The Arkansas advocate., 1831-06-29


 Aosciusko resolved, at all hazards, to prevent this junction; he Jeff Warsaw in September; but fortune, that had till then seconded lis valor, soon betrayed him. The orders he had sent to Gener- ;il poninski were intercepted by the Russians; the corps of that chief could not join him, and the important passage of d river was forced by the enemy at last on the 9th of October, kosciusko was attacked by the army of 6enerson, three times superior to his own. The battle Of Macijowice, the most bloody and most fatal to the Poles, lasted Al. en- tire day; the X stssiais were twice re- pulsed, and prodiges of valor rendered the fortune of the day doubtful, V hen Kosciusko fell scnseless pierced with wounds. He had made his attendants swear not 10 abandon him living to Inc power of the Russians, and it Is assert ed that some Polish horsemen, not be- ing able to rescue his body, struck him with their sabres on the head, and left him for dead on the field of battle. The gossaeks were already preparing to strip his body when he was recognized by some officers. As soon as the name Of Kosciusko was pronounced, even the Cossacks themselves testified the respect due to cour age and misfortune. hfl the aid of art was lavished OH him, and he was treated with the greatest regard. But an order soon arrived to have him transported 10 Petersburg, where Cath arine who was sometimes generous, but then too much irritated to be so, had him plunged into dungeon. He would, without doubt, have terminated his oa-. Teer iii prison, or augmented the num-. Der of wretched Poles who already lan- guished in the deserts of Siberia, if the death of the Empress had not come to -changc his destiny. One of the first acts Of Paul 1. was to render homage to the virtues Of Koscusko. He rot oriy im- ssnesliatly set him at liberty, h.lt -gFanled him pension, which the noble Pole would not touch, and the breyet of which he sent back as soon as he touch cd soil beyond the fear of Russian in- iluence. When his numerous wounds were healed, kosciusko repaired to 4 merica, where he was received as cit izea hero should be, who had been Iav- ish of his blood in thefwo worlds for the sacred cause of liberty. In l795 he re- turned 10 France, where the same hon. sors awaited him; at Paris every faction was nnited in celebrating his arrival, and his eountrympn, Of the army of ita- iy, having found, at the taking of Loret- to- the Sabre of an ancient defender of Poland and Germany, John Sobiesky, who had vanqnished the Turks under the walls of Vienna, judged kosciusko alone worthy of possessing the weapon, and sent 1t to him. kosciusko prefer red the sojourn of France to any other, and remained there long time without accepting, however, any employment.- Inc Polish hero, in all humble retreat h the country, y, occupied lis lis leisure hours in rustic labors, and like the great Condo at Chantilly, amused himself with thc culture of flowers. But he did not cease to be attentive to the des- tiny of Lis country, and to give useful lessons to his fcllow-c citizens. In ISI4. when France was invaded by foreign troops, kosciusko happened to be at a country-house. in the senvirons of Eon- tainbleau. The commune lie inhabit- cd was devastated by piundering mcrce- naries; he throws himself among them. preteetsthe citizens, ,.aiiti indignantly adj : dresses the officers ofsa Polish regiment lie meets, and whose soldiers were not the least eager il tiiiiiitt ttiii fpilllage. When commaaded brave soldiers (exclaimed he) they did not plumber; and ] would have severely punished the subalterns who would have dared to commit the actions lnow witness, and sill more ses yerely the officers who should authorize them by their blameahic indifference. ? X ssiid who are you, iifo speak thus with somuch boldnessg' was the question on every side. q am Kosciusko!a At this name, the soldiers threw down their ,arms, supplicated him to pardon them the fault they had just been guilty of, prostrate themselves at his feel, and, ac- cording 10 tine custom of their nation, cover their heads with dust. Koscius- ko, unable 10 support the dismal specta- selc that the country seiioyed next to his own presented at this epoch. quilted france, and after travelling for some time in Italy, at last retired to SoIeure in Switzerland. It is from thence that we must date the last remarkable act of his life. Tn I0yT ssp ,roson,a oc .La