The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
STOUT OLD HICKORY
Some Incidents in the Life of Presi- dent Jackson-Graphic Account of the Meeting with tine Man
 Who Insulted His Wife.

dent Jackson-Graphic Account of the Meeting with tine Man
 Who Insulted His Wife.
 Washington Post. I have received communication from an old getleman who held off1ce in this city under Gen. Jackson's second term. in what he pleased to call my interest ing articles about Gen. Jackson, whom l must remember, during his second term. teresting extracts from what he regards as the best life of Jackson, prepared by Oliver Dyer. of which MT. Hazeitine, the York Sun says: Tt Is the. only life of Jackson which enables prosperity to seize the view point. and completely reproduce the feelings of his contemporaries ssH the only one written with such pene- trating insight, with such sympathy and such affections enthusiasm as permits ,is to appreciate the tremendous impact of his personality
 Gen. Jackson during his eight years in the presidential chair was very familiar life-size portrait, painted by Early, which hung in the aldermanic chamber of the City Hall, presents him to my memory much m has been @ Written of GeS SSyhgee gaekse1 | that at the request of my old friend will relate an incident that made him the more familiar to me- and which occurred | during my boyhood.
 Rewarded Young Advocate. l There was boyish rivalry existing in l the different schools here, and Ned Beale was. our heio, while our opponents .pitted | against him boy named Evans, since a 1 distinguished citizen of Indiana. They l had met for fistic encounter under a long arch which at that time was the | southern entrance to the grounds of the White House. While engaged in the bat | tie, and the old arch resounding with the shouts of the friends of the combat | ants, a tall figure appeared which scat tered the boys. and seizing Ned Beale, | asked him what he was fighting there for? Ned said that he was a Jackson boy Jackson ordered him to put on his coat, asked him who he was, said he might shout for him. but must not fight any want anything from me, come to see me at the White House."
 Years had elapsed when Mrs BeaIe went to see General Jackson to secure midshipman's warrant for her son. After telling the President who she was and the claims she urged for position in the and and said: Mother. let me % speak te0 to Gen[ [ eral Jackson" He approached the Gem eral, reminded him of the promise he had made and identified himself as the boy whom he had seized in the fight. General Jackson without a word tore of the back of a letter lying near him-that was be-
 Give this SSy or miShipPRans ihdiReSa1u %srva wrote and handed it to Mrs. Beale, and in a few hours Ned Beale, after Gen. Edward F. ".
 It Is not generally known that General Jacksonl though a boy of only thirteen years of age, took part in Sumters suc- eessful attack on the British at Hanging Rock, s. c. He was subsequently, taken prisoner by party of Tories and ordered by the commanding officer to clean his boy, T am a prisoner of war and claim to be honorably treated as such." The officer In a rage drew his sword and aim- ca furious blow at the child's head. probably saving his life, but he received a deep cut on his hand and another on he carried the marks of them all his life.
 His Love for His Mother.
 Jackson's devotion to his mother, whom he lost at very early age, was as undy- ing as his devotion to his wife. To his Htes end he regarded her with unparal- leled veneration. During his candidacy for the Presidency in 1928 the f1oodgate of Ntuperation and slender was opened not even his mother was assailed with vim dictive calumny. On one occasion during the campaign his wife found him weep ing; In response to her lock of surprise and sympathy. he pointed to a paragraph refecting on his mother and said: My self can defend, you I can defend, but of my mother"
 He loved to quote her maxims concern ing the conduct of life. especially one. Never to injure another nor to accept from another an injury unredressed." Of ten in the heat of argument when he was at the height of his renown he would mark, That learned from my good old mother. In truth, that humble, pious mother had imparted to her son what was Of far more value than the learning of the schools. To her influence was due his chlvalrous, conception of the sex. The purity as we'll as the probity of his enemies.
 In the course of the reception given to President Jackson at Cambridge, after Harvard College had made him doctor of laws. some little girls came up to salute him. He took the hands of these , little maidens, lifted them up and kissed them It was a pleasant sight and one of those who witnessed 1t, Josiah Quincy, a political opponent, was not blind to Jaekson's virtues. and thus wrote of 1t. The rough soldier. exposed all his life to those temptations which have con- quered public men whom we still call good. could kiss the little children with lips as pure as their own"
 My old friend incloses me an extract relating to Gen. Jacksons marriage, which has been the cause of much mis-
 Facts About His Marriage.
 Mrs. Robards was deserted by her hus- band, who returned to Kentucky where he took measures to procure divorce. His petition to the Legislature for that purpose was granted, and it was reported he had obtained his divorce in due form. After an investigation on the part of | MFS. fODafu IrlenQS the 1acI or QlVOrCe was accepted beyond question. Eighteen months later Q791) Mrs Robard and An drew Jackson were married. Subsequent | ly it was discovered that there had been a hitch and some delay in the action brough by Robards and that he did not get his divorce at the time he was sup posed to have secured it. As a matter of fact, he did not obtain it until several months after his wife's marriage to Jack son. When this unpleasant information was verified the newly married pair found themselves in dilemma. In the eve of the law their marriage was not legal and it was necessary that the nuptial cere-
 mony should be reperformed. This was done and everybody seemed to be satis- fled. Nevertheless as Jackson rose to : eminence and excited Jealousy and envy the fact that he had unwittingly married another mans wife afforded a pretext ? for galling innuendoes and offensive sneers. It was a taunt based upon this incident and uttered in Mrs. Jackson's . hearing that cost Dickinson his life It was charged that the duel in which Dickinson fell was a prearranged mode : of getting rid of Gen. Jackson by his enemies, so. as my old friend writes me the plotters looking over the field saw } the best way to force Jackson to a place where he could be killed with safety to 5 themselves was to Villify his wife pro- yoke a duel and see to it that the hated hero of the people stood opposite to the most deadly shot in the world They found him in Charles Dickinson He was a marveloUsly handsome man, a person N4E al