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

Il
sian MISUNDERSTANDING Correspondent Of b.
turday last.
The private letters received in Londo,
Monday, By the Hamburg steam boats from W VI
rious parts Of Poland, Russia and Prussia. fnnS
bear out the successes Of the Poles. The ~:
sress of the revolution in Lithuana would t ~
pear to be even more rapid than is to be infsrrls
from the accounts in the German papers !.
letter from Memes of the lst instant, states Il.
overthrow OF the Russian authority in Win, ~
be complete. The first impulse to the pouuI,,
movements was given py the priests. who car
ried their enthusiasm to the extent of exhortn,
from the pulpit the people to rise against beiss
oppressors. Nearly all persons in Lithuania hoIJ
ing authority under the Emperorhad been dispI,c.
ed, and scarcely any troops existed to Offer m
position, as the greater part had been drauobtsd
off for the invasion of Warsaw. About con RNs
sian troops had arrived in MemeI as fueitiyes i
a most destitute condition. The insurgents ws,s
directing their march in considerable force "a
wards Polansen, where depot of arms and uI
liable property existed Some letters say h,
symptoms of disaHeciion have been manifes,sJ
IN Finland also, and that the fidelity Of the ,roon
stationed in that province was doubted. In al
dition to the accounts in the Polish Gazette. n.
private information from Hamburg. states b,,
the battle of the 51st was renewed on III. Ia.
inst. and terminated in brilliant victory. bs
Russians having lost 10, 900 prisoners, IS pieces
of artillery, stand OF cOlors, and nearly do
whole of their arms, baggage and ammunition
Among the prisoners is said to be Russian Gen.
eral aud his four AidesdeC Camp. Nothing seem,
left for General Diebltsch. according to the Ham.
burch accounts. but speedy retreat, and th,,
under circumstances so difficult as 10 call into
action all the known energy ard resources of hs
character. IL is impossible to describe the de.
light which these glorious Efforts Of the brave
Poles have caused on the Exchange Of Losdor
They are the theme Of universal admiration
berlin, April
From the desperate fighting which mahsl
the close OF February, it was thought that all d.
uncertainty would soon be at an end, and Il.
destiny OF Poland sealed for ever. The cOatn.
ry, however, has occurred, and for upwards Of.
month the accounts from that country have been |
almost barren of intelligence. The silence which
has been observed all the time by The Poles, aud
the kind OF mystery which accompanied d.. |
movements of the Russians, onl " served to sharp
en- public curiosity; men were impatient to draw
aside the curtain which yelled the scene Of &C. |
ton. and to behold without delay, the cOncusicr |
ol a contest. the commencement OF which has eE |
cited such universal interest 1t was imagined
thar the Hero OF the North was adustin. /
some GIGANTIC plan, which would soon come FORT
mature and be productive of great events Th I
public was consequently kept in state Of t, |
most anxious suspense:and the friends OF Poland
trembed at the arrival Of every mail. But hcr
shall give you an idea of the general feelig
which burst forth, when it was announced thu |
the resumption of hostilites had been slsnal1s
bv the complete defeat of the Russians rU
Waiver !-Surprize, admiration, even comps
sion was depicted on peoples countenances; Ia
it is still here the prevailing opinion, that the E
triotism and undaunted courage of the Poles
unassisted by foreign aid, must sooner or later
fall PROSTATE before the fcrocious hOrdes tta!
keep swarming in upon that devoted county,
But will France, will England, it was asked
England, at whose call so many free States have
risen up into existence-coolIy assist at the eI
termination OF whole people, whose crime cor
sists in their having attempted to wrest from Their
oppressors the same rights which these nations
themeIves. considered ltimpious to surrender
The particulars of the battle of Waiver have n&
yet reached this town. TO say that the POa
fought on this occasion with their known yalU,
would be superfiuous, but some people assG
that the Russians were actually panic struck
their fierce and unexpected attack. The Pca
were commanded by Gen. Skrzynecki, and, alta
two hours fight, they completely routed Gerea
Geismar, who was posted in very strong pr
ton near Waiver, pursued him towards Mma
forced Gen. Rosen, who had come up to the q
sis;ance of the Russians to retire before tk1
and finally took possession of the position C''
GeIsmar had occupied. The Russians lost moe
than one thousand men; on the side Of the roo
there were between 400 and 500 killed '%
wounded
There has lately been report that NIchoa
has expressed himself in angry terms resPfl1l:
DiebitSch, and that he is about to withdraw 'o'
command from him, and confer it on Gen, T'I
mar. A gentleman lately arrived from r"a.
gives the most flattering account OF The h'a'n
army, and states It as his decided opinion a'
they must by this time have passed the 'sas
must, however, observe that the ensassw
near Waiver was posterior to this senheD''
departure.
1t is said that the Russian Ambassador az
den refuses to sign any passports Tor those fTS
artisans who wish to return to their county,"
that IN order to prevent them from compia,r,I-