Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-08-24
o7opARI.E ALBERT GALLATIN.

,v of New I oIKs on the ASth tussansi a.
~ =: advanced age of eighty-eight. Another
~ nrobably the brightest of the public men
nom the coutry has in short time been
LIED on to deplore, the death OF MI. Gala
az ,ras not unexpected, for his health had be-
.ome so feeble that at any time during several
O onrs an announcement of his decease would
I've created no establishment. Born-in Gem
Switzerland, on the 18th of January, I76I,
orphan from his infancy, he was educated
- distant relations, and in 1879 was gradual
i in the law faculty of the distinguished uni
rorsity of his native city. He was pupil
The celebrated historian Muller, and a COM
SOaniou Of Dumont, the friend and literary ex-
pcn1or of Jeremy Bentham. In opposition to
S.be wishes of his friends, Mr.. Gallatin, at an
aarlv age, emigrated to the United States
and landed at Boston, July IA, 1880. Re-
commended to the notice Of Dr.. franklin, by
the French moraIist, La Rochefoncauld, Re
ooon found himself in the midst of all that
was good and great in the society ofthe coun-
t,v. After brief soiourn, however, in Bos-
ton he proceeded to Maine. where he served I'M
e5er the orders of Col. Allen, commander of
Fort Machias. Even thus early in his career,
he was enabled to prove how sincerely he
was attached to the canse Of the country, by
advances he made from his private means in
\ season of want and difficulty.
In 1882 he became Professor of French at
Harvard University, from which, however, he
soon removed to Virginia. and at Richmond
was engaged in prosecuting claims of a foreign
mercantile house against that commonwealth.
He there acquired the friendship of Lee, Hen
~, and other distine uished men, and for
long time meditated establishing himself there.
Tbis idea he, however, ultimately abandoned
and fixed himself in Fayette county, Pennsyl-
vania.
In 1889 he was elected member of the
convention to amend the Constitution of the
State. In 1869 and '91, he was member of
The Legislature, and in 1892 member of Con-
gress. In 1898 he was elected Senator OF
the United States, but was declared not entl-
tied to a seat because not eligible under the
& Constitution he, however, occupied his seat
for two months. In 1894 Mr.. Gallatin return
3 ed to Fayette county, having during his alb
f sence married the daughter of the dlStin-
& gnished Commodore Nicholson, ofthe navy oil
the revolution.
About this time the whiskey insurrectlor
broke out, and Mr.. GalIatin was corsplcuou;
among that portion of the community support
4 ing law and order. In October, 1898, he was
! again elected to the State Legislature, and OF
the same day October 14th) was chosen t.
Congress from the district composed ofWash
ington and Allegheny counties. He tool
his seat in December, 1895, and represen
ted the district for three consecutive terms
On the Inauguration of Mr.. Jefferson, as Pre-
z sident, Mr.. Gallatin became Secretary of tn
& Treasury. This was in 1901. The effort
of Mr.. Gallatin TO ext'nguish the natlona
debt are we'll known and proven by the FAC
that between 17O1 and 1912, under the sys
TEN commenced by him, $50, 100000 of tn
i $IO0,OO0,0O0 owed, were paid. In 1913 b
was one of the Commissioners to Client, an
while absent from the United States negotia'
ed the commercial treaty between the Unlo
andGreat Britain.
From 1916 10 1923 he was minister
France, and in 1917 went on a special missio
to the Netherlands and in 1918 to Eng anc
to which country he became minister plen
potentiary in 1926. In 1927 he returned
America, and established himself in Ne1
York. From this period he, though deepI
Interested in political matters, never partlc
pated openly in public affairs.
AS writer, Mr.. Gallatin was well known
His essay on the Northeastern boundary, hi
treatise on Mr.. jays map, and his works o
the currency, commanded universal attention
Soon after his removal to New York, M
Gaatin became President of the Nationt
Bank of New Y FORK, and was increasingly di
hgent in his efforts to promote the interest
the commercial community. For some yea
past MIR. GalIatin has contributed much
historical and chronological science. and h
finally sunken to the grave with unblemIsht
reputation as a man, and with the highest pos
ton of a statesman, citizen, and scholar. Alol
and unaided, stranger and unknown; he e
allied himself tc the highest point the laws
his adopted country permitted him. and ma
his career brilliant commentary on the Pr
fectness of American institutions.
The Skeleton Negro-One of the create
curiosities ever exhibited in, human shal
may now be seen at the Hall of the Appre
tees Library, in Meeting street. 1t is Ii
ing skeleton, in the person of negro or me-
tho, aged about SO years, and bearing
name of Wade Hampton. To designate h
as living skeleton is no figure of speech, /
the literal truth for he is nothing but 81
and bone from his neck down TO his eXtrer
ties His arms, hands, legs and feet are
tirely useless to him and he occupies ;
ting or recumbent posture, being wholly IN
pabe of standing erect. Nothing but " ocu
demonstration will suffice to give an adequ
conception of the extreme and reed-like 81
derness of his limbs Of course he is ute
helpless, and is entirely dependent on 9th
to be fed, dressed, and otherwise attended
3 His head, including his face, is the only me
Der of his body which, in aught but mott
connects him with living humanity. He P
sesses pleasant and agreeable visage;
face being feshy, if not exactly full, and
striking contrast with the rest of his outw
and attenuated man. Although thus depri
of the just proportions of humanity,
shrivelled into perfect anatomy, he is in
ligent, chatty, and cheerful has an excel
appetite, and actually enjoys existence.
says he is one of the sons of temperance,
n member of the Baptist Church, and looks
compensation in Heaven for his stinted al
ment of blessings on earth. Of the value
money, he is quite sensible, and received, v
his mouth, profered coin. In his pre-:
skeleton state, he has been ever since he
eight years of age and he ascrlbes it to
having taken an overdose of Hippo, or o
medicine, and then drenching himself Y
cold water. He was born in Columbia &C
ty, Georgia, about 20 miles from Augusta,
was, at the time of his birth, and still is,
property of Mr. Humphrey Evans, wht
fuses to part with him on any terms, an
is now being exhibited for the first time.
is fresh from the Rowland Springs, and E
highly favorable account OF that seat
raj beauty, health and fashion, althoug
did not dance at the Fancy Ball. We az
our fellow citizens generally, and the me
faculty particularly, to visit this most ext