Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-11
.s.bs Frenca consisted in their police

ehn rrenea consisted in their police
.tsm. in consequence they set aboutor
lang nethodical espionage, arrang
g. fbat os:ensibly which should at al
onta be concealed, and although Ges'
>;nad nv nature to be very honest people,
."ay made it a kind of duty to initiate a
go which united the extremes Of jacob
,os7 and despotism."
' Annoycd by this new Supervision, Me
>, s,,ei set out at one for Russia, by way
1sGoIlscia. The officers Of the Austrian
eminent compelled her to perform her
'lnrpey as rapidly as possible, and atten-
%,A ALI her movements. The following
rsrasyaph is part OF her text on this sub
jert. cu :, :. u
,.,ha,a rour passport examined by each cap
~ = crCie OF district, and al every third
,'.I ynu End one Of the chief towns OF the
ii,cic. They had put up placards In the
nice Offices OF all these towns that strict
r. aus, be kept on me as passed through.
iuwas uol tor the singular imperhnence Of
r.,lirp female 10 This manner, and that
trra'e VIM had been prosecuted tor DONG
;,,,ce 10 Germany, one could not help
laughing al the excuses OF stupidity which
,onId publish in capital letters, measures OF
.oIice' the whole strength OF which consists
IN their secrecy. Ii reminded Inc OF ii. de
Ssrrines, nLo had proposed TO give spies
livery
The LADY was escorted by Commissary
ctPolice through Pollard, who did his duly
IN an lItoIers5le mixture OF pedanrV ara
1gor," and when about leaving her on the
Russian frontier, asked her Il she was salts
fed with him, with AL air so UNCONSCIOUS
aud grave, thst all her resentment was in-
s,sHlly disarmed Once within the limits
OF Russia, Sue ielt b, rselt tree and safe, aid
was no longer haTas>ed IN my manner. Do
nsparie hiInse,i was however, then march'
ing upon Moscow aud she mentions that The
F,enth amy made such rapid progress that
she had some reason 10 apprehend meeting
IN N on The road 10 inat place. There she
arryrd when all was hustle OF preparation
los receiving the common enemy. and only
d month before The city Was land IN ashes.-
Sue rested some days at Moscow, l. then pur-
sued Der journey to 81. Petersburg without
iutprmls>iol. Here tie imperial family, the
Court, and whatever Was most conspicuous
in the fashionable world, treated her with
the utmost distinction and kindness. From
Russia she deit rmlned to proceed to Eng
land, by the way OF Sweden, as Hernado'te
h I'd Ioined The allies Il was in So eden---
wnere she passed eight mon'hs, and expert
sncsd the most 1altering hosprtaity-that
she wrote the volume OF Memoirs which we
have under COOs Iteration.
Having followed her So far in her exile, we
shall on another day. continue our extrac 5
from TIE descriptive and aheCdotc parts OF
the volume Among the French iterati, she
stood almost alone in one cirCums' ance
which uugh; to be mentioned for her honor
and the honor of her sex--that though she
bitterly bewalled her exile at almost every
moment OF the ten years during Nhrch it
lasted, though she frankly acknowledged
how III she supported its privafions yet
she remained mhex'ble ia her political OPP
mons, aud never u'tesed word, nor wrote
. hue ii lfemage to the eespotism which il
Mas 50 much her interest 10 propitiate.
To be Continued