Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-21

nm his road to st. Petersburg, mao thought !. Pi"
dent to stop at Polaugen. 1t was SAID that a
Russian courier with dispatches to the army IN
Poland. had been seized by the Insurgents, MS
opened. and then he had his head Gu,
off. The regular medium OF communication iau
been suspended, and the rising against the govern
ment of Russia throughout Volhynia, Courlaha'
and Li,huania, was expected to become general
The insurgents were to intercept all commuh'ca-
tions from DantZic. from whence the Russian ar
myn Poland received most ct their supplies
The contents of the letters from Memel were
heard with great satisfaction by persons engaged
in the Russian trade.
The insurrection in Italy is completely subdu-
ed the Austrian troops having restored the "hoie
of the temporarily deposed authorities. IN the Sc
veral states of Modena, Parma, and the PoPedom;
and TO explanation Afforded. according to the ex-
pcctaions which NJ. Sebastian held out to the
French Chamber Of Deputies. treaty has been
concluded between the provisional government
and the Pope's lesate at Ancona. whence "no-
LITIGATION" has been issued by the former, stating
that g the violation of the principle Tor non-In-
tervention) consented to BY the nation France
which had promulgated and guaranteed 1t, the
impossibility of resisting the great power which,
has already occupied part Of the provinces with
shed and disorder have induced us. with view
to the public safety to treat with his EminenCe,?
the lesate. So that Austrian cunning has been
an overmatca for the sluggish diplomacy of the
cabinet of Louis Philippe.
By the Brussels papers. it appears that the Bel
sian Government is making active preparations
for war. and that the National Congress is dis
posed 10 render it every possible assistance IN ITS
ch,valrous career. lncependentlv OF authoiIs-
Ing the Government to raise loan OF twelve mil
lons of forms, II has placed at the disposal Of
the minister of war supplementary credit OF SIX
millions; and, still further to meet the pressing
exigenCies of the state. they have empowered the
Government TO employ IN the Belgian service
foreign General.in- Chief, and some other foreign
officers. who are TO ne sworn To defend the llber
ties and integrity Of Belgium. There was a re-
port that the troops of the GermaniC Coniedera-
ton had entered the Grand Ducby OF LuAem-
bourC on the 9th instant. General Belliard, it
appears. has left; Brussels: and, it is added, that
Lord Ponsonby is about To take his departure
from that city.
RUSSIA AND POLAND
The news from Poland is in the highest degree
exhiiirating. Telegraphic accounts were receiv-
cd late on Saturday in Paris, that the Poles had
gained great victory over the Russians III an at
tempt made on large scale by the latter to pass
the Vistula The particulars had not fully trans
PRED; but Just before the Chamber of Deputies
broke up. the news was brought to General Sc
basriani, who communicated it with joy to those
around HIM. The combat was said to be long
and bloody, and the fighting to have lasted for
twenty-five hours. Such particulars as Lave
transpred are alluded TO in the annexed abstract
og the report in the Chamber Of Deputies.
Wilma is likewise in Instruction in the rear
of the Russian army, and directly on the line OF
their communication with St Petersburgh. The
insurgents fas they are styled in the Berlin State
Gazette Of the second instantly were upon the
frontiers of the Prus>ian provinces. Their chief
station, when the last accounts lett, was IN the
district of Augustow. on the banks Of the Ne
men.
At the same time we learn that the Russian &c.
neral JermalLw, who formerly commanded the
Russian army on the Persian frontier, where he
was displaced by Pascovitsch. has raised the
standard of instruction on the banks OF the Vol
ga, and by proclamation invited the Russians
to look out for constitution for themselves, as
other nations were engaged in doing
Berlin. April 1.--Letlers from Konigsberg say.
that on the 2Sth uIt intelligence was received
there from the Russian frontier, that an insurrec-
ton had broken out in the government of Wilma.
According to these letters the insurgents having
obtained possession of the firearms of which
they had some time been previously deprived. and
which had been deposited at Roznyn. were ad-
vancing against Georgenburs. from which place
great number of inhabitants had fed to the
Russian territory On their way to Georgenburg
the insurgents are said to have DESTROYED and
plundcred several small places in the government
of wilma, and to have repulsed several bodies
of Cossacks sent against them From Tisit we
hear that the insurgents have already shown them
selve. in the vicinity of Tanroggen.
Berlin. April 6.-Le!ers from Warsaw have
been received here by express, which contain the
details of the very serious loss which the corps
of General Geismar has sustained by an attack
from the Poles under Skrzyneckl, executed with
equal boIdness and success on 3lst March and
LIST April. The Polish commander-n-ch chief was
informed of the negligence of the Russian al
Wawr and Grochow, in their cantonments and
camp. lie led corps Of $4,000 men on the
80 uIt. to Prague and in the night of the slst of
March approached the Russian camp; the road
was covered with straw, SO that the artillery and