The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-03-10

room except MS chasr ana taOie anu
a few relics collected by INN.
On the left of the entrance are
The double parlors In the last one
is the OLD desk with the secret
drawers, only discovered in 1887.
They appear to be nothing more
than ornaments. and two OF them
require some difficulty 10 opening.
1t is a piece of work which will
rival any of its kind at the present
day In these drawers were found
lot of private papers belonging TO
Jackson dating back to the year
1900 and perhaps further. They
comprise bills, legal papers, pri vate
correspondence, and such things.
One bill states that the General was
indebted to w. b. Lewis in the sum
of SAP so. The first article was
dated on July 20, 1916, and the last
on December 26th, of the same
year, and paid on the 9th of De
cember. Wonder how many are
that prompt In these timesg The
bill shows that Mr.. Lewis was a
general dealer In merchandise in the
fullest extent of the word. He
charges Mr.. jackson one dollar and
twenty-five cents tor load OF wood
and right under this is the. item,
July 20, To 2 large glasses Brandy
toddy, $780," This last item oc-
Cured several times, from which
1t would seem the General was not
exactly tetotIer. Another letter
from N. Dawson of the firm of
Boggs, Dawson Il Co, New Or
leans, dated July II, 1904, is wi'h
out enlelope, the TO dug showing
some ingenuity, and has the postage,
fifty cents, marked Oh the address
ed side in Ink. Fifty cents for a
letter that can now be sent tor two
cent?! and still some people talk
about the "gOod Old times" One
old table in this room is all that is
left of several pieces of furniture
given him by the citizens of New
Orleans soon after his memorable
battle. The night before his depart
ure he was given a grand banquet,
and without his knowledge all the
furniture used on this occasion was
packed up and sent down to the
boat. Aud, by the way just think
of the roundabout way he had to
come to get to Nashville, up the
Mississippi to the present site of
Caro-, Illinois, then up the Tennes
see, taking many days-the good
old times" again. On the walls of
this room are the pictures of the
men composing his staff at New
OrIe ans. In the center of the
room, from the ceiling, hangs a
large chandelier. but candles were
used. This must have been very
pretty when lit up as glass pendants
hang i'm protusion from each light
In this room is also some of the tam
iy silver. The next room, con-
necied with this one by large fold
ing doors, has all the relics, the
piano, several pictures and some
chairs.
We cannot begin to speak of all
the relics. One of the most inter-
estlDg things is his veto of the bill
to renew the UlIted States Bank
during his first administration, and
which action caused, indirectly, the
financial suffering of VanBuren's
administration Another relic Is
the picture of Mrs. Dewitt e..
Clinton, widow of Governor Gin
ton of New York. She sent this
picture to jackson and at the same
time proposal of marriage. Mr..
jackson handed the letter TO Van
Buren, who was visiting him at the
time. Among other things are his
glasses, hymn-bDok and bible,
watch, cane, pipe and several other
things of much interest. The old
piano is still in splendid tune. Col.
Jackson told us it had only been
tuned once in forty five years. II
Is small affair, something like the
square pianos of today, only much
smaller. A chair in this room wa,
presente ! to him by the mechanics
OF Nash vile. We forgot to mem
ton that the pen, spit quill, used
in writing the veto is also shown
among the relics. About the best
picture ever made of General Jack
son is in this room. This with most
of the other pictures were painted
by Healy, the great portrait painter,
who made the picture of nearly
every great person at the beginning
of this century.
Passing out of the first parIor
INTO the leanto is found the dining
room. The table will seat about
twenty persoDs. Over t. one side
is the old fashioned 81 fe board, aud
near this is The chest for tea and
coffee. The NANTES in this room is
quite Intere, ting. Ii is made en-
tIIely of hickory and Was begun on
the eighth OF January, no WORK was
done on it on any other day OF the
year aud it was presented on the
eighth of January. Col. jackson
told US it took eight or ten years to
complete it.
The next object of interest, AMI
one worth making the trip to see, is
the old carriage of wood from the
ship Constitution" and presented
on the 4th of March, 1887, the be-
ginning of his second term. Ii has
only one seat besides the seat Tor
driver. The wheels are very low