Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-02-10
The Original Yankee Doodle. "

Andrew American Quceu.l
1t is probable. say the curious in such
matters, that We owe the well-known carica-
ture of Yankee Doodle" which looks like
nothing that We Americans have ever seen.
but which passes for our national prototype
all over Europe, and sometimes does duty
on our own stage, and On the cover of an
illustrated paper. and in oaricature as the
typical lankee-to the singular appearance
Of Gen. Jackson. lie was tall. thin and
angular and at tho Hermitage" and when
oh duty. delighted to wear the great white
hat. the short-tall dress coat, the striped
jean trousers. held down by two long
straps-all Of which was probably made BY
Mrs. Jackson, and which passed from him
into history.
Undoubtedly these sketches came from
some clever Frenchman. made at New Or
leans. uhcn Ia 1915 the congucring hero
was entertained IN the city he had saved.
The upper part Of the Exchange Wa ar
ranged Tor dancing" SAYS an eyewitness.
land the uadcr part for supper. with flowers,
colorcd lamps and tanspaTcncle~ for IN
scTlpions. Before supper Jackson desired
10 look a, the arrangement. unaceompanled.
One OF the iransparencies between the
a lAtN bAlt A4t AEsNAA tftiabllt kHJll ana
victory they are but one The general
looked at It, and turned to me in hall ici-
low sort Of way SAVING, WaS did YOU no;
write Hickory and N,c,ory-thcy are but
one Attcr supper W. we're treated %
most delicious pas de deaN by the coUqueror
and h.s spou.r" 10 see those tao hSurrs-
the general. a long. lean. haggard man. With
arm. Ike a skeleton, and Nmc. IA Generate.
a short. fat dumping bobbsng opposite
each other, Ike halt drGakcR Indians. 10 the
w.id melody of "Pos.um up Gum Tree,
aud eudcasoring % maze spring into the
air, vas remar. able and far more cd.tuug
a spectacle than aay European assembly
could have furnished Mr.. Jachsou's Ar
uy4l 10 Ncw Orleans, then the most elegant
city tn the mon, vas curious episode for
thr French Aal Creole LADIES' q observe.
She had never visited cIly larger than
Nashville before. SHc confessed 20 MrS.
LlNlusston that she Anew nothing about fine
company or hne clothes, aud she had %
reso4rcy Bat % taroW herself upoa the
guidance Of her frJeaI, Ms. LlVngston
undertook - provide her with clothes and
dresses suited 20 her appearance IA pablsc.
The antl-JAeAsgn party pabHshct a car
feature al the lmc, 10 ahlch the short aAd
stout Mrs. Jackson VA, represented As stand
.ns oG a table While Mrs L4,.usstun WAS
employed ID Ac.ug her To, 10 maze a wa..t
where a vast hal been, ~ -no4ld be- bat
"a, UJt. |, was remarkable tina, Cen JACK
.au, though himself an alcp, v hen he cho,cj
lu drawn. room arts, ana a. home Iu elegant
society. Ma h..Hd 20 the homcly bearing aui
country manner, of h.s y ..c He pat great
honor upon her At New Orleans. 10 al COM
pAn4rs, Jn AZ. 1eClslon-, g.,4ns proof to the
World that thu. brown wife of be-, Wls 20
h.m the dearest and most rrveTct u: h4mAu
by4Hg, Had she lived, the scandal can-
urGte4 S!tA the notorious Mr-. Eaton would
Ha; have occurred iu forever ca.; ara c,il re-
q4tAttoR ou Lls administration IL wa- ilr .
hey that be bI..t iac aca Hermitage urar .
What j. nov the bca4tsial ulls d. \4-hs4lr. .
called. before tar "af, tar 'Ph..AIr.yh.4 II
the South. Nashville I'd. A superb ,.tLI
iIun, i gently uui4laiIng :e!iue valley -
pT - miles across, quite ruC.rJ.cd Uy halls. .
through TINS valley winds the Cumberland .
river, a. broad a. the Hudson a, A.JAu,
hc bluffs are hlga. protection against the |
mary r.yu, rise Of the river Eleven mile,
from tie c.;y - the ts1 story brick house.
Win double piazza, wooden and painted .
white, supported bt thIcA groosed p.ilar. ot
the -Ame material aua color; the floors u
the l"Scr piazza Of stone. each euGn: "a
room. southern iasa.oH-m4re cymm4s1...o
than r4cEAut-kuowH as tie Hermitage"
the residence u the most eccentric Of Amer
lC4Hs-Aulrew Jackson for Mr. Lincoln.
waJ came the nearest 20 him, va, far more
ike other people. In the generals DAY the
portrait Of Mr.. Jackson Ia wa4tc SATIN aud
topaz JeVe.rt, low neck and ,hor, Sleeves.
fat, 40, but not far and bu,ls of Edward
Livingston. Ca. and Lev. Woodbur, orul-
urnicd these parlors.
Here tIc the general Offer niiscrimina,c
hospitality, and here, after dinner did both
husband and y iie ,it doa and smoke a ella,
pipe and yet, 50 perfectly contradictory wl,
their hie to our northern idea, oi consistency,
that y Ien they drove out II "a, IN ! carriage
drawn By four handsome iron-gr4y horses,
attended by servants IN blue h,crN with
brass buttons, glazed hats and SILVER bead-
" aen dinner was served at the Hermitage"
AL the gentlemen vent 10 the side board 10
take i drnk, and then To the diniug-roum
! ne ,shles were loaded With food. served IN
discumna,elS and 10 all the rooms were
Two beds for passing strangers.
Gen. Jackson was never handsome but he
l4lAtt ~ - VI tftNt anu AilAk ~ 4Oi Calls
''that mysterious om.ip0tent something which
Ws call "A presence II" tina, be could look
well IN uniform, ride horse admirably. pre-
side well as judge, fight well a general,
and that he had certain chlyalrous defer
ence for women. We have read that he
also preferred whiskey, corncob pipe, and
that he waded through many vice, TO the
presidency that We also know his instincts
we're better than his principles" His con
yenlIonaIty was cml-occasIonal.
Yet he has stamped his individuality upon
the American Dame, and when IN 1850 the
elegant Prescott visited England he found
lady at one of the grand houses which he
visited who asked nm if in Boston ladies'
smoked pipe after dinner, and ii they lived
as Gen. and Mrs. Jackson did and also at
Alnwlck castle, the ancient palace of the
Percys, he found picture Of the general.
IL Is strange circumstance, not speaking
much for the reading or Intelligence of GER
tain English ladies, that they have as blank
an ignorance now, almost, Of what America
really is; and that, so late 1869. an Eng
Iish lady asked her American guest if New
York did not burn down constantly, as it
was all built of wood
The calm, elegant manners of the unpre-
tending but scholarly Prescott, Motley and
Lowell; the simple, soldierly bearing OF oul
last soldier president and his wife-who
does not smoke pipe have impressed
those who have seen them; and vet the
wife OF prominent clergyman in England
asked Mr.. Lowell if he really did not be-
Ong to a small minority Of his countrymen,
You are not like the Gen. Jack kson class,
ior instance, said she.
And yet it took men of 1.-THE Gen. Jackson
,las." to make US a nation.
Force OF HABIT.-A drummer, who had