Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-16
From the Norfolk Beacon of March Is
FROM EUROPE.

Chronicle of the 18th Jan'y, received at Thu
office, by the packet ship Richmond, Captain
Crabtree.
The Emperor Nicholas succeeds to the I'm
perial crown Of Russia, and to those Of the
Kingdom of Poland and the Duchy Of Finland,
in consequence Of the two spontaneous renun
citations Of his august brother, the Grand Duke
Constantine, the last will of the Emperor Al
exander, and Of the fundamental law of the or
der of succession to the throne. In the con-
duct thus pursued by the Grand Duke Consran-
tine, il may be remarked that he did not wish
the throne to remain vacant single moment,
which would have been the case had he recog-
Missed the proclamation which was made in his
favor at ST. Petersburgh. 1t was in his charac.
ter Of Grand Duke, therefore, that he renewed
his remuneration to all his rights.
Private letters announce that the plague had
broken out with great violence at Walachia
and Moldavia.
A courier from the French embassy at ST.
Petersburgh, which left that capital on the goth
Dec. has arrived at the Foreign Office, London.
A courier has also arrived at the Russian en-
bassy.
From tie Quoiidienns Of The 18Th Jan.
.pRussn.-PRIvATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
INTERESTING.
&c Berlin, Jan. 5.-We receive no authentic
intelligence except from Warsaw. The couri
ers from St. Petersburgh are stopped, as ii is
said in the capital of Poland. know not whe-
Their this measure has been adopted by Constan-
tine for the purpose Of keeping foreign govern
ments from learning the melancholy events at
the capital; or whether it is to be considered
merely as piece of policy, rendered necessary
by the peculiar situation of Poland, and the
feelings of its people; but as you know that we
have other means Of communication with ST.
Petersburgh, by the way OF Dantzig, Konigs-
berg, Riga, and Revel, our government, which
is so deeply interested in knowing what is 60
8 ing forward in respect 10 the succession TO the
tarone Of Russia, keeps Gp regular communi-
caticn by that route. Letters OF the Goth ult
dated Peteisburgh have been received by our
Cabinet. Reports are circulated, but with an
air of much mystery, for you must know that
our government police is exceedingly strict
In the first place, in regard TO the news from
Warsaw, Constantine has not yet Quilted that
capital, and nothing has occurred that lndlcat-
ed his intention of going to Petersburgh That
his Remuneration was voluntary, was generally
believed, but from the hardness ne displayed IN
having his brother proclaimed TO The army un-
der his command, one was led to ask whether
the act Of submission and acknowledgment IN
respect to the Emperor Nicholas, would not be,
IN fact, the most formal of all the annunciations
of the throne, and whether such striking ex-
ample of it would not have expressed his au,
gust will better than any written abdication.-
/, is asked, moreover. if Poland is to cease to
obev the Emperor Of Russia, since nothing has
been done there in the name of Nicholas, and il
the Russian Polish army, commanded by Con-
s,antine. was to be detached from the military
forces Of that great empire, since the oath OF
ALLEGIANCE to the new Emperor has not YET been
called for by Constantine, its chief, and Vice
gerent of the Imperial power in Poland.
"Letters from The interior of Russia, from
Mohilow, Smolensk and Novogorod, announce
that certain emotion, or, at least feeling OF
deep anxiety is manifested in those internal
narts where Russian manners are more dis
tinctly marked, than at Petersburg, and above
all. that the chiefs and the army are objects OF
dread You know that besides the garrison OF
Petersburg, which consists of $4,000 or 5000
men, there are about ten armies dispersed o.
yer the vast territories Of Russia In the neigh
borbood of Novogorod is cautioned military
column of about $4,000 men; General Sacken
commands the army Of Wi,epsk, Smolensk,
Mohilow. which is about 10000 strong. ne
army Of Bessarabia, added TO that oil fedoiia,
reckons more than 100000, destined to OBJ
serve Turkey; without counting the military
columns Of the Ukraine, the Cossacks OF the
Don,&c Now you will observe that the EmPe-
ror regnant must get his power acknowledged
by all these armies, over whom the opinions and
feelings Of the inhabitants Of the interior have
always an influence, smaller or greater In
respect to these feelings, all can say to you
is, that they are not favorable to new IDEAS
There is much more of the genuine Russian at
Moscow, than at Petersburg, and Moscow
is a civilized city compared with The less i'm
portapt cities which border on the Volga, and
and even on the Moskwa. In the present situa.
ton of affairs, our recollections are inyolunta-
r;ly drawn to the vast empire Of Rome, under
che Casars, there is certain identity in the po-
s;,;on of Russia at present l have just re-
ce;xed intelligence directly from Petersburg,
which came through the maritime cities. 1t
e s,;ll more doubtful and more uncertain. AZ
,sr long family deliberations on the Oath Dec
in the evening, the proclamation OF the l2th
in the. Russian andGerman languases'uas post