Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-16

on the ouays Of the Admiralty, Of Basil, at the
gate of Catharine the II. and al the foot Of the
statue Of Peter l. Every thing went off quiet
": the people, who are almost wholly traders,
| took little part in the ceremony. On the morn
ing of the 25th, the troops were assembled,
under arms, at theis respective parades, in the
islands formed by the Neva, before the Hotel DIES
Cadets. The greater part of the regiments OF
the Guards took the oath without murmuring,
but without enthusiasm; the young guard, and
especially the regiment of Lithuania, and the
marines refused 70 take it, shouted Constantine
forever On this General Miloradowitch, the
Governor of St. Petersburg, who had assisted
at all the previous deliberations, surrounded
| with promptitude the mutinous troops, who
kept up well sustained fire until the artillery
was brought against them, for the preparations
were the same as in regular engagement
Gen. A'ioradowitch was killed by man in
| frock; two other General Officers were severe
| ly wounded.
The SQUARE was covered with dead and
wounded, and so eager was the contest between
the combatants-felow soldiers and fellow CT
tizens. that it might have been looked on as an
action with foreign foe. The accounts OF the
result of this affair are various Some say that
| the mutineers recognized Nicholas l. as Empe-
ror of Russia. King of Poland, and Grand Duke
of Finland, and that they implored his clemen.
CIV; that every thing vas tranquil In the lmpe-
rial Palace; and that TIE Deum had been
chaunted by the Priests in the thirty-six Greek
Churches Of the capital; that the Acts OF the
Chancery, the Judgments of the Courts and
Tribunals are issued in the name of Nicho-
las. Others say, that far from imporing the
clemency Of the Sovereign, and submitting 10
his laws, the mutneers, on the contrary, have
entrenched themselves in the Admiralty, and
that every thing is in confusion al st. Peters
burgh; that such Of the guards as remain faith
ful, encamp round the Palace as round cita-
del, and that in word, the most dreadful dis
asters are anticipated. / shall not finish this
letter without giving you some information
touching the army, which is called on to pro-
tect the new successor of the Cars. You know
that secret societies have diifused their unhap-
py influence throughout all degrees, & through
out all countries. When, in 1918, the students
Of the Universities Of Germany and Prussia
Joined the ranks of the Allied Armies, affila-
ted societies were clandestinely formed, which
extended themselves through the whole of the
armies Of the Holy Confederation. The Rus
sian officers, in particular, adopted the princi-
piles of this Carbonarism and in this point the
armies of the Cars are perhaps more democrat
lied than any other. What is to be feared in
the midst of these debates about the Sovereign
ty is, that under the cover of an august name,
these hidden and peryerse associations should
gain ground and lead TO a civil war, in their at
tempts at mastery. This is an additional con-
sideration, which, amongst others, must weigh
in your deliberations.
"P. S. 1t is asserted that the Emperor Nicho-
las, the better 20 inspire them with devotedness
to him, told the Regiments of his Guards that
Constantine had been nominated Generalssimo
of the Russians. Letters from Warsaw an
nounce that Constantine had not admitted the
Deputation Of the Russian Senate which came
TO pay their homage to him. He had refused
TO admi. several other Deputations which
came to congratulate him on his arrival. 1t is
that the dispatches from Warsaw
were sealed with red, as formerly. Nothing
can equal the impotence with which, through
out all Germany, news from Russia is looked
for. In the mean time the German papers
dare hardly repeat the numerous reports that
are in circulation, so much terror is mingled
with the general Impotence
From the Etoile Sunday.
Paris, jan. "A letter from St. Peters5urgh |
Of the 2eth, adds TO the details which we gave
yesterday, of the events Of St fetersburgh.
We will not dissembe how much these oc-
currences are 20 be deplored and we need not
add, how much they have affected the Empe-
ror.
But those who witnessed the noble conduct
Of this monarch, his magnanimity, his calm
and immovable serenity; those, too, who adj
mired the enthusiasm even Of the troops and
of the old Generals; those who reflected on the
conduct Of the Grand Duke Michael, which
led to such successful results; those, in fact, who
consider that the rebels remained four hours
in public square, all the avenues to which
were for long time open, and that they re-
ceived, by way Of reinforcement, only drunken
soldiers, and some Of the lowest class of citizens
in this same state Of drunkenness; that Of all
the regiments Of the Guards, some few compa-
MES were seduced, or hurried along, but that no
one corps in mass took any part in the seditious
movement; they, we say, who reflect upon all
these things, will admit that we have expert
enced momentary crisis, which has only
tended 10 show in stronger colours the charac-
ter Of the Russian nation, the ardent fidelity OF
the army, and their general attachment to the
august person of their legitimate Monarch.
In fact, the spontaneous confessions OF the
principal culprits-,be prompti,ude with
which the mutneers were dispersed at the first
attack-the sincere repentance of the soldiers,
an ho b.ctened IN rpturn 10 their barracks and