Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

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Pnnadeipnia, very long letter. In which be
detailed al the charges he had heard against
MIA Eaton. He informed the Pres,deae til Il
from her girlhood; that the ladies OF Washinr-
Ton would not speak to her; that gentlem an
az the table OF GadsDy's hotel was said 20 have
declared that he rsonally knew her to be
olsSoiute woman; that Mrs. Eaton had
told her servants to Call her Children
Eaton. EOt T1mberlake, for Eaton was their
rightful name; that clergyman OF Washing
had told him that Mrs TimOerlake had had A
miscarriage when her husband had been absent
year; that tie friends Of Major Ration had per
Saaaeo MIN 10 board elsewhere for the sake OF
Mrs. Jackson herself had entertained the worst
oplnlon OF MIS-. Timoerlake; that Major Eaton
ano MIS- T1moerlake had travelled together
ana recorded their names as man and wife on
hotel registers In New York and elsewhere.
For your own sake. said the reverend doctor:
Ior your dead w1fe's sake; for the sake OF your
adminlstration; for the credit of the govern
ment and the country. you should not counte-
nance woman like this
This letter was dated March 18th. 1922. Gen.
Jackson replied to it In manner peculiarly
that with regard to many of the charges he
knew them to be false. and be believed them all
10 De. Dr. Ely replied. He was glad to learn,
Ne Salo, tnat the President was so sure of Mrs.
Eatons innocence, and expressed a hope that If
sDe nad done wrong In past times. she would
now pe restored By repentance to the esteem OF
me virtuous Or. Ely was evidently not quite
convinced OF Mrs. EatOn's Immaculate purity.
Inc President fastened to renew his efforts In
Ter defence He wrote again and again 10 his
f.veIend friend, and these letters, long and We
OF the interest felt by General Jackson In the
vindtcation OF the lady. He sent gentleman
10 new YORK 10 Investigate the hotel register
story. He wrote so many letters and state
ments In relation to this bus!n as that Major
Lewis, who lived In the White House. was worn
OUT with the nightly toll OF copying. The entire
relating to Mrs. Eaton, all dated In the summer
and autumn OF 1929, and most of them origin
ally In General Jackson's hand, would fill about
eighty eight five book pages and besides these
ments not deemed important enough for pre-
servation. General jackson, indeed, made the
cause his own and brought to the defence OF
which, forty years before, he had silenced every
whisper against Mrs. jackson. He considered
the cases OF the two ladies parallel His zeal
consequence OF his wrath against the calum.
niators Of his wife. General jackson succeeded
In showing that the charges against Mrs.
bs1 he were aa not not BY
the ladies who led the society OF WASH
1ngton that Mrs. Eaton was a proper per-
son to be admitted to their circle. They
not. although she had called upon the lady
soon after her marriage In company With the
Vice President. her husband. Mrs. Berrien
he afterwards said, OF the ledy'S standing at
the capital, had been one OF the guests at her
wedding. Mrs Branch would not, although
Mr.. Branch had been taken into the cabinet
on Mr.. EatOn's suggestion. Mrs. Ingham
would not, although the false gossip of the hour
had not wholly spared her own fair fame. The
wives or the foreign ministers would not. Mrs.
Donelson the mistress OF the White House,
though compelled to receive her would not visit
her. anything else, uncle, l would do for you,
effect or to
Tennessee And she went to Tennessee"
CURIOUS ATTEMPT TO FORCE MRS. EATON UPON
SOCIETY.
Washington correspondent Of the day refer
ring to Mrs. Eaton by her nick name "Bellona"
states the following: "a ball and supper were
got up by his excellency, the British minister,
MI. vaughan. particular friend OF Mr.. Van
BuIen. After various StrategemS to keep Bel
iona during the evening in which almost every
cotiliion in which she made her appearance
was instantly resolved into Its original ele.
mentS, che was at length conducted Oy the
British minister to the head of his table, where
In pursuance OF that instructive power of In
attention TO whatever it seems improper to no
tice, the ladies seemed not to know that she
was at the table. This ball and supper were
followed by another given by the Russian min
ister lanotner old bachelor). To guard against
the repetition Of the modification in the spon-
laneouS dissolution OF the cotillOns, and the
neglect OF the ladies' at supper (where, you must
observe, that none but ladies' sat d0Wn) Mr..
the lady OF the minister OF Holland Mrs. Huy-
gems, whom he entreated In her own language
to consent to be introduced TO the accompanies
ard lovely Mrs. Eaton
The ball scene arrived, and Mrs Huygens
with uncommon dignity, maintained her
ground, avoiding the advances OF Bellona and
ner associates, until supper was" ANNOUNCED
when Mrs. Huygens was Informed by baroa Kru-
dener that Mr.. Eaton would conduct her to the
table. She declined and demonstrated, but 1p
the meantime Mr.. Eaton advanced to offer hi,
fTdf Tod htrf to- altnrvn hS~S
from his embarrassment, walked with him to
he table, where she found Mra Eaton seated
AZ the head, beside an empty chair for herself
Mrs. Huy gems had no alternative but to become
an instrument OF the Intrigue or decline taking
supper: she chose the latter, and taking hold o.
Ter husbands arm, withdrew from the room
This was the Offense for which General jackson
afterwards threatened to send her husband
home.
THE NEXT SCENE IN THE DRAMA
was grand dinner, given IN the east room or
the palace, where 1t was arranged that Mr.
vaughan was to conduct Mrs Eaton to the table
and place her at the side of the PRESIDENT, who
ish all present (aocut eighty, Including the prIn
cipal on1cerS OF the government and their
ladies0 that Mrs. Eaton was one Of his favor
ties and that he expected her to be treated as
pany retired to the coffee room, to indulge IL
the exhilarat1Dg conversations which wine and
GOOD company usually excite. But all would
.ASS AO Aot]iA6 SooIA uOVC LILO lullcA&UsC
ladies'
The consequent rupture In the Cabinet on &C
count OF Mrs. Eaton, its dissolution and the DO
litical Quarrels which ensued and resulted 10
the election OF Mr.. Van Buren, as next President
OF the United States are matters which more
properly belong to general history.
The heroine OF these trOublOuS times Mrs
Peg ONeal Eaton. seems TO have been OF pretty
tough fibre. She outllved all the other actors
In that exciting political and society drama, and
only few years ago made herself the central
figure in another great scandal In Washington
by marrying young italian music teacher
who eloped with her granddaughter and her
money, leaving her to die In poverty.
The Tribute Of the Orphans to their
BenefaCtOr.
On the elegantly Illuminated card sent by
the children OF st. Vlncents Asylum to Mr.
Corcoran on his birthday, were the following
verses, accompanying q basket of flowers, on
which the number So vas wrought In red bios.
SONS:
TO ". ". C0RCORAN, on MS EIGHTY-szCoSD
BIRTH DAY. PROM THE CHILDREN OF ST. VIM
CENTS ASYLUM.
Another year to place within the circlet:
iewelled link unto the frightening chaia;
Another shadow on life'a checquered dial;
Another dweer in Walhalls's fame;
For mid the frosts of white Decembers gleaIn,
When Chri carols sound the wide world
through,
We hail another year with siiyery BEAM
To glitter in crown of eight two.