The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-11-16

regular army was victory over The ad
minlslraiion, and i, belongs to Ihe inside
views of history, and 10 ,he illustration Of
government mistakes, and the elucidaiion
OF individual merit surmounling obstacles,
10 tell how il was. Twice passed by to
give preference 10 two others in the west,
lGenerols Harrison and WincheslerA once
disbanded, and omitted in all the lists of
military nominations, how did be get al
las, to be aPPeh'ed Major Generall |,
was thus: Congress passed an acl au-
'horiziug the President TO accept organic.
cd corps of volunteers. l proposed lo
General jackson 10 raise corps under
that acL ard hold it ready for service.
rHe did so; and with this corps, and some
militia, he defeated the Creek Indians, and
gained The reputation which forced his ap-
pointment in the regular army. drew
up the address which he made 10 his divi.
sion al the time, and when | carried il 10
him in the evening, found The child and
the lamb between his knees. raised
regimen, myself aad made the speechel
at the general musiers, which helped 10
raise two others, assisted by small band
of friends-sH feeling confident that if we
could conquer the first difiicully-master
the first sIep-and gel him upon The thea.
ire Of action, he wonld do the rest him.
self. This is the way he got into The reg.
ular army, not cSly unsolicited by the
wisdom Of government, bat rejected by i,
"a stone rejected by the master builders
and worked in by an unseen hand, 10 be
come the corner stone of the temple.
The aged men of Tennessee will remem. g.
Der all this, and it is time that history
should learn it. But 10 return TO The pri
vate life and personal characteristics ol
this extraordinary man.
There was an innate unvarying, self
acting delicScy in his intercourse with tn,
female sex; including all womeDkind; and
on that point my personal observation,
land my opportunities for observation were
both large and various.) enables me 10
join in the declaration OF the belief ex
pressed by his earnest friend and most in.
innate associa e. tie lave Judge 9yerlon
of Tennessee. The Roman General won
an immortality Of hoaor by one act q.
confluence; 'wha, praise is due to jackson
whose life was continent! i repeat, if hr
had been born in the time Of Cromwell ht
wo, ID have been puritan. Nothing
coo,d al ,eesd his kindness and affection To
Mrs. Jackssn, always increasing in .Iro
portion as his e.'4valion and eliminating
fortunes drew cruel cscks upon her. j
knew her well, and that a more exempla
~ woman in all the relations Ol'life-wile.
friend, ueighbor. relative. mistress o'
slaves-never lived, and never pr,'sen'ed
a more quiet, cheerful. and admin. 'oIr
management Of her household. She hat
not education, but she had heart, and
good one; and ttat was always leading
her to do kind things in the kindesr man.
ner. She had the Generals own warn
heart, frank manners, aud hospitaDle lem
per, and no two PERSONS could have be- n
better suited to each, lived more happily
together, or made house more aitractNe e
to visitors. She had the lacuIly-a rare
one-of fetaining names End titles in =
throIg Of visitors, addressing each one
apProI faIely, and dispensing hospilali,,
10 all with cordially which nh nc d i 6
value. No bashiul youth or plain old
man, whose modesty sal them down al III
lower end Of The table, could escape hel
CT rdlal attention, any more than The tilted
genlleItieh OH her right and left. Young
persons we're her delight, and she always
had her house well filed with ihem-ceve
young men-all called hGr afee lionalel,
Aunt Rachel" was yorug then, ant
was one Of that number. owe To ar
recolleclons, and 10 cherished convic
!, ,iOns--sin this last notice of that Hermit
age-,o bear this faithful testimony 10 III
memory of lis first and long misiress--th
. loved and honored wife Of a grea, man
Her greatest eulogy is i'll the atTectio
which he bore her living, and in The sol
, row with which he monrned her deat
She died at the moment of The General
first election to the Presidehcy, and ever
one that had just petition or present {
, charitable request 10 make, lost, in ht
death, the surest channel to the ear an
10 the heart of the President. His regaT
!. for her survived and lived in the persor
4 Of her nearest relatives. A nephew
' hers was his adopted son, and heir, ,akh
his own name, and now the respeclab
/. master Of the Hermiuge. Another nephe
a Andrew jackson Dunnelson, Esq, was h
n private Secretary when President. III
h Presidential mansion was presided ov,
is during his term by her ncice,' the mo
II amiable Mrs. DonneEsuh;' aid all lis CO