Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-10-10

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incident, which has been sent to us by q CORES
pendent in Albany, in this State, ssfor insertion,
and preservation in ''The Drawer" we are in.
formed may be relied upon as "pertectIy true
The incident, it may be added, occurred in thu
year 1884, twenty years ago, and was known to
many of Gen. Jackson's friends at the time:
ga widow lady in rather Strengthened circum.
stances, had been keeping boarding house in
Washington CITY, and during the general prostra-
ton of active business, growing out of the cur
rency arr angcments of that date, had become in
arrears; and that she might be enabled to pay
some of her most urgent debts, sent such of her
furniture as she could possibly spare to auction.
''The purchaser was clerk in one of the gov
eminent Offices, one of those public sloafers,' of
which there have always been too many in WASH
ingtOn and selsewhere,' who run in debt as far as
they can obtain credit, and without ever intending
to pay. The lady called on the auctioneer, the
auctioneer called on the official, who proposed to
pay as soon as his months salary was due.
''The month rolled round, and June succeeded
March, and September June, without payment
being made, to the great distress of the widow,
and uneasiness of the auctiOneer. After further
application, the Office holder refused absolutely
of his pOuer to pay. The sum was too large for
the auctioneer to pay out of his own pocket, or
he would have paid it himself, so deeply did he
feel for the poor creditor.
g In this perplexity he concluded to call upon
the President, and state the case, hoping that he
might suggest some mode of relief He waited,
therefore, upon the General jackson with his mar
rative.
6 When he had heard the story, the old mans
eyes flashed fire.
'sHaye you got Mr.. P--'s note asked old
IIickory.o
s''NO,' was the reply.
"'Call ON him at once, then, and without
speaking Of the purpose for which you want it,
get his negotiable note, and bring it here.'
" The auctiOneer accordingly asked P-fOr
his note. -
'''What do you want with the note?' asked
the Office holding loafer , q don't know anybody
that would take it, But sitting down and wri-
ting it, he added
g There it is-such as it is
''The auctioneer promptly returned to the
President, and handed him the note. He sat
down, without saying word, and wrote On the
back Of the paper -:
"sAndrew Jackson
&c sNow, SIR said the General, SHOW Mr.. P.
the endorsement, and if he does not pay it, just
let me know it, %.
''Thc first man the auctioneer met, as he enter
ed Gadsby's Hotel, was Mr.. P
"'Ah !how do you do p said he 'have you
passed the note? p
's'Not YETI said the other sbut expect to,
without much trouble, for have got q response
bic cndorser upon it,
s.sNonscnsc,' said p; who is it %
'sThc endorsement was shown him. He turned
pale, then red then begged the auctioncer to
wait few moments > then went out, and in a
very short space of time returned with the money,
which was at once paid over to the widow, to the
qualification of all parties.
cit would not have been very strange if this
story should have transpired at once nor would
it have been very wrong if the Jeremy Diddlcr
had been turned neck and heels out of the Office
but the following is the only sequel:
''P--kept quiet in relation to the subject
for years : but finally, on remark being made in
his presence that General jackson endors-
cd for any body whatever. remarked that he him
self kneu better, for the General once endorsed
hin,,-and he produced, as evidence, the very
note, to the great surprise of all who were not
acquainted with the circumstances Of the case.
''.\s party bitterness has died away, 'and in
view, lastly, on this subject let take up the
old slogan:
g 'IIurrah for Jackson '"-Hupers' Mag.
MINNESOTA ToBAcco.-On Friday last, VIC re-
ccivcd from ii. B. Waterman, ESD, a dozen very
fine cigars, manufactured by him from tobacco
grown upon his farm, eight miles west of this
place, and of course, we give them a puff. The
wccI is we'll favored, the cigars neatly made, the
crop abundant and the problem sclved, that MIN
ncsota is yet to be 8 some punIins" for tobacco.
Mr.. Waterman is one of our most cnterprisng
citizens, aad what's more, clever fellow, as his
remembrance of the printer most fully attests.-
Success. attend him. U'nona argus.
CT57 The Richmond Dispatch, in protesting
against the proposition to let Mr.. ZadOck Pratt
put stone, with his name on it, in the Wash
ington Monument. says that if Mr.. Xadock Pratt
wants to be immortal, let him build Il monument
for himself, and suggests that it shoald be made
of brass. a contemporary adds :-"The Dispatch
is wrong. Leather is the proper material for Mr..
ZadOck Pratts Misunderstanding like leath-
or -
Cg57 The Lake Superior Journal of the 18th
represents that there is good deal Of excite
mont at 'sSoo' against the Canal Company, on
political grounds. 1t is alleged that the Com
pany are about to urge of their agents for the
State Senate, and another for the Assembly, and
and that boasts are made that the number of la
borers in their employ is sufficient to secure their
election. 1t is intimatcd that the Company have
some scheme to push through the Legislature at
its next session.
THE RIGHT OF OBJECTION BY HOTEL KEEPERS.
This question had very practical decision in
the Police Court yesterday. Mr.. Weston Mcr-
chant, one of the landlords of Wilde's Hotel, in
Elm street, was arraigncd for an assault upon Mr.
AgustuS &. BlOdgctt, dry goods jobber, at No. 33,
Kilby street, and formerly editor of the New
Hampshire Statesman. 1t appeared that MIR. Blod-
gctt formerly boarded at the hotel, but having
some difficulty with the landlord, changed his
quarters, and was ordered never to enter the
house again. Afew days since, however, he went
there for III, purpose of examining the Register
to see if an acquaintance had arrived, when Mr..
Merchant attempted forcbly to put him out, and
inflicted upon him several blows. The counsel
for defence argued that the complainant, having
been previously warned not to enter the house,
had no right to remain, and his being there was a
trespass, and consequently the defendant was JUS
tilted in his doings The court held that the prem
Uses being public house, everybody had right
to enter, provided no trespass was committed :
therefore the objection of the complainant was
unlawful, and the defendant was fined So and
costs-BOston Tran.
O. Smith, the Razor strop man, occasionally
breaks off from the subject of the very superior
quality of the strops, and gives his audience a
short lecture on temperance, in his own peculiar
droll way. Here is IL short extract
SMiTH's CAT.-'sWhcn drank grog | owned a
cat, poor, lean, lantern-jawed thing that was al
ways getting into scrape. As had nothing for
her to eat, she was compelled to take to the high
way, the neighbors were continually crying ''Cus
that Smiths Cat. she's drunk all my milk" Poor
thing, she had to steal or die for she found bad
nickino at home for the Door mic: that we're