The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-14
OBITUARY.


II. Pster NJ. w.nses. OF Fpartanhurs
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DR.. Peter NJ. Wallaee. Of the spartanburt
aasette, died at spartanburg Courthouse june
&.1S69, aged about seyenty.two years.
.Mhe deceased was born in Charleston, 9. ",
,6out 1887. He was grandson q Apas'
Nssh member OF tbe Continental CongIees'
rnIi one of the carrier Governors OF Nortn Oat.
dina, after whom the City OF hasnyLais nae nas
named. The father Of DR.. Wallace helo s"tne
SHfce connected sith the Custo%nUass, .Sa no,,os
eder brother Of the subject OF tnis nouOo O
SNnefs 4 shIp which was fitted out as prlVa.
saor vhen the war of 1919 began. HIS heio OF
Srarot;ona was along the coasts OF france anu
Rncland. He there bee anne engaged t0 =
french lady. whose parents required certineo me
copies OF the bsptlsma register, GU. sone nme
3ther prepared the necessary papers ano sent
Ham by the deceased. then,a lad OF mteen:
enys;sl, vessels then around Charle ston, and
Isached France in safety. BE found. however.
ffat his brother was married. and only lew
DAYS before had left to resume the command OF
Hssyessel in the English Channel. Neither
tho ship nor lts captain was ever nearo tron
Young Wallace, unwilling. to: risk return
home under stffe circumstances, sought en-
Iloyment on q vessel engaged in the Chlna
kade. he followed the seas for rev years
Yisiting China, East Indies, South America,
DC. He was on shore 10 france cary ln ioio'
when Napoleon landed from Eiha. He remem-
bered distinctly the enthusiasm OF the old so:-
diers. and the grief OF the wives and mothers,
Vissn couriera brought the thrilling lntell-
Rcnce to the town where be was at the time.
"A few Tears after, his vessel stopped at st.
Helena for water and PROVISIONS, Snen tne
1Span chief was prisoner there. With natural
1nriosity. ha ssked 1save Of absence from bis
ISip 10 see the lustrious exile. A permit
.ffun an officer carried him through several
Nues of senuuels, but when N sight OF the
house he was stopped by guard, who teld
linn thasqarB from the Governors nand was
necessary to 90 farther. He walled some tme,
In the hope to see the distiDgu saed prisoner
unane out into the piazza or yald but was com-
pelled to leave with his curioslty upsausneo.
On HIS return home he studied medicine.
Coming, to upper Carolina in early MANHOOD
he spent seyera years teaohlug, ana men prac
Heed medicine for many years In tne iower part
dE9paRtanburg and IN omoo. apJu' sha snart.y smr
fy6 years ago be became ed scof the Spartan,
Ihicn had been started a 81 ort time before. In
,his hands it became acontroiling up,country
uapar. His career as editor embraced the e4-
citing period Of 1850 and the few years preced,
ing and following. He was independent ana
decided In hrs views, simple yet pointed ana
1hrcible IN bis style, having many OF the quail
-acatiops of q Ngood paraeraphist.' After clos.
jpe his connection with the pre- 8 he engaged
in mxnufac. urina. but with less success than
Allowed his his efoits as publisher: The fai,
.ure Of his plans in rusiuess, with the eventfql
wears which soon followed. advancing age anu
declining health, all these made their marx on
ks,spirihs -and energies, physical and mental
Kr1SN he resumed his duties IN connectlon
1ish iii, nress. bnt the editorial fright hand"
had forgotten much Of tits cunning.
It vas only at intervals that his pen moved |
No ne to reu,ud his readers Of his younger
days. BE struggled manfully against the IN;
roads Of age and disease, on q uame II unusuai
fenaclty and vigor. About two weeks since, as
Vssted appearance drew forth expressions OF
syppathy and uneasy forebodings from
9rpupe Of friends IS he passed. them. Aphysl.
xsSu present said: t.rhls is probably the last
iiEne We Will SEQ the old gentleman IN our
streets" 1he sad prediction was literally true.
spent under the root Of his only son, wh re
1snm the family and friends he received toose
attentions and ministries which our nature
graves in the critical hours when "heart and
8esh" are falling.
Thus has passed away one Of the older man
q our community. and perhaps the OLDEST edi-
tor m our State. Hs three score and ten years
he came into the world John O. Calhoun and
William Lowndes were at school, Robert Y.
HIyne Was playing mthe streets Of Charleston,
PotieTu and Gheges had just been admitted to
9esctaea baiore Burke, Bay and drimke. John
euSloaae Vas then Ohiet-Jus,ice OF his county.
Hugh Rutledea John:D :DraHon the Pinch neSs;
and David Ramsay, were in their prime
These, with their cotemporaries. we're isoorlng
together. by public and private influence, with
hand and dtonaNe and per, Ito add to the reeour-
oes, pbys,caL intellectual and moral, OF the
State wnere Providence cast their lot.
90 Riie some other such
Or aff TINT We have left 10 empty talk
OF otd achievements, and Despair Of new"
Hpartanburg. June II. ~