Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-06-23

heaten of
Erfraef 81 ieHeT from Ia''', ,eee,Oe0
by The french national org of'p'e'
You will have heard of the wonder
full changes which have taken place
here-ncr will your astonishMent be d.
minished by knowing, that the g'and
res,n has been. in great degree, the eff.
fect Of accident.
Napoleon had made an attempt to car
| ~ the Dosition at Bar sur Aube, which
wa, occupied BY the main army OF the
allies. In this attempt he failed. His
nov, s,deavor was. 10 turn this position,
and attack tbeis magszines-and if they
r,r.ued m fail hack on his fo. tiled
n,,c.s reinforce his army with their
a.,r;sons and then give another gene
r'J n ,t,Ir. Marshal Marmont in the
mean time covering and defending Pa.
,;s-He had marched nearly a whole
| Jo, :, rr,..cntion of this plap before the
IL. go ,,,r;sed &C his design. Some
r',iorea IN their not. and
49, a,ar,, wien az report saws, A.
~" Ja,s.,,.,as,ed an immediate mar, h
D.; ~. iden WAS sdoDted &
~ !, thc so,h of March.
,s.,,s ,s fn,,b, which decided. at
o1''. -. ef,,e ;,v and of RE war.
n, -, Commended in one side and
Swar,zenhurs on the other. The fir.
49, hana, ~ fonr O'Clock in the, morn
49,, ,nd ended about the same hour in
rs ar,srnnon when Marmon, entered
WV" 'u onn.s,,,on TO evacua,e the city,
anL - c,r,v with him his troops, bag
a.,,,iery Sc. No capltuja,ion
49, $500, c.r IN. civ. either by Mar.
,,nn, or s.ber,-but all possible care
,.r., >, rrrseye lt-TAe battle was
fonnn, with rreat op,unacy on both
.;des and with great loss to the allies
>. ,hcv were Obliged to carr, man
iron, no.i,;ons by assault. It i, most
ey,,.nrd,nsry fact, that Bonap2rte was
Gor ,our day. isnorant of the movement
of ,be allies trom B.r-sur.Aube to Pa
r;s THIS lost time be cndcavored to
r.,,;e,e nv forced marches, and bad ac-
,na,lv reached Fon,ainb!eau when the al
lis had carried the capital. Ii Mar.
moo, had been able to hold Paris as he
,hou,h, he was, for four days, or even
enr,1o Ro,,,ar,e would have been up.
on the rear of the allies--and, no doubt,
.,;u Erneror. The events which fol-
lived the capture of the city. made his
continuance, us such, impossible. GA
the Slss the Emperor OF Russia. King
ot Prussia. &c. entered Paris. Tbs for
MGR rode directly to Taleyrand's Ho-
rel, where he remains with his minister
Conn, Ne.selrode. Ga the evening of
the same day Talleyrand convened the
Senate. A constitutional act, as called
here, was drawn up, and provisional
government declared; consisting OF Tai
leyrand, Jaucourt, Montesluicu, and
Dalberp. Alta subsequent session, Ma.
polean was deposed, on the ground Of
his having violated the constitution. and
The army and nation invited to unite in
a,nr.v;np this act. So soon as these
a r ,f the Senate were made known to
the army, corps after corpsadeclared a.
Gains, the Emperor, until he was actual
" left without other troops than the old
guards, and few general officers. He
then abdics,ed in favor of the King Of
Row., his son-bu, the abdicstion in
tia, form wa, not accepted. He now
negotiated for his own safety and main.
,enance: and in doing so, has become
coo,emn,ible to all parties.
Ths constitutional act, mentioned a.