Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-01-27
From the Richmond En1ulrer
The wife of Andrew jackson.

ing that has beolf or mny ye' "
related of the partner Of Jackson
bosom, will possess the same inter
est for the public, as the following
from the pen of Gen. Henry A, Wise
which we find in his book-th'
Seven Decades OF tho Union -
Just pnbllshed, and from which we
have already extracted quite CO
piously;
LIFE AND DEATH OF MRS, JACKSON.
But we arc anticipating events
by painting, perhaps out OF place
the private charactis,ics and traits
of II very great man, whose name
belong only accidentally to this
memoir of enc of his successors
General Jackson was elected Pres
ident in the fall OF 1928. His do
mcstic life had been scanned and
scourged, and his beloved and hon
ored wife had been most malignant
" rcviled aud tortured by the fork
ed tongues ofhispolitcal opponents
She was happy q his lovo, aud
never aspjred to the Sp.chdor o! his
fortune in life She had He'd TO his
manhood for protection and peace
and had been sheltered and saved
by his gailant companionship OF the
cause of woman. He, and he alone,
was her all, and of him it may be
truly said that, in respect to "was.
sail, wine and women" he was one
of the purest men Of his day, and
that, too, in an are of rude habits
and rude, vulgar dissipation among
the rough settlers Of the west.
He was temperate in drink, alb
stemious in diet, simple in tastes,
polished in manners, except when
reused, and always preferred the
society Of ladies, with the most ro-
mantle, pure and poetic devotion.
lie was never accused of indh'gins
in any Of the grosser vices, except
that in early life he swore, horse
raced, and attended cock fights. AS
for the wife of his bosom, she WAS a
woman of spotless character, and
an unassuming consis ent christian,
vet political rancor bitterly assail-
cd her, and, not content with de-
fanntlon, end1avored to oel'ttie her
by the con'emptuous appelia'loh
Aunt Rachel and held her up to
ridicuIc Tor smoking a corn COB
pipe" She did prefer 'hat form,
not ior the pleasure oi shloNihg,
but because pipe was prescribed
by her physician Tor her pathisis,
and she often rose IN the night to
smoke FOR re'lof. oa,
In a night OF December, 1873, she
rose to smoke, and caught cold While
sitting in her rlghtelothcs ana
the story is that iiNr system mad
been shocked By her ovcrhcnrlng
reproaches of herself whilst wa'tlrg
IN . parior at the Nashville Inn
She had said to a friend upon me
election OF her husband "for Mr.
lackson's S sake, am glao Tor my
own part mover wished it. | as
sure you | had rather be a door
keeper in the palace at Washing
ton She was not allowed 10 live
sin that palace in W Washington"
Before the day OF her husbands in
auglratlon ut the White II use she
was taken by her God to that "house
not made with hands, eternal in
the heavens
The 23d OF December was the an
nivcrsary Of General JacSson's
great strategy in war. lie bad,
without means. made preparations
for the defense OF New Orleans. lie
had arrested suspected persons. by
a strong arm ; he had aroused the
popnlace of the city.of all races and
colors, TO seize arms for defense; he
bad se'aed eQtton bales TO make him
a line Of impenqlrnbIc ramparts
from river to lagoon Pr miles; he
had manned gunb2ats 10 cooperate
with the land forces he had done
wonders ~ maNlng isupnghoiaS OF
nothing fDr the lRst dl'fheS q Ac
tenfe bnt INC coHP az WdW was
after making hlS last ho'l rs Sslrong
as ne coN'd, ~ ieaYlnG h'S '"te"en.
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was s'aSgefsa a0u ',''au' ~ pes,'"'e
ana pause s'E'hS 9arHSoh s'N'c"
DAYS t7he ~ rGs'F'i,' MS 'oiees anu
stfenStheh 'sli''' "'1Feh,S ne.e''SeS
iiaa sne eneny hArVpfalE.,Y ,s
upon NEW 'o'''a''s p't1t"e -" oI
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q prey 10 ms ms anu fap'ne DIV
jackson pursued hh l'o'iyy oi ,iSh
ness struck phcAPsv'e'o auo an
seen saved Tue ci'y' anu won ''n
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