A Distinguished police Officer.
--The Philadelphians have some remarkable men among the city employees. Colonel Gabriel de Korponay, a Polander, recently appointed on the park police, received a handsome education in his native country, and gained the mastery of twelve languages. On the breaking out of the revolution he joined the Polish army and served with distinction. He came to this country after his countrymen were crushed by Russia, and on the breaking out of the Mexican war joined the American army and fought in several battles. Since then he served in the Crimea, and more recently he has pursued the peaceful vocation of an interpreter in the United States Court in Philadelphia. The "Colonel" has also had his victories as a votary of Terpsichore, and enjoys the high honor and distinction of bringing out the polka from Europe, and of being the first to introduce it in Philadelphia.
