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Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), May 28, 1831, p. 1

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kingston nec rege nec populo sed utroque vol 12 saturday may 281831 no 48r from the n y mirror a spring evening from the geyman of malhison bripht with the changing colours of the skies the many dewdrops gleam the imace of the varied landscape lies clear on the silent stream bright as the chrystaj spring the blossomingtree the meadow tinged with gold the star of evening peeping timidly from the clouds purple fold the valleys greea is beautiful the heath and flowerymantled hill the little lake girt with its sedgy wreath and alder shaded rill o how the influence of eternal love circles life like a band the glowworm and the stars which shineabove each shows a fathers hand it is tii power that bids the bud uprear its buatilv to ihe day that bids the burning planet disappear from its unmeasured way literature from frazers magazine the only daughter a scottish tile continued v thus strayed mi the artless and ceut jessy dawaon io a perplexity of en joyment a tumultuous crowding ofjuxu- rioos and romantic thoughts oor was she recalled to herself ill at the appointed hawthorntree she perceived her lover moo rivalling her arrival t they had selected a littlefrequented path thai nooe might intrude oo the pri vacy of their feelings she liuked herarra in hi the sou was justdartiog his fare well rays over the western hills whose de clivities rapidly became purplish aod ha zy they wandered on io happiness as if all the wants aod wishes of life were sa tisfied one after another the sons oft cllvhicfr rapidly became purplish and zy they waudcrcd oo in happiness as if all the wants aud wishes of life were sa tisfied one after another the songs of the small birds coaled leaving the silent air to the twitter of the swallow the hedge rows on each side hreathed forth their per fume of wild rose hushes and as the lov ers sauntered along earth seemed as if croatcd hut for their eojoyment alone onwards aud onwards they loitered tm- eouscious of the shades which were deep ening around and of the distance which was lengthening between them and home hcrcemle weight hung upon his arm and she felt herself more than happy she feared it might he for the last timefor the extremities of human enjoyment and suf fering often fearfully conjoiu aod her will warred with her duly when she thought of turning hark it shall not happen a- gain she thought to herself m life is not so full of sweets as that we should spurn them aside when they come in our way nod i should like that tho rememhrance of this evening should be a long themefor meditation to each wtieil we are far sepa rated from each other may be by lands and seas but at length the deadening twilight called her from the delicious reve rie and drawing her arm from within his she pointed to the gathering stars and said m what a foolish girl am i to be wandering here aud the night coming lown upon us the lovers stood for a few moments io silence gaziug oo each other theoseiz ius hold of her hand poeiooately denoi- mm ssiid u aod aioce we part so soon do you grudge me an hour of your company ah jessy jessy you are cruel cruel hut let this plead fur me and drawing her graceful form within his arms he im printed a burning kiss upon her lips then came pouting and soothing the gentle rebuke and the gentler excuse un til at length the remedy was worse than tho ail- her youth her passion her un suspecting innocence were but precarious safeguards but i have not heart to pro ceed vi alas how dreary is the plunge from light to darkness when jessy dawson left the cottage of her parents she felt herself io her siules innocence a being almost removed by happy thoughts and feelings by the pas siou of pure love and by the romance of hope beyond the withering sway of time and the perishable elements of -mortality- what was she now to what bad a mo ment of unheedlcssuess and unguarded thought reduced her she feared to ihink she hated herself she hated the world she execrated the hour of uer birth i suddenly had her sky beeo over cast aud a storm of horror which was destined to overwhelm her was blacken ing aud brooding there all unforgiving bhe know was the world and oh 1 thought she to herself 4i if heaven be as un forgiving as earth she sate duwu upon a large stone by the gate of a wheat field it was wet with tho vesper dews and lay beneath a dark umbrageous chesout tree the sun was gone stars were met in the sky the night wind was abroad stirring the branches a- bove her with a hollow and complaining souud- the tyne dark and uuillumined murmured sullenly over iis channel here and there on the plain she saw the spark ling of the cottage windows and fell that no home could evermore be a happy one for ber mow was she to reiuro lo uer the pride of her heart was bowed to tho dusi her selfrespect ccdt thoughts was tree scattered hy ligl which uiepoisudsnake htfs crawled- and her parent her heart as if it would burst tiwclled into bar throat her doating and uuvuusciucs poreuy her dea father and i her dear dear mother what were to be- rcorne of them how had she repaid their labours of affection how were all their instructions forgotten their advices tramp led onio derision their implored blessings set aside as 4 trifles nothing worth the finger of scoffing was to be pointed at their home infamy coupled with their names- wretchedness brought on their grey hairs a cold sweat came over ber aod as she trembled a sense ofsuffocaflon caused her o unloose the strings of her bonnet that she might breathe more freely then she arose hurriedly in her despair from tho stone and hasteniog wildly onwards kept speaking aloud to herself in the tumult aod bitterness of bis heart i am miserable she cried i am undone for ever oh that ray parents could forget they ever had a daughter that the earth wuuld gape and swallow me forever vii weeks passed oo and the hopes and heart of jessy dawson were shaded in tfboless gloom a visible change was per ceptible in her mien and couoteoance the light buoyant thoughtlessness of youth seemed suddenly to have evaporated aod over her hung that dull settled peosive- ness which had changed a hebe into an urania yot diminishing not a line of that beauty which seemed even now more be witching in its quiet pensiveness she pursued her usual task and if the same a- lacrity was not shewn there was even more than her usual carefulness in ber ope rations always atteotive and obedient to her parents to whom she was attached with all the devotedoess of an only child she now became moresolicitous than ever to please them more anxious than ever not to offend she ung about her mother io her household tasks as if she felt de lighted to share the presence of one on whom her thoughts could rely io the con fidence of affection although bitterly con scious of having abused that affection and of haviog withheld that confidence con cerning her actions which she deserved her heart was humbled alike by sorrow and sio yet the hope that truth was not lobe utterly despaired of in roan sustained ceroiug her actions which she ueervetl her heart was humbled alike by sorrow and sin yet the hope that truth was not to be utterly despaired of io man sustained her front altogether sinking and at limes she almost believed that vows sacredly pledged aod fervently iterated were e- nougband more than enough to secure a heart wholly by the feelings not alooe of generosity but of humanity honour aud justice letter had arrived at length one came concerning hut not from him it was from his wife the villain was the husband of another woman whom he had deserted and the letter of jessy had fallen into her hands deuuison himself had absconded and it was supposed had passed over to america to describe the agony of poor jessys mind when this miserable intelligence reached her is beyond the power of words it was night falling over nature lor ever a sudden extinguishment of all her hopes in a word utter despair she lay down in a raging fever and in the midst of her deliriiim she often called on her lover by oame implored him to return to her and in broken exclamations summoned death to snatch her away from infamy and ruin her parents were horror struck for it was but too evident that her ail was of the heart that some awful doom had been o- verhangiug her and that the gradual de cay of their lovely aud beloved child owed its origin to some silent and secret sorrow io which it was too much to be feared that guili was not unmingled religion was the anchor of the old mans soul and the bible the source whence he sought for comfort io this the day of his bitter calamity yet often would he lay down the sacred volume and rising stand with his bald reverend head at the side of that bed nn which lay blasting uud wither ing the ooly green leaf of bis wintry hopes her miud seemed quite alieuatcd aud she would keep muttering dark and incoherent sentences w come to me come to toe ri she would exclaim stretching forth her you die in dcseit misery not do me t thus it you you at length a letter came it had been agreed oo between them that she should be addressed uuder a fictitious name to prevent her letters finding their way to her fathers bouse aod thus laying open a cor respondence and connexion which with the fear ever atteodaut oo error and its consequences she was in perpetual dread or being prematurely discovered after many a repeated call at the post office at leogth she found a packet and it was a drop of honey in her cup of gall the restoration to cheerfulness was how ever only partial aod vory transient like a lily that has beeo trodden on in its bloom aod beauty by the careless fool of the passenger withering silently away so was she still a picture of loveliness but the glow of health was gone and lauguor paleness and decay betokened a damming up of the vital spirits old andrew and his wife observed how could they otherwise the change on whom centered their tenderest hopes and fears for the playful girl who was the life of their household they now saw one arms m why will leave me thus to should not doit you wi cannot do it no oo i know you love me you swore to mo that you loved me that you would marry me oh charles you are pale pale as wax aud who is that who i sitting beside you i thought you loved me aloue and yet you look up in her face an if your heart were hers there is bloodl oo your right hand let me wash it off b will wash it away with my tears takff care take care of that great black face a jour liearf were tfisrf ihciv i iisjhii on your righihand let me wash it n i will wash it away with my tears takp care lake care of that great black borsi w rua over y out cofne awy below yon tree and lei us sit down leay head on my bosom will you theft rud away aod leave me 1 will fol low you but i cannot cannot run jrom wetness afn woru antl wc aoj m l there is a noise iu ray ears like r sea hark how it is roar- in- roaring like a great storm leave me these tasteless red masses instead f elegant monuments of parian marble whieh would seem alone worthy such a purpose and such a situation but that is not the only disappointment destined to be experienced by him after having allowed hi imagina tion to depict the shades of paul tmd vir ginia hovering about the spot wltfcre ihdr remains repose after having pletiscd him self with the idea that be had seeu those celebrated tombs and given a slab to ihe memory of those faithful lovers separated in life but in death united after all this waste of sympathy he learns at inst that he has been under a delusion the whole time that no virgja was there interred and that it was a matter of doubt whether there ever existed such a person t paul what a pleasing illusion is theu dispelled howmany romantic dreams inspired by the perusal of st pierres tale art doomed to vanish whqn the truth is ascertained the fact is thai these looms have been built io gratify the eager desire which ilc eoglish have always evinced to behold such interesting mementos formerly inly one was erected but the proprietor of the place finding that all the kugluh visitors on being conducted to this as tho totnh of virginia always asked to see that of phui also determined on buildiug a similar one to which he gave the appellation many have beeu the visitors who have been gra tified consequently by the conviction ihnl they had looked oo the actual burial place of that unfortunate pair these tombs are scribbled over with the names of the various persons who have visited them together with verses arid pathetic ejacu- latious aod sentimental remarks st pierres story of the lovers is prettily written aod bis description of the scenic beauties of the island arc correct although not eveu his pen can dn full justice to them hut there is littlo truth in the tale it is suit something not oh for the sake of heaven leave roc p for the great waves compass me a- b i must perish in the waters in tho waters no no not in the waters burtfnong the tongues nf curling flame i kncw ml where lo fly i cannot go home a ashamed io go home i cover my fa my hands hut the whole world sees look at elleo hume she knew y ere my sweetheart aod now she asks me hither you have gone aod she is me my heart is breaking f knew that all would forsako me ex cept in father ud mother all hut they aod ihey cannot look to me for weeping t johnny selkirk the gravedigger 10 maw a house for me aod him lhai my bu rial b usl a p tomorrow i will creep into the dark hole and die ihore fp would she utter wild dark aoduu- things through which aline as- socrv them with her own circumstaoc- 0ic be but faintly traced and ihese paroy generally ended in violent sob- ii that there was indeed a young lady sent from the mauritiui to frame for educa- lioo during ilieiime moosiour die la roor- donoais was governor of the cottony that her name was virginia and thafl she was shipwrecked in the st oeran 1 heard of a young man beioe atiachcd f jhmlww mhihj ler name was irginia t b was shipwrecked in the st yran i heard something or young m being atiachcd io her aud dying of grief for her lo dul that part of jho story is vcry douluful the bay of ihe tomb iha i of 1 same is the metno- anionfflhe prisoners are general lettod- dnsi and a jpfqt number of superior and other officer we have taken two elfin dardtt 15 pieces of cannon of which a part have all their harness 15 waggons filled with munition and some thousands of mus kets this victory is more advantageous to the polish arms inasmuch as it has not been bought on our side by any very considerable this isnttrihutabletothe surprise of loss thus we have lithuania almost entirely under arms su 20 days have scarcely pas sed since the kussian imperial guard traver sed it marching upon ihoyistula what redou bled energy the victories of the 31st aiul the 1m mi st infuse into the lithuanian insurrec tion and what confidence he news of ibis in surrection must spread in ils turn lo the ic torious ranks of the polish army we shall now leave the official documents lo speak for themselves recitals like these require no commentaries we shall only add that authentic letters from warsaw ol be evening o ihe 1st instant assure us that the bulletins written in haste so far jrom ex areralii the success nf these memorable dins do not perhaps represent them so great as they were in realty ornciai bulletin jvarsaw april the commanderinchief having learned that marvlial diebitscli bad divided bis forces and only lef a small corps of his army to observe the capital took the resolution lo pass with a threat part of his troops lo the right bank of ihe vislnla alw bnvinif prevjslv sent gen uminski towards oslrolcnka to keep in check the corps of general sacken and the guards who were ad vancing there he putted warsaw during the night of ihulothult ami attacked at war saw the corps of gen geismer who were there entrenched in very strong and advan tageous positions while the advanced guard ol he polish army were engaged in combat with four regiments of russian infantry gen kybinsky appeared with his division on the armys right attacked it by storm and carried at the poinl ol he bayonet all its redoubls and inlrencliments he destroyed one entire regi ment forced another to lay down their arms took three cannon two standards and drove the enemy into a precipitate retreat in his ccmhat which lasted more than two hours tho brigade commanded by col romarine j particularly distinguished itself the enemy i forced to quit very advantageous positions j which were guarded and fortified since the 9th of feb retrcrled to milosna where it at tempted to make a stand but was compelled i t to yield under the fire of our infantry which 2 van i fly into the prussian territory which has been lithuanians the sudden attack which we made an at tack which we followed up throughout the day with the greatest vigour many of the enemys battalions were cut to pieces on the fit id of battle and others were made priso ners iu a body being above 20 hours nn horseback it is impossible for me at this mo ment lo furnish a more complete report i only pray ol the national government to or der a solemn service to thank god for hav ing deigned to 3hed his blessing upon our arms u the commanderinchief scrzynec ki wartmo 4pritljp a an officer who left hfad quarters nt oneoclock hisdav by order of ihe commarderin chief brings to the national government the news of fresh decerns which have this day signalized the devotion of our heroic army the enemy made a new attempt to resist he vigorous attack of our troofb after a furious combat they were again ariven to retreat the enemys loss is considerable we have now 2000 prisoners a- mong whom are many officii of rank among others the gen of artillery czecerin six pieces of cannon and many wagons of am munition the national government are go ing to send their secretary to head quarters to bear to the commanderinchief the cross of the commander of the military order of poland berlin april 2 the news spread some days ago of an insurrection in lithuania is ibis day confirmed by letters from sjemel and koningsberg the lithuanian nobles ave liberty to their slaves and distribued arms a- mnngst them the russian authorities had carry away their chest and to crossed u from hull siles as llieciwmy wu lsisiil reluming lowimb miosk he received fresh k esc jz r reinforcements he then modemany lig m ictter iv 11 cape of misfortune m bcnr lhe names aod are pointed ut as lh ruble spots mentioned by gj p lerre foreifcjr lo maintamgocdi reluming towards miosk he received fresh reinforcements he then made many attempts to maintain good positions which the ground presented to him hut all resistance on his part proved useless our troops pressed him vigorously and be did not stop till at dem- bewiclki where he joined the corps of gen rosen which occupied there a military forti fied position it was then five oclock in the evening when the resistance had become more obstinate the combat lasted till ten oclock at night our artillery occupied the eosition of the centre our tiraileurs fired from ntb sides the fire was liely and well sus tained but aftera contest of some hours the enemy was routed his positions abandoned to our troops and he fled with precipitation om berlin dated il 5 gives some further particulars of the lade many attempts j ls which the ground religiously respected by the liliiuanians i from the albino ffo- the canada arrived lasf night she brings london papers to the 15th of april the poles by a dashing mrt brilliant ope- n ration have gamed vcry important advant- 1 his 0s8 must been very considerable it tnnn ver ulc a select corps of ffl ihe po commander in chief gen scrzynecki fer0 the vistula on the night of the 3ist m and complete ly surprised and defeated division of gen geismar before praga taking many prison ers and cannon on the u of april hostili ties were renewed when u division of count i oscn which geinnar had fallen back upon was also attacked and rafted these opera- lions were conducted witfa so much secrecy is estimated at 2000 killed and as many wounded many officers have fallen among others the colonel commandant of the wilna regiment we have made 6000 prisoners for whole battalions were forced to lay down their arms and we arc every instant hearing that during the present day z iditional prison ers are hourly bringing into headquarters we have taken lopieoesof cannon a great many waggons of ammunition and a good deal of arms the regiments of faurehes hose sment thoughts seemed only to hold i fcw wl to indications of extreme fcrief tewtii4lsto day she fell into a deep sleep of exhaus tion and her wretched parents on whom a comnvutfioii mt sorrow whoscponsi ness was unsuited to her years and tefa paramenia and whose natural cheerfulqg had been eclipsed by some sudden clqd i seose 0 hersituation had more than oh- of melancholy which however unsetd for a moment by the light of parental iqvfe or by painful internal efforts came dqvo again in darkness over her spirit brogy iug like an evil genius she still howgy er continued her customary occupation but she avoided observation kept wiil doors or wbeu obliged to go out chootul the least frequented paths and shrank fpq the approach of her acquaintances rather to be alone and courting that sg tude where she could indulge io the mejf cholyof her feelings and where astlg was no eye to intrude on her dejectjf there should he no tongue to questioq j cause yet hope is the predominant pjs- son iothe heart of man however tear n istract or misery oppress it and soft times would she wipe away ber tears ar guing with herself that she had no ronc to doubt the fidelity of one who had gueo every possible pledge of affection ii whose latest protestations were full 0 seemingly sincere warmth but the ful monitor within was not to be so silfi ed it spoke of broken commandments and shame and dishonour so again he would sink into dejectiou and tears fl ed down her pale cheeks while tumu ous grief agitated her boom for uw aod dismal hours would these paroxji of misery last and wheo the bitter sufrg glesubided hermind slowly buoyed itself up as she would dream of her lovers scurely glimpsed tended her bedside si lently gazing on her slumber with words that may not be uttered re- the afied on iouo- lost she was as a italns a flower over i luro and anticipated the forgivcucss o world viii- andrew dawson and his wife urc presbylerians educated iu the strictues 0 their sect religious people who accord iog to the definition of wordsworth give god and man their dues live in iutcg it y and peace aod accouut dishonour wn iban death itself they knew not ol j dark cloud which brooded over them vel ihe ooly chanco of saving them from he unforeseen undreamt of calamity was ln return of jessys lover alas it was j ten in the book of predestination that t lover was never to return four mouths had elapsed andco sec from the atontbtreview a ladys recollections of the mauritius ax extract there are few we believe to whom the modern languages are familiar who do not know that the mauritius emhraces the scene of tbe melaocboly story of paul aud virginia to the french and english who remain any lime in the island tho spot where the tombs of those lovers are said to lie is a shrine of frequent and devout pilgrimage but as it two often happens the romance is destroyed io the upfoldiog of it the writer says in december 1825 we quitted pnri louis to spend the warm season in that district of tbe island which is named pam- pleraonsscs a part of the country to which a romantic interest has been given by tbe tale of paul and virginia strangers are generally eager to hasieu to the spot where thay are told they will behold the tombs of those unfortunate creoles whose mutual flection and unhappy fate are described so pathetically by st pierre junior lieuleoaois and midshipmen ami others of the age of romance always make it a point to visit these tombs as soon as possible after their arrival if they can ooly et on shore for a few hours they hire or borrow horses aud proceed with nil haste to the interest and address thai count ehfebitsch was unable scythemen having demanded arms we lo render any assistance the poles had es- i ass them those left by the enemy tablished at minsk in defta of the whole 1 on ofkatue lnev went to seek them russian army which is said to be so much dig- an qre relu armed with muskets the jointed that the field marshal mustsuspend all o having- lasted till noclockatnifrht ottensiveoperationstillhishrmy is concentrat- an lne orm heing fatijrued after more than ed it is repeated from various sources that lwen hours hard marching and fighting it lithuania is in arms and that a revolution has i was imposssble to pursue tbe enemy hndttan awttim souluemi unusaiu heulteunn gen jermoloff the reform it now appears will undergo alterations in the committee but to what ex tent is not yet known the extracts below announce alterations now contemplated by tbe ministers the revolution in italy would seem to be suppressed the gtate o ireland is deplora ble funds on 14lh 78 13 to 79 glorious victory of the poles over the russians the news from tbe norlh is of the highest interest the war has recommenced upon the vistula and tht poles are conqurerors the corps of geceral geismar and general roson are in fu36 retreat 6000 killed or wounded 6000 prisoners 15 cannon stand ards muskets c are the results of the me morable day of the 31st of march the polish gewrahissimo had crossed the vistula on the nigt between the 30lh anil 31st of march anil by a bold manoeuvre fall ing by surprise ufn the army which was in observation upou fle line of prajra he beat it back upon the corps of general uoscn which was in its turn overwhelmed and driven upon that of general gismar by tng scene oo reaching the spot to which they are directed they enter a pretty garden laid nut with rtm care mid conducted fcloog a walk bordered with bushes bearing a profusion of roses and having a stream of the clearest water flowing on each side at tho end of thin wftik the visitor sees a red glaring monu ment which he is told is virginia at the termination of a similar avenue on tho op posite side of the garden appears another inooumcat exactly rose muting tho first which is designated the tomb of paul a grova of bamboos surround onch tho traveller fuels disappointed on beholding all tbe russian positions were caaricd storm the polish geicral had at first detached upon his left gewral cminsky to observe the rcinforccmcnaof the imperial guard which were ndvaicing on thatside general diebfach in his he ad quarters of sicuica thus finifc himself cut of by the polish corps whichis marching on ihe line of the hi u to meet tlem through the palatinate of aufnratowo on the lstof vpril the poles overthrew aain the remains f the divisions of rosen and geimtur ai officer who set outfrom the camp on the m of april at half past tw3 nvorthrleari thfrk of ihiv ivwihm promise us immense results for he general incl ief conformably to ihe plan which he had so happily conceived purposes to attack the dispersed cantonments of marshal dieb- ifscbj and to separate him from the lines of his reinforcements we hope that the hold military operation so well and ably combih- ed will lead to important results and assure a complete victory to the noble defenders of liberty and national independence the president of the national govern ment and prince czartoriski m beccry- kpwski member of the government count malachowski minister of foreign affairs have accompanied tlie commanderinchief since the commencement of the affair until nightfall and after having shared his dan gers they have been witnesses of the triumph with which he crowned this memorable dav the following is ihe letter of the cencral- ismmo written from the camp nf duimhtrwe- ilkie the slut of march at ten oclock at night demhcwielki is our miles german from warsaw andonr from minsk to the national government before i inform you of the important events of tins tlay premise that as the army has inuhtand inarched during the whole duy it is inpstble i collect the particular re- nrts sn oa lo render i fidl account of the aflair forced to postpone tins duly to a more leisure moment i finsieii to nommttiii- cntelu iijl pultitrncut i in general result this duy uic advanced gwava of thenn- tiunal army v eipilie 1 iuell npon the corps of gf gi isinn which occupied a ktroiig oclock and urrivul at live oclocli tounces liat upon his deps iil vir- rturc they saw at had maedeven duang that morning two thous and prisonetbj amiok whom were many jen- eral officers tlcyhatl likewise taken six cannon and mamines and muskets whole battalion laid down their arms in the battle of the tfst of march pnr hap this is the first lime of ch an ocurrencc in rus sian regiments vbat dcmoraiizaliiin must exist in lhir rank while theso ttit cvciilis aro pussin fin the banks of thii v rjula violent iusuncction broke oat on the 1h at vijaa en i awr aoer a mm at ol two ttuiw was heaten and pmsucd up- kihiuon at hkir tills hi thenxid io wit piy aided by ih eonlinotlly ivrrived wished to uh misttiiiiim iviimii ibis road so lien pre-n- ird lo im his elhifl only drew uh hini i k vs finally uji whole itiiriw il poseu united ai deiiiberweilkie sf every where as the a reinlnicemeol vhrh irl wished to profit by 5 ddtlioij jrriviunrd in tiki us hut the i kittle whiih ithifh iin tinlvd in the entire delca tut ay and tha carrying ofullbi- i ill mix ourtiifr thi anms tli- fnt lo n mojv fhi hive been killed 11 ma9 attlu tiny 4t on an i k it uv 101 left i uuti s to ijt i eoilah hi nf hi 1t si fstr i iii the following letter from berlin dated april 5 gives some further particulars of the success of the poles w the bold and skilful attack made by the poles on the 31st of last month on the rus sian army at grochow has produced a bril liant victory the corps of gen geismar and as later accounts state of gen rosen have been defeated with great loss skrzyneckys which were on the 1st at minsk have advanced losicdlec the accounts which since yester day have in succession been received here still farther increase the result of this victory the russians are 6lated to have lost 12000 men and 23 pieces of cannon besides 5 suodards a great quantity of arms baggage ammunition c a russian majorgeneral and four aidesdecamp have been made pri soners and are brought to warsaw part of ihe national guard of that city went out re joicing with a musical band to meet tbe vic tors returning from the field of battle with a numerous convoy of prisoners in order lo obtain a distinct view of the strategical im portance of this enterprise we must wait for farther information as to tbe situation of gen uminski who is opposed to the russian guards and respecting tbe insurrection in the ancient polish provinces an unsuthen- ticated report states the grand duke michael to be marching back upon lithuania at the head of 4000 of the guards nothing pre cise has as yet transpired with regard to the insurrection in that province it is reported that a central government has been establish ed there at the head of which is the castellai sount plater a circular of his fell into the anus ol atkus3uwttiarin ntiicer who-im- mediately communicated it to the russian au thorities but at the same time the lithuanian priests gave the signal for tbe rising and a number of polish officers made their appear ance italy the austrians continue to pursue their march along the shores of the adriatic over throwing all resistance at rimini they had an engagement with a corps of patriots of a bout 1500 troops of the line with four pieces of cannon whom they compelled to hy and afterwards took the town by assault although the streets were barricaded the persons composing the provisional government find ing themselves involved in an unequal and hopeless contest had entered into negotiations with cardinal benevento the popes legate which resulted in their complete submission to which ihe only condition attached is secu rity for their persons the following proclamation has been issu ed by the provisional government which claims lo act for he insurgents throughout italy notification by the provisional government of the united italiai provinces a principle proclaimed by a great na tion which had solemnly promised not to per mit ils violation by any european power and ihe declaration ot guarantee given by a mi nister of hat nation induced us in second the movement ol the people of these provinces all our efforts were direchd to the far from easy task of maintaining order amidst ihe agitation of nn insurrection and wc experi ence a pleasure most grateful to our hearts in seeing the revolution conducted with all the inmqullitv of a constitutional inmeui unit without jhcdduig a ringlutlmpofwood simjui ihovielatiou iiftliia principle eon- keuled in by the nation which bail promulgate ed and jruaratuetd it ihejuipofiribiliiy of re sisting a ifval power which has already oo rttpitfil litti provnres uilli ah armed lorre mill 01 r wtdt to prevent bloodshed and di- orihv are 1i1o cisruutflflnces whirl have in- dmcd irt willi t view to the public safety ivhinh liiijii alwoya to be the supreme law nfrwiy ottlo in at with hi- eminence tlio mo fl v cardinal cpmu ahiouio ofiiweii- to i- itealatre of iu iiolinsa grigory v4in4 to iiftign n him ih government ua piviixr vikkli ut uttn jcceptid

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