The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05
From the Phi a%delphia Penn,ylvanian.
Anecdotes of Gen jackson,

NNAaeNA
We recently heard the following anec
do'es Of This venerable hero and sage, vii
authenticated and as we do no, r%ecollec
- have met them in print, we have con
cluded to relate them here:
A revelation in Poland occurred aboul
the time that Jackson was waging a war
with the United State Bank in this country
The Emperor Nicholas treated the unfOr.
Innate Poles with extraordinary severity,
aud was terribly and Justly Scored for it by
the press of this country. About the same
time The Wing Pless was heaping all SORTS
OF abuse upon Gen. Jackson for opposing
the re charter Of The United States Bank.
Ihe Russian Minister, then at Washington,
was greatly annoyed by the abuse Of his
Emperor aud muster. lie determined 10
appeal To The Government to have the evil
remedied, and collecting from the misceila.
neous press a numerous array Of articles
bearing down very strongly on Nicholas,
showed Them to the Secretary Of State aud
demanded that this abuse shnnId cease, or
ho would bold the Government response
Bile, and The peaceful relations Of The lwu
nations interrupted. The Secretary Of
State in vain attempted To explain to him
the freedom Of the Press, and that the
American Government had no more pow.
or over 1t upon snch subjects, than Mich
olas himself. The Russian Minister re.
garlcd this as a mere subter(uge, and grew
very angry. lie finally concluded to ap.
peal 10 Gen. jackson himself upon the
sogec', and producing his collection of
u wspaper Recommendations, hid his griev-
anrcS befnre The old hero. Gen. Jackson
heard him patiently, and after he WAS
through, pleasantly conplimea,ed him on
his industry IN searching the papers; But"
sail he, 'look over them again, and if you
do not find That ! am called lyrlnt, rascal,
fool, and all sorts Of foul names ten times
for every mention Ol Nicholas name | will
have the thing Slapped at naee.' This
sorl Of reasoning threw a new Good Of lighl
upon the Elnd nf the Russian Minister
He then CON pretended what The Freedom
of The Press meent in this country, and
readily perceived that Jackson could moi,
he expected to stop The press from abusing
Nicholas, when it was every day boldly
a.S'liinQ himself. lie accordingly drop.
ed the subject.
The ether anscdote describes a thing
that happened very rarely; ii states how
Gen. Jackson got frightened.
This Occsrred soon after the attemp,
made to asslsinale him. an event which
naturally aroused the fears Of his friends
for his safety, and hey recommended to
him the utmost caution against exposing
himself 10 any more such atlarks. One
AFTERNOON he was reclining in a Democratic
snrt NJ way IN a sofi in one Of the rooms
al lie Wine House alone. smoking a pipc.
About ihi' period a new foreign minister.
! nm Portugal, we think, unaccus,unrd To
Republican simplicity had arrived, and
went up to the While House to pay the
Gen raj a visit. lie was auired in full
Court costume, all bed zzened with gold
lace, &C., and wearing a sword. No one
Happened To be there to ialrudnre him, aud
he fouRd tns way AannnWcrd into the
room in which Gen. Jarksun wac Eily
ruininilIng upon his recent narrow csrape
from The pistol d IA assassin. The sud
drn appearance Of the Minister reused the
old man from his reyerles, and lie gazcd
at HE intruder with astnni.hmpnI. not al
together ummlngled with fear. rs he proctel-
"a IN bow and g%rItaaee AT desperate rate.
Gen Jackson could Stand ii no longer,
but seiElng a chair brandlshed it before
han, aud III a sleniorian yoire cried out.
"ln The name Of God. who and what are
you!' The Portuguese Minister soon
managed 10 give him an idea Of who ann
what he WE. when Grn. Jackson srnt
down IN his kitchen fpr a. Frrnch cond lie
had IN artas an Interpreter, aud in this
Wy they managed TO have a satisfactory
in " Jew,