Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-01-19
Henry 4. Wise's Book.

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i J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Of Philadelphis,
have just published volume Of $40 pages
octave, bearing this singular title. Seven
Decades, Of the Union. The Humanities
and Materialism. Illustrated by Memoir
of John Tyler, with "reminiscences Of
some Of his Great Contemporaries The
Transition State of this Nation; Its Dam
gers and Their Remedy. BY Henry A.
Wise" 1t has these two notices: 50 IT'S
Liberty, or tits Death" from Logan. and
Give me Liberty, or Give me Death, !"
from Patrick Henry. The book contains
many veryinteresting "reminiscences. We
lgive one extract: So s z@.s taa
Jackson's temper. ''But, on another
occasion. his ignorance of language did
entangle him in q ridiculous mistake. and
almost in scrape.s During his admiuis-
tration. while Mr.. Louis McLane, of Dela-
ware, was Secretary of State, France sent
a certain dashing minister to Washington,
a young man just elevated above the grade
of charge, whose passion was display
His outfit of equipage, groons, Positions,
and gold lace, was magnificent. He call.
ed on the Secretary of State to appoint an
audience with the President; and Mr.
McLane, an accomplished. easy gentle-
man, begged him to call the next morn.,
ling at 10 o'clock at the State Office. and
be would accompany and present him.to
the President. -,
Monsieur lie Ministre mistook as to the
Iplace of calling. He thought he was TO
call atsthe Presidents mansion at 10, A.
I'M. Accordingly. in full panoply Of COS.
tune. 10 coach-and- four. with attendants.
Igrooms, postillions, ontriders and footmen.
at the hour appointed he drove up to the,
front door of the White House, instead Of
to the State Department, where Mr.. Nc
Lane was awaiting bis arrival. s.es
! At that time the President was served by
a French cook. and the celebrated .Irish-
man. Jimmy O'Neal, was General Jack-
sons petted major-domo. The hour was
about the time Of General Jackson's finish
ing puff Of the pipe after breakfast. and he
lsmoked as he did everything else. with all
1 his might His modeas was no Latakia
curl, no dreamy. thready line, from barely
]opened lips; but full drawing and exc
lpandiug volume of white cloud. rising M
Whit after whiffs put after puff, and bowl
and stem and pipe all smoked as hard and
fast 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 or see. His usual
mode of sitting while smoking was with
his left leg thrown across the right, and
the left toe brought behind the right ten
don Achillis. and the long pipe stem rest
ing 10 the fork or crotch of the two knees,
and reaching nearly to the floor. He
smoked the old Powhatan bowl. with reed
stem very long. In this attitude he was
sitting and smoking, whilst Mr.. McLane
was waiting at the State Office for Mr..
Minister. and whilst Mr.. Minister was
riding up to the presidential mansion. He
arrived-the French cook 10 the kitchen,
Jenny O'Neal about his business. and
General jackson alone in bis Office. A
hustle was made. bells began to ring.
Jenny was summoned to the door, and
there presented itself all this parade. The
devil word could Jenny understand,
and the best he could do was to run up
stairs to the general and announce some-
body very grand; but Jenny winked
that all didn't seem right. as there seemed
too much fuss for that soon in the morn
| ing. and it might be an imposition Och,
there was no telling about the thing. it
was so unusuali' It might turn out what
afterwards occurred-a Lawrence afairl
The general quietly replied, "Oh, Jem-
my. show the stranger up-we will see
who it is" Jenny ran. and jackson sat
smoking. when presently the room-door
was thrown wide open. aud manikin Of
gold lace entered. cooked hat. with bul.
lion and white feather, fourished in hand,
making salaam to the right. and salaam
to the left with tremendous sweeps, whiz-
sing and whirring French with vehement
gesture. and approaching nearer and near
er; it seemed threatening in the extreme!
The President quit smoking. beat tha
bowl of his pipe in his hand. rose quickly.
took hold of the back of his chair, and ex-
claimed. with strong voice. by the eser-
nal gods. Jenny O'Neal. who is thss p
Jenny. with eyes and cars open. and
hands ready. was smazedly looking on.
when. fortunately. be bethought him Of
the French cook. and ran for him. There
was no time to be lost; 80 the French
cook, with his shirt sleeves rolled np to
his shoulders. aud just as he was. be-
spriukled white with -four. ran mp with
Jenny. arriving just in time 10 save aMs>
Ministers pate from being smashed By the
chair in General Jackson's hands.
"Mon Dieu p exclaimed the cook, '.it
is the grand Minister Of Louis Philippe r.
g ''Ohl" said the General. "walk in, sir.
there is no ceremony here" And he wsG
about taking sbe Minister By both hsnda
just as Mr.. McLans ensered 10 see the
mistake. TO witness the preveption Of the
catastrophe. and to enjoy the joke. which
made him . thousand tinsg afterwasdg
l''ahaks" With jolity like q bowstul %