The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-03-09
AnecGote Of President sac1<or,

| Henry A. Wise, OF Va, has pUbIisb.,
a volume of "Recolleciions," from, ,vb;.L
we take This good one of General .Jack.
/ son:
! Bnt on another occasion his icnoranc,
OF language did entangle him in P ridirr,
lous mistake, and almost in n scrsra
during his administration, while Loui,
McLane, of Delaware, was Secretary of
otate, France sent certain dashing Young
minister to Washington, a young man
just elevated above The grade of CHoyge.
whose passion was display. His outfit
OF 'quipage, grooms, postiIions and gold
lace was magnificent. He called en- the
secretary OF State TO appoint an audience
win tbe PRESIDENT and Mr McLane. an
| accomplished, easy gentleman, begged
him to call the next morning at O O'Clock.
at the State office, and he would accom>
pany and present him TO the President.
Monsieur lie Alinistere .nistook as to
the place of calling He thought he was
TO call at the Presidents mansion at 10
o'clock, a m. Accordingly, in full pan.
Cply of costume, in ach-and>four, with
attendants, grooms, postillions, out riders
and footmen, at the hour appointed he
drove up 20 the door of the White House.
instead of the State Department, where
MIR. McLane was awaiting his arrival.
At that time the President was served
by French cook, and the celebrated
lrishman, Jenny O'Neal, was General
Jackson's petted major demo. The hour
was about The time of General Jacksons
finishing puff of the pipe after breakfast.
and he smoked, as he did everything else,
with all his might. His msde was no
Latakia curl, no dreamy, thready line
from barely opened lips but a full vol
ume of drawing and expanding white
cloud rising up Whit after Whit, puff
after puff, and bowl and stem and pine
all smoked as hard as they could, and
the fire was red and the ashes hot, and
the Whole room was so obfuscated that
one could hardly breathe its atmosphere,
OF see. His usual msde of sitting while
smoking, was with his left leg thrown
across his right, and the left toe brought
behind the ght-fendon> chiles, and the
long pipe stem resting en- The fork or
crotch Of the two knees, and reaching
almost to the floor. He smoked the cid
Puwhaitan bowl, with red stem very
long. In this attitude he was sitting and
smoking while Mr.. McLane was waiting
at the State Office and Mr.. Minister was
riding up to the Presidential mansion -
He aTriYed-the French cock in the
kitchen and Jenny O'Neai about his
business, and General Jackson in his Of,
flee. a hustle was made, bells began ia
rlng, Jenny was summoned to the door.
and there presented itself all this parade.
"DlVil the word could Jenny under
stand, and the best he could DO was TO
run up stairs TO tke General and an
nounce somebody very grand, but Jenny
"lnked that all didn't seem right, as there
seemed too much fuss for so soon in the
morning, and it might be, after all. an
imposition. "Och, there was no TELLING
about the thing, it was 80 unusual - 1t
might turn out what afterwards occurred
Lawrence affair. The General quietly
replied, ''Oh, Jenny, show the stranger
up-ws'll see who it is" JENNY raH.
and the General sat smoking, when pres
emily the door was thrown wide open,
and manikin of gold lace entered. cooked
hat, bullion and white feather, fourished
in hand, and making salaam to the
right and salaam to the left with tre-
mendous sweeps, whizzins and whirring
French with vehement gestures, and ap-
preaching nearer and nearer it seemed
threatening in the extreme
The President quit smoking, beat the
bowl of his pipe in bis hand, rose quickly,
took hold of the back of the chair and ex-
claimed with a loud voice, BY the eter-
nal Gods, Jenny O'Neal, who is this?'
Iemmy, with eyes and ears open, and
hands ready, was amazed looking on,
when, fortunately, he bethought himself
of the French cook, who with his shirt.
sleeves rolled up to the shoulders, sad
just as he was besprinkled white with
-four, ran up with Jenny, arriving Just
in time TO save Mr.. Minister'S pate from
being smashed by the chair in General
Jacksoa's hands
''Mon Dieu !" exclaimed the cook
''it is the grand Minister of Louis Phil-
lippe -
"Oh !" said the General: "walk in.
sir, there is no ceremony here - and he
was about taking the Minister by both
hands just as MIR. McLane entered TO ses
the mistake, to witness the prevention of
the catastrophe, and to enjoy the joke,
which made him thousand times alters
ward "shakO" with jollity ''like beml-
ful of jelly"