Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-08-27

LANG SYNE.--It is pleasant, OCCASION
laly to go back to the past, and always to
the long ago, especially in cases like that
we give below.
In 1889 there lived in Richmond beau
tiful young lady, who became enamored
with young man, unknown to fame and
foreigner by birth, and her mother op-
posing, ran away with and married him.
She had been a dutiful daughter, and still
maintaining strong affection for her
mother, wrote the following letter, asking
her forgiveness, than which you rarely see
more touching composition
My DEAR MAMMA:
Shall venture to write you few lines
in apology for my late conduct, and dare
flatter myself that you will attend to
them. if so and you can feel a motherly
tenderness for your child, who never be-
fore wilfully offended you; forgive Dear
mamma, and generously accept again your
poor Sophia, who feels for the uneasiness
she is sure she has OccasiOned you. She de-
ceived you, but it was for her own hap
piness. Could you then form u wish to
destroy the future peace of your child, and
prevent her from being united to the man
of her choice. He is perhaps not very
handsome man, but he is possessed of more
assensual qualities. which | shall not pre-
tend to numerate, as coming from me they
might be supposed to be parsual. If Nam
ma, your heart is inclinable to forgive, OF
if it is not, let me beg you to write to me
as my only anxiety is to know whether L
have lost your affection or not, forgive me
Dear mamma as it is all that is wanting
to complete the happiness of her who
wishes for your happiness and who desires
to be considered again your dutifull
Daughter
New Kent, 10th May, 1889. SOPHIA.
The above, written in plain hand and
distinctly legible to-day and published
verbatim. was directed to Mrs Jane Allie
gre, Richmond.
The not Every handsome man, our
readers will be surprised to learn, was AL
bert Gallatin, of Virginia then, but better
known as Of Pennsylvania, who was born
in Geneva, Switzerland, June 30, 1851, and
whose original name was Abraham Albert
Alphonse de Gallatin, left early an orphan,
and educated by a female relative and
graduated at the University Of Geneva in
1779. In 1850 he came to Boston, but
went with other swiss to Maine. In
1888 he taught French at Harvard College,
and in 1884, came to and bought land in
the western part of Virginia, where he
first met Washington. In 1856, by the adj
vice of Patrick Henry, he purchased land
in Fayette county, Penn, and in 1889 was
elected to the Constitutional Convention,
and in 1893 to the U. S. Senate; was i'll
the Whiskey Rebellion in 1874; delivered
one of the ablest speeches of the day in
Congress in 1896 against the British
Treaty, was appointed by President JEFF
ferson Secretary Of the Treasury in 1901,
which position he held through Jefferson's
and Madlson's administrations, and from
his successful management of his Depart
ment and his writings on currency, and re-
ports, gained the reputation of the first
financier Of the age Pre- sdent Madison
him as one Of the Commission
ers to treat with Great Britain, at the city
Of Client, from which resulted the treaty
of peace, Dec. 18th, 1914. In 1915 he was
minister to France, remaining till 1928, be-
ing sent on special commissions during
the time. On his return he refused a seat
N tho hinot on6 1Qn1ina6 tha
ton for Vice President of his, the Demo-
cratic party. In 1926 he was sent as en-
voy extraordinary to Great Britain, re-
turning, after negotiating several import
ant conventions, in 1927, and taking up his
in New York. In 1881 he was
in the Free Trade convention at Philadel-
phia, and prepared the memorial which
was submitted to Congress. From 1881 to
1889 he was president of the National bank
in New York, and in 1913 was elected pre-
'ident of the New York Historical So
,iety, which he held until his death, which
occurred at Astoria, Long Island, August
18th, 1S49.
A friendless adventurer in q strange
and, he, by force of talent and energy,
raised himself to fame and fill ed with dis
binction the very highest positions, and
died poor-as he said 'sNo man who direct
ed the currency Of the country should die
rich" May we not believe that the woman
who penned the above letter helped him
not little to ascend his brilliant ladder
of fame-at any rate she was right in the
of his ''more essential qualities. -
With the above letter, a granddaughter
of Mrs. Jane Allegro (of this county, sends
also an invitation to a ball in Richmond,
printed on the back of the Five Of Hearts:
whether to show the spirit Of that age, or
as compliment to Miss Allegro, or be-
cause no other cards were obtainable, we
leave to the conjectures of our readers. 1t
is very neatly printed for that day, and has
OF it the following, surrounded by an oval
border:
A BALL.
At the Capital, on Saturday, the 18th
inst, to celebrate the festival of ST.
PATRICK.
[Richmond, March II, 1871
= S $ss''%. J. &s ''i;" IMAM.
No. %.
GRANGE PICNIc.-The picnic Of the
combined Oranges in the southwestern
part Of this county, at Summerdean, on
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