The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-26
The Home of Old Hickory.
4 Correspondents Pilgrimage to tho once
World-famOus Hermitage.

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.iacs. Several hundred yards from the
'oad the traveller comes to an iron gate,
which admits hirn to o broad avenue, Dor
tered with tall cednrs and conducting direct
% the house. 1t is o two-story brick house,
with porticoes in the front and rear support.
I'd by Corinthian columns; but time has
turned the woodwork a dingy gray, and
most of the clustering of the ceilings has
fallen, while there are many breaks In the
singled roof. Mrs. Andrew jackson, Jr.,
who is in M-health, occupies the building,
with her son, Andrew Jackson, whose cor
iial reception Of visitors and pains to point
ont all the attractions the place possesses
for them should not go unrecorded.
You enter a wide and pleasant hall, paper.
cd with a wallpaper that President Jackson
had made in Paris, the counterpart of that
Mrs. Jackson chose for the first house,
which was burned In 1t are portraits Of
Judge Woodbury., Attorney-General under
jackson, and Louis Cass, while q picture
of Columbus hangs near the parlor-door.
In the parior there are three portraits Of
Jackson-ohe by Healey, the others by
Jackson's friend and longtime companion
1t the Hermitage, r. E. W. Earl. Healey's,
an excellent Likeness, is said to nave been
the last one of Jackson that was painted /;
one of the others represents him IN uniform
md on horseback. There is also n picture
of Jackson's wife. in the dress she wore at
she ball given to her husband after the bat
le of New Orleans ; another of Jackson's
idopted son. Andrew Jackson, Jr., in hunt
ng costume ; and a third of Mr.. Andrew
aekson. Jr., all by Earl On the wall
Iangs a rusty British bayonet found
November, 1874, on the British Encampment
iround, near New Orleans, and presented
o General Andrew Jackson by his friend,
49, iayiot, . new orleans. Fart OF
"ecpon ihpeuueo IN tne root OF a
i;hIo VI = .anie Is an Ola copy OF the
'oie' pfinteu III 1880 ana containing a let
.na. L QUO enough 10 be reproduced, as
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s,n. CITY oe.ooer2 % 1871
'rintcd Mt I~Gsias,i III Years ago. The binding,
Theh is1t tAs sens ar, i in excellent preserve
ans - iS a., NH ~ , -, ~ ~ oa M ina ni,h haS,
much ~I'totilety dsro.i, = relic OF this kind rs ono
he ,ee:sslf who las bssn and ever will continue
ssnl,., nom. in ,bs so 49, 's depository Q, ms
=. source of her most grateful feeling Of pride and
'%slltation in the moments Of her prosperity. 1
.n s,Si'iS I'M, s slmerSsi y%nI acceptanee OF i, 81. as a
eneration and esie, nj with which i have he honor
} be, Your Exselles cy' : most humble servant,
sANL j. CARR Of South Carolina.
on the back OF the letter is the indorse-
'neht' DOCTOR Carr presents an old edition
vi the biole In Latin valuable as an
ancient feiic' IL u be more perfect if it
can De correctly translated. A j." By
'he centre-table Is an invalid's chair pre-
,eh,ed TO jackson by some gentlemen OF
nashville there is another chair that Wash
ington used Tor thirty years, and which was
g'ven to jackson by n relative Of the first
In n rosewood cabinet In the parlor are
acKsons well-used Bible and hymn-book,
portrait OF him at twenty-one, his cup
au saucer. several OF his pipes ~tincluding
Is iavorite one, which had n reed stem
md ms not been cleaned since he last used
~ and W snuff boxes. one made of wood
from the old Constitution n given to the
PRESIDENT by Captain Mcintosh, Y: 8. n.
There, too, tied in q small roll with o bit
OF ordinary Irvine, are the proofs OF Jack
sons famous veto message about the old
Bank. There are two portraits In the par
lor, one OF Santa Anna and one OF the wife
Of Dewitt Clinton. Santa Annals is not a
painting but a moulding in wax ; it was his
gift. One OF the Oldest relics is q common
tallow candle, wrapped IN white paper. IL
was found In Lord Cornwallis's tent after
the surrender at Yorktown, and presented
to Jackson with the request that he would
do as its previous had done, and have
it lighted for a moment on every anniver
sary OF the great victory which assured
American independence.
Another valuable relic preserved at the
Hermitage is q phaeton made of wood
from the old frigate Constitution. The
address accompanying it is dated New
York, January ., 1887" and says that
1t is fitting that the emnant of the
shin which Ind so often horne III,
triumph the flag of America should be appro-
priated TO the service of the distinguished
individual who in war g%loriously asserted
and in peace firmly maintained and defend
ed the rights of the nation to which she
belonged.
Other curious and interesting relics that
be mentioned are q pair of gloves knit.
ted for the President by q little blind girl, OF
Philadelphia q pipe of white rock from the
Alamo a box of Japanese coins ; the gold
medal presented to jackson by Congress.
after the battle Of New Orleans a baton oil
office from Lieutenant Blair, United States
Navy I; q Turkish cimeter in a wooden scab-
bard q sword made of shark teeth and an
Indian calumet. The mantelpiece is of n
rare kin of Tennessee marble.
The pre- sent house was built on a site SC.
lected by Mrs. jackson. because of its
proximity to a fine spring of water. Some
fifty rods distant is their old residence. n
somewhat dilapidated log cabin, of which
the second story was taken down to furnish
material for the construction of another
house a few yards off. Both of these build
ings are now occupied by negroes. Jack
sons cotton-gin and grist-mill are still
standing, and SO are the ruined walls Of
his old carriage house, which was blown
down some years ago. The present carriage.