The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-01-16

I 1OM " AAAtttAM MulEu
far over his saddle as h. logged
Sow Y along on his luge bi-clS
hob ta,,ed horse. l suppose the
Governor weighed at least 300
p unds. His physiognomy was
also 5 riking. HIS forehead was
high and relreating into badness.
lie had large long nose aud a
mouth with prOiruing teeth. He
was not an orator. He spoke
~loNly hnt Il stinctly, and WHEN on
tie huStingS in debate his Onpo-
nent- writhed under the stinging
words which we're often as sharp
as two edged sword. He was an
nnc1mprOmi ing Democrat. |
heard him once say Ia a speech de-
! liyesed in the Senate chamber in
lie capitol building at Jackson
tl,t when his died he wanted a
plain monument erected over his
remains bearing the inscription:
"Here lies the great RepudlatOln
and a polk stalk planted at the
loot of his grave. He was buried
IN 1913 and singular enough the
next spring in the small inclusure
which surrounds his grave an i'm
mense polkstalk sprang up and iu
the autumn strewed the mount
with its wltherrd leaves and pur.
pie berries. Whether it sprdng up
voluntarily or was planted by
some wag who had heard the re-
mark made in jestiug manner
this deponpnt say Seth not.
He was bitterly opposed to issu-
ing bonds 10 the Union bank, and
"a his message t. the Legislature
~ 1889, be denounced any farthe
S le Ot them. 1t was in 1912 tile
Lcgisl 'ture passed resolutions OF
reaudiatlOn and Gov. Tucker ap
proved them.
Tnrre W re- two notable events
70 the citizens Of Jacks ii dining
Governor McNutl's aimini.tra-
on. In 1910, General Andrew
Jackson was invited to the State
capitol, rs the guest of the Stat.
OF Mississippi, and on the l7th Of
/ February, he was esCO ted by the
civic and military AMI the entire
population OF Jackson to the State
eaditOl, which hal just been finish.
ell aud from thence t. tile resi-.
drnce of Governor McNuit the
q Jvernor's mansion not being
completed.
A noted character about Jack.
son in those days Was Tim Hogan.
FIN was a "bloody Irishman,
begorra," and had the contract for
repairing the stIe Is On that
nntade occasion, rs the procession
with Gen. jackson and other dis
tlngushrd guests and the honor
~ citizens of the Stare passed
wltre Ow stan Is the g vernor's
N sion the verltd ,le Tim Hog 81
was engaged III rep urIrg the
street AMI as the music Of the ban Is
lifted itself and fpated through
the air it enthussd Tim, and as the
carriage passed ia which sat Gov.
McNutt aud the Sla'e's honored
guest he raised himself from his
work and throwing his spade high
over his head wildly exclaimed:
Hurlh for X NJ Andrew Nc
jackson bejabers!"
The next year Mr.. Clay was re-
erived at jackson with the widest
q m1nstratioDs-men aud women
vieing with each other in their
delight at meeting this ''H lrry Of
he West" as he was famliarly
called.
In 1912 Tlgh'mau NJ. Tucker
succeeded Gov. McNutt in the
Gubernatorial chair.
The last time | saw ex-Gov.
Tucker was in the month of Sep
tenber. 1857. was on my way to
Louis il < :, and sp ut the night
AZ lie Washington Hot !. at Vlcks-
burg waiting for q stramboat. In
the room adjo ming the Que occr.
nied the wife ut Gov. Tucker was
lying. They were accompaniei by
an adopted daughter who was
greatly distIes. ell AID gave vent to
ner freling by suppressed sobs that
banis he'd sleep from my eyrlids.
/ W aud down the passage Gov.
Fucker, then an old gray haired
nan bent with age and il the
leeiest distress, sfrOde smoking
MS ripe, casio al y entrriug he
oom $ 1t 10 bring some cOmfOri
10 his daughter and then striding
~ and down ia hail again.
1t was lie w-en midni sht and
a, thet az agorizins scr am from
lr danglt .tnrOun G 18th Il tine
golden blw WAS broken, and the
itcllrr was b ken a the foam
tar.H L. WAS night | shall re-
member to nydy ng day. a short
TN. IT,, r-ait.r Gov. Tucker dicd.
For lear tnat max my Co re--
20 d n'a. too long | viii cluSr aud
. haps ut some futdrr time | ma,
give Aoa tue impressions tlat some
bi the ex-GOvrlnors m .uir upon my
Durhful mimi