The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-29
President johnson ms a Ta,1Or.

A correspondent of the New York
Herald writes from Greenville, Ten
nSs:SI s:Mine host" Of the hotel had been
a 1'brother- chip and worked upon
the tailor bench with President John
son in days lang syne, and I obtained
from him some valuable information
concerning ga. johnson, Tailor, y
which slgn-a fac simile of the old
one which w; sent to the Chicago
Sanitary Fair-now hangs over the
door. The oldGentleman's s story con-
corning our President, runs illus iiI
There was u vast difference between
Andy and I. when we worked on the
same bench. . could spell Baker,
and he could not; but he could flax
me onnspair Of fbreeches or fine. coat,
and%onld get. ii better price for his
work than l. He never made a gar
ment that didn't fit, and never had q
job returned He was the best tailor
I have. ever met. When Andy got
married he hadn't ten dollars in, the
world, and his wife was as. poor as
Naomi's daughter. Her mother said
to her before she wa&married, (call-
ing her by name, ''I eau give you all
the money there is in the house-fif-
teen dollars to help you about going
to housekeeping; or I will take the
money and give a wedding-which
will you prefer? Mother, said She,
81 will take the wedding, and Andy
and I'll work for money-won't we?"
appealing to her lover. He assented,
and the consequence was that the
young couple had not one cent with
which to ''set up for themselves.
After they were married she taught
him to read, and the world knows the
rest, said the old man with !. sigh of
relief, as he stroked down his sandy
wig, and pufed away at his Old clay
pipe. Oh, wonderful plebian, it is
long and rugged road that leads from
the tallor's bench, in Greenxile. to
the Presidential Chair, at Washing
ton; but that wonderful trip through
Cumberland Gap has told its tale.
RESIDENCE OF ANDY JOHNSON, THE
TAILOR
The old residence of. President
Johnson stands on the main street,
only a few rods from the hotel We
walked down and surveyed it's out
ward structure, though we did not
enter, as it has been prostituted to the
most vile purposes since the rebellion.
1t is a simple brick house, two stories
high, with an L extending back, with
a porch on one side. Very like other
houses where destined Presidents
have never lived. It being, however,
the place where President johnson
had made his struggle for greatness, I
had desire to sec it, and have given
mYreaders the benefit of my short
visit.
THE TAILoR's SHOP.
The place where the famous knight
Of the scissors held forth was the next
thing that attracted my curiosity, and
so l went to see that. "a. Johnson,
Tailor,s painted in crude letters, en-
i.eitohion Of the original, said Eureka
to me, and l stopped before the magic
symbols, gazing intently on the little
eight by ten frame building It was
plebian in the extreme, built very
much III the style Of a farmers smoke
house, of rough weather er-boarding,
whltcwashcd. On the other end the
boards are Torn off in places, and the
chimney is t'lmbling to decay. An
old negro, raised b. President John
son, and assuming his name, is the
sole occupant of the building, and he
is the successor in business of "a.
Johnson, Tailov.' He says, ''Massa
Johnson benin de trade de bes tailor
IN desc daggins. President John
sons first public Office was Mayor of
Crccnyillc.
The tables TpHSED. A letter from
Beaufort, S. G., says Dr. Sans, who
owned "Oakland, on st. Helena
Island, has returned and lives in one