The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
OLD HICKORY IN NEW YORK
III RECEPTION GIVEN TO ANDREW
JACKSON IN 1888.
Rnthusiastio Greeting to the Here or view
Orieans-Au Incident That Increased the
Interest-Honcrs Paid TO Himby Ladies'
Hts Visit 20 newark and 90 Brooklyn.

HIS Vtstt TO newark ana 20 Brooklyn.
In tho Governors Chamber in tho City Hall
hangs an oil portrait bearing the minute sigma
ture Of Vanderhuyle, q famous painter in tho
half century gone, concerning which many
visitors ask: "Whom have we herei' Per
haps tho keeper as he hears the question thinks
Of Rip Van Wrinkles pathetic exclamation:
How soon we arc forgot for thepicture is of
one who as q boy fought In the Revolutionary
struggle in the Caroltnas; who enigrated to
Tennessee and became it's first Federal District
Attorney; who as q Mnjor-General conquered
and removed the Creek Indians; who paved
the way for the cession by the Spaniards to
this country Of Florida; who won the great bat
tic of New Orleans on Jan g, 1915; who,
after serving as o Federal Senator. was twice
elected President, and from 1915 to his death
In 1s45 reigned In popular estimation rs
q great military and political hero-Andrew
jackson. The portrait was painted by order of
the Common Council Of 1888, which, In tho June
of that year, gave him a notable reception.
jackson was then In the fourth month Of his
second Presidential term. and for the sake Of his
health and to secure relaxation from official life
was making q tour Of the Middle and Eastern
States. Now York's Mayor was then that
courtly and disnifed merchant, Gideon Lee,
and its Common Council contained many men
Of worth. jackson was invited to become the
guest of tho city, and the Invitation was ac-
cepted. just before coming to New, York the
President made q visit to Alexandria, and
while upon the Potomac steamer an incident
occurred which served during his Northern
tour to deepen popular interest in him. While
jackson was seated at a cabin table so that no
could not arise to defend himself, n recently
cashiered naval Lieutenant named Randolph
approached and thrust his hand toward him.
Surprising that the intruder desired to shake
hands, the President offered his left and mo-
tioning to his right arm in q sling flor an old
wound was again troubling him. he said po-
itely: Pardon my left Thereupon Ran
dolph grasped the Presidents nose, exclaiming
to .! ihs as'0 for iay phss@enfBs y a ne disn ~; motion
Jackson waved away some excited bystandors
E insSlt Ssr and thf saiS mifdlgg :Fss9In sav y,G HIM, f to tie
men, to his after remorse;'' and although. sub
ss 9 imPorttunssd to prosecute Randolph
turally when the old military, hero was received
on the ensuing day in BaltimoEe and on the
interest and curiosity deepened concerning the
man who could be q hero In peace as well as
Passengers coming to New York then from
the South reached this city by the newly laid
s ssan%s1 to ir %h,t Sander s,r.s to AA5mb CIV and and,o BY
America. commanded by Capt. Crittenden,
in Hudson River traditions. and it was filled
with invited guests, headed by o committee In
First then a residential ward for wealth and
refinement. and Alderman Morgan Morgans,
a Welsh a%rtitlcer representing the Domocratio
east side. The outside. passage from Amboy
had been selected for the purpose Of enabling
the President to receive from the forts at the
mander-in-Chief And when the steamer came
IN sight in the lower bay and the strains Of
the na hu no rei t hM,ss Se New ~'S Yort tep% e ,of saee
on the Battery and the adjacent. wharyes broke
into tumultuous cheers that fairly deadened
the near salute from Governors Island and the
little fort still then maintained on Bedlow's
Island. From the day of the Randolph assault
f Sg" Ja aGfe hsa ris sseh we've RTshiSr,n yen nishhs had ana BASED aea
since New Workers had simply welcomed him
S 1set shsid % as sSeIKr fPS res,id snt q ,%ice he s,s Sss to By be s
majority unprecedented at that time. In add.
f f4%,t e 2,t the ! Git IL ! ms at a,t the mI RI;ss.e %w the ce ensise
Major-General Morton. whose name is yet pre-
Greenwich Village ward.
A white horse sixteen and a half hands high
in tho other the bride, and wearing tho we'll
dandy brim and a narrow band OF Grape above
1t, always worn since the death Of HIS adored
wife. the spare and srtzzled form of old Hick-
DRY. was cspied issuing upon the wooden bridge
which then connected the brown Castle with
the main land, the cumbined cheers wero 70.
reached the battery ground when from the
weight OF those following on the bridge IL sud
guests suddenly found themselves houndering
In the soft mud and beach gravel underneath.
The Rra und1 WaT x one9 io we're soon . Ias rSsGae Z troot than
and on all its stoops, at windows, on trees and
roofs, spectators were thickly clustered. The
yond St; Paufs cGiurehyard forbade; W6ePo-
east gates wero used. Arriving in front OF the
City Hall, tho President dismounted, and stand
Ne ON t and ! MnsoS Len In S SiG%p%anyfh e with mili ssn;
SovernqE's room, where Awaiting him We're
staff were Prosper N. Wetmo re- who was then
q popular poet, and young Henry Ii. Martin of
and Lewis Cass, Secretary Of War, were also
present. The interchanges OF courtesies were
soon Interrupted by the clamors Of the PEG
pie outside, and ut q suggestion OF tho
Mayor, President Jackson came out on tho bal.
ccony. hut the previous three days Of rccep-
New Brunswick to Amboy and the subsequent
fatigues had made Old Hickory. weeried, per.
ceiving which DIR. Valentino Mott insisted that
no should BIO removed at once to his hotel.
This was the nearby American Hotel, situated
e crack Sew York EpP Sostelr 70 Of th the p perllod dha H .9e
Gen: Jackson was allowed to have his consti-
sHtl2nHl hi"P' dimes his Southern he Inn mint ots ,Hilsp' s Snd sh aly
Of areTorfS given i II fron na0 @f the t citS Hall iaiP'As
snoths sFG re assSEs1f n q tssS d hgsssaSns y TSo@ OF n the
City Hall, but this time It was for ladies only.
The Mayors wife acted as hostess. No Presi-
dent. was ever more renowned for gallantry to
The fair sex than Jackson, In early life no had
killed In q duel Q man who had sought to de-
fame the honor OF his wife-a divorced woman
when she became Mrs. Jackson-and his
chivalric defence Of Mrs. Eaton, the wife Of his
been an iankeePer's daughter, washington wo-
men boycotted her. had served to win admira-
ton for him everywhere. Tho Knickerbocker
ladies' on this OCCASION were captlvatod by Did
Hickory. and Miss Catherine S~edgwick, the
novelist, who was at the reception, wrote q
charming ACCOUNT Of 4. Tho poet Bryant. in
ception wen described. In his report also OF
JSckson's equestrian ride up Broadway Bryant
fellcitously quoted these appropriate lines from
Shakespearets play of Richard H."
Mounted upon . hot and hery steed-
Which his aspiring rider seemed 10 know
With slow hut stately pace kept on his course,
Whilst all tongues cried "God save theei"
You would have thought the very windows spAke,
30 many greedy looks OF young and old
Thro' easements darted their desiring eyes
Upon hts visage; and that all the wall5
Had cried at once a glorious welcome;
Whilst he from one side 70 the other turning,
Bareheaded. lower than his proud steeds neck.
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