The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-06-22
f 0 r EIGN NEWS.

Our accounts from, London are to the I7ik of
May, four days later than before The prjaei.
pal articles Of inteltig t4em 1oiH be found
belOlo.
POLAND.
The following intelligence is gathered from
different English papers The latest dates
from warsaw are to the 5th of Nav. The
head quarters of the Polish army were then at
Jendrzelow, near Kaluszyn. The cholera NOR.
bus was not found to extend It's ravages and,
as preeautlon against infection, a sort of fan
mel and leather belt was worn by the soldiers,
and this antidote is described as popular in the
army. 1t seems quite evident that the Rus.
slams have experienced another check, and are
prepared for temporary if not final abandon.
ment OF their enterprise. Gen. Diebitsch fol-
lowed up the Polish army to the vicinity of
their former entertainments on the Vistula, and
being unable to bring them To an action,
or to maintain his advanced position in
their front, with hostile population in his
rear, again retreatsd, on the last days of April,
and has returned to the Russian frontier The
success of Gen Dwernicki in Volhynia seems
now placed beyond doubt No observer of
political events can hesitate about the impor-
lance of his advance into that province.
The London Courier says, the Russian COM
mander has again been failed, and for the
discontinue. AS soon as the first movement
from Siedlec, which was Diebitsch's head quar-
tiers for some time, denoted an intention on the
part of the enemy to advance, Skyrznecki de.
spatehed couriers to Warsaw to prepare them
Tor retreat OF the army, and to desire that the
place might be put in condition to sustain
siege, In case the fortune of war should be
against the cause in a general engagement.
Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm with
which the news was received. The citizens
renewed their assurances of devotion to their
country and in an incredible short space of
time. new tete dH pOnt was constructed at
Praga, and second wall of protection was
thrown up by $4,000 men, which was sufficient
to shelter the whole of the patriot army. The
most influential senators and citizens went out
to JOIN the camp, and every one had reconciled
himself to the worst. The retreat, in the mean
time, continued, the Poles every where carly
ing with them the inhabitants of the country,
and every description of provision which could
serve as subsistence to the enemy Upon the
9th OF April, Skrzynecki had reached the cap
ital, and fixed his head quarters there the bulk
OF his army was at Milosna, a dozen miles dis
tant. In their retreat, they appear TO have
been greatly harrassed by the Russians, and at
Minsk an action of some consequence took
place, in which the Russians say the Poles lost
considerable number of men but this is de-
MED by the accounts upon the other side. Ar
rived at DembO Wielki, the Russians found
that they could not procure " even a little straw
for their herses,'' and the Field Marshal had
therefore no alternative, but again to sound
retreat, in which he has been pursued by the
Poles and the last account of him is from Nor
dy, which is beyond Siedlec, the point from
which he set out. On the 29th April, the whole
Polish army had again advanced and resumed
its former positions at Kostrayn, and beyond
Siennca. On the 30th the Polish army ad.
vanced, and the vanguard was in the morning
at Kaluszyn. The effec: of this retrograde
movement besides its influence upon the still
wavering provinces of Russian Poland, proves
that the subsistence Of the Russian army is en-
tirelY dependent upon their supplies in the
rear, and these may be intercepted by the in
surgents.
A Warsaw account says-aflsr several ma
neuvres Marshal Diebitsch has failed in pro-
voking the Poles to fight general battle. HIS
army, after suffering all sorts of prIvations be-
gan to mutiny, and envies the fate of those who
have fallen into our hands The retrograde
movement of Diobitsch is the consequence Of
the development of the instruction in Lithua-
MIA. All the details which we receive from that
province make us suppose that the plan of
Skrzynecki will be carried speedily into COM
pete execution. The Russian Generals re-
proach Nicholas with having given the COM
mand of his armies to Germans, and to repair
this fault, the Emperor wishes TO see only Rus
slams at the head Of his army, and Count Peter
Tolstol has been appointed TO the supreme com
mand. camp of reserve is to be formed at
Witepsk, TO guarantee the ancient possessions
of Russia from invasion, should the Poles, fore
ing Diebitsch TO retire, not stop at the Dwina
and the Dnieper. The Albanian insurgents
come in hundreds into Podoa and several of
them have reached our army. 1t was general
v reported yesterday, that the Russians had
retreated from Sisdlec, and left there 10000
sick. The latest accounts say, that Col Luz
vinski, who commands a separate detachment,
has made himself master of Ocholenka, and to.
tally defeated Gen. Sacken.
Six English Surgeons had joined the Polish
army. During the skirmshes the Poles made
prisoner of Narischkn, a natural son Of the
Emperor Alexander, who was exchanged by
Count Dlebltsch for an eminent Polish Colonel
Another Polish paper, the State Gazette,
gives long official report Of the Generaliss-
mo, dated Jenduzcjoro, Cd May, as supple.
ment to his report Of the 26th of April He
relates the advance of the Russians from Sled
lee, the action near Minsk, in which Gen. Gull
gud SO greatly distinguished himself, and cid
not retreat according to his instructions, till
the enemy brought forward large masses of
fresh troops, and then rotreated in good order,
repelling all the attacks made on him. Our
loss was three officers and IS subaterns and
prvates wounded. The enemy's loss, the Gen.
eral says, was far greater, from the we'll direct
ed fire of the Polish artillery. The General
then mentions that he intended TO have fought
battle at Danbe, if the enemy had offered it,
which seemed to be his intention, as his move.
ments were not to be accounted for on any 9TH
or supposition; yet, in the night of the 29th.
the enemy began to retreat, followed by our
vanguard, which took many prisoners. In the
nigh; of the 3Oth, Lieutenant Sierawski, with
thirty chasseurs, surprised and attacked the
camp Of a whole regiment Of Cossacks, some of
whom were killed, some made prisoners, and
the remainder dispersed in the forests. The
Gcneral.in Chief complains of the ravages COM
mitted in some places by the Russians, and
says that some physicians, sent to the hospitals
for the cholera patients at Mienca, had been
taken away as prisoners Of war. He adds, how.
ever, that he must do justice to the humanity
Of several Of the Russian Generals their Field
Marshal Diebitsch, finding fifty wounded Poles
~ Minsk Ind Oivrn ordara fb.t Al.