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

Rev. DR.. Pierson, President of Cumber-
land College, Kentucky, recently delivered
lecture on the Private Life of Jefferson
DR.. Pierson began his lecture by refer
ring to the death Of Jefferson and of the
elder Adams, which occurred on the same
day-the anniversary Of our national inde-
pendence in the year 1926, and spoke of
their great public services. He then de-
tailed the circumstance of his introduction
to Captain Edmund Bacon, an aged and
wealthy resident of Kentucky, who had
been Jefferson's business manager at Monti-
cello for twenty years.
The speaker then proceeded to give the
results of his conversations with Captain
Bacon, and referred to considerable num-
ber of unpublished papers, mostly in JEFF
cences he gave as nearly as possible in the
Captains words.
In the course of his conversations the
Captain referred to journey he had made
to Richmond, with some hundred bushels
of grain raised at Monticello, for which he
was paid in bills on the United States Bank
Mr.. Jefferson was always opposed to this
bank. When [ paid the money over to
him (said the Captain) I remarked that it
was very handsome currency eyes" said
Mr.. Jefferson, s'and very convenient, if the
people would make good use of it. But
they will not. It will lead to speculation,
imitation and trouble"
The Captain continued: 7 visited Mr.
Jefferson three times while he was Presi-
dent. My first visit was soon after his in
auguration, and TOOK, among other things,
his carriage and horses. The second was
in regard to two servants, man and wo-
man, who, having been married, disagreed,
and caused so much trouble that Mr.. Jeffer-
son determined to sell them, and he desired
me to take them to Alexandria for the pur-
pose. But the servants hearing Of the in
tention, made great ado about it, wept,
promised they would make no more trouble,
and at last begged the old gentleman out of
it. The last time I visited Mr.. Jefferson
at Washington stayed there sixteen days,
aud helped him settle up his business at the
close of his presidential terms
The Captain here referred to Washing gton
previous to the war of 1912, when the
British burned the Capitol building, and to
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close of his official duties, took much plea
sure in hearing the debates of Congress,
and remarked how much to be preferred
was the position of Vice President to that
of President.
Mr.. Jefferson had a great many visitors
in Washington. All sorts of people called
to see and dine with him. Dinner was serv-
ed at four o'clock, and the visitors generally
stayed and talked till night. The first thing
to do in the morning was to 60 to market
There was no good market in Washington,
and all necessary supplies had to be pro-
cured out of the city generally of the coun-
try people. Mr.. Jefferson had a French
steward and an Irish carriage-driver, and
they went together to obtain and bring home
the supplies; fifty dollars would not gener-
ally pay for the amount which would be
used in a single day. Mr. Jeferson's salary
did not support him while he was President;
it never paid his expenses.
Mr.. jefferson stayed to witness the inau-
us CHS family and effects in charge of Cap
tain Bacon): AS we approached Culpep-
per Court House large crowd of people
collected there. When I Captain Bacon)
rode up, they thought [ was the President
and shouted. When l got out of the car
riage, they saw their mistake, and laughed
heartily at it There was one very tall fel-
low who said be believed the President
''Old Tom," he called him-ha come, and
insisted on seeing him. had room pre-
pared for Mr.. Jefferson Soon after heard
shouting, and knew that he was coming.
AS he came up in his one-horse phaeton,
there were tremendous shouts and great ex-
element Desiring to get away from the
crowd, [ motioned him to follow me and
Immediately conducted him to his room -