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from the neglect of all agricultural
operations. want is beginning to be
felt; IL Is certain that ;he cholera has
made its appearance at Warsaw and
m the camp; and the country people
are approaching Warsaw from all di.
rec tions. n Tact from uhirh IL would
appear that the bar barians are advanc-
ing fast upon the capital. Should the y
ever enter the city IL will be- over the
dead bodies Of the inhabitants, after
atrocities and massacrcs worse than
any at those which called for the inter
vention 81 the Powers IF Europe I'm the
struggle between the Turks and Gteeks,
but We can hardly believe that those
Powers will again look quietly on the
martyrdom Of n people superior in
every point Of view to their oppressors.
n people whose almost mirsc ulous bra.
very and patriotic sacrifices prove
them So we'll entitled to freedom.
General SkrZynecki has issued u
proclamation TO the army and the ma
tion in which he does not disguise the
difficulties Of their situation. but tells
them plainly that their only hope Of
ultimate sucoess in the struggle for ma
tional existence depends on their con-
iinued perseverance. He enumerates
the glorious results OF the campaign.
and comments with laudable pride on
the fact that though Poland had At
its commencement but an III organized
force Of $4,000 Ia oppose the hordes ol
Russia, nearly $4,000 Of the latter
have been put hors DIR con,bai, and
l6.00 remain prisoners in Warsaw,
whilst the Poles have taken II flags.
Is or 10000 stand Of arms, and 80
pieces OF cannon, together With great
number Of baggage and ammunition
wagons. &c. We cannot doubt that
his appeal will be met in a correspond
ing spirit. On the other hand the
Autocrat has ordered to be levied an
army of reserve Of 10000 men 10
support the operations Of General Die
bitsch, aud il is ST.. ed that the var is
highly popular in Russia, notwith
standing the reverses sustained by the
Russians.
From the Liverpool Advertiser.
POLAND.-Every order Of the da,
from the geReraiissimo Of the Poles
wisely impressrs on the minds Of the
Warsovians, the necessity Of consider.
ing the war Of virtue and patriotism as
only beginning; reminds them Of the
consolidated power Of Russia; and
warns them against confusion or dee.
pair. ifthe necessary movements should
compel the army to retreat upon the
capital. The German papers are full
Of rumors concerning Poland, and the
French have abundant speculations on
the subject.
The Russian papers maintain, tina,
the losses they have sustained are tri
fling; they laugh at the report Of dis
turbances with Turkey, and show the
confidence Of Russia in the Porte, by
stating that the Russian troops are
Withdrawn from the Pruth, and 10 be
enramped in Volhynia and Podolia.-
Ih,s movement is, however, capable of
different explanation.
The foreign Journals contain large
stock Of Polish news, but Of the most
contradictory kind, and il is impossi-
bic TO arrive at any satisfactory know
ledge Of the actual condition of affairs
between the contepding armies from
such conflicting statements. All that is
certain IS, that hostilities, though upon
a small scale, are incessant, between
the wings Of either army, and that the
success IN these minute encounters i
various, but generally unimportant in
ITS results. AS between tie Polish
Generalissimo and the Russian main
body. under Marshal Diebiisch. no &C
ton of Importance has occurred since
that Of the 10th of April last. These
Generals appear to- have been all this
time playing n game OF maDGuvres-
not bloodless. but inconclusive againsr
each other, each striving TO out gene
raj his adversary, and to obtain such
advantages Of position as would ena
BILE him to make an attack with greater
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