The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-11
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even TO its kitchen fireplace the favorite
resting place Of Uncle Alf," the ancient
negro body servant of the general.
AT the tomb one pauses to read the Or
nate enumeration of the virtues OF Jack
sons wife. The story Of their love was
romance. Jackson fairly worshiped her
and during his monentous career never
wholly emerged from the influence of her
personality. lie wore her miniature On
his heart until his death, and no matter
what his cares, responsibilities or amuse-
ments he never slept until he had read
chapter in the Bible she left him when
she died. Mrs. Jackson was q woman of
great piety and cared nothing for the
honors of this world When Jackson was
elected president, his wife said to those
about her: For Mr.. Jackson's sake I am
glad. For my own never wished it. l
would rather &c a doorkeeper in the house
of my God than to dwell in that palace in
Washington. F" Her influence over jackson
was profound, as shown by the following
anecdote. Old Hickory was an expert in
profanity. When occasion required, he
simply paralyzed his hearers by the orig
inality, variety and picturesqueness OF his
swearing. During an exciting political
campaign and just after Mrs. Jackson had
cOnfidentially told guest that she thought
the general was disposed to be religious,
and that but for the approaching presiden-
tial election she earnestly believed he
would join her church, he suddenly burst
into the room with an opposition newspa-
per in his hand, cursing like a house afire
He swore until he was actually out Of
breath, when his gentle wife, who had at
first been stunned by his oaths, arose, and
approaching him looked him steadily in
the face and simply exclaimed, Mr.. Jack
son" The great warrior who had always
conquered was Immediately subdued by
this mild adversary
Touching Story.
Rachel Jackson was q wonderfully beau
tiful woman, and her portraits show a
face of winsome and innocent loveliness.
The throat is full, the lips sweet, the brow
we'll shaped and the eyes large and limpid.
A cap of soft lace crowns the dark curls
which fall over her shoulders. In her
youth she contracted an unfortunate mar
riage. jackson was accused by his foes OF
having by his attentions to Mrs. Richards
broken up happy home. This, however,
was not true. Robards was a man of
whom very little good could be said. His
wife was sprightly, cheerful and very
beautiful. Richards jealousy was terrific.
Jackson, who was a good companion, OF
agreeable address and admired by women,
soon felt the fury of this jealousy. Mat
tiers growing more and more unpleasant,
Mrs. Richards at length left her husband.
This was in the spring OF 1871. Richards
applied to the Virginia legislature for
divorce, which was granted, provided the
supreme court should see cause for di-
vorce 1t was reported and became the
general belief in Nashville that Richards
had obtained divorce. Thereupon Mrs.
Richards, who had been living in Natchez
with the family Of Colonel Stark, returned
to Nashville and was married to Jackson.
After they had been married two years
Richards obtained divorce in a Kentucky
court. Jackson at once realized that he
had been married two years to a woman
who was legally another mans wife. To
make their union legal they were married
the second time.
These unfortunate circumstances, the
suspicion and scandal naturally arising
from them, marred their happiness, and, it
is said, really broke the gentle, loving
heart of Rachel jackson.
Inc popular story is tnat while she was
making preparations to go from 1.-The
Hermitage" to Washington the poor lady
received the rude shock which led to her
death. She was like a mother to every
servant upon the estate, and wishing to
leave all comfortable fer the winter made
a trip into Nashville to buy supplies and
clothing for her dependents. Weary from
her shopping, she went into hotel parlor
to rest while she waited for the coach
which was to take her back to ''The Hermit
tage." Suddenly she heard her own name
spoken in an adjoining room, coarsely
and cruelty banded about, while her char
acter was fiercely assailed. Motionless, as
If turned to stone, she sat listening to the
which had been circulated dur /