Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-04-20
ALEXANDRIA.
TUESDAY, Aiara 90.
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ais FORM AND PRESSURE"

ais FORM AND PRESSURE
Mr.. Richard Cuts is appointed BY
the President of the United States, Pur.
vey0r General ofth army.
The editor of the National Intelli.
gencer, in his paper of the FIRST instant,
says, "the legislature OF Massachusetts,
have been occupied, during part of
their late session, in an investigation of
the subject of impressment; NTH (Which
they haze just as much to do as uuh
the regulation Of commerce, the declare:
ZION Of zvar, or any other hosvsr or duty
erelusioeky confded 6t the constitution
to the general government" Traly,
this is something new. We understand
Mr. Gales's doctrine to be this-The
Constitution has con6ded some subjects
exclusively to the national government,
and among them, the right OF telling
falsehoods as often as they please, on "a
ny sublset that may be convenient and
whoever undertakes 10 expose them, by
bringing out the truth, violates their OK
elusive privileges. We have long OBJ
served the Administration conducting in
a manner, which seemed to imtiy that
they viewed the right of propogating
flSehood as constitutional p. eros ative,
but we did not expect to see it SO plain
" aVozved, as it Is here, in their Cabinet
Gszette.
Again-says MIR. Gales The en-
quirles of the committee appointed BY
the Massachusetts Legislature on this
subject appear to have been directed TO
the nuns6sr of impressnents DIS if il
could make any difference in PRINCIPLE,
1vhether one Or GA hundred had been ins-
pressed IF it makes no difference in
hoint Of principle, it makes an essential
one in hoint IF fact, Gales, and his fei-
low editors from foreign countries, as
well as some of our own raising, have
published the celebrated number of
6257 often enough, to make us con
cludo they thought that aun'6ers were of
importance. Now, however, when it
appears, not only by The documents pub
iished by the government themselves,
but by the testimony of large number
Of the most considerable merchants, and
ship masters in one of the largest states
in rhe Uuion, that no dependence can be
placed on their assertions, that their $50.
ries of imtressmrnts are false 6 fraxd-
alsnt, and calculated des,gaedly, and
soLely to deceive, he gravely, and with
good degree of assurance, informs Us,
that numbers are of no i@kortance If
these gentlemen can make this doctrine
go down, In all cases, they havc a lati.
tude much more broad and boundles.
than we imagined
We are informed from respectable
authority, that the North Western army
is reduced TO absur 900 nsen, and that
200 # those are on the sick list The
Virginia and Penn,ylvania fn,li,is have
been discharged, and are ON their return
home. Renforcements have zee or
dered from Kentucky and Ohi' bpt
they are very tardy IN their movements
lit is therefore most fortunate cir
cumstance thatthe country from sTamps
aud boys, is such, as to prevent the sne
nay approaching with large f>Tre,-
Partis. ut Ini,ans are CONSTANTLY Turks
aoout Fort Meigs and have killed one
or two officers and soldiers.
Pnss6urg Gaz.
The following aneCdote is extracted
from the St, Petcrsburgh Patriotic and
Political Journal, d periodical woyk,
something in the nature of our maya
zines, pow published IN the Russian ca
pual 80 We hope to afford pleasure to
cur readers, by furnishing them with an
account of tue escape of Lieutenant lie
neral Baron Winzingerode, and OF Ma
ior Narishkin, who was taken prisoner
AZ the same time with the Baron. On
their way to Miusk they continued to
cherish great hopes OF being freed from
their captivity, but when they had ad,
vanced beyond that town all shade" Oh
hope fed. The French also were 80
confident of the security of their prison
ers, that they guarded them earelessiy.
One morning, BaronWinzlnTerode esPl-
ed a Cossack at some distance, and com
municated this to Major Narishk'n, who
at first was 10th to credit 1t; however,
ON approaching nearer, they were soon
convinced they had in reality discovered
8 warrior of the DanGbe. Baron WIN
zinpsrode rose up, exhibited his orders
to view, and exclaimed, am nu',
sian General" The Cossack VANISHED
in AN instant but soon after, twelve OF
his companions appeared, fell upon the
guards, disarmed them, took the Cap
fivss from the carriages, placed them on
Cossack horses, and galloped on WIKI
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