Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-12-26

man, who knocked at the door very impa-
tiently Mr.. Jefferson was quite cold, and
after he had warmed himself, managed to
get the door open, and almost instantly the
room was packed as full as any bar-room
He was greeted with the greatest respect
and affection. Finally he made short ad-
dress, and soon after his friends retired. -
He went on ahead next day, SO [ did not
see the reception the people gave him when
he got home.
Mr. Jefferson always had great deal of
company at Monticello Mr.. Madison gen
orally stayed with him when he attended
the Circuit Court at Charlottesville. Mr.
Madison was very fine man he had very
solid look I always thought he looked like
a preacher; his dress was somewhat like
that of Methodist parson. Mr.. Monroe
was there very often I did much business
with him on one occasion sold him a large
quantity of Mr. Jefferson's nails He wrote
many letters which were received at Month
cello he was miserable writer. Mr.. JEFF
ferson, Mr.. Madison and Mr.. Randolph
wrote very plainly. Mr.. Monroe's writing
could be read only with great difficulty
often it had to be transcribed. A gentle
man in the audience, addressing the speaker,
inquired if the Captain was correct in this
matter. DR.. Pierson replied that he thought
the facts had been somewhat overstated by
the Captain; that he (the speaker) could
with little difficulty read Mr.. Monroe's writ
ing, of which he held in his hand speci-
men; and that Captain Bacon had no doubt
intended to speak of Mr. Monroe's writing
in comparison with Mr.. Jefferson's which
was mor4than ordinarily plain. Mr. Mon
roe was a very bad manager Continued
Bacon) He was often in debt, and obliged
to borrow money from one month to another
He was not in any respect, the equal of Mr..
Jefferson: there were enough better lawyers
than he; but he was intimately connected
with the purchase of Louisiana, and that
made him President.
It was very interesting to me and to the
people to see the three ex-Presidents togeth-
er. [ have often seen them meet at Char
lottesville on court days. and crowds gath
cred around them. listening to their CONVEX
sation and following them about. [ have
seen two other Presidents there-Jackson
and John Quincy Adams. Adams was a
fine little fellow. He had solid look.
After Mr.. Jefferson returned from Wasl,
ington his house was crowded with visitors:
they almost ate him out of house and home:
and they were there all times of the year.
But about the middle of June travel would
commence from the lower part of the State
to the Springs, and there was a perfect
throng of visitors. They travelled in their
own carriages, and came in gangs. They
came with their whole families, their riding
horses and servants; and sometimes three
Tor four such gangs came at a time. We
had thirty-six stalls for horses, and only
used ten for the stock we kept. Very often
the whole number of stalls was filled, and
we had to send horses out to another plan
tation. have often sent a wagon load o1
hay to the stable at Monticello, and the
next morning there would not be enough
left to make hens nest. Laughter. ]
have killed fine beef animals, and all woulc
be eaten in a day Or two. No hotel was sc
we'll filled as Mr. Jefferson's house Mrs
Randolph, who lived with Mr.. Jefferson
was very much perplexed to take care o
them. She often had all her beds full, and
then sent to my wife for her beds. Re
newed laughter. We had so much diff.
Guilty in getting hay that finally told the
servants to give visitors horses only hal
allowance. Somehow or other Mr.. Jeffer
son heard of it could not tell how, unless
it was through the visitors servants-and
countermanded my order. One reason why
Mr. ToHorcop 1;vod Of bic ,,+,4o q ,,ort;or
of each year was that he might get rid o.
company and have little quiet; but wher
he was at homo his kindness overcame every
thing else, and he invariably met them with
a smile. They always pretended to come
out of respect for him; !; but, think, (con
tinued Captain Bacon) that the fact tha
they saved hotel bills had great deal to dc
with it with many of them. Laughter.
Mr.. Jefferson had a very large library
When the British burned the library in the
Capitol-the library of Congress Mr.. JEFF
ferson sold them his. There was an immense
amount of books-sixteen wagon loads
each wagon carrying three thousand pounds
It will be proper to remark at this poin
that could get no definite information from
Cdptdlu bdIoh III lCSdlu " wi. ceHelnuu
religious opinions. Hk had no conversation
with Captain Bacon on this subject What
ever his religious opinions were he took NJ
pains to disseminate them in his ordinary
home associations; but I got these facts
from Captain Bacon which seem to have
some bearing upon this subject. He Qhe
Captain) says there were very many books
in Mr.. Jefferson's library in different Ian
guages, and among them great many re-
ligious ones-more than he had seen any
where else. A lounge was in the library
on which Mr.. Jefferson often reclined; and
there was small table on rollers, which he
could draw about the room; it generally
stood conveniently near the head Of hi
lounge; near which was always large Bible
and many times when saw him in his room
I have found him reading that Bible. Wher
[ came home from Richmond, after nights
ride, with the United States Bank bills,
found him reading it; I have found hin
busy in its perusal many, many times.