Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-05-28
WINE Es0s Sc IEstaAst eNrrS
Victims 81 Insens pr ramcc and In.
sUmifys

Ihe telegraph announced, a few days
ago, that while Andre Johhso.i, late Pres,.
dent OF the United States. was at Athens.
Aiabamn, on his way to Pulaski; where hs.
was 10 in Ike speech. he renewed in,eIi.
genee OF the death of hi> st,, GJl. r Der.
johnson.
Andrew Johnson Always exhibited tie tia
tcnderest affection for ,h,s sou, on whom IL.
had bestowed an -xielleht edaeation. Hs
was Young man of superior abilt;e, ana
remarkably pleaS.t msitners. He had been
member of the leg ishs,urc Of Tennessee.
and The upward path 70 usefulness and ia.
tinction lay open and ea>y befors. him. Ore
only besetting sin forever bigh,ed all hin
bright prospects: he had an nncontrolltf,le
tilr4t tor strong dSink. The last we heard Il
oi lin previous 10 the new :. of his death. he
was some~here ia al inebria,e asyluo,.
The announcement Of Robert Lphuson'.
deccase carries rs hrck 10 the While E,use
IN the iirst day Of Andrew syhns,,,,' ! adn, 4
is.rati0n. k.sbert was then enc or NJ, Msl,.s /.
ers private secretaries Cei W1,;aos !,
Browning was another, Bre.s nin~w3 onc
OF the handsomcst men III the ria-tan
muscular, finely formed with an open. pleas.
ing eountenance, and. complexion as clear
aud skin as fine as Ireland or Nau;ueke.
gives 10 the fairest Of women lie had ra,l
| uaicd at tale College, and was 4 fine Le'itx
leftrcs sehear. and man Of MANY acco,u.
pilshmcn.s. lie had been with Mr.. J,,ha,
son IN Tennessee for several wears. and wen,
with him to the White House. Bm, his stav
was Of shor. duration. He receive,l the a.,
poiniment OF Secretary Of Legation ss Mex,
leo. He never left the country, however.
The 50 me habit which has now carried Off
young johnson did its fatal wvrk Nth him
more speedily. He was ,x,remeiy popular.
and the idol oi women let we have seer.
him inrn from the lovelieat oi smiles. AID
from the gayest scenes Of fesfivily, and au;e,.
" remark: MY heart is broken Il have no
wish to livc.n
Mr.. Browning was MARRIED when on;te
yonng to- beautiful girl, who lived bar
short time after her marriage. He never
seemed TO recover, in any degree. from the
shock OF her death. On the contrary. tho
the pain OF the separation seemed consiaorIv
to deepen and grow more poignant in NJ
heart. The last time VIC met him was in
Washington, only a short time before his
death. In the course of a brief conversf;o.
ne SAID; - have just parted with the mos,
beautiful woman in Anerica, Jnt my hec,f
Is buried in my rife's grace, and 1 rant %
die
Soon afterwards lie shut himself nm Il,
room, and deliberately drank whisky until
il killed him.
At the beginning oe;he isme OF which va
speak, another inmate of the Whit. House !.
was Preston King. How jolly be looked
and felt-- and how his hearty laugh shook
his great, heavy sides! King, though a mild.
hammered man, had been an sihie.e and n
lighter IN bis young days, and was alwaysa
bit OF dandy, weighing, We would say up-
wards OF an eighth of a ton. He used 10 ~,
ceive at the White House, arrayed in white
pants and vest, aud wearing something likv
The old-fAAhioned pump shoes. highly pol.
ished-such a. Prosper ". Ws.more used
70 wear when he called on Secretary 81 Sat.
Marcy.
As We have said. Mr.. King fel, verv ;olly
now- lie was hihe Presidents cshrv self.
and bad things his own wav. IL. CONSIDER,
ed mat he had been snubhed and bad;v
treated BY the Seward men, in fhe election
OF Morgan to snrersede him, when be had
served o"iy one term in the SENATE, bni now
be Was greater thar. Seward, for was be- ns,.
almost rs good as Pre@sdel {. while Seward
was only Secretary Of State?
Alas! that verv elevation 10 mower ,r,.
| .sA~ s~~~-lus ~sS' iNuR aWlul Ana unt1uls.ft
death. His infiuencc--h;s as, euieusr--,s
the White Hous, vas felt to be altogether
TOO geeat BIZ the jealous aid enYious pol,,
ticinns with whose purposes it in,ertrred.
They cnnninely eonlriyed 70 bsuish him Ia
honorable exile, By making him Collecso.
Of the pert Of New York, an Office for xhse..
he had neither fas:s nor adaptation. Il.
pefr'esing, com Piicated, and harassing du,
tiss-.and. se lave alwass thought. she dis.
coyery Of the trick which had teen prsctie.a
upon him-preysd upon lis mind, until b.
reason to;terel and yelled With the Gun.
ming OF a determined madman. be stole
away from the f. erdly keeper who under.
took tosuatch him; and ha, ing purchased
large bag Of shot, be sisd il securely 70
his neck, and then took passage on a s.rr,.
boat. and spranx from its Geek into the
North River. Several me n hs af;erwati k;s
body rose 10 the surtace, snd hoaseA sshcre.
whore il WAS discoyered and recognized; and
u was taken to his home at Oeaersburr.
and buried Ntr York Ledger.
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