Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-28
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Tbe Figure Head 81, the Constitution, 4
Th&eo ous readers whose memory tuansth back
,o,he,ime olApdrew jack ln's tesp, sanpot have
forgo,tsp Stbeie 5cllenentS Dreaded blythe ,fgdts'
Head stIaits a BllEls6sth slslate, ii wool 81
The venerable President had been put upon the
noble old {Oeastitlti6a, and 1.-THE dead Of ttae
nisht Il was removed ADMINISTRATION was had,
and q reward was offered f6t discovery Of The
perpeltatotof le outage, bnij 50 lot as The pub
lie kueB, nothing Yas, ever sletsd Of nature 70
throw light upon the mystery, Jack Downing
wto,e about II; lie papers OIL one side abused The
Wigs fot the insult 10 lie hero, and those on The
other pronounced The putting Of Tie isute'head
there In The hfst place, on insult to The people
Eyen The story wIlteBiwoSe Tie incident into tue
web ofdstiop, and the 'flsute'Asad Of the Con.
,itution' was the title Of tale byOne Of our best
auttos. Nov, aflyrthe lapse Of some twenty
years, we have the tue nettatlye given TO the
puGlicln a letter 10 the New York Times, which,
as matter Of i6terst, VIC copy The wrltsi, Whose
initials are given as %. 3. W dates fto@ Spring:
field. ils says'
"a few yeats since, in company with a friend,
called on The venerable Mallol DlcktEson. AZ hls
residence, near Dover, Norris county, MI, an9
after politely showing US over his gtoul'gs anu
iron inines, he took US through hls extensive "
broty, and while giying,us detail q lls VGoNs,
aud the history OF many q Them, ls laus,'llsy
told US tie story Of tile Fieute'Nead, whlStl was
looking downo,l US from the upper bookshelf. iie
said, stYou know tllst al the tine this occurred
was Secretary OF lilo Navy, and That Government
had offered a reward lot tile apprehension q lhe
pe,Detra,ot OF the Outrage. We'll, one Jay was
sitting in the Office Wien a sailor walked ~ WIN
bundle in his lond, and asked nell wos !he
Secretary OF ne Navy. lie went on tosay, you
Offered lewatd for the one that cut oil The Fls'
nIe. head Of Gen. jaUksonl' 'fes,' II am the
mann AMI unlying lis budget, placed IsioIs me
The head, was aus24d aud puzzled 10 divine
what Il could men. asked lin WHO helped 10
lilo il, Nobody 'ilOw did you doitP u low
ed out alone, climbed up in The cllalns, and saw
ed Il of. attempted 10 saw Il OIL Though 'he
neck al first, but the saw struck Doll, any hau
10 saw II through lie mouth HOW ulu you
manage TO escape being seen ~ the ~t'cbc--
'Humphl swear there wasr't a light nor man
on deck 'WlO got sou 10 20 lhlsf 'NotouS'
aud nobody knows vi III why DID you 10 ~
don't you like General JacksonP YES, AN .
jackson man, aud have no objection 10 his ba't
being on Old lIOnSides, but don't believe ~
tuholt length hgurc.head, and II YOU nut u back
ocain, d--ii me II | don't saw II of again.
".tn consultations with the Prestdenl, the CUES.
lion cane up, what shall we do with this Inun'
The old General said. as there didn't appear 10 be
any political motive In The act, and lie man had
voluntarily surrendered, aud as his story imRlica:
ted the officers Of the Constitution, who had sworn
before the investigating cOnmlllne TINT the lights
wete buTninginnd the WalChset, why we had bell
ter let the man 10 and huh II up.
'SU,' said Gov, d., when left Washington, ]
threw the leud INTO my trunk, aud DIough! u
home, mud that's tho history Of Tho atI4it Vi the
Fsure.hrad.'