The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1860-04-25

Besides the young gentlemen, there was
always a young niece or two of Mrs. Jack
son living at the Hermitage. They could
easily please the General with their music
Two songs especially delighted him.
Aud Lang Syne," and "Scots wha ha
wi Wallace bled." When ladies asked
him to write something in their albums
he was likely to write When | can read
my title clear" as anything else.
The spare rooms of the Hermitage were
not often unoccupied. General Coffee
came occasionally to visit his old com
mander. Major Eaton, Of the Senate, was
frequently there-a portly man, devoted
to General jackson, whose life he had just
written. Major Eaton and Major Lewis
were brothers-in-law both having mar
ried wards Of General jackson. The
General, therefore, looked upon them
both almost as sons-in-law, as well as tried
friends and comrades. DIR. Bronaugh, the
Generals military surgeon, a high spirited
Nirginian, a stickler for the code Of hon.
or, heartily believing in the pistol as the
great social regulator, and always prompt
to act in accordance with that faith. was q
frequent visitor Colonel Robert Butler.
a somewhat naughty soldier of the old
| school, Captain Call. also devotee of the
| pistol. Captain Gladsden. Colonel Hayne
| brother OF the Senator replied to bv Mr.
Webster Judge Overton. General Carroll
General Sam Houston, Captain John Don
elson and his sons. were alwavs welcome.
The clerical friends of Mrs. jackson were
entertained at the Hermitage with pc
cular hospitality. Indeed, clergymen OF
| all denominations, were welcome there at
Ill 4 L. L.
| marked distinction. Mr. Earl an artist.
often commissioned to paint General Jack
sons portrait, became at length member
of his family and having employed the
last twelve years of his life in continually
| painting the Generals portrait, died at
the Hermitage and was buried in the
garden beside the generals own tomb
I'm memory of r. E. W. Earl, Artist,
| Friend and Companion of General Jack.
son. who died at the Hermitage 10th
September, 1885," is the inscription on
his tombstone.
After the war of 1912 General jackson
was never seen at the cockpit, and sci
dom on the race ground, though his love
of horses was love that never grew cold
He was no great reader of books. His
library at the Hermitage consists chiefly
of presentation copies and the biblical
commentaries so eagerly read by the Gen.
eral at a later day. He was always de
vourer of newspapers, however, and was
fond of hearing an eloquent speech read
aloud in the family circle. In earlier
| years he had been a warm admirer of the
eloquence of Henry Clay. He once de
clared with peculiar emphasis that it was
the perusal of Mr.. Clay's speech against
the re-charter of the United States Bank
in 1911, that convinced him of the un
constitutionality and impolicy of Nation
al Bank. The later speeches of Mr.. Clay
in favor of the bank, we are well aware
could not shake the convictions of 1911
Mr.. CalhoUn's war speeches were keenly
relished by the General, as were the diplo
matte dispatches of Mr.. John Quincy Ad
ans. Monroe, Calhoun, Adams and DE-
Witt Clinton were the public men whC
stood highest in his regard at this period
| The conversation of General jackson
when at home among his familiar friends
related chiefly to the warlike exploits o
himself and his companions. Revolution
airy anecdotes, of which his old friend
Gen. Overton, had large stock, wer,
particularly pleasing to him. and he wa
iond of telling over the story Of his owl
boyish adventures during that contest
In speaking of the defense of New Or
leans, he usually attributed the. e.success t,
the direct interposition of Providence II
support of the weak against the strong.
A little scene that occurred at the Her
mitage table, as described 10 me by lad
who witnessed, it may serve to illustrate th
curious blending of the Pennsylvania
with the soldier and man of the world
-ometimes exhibited in General jackson
behavior. After his wife had joined tn
rhurch, the General, in Difference TO he
wishes, was accustomed to ask blessin
before meals. The company had sa
Town to the table one day, when the Ger
eral Sa> telling a warlilke story with crea
inimation, interlarding his discourse, a
vas then his custom. with a profusion G
rxpletives most heterodox and protane.-
In the full tide Of his narration the lad
If the house interrupted her lord. Nh
Jackson. will you ask blessingY Nj
Jackson stopped short in the midst of on
IF his most soldier like sentences. PEI
formed the duty required of him. an
lhen instantly resumed his narrative j
the same tone and language as before
If it were admissible TO give here the exa,
words of the interrupted sentence, wit
! the grace in the midst thereof. this woul
be a capital story. The reader can ina.
! me it, however.