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PROCEEDINGS OF THE '
STATE - CONVENTION. ,
[Continued from last week.] •
Thursday, 9 o'clock, A. M.
Convei Mon met persuant to adjournment.
Prayer by the Rev. H. G. Jones..
Mr. Jones from the committee appointed.
under the let resolution, reported the names
of the following gentlemen as delegates to
the National Convention. Read and adopt
ed:—
Senatorial delegates.—liarmar Denny,
Roberts Vaux.
Ist, 2d 'and 3d districts.—John Clarke,
Johh R. Jones, William Grimshaw.
4th.—Samuel Parke, Owen Stoever, Dr,
George Smith.
sth.—James Paul.
6th.—Thomas Elder.
7th.—Christian Pretz, Daniel Rhodes.
Sth.—William Watts, Samuel Leider
Wk.—Henry D. Drinker, John Burrows,
Samuel J. Packer.
10th.—Charles Deal.
llthr*Jacob Alter; Jacob Cassatt,
12th.—James Milligan.
13th.—Charles Ogle.
14th..--James Todd.
15th.—Samuel McKeehan. '
16th.-,-Wm. W. Irwin, Jos. Buffington.
17th.—John Taylor.
18th.—Robert Faulkner.
` l ".filtrThe County Committees should to iaWed .
' here, but as we have been requested not to pub
lish them until they are complete for each coup•
ty, we omit them.l
1 r - - " nm mimes
_Awe, tat the count. comma,.
be requested to take early measures to as.
Certain, whether the Delegates from their
several districts will attend at the National
Convention, and where necessary, to sub
iitittite- Delegates in. lace of those who may
not be disposed to attend; and that the Na
tional Convention froin the State, be au
thorised to supply any vacancies which
may occur in our Representation.
Mr. Clarke of Philadelphia, from the
committee appointed under the 3d resolu
tion, made the following report; which was
read and adopted:
1. Resolved, That by the oaths and obli
gations of masonry, its members are held
in allegiance to an unauthorised govern
ment and code of laws foreign and alien to
the constitution ands laws, of the United
States; and are bound in an unfeeling des
potism that disqualifies „them for an honest
discharge of many of their duties as citizens
and officers efihe legitimate government of
their country.
2. Resolved, That while the devotees of l
masonry continue their obedience to the
oaths and laws of their secret order; while
they deem any of its obligations binding in
honor, law, or conscience, they cannot re
ceive the votes, the support or influence of
the friends of equal rights and antimasonry,
for any office whatever.
a. Resolved, That the political charac
ter ofinasonry is established in tho clearest
manner, by the direct testimony of numer
ous masons of the highest respectability who
have seceded from- the institution, and of
some- who continue to, adhere to- it; and is
fully demonstrated by the oaths of several
degrees- of the order whose manifest design
is to direct, and whose obvious tendency is
to produce a preference to be given to ma
sons in elections and appointments to office,
--4.—Reseho-1
anti-masonry-is
cessarily political; that 'without attacking
masonry-by means orthe Ballot Box, where
it is entrenched behind the political patron
age and power of the government, all efforts
to destroy its usurpations on the rights and
privilegei of the people must fail, and like a
rebellion suppressed, must contribute to the
power and vigor of masonic despotism.
5. Resolved, That in order to destroy
the_political domination of masonry, it is
necessary to deprive the institution of ad
herents and supporters of every kind, whe
ther bound by its oaths or not, the injory
to the equal rights of the people; being the
same, whether the usurped dominion of ma
sonry be promoted and sustained by the
machinations, votes and intionce ef oath
bound members, of interested agents and
dependents, or of timid and compliant ro
fessors ofneutrality.
6. Resolved, That this convention re
commends to the Anti-masons throughout
the Union, the propriety of opposing politi
cally all adherents to, or advocates of secret
associations.
7. -Resolved, That the whole history of
masonry, and of the country for the last 25
years, and especially the la* four years
demonstrates 'the servility and the 'subser
viency of the public Press, either from fear
of, or from favour to the masonic institution,
and it is therefore required of all advocates
of freedom and anti-masonry,to . support and
patronize no other newspaper than those
which- fearlessly maintain the rights of the
people, uninfluenced by ,the, acts and unaw
, ed by the threats of masonic rulers, their
Adherents end dependent:
-- 8. Resolved, That as masonry professes
to be a religious institution, and has presid
ing over its mysteriei, its sceptred Monarchs
natrrnitred - High.Priests„ it•should be re
garded as a Union of Church and State, mid
presenting by its precepts and example,
.*prindtples at variance with the spirit of our
inAhlutiOns,_daigerous to our youth,„ and
when initiated; titibVersive of both the reli-,
gloalindi the civil liberty-which it designs
• 10 unite. I ' * • • •
• 9. Roodeed„ That much of the history
of MOOPti, lad es e ,aiiklly hitetrials
its" the*it, shows.,its danger
-41111111poisoning the foucteinspf
ig the porisisa en
TUE A:1 -i n-MASVO'NICAit - A.14 - D ifitAVITBLIeiN
of their iinparliality,.and witnesses in the
sacred obedience to their oaths.
Mr..McLenegan of Lancaster, chairman
of the committee appointed under the 4th
resolution, made the !Mowing report . ; which
was read and.ailopted.
ii EPOR
To tin American citizen, the liberty of
the press, guaranteed by the Constitution of
the Union, is a privilege of inestimable val
ue. The of free institutions must
have experienced an unspeakable, triumph,
on their success in establishing a principle
fraught with such benefits to the human
race. It was then the maxim that "Intel
ligence is the life Of. Liberty" was placed
on a solid brisis; and that the axiom may be
fully appreciated, ought - to he the desire of
every American bosom: _ for on this founda
tion may be erected ►n the , nation, a temple
of glory and strength, which the artsdu,:
demagogue, or the combinations of the wick
ed cannot overthrow.
On almost every subject the freedom of
the press has been busy, and what is the
result? Information is spread, the ignorant
have been enlightened; and man is no longer
left to grope his way is barbarous stupidity.
A gleam' of light breaks around his :mind,
and dispels illusion; and he is enabled to
search for the hidden things of art and
science, or to explore the wonders of crea
tion, and to speculate upon the mysteries of
Providence. The press has thus advanced
man in the scale of moral - being, by freely
Caltfirassing subjects, a knowledge of which
enables him to take his rank in the intellec
tual world. Mechanics, Literature, Phil
osophy, History, Poetry, Agriculture, and
UM 1111 Prill/Vlll I di:l:llllF:lbiltilLbir,gllllCA,Wilii-1-11
on which the press has not failed to shew
its talent and its power. In this country it
may be compared to a moral lever by which
the world of mind may be moved, for ques
tions of policy and expediency in the ad
ministration of the government occur con
tinually; and without the perfect liberty of
the press, public sentiment could not be as
certained, or directed by the government
in any particular channel. Here political
affairs are publicly discussed; and the Pre
sident high as his station is, must submit to
a scrutiny of his official acts, as close as
would be used in regard to the peoples'
humblest servant.
Is there any exception to this rule of freo
discussion by the press? Yes. There would
be no cause of complaint, if there was not
one foul blot upon the face of this otherwise
fair Palladium.
Masonry arrogates to herself pretensions
so lofty, that her evil deeds must be hid fro
sight, and are not to be exposed to the pub
lic gaze. Of her good deeds if any exist,
she voluntarily becomes her own trumpeter.
She will not consent to be searched, but
like a. pirate under false colours, holds on
her way, alike regardles of public opinion,
and of her own character. She cares not,
for aspersions. Charge after charge ofthe
most appalling nature has been proved a
gainst her, yet she replies not to her accu
sers, save in the language of vituperation.
She does. not palliate, but some times de
nies; and yet in denying does not disprove
the allegations made against her. She is of
ten silent, or retorts by evading the argu
ment; but never ails to attempt raising the
dust in drder to blind the vision of her pur
suers. She presses into her service the
names of the distinguished living, and the
memory cif the venerated dead,and thereby
hopes to aveet the impending storm; never
once remembering That their names ma o
her strong as she is, while the renown they
had.acquired was not of her bestowment.
Even Christianity sacred as the subject
ie, has in all- agea-beensubjeeted-to a free
and scrutinizing discussion before the world,
and its enemies have only proved how firm
ly.based it is on tke,pillar of truth; but ma
sonry claims a s4terior sanctity, and that
which concerns her must not be (couched.
Is this coyness the effect of her arroaance,
or is it the result of timidity? Doubtless
fear causes her to shrink frorn -.exposure,
lest detection and *punishment might over
whelm her for deeds of darkness committed
in secret. Truth and honesty never feared
to meet inquiry; hence the inference is fair,
that they do not claim kindred with masonry.
It seems a work of supererogation to re
mkt to 'particular cases to" prove the:truth
of the allegations .now made; but lest some
sceptic should - oppose a doubt,it will be fair
to let facts speak.
All remember the cases of Fauntelroy,
the bank-robber; of Beauchamp the murder
er; of Porter and Wilson, the mail robbers;'
of Gibbs the Pirate; and of the murderers of
White, at Salem. On these the press was
as loquacious and as fearless in exposure, as
could be desired. All the circumstances of
each case were minutely detailed, and the
public, as-they ought to have been, Were
informed of them in due time. Here the
press was free as mountain air.
.14, then
spoke trumpet-tongued, its deep condemns.'
tion of iniquity. But mark the contrast!
. Not -one of the very extraordinary cir
cumstances which preceded, accompanied,
and followed the atrocious abduction and
murder of William Morgan, was ever pub
lished by the newspapers of the country ex
cepting those which' owed their origin to
that abduction url Murder. Yet of all oth;
or topics, no mutter how trivial, the news
papers,. especially during a dearth of foreign
news, trver fail to - give a ready currency.
The upsetting de post-coach; the un
roofing or alaftrn by.. a storm of wind; the
firing•of a house by lightning, or by an in
cendinty; the death of t: stage from
the' heat of. the
_Weather; the robbery of a
store; . (inasertic . only excepted,) are'most:
garefully , chrorticled by the, daily and week
ly puns:lists ,tn:fiiwt Bur -no
word is suffered
,by these pompously styled
sentinels of liberty to intimate to their rea
ders the fact of the most extensive, long con
tinued, and deeplY laid:combination of vil
lainy and murder, that ever blackened the
annals of any nation. •
Many of the particulars attending the
trials of the Morgan conspirators were of a
most unusual kind and extraordinary nature:
yet Were they never noticed by the public
press, except in the few papers established
for the purpose of exposing masonry. It
may be proper to relbr to some of these par
ticulars.
When.the public feeling was first astound
ed at the news of the kidnapping of Morgan,.
three . yersons, all of high masonic standing,
Cheesobro', Lawson, and Sawyer, on being
indicted for the offence, pleaded guilty, with
the hope of hushing further inquiry; and
submitted to the sentence of the Court. But
the masonic newspapers were wholly silent.
One of the distinguished , conspirators a
gainst the liberty and life of Captain Morgan,
was Eli Bruce, Sherifl'of Niagara. County ;
who for his eminent services to the Royal
Craft in the- Morian outrage of September
1820, was in
.the month of December follow
ing, appointed Grand Scribe to the Grand
Chapter of Iloly-royal-arch-masons. This
man in 1827, refused to give testimony be
fore a grand jury convened to inquire into
the crimes alleged against the Morgan con
ipirators. In 1829 when called upon by a
brother mason, John Whitney, then on trial,
he voluntarily testified much of what he
knew of the. ease. In June 1830, when
produced in Court as a witness for the peo
ple, on the trial of &Aid Jewett, at Lock
• ort, he utterly refused to be sworn as a
witness, and cheerfully submitted to fine
and imprisonment, for the . contempt. In
1831 when again called to testify in the
case of Elishitt Adams, he agreed to do so,
and gave his -testimony freely; though how
far candidly, is best-known to himself. But
in all this curious, winding course of the
Grand Scribe and Sheriff, not a word was
ever said in any newspaper, othor than the
independent anti-masonic papers.
At the Lockport trials in June, 1830, a witness
:for the people, (Orasmiis Turner,) refused to an.
swer certain questiona x elleging that by answering
they might criminate himself. So far, the case
was not without parallels: as it sometimes hap.
pens that witnesses in - other cases, decline an
swering certain questions for similar reasons.—
But after argument and ; deliberation, the court, in
the Lockport case, deeled - that the excuse of the
witness, Turner, was- mirefifeigned, and, for his
contempt in not anisitetiogy , fined him $2.50 and
imprisoned him for 90440,,Zndis part of the oc
currence was most singtilitr,snef extraordinary.
The fact was equally e dimly whether the
court was right or wrong.- It was one which
scarce y a .•:ns twice in a generation, in a whole
country. Noynember of this committee remerri
bers ever to have heatd of another such an event
in this or any other. State of the Union. Yet it
was never mentioned in any but a very few pa.
pers of the conniryf lad- then in the most slight
and cursory masnes.4llolllptin those papers con
ducted by anti-masons. .
The fact, that so few newspafiers, in any way,
published the imprisonment and fining of the con.
tumacious masonic witnesses at Lockport in Juno,
1830, is the more extraordinary, because all the
conductors of presses in the country, aro in the ,
constant habit of watching the -proceedings of
courts of justice, in order to place something
or interesting before their subscribers and the
public.
The degrading servility of the public press, go.
nerally, to the tyranny of masonry, is strikingly
illustrated by another face — Although numbers
of masons have been convicted on fill? and fair tri
als in courts of justice, for participating in tho
Morgan outrage,and have been sentenced accord-
ingly—although three leading and high masons,
(Cheesebro, Lawson, and Sawyer,) have pleaded
guilty to , the indictments against them for the of
ment—yet no'one of them, not a single man who
was in any manner concerned in the abduction, or
in the murder of Morgan, was ever censured or
expelled_ by any Lodge _Chapter or Encampment
in the United Statet. ---- "Ciii - the zontmryisevereil
them like Eli Bruce ,Were promoted to the highest
masonic dignities and mock titles, for their oath/i
-t), and zeal in the tragedy of Morgan. But start-_
ling as this fact is; implicating the onlit:CWislyi,
and demonstrating as it does, the guilty ind blop,
dy character of the whole institution; it bas`nover
boon published- - or-even alluded- to, in any-m-wf
paper in the United States, with' the exception of
those that are avowedly anti-masonic.
When the imprisonment of Turner before men.
tioned lied expired, he was conducted from the
jail in a coach and four, with along procession of
his masonic brethren; although Judge Nelson by
whom he had been punished for the contempt,
was not an anti-mason, but either a mason or an
admirer of the craft. Again, at the trial of Blisha
Adarns.in Marc_h„ 1831, eleven of his jurors were'
* clearly convinced ofhis guilt, but one named Wil
son, a master-mason, held out for several 'days,
till the court were compelled to discharge the jury.
And at the trial of P. Whitney, Beach, Chubbuck,
Shaw,. and Miller, all royal arch Masons, immedi
ately afterwards, .eleven other jurors wore satis
fied of the guilt - of three of the defendants; but ono
juror named Beissol,a royal arch mason, actirigup,
'on his masonic oaths, refused to concur, and the
jury were likewise discharged by the court. Yet
none of these ominous facts, so indicatiye of the
sworn duty of masons, "to help each other when
in difficulty, right or wrong," were published to
the world by the presses' servilely devoted to the
order: but all was kept by them it the most pro
found silence; and had it not been for the activity ,
and zeal of the free presses opposed to masonry,
the would never havo'known that these tri
als had occurred.
ic few. yea rs noon atrial for murder in Philp
delplua, a juror who helonged,to the society: of
Friends, refused from conscientious scruple§ to be
qualified, or to sit as a juror in the case. I. or the
alloged,attempt, he was imprisoned for a short
time by sentence of the eburt. ,This circumstance
from its novelty, was pLiblished in every newspa
per in Pennsylvania with, perhaps, .a single ex,
motion. Some' of the editors censured thedeci
sion of the court, others' approVed of it ;,,ut all a
them published the fact wean interesting' item of
news. Such is the talkative freedgm ohhe press
in every matter where masonry is not involved.
What a contras - 0
Editors that &it as garru:
lous aa magpies on common matters:bec.omo slid.
don ly,. whenever masonry iai coneoirtd; as silent
and secret as the grave!.
What is the cause of this sleeping/ of the boast
ed "Sentinel" of liberty," whenovermasonry is in
question, nolnatter whonity be the nets Oratro-.
city of the enter t Who is there in the nation ao
ignorant; as aorta know the cause ? . in glaring
114 . ifOril tea in stailietima: 'his found in the. fact,
that.hatf thir,ediora °film preyms in the United
Stites are masons, sworn to-protect and assist the
combination; and that far the greater part of 4he.
other half, aro either from fear or from favour
chained to the footstool of the Royal and aristo
cratic order.
How is this grievance to be redressed? Only
by putting in force and practice the language and.
sentiment of tho excellent constitution of Pennsyl
vania. "'rho printing presses shall be free. The
free communication of thoughts and opinions is
one of the invaluable rights of man, and every
citizen may freely speak, write and print, on any
subject, being responsible for the abuse of that
liberty." Here is onr authority for condemning
the sycophancy and criminal inertness of those
who would be called "watchmen on the watchtow
:l-of-liberty." Let the-trarinnelled press be taught
to know that the constitution of the Union, an4l that
of our own Commonwealth, are not dead letters.
IS the 'power of masonry feared? Are men so
recreant to theinselvbs.and their country, that the
dread of losing the favor and protection of those in
authority, prevents them from expressing their
opinions in relation to the evils of masonry? But
why fear masonry? Sho is powerless, if the peo-
Ple will it. She once proclaimed her influence to
be so great, that the world in arms could not im
pede its progress: She now speaks, not in the tri
umphal shout, but in the tone of supplication. She
is shorn of her beams; and if Americans ate true
to themselves, she will continue to sink, until all
men are placed on an equality; and the rights of
the whole people aro respected. Antimasonry
after fleeing for a century before her pursuers,
now turns and keeps them at bay. Light is burst.
ing around the public mind; not the candle light
of masonry, but the sunshine of truth and sober,
reason. Men are begining to see - how long the
press has been . bound by a charm and are now
supporting free presses of their own. Pennsylva
nia now has upwards of fifty, and the number is
fast increasing.
What remains then to be done? Keep the press
free. Support free presses and no others. Should
we help the combination, when reason, truth and
justice, mingle their common supplications to us
for aid against it? Do masons support anti mason
ic presses? No. Let us then be up and doing.
The country expects every freeman to be alive to
his duty.
The Committee in conclusion, recommend the
adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That in opinion of this con
vention, thv freedom of the press should be
kept inviolate and that editors who conceal
the truth relative to the ' disclosure of mason
ry are faithless sentinelr, and are unworthy
of the support of freemen.
(Conclusion next week.]
FROM EUROPE':
NEW YORK,..Ane 6.
'file New York Whig says—By the arrival this
afternoon, of the Birmingham, Capt. Harris, from
Liverpool, Liverpool papers have been received to
the 7th May, and London to the 6tb.
(K - GE/V. DIEBITSCH HAD RE
TREATED ACROSS THE BUG—
AND THE POLISH ARMY WERE
IN POSSESSION OF SIEDLECI
Hamburgh papers of April 29th, contain ac
counts of a victory gained by Gen. Dwernicki
over Gen. Rudiger in Volhyna,.the population of
which had revolted en masse. The same accounts
say that Russian troops wore advancing on that
province. •
SE'REAT BRITAIN—REFORM.—The elec.
rNproniise to-.result far more favorably to the
cause of Reform, than even its friends anticipated
Gen. Gascoyne, who introduced the amendment
to the Reform Bill, which occasioned its defeat,
has lost his election in Liverpool.
A Liverpool paper of May 7th says:—
We cannot refrain from congratulating
with our readers on - The — dailT.increasing
success of the people in their noble struggle
for reform. livery post brings accounts o
fresh victories to the great cause, and four
he amount of votes-which—it
gained-in the elections already decided.
In Ireland, too, reform was carrying the
elections beyond the anticipation.* of.tliGi
most sangUinc. Scot - End - Wag litiety - to - re:
main about in statu quo: Ministers might
even lose a little.
''NEW-YORK, June 9.
The news from Poland continues favora
ble to its brave defenders; though up to the
latest dates, no decisive battle had been
fought. • Aceountslad been received of ex
tensive ravages by the choleramorbus a- -
mong the Russian troops., in consequence of
which, a protracted quarantine had been
established in the pbrts of Holland, upon all
vessels corning from Russia, of whatever.
nation. It was presumed that no vessel
would find it an object to go from Russia to
Holland solong as this quarantine contin
ues. The Poles were represented to be ral,.
lying all their energies; auxiliaries were
coming in from every quarter.
There had been no fighting between the
Belgians-and 120,utc . h. The King of Holland
appeared to be generally popular among his
subjects. When the Eniesald .arrived at
Amsterdam, the whole torwrwas set off with
a display of 'flags, in complitnent to His
Zattjesty. The Princess of Orange was sey,-
.1
ertd times there during her stay in port.
Continuation of Foreign Adviceg.
The late hour at which the foreign_ papers
reached us on Monday, sayktfie New York
Commercial, prevented • as close an exami
nation of their contents, and as extensive,
an abridgement of their intelligence, as we
could have desired. The deficiency is now .
supplied. • -
REPORTED DEFEAT Tao POLES.
In a ”Second Edition" of the' London
Standard of the evening of May 6, we find
the followi4impeitanty but. melancholy ac.
• count of tho state of the cumpaigL in Poland.
The Editor ofhhe Stallard says this ac
count was receivvd'ilirough private coin
-Inercia- Clutrinel, Ellat the authority may be
' •,.' •-•
~'- • .•'•"'"' • -
"General biebitsch, er having defeat
ed the Poles at Biala, ma died direct upon
Warsaw, which town is ce the 19th of
last month, declared in a st: to of siege: the
inhabitants are willing to surrender in
\con
sequence 4 JI :in epidemic which is raging"
in and about the town. The Pules lost
nearly 10,000 'men; and at the ilead.quar
ter's. the general belief is that the war is at
an end, as another army is coming from
Russia into Podolia." -
B ArTIMPRE, June 10.
Latest from Europe.—The Gazette says
—The ship Corinthian, Bennet, arrived this
day from Liverpool, sailed on the 13th of
May. We have only been enabled to ob
tain a single paper of-the 12th May, from
which we extract the following,.
Private letters from Berlin, by the Ham
bum steamer at Liverpool state that there
had been three day's fighting, and the brave
Poles had
. been defeated, with the loss of
eight thousand prisoners and two thousand
killed.
,It also appears that General Dwer
nicki had escaped the. Russians, and,, has
been joined by nine thousand men previons
to which his army consisted of tWelve thou-,
sand men. _
There appears to be no doubt of the de
feat of General Seirauski by Kreutz;
counts, Polish and German ; concur in
From the position in which the armies now -
are, a very few days must bring some deci-
sive intelligence.
The Standard on the authority of pri
vate letters speaks confidently of the defeat °
of,the Poles, and goes so tar as to assert
that Warsaw was ready to open its gates to
the merciless and sanguinary Diebitsch.—
• =unity Shuthiers and trembles for the fate
of the bravest people in Europe.
• We have received, by express,. the Paris
papers dated yesterday, the Moniteur con-
twins a long and somewhat angry defence of
the King and his Ministers for their conduct
respecting the . "decoratiOn of July," and all .
the other papers are more or less taken up
with discussing the propriety of the Minis
terial. interference. The heroes of July
themselves conquered those emblems which
have been decreed by the people to be
commemorative of their valour—and the
King therefore arrogates 'too much in de-
mantling to bestoW them as marks of Roy
al favour. "The heroes of July" have to
RECEIVE that which the King had no right . •
to GIVE! •
CONSTANTINOPLE, April H.—Now exe
cutions have taken place-since the lasi post-
The Vice-Admiral, Tahir Pacha, was stran
gled a few days sinco. They say that he
was implicated in a conspiracy redently,dis
covered. The fleet recently fitted out is
destined partly for the, coasts of Albania,
and the rest will sail for Alexandria and
Syria. The flame of revolt has extended
into Syria, and Babylon and Bagdad are in
a similar state to Albania. Regular troops
daily leave here for Macedonia and Asia.
BIRIrINGIIAIII.—A most - disgraceful out..
rage took place in this town on Monday last.
The Rev. Mr. Moseley, rector of St. Mar
tin's Church having declined to have ilia,'
bells rung in consequence of thej{.ing's die
solving Parliament, was most shamefiill:
assailed, and e ? caped to his residence with
much difficulty. The belfreys of St. Mar;.
-tin's and St. Peter's Churches were after
wards entered, and merry peals rung out to
the satisfaction of a vast assemblage of per-
We are indebted to the politeness of the
Editor of the Ptdriot for a copy of the fol
lowing:
. RUSSIA AND* POLAND.
- We are sorry to say that the last accounts
froin the seat of war are flu from being sat
isfactory, though
_the Poles have been al
1110st-mviiiiatihrrimi essfriFiri - Alre - several
skirmishes which have taken place. Their
means of making good the loSses inseparable
even from victory . bear- no -proportion_ta_
•ThOie - orilleir gigaritic oppiesserrfrom -- ther ----
neglect of all agricultural operations, want is
'beginning to be felt; it is certain' that then
cholera has made its appearance at Warsaw
and in the camp; and the-Gauntry people are
approaching Warsaw from all direct io ns,
fact from which it would appear that' ther
barbarians are advancing fast upon the capi
tal. Should they ever enter the city it wilt
be over the dead bodies of the . inhabitants,
after atrocities "and massacres worse than .
any of those which called for the interven.
tion elthe Powers of Europe in the strug
gle between "the Turks and Greeks,-but we
can hardly believe that those Powers will
again took quietly on the martyrdom of a
people superior id &cry point of
their opfifessors, apeople shoe almost mi
callous bravery and pathetic sacrifices prove
them so well entitled to freedom.
General Sk-rzynecki has issued' a preda
tion to the - armzand t . he nation in which ho
does not disguise ' he difficulties of their sit
uation, but tells hen?Tilainly that their only
hopis'ec ultimate success in the struggle for
national existence depends on their continu
ed perseverance. He enumerates the glo
rious results of the campaign, and comments
with laudable pride on the fact that though
Poland had but' at its commencement an ill'
organized force of 30,000 to oppose to the
hordes of Russia, nearly 50,000' of the latter
have been put hors-de-combat, and-16,000
remain
.prisoners in Warsaw, whilst the •
Poles "have taken n flays 16 er . 6 1 000
Stand of arms, and 30 pieces of cannon, to..
'Other with a great number of baggage and
ammunition Wagons,-40. We cannot di:At--
that his appeal will' be met in correstiondifot
Spirit. On the other hand - . `the Atitoerat
Ordered' to be 7 - ltlyied aliArtUr; of reserve of'
150,01XLmerilo Support, the Operations of
General Diebitsch, ensl4, is stated that the
war is .14* 4 in Russia,
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