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fete -Stopper finished, the stranger arose, jterror, turned tueir backs, and flu
strutted'to the glass, pinched up Itis dickey, j ly to the ship. On arriving ihci
Und twisted his nittstaeliius into a st.ll fiercer to look nt each other, tillable to I
erection. ilxfnciioii with their own prowness. 'Iltrec
‘•Ha, my pretty mis*,” said lie, at lie flung (then stood forth, undertaking to atotige the
arms round the neck of the fair waiter, who | fate of their fellow countrymen, and to secure
in the perforiqane* of her household duties I for them tlic rigiits ot burial. They advanced
had chanced to ■approach* him*! •“You're too'and fin d at lirst from so respectable a dis-
Itaodsonte for if-eeuiitry giii." And lie ben
his whiskers to lief lace, and attempted a kiss
The-jinistnchioS would unquestionably turn
suffered, had not t!ie fair one's hands Ireen til
led with fli-e emptied disi.es. of die supper ta
ble. -As it was; site bounced out of the toon
in high dudgeon! and our somewhat discon
certed hero was left to tiis own red
i)ig the remainder of the evening.
The girl, ns was undoubtedly It
’mediately related the circnnistanci
tanee that they all missed. The pursuer then
couragemislv proceeded in front of his com
panions, and taking a close aim, pierced the
minister's skull immediately below the eyr.—
The hear, however, merely lifted his head,
and advanced upon them, holding still in his
mouth tlie victim whom he was devouring;
(ions dur* j hut seeing him soon stagger, the three rushed
ou Vi ini with sabre and bayonet and soon des-
iluty, ini- patched hint. They collected and bestowed
of tlie of-1 decent sepulchre on file mangled limbs ot
fence she bail received at the hands id the j their comrades, while tlie. skiu of the animal,
sChiskercd traveller to tlie keeper of her fa- j Id feet long, became tlie prize of the sailor
tlmrs liar room, who had fur some time been who had fired tlie successful shot,
her acknowledge.I Inver. Hie shouldn't have I The history of the whale fishers records a
cured s'u much about it, she said, if the fellow | number of remarkable escapes from the hear,
lia 1 looked and acted like a Christian: lull to; \ Dutch Captain, Jongc Keen, in 1000, und
have such
his beard in h
iil-for-notliing heathen poking
J.iee, was what she wouldn't
took with two canoes to a:tack one, and with
lance gave him such a dreadful wonnd in the
hear nor touch to—she knew she wouldn't-— belly, that hi * immediate death seemed inevi-
The swain forthwith resell
and that very night was (ixi
It was uiiontgiit,—all wi
save that here and there tb
some uneasy sleeper, "ma
ous" with somniferous mi
lupon v
for its i
still
mice, ! table. Anxious, therefore, not to injure the
utinii. j skin, Kees merely followed the animal close,
n the inn, Itifl lie should drop down dead. The bear
e sonorous nose of i however, haring dinted a littio rock, made a
le the night hide-J spring from tlie distance of 21 feet upon tlie
lody. The strati- j Captain, who, taken comparatively by surprise,
g'er in mustarhios bail fallen into a quiet sleep, 1 lost hold of 'lie lance, and fell beneath tbe as-
I. -■ ,1- i ■ ...ii ...l I u.. -.1...... 1...-1 v-.~ I
cd precipitate-! below) ot a most liakardous attack wade Ly * ere posted on the opposite taua. 1 Ins or
i-re they began I <1,000 Poles against four times thtdr number of ler was successfully executed. Our cavalry
i feel much sa -I Russians, 'fiiey were compelled to retreat of •cpulsed that of the enemy, killed 55 men,
course; but it appears from Skrzynccki’s ac- made 000 prisoners, and captured 200 horses,
count of tlio allair, that they retreated with Observing, however, that tlie enemy was ie-
credit, not having lost any of their artillery.— newing his attacks on the bridge head with
The courage alia spirit of this gallant nation, continual supplies of fresh troops, (Jen. U-
continues unabated. miuski gave orders for evacuating the post,
Tlie Nnremburg Correspondent, quoted in and then Major Chlewski and 00 wounded sol-
the London Courier of 0th May, says, in arjdiers were made prisoners by the Russians,
article front Uuctiurest of 10th April, that tliti The engagement terminated by a heavy
cannonade, and on this occasion onr artillery
gave proofs of extraordinary courage, having
only a few field pieces to oppose to a numer
on| artillery of a large calibre. Onr loss in
thae affairs has been 20 officers, 100 sob offi-
ceri and men, and 20 wounded. Oil tlie lOlli
of ipril, Gen. Uminski again took Y\ vgrow,
wh<[e he found forty of our wounded men,
andkvas unable to estimate tlie extent ol the
eueay's loss. The number of liis wounded
amojuted to -100, among whom arc Lieuten
ant-Colonel Tyllo of the sappers, a major and
4 interior officers. On the field of battle were
founi several hundred muskets, and in V\y-
growja quantity of provisions.
AI the right’ hank of the Vistula is cleared
of tip enemy. The army corps of Generals
Pac fnd Sicrawski have crossed the river, and
are it full march towards tlie palatinates of Po-
dlncnia and Lublin, where they are taking pos
sesion of the Russian magazines. General
DvvJrnicki, who was detained for some time
with liis pillow so adjusted as to prev
collision with tlie hairy appendages of hi
countenance. lie was roused into
ousness by the entrance of the stout bar-keep
er aud his pretty waiter of the preceding eve
ning. lie rubbed ins eyes and raised himself
half upright. T
of warm water, a
a huge pair of sheep si
tlie bed-side.
“What do yon want !" demanded the whis
kered gentleman, in a tone vacillating be
tween resolution and terror.
“To shave you,'’ was tlie laconic reply.
In vain tlie dandy remonstrated, swore and
a,lam, who, placing both paws on his breast,
pened two rows of tremendous teeth, and
con-ci-j paused for a moment, as if to show him all
■ 1 — tlie horrors of ins situation. At this critical
instant a sailor rushed forward with only a
scoop, succeeded in alarming the monster,
- liar keeper placed a basin jwlio made off, leaving the captain without tlie
having box and razors, and slightest injury.
upon the stand at j In 17!Wt, Captain Cook of the Archangel,
when near tlie coast of Hpitzbergcn, found
himself suddenly between the paws of a bear,
lie instantly called on tlie surgeoti wlioac
enmpanied him, to fire, which the latter did
with such admirable promptitude and preci
sion. that lip shot the beast through the head,
Russian troops, with the exception of, a sran
force to garrison that town, were to withdraw
over the 1’ruth, and go into cantonments i,i
Podulia, Lithuania, and Volhynia. The with
drawal of those troops w as looked upon as in
dicative of the confidence of Russia, that no
disturbances were to be apprehended on
the part of the Turks. The Courier finds a
inoro probable explanation of their movement
in tlie insurrections which have broken out in
the old Polish provinces, and that it is deemed
important even at the risk of evacuating Wal-
Incliia, and leaving it open to tlie Turks, to
hasten troops into the revolted provinces.
RETRE AT OF THE RUSHANS.
Tlie Mcssager des Chambres of 2.1 of May,
has this paragraph : "The news arrived this
morning affords three remarkable facts : the
occupation of Scidlec by the Polish General
Uminski, announced in the official Gazette of
Warsaw; the retreat of the left wing of the
Russians, stationed at Kock upon Vieprz and
Radjieu ; and the retreat of Marshal Dirbitsch j by (lie badness of tlie roads in the neighbor
hoed of Zamoso, advanced in order to deceive
tlie enemy, as fat as Zwcrniec, in the dirccti-
remarkablc and serious facts which would de-ltion of the Vistula, where lie gave orders for
cidc the freedom of Poland, but the insurrec- [ collecting supplies of provisions at Turobin
tion of the Lithuanians, Volhyniuns and even i and Zatiovv. liis design of routing the cnc-
aniong the Russians themselves, which hive 1 my by a forced march, succeeded perfectly,
obliged Diebitsch to march to the assistatce | as is attested by tlie report of field marshal
of the Empire, menaced with dismemberment Diebitsch himself. However (Jen. Dwerniekt
by a revolution, which appears to extend fwiii ! profited by liis halt near Znmosc to provision
“From bit. l'etcrsburgli uc hear that tlie there the least clinueo of their being ticartlmt C ii v
c events in Poland are not by any means fora long time." '■
f'fNSTANTisorir., April M
New executions have Ink.-n place since ttinl'«.i.
post. The Vice-Admiral.Tahir I’nclia, u-i r
late
considered ns important, and that the Empe
ror lias resolved on sending large reinforce
ments, and on proceeding much more slowly
though surely in the task, lie lias undertaken
of putting down all revolutions in tlie North
nf Europe.”
From Vienna we learn, under date of tlie
gled a few days since. They
ilicatnd in a conspiracy recent!;
, as strum
y that lie w as ini-
y discovered.—
, 1 he fleet recently fit lei: out is destined partly fnr
Itie coast ol Albania, and the rest will sail fo,. a
'exnndrla nml Syria. The flame of revolt blue*
23d April, that the insurrection ol Voliiynin 1 tended into Syria, ami Hub) Ion nnd Ragdud
u a similar
- fo Albania.
was making great progress, and that the corps
of Dwernicki had considerably augmented.— ; !>' w HVC here for .Macedonia mid A->ia
It was reported that part ol the forces of the
Polish guards, which were large, were to he
sent to Lithuania to aid the revolt in that pro
vince. It is stated that about 80,000 men still
Regular troops dai.
DOMESTIC.
The following letter of Gpv. Branch, to a
remained in tlie environs of Siedlec, hut that Committee ol the Citizens ol Ilcrtie, is mil.
x (N.C.) paper: P
Marshal Diebitsch would receive large rein-1lished in the 1 lalif'n
I'orcements front Russia; anil that the Empe
ror had resolved on continuing the war unit
Enfield, May 31st, 1831.
, Gentlemen—Yours of the 14th iu S t. no S ,
Poland should be reduced to submission, bo -narked, Windsor, the 21st, came to hand a
long as the movement was confined to Rus- w ,| aV s past. The confidence which you
sian Poland that determination might be prac- have been nn kind as to express in niy talents
livable, but shuulil the insurrection in Lithua- and political experience, and the desire you
nia, Volhynia. and other ancient Polish provm- have manifested that I should become a can-
ees go on and prosper, the J^n.pi-ror will be, Jjdate to represent t'is District in die next
obliged to come to terms with liis rebellious i Congress of tlie ( mted States, together with
across tiic Dug,
Courier of l'Jth.
announced in tlie Warsaw
Nothing can explain these
Livonia to I’odolia, and which perhaps at this the fortress more abundantly, to complete its
moment disturbs l’etcrsburgli itself." | garrison A: the army corps under his command.
The account received from Memcl, at Dan- by tlie men taken from the communal guard.
wept by turns,—tlie bar-kecpenvns inexora- anil delivered the Captain. Mr. Hawkings of j
; the
1>le. Brandishing liis nak'-d razor, lie com
rounded linn to be quiet, under ill
a clipped iveasami. Exhausted
und terror, our unfortunate hero sunk down >
upon liis pillow, and suffered tlie brush to
pass over liis countenance without resistance.;
The girl, with a grin of most exquisite satis
faction, held the light, while her lover applied j crew, which attacked a b
liis dull and jagged razor to the hairy honors |
of the dandy. Whisker and mustache fell J climbing the
one after the other—ail beautiful as they were, j threw theins
and dearly treasured as they had been. Tl
wretched stranger, like the wounded Robe
pierre, lay with liis eyes closed, and
save vvlie.i n dull groan or smothered curse
‘told til at the tunsorial instrument acted in tlie
dee, in Scotland, repeats tbe rumour <f a and the volunteers who thronged from all
great battle on the 1 jib. in which 16,000 Li- ! parts, and as soon as he found tlie roads pns-
thuaniaus tire said to have go»T> over to the ' sable, marched towards the Bug. lie routed
I’oles, and that tlie Russians had been com- and took some enemy's detachments which
pictclv routed, losing military chest, Ac. As, i were stationed on that river, which he passed
however, there is direct information from \\ ar- j with all liis troops. Thus tlie noise of
annnn resounded on that spot which hai
long been subjected to a foreign yoke. Every
subjects
Liverpool, May 7.
We cannot refrain from congratulating with
onr readers on the daily increasing success ol
the people in their noble struggle for reform.
Every 1’ost brings accounts of fresh viclorie
to the great cause, and four scor
mount of votes which it lias g
lections already decided
The elections in Ireland are likely to ex
ceed, in their result, the expectations of the
the frank manner in which you have given
your opinion of certain men and measures
with a view to elicit mine, merit tny respectful
consideration, and shall receive tny prompt
attention. I most decidedly concur with you
in believing that discord lias been introduced
score is the a- into the tanks of the administration by the
-ainud in the e-1 intrigues of selfish politicians. A short time,
1 \ trust, will be sufficient to enable the intelli
gent enquirer to ubtaiu tlie whole truth.
Until then, perhaps, it would Ire-the part of
most sanguine reformer. Every where the! prudence to leave the quest..>u open, and
most strenuous, and apparently successful ex- re |y ol , the righteous judgment of tlie people,
rtious, arc making to secure the return ut However, recognizing your undoubted right
candidates favorable to the measure.
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From the Baltimore American, Juut 11.
to know nil inv opinions, both as to the promi
nent no n and leading measures of the coun
try, I will, with that frankness which has ever
I'I'jKY LA / I'j I'liOM lb At G LA AD. j characterized my conduct, give you unreserv-
Tlie last sailing ship Corinthian, (.'apt. Bennett,' edly my impressions, under a confident hop
lour days later than tin alleged battie-
Everfhrope in July 1818, having pursued
e penalty of iand twice strurk a large hear had raised his
by agitation \ lance for a third blow, when the animal sprung j probably onjv a rumor,
forward, seized him by the tiiigh, and threw
him over his head into the water. Fortunate- . ...
|v, it used this advantage onlv to etfret its own 1 niteur, the warlike construction put upon cer- trymen, the Volhynians. I he !
escape. Captain Scoresby mentions a boat's tain movements of the Austrian Army in Italy, Gen. Dwernicki is dated three
and tbe consequent march of French troop- 1 D
The Paris Mcssager des Chambres of 5th I where on his march (Jen. Dwernicki anil liis
May, contradicts, on the- authority of the Mu- troops were received as deliverers by our coun-
ar in the Spitzber
but the animal having succeeded in
ides of the boat, all| thejsailors
ves for safety into tlie water,
where they hung by the gunwale. The vic
tor entered triumphantly and took possession
ilent, J of the barge, w here it sat quietly till it w as
shot by another party. The same writer
mentions the ingenious contrivance of a sai-
• disable capacity of clearing knife and stump j lor, who being pursued by one of these crea-
digger." ^ , turcs threw down successively his hat, hand-
“Novv for his hair, Jane,' said the barber, kerchief, and every other article in his posscs-
tmd the formidable sheep shears w ent clipping j sion, vv lien the brute pausing at each, gave the
amid tlie curled aud perfumed lucks oi' our' "
hero, lu a few moments lie was left whisker-
less and hairless, an excellent candidate for a
“(food night to ye, Mister,"-said tlie barber,
us he gathered up liis apparatus and left the
room. Tlie next time yi
try girl, you’ll have a smooth face for it
u try to kiss a couu-jthe frozen regions.
sailor alw ays a certain advantage ami enabled
him finally to regain the vessel.
Though the voracity of the bear is such,
that lie lias been known to feed on his own
species, yet maternal tenderness is as conspi
cuous in tlie female as in other inhabitants of
- ,. .... There is no exertion which she will not make
- J he next morning at breakfast, inquiries j p nr the supply of her progeny. A she bear
vyerc made relative to the gentleman in w his- ; i H , r two cubs, being pursued by some sai-
kers, and the landlord on entering liis room ; ors across a field of ice, aud finding that nei-
tound it completely vacated. I lie hero had tiler by example, nor by a peculiar voice and
disappeared, leaving nothing save his hair be
hind. The ostler slated that jesr at light
ti wild-looking, bald-headed being came rush
ing into tlie stable, and demanded Ins horse.
It was no sooner furnished than he throw- him
self into tlie saddle and plunged into the high
way with the speed of life and death. The
■(acts of tin: case soon appeared, and the me
lancholy mishap of the dandy with the intis-
tuchius, became a standing subject of merri
ment to flic tenants and loungers of the imj.
[N’tid England Review.
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THE POLAR BEAR.
The following interesting account of the
’■Polar Bear is extracted frotu Harper’s family
library, a work abounding in the most useful
information.
In tlie caves of the rocks, or in the hollows
of the ice, dwells (lie most formidable of Arc-
Tic quadrupeds, tlie Greenland or Polar Bear.
This fierce tyrant of the elifts and snows of
tlie nortli unites tlie strength of the lion with
(lie untameable fierceness of the hyena. A
4ang shaggy covering of white soft Lair and a
copious supply of fat enable him to defy the
Winter of tliis rigorous climate. Under tlie
Beat of Britain lie sutlers tlie most painful sen
sations ; Pennant saw one, over whom it was ne
cessary from time to time to pour large pails full
‘of water. Another, kept some years Ly profes
sor Jamesom. evidently suffered severely by
she heat of an Edinburgh summer. The haunt
of tlie bear is on tlie dreary Arctic shores or
on mountains of ice, sometimes two hundred
miles from laud; yet he is not strictly speak
ing amphibious. lie cannot remain under
water but a few moments, and lie reaches his
maritime stations only by swimming from one
Mr. Scoresby limits
by example, nor by a peculi
notion, she, rootd uige I hem III itie requisite
speed, applied her paws and pitched them al
ternately forward. The little creatures them
selves, as she came up, threw themselves be
fore her to receive the impulse, and thus she
and they all effected their escape.
Bears are by no means devoid of intelli
gence. Their schemes fur entrapping seals,
and other animals on which they feed, often
display considerable ingenuity. The manner
in which the Polar hear surprises his victim,
is thus described by Captain Lyon: On see
ling his intended prey, he gets quietly into the
| water, and swims to a leeward position, from
whence by frequent short dives, he silently
makes his approaches, and so arranges his dis
tance, that at the last dire he conies to the spot
where the seal is lying. If the poor unimal
attempt to escape by rolling iuto the water,
he falls into the paws of the bear; if, on the
contrary, lie lies still, his destroyer makes a
powerful spring, kills him on the ice, and dc
vours him at leisure. Some, sailors, endea
voring to catch a bear, placed the noose of a
rope under the snow, baited with a piece of
whale’s flesh. The bear, however, contrived
three successive times to push the noose aside
and carry elf the bait unhurt. Captain Sco-
resby had half tamed two cubs, which used e-
ven to walk tiic deck ; hut they showed them
selves restless under this confinement and fi
nally effected their escape.’
FOREIGN.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
Oue of the Editors of tlie Journal of Com
merce left New Bedford yesterday morning,
half past 7 o'clock, at which time tlie ship
icy fragment to another, i.... ««,»», E • ,j c A _ Howland, was coming
(he swimming reach to three or four miles; yet | con P igne d to Joseph Riddell, of that
Parry found one m tlie centre of Burrow's | 1 ,3. „„ ,i.„ ...u „r
•Strait, where it was 40 miles across. Tliis
town. She left Amsterdam on tlie llth of
. , , n <• i • , , ; May. Capt. Howland Lad papers to the 8th
bear howls continually for his prey, which . . I . .. . r . u f , . .>
- ■ - - ■ 3 ■■ ' •' - r inclusive, but gave them to the brig Belgic,
consists cliiefly of the smaller cetacea and of
seals, which unable to contend with hint shun
their fate by keeping a strict watch, aud plung
ing into tlie depth of tlie waters. With the War-
lus lie holds dreadful and doubtful encounters,
and that powerful animal, with liis enormous
lusks, frequently heats him off with great da
mage. The whale he dares not attack but
yvateh n s anxiously for tlie huge carcass in a
dead state, which affords him a prolonged and
delicious feast ; lie scents it at tlie distance of
miles. All these sources of supply being pre
carious, lie is sometimes left for weeks with
out food, and the fury of liis hunger then be
comes tremendous. At sucli periods, man,
viewed by him always as liis prey, is attacked
yvitU peculiar fierceness.
The annals of tlie nortli arc filled wiih ac-
counts of- tlie most perilous and fatal conflicts
of the Polar Bear. Tlie first and one of the
most tragical, was sustained hy Barentz and
lleemskcrkc, in 15UG, during the voyage for
the discovery of the north east passage. Hav
ing anchored at an island near the strait of
VYaygatz, two of tiie sailors landed, and were
walking on the shore when one of them felt
himself closely hugged from behind. Think
ing this a frolic of one of his companions, he
called out in a corresponding tone, 1 who’s
(here; pray stand off.-’ Ilis comrade looked,
and screamed out, *a hear! a bear!’ they.run
ning to (lie ship, alarmed the crew with loud
cries. The sailors ran to tlie spot armed with
pikes ami muskets. On their approach tlie
bear very cooly quitted the mangled corpse,
sprang upon another sailor, carried him off,
and plunging Lis teeth in liis body, began
drinking Ins blood at long"draughts. Hcre-
topon the whole of the s'out crew, struck with
of and for Antwerp, 106 days from Batavia,
which tie spoke in ion. 20.
The news from Poland continued favorable
to its brave defenders; though, up to the lat
est dates, no decisive battle Lad been fought.
Accounts had been received of extensive ra
vages by tiic cholera morbus among tlie Rus
sian troops, in consequence of which, a pro
tracted quarantine had been established in tlie
ports of Holland, upon all vessels coming
from Russia, of whatever nation. It was pre
sumed that no vessel would find it an object
to go from Russia to Holland, so long as this
quarantine continues. The Poles were repre
sented to be rallying all their energies; auxi
liaries were coming in from every quarter.
There had been no fighting between thp
Belgians and Dutch. The King of Holland
appeared to be generally popular among his
subjects.
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LATEST FROM EUROPE-
The. packet ship Birmingham, at New York
from Liverpool, brings London Papers to tlie
evening of the 6th May, and Liverpool to the
8th. Tlie Journal of Commerce, Evening
Post and American, furnish us with the follow
ing interesting items.
The accounts from the seat of war in Po
land are to tiic 21st April. The Poles, it will
he seen, though without any well authenticat
ed account of new battles, are still on tlie ad
vance, acting and offensively, having occupied
Siedlec, the late head quarters of the Rus-
siaus, who, in their turn, re-crossed the Bug.
a retrograde movement, that indicates great
weakness or apprehension. The Warsaw pa-
The elections in England go on triumph
antly for reform. Out of three hundred and
eighty members returned, there had been an
actual gain to the cause of reform of eighty.
Liverpool had rejected Gen. Gascoyne, who
has been one of its representatives fur almost
half a century, we believe! Mr. Ewart and
Mr. Denison are elected. Tlie Lord Advocate,
Mr. Jeffrey, failed in Edinburgh.
In Ireland, great distress continues to be
experienced. The Limerick Evening Post an
nounces fresh outrages in the county of Clare.
Mr. O’Connell was about travelling through
that part of Ireland, with a view to exert his
influence to quiet the people.
Revolution has extended to Greece too,
and Capo D’lutrius has been obliged to abdi
cate the Government. Marchio Michali had
been placed at the head of a temporary Coun
cil of government.
In France, all was quiet. The French funds
were rising.
In Italy, it appears that the success of the
Austrians in checking the insurrection had
boon aomplrto. Oumr ,11|.»■—-—..a. nnnpvien-
ccs are, however, to take place at Rome. The
death of the King of Sardinia had been an
nounced in Paris and London, with the further
intelligence thKt Prince Cartgna, who succeed
to the crown of Charles Felix, had been pro-
clamed King of Sardinia.
The London Courier expresses its doubts
as to whether Prince Leopold will consent to
become Kiug of Belgium. He is said to have
the subject yet under deliberation.
London, Thursday evening, May S.
We learn by letters from Vienna of the 2jth
uit. that the last accounts received from all
parts of Galicia, leave no doubt that the insur
rection in Volhynia was spreading very rapid
ly, and that General Dwernicki [Devcrnetz-
ky] was about to send a division of troops to
the North to support the insurgents in Lithu
ania. *"
POLAND.
Gen. Uminski is said to have been beaten
at Otrolenka on tlie 20th, but ns lie is known
to have been at Wengrow on the 10th, which
is at least 12 German miles from the latter
place, the report is evidently incorrect. One
account which rests entirely on the authority
of private letters from Cracow and Berlin, but
which is believed in quarters that we have usu
ally found to be well informed on the subject
of Polish news, states that Gen. Dwernicki
has obtained a decisive victory over Gen. Ru-
degar in Volhynia, that the greater part of
tlie latter General’s troops wont over to Diver-
uicki; and that the population had risen tn
masse. The same accounts, however, add,
that the Russian troops statiouedon the Turk
ish frontiers, arc advancing by forced march
es towards Volhyuia.
Wilna is held by three thousand Russian
troops. There are large bodies of iusurgents
near Kowno, but they have not attempted any
thing against that place. The intentiun of
a Russian Commander to burn Georgenburg
has not been executed. It appears certain,
by letters from St. Petersburgh, that the Rus
sian Government has taken up a number of
ships to carry [through the Prussian -territory]
provisions and re-inforceineuts to its troops in
the revolting proviuces.
Warsaw, April 19.
We have just received the news that Gen.
Sierawski obtained a great victory near Lub
lin on tiic 16. The details are not yet knowu.
The accounts from Lithuania arc very favor
able. Even tlie Journals of Koningsberg and
Berlin, though sold to despotism, mention the
revolution of that province. One victory
more, and we shall have nothing to fear from
Russia. Sweeden begins to give some unea
siness to Nicholas. It is said that the auto
crat has called upon Sweeden to aid him with
10,000 men in virtue of a treaty entered into
at the Congress of Vienna.
Extract from an Official Despatch addressed to
the National Government of Poland.
Tiic enemy, whom our troops obliged to a-
bandou the right bank of the Vistula, and who
concentrated liis forces on the Siedlec road,
uneasy at seeing his communications with Bi-
alystock by the way of Gratne cut off, detach
ed against Gen. Uminski the corps of Gen.
Ugrowmow, consisting of the 15th regiment
last report of
marches be-
vond the Bug
Signed SKRZYNECKI.
Head Quarters at Igdrzeioic, April 17.
London, May 2.
We hate received several letters front War
saw to the 20th uit. They are filled with de-
cume up yesterday Irom Liverpool, bringing ndvi
ci-s to the 1 '.ItIi May, inclusive
The follow ing is the lutest account of the mar
kets at Liverpool :
“ Livf.rpool, 13tli May, 1331.
“ We had rattier more inquiry yesterday lor
I so i (’ < ’t , "n. in consequence of some export orders—
prices remain w ithout alteration."
We copy from the two evening papers the fol
lowing items of intelligence, derived from Liver
pool papers oi the 12th and 13th May:
that as you called for tLem, at a period when I
| must necessarily incur a heavy responsibility
'■I in giving them, that you will extend to me
; your generous chanties for any error into which
I may he lints incautiously led; for there is
nothing alien which men are so apt to ihtlcr,
! nay to err, as their opinions of men.
| In the first place, then, as to the motives
which influenced Mr. 'I', in his course in the
| Senate of the United States on the Turkish
Private letters from Berlin, hy the Hnmburg mission, I profess to know nothing. Willi
steamer nt Liverpool, slate that there had liccti [ Mr. Van Buren, I have had frequent, personal
llirr-e dav’s firhtine. and tin- bruve Pules hud hecn I „(V,., .. i.
tails relative to the military operations from Gen. Siernuski Ly Kieutz; all accounts, Pulisli
day’s fighting, and tlie brave Poles had hecn j and official intercourse, and the tune was when
he possessed my confidence. Mr. Calhoun’s
private virtues and public services, particularly
during the late war, together with ins high or
der of talents, always commanded my respect;
There appears to l.e no doubt of tlie defeat ot 1 but liis latitudiuous political doctrines durin
defeated, w ith the loss ol 3000 prisoners and 2000
killed. It also appears that (Jen. Dwernicki had)
escaped the Russian-, and bus hecn joined hy 9000 :
men, previous to which his army consisted o
12,000 men
the 10th to the 18th, in which tlie advantage
has been decided!) and invariably on the side !
of the I’oles. The Russian forces were so re
duced by continued defeat, that they can nn
longer Think of acting on tlie offensive; in
deed they seem anxious to avoid any further
rencontres until they receive re inforcements
from home, a case which, if we are to judge
from circumstances, is not likely to happen
soon. The Russian Government Lad sent its
and German, concur in it From the position in
which the armies now are, a very law days must
bring some decisive intelligence.
The Standard, on the authority of private let
ters, speaks confidently of llie defeat of the Poles,
and goes so far ns to assert that Warsaw w as rea
dy to open its gates to the merciless and sanguine
ry Diehitsh. Humanity shudders and trembles
for the fate ot the bravest people in Europe.
We have received, by express, the Paris papers
dated yesterday ; the Moniteur contains a long
best army into Poland, and it is doubtful wlie- j and somewhat angry defence of the King and liis
ther another anything like it can be spared
at present for the purpose of repairing its los
ses.
Sweeden begins to give some uneasiness to
Nicholas, who is not quite free from appre
hension on the side of Turkey and Persia.—
Now, unless he is left at liberty to send an ar
or 200,000 ;«•<. Puiaiiu, n is evident Him
he must give up the hope of re-conquering
that country for the present. Such a strong
force, however, he is Lard ly able at any time
to put into the field, and if lie does succeed
in doing so this summer, he must divide it in
order to defend his frontiers against the threat
Ministers for their conduct respecting the •• de
coration of July," and all Itie other papers are
more or less taken up w ith discussing the propri
ety nf tlie Ministerial interference. The heroes
of July themselves conquered those emblems'
which have been decreed hy the people to lie
commemorative of their valm-—and the King
therefore arrogates too much in demanding to be
stow them ns marks of Roy al fav or •• The he
roes nf July" hav e refused In re-fire that w hich
the King had o right i gire
RUSSIA AND POLAND.
We are sorry to say that the last accounts from
tlie sent of war are far from being satisfactory,
though the Poles have been nlmost invariably
siirc-essfiil in the several skirmi: !irs which have
ened attacks of other enemies besides the T„kr-n place-. Their means of making good the
Poles. The cause of the Poles may, there- losses, inseparable even from victory,' hear no
fore, be looked upon ns nearly gained.
proportion to those of their gigantic oppressor—
Late in the afternoon, tlie Hamburg steam- from the neglect of ail agricultural operat
boat arrived in the river, bringing accounts
from that city to Saturday morning, nnd from
Warsaw to the 2lst uit. A full confirmation
is received of the success of which we have
spoken above, on the authority of our letters
to the 20th, received in the morning.
London, May 6.
JJ1 LANdlOLY SITUATION OF POLAND.
The new Brezlaw Gazette contains the fo
want is heginning to he felt ; it is certain that III
cliolern has made its appearance nt Warsaw nnd
in the camp; and the country people are ap
proaching Warsaw from all direc'ions, a fart from
which it would apprnr that the barbarians nre ad
vancing fast upon tlie capital. Should they ever
enter the city, it will lie over the dend bodies of
the inhabitants, after atrocities and massnrres
worse Ilian any of iliose which called for the inter
vention of the Powers of Furope in the struggle
lowing deplorable account of the state of the I between the Turks and Greeks, but we can hard!
Poles, so late as the 21st of April. We find J believe that those Powers will again look quietly
it in tiic London Standard of the Evening 0 f °n the martyrdom ot a people superior in every
point of view to their oppressors u people whose
Mav 6, under the date of Augsburgh, April
29 ;—
“ Travellers from Poland, who have lately
I almost miraculous bravery and patriotic sacrifice!
; prove them so well entitled to freedom,
j (Jen. Skrzynecki lias issued a proclamation to
come from Lublin by way of Warsaw, cannot j the army nnd the nation, in which lie does not
find words to describe the lamentable cond
tion of that unhappy country. Tlie country
beyond tlie Vistula, which for the last ten
weeks, lias been the theatre of the continual
marches and counter-marches of the Hostile
armies, is dreadfully devnsted—the habitations
near the road partly demolished—the inhabit
ants fled into the forests—the cattle and sheep
consumed—the little corn used to feed the
horses and cattle for the use of the troops.—
Tlie appearance of Warsaw is equally deplora
ble. Though it was rejoiced for a few days at
the heroic exploits of its troops, yet the ma
jority of the citizens look with apprehension
on tlie unequal conflict, and I’car more distres
sing times, as news has been received from all
quarters that Count Diebitscli rc-cominenc.es
his offensive operations, and having received
fresh reinforcements, is approaching Warsaw.
The streets of the city arc put in a state to
make a most desperate resistcuce. The in
habitants go about gloomy and reserved, or
shut themselves up in their hous:s, for tlie
slightest doubt in the truth of the reports in
the newspapers is sufficient to make tlie most
respectable citizen to be looked on ns a spy,
and put his life in danger. No equipages are
to be seen in the streets, that used to be so
animated—at the most a wagon with military
effects of wounded. Sicknesses increase,
and some fears of cholera have been entertain
ed. Trade and manufactures are quite sus
pended; foreigners engaged in manufactories
ettdeavor clandestinely to leave tiic country,
because they are dragged away to serve in the
army. Tlie left bank of the Vistula does not
present bo melancholy a prospect; but even
there scarcely a third of tlie fields lias been
sown, in consequence of tlie failure of the
crops last year, and the scarcity of good seed
corn. When the revolution broke out, corn
of all kinds was seized and conveyed to the ar
my; magazines were secretly sold at low pri
ces, because money was more easily conceal
ed than corn. But now that the sowing time in
spring has come, there is no seed corn, to
disguise tlie difficulties of their situation, hut tclli
Mr. M onroe's administratioi, met mv disap
probation. Hence it is that no one, correctly
informed. Las ever considered me his political
partisan. As to myself, I can truly say that 1
have no person in view lor the succession
I am at a loss to say who among the promi
nent politicians I ought to support. Fortu
nately for me and the country, this question
may yet be advantageously postponed.
Tlie present controversy between ffeu. Jack-
son and Mr. Clay, can never divide S?nutheru
politicians to any extent. The “ American
System,” tiie hubby of the latter, lias litit few
advocates among the Southern planters, and
its author still lewir adherents. On Genera!
Jackson then, who is himself a planter, wc
must depend, with a confident reliance on lie
justice of Congress for relief against the op
pression of a system of exactions which if
persevered in. must ultimately lead to the most
calamitous results. The gieai and ■ i.. d.innn-
tal principles which divided our couniry mtu
parties, are of momentous concern, anti nre c-
very way worthy of the untiring vigilance of
the American people. The Journals of the
Senate of tiie United States for the six years
that 1 was a member of that bodv, will best
shew my opinions on the Tariffs of 1824, and
’28, which now threaten the repose of (he U-
nion, and the prosperity of the Southern coun
try. These afford an earnest of the corns' 1
which I shall feci it to be inv duty to pursue
in reference to any measuru which may be
calculated to repeal or mitigate this “bill of
abominations," as it has been emphatically
called by one of its present most active and ef
ficient supporters.
The next point to which you invite ntv at
tention, is the Bank of tlie United States. 1
ant unable to perceive how 1 can vote for the
renewal of tlie charter in any form. My opin
ion in relation to Banks is of long standing,
and has, in N. Carolina at least, become some
what a matter of public notoriety. 1 have be
lieved that it was the intention of the Federal
Constitution, tIrat the currency of the United
States should have been metallic, and 1 infer-
cess m in p, the nl s m,!ev!e -°f " 1,im ;” e “T ! rt ’ d lllia l »'"> «he technical language employed,
cess in inf* struggle lor ntilinnu! ftMslrncc urpends 1 „ t '
on their continued perseverance, lie eiiume- 8n ^ 110 eXC 1 S ! Ve P 0 ,"’ cr 8 lven to Congress to
rates the glorious results nf tlie campaign, and I C0ln monc >'. i '.n ( l regulate its value, with the po-
c-'inments with n laudable pride on (lie fact, that j Sltlve inhibition on the states to do the same
though Poland had hut nt its commencement nn j thing or to emit bills of credit, or to make any
ill organized torcc of 30,000 to oppose to the thing but gold and silver coin a tender ill pay-
hordes of Russia, nearly fifty thousand of the lat-1 tnent of debts. But the ingenuity of man has
ter have been put ho s du combat, nnd 10,000 re- sought out many inventions, and the person
mam prisoners in Warsaw whilst the Poles have would he thought mad, who at this day, would
■ sjr&rr S ”, Hfl *K
of baggage and ammunition wagons, &c. We °, r ' V i' ta . C ’- 11 P j mon ’ ll!ls chartered Banks
cannot doubt that his appeal will lie met in n cor- and t!icreb >’ indirectly regulated the value of
ppeal , . ..
responding spirit On tlie other hand die Auto- monc y as effectually as though they had the
crat lias ordered to lie levied an nnny of reserve
of 160,000 men to support tiie operations of Geo
Diehitsh, and it is stated that the war is highly po
pulnrin Russin, notw ithstamiiHg the reverses sus
tabled hy the Russians. We subjoin a few ex
tracts from late Warsaw paper
po«er to coin it.
A national bank lias been recommended hy
the President with certain well defined powers.
I am persuaded that the President’s views have
never been fairly presented or understood.—
The Warsaw Gazette of tiie 26th of April states, 'fl'Z ^ ont e mp >“ t c d «he estab-
in a postscript, the following important news :— “Shinent ol such a hideous monster as Ins pa-
Yesterday we received the news that Gen. Dwer- ! l,lc . :d opponents have conjured up. Such an
tiicki Lad obtained a victory over the corps of tustitution in the hands oi the Executive, for
Gen. Rudiger at Luck, on the river Styr, at Vol- iln y oilier purpose, or with tiny other powers
hynia. In this brilliant affair lie look 12 pieces than the transmission of government funds,
of cannon, and n large number of prisoners, a- from one part of tlie union to another, I should
inong Whom it is said is the Russian commander, deprecate as the greatest calamity that could
A whole polk of Cossacks were drowned in the befall the country!
river, * tlie remainder nf the Russian corps were „„ ,i it i j
.... ' .. *. thus, gentlemen, I have responded to you
fully and Ireely. I have no concealment in
cut to pieces or put to flight ; so that Rudiger
coins may be said to be annihilated. Tlie details ...
of this brilliant affair are hourly expected. The P ol >*tcs. My principles remain now as in 179H.
journal assigns, as a reason for their not having w 'hen they were first formed at College. They
earlier arrived, tlie interruption of the Polish line have undergone no change that I am sensible
of communication on the right hank of (lie Vistu- of. “They have grown with my growth. an ^
la, owing to the defeat of the other division of the strengthened with my strength.”
ne°nr VVronow undcrGet1 ' S^rawski,, I have the honor to be, with the highest res-
The same paper of tlie 28th contains nn official 5 0ur ^ e H° w citizen.
pers of 21«t April, conttiiti an account (given;attack six of tlie enemy’s squadrons which
of infantry, one division of grenadiers, otic which we add our want of horses aud oxen,
“ * which have been taken away from the poor ci
tizens. Provisions already begin to he scarce,
and unless timely precautions arc taken, a
famine may be expected in Poland in a fetv
months.
The following paragraphs are quoted from a
letter of the private correspondent of tlie Lon
don Standard, dated Paris, May 4. This is
the latest date from the French capital:
battaliou of sappers, two regiments of cavalry,
and two batteries of artillery, oue of large ca
libre. At sight of so superior a force Gen. U-
minski thought it advisable to re-cross the Li-
wiec, leaving only oue detachment to defend
the hastily constructed bridge head, whicli the
enemy attacked vigorously. Gen. Uminski
ordered the first Ilulausto ford the river and
report of the Commander in Chief, dated Jin
how, 22d iusl in which lie gives an account of
the defeat of Sierau ski, w hich on the whole, n-
JOI1N BRANCH,
.’ooooo:—
We learn from the Newbcrn Sentinel. dlB '
grees with the Russian account, only the loss of a terrible outrage was committed in Dunlin
the I oles is stnled at 2000 moii ; Gun Sicrawski ; r 1 • m p , , . «•. iVniirv'
is stated to have drawn this disaster o„ Idmsc f by I £ oon V' 0I ! ,he f th ult ' ^.ss Nancy
exceeding his instructions, and advancing towar/s I P°>' et ’ l ,h ® d ««Kli*er of a respectable »t lo«.
Lublin, where the enemy had a very superior l,avll . 1 K left home with the intention ot visitmt,
, ery superior
force.
The London Morning Chronicle says, “ Vari
ous gloomy reports were confidently circulated
yesterday respecting Poland. It was, in particu
lar, slated that a deputation from Warsaw, Imd
waited on Diehitsh » jth the offer of surrendering,
in consequence of tlie disease and famine prevail
ing in that capital, hut that the General Imd refus
ed tlie terms. On the other hand, we know tlint
accounts from Warsaw down to the 28th have
been received in a high quarter here, which give a
very different version of tlie state of uffairr The
Russians are not, it is said, near Warsaw, nor is
a neighboring family, wjis found after t.igl |( '
shockingly mangled, in an adjoining pond.—■
‘From appearances, tlie murder must hair
been perpetrated at a distance of two hundret
yards from the pond in which the bodytfa*
found, and (lie resistance must have been des
perate. The ground and hushes at the pla ce
of conflict, were much trodden and broke*,
and some liglitwood limbs, that were on the
spot, appeared to have been used by the mon
ster in completing liis designs. The vouttR
Lady’s combs wore also found, broken at"