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female character.
Go back" he said, "and ten tn
ladies OF washington yin name whom
I win"
i A few days before his Inauguration
he handed the lat Of appointments e
Mai. William 3. Lewis. his naior-deEno
who was to i've with him at the Whitk
House, with orders TO have it printed
In next mornings paper without fan
This is the list the Telegraph printed.
Martin Van Buren,, governor Of New
York, secretary Of state; Samuel d
Ingham OF Pennsylvania "a Calhoun
man, secretary Of the treasury. John
II. Eaton Of Tennessee, secretary q
war; John Branch Of North Carolina
"a Calhoun mani, secretary Of the
navy; John MCPHERSON Berries Of Geor-
gia, attorney general, and William T.
Barry Of Kentucky, postmaster general
The president -elect further announced
that Andrew jackson DonelSon, his
nephew, would be his private secretary,
and Mrs. Emily Donelson, his wife, the
official first lady.
At the inaugural reception MRS.
Peggy Eaton was a ghost at a banquet.
Clad in darling gown which revealed
every line Of her voluptuous body and
set off the exquisite beauty Of her face,
she dazzled the men, But to the wo-
men she was absolutely invisible. Mrs.
Vice President Calhoun. Mrs. Secretary
Ingharh, and Mrs. Donelson, official
first lady, simply would not see her.
President Andrew Jackson's lips
frightened and he sent page for Mrs.
Donelson
Mrs. Eaton" he said grimly. sis my
guest here. Greet her"
But she began, white but re-
bellious.
Greet herl"
Mrs. Donelson walked over to the
circle of men surrounding Peggy Eaton
and with difficulty broke through It.
Mrs. Eaton, she said, Il am delight
ed TO see you here"
81 know you are, darling" Peg told
her brightly. And appreciate your
telling me so. You see, know just
how you feel"
The letter written by the Rev. Ezra
Stiles Ely, in ex-President Adams
words "A busybody Presbyterian
preacher Of Philadelphia" arrived at
the White House two weeks after the
Inauguration. The man Of God, with
true Christian fearlessness and chiivary,
went straight to the point After max
ing seven specific charges against Peg
gy O'Neale Eaton he closed with:
For your own sake, for your dead
wife's sake, for your administra alton,
for the credit Of the government and
the country you should not counten-
ance woman like this"
His seven charges were: 1. MRS. Eaton
had borne such a bad reputation in
Washington from girlhood that the
ladies Of Washington would not speak
10 hov ryoTt1ag1or, or fno indian
Queen tavern had declared he had
slept with her. 3. Mrs. Eaton had told
her servants to cali her two daughters
Eaton" not 'Timberlake, because
Eaton was their rightful name. 4. A
certain Washington clergyman had In
formed him CEly) that physician had
told him that Mrs. Eaton had had g
miscarriage year after T1mberlake.
her first husband, had left on craise.
5. Friends Of Senator Eaton had per-
suaded him to move from the ONeale
boarding house to get him away from
Peggy. g. Mrs. jackson herself had en-
tertained the worst opinion OF Peggy.
And q Before their marriage, nay, event
while Undertake was alive, Senator
Eaton and Peggy had travelled together
and had registered as man and wife in
hotels In New York and elsewhere.
President jackson turned white and
then purple with rage. They were pill
lorying MRS. Eaton as they had pilloried
floor and Immediately began writing
q 5000 word reply 10 IL. Contrary TO /
the Rev. Ely's information, MRS. jack |
son had held Mrg. Eaton In the highest |
esteem and refused TO believe scandal
about her. He fatty declined TO believe
charges /, 2, and T. They were ride /
uloilsl A clergyman should hesitate
to believe the malicious stories of SER
wants, and as TO the story told the Rev.
Ely by the mysterious clergyman, 1t
seems 10 me 10 be so Inconsistent with
the charities Of the Christian religion
and so opposed TO the character OF an
ambassador Of Christ that u gives me
pain to read it. The New Testament
contains no such uncharitable examples
given by our Savior when so3oUrner
on earth. I pray you, write this clergy
man and remind him Of the precepts
contained IN the coed old book. II he
reads IL he VIII know where TO find
them"
me Rev. Ely answered thst he was
glad the President was convinced Cd
Mrs. Eaton's innocence. he hoped If she
had done wrong IN the past she would
be restored by repentance TO the es-
beem Of the virtu0s1s.
President jackson objected to the
tone Of that letter. Il have always
thought" he wrote, that repentance
crime and should have
been gratified had yo0 pointed to the
proofs OF MTs. Eat0n's crfmtnality be-
lcre you recommended repentance"
Further, he demanded that the Rev.
Ely reveal the identity OF hts scandal
clergyman Informant. This
he Rev Ely piously refused TO do. The
President would not accept his refusal.
&c kept demanding the identity Of this
scandal mongering man OF God and
he names Of every witness to every
charge that the Rev. Ely had made
against Mrs. Eaton.
Peggy Eaton had become the most
important issue OF the jackson admin
stration and she remained 80 until
april 2, 1881, two years later. Lewis,
he Presidents ma -dozno, declared
andrew jackson had written more than
Is 900 words In correspondence directly
,oncerning her by September, 1899.
The reverend character assassin was
inal1y flushed out I'm late August by
.zrs. Eaton herself when she journeyed