Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-25

Gntrodden paths, johnson never fall
tered. He has pursued the even
tenor of his way as logi-
cally as the God of Day
its accustomed course through the
heavens, never abandoning prejudiees
and opinions begotten while he occu-
pied the modest little shop ensconced
in a remote, quiet corner OF his village
home.
THE EX-PREsIDENT's RESIDENCE.
have visited three ex-Presidents.
In each instance, save this. last, it was
accidental. / was once passing
through Concord with al ex-Con-
gresham from Mississippi. He had
served with Mr.. Pierce in Congress
and in the Mexican war, and become
his intimate personal friend. We
spent the night with the genial i'm
pulsive New Highlander and dined
with him three or four miles from
Concord, at the table FhOte OF a cOlOred
T~eStdurdteIT. To tell a truthful story
it is proper TO say that memory
can only recall underlined dreams
OF wit that sparkled and kind
words that shone as iustrously as
the delicious wines which in
vest with nameless delights the
re~cOllectiOns Of this last meeting with
Franklin Pierce. Soon afterward a
| calamity befel him in the loss of his
son, and the Bonded heavens were
never more clOudless, and the shad-
ows OF misfortune ever rested upon
/ his kindly face. / once crossed Lake
Erie from Toledo to Buffalo, and on
| the steamer loaned my money to a
friend who Indirectly invested it in a
little game In which we are told that
Ah.Sin excels. l was penniless in
Buffalo. Mine host Of the American
Hotel was unwilling to hold my
trunk as security for my bill, and 1
"Went for" an ex-President, who gen.
erously took stock in my face and ef-
frontery, and | voted for him against
Buchanan.
Yesterday evening, for the first
time / met Andrew Johnson at his
own home. Times without number
/ have heard him speak before the
mob, and twice in the Senate Cham
Der of the United States. / was with
him every day when, not long ago,
he was a candidate for the Senator
ship at Nashville. Once, while he
occupied the White House, l con-
versed with him in the Blue Room.
On all these occasions / contemplated
the politician or the statesman. or
the man l know absolutely nothing.
THE EX-PREsIDENT AT HOME.
With Colonel John Williams 1
reached Greenville at 5 O'Clock. We
sent a note to the ex-President, to
which he replied that he would be
pleased to see us. After tea
Mr.. johnson met us at his open
doorway. Like nearly every resi-
dence in Greenville, the front of the
ex-President's touches the pavement.
This plain, old-fashioned brick build
ing, two stories high, is built on a
hill side on the very edge of the main
street of the village. The stories are
low, and the rooms and windows
small. Before the sun rose this morn
ing l was wandering over the village.
Passing Mr.. Johnson's residence /
was taking a mental photograph of
the building, so wholly different in its
quaint simplicity froL the Hermitage
and from the homes OfPierce, Fillmore
and Washington. The window blinds
were suddenly thrown open and l be-
held the eX-President in a con-
ditiOn in which he was never
found by his rivals in public
life. He had not dressed himself ;
/ had left him at IL O'Clock, six hours
before. 1 assembled the lofty hill just
in the rear OF the village, and when l
reached the summit it was halfpast
five. From this hight / looked down
upon the roofs of the houses in the
narrow valley at myfeet, and the first
column Of gray smoke that assembled
from chimney issued from the apart
ment occupied by the ex-President.
1t was the Sabbath. A mist yelled
the SUMS face as it came up from be-
hind Paint mountain, but every house
FOR miles around was visible, and
tinkling bells, worn by cattle in the
green valleys, filled the clear, cold at
nOsphere with a delightful melody.
/ occupied the apartment last night
which General John Morgan last
ilept. A truthful story of the manner
If his death was never published. OF
his ! will tell tomorrow, and Of the
Inutterable fierceness with which An
rev Johnson denOunces the corrupt /,
less of those politicians who confess s
,dly surrender a creed to secure offices {
nd power. 1t may be well to add I
hat Mr. JOhnson's opinions are :
misrepresented by that cores !
DOndent of a Northern newspaper :
Yhcse ~etfusiOns recently filled a col I
mn of the APPEAL. I
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