Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-24

ay has fingered in reaching its maturity. Ureat
eeoo,fns;on aud alarm prevailed throughout the
c;ty The Portuguese residents are in great teaf'
hath for their property and lives, il the present
S,.te nj anarchy is allowed to continue. Inc
troons attached to the Emperor al! went ever 10
tho nconle. Under these circumstances, ne mas
been compelled to leave. All business Is Of course
at an end" 49,. a., u;.h.
letter of Publication. Exercising the right
which tbe Constitution gives me, declare that
have Voluntarily abdicated the throne ~
vor of nv dear and beloved son. Don Pedro D.
AIcASrARA. rsisned] PEDNo.
Bonna Vista, April 8, 1881. and OF indie
pendcnce and the Empire the 1850 )
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proposals of a Federal Union.-At inner
of the friends of the ST. Pa,rick's OrP1ar -.r'f'
t., held in Dublin, Mr.. O'Connel'; "ili .e!af-
ence to the repeal of the Union, sa!d beg
now to call your attention TO plan tn nave
heard spoken of by several members ct Inc ,.e-
gisIature, from various parts OF the empire us
a plan of federal cOnnexi0n with England. IL Is,
that the English, Irish, and Scotch members
should meet in London, as before, bnt tia' I'D
their own countries thew should meet Tor the dis
cusson of private bills and their local concerns.
Thus. for instance. that there should be 500 mem
hers elected for Ireland; that this number OF re-
representatives. should meet i'll Dublin to manage
private bills and take care of the local interests
and necessities of this part of the empire; that
when the sessions here conclude, 100 OF those
members should 90 over to England TO Join the
main body OF the Legislature, in which would
be considered the general concerns, and interests,
and foreign relations of the empire" This plan
! he thought deserving OF trial.
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The spirit of liberty which has awaKed Poland
| from her sleep of thradom-whicl has animated
her to spurn the shackles that the autocrat has
forged around her, is the admiration Of the civil.
lied world-the bravery that her people have
evinced, and the victories they have won, give
strong hopes that she will be successful in her
march to Independence. This struggle has
brought two military characters in bold relief be-
fore the world-one heretofore known, and sur
named for his achievements in the Turkish war,
Zabalcansky,-the other. heretofore unknown to
famc-<hut now. who has not heard OF Skrzynec-
XII pronounced skrejinetskI the present COM
mander in.chief of the PoIishPatriots!
A letter from Warsaw, which We have found in
one of our late English papers give the following
account of this valiant Poie.-N. J. Com.
s.General John Skrzynecki was born in Cali
cia, in 1897, and studied at Leopol. When the
French armies entered Poland in 1906, SkrZy-
necki then nineteen years of age, left his fathers
house, and enlisted in the 1st regiment OF nfan-
try, commanded by Colonel Kaslmir Malachow-
ski. now General OF Division, who lately covered
himself with SO much glory. At the opening of
the memorable campaign of 1909, in the Grand
Dutchy of Warsaw, under Prince Joseph Ponia-
towski, Skrzynecki was raised to the rank of
Captain in the 10th regiment, then formed by
Prince Constantine CZartoryski. In the COM
paIgn of Moscow, in 1912, he was appointed chief
of battalion; and in 1918 and 1914 he gave re-
peated proofs of his talent and intrepidity. Ii
was in the hollow square Of his battalion that Ma
poleon took shelter at Arcis. -Aube, when the
regiments of the young guard gave way. The
Polish soldiers transferred the precious deposit to
the French corps, which arrived soon after, and
Skrzynecki charging the enemy, under the eyes
of the Emperor, beat them back with considerable
loss. Appointed Knight of the Legion of Hon.
our, and OF the Military Order of Poland, Skrzy-
necki returned to his country, with the remnants
of the Polish troops, and obtained the command
of the 9th regiment of infantry, in the Cd brigade
of General Ignacia Blumer, the same who receiv-
ed eighteen balls through bis body in the night
of the e9th of November. SkIZynecki has DIS
tnguished himself on several occasions since the
commehc ement Of the present campaign. and his
brilliant conduct III the great DattleS VI FEBRUARY
have raised him to the highest distiction soldier
could pretend to-"
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A New Trdgedy.-Mr. Adams has been en-
gagged at the Chatham theatre. New York. The
object of the engagement is stated to have grown
out of desire Of the parties. as we'll as the wish
of many literary gentlemen. TO produce new ma.
nuscript PLAY, which bears the title of ''Oswall
of Atkcns.' from the pen of our distinguished
| countryman. John Howard Payne, native Anne
rican, but for many ,,,rs past resident Of Lon
don, where he is catering successfully for the
Drury Lane & Covent Garden Theatres Oh whose
boards have been produced from time to time,
the plays of Brutus, Therese, &c. &c. written
and adapted to the stage by him. The New
York Evening Journal thus alludes to this pro-
duction:
1.-The play Of Oswald of Athens has never
been printed nor acted, but was placed in the
hands of MIR. Adams. while he was in London,
to be brought out in Is country; aud this drama
may be considered by the friends of the Author
as one Of the most nattcring testimonies of his
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