The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-05

the property, they Iounu ruin ana cacav
everywhere prevalent upon the noble es-
tate. The old log cabin where the general
lived for 10 years before 1.-The Hermitage
was built was q total wreck.
A Noble Work.
But these southern ladies, with their
soft voices, indolent manners and laaRuid
airs, can be energetic enough over any OBJ
Ject upon the welfare of which their hearts
are set. It was not long before the man
sion was newly rooted, the rooms repaired,
fences up, outbuildings put in proper
shape and the old log cabin fully restored,
even to its kitchen fireplace, the favorite
resting place Of Uncle ALI, 4" 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 a
romance. Jackson fairly worshiped her
and during his momentous career never
wholly emerged from the influence Of her
personality. He wore her miniature on
his heart until his death, and no matter
what bis cares, responsibilities or amuse-
ments he never slept until he had read a
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 am
glad. For my own never wished it.
would rather be 1oorkeeper in the house
of my God than t ell in that palace in
Washington" 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 house afire.
He swore until he was actually out of
breath, when his gentle wife, who had at
first been stunned by his osths, arose, and
approaching him locked him steadily in
the face and simply exclaimed, - &ir Jack
son!' The great warrior WHO had always
conquered was Immediately sal;tlacd by
this mild adversary.
Touching Story.
Rachel Jackson was wonderfully beau
tiful woman. and her puFeruits show Il
face of winsomc and inED,vnt lovvlin, IS.
The throat is full. the lips sweet. the !'r; "
we'll shaped and the eyes large and liu'.id.
A cap of soft lace CROWNS lie dark Cu.ls
which fall over her shoulders. In her
youth she contracted an unfortunate MIR
rage. jackson was accused by his foes Of
having by his attentions 10 Mrs. Richards
broken up happy EUmc. This, however,
was not true. l;Ojatis WAS Il imam of
whom very littlo E,Oad CID IL said. His
wife was sprighLiy. cLCc-fCi and very
beautiful. RObGTGs' jealousy WIS terrific.
jackson, who was a good companion, OF
agreeable address and admired l'y women,
soon felt the fury of this jealousy. Mat
tiers growing more ana more Unpleasant,
Mrs. Richards at length lett her husband.
This was in the spring of 1871. Richards
applied to the Virginia Legislature for a
divorce, which was granted, provided the
supreme court should sec cause for Iii
vorce. 1t was reported and became the
general belief in Nashville that Richards
had obtained a 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 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.
The popular story is that 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 for the winter made
a trip into Nashville to buy supplies and
clothing for her dependents. Weary from
her shopping she went into a 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 assaulted. Motionless, as
If turned to stone, she sat listening to the
accusations which had been circulated dur