Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-07


tition of a recruiting trick he played
at to opening of the eampaign-He
then took with him animmense num-
Der of artisans of various kinds. agri-
culturists. and gardeners, giving out
that he intended to form new colonisl
establishments, and these artisans
were accompanied by a great number
of women Of the town, who were to
form part Of the new colonies. But
no sooner did he begin to lose men
in Poland, by marches and battles,
than he sent an order TO draft the ar
tisans into different regiments. and
distribute the women as attendants
in the hospitals. And thus ended his
colonial system!
The latter end Of the month Of
Aug. last at au early hour in the
morning, bird was observed on a
tree at a gentIeman's house at Byrt !;
a clown who lived about the house
as servant, mistook il for a hawk
that had come to kill young fowls.
and shot it, when it proved to be a
beautiful green Parrot, and had
round its neck gold ring, on which
was engraved, i" Captain Packham,
Of his Majesty's ship Saidanha." A
personin an.adj joining field was listen,
ing to the bird when it was shot, and
thought it was attempting to speak
either the Spanish OF French Ian
guage. What seems extraordinary
is, that the bird had not been seen
in any part of the country before
that morning, though the vessel from
which it must have escaped. was lost
on the 18th December last. off Tough
Swilley. The place where it WAS
killed was about go miles from the
wreck. Poor poll and a dog were
the only survivors from that ill fated
ship and her gallant crew.
Relfust N'eEsletter.
October 81.
We have no arrivals from Gotten
burgh to-day, and we have even no.
thing that can be depended upon from
the opposite coast on the subject Of
the affairs Of Russia. There were
indeed two reports in the City this
morning; one stating that Bonaparte
had returned to Paris, and another
that he had sent for his wife to meet
him at Warsaw. OF the two the
latter is most probable. TIE formi-
dable positions of the Russian armies
in his front-the cGmfortiess situa-
ton OF Moscow and its eEvirons-
but, ahcve all. his chagrin and dis
appointment, which have been allu-
ded to in Lori Catheart's dispatches,
at finding no whisper of disaffection
TO the Russian Govcrnment--no Mu-
scovite so desencrated. or rather so
hereit of manhood, as TO shout "Nive
Napoleon :" on his entrance into the
Kremlin-thcse, we say. must be
calling considerations TO this spoiled
Child Of Victory, whose approach to
the sabjugated Capitals of Europe
has been generally hailed by the be-
sotted inhabitants as the advent OF a
deliverer.
Windser, .N0O. 4.
Earl MORA has consented to soto
India as Governer-G General OF Ben
cal and COMMANDMENTS Chief of the
forces east of the CAPE Of Good Hope.
On Tuesday last the appointment wa,
communicated to the Chairman and
Deputy Chairman ofthe indian Com:..
pany, and received by them with
warm appreciation.
November 2.
The Diet Of Poland issued on the 9Th
of October, an order for raising new
levy of 40, 900 men, to be completed IN
six weeks. The official document Ia
serted in the Warsaw Gazette states 1t
to be at the request of Bonaparte.
Some hundreds of Spanish prisoners
of war are employed on the new canal
which is to Join the Rhine to the Rhohs'
and which terminates al Huninguen.
November 5.
A cartel has been for SOME time ex'
,.,,.d from America. Yesterday the
unpleasant tidings were received, that n.
the Orozembo had sailed from balti-
more, in that character, with about zoo
British passengers, bound to Liverpool
and that during tie heavy gale on l ues-
day last, she was wrecked on the coss.
of Ireland, and out OF the whole nomee'
on board, not more than five or SIX were
s.7cd. The names of those preserved
has not as yet TRANSFERRED and we Tor
bear mentioning thoss OF persons sup
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