Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-06-30
BIooaArulcAL NorrcE or PULASKI.

0iSNiBHbi&hC NOQl W. a4Q 6aChhos tOt@
AN active part in the war Of the Amer
can revolution. Thcear Hest accounts,ol
this eminent frieEd of America she~
him fighting nobiy in defence of the IL
berries of his natiys land, agsinst the
fiagitious usurpaiions of the Russian,
Prussian, and Austrian monarchs.-
When those p~otsn,ates began TO carry
into execution their infamous scheme
for the dismembermsut of Poland, a
large proportion Of the natives of that
country determined to resist the inva
ders, and to defend Il the last the dear
est rights of their nature. Amongst
those WHO stood foremost in the patri.
otto ranks, in resistance to oppression
was Count Pulaski-Noth.ng could
repress the ardor and perseverance,
with which he fought, while a CLEAN OF
hope remained for the salvation OF his
country's liberties. His ardent patriot
ism and well known skill and courage
soon placed him at the head ofthe forces
arrayed against the foreign dlctailon,
and in this situation he became the
scourse of the enemies of Poland
For eight successive years OF bloody
war his exploits were such as to draw
upon him the attention of all Europe.
Equally formidable in defeat as in VIC
tory, he traverssd all the palaunates,
yanauishing and vanquished, and per-
| forming feats Of %yalour, which almost
surpass belief. In177l, be conceived
and attempted 10 carry into execution
tbs hazardous design of Selling Stanis-
laus. the reignipg sovereign, OF War
saw. and conveying him to the camp,
witha view Of forming an union be-
tween the monarch and the people,
Which might be tue means OF railying
all the forces Of the kingdom 10 the pa
triotic standard, and thus expelling the
satellites OF its naughty n%eighbors from
the t%arritory of the republic. This an
terprize being confided 10 forty brave
compatriots, they succeeded only 30 far
as tossizs on the king, in the very bo-
som of his capital, and to carry him some
distance from it, Untoward circuH-
stances prevented the final execution of
their plan, and their captive made his
escape.
The bigotted partisans of Russian
despotism have insinuated an intention
on the part ofPulaski and his followers,
10 assa.sinate Stanislaus; but the cha
raeterof the leader and the cifcumstsn-
ces Of the case are sufficient TO preclude
even the suspicion of such a design
Every facility was afforded them, IN
deed, for its accomplishment, had 1t
entered their minds, as be was in their
power for several hours.
When, in i77a, the confederatcd des-
pots finally accomplished The partition
of his native land, Pulaski was the last
among the Poles to retire from he
glorious contest ia which he had been
so long and ~arduou.ly engaged
Hi. army reduced in numbers was
routed, nay almost annihilated, in a des-
perate engagement with a superior
Russian force; some OF the friends OF
liberty fell into the hands Of their OPP
pressors, and died an honorable death,
as martyrs to the followed cause they
had espoused. and 30 nobiy defended;
a very few submitted to lead an igno-
minious life under the new dominion;
while others preferred eternal exile in
foreign chimes Pulaski rose superior
to misfortune; he was defeated, not Sub
dued After much hardship and fa-
tigue, with many hairbreadth escapes
and almost incredible adventures, he
made bis way to Turkey, which was
then at war With ussia.:Hie bad hoped to
have here an opportunity of continuing
his exertions against the latter power;
of gratifying his inveterate hatred a.
gainst il, and, perhaps, of performing
something towards the emancipation OF
the land of his birth. The treaty of
of peace concluded between the Porte
and Russia, in i774, frustrated all his
prospects in that quarter, and he was
obliged 10 turn his attention elsewhere.
The stale apathy and torpor into which
bis native land was sunk, under the sway
of her foreign oppressors, forbade him
to hope for any speedy amelioration OF
her deplorable condition. lie had long
since, thought the influence of the Rus
sian faction, been deprived ofhis estate,
degraded from his LINK, condemned to
death, and, in a word, outlawed.
Afte; leaving the dominlons of the
Porte, he passed into France Were he
arrived soon after the declaration OF
American independence, and when
every generous heart was enlisted IN
the cause of the struggling and oPpres-
sed colonists. Here was an ample field