The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-11-10

luton was an officer OIL fulaShlS Legion |
then forming part of the army OF General
Lincoln; Col Davic was attached to the
same command. In 1900, Kosciusko was
an exile, and then resided in the vicinity OF
Paris, and on the arrival of the general at
the French capital called to see him-'when
old recollectiops renewed those feelings
which the remembrance OF peril and suffer-
ing can alone produce.
Gen Davie expressed his admiration of
the French artillery, Kosciusko offered to
draw up for him treatise on flying artillery.
This he did, and when finished, sent 1t
with letter; that letter was among the
papers of the general at his residence III
Chester S. c., where he died in 1920, and
is probably in possession OF his son, r. W.
Davic, at this time.
Gen. Davic gave copy OF this treatise
on artillery to the administration OF MIR. JET
ferson, and about the same time copy to
General, then Capt. Macomb, and ut the
time stationed at Rocky Mount, S. G.
FLYING Artillery was introduced into the
French service while Napoleon was yet
subaltern; bu, on his attaining power he
Justly estimated it's value and greatly incrca-
sed that arm of the service. Some of your
readers may not recoIlect that Pulaski was
Polish nobleman, who, failing in a COM
petition for the throne, became an exile,
came to this country early in the revolution,
obtained a commission from Congress and
Joined the Southern army. Two young
PORES, both of noble birth, Zelinski and
Kosciuslko followed his fortuncs--Zclinski
died in the hospital IN Charleston, where
| Gen. Davie was at the time confined from a
wound received at the battle of Stono, which
afforded him the melancholy satisfaction Of
sharing in the last sad duties to one dear to
him from his noble qualities and long sut-
fering. Kosciusko returned to Poland, and
became the general Of his countrymen in
IN unsuccessful attempt 10 throw off the
yoke of Russia. He subsequently return
ed TO France, and long indulged the hope
that Poland would be free by the aid Of
France. In this he was disappointed, as
he died Hot long after the allies took Paris.
Pulaski fell in charge of his Legion at
the siege of Savannah his thigh was shat.
tered, if rewcmber Alright, by a grape shot.
He died a few days after.
Excuse, sir, the ganulity of age, If you
are wearied at the length of this article, or
find difficulty in reading my hierogI Iyphics.
ESTABLISHMENT OF RoMsH HIEEAR-
CITY IN ENGLAND.-Itis is said that DR.. Wise.
man is now Oh his return to this country
after a heightened sojourn ut Rome, bring
ing instructions and authority from the
Holy See for remodelIing the ecclesiastical
arrangements ofhis communion in England
Rome has hitherto possessed III England
nothing more than missionary establish
ment, placed under the superintendent Of
| & .L-
bishops of sees now in partsbus injiaeIium ;
and do not assume the titles of the diocesses
in which they exercise authority. The
present order of things is now to cease -
Catholicism having, in the opinion of It's
rulers, attained a sufficient extension in
England to warrant the re-establishment oi
the hierarchy, with all its ramifcations ol
ecclesiastical governmcnt-dcans,c chapters
archdeacons, ecclesiastical courts, &C., as
it existed prior to the Reformation, and al
present exists in Roman Catholic Ireland
There will be, it is said, two archbishops
for the two provinces of Canterbury and
York, with eight bishops subordinate
These new Roman bishops will not, how
ever, assume the titles Of the sees at presen,
occupied by the bishops of the Established
Church, but will take their designations
. from other places not heretofore Episcopal
ly dignified-as Birmingham, Nottingham
Derby, Liverpool, and other populous cen
f tres Of Roman Catholic influence. Dr.
, Wiseman himself, it is said, will succeed
under a new title-that Of Bishop of West
minster-to the administration of the affairs
) of the London district in tho room of DR.
Grifiths, Bishop Of Olena, lately deceased
Salisbury English Herald
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ciety, held in New York on the 9TH ultimo
, as we learn from the Commercial Advert
ser, the Treasurer reported the income o
, the past month to have been Sl6,l67 ant
the expenditures Sls,22s; the numbe
, of Bibles and 1cstaments issued having
been 74,320. twenty-five new societie!
were admitted asauxiliaries, all located in
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