Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-04
miscellaneous &eadiag.
From Ex-Governor Henry A. Wlse's "reminiscences.
GOLD HICKORY"

SULD HlChOh1s>>
SOMETHING ABOUT GEN. JACKsoN's TEMPER.
But, on another occasion, his ig-
norance of language did entangle him in a
ridiculous mistake, and almost in scrape.
During his administration, while MIR. Louis
McClane, of Delaware, was Secretary of State,
France sent certain dashing Minister to
Washington, a young man just elevated above
the grade of Charge, whose passion was dis
play His outfit Of equipage, grooms, and
postillons was magnificent. He called on
the Secretary of State to appoint an audience
with the President, and Mr.. McClane, an &C.
complished, easy gentleman, begged him to
call the next morning at 10 o'clock at the
State Office and he would accompany and
present him to the President.
Monsieurle Ministre mistook as to the place
of calling. He thought he was to call at the
Presidents mansion at 10 o'clock A. M. Ac-
cordingly, in full panoply of costume, coach
and four, with attendants, grooms, Positions,
out riders, and footmen, at the hour appoint.
ed, he drove up to the front door of the White
House, instead of to the State Department,
where Mr. McClane was awaiting his arrival
At that time the President was served by
French cook, and the celebrated Irishrnan,
Jenny O. Neal, was General Jacksons petted
maior-domo. The hour was about the time of
General Jackson's finishing puff of the pipe
after breakfast, and he smoked as he did eve
rything else, with all his might! His mode
was no Latakia curl, no dreamy, tready line
from barely opened lips but full drawing
and expanding volume of white cloud, rising
up whiff after Whit, puff 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 wasfso OBJ.
fuscated that one could hardly breathe its at
mosphere or see. His usual mode of sitting
while smoking was with his left leg thrown
across the right, and the left toe brought be-
hind the right endo-Achilles, and the long
pipe stem, resting III the fork or crotch of the
two knees, and reaching nearly to the floor.
He smoked the old Powhattan bowl, with reed
stem very long. In this attitude he was sit
ting and smoking, while Mr.. McClane was
waiting at the State office for MIR. Minister,
and while Mr. Minister was riding up to the
Presidential mansion. Hearrived-the French
cook in the kitchen, Jenny ONeale about his
business, and General Jackson alone in his
Office A hustle was made, bells began to
ring, Jenny was summoned to the door, and
there presented itself all this parade. The
divil word could Jenny understand, and
the best he could do was to run up stairs to
the General and announce somebody very
grand but Jenny winked that all didn't seem
right as there seemed too much fuss for that
soon in the morning. and it might be, after all
an imposition. "Och, there was no telling
about the thing it was unusual y 1t might
turn out what afterwards occurred-a Law
renee affair! The General. quietly replied,
"Oh Jenny, 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, and manikin OF gold lace
entered, cooked hat, with bullion and white
feather, fourished in hand, making salsam
to the right and salaam to the left with tre-
mendous sweeps, whizzing and whirrinag
French with vehement gesture, and approach
ing nearer and nearer lit seemed threatening
in the extreme go" ". -, IL ,
The President quit smoking, beat the bowl
of his pipe in his hand, rose quickly, took kebaid
of the back of his chair and exclaimed, with
strong voice, "By the eternal gods, JENNY,
O'Neal, who is this" i,,sv,
JENNY, with eyes and ears open, and hands
ready, was amazedly looking on, when fortu-
nateiy, he bethought him of the French cook,
and ran for him. There was no time to be
lost; so the French cook, with his shirt sleeEees
rolled up to his shoulders, and just as he was,
besprinkIed white with -four ran up with Jem-
my, arriving just in time to save Mr.. Minis
ter's pate from being smashed by the chair in
General Jackson's hands. ' :'e1i q Z.
"Mon Dieu" exclaimed the cook :'it is