The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-25
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liked very much TO look from tneSe WINDOWS
1t the river and the ships. Whenever | was
cross crying l would be brought to these
windows and | would be quoted at once.
L thought Lafayette square, with its trees
and flowers and green grass, very pretty
and l enjoyed going over there every morn
ing with my nurse and playmates to play
mumble-the-peg; and every morning when
| got up | would look anxously out of the
window to see if it was a clear day. The
family We're very proud of me and at the
receptions Uncle Jackson would always
present me to his friends with And this is
our little girl that came to in the white
house | grew very tired of this, and
day before the reception l asked uncle
not to introduce me in that way, but to
tell them that | had been head of my class
for six weeks This seemed to please him
very much-so much that he repeated what
| had said to the company, which made me
all the more yeXed
when the building of the treasury de-
partment was begun, continued Mrs. Will
cox, you know President Jackson laid
the corner stone Before it was laid he was
asked to put something of his into the
box that is always laid with a corner
stone He came to me and remarking that
! was his most precious treasure, cut off
one of my little curls ard put it i'll the
box. President Jackson was always thiSk-
ing of some way by which to amuse and
surprise me- One Christmas morning.
coming downstairs with a large doll in
my arms, 1 met uncle, who told me that
Santa Claus had made a mistake and left
some of my things under his pillow. I fol-
lowed him into his room, and there, under
his pillow, were q number of small pres
ents for me.
"Not long after this an incident hap
pened that showed how sincere President
jackson was in his devotion to those as
ISOLATED with him. l think that the story
has never been told lie had as his body
| servant Il negro slave who had once saved
his life on the battlefield. One day this
| slave was taken sick; the doctor was sum
moned and pronounced the case one of
smallpox, and said that the man would
have TO be removed. But uncle said that
that would not do; as he was in an unn-
habitcd part of the house he could Just as
well stay there. The doctor replied that
if he stayed at the white house some one
would have to be i'll his room constantly
to administer medicine to the sick man
and added that if some one could be, iny
the room that night and watch him care!
fully he might be brought out of. dansf
by the morning. President jackson 81
that he would do it; and he did do it,
though the doctor strongly remonsV
with him. In the morning the mar
! better aud he was soon well again"
| l asked Mrs. Grant how many babie~
had been been born 20 IN, IN the the white INIT h2ps 5f
| only one. Julia Grant. ="
| Grant, was born dur
ihjts~l, and
world but after seeing a.
haiFS in every conceivable grad.
house baoy, ana they GugEsuh&2rihers to
have treated me very niccs1ude free de-
son was very kind 70 me- inAny = Asgi-
Il have a great many relics 0S a.,
sons which are very interesting age Jack
valuable which | used to keep at mEeH sas .
but many of the people who called onse,s.
asked to see them, that it gave nae grea
deal of trouble and labor taking them out
and hna oil rx-ha
they belonged. So al last ! decided that
would put them iii the national museum.
They are there now in glass case and
have been there since last October. 1 have
q picture which l prize very highly, and
which / did not send with the collection.
1t is Il small painting on wood of Dewitt
Clinton and his family. Clinton's wife was
Cuban. was said to have reSembled my
mother, and their child very much like me.
Therefore | thought great deal of this
picture. One Christmas. when | was about
six years old, aud shortly before | left the
white house, Uncle Jackson asked NE what
l would like. l told him that picture that
always stood on one corner of his mantel-
piece. He gave it to me, and since then it
has never left me- | always carry it with
me whenever | travel, and it has been all
over Europe and the United States with
| me. That picture of my mother Showing
NE life-size painting above the mantel in
her parlor) looks very much like Mary,
queen of Scots. Taking the peculiar dress
that of her and my mother would be almost
Identical.
Mrs Wilcox went into the department
service fifteen years ago. She was ap-
pointed at the instance of General Grant.
She had been married in 1852 to Colonel
Wilcox, Il representative III congress from
Mississippi. He was a wealthy planter and
owned 300 slaves. He represented Nissis-
sippi in the thirty-second congress and
q little later he moved to
Texas and represented that stats
in The house of representatives
in the thirty-fourth congress Afterwards
he was in the congress Of the confederate
states. He would have been sent to the
United States senate after the war if he had
lived. He died in 1865. The war had
swept away most of his property, and after
some years. Mrs. Wilcox found it necessary
to enter the department service. Presi-
dent Grant, who had her appointed to her
department. position. was almost like
father to her. Mrs. Wilcox said
The Jackson relies in the National Mu-
scum, many of which We're contributed by
Mrs. Wilcox, occupy case by themselves.
Most conspicuous among them Is huge
tortose-shell comb. presented to Mrs. Jack
son by the ladies of New Orleans, and worn
by her at a ball given in honor of General
Lafayette al Nashville, in 1929. As the
fashions of that day are again coming into
vogue, possibly the ladies who read this
story will understand how Mrs. Jackson
managed to sustain this huge decoration on
her head. 1t is about eight inches high and
nearly foot wide At each end was carved
a harp. and in the center was painted
portrait of President Jackson. This was
one of Mrs. Wicoy's mementoes Of the
Jackson family. inherited from her mother,
Another conspicuous relic is a. scimitar
presented TO General Jackson by the sultan
of Turkey, said to have belonged at one
time to Mahomet. There is a military
coat worn by General Jackson at the
| battle of New Orleans. Then there is the
watch which he wore in that battle. 1t is
a chronometer of ordinary size. open-faced,
in q case of gold. The dial also is of gold
Then there is a veil, a yard square, en-
hroidered with the name Jackson, pre-
sented to Mrs Jackson by the ladies' OF
Cincinnati with the request that she wear
Il at Jackson's inauguration. AS she died
before the inauguration, it was never worn.
The most unique of these relics is lock
of General Jacksons hair. 1t is but scan
ty lock. for there are only eight or ten
hairs in it and they are almost white They
lie on little velvet cushion. tied together
with a thread. GEORGE IT. Balm.
Robespierre Can't Deny 1t Now.
From The Independent.
The story is told of Robespierre that at one
time when at the height Of his power lady
called upon him, heseeching him to spare her
husbands life. He scornfully refused. As