The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
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his hands up 20 his forehead Kosciusko
punt put, tfhis Is infamous, Infamous
aaid nothing of the kind, Cor I knew
| tnat when was dead thsTe would ila pa.
.Eiots to fight for Poland" Again, in
sI,iJ eassase. aWhen NapeieSn l. ,gas : s;iI' 4:
Poland, on his expedition against Russia
Ia is!2, Aoaciusko published a proclsma-
them TO rise in alliance With dc Emns. -
'FeFso Fiat 1. faiae, terribly faioe p,
Hosciusko exclaimed, spinging out OF
hie chair, asAhghow hard'it Is to be Thus
misrepFeeog!ad 10 Those that bled for.
Napoleon sent Fouche to me a. cerville.
yoar uncle's country seat near PadS
against 1u1!a, 10 AsK tiat should &c.
company him. It was iutimated that
nay Influence over the PSlS agas beaded
by Napoleon! s asked Fouctie whatsN
poiean would do for Poland if / should
advise them to aid him. Fouche replied
that his sovereign was nuaccustpmed to
making concessions, and eapec;slly to
one ,of, his, 0wn territory. I saiI then
that if Napoleon would do nothing for
Poland would do nothing for him.
Saying, General, / hope that you ----
may never repent your refuaal,' Fodche
withdrew" ihave contradicted on every
ooee9ien the generally current belief re.
garding the authenticity Of the exclanla.
tion;. *Finis Poionie"% and the spurious
proclamation 20 tho Polish people, but
they have become historical.
At about this period Count Zamolski, the
FsEealthiest laudholder of Pol .s,d, CAME 10
visit Kosciusko. The latter obtained a
premise of a cadetship for me in the
Russo Polish army from the Count, and
In three meaths went to Cracow. Two
months after my departure Kosciusko,
having fallen from his horse In ascending
'a mountain near the lake of. Geneva.
contracted fever Of which he died on
the 18th Of October, 1917. His body
was embalmed., The iutestines were de-
posted by my father beneath lofty
l1onun, ent, inscribed, ".Viscera Thaddei
Kpeciusko," in village twenty minutes
ride from Solothurn. This is q Mecca of
Poles. The Emperor Alexander I. ep-
pointed Prince Anton Jablonowski TO
escort kosciusko's remains to the tomb
of the kings of Poland in Cracow. They
were conveyed in o splendid carriage,
especially constructed in Paris and depos-
tied between the sarcophagus of John
Scbieski and Prince Poniatowski. Kos
ciusko willed one.half Of his possessions,
SO, 900 francs, to my sister Thaddea, ,Imar.
ried 20 the Count Morosini, and the other
TO the poor of Solothurn. Near the be-
ginning of the first Polish Revolution
Kosciusko freed the serfs on his patrimo-
nial estate and transferred the lands to
hie sister, Nine. Estko.
Colonel Zeltner, &C present residing at
Hoboken. New Jersey, the venerable
relic of those bygcne times, notwith-
standing his age Che Is now ever 81 years
old enjoys good health and iB always in
good spirits, only his sight has become of
let4I little alight!sl: Hia laea II inll and
fresh coiored, and his bearing soIdierly.
He became q Major of Guards in the
Russo Polish army before the memorable
revolution of 1881. Then he Joined the
struggling Poles. Having distinguished
hirnself In all the principal battles, he
was on one occasion elevated on the field
to the rank Of Colonel. and sdarucd with
the military golden cross---t R1isyst,di Efis.
tayy"-of Poland, the most exalted Polish
decoration. After the reverse of the
Poliah army he took refuge with tie
remnHIto us patriots, Oh frussian terri
tory. Soon after, having determined to
seek his fortune in America, he came d.
rect!y to New York and settled perma-
nently in Hoboken. where having Loaf
his money by some vicipsitudes, he began
to teach music and languages, succeeding
tolerably well, until six years ago, when
his eyesight became impaired.