Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-06-13
INTERESTING FROM THE HER
MITAGE

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MITAGE.
Ertract Of Letter from the Editor ofthe
Globe, aoriHem fomthe Hermitage, dated
May IA, 1913
| reached this place yesterday, having
had a most pleasant voyage from st. Louis
Ia Nashville. The weather was fine; and
The shores Of the Cumberland, in their Wild
ness Of verdure, and the joyousness Of the
wild birds, which enchanted me with the
woods when | was young hunter, made
me happy in the scene, which contraSted
50 beautifully with the turbid strength of
the Mississippi, its drowned bottoms, and
naked hills. did not read page on the
Cumberland, and scarcely did anything
else on the Mississippi
Judge Catron and his kind lady were
ob,iging enough to bring me to the Her
m,tage in their carriage. We found the
venerable patriot in much better health
than | expected. lie was out on little
excursion in his carriage. on our arrival /;
and when he returned, he gave a welcome
as attectionate as he could have given Il
long absent son. To-day we went to church
together, where the sacriment was adj
ministerod. He was the first to lead the
way to the table TO which he was followed
by mulutud" Of wong men and women.
| dd not soc q single gray head at the
communion but his own venerable, bleached
and bowed one. The preacher who made
the sermon was n boy, as he told me, Of
twenty; and the minister who Oilicated in
the rites, Mr., LapsleyJ did not seem to be
more than twenty-five years old. There
was full church, and a greater number of
little children in the pews than | ever saw
in church'bctore, vet there was the most
profound quiet and reverence throughout
the ceremony. The remarks of the Off
clatng minister, while administering the
Sacrlment, were exceedingly impreSsive,-
and with singular prOprety and good taste,
wholly exempt from the slightest alluson
To the striking figure which contrasted 50
strongly with the young and healthy train
led by him TO the table On our return
IRON the church, asked him if the house
was built before the death Of Mrs Jack
son lie replied that the church was built
by hcr, and was her church that the last
'mo she ever attended it was a sentimental
,ccasioD : that sho was ovtromoly Solicit
o,S that he should unite himself with the
,.,,tv and Tint he was str,nr', ;ncIinnd
t.1 So: bat that his nttir1de then before
TIE public would have subjected him TO the
charge Of acting bvnocriticallv. which he
could not bear as he detested hypocracy
more than anv other bosonass Rnt he
added that he assured Mrs Jackson when
he had left the political scene. and his mo-
tiycs no longer liable to misconstruction.
he would comply with her incIinations and
his own, and iojn the church In tho moan
time, he would serve his God without os
sociatmg himself with any raIioious socio
~. At the close of the service the nroocb.
or gave notice that there would be at 3 o.
clock. \ funeral cannon o,.,,, ,.,,,,,o. !
dy of %, whose corpse would be brought
ta the church n thu, hour He invitod lbo
Young particularly TO attend. The Gen.
e.n' e., me, on our way from the Hermit.
NOE, 'a'Gew was too much exhausted to attend
t"r General service at the church. Wber
he hld got ont OF the carriage. he told tbf