Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-13

pieces Of cannon, and a large number OF prisO-
uers, among whom it is said is the Russian Com
mander A whole pulk Of Cossacks were drown
ed in the river, and the remainder of the Rus
sian corps were cut to pieces or put to flight; so
thatRudger's corps may be said to be annlhIlated.
The details of this brilliant affair are hourly ex
pected. The journal assigns. as reason Tor
their not having earlier arrived, the interruption
of the Polish line communication on the right
bank OF the Vis,ula, owing TO the defeat Of the
Polish corps of observation under General Sieraw
ski, near NrOnow.
The same paper Ct the 2Sth contains an Off
Cial report of the COMMANDMENTS Chief, dated
Jambow, 22d inst. in which he gives an account
Of the defeat of Sierawski, which on the whole.
agrees with the Russian account, only the loss of
the Poles is stated at 1000 men, General Sieraw-
ski is stated to have drawn this disaster on him
self BY exceeding his instruction, and advanc-
Ing towards Lablin, where the enemy had Il very
superior force.
With respect to the operations Of the main ar
my after the affair at lganie, the General Chief
says: -. Siedlec might have been taken but the
crowded hospitals and the contagious disorders
prevailing in them deferred me; this care was al
so in vain: tie disease had communicated itself
to our troops on our meeting with the enemy on
the 10Th. We have some hundreds i'll of the
cholera; the precautions instantly taken will pre-
vent the disorder from spreading, and from as
Stunning too dangerous character"
"For some days past our troops have been
making retrograde movements towards the Nstu-
la, but no action OF Importance has taken place;
only some sklrmishes have here aud there occur
red. The wounded say that our troops took four
pieces OF cannon. The whole population Of the
country between the I.uvice aud the Nistula is
now repairing to this side of the river. Yester-
day and to-day. long files Of women, old men and
children, have been passing through the streets of
Warsaw with their little effects, they will not
expose themselves. for the second time, to the
horrors Of wars For these three days past.
both our troops and the Russians have been in
constant motion. There are daily actions. The
! day before yesterday, in particular, there was a
severe action near Minsk,
When our Generalissmo lately issued pro-
clamation to the army, calling on it to perseYere
in case he should be obliged TO execute retrogade
announcements, the Polish nation saw already,
from these expressions, he was preparing for
new events and making new plans, which are at
this moment being carried into effect. Nobody,
therefore. will wonder that our troops approach
within a few miles of the capital.-Ihe head
quarters Of the General Chief were Yesterday
a, Mosna, but news has already been received
that the Russians have again retreated beyond
| Minski.''
The morning Chronicle of Wednesday says:
- Various gloomy reports were confidently cir
cuIated Yesterday respecting Poland. 1t was.
in particular, stated that deputatiOn from War
saw had waited on Debltsch with the offer oi
surendering, in consequence of the disease and
famine prevailing in that capital, but that the
General. had refused the terms On the other
hand, we know that accounts from Warsaw
down to the 28th have been received lii high
quarter here, which give very different version
Of the state of affairs. The Russians are not,
1t is said. near Warsaw, nor is there the least
chance Of their being near that city Tor long
time"
From The Licerp9oi .4dceniser.
| PQLAND.--every order Of the day from The
Generalissilho OF the Poles wisely mpresses up
on the minds OF the WarsOyians the necessity Of
considering the war OF virtue and patriotism as
orlv beginning; reminds them Of the consolidate
ed power of Russia; aud warts them against con
fusion aud despair, If the necessary movements
should compel the army TO retreat upon the CAPT
tai. The German papers are full! Of runners con
corning Poland, and the French have abundant
specula;ions on Tie subject. The Russian pa
pers maintain that the losses they have sustained
are trilins; they laugh ii, the report OF disturb
ances with Turkey, and show the confidence O
Russia in the Porte by stating that the Russian
troops are Withdrawn from the Pruth, and to en-
camp in Vohynia and Podolia. This moyemen
is however, capable of different explanation.
The foreign journals received since the above
was in type, contain large stock OF Polish news
but Of the most contradictory kind, and it is i'm
possible to arrive at any satisfactory knowledge
, of the actual condition of affairs between thu
contendins armies from such conflicting state
ments All that is certain is, that hostl!ies
though upon a small scale, are incessant, between
the wings of either army, and that the success IL
f these minute encounters is various, but general
, ly unimportant in its results As between tn
, Polish Generalssmo and the Russian main bod,
under Gen. Diebitsch, no action of Importance
has occurred since the tenth of April last. Ihes
{ Generals appear to have been all this time play
/ ing a game of manoeuvres-not bloodless, bu
inconc!usiye against each other each striving t
out general his adversary, and to obtain such ad
yantages of position as would enable him to max