The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-11-22
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Anecdote Of Gen. jackson.

We remember, few years since, SAYS
the editor of the West Chester Republican
to have called on Mr.. Buchanan, in PHI
adeIphia, when number of his political
friends were present, and the conversation
turned on the character Of jackson. A
gentleman present said he went one morn
ing to the White House, daring the stor-
nliest period Of his administration, and
being on very intimate teI ms with The
President and his family the servant ush-
cred him into the breakfast room, where
lie found the old General seated at the ta-
bic with two beautiful children clinging
around his neck, and he remarked that
the atfectionate scene, with the curling
locks Of childhood minging with the
banched hair of the venerable statesman
was beautiful study for painter. Mr..
Buchanan said on that occasion, that he
conside ed him the greatest man he bad
ever known, and vet he considered it diff
ficult to point out any single talent that
was remarkable. He was not student
in any department Of learning, seldom
reading u book, unless 1t was the Bible,
and yet when subjects were introduced,
which from his habits it was supposed he
knew nothing of he always joined in the
conversation, and astonish I'd those who
knew the daily routine Of his life, hy his
clear views on the question discussed
lie considered that the great eliminating
point in the character of jackson, WAS his
thorough acquaintance with human ma.
ture. lie read men bya kind Of intuitive
perception that was almost :naabIe, and
those who went from his presence felt that
he had fathomcd their characte,s to the
very foundation.
Instead OF being rude and unpublished
man, rs many have erroneously supposed
he was considered by all who knew him
ultimately, as the very perfection of "A gen
tleman. His manners we've courteous in
the extreme, and to illustrate this fact Mr..
Buchanan related striking inGidemt.----
lie said, on one occasion, he received
letter from An American lady, jus, return
ed from England. who had .,-dauglftcr
married to an individual of high rank A..
mong the English nobility In her note
to Mr.. Buchanan, she informed him she
bore a message to the President OF tho
United States, from William ~, and She
desired him TO accompany her 10 the
White House, i'll order that She might
present it in person. Mr.. b. obeycA her
request, and they went to the Presidents
mansion. lie excused himself tor IA few
moments, and went TO the private room
of the President, where he found him in
the most wretched dishabic He WAS
clad in an old grey sartout coat, dry
shirt, his beard long, and to GRO Sn all, was
smoking AN old blackenel pipe. Mr.. u.
acquainted him with the fact, thai Mrs.
- was in another part OF tie man
sion, With message to him from the
King Of England. He was fearful the old
General might wal, down stairs to receive
his vister in that sorry plight, and there
fore suggested TO him whether he had not
better arrange his dress AMI shave. His
reply was, "Buchanan, | once knew a
mn who made fortune by miqdmg his
own business-go down stairs, and say TO
Mrs. ----, l shall be happy to wait on
her presently"
lie left the apartment, and in very
short time the old gentleman gracefully
entered the room, dressed in suit of rich
black cloth, clean shaved, with his fine
head of white hair carefully brushed, and
received the lady with the greatest ease
and polish Of manners. She bore % him
the kind sslutation of the King, with a re-
quest that he would, after the expiration
of his Presidential term, visit EugIsn,l.---
On their return from the White House,
the lady expressed her high qualification,
and pleasure she had derived from the IN
terview, and said, that she had visited ev-
cry principal court, in Europe, aud min
gIed With those Of the highest rank, but
that Gen. Jackson, in all the attributes of
gentlemanly courtesy, and highly refined
manners, excelled every other man she
had ever met.
"WHAT's IN NAME ga gool deal
more, we think, than Shakespeare i'm
agined. We were somewhat struck in
this particular the other day, while glanc-
ing over Catalogue OF the Graduates Of
the South Carolina College from It's foun-
latinp "a, tho vaar 1,,., ,y.. Co.,