Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-09-02

Prince NicoIai tbrotlIer of the En-
peror) himselfcoald not persuade the
soldiers to sbey-surroundedby three
regiments, they gave up their arms
without resistance. on a promise ct a
full pardon of their mutiny on their
delivering sp the ringleaders to pun
ishment-"We are all equally culpa-
bIe"-was the answer made by the
old warriors. The whole regiment
was sent to forts of the Batnic, there
to perish by want and bad air.
In 1929, the army coming back
from the Turkish frontiers wasquar-
tered near the city Of Wilna-the
grand duke Nicolai, commanding the
division of the guards, offended a
major belonging to this body-the Of
ficer demanded his discharge. but the
Emperor, to whom it was reported,
ordered him to enter in the same rank
in regiment of the line, contrary to
law, an offer Of the guards getting
into the line always advancing one
degree. All his comrades resented
promptly thi, affront and asked to be
discharged--but were, fifty in num-
Der, forced to act in the line; with
what attachment to the sovereign is
easily imagined.
There is not the least enthusiasm
in Russia for the cause "fthr Greek.
The noblema", without any religious
principles at all. thinks only how to
waste his fortune, or to c0nspire a.
gainst his sovereign, for fear Of his
encroaching on the feudal privileges.
The peasant. himself a slave. is. as
such, void of all liberal feeling to.
wards his fellow creatures, and is
moreover, taught to hate the Patri-
arch of Constantinople and his fol-
lowers, a. heartily as the christian
sects; the citizcns are as yet not nu-
merous enough to influence any mat
ter of consequence.
Conspiracies against the present
Empernr's life happen frequently
In s1s, when Alexander came back
from Vienna, he was saved trum an
instantaneous death by his brother
Consta tine, who came in time to call
in the assistance of the guards against
the murtlerers. all nob!emen of the
first rank. Disconnected with the en-
peror. From this period the credit
of Constantine with his brother had
greatly increased. and the unfortu-
nate PalIacks we're utterly unpr"tert-
ed against the cruelty of this barba-
riah.
The most shocking instances OF his
insane fury have occurred during the
later years He hsbitually strikes both
officers and soldiers Of the Polish ar.
my, and deprives them OF their rank
whenever they incur his displeasure.--
lie exercises the Same arbitrary power
over all the inhabltants of Warsaw; Sc
duces the daughters Of the most em'-
nent citizens and is now about to trans
fer the scene of iniqui'ies to more re-
mote part Of the country, the inhaolt.
ans Of the present capital having still
too liberal feeling to bear such atrocl-
ties without murmuring.
Throughout the empire the most
frightful system Of espionage is carried
on-neither the cottage nor the palace
is free from it. Noblemen of the first
rank are not asha med to bear the no
norao bic employment of a spy. A secret
police 10 established at ST. Petersburg.
whose branches are spread throughout
the country. Men of the highest dis
tinction are denounced daily to this in.
fernal tribunal, and condemned with
GU. ever being heard in their own de.
fence The slightest remarks on any
act of government are punished with
perpetual Punishment from both CAPT.
tails: on stronger suspicion. the wilder'
nesses of Siberia are ready to receive
those who are obnoxious to government.
The numerous fortresses OF the empire,
slso contain the miserable victims Of ty-
rannseeeityl the fortress Of ST. Peters-
burg kssaot excepted; and Alexander l.
looks from the sumptuous apartments
of his palace, on the gloomy mansions
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