The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-19

FESTIVALS succeed each other without inter
rnption. Prince Schwartzenberg after an.
nihiiating the Russian corps under General
o'aIen. is again moving forward. Tschis-
chakoft is vigorously pursued his corps
may lind itself between two fires after the
movement which part of the grand army
has made upon OrsCha. BY its last move
ments 1t appears to threaten Wittgenstein
and Tschischakoff at once: We daily ex-
pcct news of this double movement, and
should have had it here now, we're it not
Tor the swelling of the rivers and the OBJ
struction OF their passage by ice.
" PROCLAMATION,
Issued by the EMPEROR .Hterandeg, dcted
Sc. Petersburg, .Nov. Is.
we, Alexander the first, by the grace o.
God, emperor and autocrat of all the
Russias, &c.
1t is well known to the whole world in
what manner the enemy has entered the
boundaries OF our empire. No step or
means that have 20 frequently been resort
ed to by the punctual fulflment of the
peaccablc stipulstions nor our steady endea-
vonrs by all possible msans to avert the ef-
tects ot bloody and destructive war, have
been able to check his obstinate design, in
winch ne has shown himself entirely i'm
movable. With peaceful promises onhs
tongue he never ceased to think on war
At length having collected large army,
ana strengthened it with Austrian, Prussian,
havarian. Wurtemherg. Westphalian, TIA
Ian, Spanish, Portuguese and Polish reg-
mehts, VINO were constrained through dis
grace and tear, he put himself in motion
with TINS immense force, supplied with vast
quantities ofa,tlllery, and penetrated into
the Interior of our country. Murder, fire
ana destruction were his attendants on the
march. The plundered property. the
towns and villages set on fire, the smoking
ruins of Moscow, the Kreinln blown ,Ip
INTO the air, the temple. and affairs OF the
LORD destroyed, in one word, all kinds of
cruelty and barbarity, hitherto uaheard of,
at length prove by his own actions. that
they have long been lying concealed in the
oePtn OF ms mind. The mighty and happy
Russian empire, which Possesses every
thing in abundance, awakened in the heart
OF the enemy envy and dread. The posses
SION OF the whole world could not satisfy
hun SO long as the fertile fields of Russia
still were happy. Full of this envy
and internal hatred, he revolvet, turned
and arranged i'll his mind all manner of
evil means by which he might give a
dreadful blow TO her power, a total con-
fusion to her riches, and bring general
destruction on her prosperity He like
wise thought by cunning and fiattery, to
shake the hdelity of our subjects; by the
dehlemeDt of the sanctuaries, and of Gods
temples, to make religion unsteady, and to
strike the national sight with follies and
eXtravagancies. On these hopes he built
ms destructive plans, and with them ils
forced himself like pestilential and muir
derous tempest, into the heart of Russia.
The whole world has fixed its attention
on our suffering country, and inwardly
moved, thought they saw in the reflection of
the name OF Moscow, the last day of the
existence of our freedom and independence.
But great and mighty is the God of Jus
uce! The triumph of the enemy, was of
short duration; pressed on all sides by eur
valiant armies and levies, he soon discover
ed tHat by his temerity he had ventured
too far, and that he could not, either bv
MS Wanted army, his seducements, or his
cruelties, inspire fear into the loyal and
valiant Russians, nor save himself from
destruction. After many fruitless endea-
Vors. and now that he see his numerous
troops every where beaten and DESTROYED,
he nov, with the small remains Of them,
seeks ms personal safety in the rapidity of
his Hight; he flies from Moscow with "A
much fear and depression as ne advanced
against it with pride and insolence he flies,
leaving his cannon behind him, throwing a.
way his baggage; and sacrificing every
thing that can retard the witness of his
flight. Thousands of the fngtives daily fall
to the earth and expire. In such manner
does the just vengeance of Cod punish
those who insult his temples. While we.
with paternal tenderness and joyful heart,
observe the great and praise-worthy acti
ons OF our faithful subjects. we carry our
most warm and lively gratitude to the first
cause OF all good-the Almighty God and
IN the next place we have to express our
thanks IN the name of our common country,
to all our LOYAL subjects. as the true sons
OF Russia. BY their general energy and
zeal, the force of the enemy is brought
down to the lowest degree of decline, for
TIC greater part has either been annihila-
ted or made prisoners. All have urahi-
mouslY joined in the work. Our valiant ar.
mics have every where defeated the enc
NY. The higher nobility have spared no
thing by which it could contribute to the
increase of the strength Of the state. The
merchants have distinguished themselves
by sacrifices of ali kinds. The loyal peo-
pie burghers and peasantry, have given
such proofs Of fidelity aud love for their
as can only be expected Of the
Russian nation. They have zealousy and
Voluntarily entered into the hastily raised
levies, aud have shown a courage aud reso-
Luton equal TO veteran warriors. They
have with the same force and iutrepidity
penetrated the encmy's regiments, with
the same tmulsU1cftts with ,Fhich tbev out,,