| Show pearleys Per loys leys 11 OF SIXTY I 1 IN N ihl NATIONAL MET metropolis U III rail latt 1 II 11 1 affat the 1 wit bamo m 0 enla T t ettl j I I 1 b 1 ilo end d intrigue TO of the b L en ledl 0 n acera diplo i 1 bobb lobby tale ita atod is d ohto te 11 1 1 0 r d gather at the center cent trot of tho at to it I 1 antl 1 I ng a gur 1101 lion 1 ce cerenio remon nl d ia 1 tiny army review etc etc b by ben perley xav astra publish by hubbard cro Bs ell P A A L bancroft co a arl atenta cent perl comprise aup two v ell blumes mes of nearly eix six hurior hundred e d pages each they are profusely cly illustrated and printed with mth good clear type ype the subject matter is is gotten up in a ra racy and and interesting manner many of the a circumstances related aro are of great historical value while others I 1 mako make pleasing light reading which everybody ij yb must appreciate major I 1 1 booro r is a breezy beezy writer and ins hit thorough acquaintance vi th P people 0 p ia aho vho M lie liao havo frequented the national capital during alio past halt century J makes it I 1 possible sible for him bim to know whereof lie speaks in FOMO ini instances tho the narrative quickly changes from grave to gay all is ie intensely in interesting te and instruct e lioma however and the work is one which cannot lal fail to bo be appreciated by tho people of this this great glorious orious and free cour country try particular attention has bee been aleu I 1 to 0 the homo home life of the tile president n of the united states historical mattera matters are elaborated and the witti witticism cisin of sonic of the most brilliant men m who ho hao frequented the headquarters of the national administration are recorded perhaps nn an extract or two from the work 41 ill prove interesting of aunt rachel president jacksons maor says before leaving hia rural homo home in tennessee general jk jackson had been by the sudden death of ill inn wife aunt kachel rachel as mrs irs jackson wile was called by her husbands personal r friends had accompanied ile com I 1 1 led ff mm to washington when I 1 lie i c A s there ai senator from tennessee she was a aboff stout unattractive and uneducated woman though greatly endeared to general jackson while lie hid been in in the tile army sho she hid had eale carefully fully manard his hi plantation lils slaves and ins his money matters and glicr devotion tobian to him knew no bounds Her herbald bals 11 mas v a centered in in hw his and it was nas atless or chief lie desire to smoke her corncob corn com cob PI pipe I 1 a in peace ace at ins his eido side wh lien e 1 1 tol told I 1 that he riad had been elected president d e tit of the united states cho she replied well tl for sir jacksons sake 11 am glad of it but tor for myself I 1 am all not afew j few wee weeks ks later mic was array arra ed V for the grao i in n agite a chite patin satin costume which pvc sho lie h biad d provided hen elf m with ith to wear 4 car at the IV hito ito house after fter lier her funeral lier her sorrow stricken husband c came ame to washington with ft etli a stem determination to punish who had maligned her during the preceding cant campaign having been told that president pread d ent adams hid had sanctioned the publication of these slanders elAnders lie lio did not call ate at alio th a white house ilou in in accordance w ill usage but paid p lid daily visits to ins his old fr friends lendi in in tile war Department mr adams stung by this neglect ne gl C ct 1 determined I c ter mined not to pit the part of the conquered leader ol 01 the inauguration and quietly removed to the lou house of Coun co medore porter lit in the suburbs on the morning of the ad of march marell 11 tho the follow follo ing piece of satira nitaro from jolin john is is also ako recorded john holmes Ho linca although rude in in and at times vulgar nas was tho the humorous ch clum pion ion of the north ever cr on tho the v aber atch for some unguarded expression by a southern senator no sooner would one be uttered than ho lie u would upon it and place the t lie in a most uncomfortable position hat john tyler T ler ono day da thourl I 1 t tint ho lie could annoy mr I 1 holics lot m e and asked him ft hat had bacomo 0 of f thit that political firm once mentioned in in debate ii ato by b jolin john randolph ns as james madison relis felix grundy john holmes and the devil mr holics roso rose at fit oce 1 I will mill tell lie tile gentleman I 1 said lie aliat liat has become of ali that t firm the first Int member ulber is r dead the second lias has gone into retirement the third now addresses you vou and ilio the last lam lias has gone oer over to the nullifiers Num fiera and is is now electioneering among the tile gentle mans constituents so go the partnership is legally diol dissolved ved 1 1 |
