Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-04-02
NEw.yoRK, March -.
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Cs.,lersaeh, his majes,v's principal
secretary If state Tor Foreign Atfaifs'
from his excellency General VIscount'
Ca,hcart, X, B, his Majrstys Amoas-
sa,or Extraordinary and Plemeo5et-
,,arv 70 the court OF Russia dated
ST Pefsrsbarg, Jan. 2, lsiS.
Nix LORD,
have the honor herewith ia
transmit 10 YOUR Lordship copies OF TWO
proc,anations together wah nomihai
list of the General officers who have
been taken prisoners by the Russian ar
mics, which I have just receives rom
WILMA, bat " hich have not yet been pub
lished here.
No further official intelligence OF MI
li,ary operations has been received mere
since my last. =.
Private letters Of the soth from LII
beau, mention that the French troops
stationed a, tina, place marched on toe
72d Of December for Memel--irom
which it appears impossible that they;
should rot have heen. cot off, it they at
tempted Tilsi,, which was occupied on
the 18Th by Coun, Wi,tgenstein who was
nearer to Konigsberg.
Ihave the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) CAIhChhl
DECLARATION.
AT the moment Of my ordering the ar
mics under my command to pass the
Pr,:ssian frontier, the Emperor, my mas
ter, directs me to declare, that this step
is to be considered in no other light than
as the inevitable consequence OF the
military operations.
Faithful to the principles which have
actuated his conduct at all times, tbs
Imperial Majesty is guided by no view
of conquest The sentiments OF mode
ration which have ever characterised his
policy are still tho same, alter the de-
cisive successes with which Divine Fro
violence has blessed his legitimate Efforts
Peace and independence shall be their
result. These his Majesty offers, toge-
Their with his assistance, to every Peo-
pie, who, being at present obliged to op,
pose him, Shall abandon the cause OF
Napoleon, in order to follow that OF their
real interest. invite them to take ad'
vantage Of the fortunate opening when
the Russian armies have produced, ana
to unite themselves with them In the
pursuit of an enemy whose precip''aie
FIGHT has discovered lts loss OF power.
II is to Prussia in particular to which
this invitation is addressed. 1t is the in.
tentiou of his Imperial Majesty to put
an end to the caiamities by which shells
oppressed, to demonstrate to her hing
the friendshipwhichh he preservestor hin',
and to restore to the monarchy OF fre-
deric its eclat and its extent He hopes
that bis Prussisn ma cs,y, animated ~
sentiments which this frank declaration
ought to produce. will, under such clr-
cumstanees, take that part alone which
the wishes Of his people and the ihte-
rest Of his States demand. Under this
conviction, the Emperor, my master, has
sent me most positive orders to avoid
every thing tat could betray spirit OF
hostility between the two powers and to
endsayor. within the Prusslan provinces.
to soften, as far as state OF war VIII
hermit, tie evils which, for short time,
must result from their occupation.
The Marshal Commander III Chief oil
the armies.
(Sgned)
PROCLAMA ZION.
When the Empe,or OF all the Russias
was compelled BY val OF aggression.
TO take arms for the defence ii his ststes,
His Imperial Majesty, from the aecur.
CIV of his combinations, was enabled t.
form all estimate OF the important resn IS
which that war might produce with re-
spect to the independence of Europe.
The most heroic eUnstancy, the Creates
sacrifices, have led to series OF tri-
umphs, and when the Commander III
Chief, Prince Koutousoff Smoiensko,
led his victorious troops beyond the Me.
men, the same principles still continued
10 animate the sovereign. At no period
has Russia been accustomed to practice
that art, (too much resorted TO IN me-
dern wars) of exaggerating BY false state
men,s, the success Of her arms,
But With whatever modesty her de-
tails nigh, now be penDed, they would
appear incredible. Occular wltnesses
are necessary to prove the facts to France
to Germany, and to Italy, before the
slow progress of truth will hll those
countries with mornings and conster-
pstion.-Indeed its difficult to conceive
that in campaign Of only four months
duration, one hundred and thirty thou
sand prisoners should have been taken
from the enemy, besides nine hundred
pieces of esnrop, forty nine stand OF CO.
lors, and all the Wagon train aid bag
gage of the army A list OF the names
of all the Genera. takcnis hereunto an
na,.d II will he EASY e fern an estl-