The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-17

fsxrcsai eSrrcspoaferrc osesso i""se' 49,,
-NxusrnAE, TENN, Vcetuars ~"
.,ornsng wss overhueg end drtar!t eei "
wss,pct s:eyxiiug wien lsstsps'cneo a%'es
ssrgW teartug q ncse 70 MIS-, 'a''N ~
Polk. nnxisZ the toaeky wne,oer 800
from year ceFrcspoRdont ~ou'd DC sEsca
hle' ami. N sses. at wtssf ,boxr. Responsive
sne,e zane tinted pessonsl card bearing
sse.na,eo Mrs. Poik--s'ok Place" csfone
sido AMI, on the recerse this message
..T.~npliucx,s Of Mes. gPelk 10. Mr. MOT
ham. and would DC psHsed to receive the
,csY ats !. o,e,ock p. ". to-day Az ana
ho,,r Il VS. ,saining In torrents, ana sne s.sm
Was deferres until O'Clock. At A,P. M.
.ssxera,sSs:r Cary. OF CtDcsa natl. VINO was
lerp IN deliver two pufslic addresses, soS J,
In the Maxwell House aea proceeded 10
the anciee,s.fat stately maBstoD occupieet!
Mrs. ex>Pessident FOX
ghe poi. syesideuce i "a; brick, wthaait
.rcbi,ec,utai design, plain. 'nnpretentioGS,
sonare. and s,oIj at one eoFl,aiT9 fGu aofh-
RI ne,yb,. ap6 dropping on $40 lower s'rtA
tuyes I'M lase retiring wing is .Dut low
one.sfory. Tie iDaia building has irou'
of perbaps SsS;y feet, oruanented win uf
,snus,s mary scEtdern eolumns, ss,hlle tbe sue
ar earriage dsx1t haS simtiarSolumns, MOI
mute so stately so proportioas. The site on
the "Polk manJop,' as VI u raied.~ls eie-
waited and commanding, and the view from
the ca umned posiico would be pfonouncea
Grant II II gseze IN Philadelphia or CHI
.capo. 10 the E5nrky mi>ts q! today, IN
this pIdminteTg he sward Of tae spacious
ront vord. crisp and brown with ias irosis;
the watts of. sEeIS, grimv w<h soilcd and
.soo,y zee, and tae tout enSelnb> completed
with. ha sray anf solemn tomb on .651-t' resi-
dent Polk risine skyward from the sroBt
ward hak way betGeen the poitieO and the
street.+eoeing, tie ed homestead wsre Il
sombre, aniiquaLaS look. In outward APP
pearapce u is not Saedern. but II biaa.afs
an air Of : cid, old-ia nioned comfort. IDe
street uIaG (which Pom place fronts Is one
of The NOS Grist0crat.c residence thorougi-
fsres in The capital eit-. \ heavy tEon.QF.
namsntalIelce. upon s. foundation OF soh0
masaury, pfo.ecis the sgont yard from 10
.yasioa several Steps had up 10 heaFy
gate. yhlch .eSi ngs eva ;ingly, and long.
'strajcLt sbel.Ealk eXte31s to the font
door. Tie somewhat pIetCnti0us sepulenre
wherein the bosy OF PreSHent Polk Vas IN
tered baing some forty OF fifty feet to the
right. lkis IlGaument ss-:acted our at
fen,ion. aud at tie sacrifice OF street pro-
priety We ,seciphe:ed the inscriptions upon
Che perpeaAcular&ones.
Mr. Cary rang The dOorbe'i End servant
responded, slowing lis direc'i7 into neat
little drawiDg-rooLl. The clg,ains were
down and ibs apartment quite dark. A
ilazing fire OF btuwinouS coal burned
.heerfuIls in the CRATE. We wee hardly
seated before the Octogenarian hostess,
hrs. PRESIDENT POLK,
entered, and We were introduced. | was
s,IrpJised TO Sad in Ms. gelk lady ~ ac-
tive movement. bright and aOmaied face,
clear and 6ru voice, and quick and r'Spon-
siye nemGyy. Your cOiiespohdenrs name.
was upon Ter tongue, for 1t had beer I'm
pressed upon her recollection Us the Dole,
but her bearing vas shown TO he impaired
when toe name Of General Cary was seye-
raj times repeated to Der, and visa caught
by her as "General Terry aud the famed
fioiat end aaeient Wing orator. WHO, as Il
,1~Johnson Democrat showed under so
eminent statesman as the truly good Dea
con Richard Smith in Congress, dozen or
more years ago, Bet with and pared from
Mrs. President Polk az "Ge8fral Terry, OF
Ohio" And such Is fame!
After tue mutual greeting Mfs. Polk oh
served 10 her maid that the loom was dark,
and Instructed her 10 open The curtains.
This beng Gone slowly, our Kind bO,tcss
WOltu tONiIN u nltu tut hShH1 W
one on the sunny side OF fifty and threw 1t
open, when. with a petite wave of the band
andibe remark "Be seated, gentlemen" all
OF Us were at ease. Mrs. Polk is OF medium
height, rather stout but not obese, and
bright and most pleasing face without The
liues and burrows usually accompanying
great age, and Der gray or dark-bue eyes are
even yet span king and full OF sweet ANNA.
ton. In her beaming eGuntenapce there
still remains abundant traces of the pure
and radiant beauty, lit up by earnest yiyacliy,
which made her so attractive and cOnspicu
Gus thirty five years ago as mistress OF the
Presidents mansion, now by courtesy, or
er-oticio,
"FlRSf LADY IN THE LAND"
She was richly alfred in dark material. silk
and velvet predomnating in the combina-
ton d la modiSte, and upon her hands she
wore black, neai.iittiug Paris "splendide"
Kid gloves. Responsive 10 a suggestion by
her callers OF tie natural desire Of all
strangers who visit Nashville, and especially
those OF 4 political turn Of mind or profes.
sion, to pay their respects TO one so con-
spicuous in oBr history as herself. at the
risk Of intrusion, Mrs. Polk laughinelv de-
ferred In The popular courtesy. Tue atten.
tons were pleasing TO her, she said, not rs
Offered TO herself, but 10 the memory Of her
busbaDd.
al believe you and Mrs. Lacoln are the
only widewsoi car President, Surviving 2"
was interTogatively suggested
"les, one Ot1er, Mrs. Tyler, who lives at
GEORGETOWN, l think" quickly responded
MIS-. Folk. her voice Is fuil aud musical
for one who aysSt be near or n the eighties.
aud her sight seemed good c@l,idering her
age.
"Nou recsE with t'easurfele memory ia
your residence In the White Blouse. DO yoW
not, Mrs. folS Z" inquired General Cary.
"0b, YES, SIR; 1t Is delightful memory.
Our residence there Was full OF ENJOYMENT
aud thougb Mr.. Polk bati wtighty cares q
Office and the responsibility was great. ae
bad 'ceDpararivey happy life. hnrdly
recall anything which marred the pleasure
Of our social aife there
"lor husband eseHpeS the cens1re
which hls been heaoed upon some OF ;hose
who hue beeo President" vas suggested
"Hes, IL s&rue," she answered. land IL
y my heppieS thought that no criticism 81
hr. Pe>k's iniegrite duttng a long pubhc.
career, in Varions exalted positions, wac
ever made To my KNOWLEDGE. His JUDY
nent ms5 have beeS imrusasd, but not bic
konor.e
"D,d you enjoy your tiare OF ofheiaG
life, mads mef' Iiusluired.
"Grea,ly, M. ,Gatt,am. Seu see found
Nr. PoR In public position when We
married, and he c0irinued On official !tie
Utmost, II not eiite, rlninternuptedy uolis
bis death here. 10 same. iiSss}. We were
married ysnng, tndI was Immediately TO-
troduced ~ the gay and Interesting life
which hlet public -oi,oe bequeahs."
L wouk, imagine, Mrs. Poh-," interro.
gatmeiy suggested paur cOraes pondent,
s'that the th1uiriee Of strangers about Mr.
Yolk,t LIE, habits, iseeuksrIiies. aEd charac.