Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-10-05

ANECDOTES or GES JAcKsoN. We recentt, |
the follow anecdotes of this yenerate hero heaf
well authenticated and as We do not Tecolect sac
them IN print, we have concluded to relots as
here 80 = ''O9e then
revolution in Poland occurred ahont a.
that Jackso was waging war with the United e.. as
Bank IN this country. The Emperor Nicbola S'AWS
ep the unfort unate Poles with extraord:nar ueat
ty and was terribly and justly scored for # b.
press OF thIs country About the same TIM ~ @e
press was heapinga all sorts of abuse unon zoe
jackson for opposing the recharter of the TS Hel
States Bank. The Russian Minister then NJ ST w
lngton, was greatly annoyed by the abuse of H. ash
Peror and master. He determined to apne,I S In
government to have the evil remedied and c"n Tue
ing from the miscellaneous press q nnneroo .Ouect
of articles bearing down very strongly on N. say
showed them to the Secretary of State and d..
ed that this abuse should cease or he Would bII
Government responsible, and the peaceful r tu Tue
of the two nations would be interrupted mSRS
rotary OF State IN vain attempted to explain 70 E
the freedom of the press and that the Ameroo. Gl
vernment had no more power over it unon s,,"L 10
jects than Nicholas himself The Russian NJ: SUD-
regarded this as mere subterfuee and or S'ef
angry. He finally concluded to appeal to (cn ,eIy
son upon the subject, and producing his coIo oeA
OF newspaper denunciations, laid his priavono"I
fore the old hero. Gen. jackson heard him na. S
and after he was through, pleasantly compm"r.
him on his industry In searching the panerC L
said he, Look over them again, and # To, out
find that am called tyrant rascal fool and al os
of foul names, ten times for every mention S S S'
olas name, will have the thing stoned ~ o oicn
This sort OF reasoning threw new food of liobt w,
on the mind of the Russian Ministar. He then oop up
pretended what the freedom of the press m.n tO!
this country and readily perceived that Iaa.dl
could not be expected to stop the press Eor ob
Nicholas, when it was every day boldly oCOoIn6s
himself He accordingly dropped the sn5;ect 'A''1's
The other anecdote describes thiDo tbof bon,o,.
ed very rarely-it states how Gen. jackson %, spb
ed.
This occurred soon after the attemnt m.do 70 80
Sassinate him, an event which naturally aroused tb
fears of his friends for his safety and thew recon.
mended to him the utmost caution about expos;n
himself to any more such attacks. One afternoon he
was reclining in democratic sort of way ON sofs
in one of the rooms of the White House. alone smo
ing pipe. About this period new foreign minis
ter, from Portugal, we think, unaccustomed to Re-
publican simplicity, had arrived and went I'D to the
White House to pay the General visit He was at
tired in full Court costume all bedzened with gold
lace &C., and wearing sword. No one happened
to be there to introduce him. and he found his way
unannounced into the room in which Gen. jackson
was lazily Illuminating upon his recent narrow eS
cape from the pistol of an assassin. The sudden an
pearance of the Minister reused the old man from
his reveries and he gazed at the intruder with as
not altogether unmingled with fear as
he proceeded to bow and grimmace at desperate
rate. Gen. Jackson could stand it no longer, but
Selling chair brandished it before him, and in
stent0rian voice cried out, |" In the name of God
who and what are your" The Portuguese Minister
soon managed to give him an idea of who and what
he was when Gen. jackson sent down to his ktch-
en- for French cook he had, to act interpreter,
and in this way they managed to have satisfactory
interview. Pennsytranian