The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-11

souIe's seconds. II l. said the wound Il serious.
NotvithstAndng th. psAosiel tsrminaton, there ha.
moro to be bmsntsd. Mr.. Seue h much pleased with
the manner In which Lord Howdsn :: the principal
ss ss 90 a ball room" and winch ended
Interesting "Reminiscences OF the Rsvolu-
tion-Count Pulasli's Remains.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. I, 1854.
| TO THE RDIrOR or rHY HERALD.
SR-In Jour daily paper Of the first Of January OBJ
served paragraph, copied from the Savannah NeUs,
giving tie information Of ths discovery Of the skeleton
Of this heroic Poandey. This being subject exceeding
y INTEREST," In the htory Of the American Revolution
important that Its AGO lrAey should Be well sstAb.
ished, and every donbt concerning 1t removed within
the reach Of fair and honest investis alton.
! For this purpose only and from desire to crafty
idle vanity now place before your readers what Is
within my knowledge as received from others
Ny grandfather, Dr. James Lyman, OF Charleston g,
who lived to very advanced sgs has ueat told me
that he extracted the bullet that Pulaski his death
wound he performed the operation on the Aed in view
Of the lines Of savannah assisted By my father who,
- youth acting With him surgeons mate, and
faithful negro, named Guy Toe ball is On iron grape
shot, (now my possession) and supposed to havs
from the FIRE of the English gaeys, which assisted
10 Tx defence Of the town The ball entered tie groin,
and removed with great difficulty, Palaski bearing
the operation with iDoonceivabls forHtuds
Although desperate wound, my grandfather thought
the could have had he consented
to remain uncsr his and follow the American army
litter Count Pulaski however, resisted this proposal
becsufe be feared sore ard pursuit by the BIRTH army
AID ts consequent csptae in which event he believed
that the British government would have hi to Rus
ala Power with whom he In deadly hostility, and
had riv pola III,
and martyr Rather than this he aid he should pre-
fer DEATH aud take the chance Of in the French
Aeet, commanded by D'EstaiDg Accordingly, he was
carried shipbosre, died tho passage round to
Charleston, and his body buried In the ssA.
In support Of this narrative, have lying before
the ocmns sion Of DR. James Lyman, signed by that
eminent and accomplished Governor of South Carolina
John Rutedse appointing him to be Chief Surgeon In
Colonel Daniel Horrys Rssi ment Of Light Dragons"
dated April o. ITO This regiment At the siege
Savannah. I have, also, . very ouriousy folded note
bearing date june 49, l779 written BY Aidsde camp
OF Count Pulaski addressed to Dr. James LynAh thank
ing him by the Counts command for some little Act OF
attention Thus the commission proves that my grand
father : surgeon In the army ana the note OF the
al EIDE mp nses the fact that he was At Savannah with
his regiment and, lastly. that he and Count Pulaski
friends and brother soldiers
The erapeshot, trgether with these papers have de-
ID tSsm - memorial Of most nsspr s1sat
but have rarely exhibited spoken Of them any ons
because relies this character are not Away.
they deserve The paragraph above alluded to IN the
SAvAI nah Ne.x rekindlsa my somewhat dormant
brarcs and after much hesitation, determined to
worth, before the public, provided could
and any good authority In print already to sustain
d.lpbi.) introduced ne into 1.i..Si: library,
where was ucky enough 10 dstec. little BOOB entitled
tie
rsspoDdencs Of Major General Nathaniel Greene" This
book was edited in the city II Bal imors in the 1924
and IL from the pen Of Of PalAsks capains eaval.
~ officer Of the Legion AN ocouar witness OF what he
nArates, noble aLa venera Die soldier, who long
The following extract from page 20 Of this little volume
corcborstDg the chief points in the story Of grand
father, hs. impaired renewed confidence in the vsracty
The assault on savannah to Be made on the right
Ct the British ines TIVE columns, euoh and the
other American to alta s at the time each
particular r-toub In the Of the columns the whole
cavalry, American and Frsrch to be stationed uadsr
the conu,snd Of Count Pulaski Should, oonf-
IDENTIFY expscei The redoubts be carried, and tie way
opened that intrepid sacsr with these united
confusion aud disDay among tbs garrison. Estaing
led in prison the French corps Of attack Wishing to
avoid circutous sd,anss round swans ami supposns
the ground at tie b u to be SUN ,iently firm he
marched directly through it The enemy had besB in
formed of bis plan By spies. They knew the Intended
point Of attack and the direction in which the approach
If the atlantis woulG he made Accordingly they COL
eord all their here it would b. required aud at
the 6rst alarm up n-t . tremsndous AMI deadly Are
Pulaski I'm patient to know when be to act deter
mined aft securing his cavAby under we'll
to him one o. hs Of hs so. Who
yet living but far sdva ooed In They had pro-
eeeded only small distance when they heard OF the
havoc produced in the swamp By the hostile batteries
DEstang himself was grevously wounded Aware Of the
fatal nects which such disaster likely produce
the spirits Of toe FeLch soldiers and hoping that
pre,encs would animate them, Pulaski rushed ON to
the of disorder and booeshed In his attempt t,
sSot in tn. upper part Of his right thigh and the oesr
who accon panied him VAS while On his way back wound
ed BY musist bah The snterpr': upor sav.nssh "a:
French having Witnessed each others zeal and courage
and .equittng esoh other o. ary intentional share in
CouSt 0Estaipe embarked his troops and artillery
and Pulaski with his wounded Officer csnvsyed on
Chares,on. They aimed days 10 the ssv.nuah
river and during that time the moot ssifcl surge
the French Feet attended on Count Palsski 1t was
fot nd impossible to establish suppuraton and game
the conseQue just the Wasp got Of the
river Pulaski breAthed his Jast, and corpse immsi
stsly became offensive that his Officer psled
thong reluctantly to consgp to wstery grave al that
was left upon earth Of his beloved and honored CON-
The narrative goes TO describe the funeral houors
tn.t were paid to PULASKI BY ths corporation aad military
Of Charleston; The procession in which .n; beautiful
wound VA led with all bis aocoutements srmor, and
dress which he then wore" the Whole concluding at
the church where An e uent and impressive discourse
was delivered BY the chs plain Of the army"
shouid te orns In mind that all Of this IL from the
pen Of honorable old soldisr-an ocular witness
ihroustou Of the story from bssinoing sno-and
higher testimony oople scarcely be required
Sir, earnestly hops my motive for writing this state
ment IL mot app,sc at-d will ct least sscx % mis-
struction The aim OF every inquiry whether in scsnos
his should b trp every citizen ought
slider In sumbent him 10 aid and promulgate IL
It tbs history OF his county, that portion Of 1t
essecally en- braced by the Of the Re- ton
l coHueId mort heartily the eff rts OF the patriot
Georgian ~ has been isalouty striving identity
the alma of the renowned PuiAski-a that
ci'-s vsrn glow among Southern people any
other TIL. is YER uttered H. and william wssdioston
~ho humbsc bs pride uf fsri.on, IT tbs battle Of The
Covprs veie su' great cavalry o,ers, and Southern
ell. ~ q hor smsnship
h aIL Traditions hat have descended 20 Il om
hoe ~ Pula.ki in thoss DAYS. nuth white and
oark L, tie smboo mert o. pow energy, and
grace vh.p sst-d in his aid IL Like the psi-tos af
clr hi. sriic vaor seemed ~ border h. fsbclous
fnsEs ~ beh 'lds ~b,ls his saf-rngs for laud
,n te'c,eo rcen r.-ltsr,lly he mistres his oui--
lo Of his fortnrp bis exile and the % hs
stsih ell hire TO deepen the shade OF usancholy
tiorebt lIt 70 low. remembrance IL him as
Il huu ehoh sord among the cit OF
and thert is the rare mart Of mAnea'ipT thstr