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Where previous 10 my MAJ it.So ~ -
Gen. Eaton but once, and that was .
New York, and Mr.. Timberlake anu M.
father were with u.s." a1& aHa
THE LETTER. a.
4 # is proper to say here, rs matter 0
history, that this letter OF E!y's wa
Written to General Jackson March 18TH
1890. very soon after the formation 90
tIe cabinet. Jackson replied to it, stat
in1 @ thnt personal knowledge he knew
rn,0st, of the charges to be entirely false
and in his heart of hearts, he believed
them all to be. He did not rest, hoWev
er. Without seeking in every way to dis
prove them, and according to Mr.. Par
ton he sent a confidential person tt
New York to inspect the hotel registers
This, though, needs strong. conhrma
tion: but Mr.. Parton adds that his yea
in behalf of Mrs Eaton was fired by, tn
keen recollection of how his own wife
suffered by similar aspersions. 10 re-
sumo. 1,.
"Nhen YOU found out what ELY hac
done, what did you do'" 4 ~ 4
II went with MY father and mothe
to Philadelphia, and leaving them at
hotel 7 SOUGHT friend of mine by thu
name of Bradford, and went with hin
to Mr.. Ely's house, and calllEg MN t
the parlor demanded of him the source
of his information He SAID ne coul(
not give it. Very Well said l shal
not leave your house till I get IT, HI
turned to Mr.. Bradford and said; "Come
let us walk in the garden No, sir
you do not leave my presence until
have your author. You pretend to be
Christian minister. You have baselJ
wronged an innocent woman, and have
cot to tell me from whom you obtained
YOUR information. After further parley
ing and angry discussion he told me III
cot it from the Rev: Campbell. I ther
told him it was all wicked lie, anC
vowed that he should suffer for it. Re
turning to Washington, and Without
taking off my things; / went directly tt
Mr.. Campbell's house and found him il
his parlor with my husband, who didn'
know that T had been to Philadelphia
on this business. I told him what
had learned in Philadelphia, and asked
him what object he had in filching from
me my good name. Campbell proposed
to have witness to the conversation
said it was important, and thought Sc
so, too. Just then Colonel Towson,, a.,
old, gray. headed officer, came in, anc
we both agreed he should be the witness
In q moment I discovered he was a.
deep in the mire rs the other was in the
mud, and that it would be necessary tt
have the date, so we sent to the Navy
Department for record of the time o.
the sailing of the Shark. Towson's
and Campbell's dates did not agree, ant
then Towson made an attempt to alter
the dates in the book to make their sto
ry fit. When saw Towson doing that
I exclaimed, Great God! am un
done.' The man whom supposed was
n friend was proving an enemy. Ther
Major Eaton said, Sir, you must an
swer for this and made an attempt t.
get at Campbell. I seized him by the
arm and prevented a collision. l faint
ed and fell, striking my head agains3
the sofa. It was then that Campbell
tuade use of the remark, Would t.
God never had had anything to dc
with this and that he, got the story
from DR.. Craven. I found out from
friends and neighborsi that Campbell
had been moving heaven and earth fol
pIoofs against me. He had even beer
to nv laundress and to my ,mantua- ma
ker, Mrs. Williams. Her husband wa:
q sailmakerin the First Ward. He wa:
told by Mr.. Williams that he had better
Get out of his house or he would kick
him out. Now DR.. Craven was dead
and could not speak to him in his
grave; so I went to his pastor, >Itev
Obadiah Brown. Il Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
both averred that DR.. Craven had never
said ANYTHING of the Kind to them on
the contrary, that he had spoken very
kindly of ME just previous,toi his death;
and referred to u pot Of preserves ana
bottle of old port wine that l sent hin
when he was sick. But, sir, the poison slGal
had cot into'the veins Of my enemies,
and it was Rhard toqcure them of theil
madness; but little did / dream OF the
political significance of these things. ]
was only thinking Of the wauton lies
as they personally affected me-"
RttNow. madame, let us return to the
cabinet. What did the ladies do"' 81
II was quite as independent, as they,
and lind more powerful friends. To tell
the truth, Mrs. DoneIsoD, Mrs. Cal.
houn. Mrs. Branch, and Mrs. Ingham
were very indifferent set, and II hall
the stories about the latter were true she
was quite as bad as they tried to make
me out. None Of them had beauty, ac'
comnIishmcnts, or graces in society o
any kind, and for these reasons-l say
If without egotism : they were very
iea1ous Of me. Mrs. Donelson was q
moor. silly thing, and was not much
cured of her nonsense by a six months
trim to Tennessee. Mrs. Branch was
particularly notorious as a hrst ciass
dowdy, and it was o great rellet not 'c
be obliged to entertain any OF the set
great deal. Mrs. Ingham was q large,
Coarse, brawling creature, raised too
suddenly into a position she little kne"
how to fill. She never called on me,
nor Mrs. Branch either. Mrs. Calhoun,
with her husband, called once during
NV absence in Philadelphia. MT
Eaton and myself returned the call.
We were politely, not warmly, received.
A fer few days Duff Green's paper, the
Telegraph, said Mrs. Calhoun had not
called on me. Martin Van Buren, was
a widower and great friend OF mlne'
and gave many handsome entertain
ments in my honor; and so were the
Barrys and all Gen. Jackson's real
friends, and at State dinners I always
received most deferential notice. The
stories about my being cut in society arc
grossly exaggerated. Sir Charles
Vaughn, the British Minister, was
warm friend, and at his balls and recep'
tions had many honors.'
1--WE have read that at one OF Barol
Krudener's balls the wife of the Minis
ter from Holland, Mrs. Huygens' de M
liberately cut you. Parton tells th@
story" u III onc
as for Madame Huygens, she never gas'
me an aftront in public or anywhere
else, to my knowledge; but the ing
and their friends could invent anything
I was with my friends-the President
Van Buren, the Barry's, my hus6ana
and the host with them. Minnie bul'h
head whose husband was Secretary o
lha Rritish 7 Location. was q great frient