Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-14

given, the traveller was as length rewarded With
the sight Of the c0bbler enjoying comfortable
nsp On beaTd. Without csremony he was
aroused from his slumhsr5, and the important
intemogaiory whether he vas eonaented with his
let WIS answered in tie sfiigmative
"Then. said tbs seeker after happiness, "I
have one small boon % ask at Y0uF hands. II
Is lhat you exchange shirts with ne, thst by
this means slsO mEy become eontented and
happy"
'Most gladly would aOesde 70 your request .
replied the cobbler, ''bnt-
NAY, refuse me not" interrupted the msn
Of wealth, 'sny sum that you name shall be
thine"
Il seek not thy wealth" said the eobblss,
"but--but the truth is--IhaDs no shirt"
Kescinsis.
Never, perhaps, was there more ehivalross
s0ui than burned in the bosom Of Thaddeus
KoseiusiO. This gallant soldier, better known
rs the hero of Pelsnd, served in his early life IN
the continental army of ths U1itea States. in
which he hs.d the rank Of brigs3ier-g general.
he was born on the I2.h Of February, 1856, of
sn ancient and noble family in Lithuauia
Asving been educated IN the military school at
Warsaw, hs Teesived = c6ptsiucY through the
influence Of Pfince Czart0riski; but sndeav0T-
ing 10 elope with lady of higher rank than
himself, he was pursued, WOanded, ard OBJ
liged 70 leave Poland From that hour he ap.
pears to have dramatically made his sword his
mistress. The revolution IN America having
Just broke ogt Koseiusko, inspired by = pas
sioHats love FOR freedom. hastened 10 our chores
and offered rs bis aid. His abilities we're i'm.
mediately perceived by Washington, who took
him into his bis family, and subsequently sent
him with Green to the South, with the rank of
bngadier. Here he acted as principal engineer
to the army At the attack on the Ninety Six,
where he directed the besisging operations, he
won the highest credit, behaving With unusual
personal intrepidity, and eyineing profound mill.
laTY scienee. At the Gloss Of the war he returned
to Europe, carrying with him an eHvisbls repu-
tston.
But it was the part he took ia the struggle Of
Poland, in the year I702 and I794 which
has mEdo the name OF Koseiusko immortal
The prodgies Of valor he performed, the terror
his mere presence struck into TIA foe, scarcely
belong 10 modern YaIisro bat carry the insgi-
nation bAek to The iAbled knights Of old. At
Dubiuka, ia 726, at the head Of 1000 men, be
thrice Tepuls7d tho attack OF the r lssisn army,
lS coo strong. On the submission Of Stanis-
lAus, kossiuskO retired in disgust from Poland;
but, in 1894. when the lest and grssiest strug
gle of the Poles occurred, he hasisnsd once
mere to unsheath ths sword for his native land
HIS appearance at CTse9w, the ancient seat Of
the eJsgelious, was hsilsd with tumultuous shouts
As the friend OF Washington, and tho hero Of
Inany bloody field, he wes looked up to as ihs
cniy msn who could resegs Poland; and &C.
eOTdinely, on the 24th Of March, nosRithstand-
ing his comparatively early years, was proclaim
/ ed dictator and geGeTalissiulo. victory gained
/ within fortnight Ovar I2,000 Russians, while
\ K0seusko had bat 1000 Poles. filed the nation
with enthusiasm. Troops focked TO his ban
ner, and he soon found himself at the hesd Of
/ l3 900 men. But, alas! they were not such IS
/ in the Gays Of SObieski, when It was the boast
Of the Polish heTsemen, that If the heavens
were to fall, they wOuld support It on the points
/ Of their laness iii armed and worse disciplined,
! the Polish army couid not always command vic
I tory, even with Keseiuske 1T its head On the
/ 9th of june he was defeated by a superior force
Of Russians and PraEsians and compelled to
retire on his intrenchmsnts at Warsaw, to pre-
serve himself from utter ruin.
Here be was speedily besieged by an army Of
/ sixty thousand men. Day and night his little
band watched and fought, until weeks grew in-
/ TO months, and the summer was nearly past.
! But the enemy c80ld mako no impression on
| the works. At lest = general sssau! was order
! ed. It was maufuliy reBulsed by Kosciusks, at
/ she head of ten thousand mon, theueh sixty
/ Thousand Russians ana PrUssisus sWarmed 20
/ the attack. This Tepulse SGT Poland iu a blazs.
! The toesin Of freedom Tesounded through he
! land, and hsT poDrlstjon rose ia 3 living mass.
/ The sage of Warsaw was rRised Troops
! crowded 70 the banner Of K0sciusEo He was
hailed with rapture Gs the dslivoreF Of his coun-
/ try. Bat the exuitation Of his feliow-eiizsus
was destined to be OF short duration KoseiuskO
1 himself scarcely dared not hope for permanent
Z success, surrounded a. ne was By three mighty
empires, all sworn 10 his destruction Tns de-
fsat at Warsaw was no sooner knewn in Rus-
sis than the most extensive Preparations were
made to prepare an army which would forever
crush the Polish patriots.
/ This GIGANTIC f0TCe numbering sixty thou
sand, met Kl5ciusko, a. the head Of twenty th9u-
sand, on the plains of Maeiejowiee. Thee
times the Russians assaulted the Polish lines,
snd three times they were repulsed; but on the
fourth attack they succeeded in breaking the
ranks Of the Dstriots Now wBaIensd BY a loss
of One-thifd Of their numbsf, Koseiusko, seeing
the day going against hin, made desperate sf
fort to relieve the field. Calling = few equally
brave souls around him, he rushed headlong
on the assailants; and for 3 while they shTaHk
appalled, before bis impetuonB charge. Bat
soon rsllying, they hsmmed in the hero, Whg
fell, at last, pierced by Numerous wounds
- Poland is no more - were his words, as hS
sank 70 the earth. His army, hearing he wsi
down, Asd in every direction. With him the
cohesive principle of the struggle departed, anC
the war was terminated, in q short time, by
the complete subjngstion Of the nation.
Kosciusko spent some Hme in the dungeons
Of Rassis but on the accession Of PAM was re
leased. The monagch even strove % propiiiat
the hero, and w0nld have presented his owl
sword to KoSeiusko, saying, "Hs who no longs
had a country, no longer had need Of I
weapsn." True 70 his word, he never wore
sword again He now visited America, WhefI
he received 3 pension. Ia 1Z95 ne returned t,
Europe. and was presented by the Poles, in th'
I syruy of Italy, with the swoTd Of J5hn Sohieski
. Napoleon would have made use Of him SO an in
strument in eoneilisting the Poles, and for fhi
purpo eudesvoTed 70 hatteT tho now ageC
hero with hopes Of the restoration of his native
| lsud. Bat KOsciusko was not 20 be deluded
and he constantly refused the sanction of hi;
; name. Having purchased so estate near Fon
tsinblesu, he lived there in retirement until ihi
: yesT 1914 He now spent a gear in Italy. Ii
1915 he fixed bis final residences At SoleuIe, il
! Switzerland. A fan from his horse, over
prseipics, ON the 10Th Of October, 1917, Oeca
stoned mis- death. The Emperor Alexander
who had long entertsined high admiration O
the hero, esused the body OF Koseiusko to b
removed to Poland, and deposited e! CTacow, il
, the tOnbs OF the s0eisnt kings.
KosciHsko was y general OF the very hghes
talent and patriot of the most saIf-saerihcinl
character. As Washington was the hero of th
American revolution, so Kosctuslso was that o
: she Polish struggle of 1854. How different thei
fatssi The one crowned with sucecss, died II
the midst of nation founded by his victories
the other, hopeless exile, deVOured BY bitts
melancholy, perished alons and Ia foreign land
The one lies in bis ancestral shades the othe
cannot, even in death, reposs on Polish sol
The tombs Of the Jsgellons, that should eve
have been held sacred, ore, by late ses Of PEI
! fdy, transferred TO Austrian domination.
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Letter frsm she Eson. 3. w. 1orehuad, Q
NoFgh BHrslinu.
- His Bxcsilsncy jefferson Davis,
President Of the OOufsdsfste States Of America
I The motive Whica prompts this address Is d
! apology offered for ths liberty have taken.
{ desire 70 engage the attention Of my cOuutry
men, and through the use of your honore
name hope 10 do il. The noble army OF III