Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-09-09

General Jackson's First Appearance In Congress.
The following we clip from the Washington Repub-
lie:
When Mr.. Galatin was a member of Congress, in
the year 1896, Tennessee admitted State in
TO the Union and sent her first member to Washing
ton. One day when in his seat in the House, Mr..
Gallatin noticed TALL lank uncouth. looking ndivd-
ual, with long locks of hair hanging his brows
and face while queue hung down his back, tied with
eel skin. This dress of this individual was sim
gular-his manner and department that of back
woodsman. The appearance of so singular a charac-
ter the floor of the House of Representatives nat
urally attracted attention, and member by his side
asked who he was. Mr.. Gallatin replied that it was
the member from the State 'Well" said his
friend, &c he Just the of chap one mg ght ex-
pect from such uncivzed region as Tennessee" :"
The individual in question was Andrew Jackson.
In the neighborhood of Charlotte, n c. there lived,
until within the last two years, an aged lady, whose
many recollections of early life very interesting
One, we remember, afforded us great amusement =
Gates had been defeated the shattered fragments of
his army had be enswept like the debris of tempest
past her secluded home, her father and brothers
all out under some partisan leader, the Tories were
forming neuclus of Reorganization about Waxhaw, and
supposlng this would attract the attention of her rel
atlVes, and seeing young man riding from that d-
rection, she told by her mother to learn the
from him.
She buxom lass of sixteen summers, educa-
ted in the freedom of the country, and being toeraby
assured of her ability to cope with any body, no.
thing loath TO CO. and gave the following story of
the meeting The lad seemed an honest, well meaning
boy, but not much in the way of looks. He thin
and awkward, and bilious, and rode grass-fed colt,
that reeled about so, wondered how in the world it
carried him. " How do you do, sir 2" says I. "How
do you do, nam % says he. Says "W hch way did
you come from'" 81 come from the Waxhaws"-
' Did you see or hear anything of our people down
there ?" No., says he, but there Tories
about there, and we pops them down sometimes y
Thinks |, you look like funny fellow to pop any,
body down, but did not say so, | just asked him,
Where are you going J" 81 am going to Uncle
McDowalls Pve had the chlls for long time, and
want to stay Up here until get WELL" "And what
is your name!" "My name is Andy Jackson"
The old lady had to the day of her death the ap-
pearance of this young man so lndellibiy impressed
upon her mind, that she could never realize his i'm
porance, and it always struck her excessively
whimsical and ridiculous that such looking custom
could become President of these United States
She had the same difficulty with respect to Mr..
Polk She had known him when child, he would
stay for months at her house and 60 to school with
her children, and was so easily outdone and put
upon by other boys of his age, that she could never
form high opinion of his abilities she always, from
the form Of habit, called him little Jenny, and we
think never mentioned him in connexion with the
Presidency without feelings of rrepressibe amuse-
ment
Poor old lady, she stood for eighteen years alone
in the world her children and grand children all were
dead and none could hear her indulgng in reminis-
cences of her early life without of how great
a blessing it was to her TO have rich store of
early memories.