Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-07-24

His shoes were full OF blood when he walk
ed from tie fatal field, but he concealed
the fact, as he said, "because he did not
want Dickinson to have the satisfaction of
knowing that he had hit him at all" In
answer to the question how he could, after
receiving such n shock, retain his steadi-
Uess Of nerve, lie replied "I believe l
SHOULD havo killed hiin had he saot me
through the BRAIN" The wound ne yer
healed properly; il was the occasion OF
frequent hemorrhages in late years, and ul-
timalely caused his death. There s no ev-
dence going to show that Jackson ever re-
pented of this duol. Long aiterwards-in-
deed, only few weeks before lie died-a
friend visiting his sick chamber happened
TO pick up an Old pistol lying upon the
mautel. The keen-eyed invalid saw the
movement, aud remarked quietly: THAT
is the pistol with which l killed Mr.. Dick
insJn.' Ia spite of his conversion aud
consistent fellowship with the church,
there wa, a deal OF the "oid Adam" re-
naming Ia "Old Hickory to the last.
Those WHO saw Mrs. Jackson in her
youth say that at that period she was
plump a ri quite pretty brunette. But In
middle age the plumpness increased until
all Signs nf n waist had disappeared, and
the dack complexion become still darker,
until it was almost the tint OF venerable
mahogany. Ia plain words, she was a
short, fat and remarkably common-lUoklng
old woman-ungraceful, Of course, and not
al all versed in the way of polite society.
Iar aYI In ,nIr
spare and angular in figure, and quite as
destitute of culture as his wife, was oon-
fessedly Que OF the most elegant gentle
men of the day. His public life, particu
larly after the battle OF New Orleans,
brought him into close communication
with the gay world, aud his manners con-
tributed a, much as his fame to make him
the center Of every circle in which he
mingled. But neither the sweet smiles nor
the sweeter words of the beauties who
crowded around him ever made him for
an instant forget-much less prove false to
the mistress of his soul. Even his most
intimate friends could not discover by any
word or act on his part that he was con-
sciOu- Of bis wiie's physical disadvantages
and lack Of what is called good breeding.
To him she was not old nor ugly, nor ig
noraut OF awkward--but always young, al
ways handsome, always the embodiment
of brightness and grace. No knight that
eyer laid lance in rest was more devoted
to the fair lady whSee colors he wore, than
was Jackson TO the ancient dame who bore
his name. She was the only human being
who could stem the torrent of his fearful
passion. A word from her lips, glance
froul her eye, and the iron man, blazing
with wrath and apparently as untamable
as the lion Of the jungles, became as tame
as a lamb. He loved her from the very
depths of his stormy nature, and because
he loved her she could transform the storm
| into a calm. One might INFER from the ex-
tent Of this influence over such a charao-
ter, that Mrs. Jackson was, what we might
term "a strong minded womau." But she
was far removed from that questionable
honor. the late Thomas II. Benton, in a
book which is a much better monument TO
his memory than the bronze abortion in
Lafayette park, gives a charming picture
of "Aunt Rachel as he affectionately
calls her. In this sketch, drawn by low
| ing hand, she is represented as an extreme
! ly modest and unassuming person, who
never lost her native simplicity of thought
and action in attempting to keep pace with
the rising fortunes Of her husband. When
the most brilliant triumph of the war had
lifted him high above all competitors, and
when that triumph had been supplement-
! cd by his election to the first office in the
gift OF his countrymen, she was the same
amiable, sensible, unaffected woman as
when they lived together in a log cabin
and had nothing to distinguish them from
their humblest neighbors. To her he was
never "the general" but always "Mr Jack
son." aud she valued his wonderful success
in life for the pleasure it gave him, aud
not for the glory reflected upon her. A
sincere and ardent Christian, a fond wife
Il true friend, a constant and liberal bene.
factor of the poor, she faithfully discharg'
ed her duties to God and man, and foun I'D
therein her highest happiness. All who
knew her loved "Auut Rachel" as such
women, from their rarity, deserved to be
loved and when she died there was
mourning not only in the stately Her.
mitago," but in every negro hut for milei
around.
Jackson, as We have remarked, never en-
tirely recovered from the blow which hi
wiie's death inflicted. He went 10 thu
White House in many respects changed
man. He laid aside, 10 great extent
those tremendous oaths which used Il
make The air OF Tennessee turn blue h,
| grew softer tenderer. more ready to for
give than in former years, aud was, 70
her sake, the firm aud indomitable champ
ion of all slandered women. He broke ul
his cabinet in sustaining Mrs. Eaton
though there was probably more truth thai
SANDER in her case-and would never lis
ten to or countenance any of that so callet
"gossip" which delights in insinustion
against female virtue. Because his wifi
was pure, ne believed and was proud I,
believe-all her sex as pure as she. H
wore next his heart an old fashioned mini
ature of his lost darling, and each nigh
before retiring he laid it on the table be
side the bed, SO that he might look at
while reading a chapter in the Bible. Thei
ashes repose side by side, and If there b.
such thing as reunion beyond the con
fines of the tomb, surely their souls ar
blended in the land where death neve
comes, nor any sickness or sorrow, bu
where love is as immortal as He who CAV
it.-St. Louis Republican.
An enterprising superintendent of on
: | of the Sunday schools at St Albans vi