The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-10

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route from Fredericksburg, Va, to attend
the cornerstone laying OF the monument
erected to Mary washington. the mother
OF the Father OF His Country. Although
this monument was not finished and dedi.
Gated until 1894. Its cornerstone was LAID
in May, 1888, by President Jackson, who
began his journey to Fredericksburg or
the steamer Sidney.
The steamer made brief stop at Alex
| andria to take on a military company from
that city. The Sidney, like all river
steamers OF that day. was a very primi-
tive concern compared with the splendid
modern palaces that ply our principal rlv-
ers. The president was seated between
the dinner table and the berths, his spec
tacles on, a pipe in his mouth, and a
newspaper In his hand. The pipe was no
doubt of the corncob variety to which Old
Hickory was SO much attached that he
habitually used 1t. even In the White
House. Several gentlemen OF the presi-
dents party were standing near the door
or the saloon, or, rather, cabin, for such
IT was. A well-dressed gentleman en-
tered. coolly shook hands with one of the
gentlemen and courteously passed on. He
approached the president and commenced
to withdraw the glove from his right
hand. Snpposng that 1t was some person
who desired to greet him, the president
took the pipe from his mouth and re-
markedi Never mind the glove. sir" The
stranger In an inaudible tone muttered
something about an injustice and an ig-
nominy put upon him, and, SELLING the
presidents nose, gave 1t a violent wrench
The hy-standers, friends OF the president
instantly rushed to the rescue, one of them
dealing the assailant several blows with
an umbrella.
Garland. In his Life OF Andrew Jack
son" says that the friends of the assail-
ant gathered around him and hurried him
from the boat. This is not the fact the
contemporaneous accounts published at
great length in the Richmond Wing and
Enquirer and the Fredericksburg Arena
show that the bold intruder had not APP
passengers crowded into the cabin to learn
Ii the president had sustained serious
Injury. There was some blood on his
face.
No." said he. IL am not much hurt,
but In endeavoring TO rise l have wound
ed my side, which now pains me more than
1t did" This wound in his side was re-
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days. The redoubtable old hellirerent
carried on his person through most of his
me distressing menloriais OF MS many
ria yn,sa aoa, innis,on T., I,.,. ~. ~ a..
arm. gave hard press, and out came
bullet which he had received in the
pioouy ARRAY with the Bentons, more than
twenty years before.
Inc presidents assailant was quickly
known to be Lieutenant Robert Beverley
Randolph, member of the Virginia fam
ily OF that name. for twenty five years in
the navy. and who had only eighteen days
before this assault been by order of the
president dismissed from the service for
some irregularity in his accounts as purs-
err citizen OF Alexandria eXcitedly ad-
dressed the president and said: "Sir. il
you VIII pardon me, in case | am tried
ana convicted. Will in fifteen minutes
kili randolph for this insult to you"
no SIR responded Jackson, Il can not
40 that. want no man to stand between
me and my assailants. Had l known that
randolph stood before me ] should have
peen prepared FOR him No villain has
ever escaped me before, and he would
not haa II not been for my confined sit
u"'ioh'
iH!S lieutenant Randolph had expert
enced a most honor.h,o s,r,,oo 4. 80
rayy ha,,,, ~ '"e
'' ms peeh hlushipman and lieu
tenant under Commodore Decatur, in the
notable career OF that commander in the
war of 1S12-14. He was ma ,o,on,t,,. -
bo mn, 80 Nv Noneht's 10
p'' UP anu uo"h ny the chief eXecu-
i've at his pleasure. The blood in his |
VEINS ran in as raDld currents as in those
vi tne stormy chief magistrate whom he !
mad assaulted. He disdalned TO offer any
counts nTisted h insce .S IN mis- ac- /
ground to charge him with intent vas ,o d aot
fraud the government, without further
s Van'ai'y oia hickory published an order
onerating Randoinn e no. concur IN ex,
fraud" and declaring that he was ..,,n
We the naval service of the Repub-
nun,sh,aa ms summary condemnation and
against a 80, nr .ne president was directed
as himssls. " ono ewery wait as determined
tamelv s,,hr,j, ~ nau rather die than
In mo n,ds, ~ ~ insult.
~ tss, ny CONFUSION and uproar
quietly sror, -, n..ueni randolph walked
hired a bors WHAT up INTO the town,
miles our in,o ,h na loue compiacently nine
ding 70 which "e eouMt,y TO atteSA we'd