officer
Of his Majesty's ship Arab is arr'y-
cd with dispatches from Rear Admi-
raj Hone to Mr.. Croker. dated Got
teabargsl the 9th inst. which trans
init a Bulletin Of the operations OF
the armies under Prince k"tasoh
and General Wnzingerode. and an
extract of the repor, Of General
W;tseasieiu Of his operations.
These documents state. That on the
18th October, Kutussff understand
ing that Victor's corps had Quilted
smolensk TO join the Grand Army.
decided to attack Murat's advanced
| guard of 10000 men before Victor
should join. and so suddenly. that
Bonaparte should not have time TO
come to his assistance with the main
| army. The attack completely sue
| eeedsd-the Russians took SO pieces
Of cannon. 45so prisoners. and the
standard Of the Isl regiment Of Gu
rassisrrs; sG0o French killed re-
| mai,c;i on the field of battle.
On the 22d. the corps of general
Winzinyerode entered Moscow. ba.
wing Obliged The French garrison TO
evacuate That place with such preci-
pitation, that they abandoned al!
| their osIiitals.
We have extracted at full length
the detail Of the proceedings before
the military commission APPOINTED to
try the conspiraters at Paris. twenty
oar in number. TIE ex-genera'
Ma'et. is charged as the leader. with
having been guilty Of a crime "a
gainst the internal safety OF the
state, the object OF which was to De,
s,rov the government and the order
| Of succession to the throne. and to
! excite the citizens or inhabitants &c
take ~ arms against the imperial
authority. The rest were accused
Of being his acconplices. ipaiet
was convicted and sentenced to death.
as were ais" tic ex generals Laboire
and Gui.iat, and eleven others. in
clnding 3occlleiampe. COrsi"an,
/ who is described as having been
prisoner Of state for tOyears. The
rest were acquitted. The whole Of
them. With the exception Of the ex,
generals and Bcccheismpe, either
belonged 70 the regiment of the
! glarr! Of P,ris. OF were officers Of
~ -rssi~7nt guards stationed al Pa
ri-. Twelve of those condemned.
suffered the punishment Of dealt, on
the 29lh al. md Two were "asoi'ei.
No particulars Of the conspiracy
given.
November 1S.
An American gentleman, who has
Just arrived from Paris. states, that
Ike american minister. joel Barlow,
bad set Of ror The head quarters Of
The French army, for the purpose of
personally soliciting from. Ronaparte
IL Sal. Of the line aaa Sc fsigates,
10 be manned by Americans. He
also mentions. that Paris was in
mes! as:t;,tea state when he left it.
and confirms the report which was
received few days since Of the
death Of Sayary.
Private accounts brought. il is
said, by his majesty's snip Fortune.
state. that on the 1st of November
lord EeIIing,On's lead quarters were
at Cabszon. aud that the French
we're at Euenas. Lord Wellington
had. j. is said, cut off an advanced
guard Of the enemy. and made pri-
sGhers JCo cavalry ana fOO Infantry.
Government have not receired any
dispatches. which it is supposed lord
Wellington has sent by the way Of
C0runua or Lisbon; hut We under
stand 'tat they give credit to the
hove accounts, which reached San
tanuer just before the Fortune sail
Ell.
A report was prevalent in the cit.
Yesterday. that a general engagement
took place On the Esd ult. between
TIE French ard Russians, which ter
minated in the complete defeat of
the former. with immense slaughter.
That battle might take Place about
the time mentioned is apparent, from