GADSDEN

a city of Alabama, in Etowah co,, of which it is the county seat. It is on the Chattanooga Southern, the Louisville and Nashville, the Southern, and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroads, and on the Coosa river. It is surrounded by an important mining region and among its industries, which are important, are steel mills, lumber mills, foundries, machine shops, car works, and plants for the making of doors, blinds, flour, wagons, etc. There is a handsome post-office and school buildings. Pop. 1920, 14,737. American diplomat, b. and d. in Charleston 8. Carolina. Graduating from Yale College in 1803 he fought bravely in the war of 1812. In 1818 he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Jackson in the campaign against the Seminole Indians: was military inspector of the Southern Division in 1820, and took a leading part in the removal of the Semi noles to Southern Florida. Appointed Minister to Mexico. He negotiated the Gadsen treaty which established a new boundary between the United States and Mexico, December 30, 1853.