Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-08
d "reminiscences of Andrew Jackson.


: We copy from the New Yor
\ Ieem5q Post the following extract
from 4 communication furnished b
a n. P. Trist, Esq, in relation to th
private life and character Of The i
lustri0us jackson, SUGGESTED by tn
recent publication ID the Richmon
Ea4airer Of tue epitaph which tha
truly great man caused to be place
upon Tie tomb of his wife, at tn
Hermitage. and which is known t
have been bis own composltion;
'IIere lie the remains Of Mrs. Ra
chel jackson, wife Of President Jack
son, who died on the 22a Of Decem
ber, 1925, aged Gil II En- face wai
fair, her ? pers6n pleasing, her temper
aniable, and her heart kind. Sht
delighted in relieving the wants o.
b er lellow-creaturcs, ADA cultivated
that divine pleasure by t the most lib
efal and upret4nding methods To
The poor, she was a beneiactress; to
the rich, She was an example; to the
wretched, d comforter; tp the pIos-
porous, in oIname at. Tier piety
nent hanll in band with her benevo-
lence; and she thanked her Creator
f5r being permitted to do good: a
being so gentle and 8et 50 lirtuous,
slanacr might wopnA, but could not
diShonor even death, when it tore
her from the arm8f bf her husband,
could but tran9'larA her to the boz
SOM Of hor fol.7
Mr. Trist, We ina CINE, however, i
mistaken.in some of bis dates, though
we may readily credit the truth Of
misunderstanding anee5ote The battle
Of san Jadinto, for instance, was
fought some yqarsafterthee eexpiiation
of Con Jacks9n' 5 term. Mr. Trist
says:5
ESbortly hitter becoming his pri-
intellectually, at the period Of the
dissolution Of Ills first cabinet) ] ac-
rompanieh him from Washington to
tie Rip R.ps, an artificial mound
oi' stone, formed in the Cbea aapeake
Bay, opposite to Point Comfort, as
the foundation for Castle GAlhoun.
one Of the delences Of those waters
then in the process Of erection
There, amidst the sounding sur
les, in one Of The temporary build
hes provided for officers qnIters, he
,pok up lis abode for the few weeks
se could devote to the inyigdration
IF his health.
/. Oqe e cvcning, after l had parted /
Nth him for the night, revolYing /
5yer the directions lie bad given
!liout sol ne letters | was to prepare, /,
lhe point occurred, on which | was !.
ldt perfectly satisfied as to what /
lose directions had been. Az theR,
etters we're to be sent off early hextf
returned to his cHa lnbqr
loor, and, tapping gently III order
lot 10 wake him if he had g4t to 1
leeP, my tap was answered by" fome
I lie Was undressel, but noi .ydt in /
,ed, as ! had supposed he muFt be
K tbat time. lie RasI sitting q the y
iitle fable With bis wi f6s mini Fture T
La very large one, tbdn for the first
ime seen BY me before h m
.ropped upagainst some books; and
,etween him and the picture Il J an
pch book, gAich bore the marks OF
5ng use.
3hi= .boolz K, rs I afterwards lear nqd- 4
AS Her praver-book. Tie rhinia-
nre he always ys wore next TO bis heart, |:
uei,ended round his neck By d trong /
lack cord. The last tlIing be did, I
very night before lying down 70 hls 4,
est. WAS to read ia that book with
bait picture under his eyes. Il
In Washington, where the s ervapts
rought by. him from Tenness &c haq t ,
OF. any more than their betters
eneralk Ire there been proof against
he inflaehces uader which 50 many I
f low gtade and of high, become t
hat. in homely phrase, is called
thoroughly spoiled and utterly rum {
d. on gong one day into the Presi- I
ent's Office, I found that | had bro
en- in upon a. .tefe a tete between him t
nd Charles, his negro oliver a
barles was looking the culprit to his I
est: tIs,t is. as well as permitted by t
lurking smile, which betrayed his '
onsciousness that nothing very ter .
bic was coming. AS ! entered, the t
-eneral was saying, @Charles, you c
nov ,rb, 7 v,sI,a that carriage - 7