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RECOLLECTIONSs OF qGENERAES ANDREW.
- JACKSON. 81 q. -

RECOLLEcTIONSs OF sGENERAES ANDREW
JACKSON. a b e s
- When he lifted bis voice, when the
inevitable and the invncible must wentforth from
his lips there was no alternative but acquescence,
I will not say submission for the word is too igno.
niuious to apply to American frcemen. -Nulh6ers
laughed him to scorn but yielded the point 1t was
noble triumph Its effects continue to this day.
Nor was he unobservant of small matters 1t has
been said that great minds are not only comprehen-
sive in their grasp, but discriminating in details
Of this there was an illustration in the case OF
certain navsi officer, who had been cashiefed for
malpractices at some of the foreign stations. See
ing this day in pitiable plight, forlorn and
detected under his disgrace and feeling deeply Tor
his family, hoping also that re examination OF MS
case might establish his innocence, sought his res
torston. waited on the President, and laid the
case before him. I was surprised at the knowledge
of this individual case he displayed amid cIowd Of
more important matters. "Why. Sir" said ne,
"this man cheated the sailors repeatedly BY charg-
ing enormous profits in disbursing the public mo-
ney;" and went on to tell how he did it, with mar.
vellous circumstantiaty. OF course this was not to
be contradicted. therefore saw my only hope was
to throw the case upon the mercy of the judge l
acknowledged the justice of the sentence, that the
President must be better acquainted with the case
than l could presume to be, but from my heart
pited the suffering destitute family OF the accused
and hoped the virtue of clemency might be tried IN
his case as it would relieve a whole household, in
which there was now nothing but darkness and des.
pair The heart of the stern old hero reented
saw an impressiQHwas made, and was fully assured,
when he said and consulty Secretary Of the
Navy on the SUI! ~" Calling d 9ndge Woodbu-
~, who, though finished md determined politi-
clan, was an amiable man, Of pure domestic habits,
and Of sympathizing hearth soon enlisted ms
course was made) 3se Ihiereda eicer was restored,
to the unbounded js and gratitude Of himself and
family. Nor was the RAesa) SO obstnately inf1exi-
bic, right or wrong. I fave' seen him convinced
against his will, which was said to have 30 much
iron in its composition, and the result, make
frank and handsome apology, and that, too.
after the Indulgence of some pretty high words"
Yet there is no doubt he was "good hater," such
as Byron would have loved, and drawn saliently
with his pencil He had moi Intermediate qualities.
He was a "for OF against man, and never sailed
under false coors. Woe to Brigham Young, if he
had fallen into his hands.
x At church he was a regular attendant
every Sabbath morning. The simplicity and hardi-
hood of the camp seemed carried into the very
church. for years he sat in uncushioned pew, lis
tening with profound attention to the preaching,
which was most direct definite, and telling upon the
conscience. He liked to sins marked distinctly,
and held up to the execration of the soul. Perhaps
it was because he knew so much of the wickedness
of duelling, that he commended, and even rewarded
the preacher, who in his presence came down upon
the practice with great severity. The truth is pos
sessed of moral courage himself, he admired it in
Others and deeply felt that in field is it inn
peratively required than in that of the ministry of
reconciliation.
Two things attracted him, childhood and beauty.
This is common to brave soldier. | have seen him
stoop with kind of paternal enthusiasm TO kiss
little child if the act awakened some of the most
genial sympathies of his nature. Then, too, have
seen him rise from his seat, and receive with gallant
affabty young lady. to whom an ad'niring lover
could scarcely pay more devoted attention. All
know the high estimation in which he held his
wife-her person while livng-her memory when
dead 1t was her high moral qualities that ruled his
heart To the last hour Of his life. it turned to her
image with the fondest enthusiasm. No measure of
ambition quenched it. No multiplicity OF State
cares impaired it Amid the ercest political storms,
it was the soace of his soul. Now a man in whose
moral constitution such elements these prevailed,
could not 90 far astray in any sphere in which he
might be placed, especially If he habitualy recog-
nized the necessity and reality of experimenting
providence But more than this he reposed an UNI
wavering faith on the strong, the sustaining, the
productive doctrines of the bible. None of its truths
gave forth aliment too strong for his meditation and
digestion None of its characters were too salient
for his taste. Joshua, job Gideon, and every bold
soldier of the chosen people, inspired him with fresh
admiration. Cromwell could dare nothing which he
could not. He would have reached his arm across
crisis, how invaluable such man! Let US not for
get how much he loved the union of the States, how
sternly he frowned all attempts to loose that
sacred bond how emphaticaliy he uttered his men,
orable must in the assembly Of the leading spirits
of the land, how ferventy he prayed to the last for
that great conservation The voice of the patriot
speaks from the tomb! Let the people heed it.
Let no daring disunonist insult the shades Of the
departed, by breathing the whisper of such treason
USE PLENTY OF GRAvY.--Dr Dixon, in late
number of the Scalpel, in an article on Diet" as
sumes the position tina: the "use of oil would de-
crease the victims of consumption nne-tenths, and
that this is the whole secret of the Of cod liver
OIL" and quotes the following summary observations
on this subject made by DR.. Hooker:
Of all the persons between the ages of fifteen and
twenty-five years, more than one fifth eat no fat
meat.
OF persons at the age of forty-ve, all, excepting
less than one in fifty. habitually use fat meat.
Of persons who, between the ages of fifteen and
twenty-five avoid fat meat, few acquire an appe.
tite for it. and live to good old age. while the great
er portion die with phthisic before thirty five.
OF persons dying with phthisc, between the ages
Of twelve and fortyfve, nine tenths, at least, have
never used fat meat.
Most individuals who avoid fat meat, also use lit.
tie butter or oily gravies; though compensate for
this want in part at least, by free of those
ticles, and also milk and eggs and various sacharine
substances. But they constitute an imperfect sub.
stitute for fat meat without which. sooner later,
the body is almost sure to show the effects of def
Gent calorifcation.
The ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS AGAINST CEIlBACY.
An extraordinary memorial has been addressed by
5O7 Austrian priests 10 the author of the Concordat
the Cardinal Prince Archbishop of Vienna. In this
document, the lower Catholic clergy put forth their
grievances in language the like of which has been
heard since the days of the Reformation. Among the
demands is one for the abolition of cebacy on the
ground that the impossibility of entering into the
marriage state renders the priest the victim of
pcions, of sneering and contempt, and produces
laxity amongst the clergy, thus rendering them con-
tributors to the moral dissolution which is invading