Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-27
From the o,luubis Is. o. Guardian
GENERAL TOCHMAN.
COLUMBIA, S. o,

COLUMBIA, s. O., Sept. 81, 1851.
Much attention and curiosity are st present excited by
H.. ure1pected resignation Of Gen. TVchinan the COM
,sn,er of the Polish Brig do" Being somewhat sc-
On sted with the facts and dssrous Of couiradicins
oo MISREPRESENTATION whish we have had occasion TO
r,msrk We beg leave submit them to your readers,
prem sng with q sketch OF Ge1. Tochmans oogssPhy.
G.u Tochnan il the nephew OF the iai-iamed gene
raIin chief of the Polish army, John ssI'neck who
s3O-2I cau.ed the Russian t1ros to Ioper to It's very
fnud,tion He was m jor in tins Polish infantry during
be revolution Of 1880 aud 1881, aod wen for himself
bv rps ed and osun gushed bravery, the c-csj oil the
p IN Legion of Honor "Vlrua Mil as." When thss
revolution failed, ne with thousands OF BIS comparios
sought an asylum in Farc., where his e'untryme gave
rim another d. ooi OF their trust aud consideration by
I cirr him Vice President CT the Polish Council HIS
txerons TO keep up sympathy Tor the clnse oil his ma
tive land however made hin obnoxious 70 The tmorops
eovernm N; Of Louis Pnilppe aud 10 1887 We see MIN
sa exile sgain vending his say to tho land oil liberty
and promise, the Uuied Salts here he moe hin,sen
universally know q lecturer an pubic kerr advo-
eating the cause OF Pslind and addressing some 300 as
s.mtlies In the Northern ard Wcs ern States, and al
mcs all their Safe Legislatures como OF which listened
10 his patriotic spIss during their legislative sessions
An honor which has ntver betn e1 DID 10 any Tor
eipner SINCE not even Kossrth Bus tho revoluopa
N movements then exp esd IL lrops bscme delayed
aud seeing the hop-e oil further enteayors, be DO
voted himself TO tie egsl profession. was IN lS4o admit
ted 10 the bar of New York al soon after b>eiue
member OF the bar OF tue Supreme court OF TIE oO'o
ars Il was he thu brought to III issue the famous
c,se Of the heirs Of oscusko recovering fer them most
valu bic property which that lu-ous Pole had left 10
this country. lring the last ldentia election be
sappJrtet Dough- Tor ths Presidency IS member cf he
Virginia Democratic Convent %, and aftsrwMdt vA9
osen OIL If ten dis riot eeoors After the election OF
Luooln he firmly adhered 10 the nor, advocating its
preservation and mii1tenance By constitutional mtars;
AID it was only ehsn President L;obln clared war
against toe seed STATS that he ded with the South
pTefern, rather 10 become An sIs third tirs, aud
% abandon properly family and lost of warm friends
than to bscome the great cause for WHICH he
nad strivsn all bis life, the principle Of scgovernment
He repaired 10 Montgomery In Nay inst aud on red
his ssrv the Government In any capacity In which
they might employ them either military civil or diPlo-
matte He Was most kindly received, and offered CO.
l,neicy and when he Iped IL authority signed
bv the Secretary OF War, handed to him TO raise
hs regiment or .hor.d he find IL practicable TO raise
bri0aS, If tso regiments. whereopon be irsued proc
lau,a,on TO his compatrios, de6ling the principles
which induced him side with the SJuth calling them
20 enlist under his barn er.
TIE fact that Tochmsa raised in some six weeks, In
tho State of louisiana brigade Of two regiments oil in
f.nry mostly compos CT ioreign born cz ms, among
whom are many who have fought In the battles Of El
rope and that the citizens Of New Orleans subscribed
s,y raj thousand liars purchase aud present to his
brigade battery of artillery, cor Jointly With the fact
ha. the officers arss mustered inIo biz brigade unan'
mou,y compimented him BY giving 10 the name Of the
Polish Brigade" sufficiently show the popularity with
which this proclamation was received