The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-01-03

snip Canal ne proves TO nave Deeh mere aaVen-
turer, without position at home or anywhere else
aud what is probably more severe disappointment
to his fair victim, without any fortune except what
she aectionately placed at his disposal whilehe was
awaiting remittancesn from his agents in Mica
ragua He sailed about a month ago in a Chagres
steamer for Nicaragua and is said now to deny
that Tedesco is his wife.
AmectIotical "Reminiscences of the late
Albert GaIIatin.
from paper read by John R. Bartlett before the
- Historical Society, Dec. 4, 1881
| GEN. JAcKsoNs FIRST APPEARANcEIN Con-
eREss-When Mr., Galatin was a, member Of
Congress in the year 1896 Tennessee was admitted
as State into the Union, and sent her first mem
Der to Washington One day, when in his seat in
! the House, Mr.. Gallatn noticed tall lank ,un-
couth- looking individual, with long locks of hair
hanging over. his, brows and face, while a queue
hung down his back tied in an eeskin. The dress
of this individual was singular-his manner and de-
pertinent that of backwoodsman. The appear
ance of so singular a character the floor Of the
House of Representatives, naturally attracted
I attention, and member al his side asked who he
was? NIr. Galatn replied that it was the mem
Der for the new State, :" Well said his friend,
he seems Just the sort of chap one might expect
| from such an uncivfzed region as Tennessee"
| The individual in question, was Andrew Jackson.
! THOMAS JEFFERsoNs- Mr.. jefferson my
venerable friend always seemedto have entertained
a strong attachment. He kept small engraved
miniature portrait of him his writing table, Il
was there ten years ago, when First visited his
library and is still preserved In his family During
hisast illness, one morning when was sitting by
his bedside, he said, ~ want some Of my books
renovated little, and some that prize very much
want bound" Pointing to bookcase, (for ne
then lay in his library, ~ want YOU TO go to the
third shelf" did SO. g Now move your hand to
Il4.ll
to STOP did so till he told me to, stop My hand
was then upon Jefferson works. !" There, D.said
he, 6 value those books very much, and want you
| to take them and get them bound for me in full
calf binding, in the very beststyle, like to see a
valuable book with good coat on.p Said |, there
are some other works relating to Mr.. Jefferson,
such as his life, by Tucker which ought to go with
them. We'll" said he, Hprocure for me this book
and any other that relates to MEfJefferson, and
have them all handsomely bound. y He often spoke
Of Mr.. Jefferson, and related many anecdotes of
him, but their particulars have escaped my recol-
| lection. ~.
| ST.. S1sreK-Hts Opinion of Washington and
FTaaklin,---With st. Simon, the founder of the
sect of St. Simonians, MIR. Gallatin was well ac-
| quainted. He was republican in principle, and,
at the time of therestoraton OF the Bourbons under
Louis XVIII, expressed himself so openly as to be
compelled to leave France for security. He told
Mr.. Gallatin that the restoration of the Bourbon
| dynasty would prove the connecting link between
| a monarchy and republic.
ST. Simon belonged to an illustrious family. whose
history Mr.. G. related, particularly that of the one
! who lived in the time Of Lonis XIV and who has
left such a voluminous work of personal memoirs
| On an occasion when Mr.. G.. gave a dinner on the
! 4th of july the first toast drunk was the memory
Of Washington-the second, of franklin. St. ST.
mon heard Of this and next morning called on Mr.
| G.sto express his surprise that Washington should
have been noticed before FRANKLIN. Hesaid he was
i If military and
the greatest of the two, and that he should be
| first toasted. St. Simon's uncle was a general
officer under Count Rochambeau, and served in
| America in the campaign which resulted in the
surrender of Lord Corvallis ST. Simon was
| with the army at the time himself ACCOMPANYING
his uncle from the West Indies.
HUMBoLDT AND LA PLAcE.-Mr. Gallatin said
he never had anyidea that Pes-sssss8 4bfiitesof
infoimafioR eallf0ut Of the common way until he
went to Europe as ambassador. He had ALWAYS
read a good DEAL and felt himself pretty familiar
with history; but he found few persons in the.
United States whose taste and reading had been
like his own, with whom he could converse on tile
topics which had occupied his attention. He had
heard and read of the great men of Europe, and
had the most exalted opinion Of their learning
On meeting some of them in Paris, he felt relue-
tant to associate with them surprising that they
were so much in advance Of him in knowledge.
But when he found that he was quite as well versed
in most subjects those for. whom he had enter
tanned so high an opinion, and, moreover, that in
general knowledge some Of these great men were
amentably deficient he then first began to be more
conscious of his own abilities.
The great men for whom he, in common with all
others, had entertained so much respect were often
deficient on subjects with which every educated or
well read man is here familiar. For Baron Hum.
boldt, MI. Gaatn always had the highest respect
The most exalted opinion, for his varied and pro-
found learning, as well as for the excellence of his
heart and simplicity of his manners
With LaPlace, Mr. GaIlatin was long on terms
OF intimacy, and esteemed him for his excellent
qualities. He was regular visiter at his soirees,
where he met all the great men then residing in
Paris.
Speaking of aPlace on one occasion, he said the
world was greatly deceived as to the extent of his
requirements He had formed a high opinion of
him before he knew him, but Baron Humboldt
told him he wouldbe disappointed, and so Improved,
LaPlace," he said, was an extraordinary man
only in single department of science, Mathematics
With that wonderful machine, the Calculus, he
was able to accomplish the most splendid discove--
ries and results, which had immortalized his name.
He seemed to possess an intuItive faculty with tie
calculus, by which he arrived at at the solu-
ton Of fbe grandest problems in the science of ee-
lesiial mechanics Norman had ever accomplished
SO much IN this field, and with such wonderful
facility. But" continued he, in this consisted
his whole mind. Ofother things he knew nothing,
and would not, among scholars, have passed for a
learned man.. Napoleon made him Minister of the
INTERIOR and he held the office for but ten DAYS He
was unable 10 fill the place."
There was vast difference" said he, "be-
tween the mind Of LaPlace and that of Newton
Newton's discoveries convinced him that there was
great First Cause-a Supreme Being, who gov
erned all things;-but the philosophy of LaPlace
led to materiaEsm He rejoieed, too, that he was
permitted to live to the nebulous theory of La
Place, the tendency Of which, on his mind, was
bad, overtbrown by the recent discoveries through
the telescope Of Lord Rose, which resolved those
nebul@ INTO stars" Nh Galatin had great hor-
roF Of atheism and materalism. .. 90.
Diedf aF
year, Mrs. MkRY.n. SoULLY. ~ y - y :
Her friends e friends Of the family and q her Daniel
Seuly, are respectfully invited 70 funeral THIS AFTER
NOON at o herais residence etod between