as delighted with his soldier son-in-law, whose
father had said of Washington that he was "First in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The Marshalls,
the Carters, the Fitzhughs, the Taylors, and other "first families
of Virginia" were represented at the wedding, and the happy young
couple went, after the ceremony, to old Fortress Monroe, where they
resided for a while in a casement fitted up as officers' quarters.
The next year Lieutenant Lee brought his bride back to Arlington,
which was their happy home until he was persuaded to enlist under
the "stars and bars" of the Southern Confederacy.

One of General Jackson's favorites was Jemmy Maher, an Irishman,
whom he had appointed public gardener, a position of some responsibility
in those days, when its holder had to look after the gardens at
the White House, the Capitol, and the Departments. Jemmy's father
had been forced to flee to this country to avoid punishment for
participation in the Irish rebellion of '98, and the son regarded
all Englishmen as his foes. General Jackson, who had "whipped the
British" at New Orleans, was the object of his especial adoration,
especially as he used to forgive him when the Superintendent of
Public Buildings occasionally complained that he drank whisky rather
too freely. "Shure, Mr. President," he would say, "I niver drink
unless I am dry, and it would be mane in me not to invite me frinds
to jine and take a drap with me."

General Jackson was not fond of the theatre, but he went to see
the widely heralded performance of Miss Fanny Kemble. The niece
of Mrs. Siddons, and the daughter of Charles Kemble, she had been
trained from early childhood to sustain the reputation of her
distinguished theatrical family. A good-looking young woman, with
large, dark eyes, a profusion of dark hair, a low forehead, and
healthy strawberry-and-cream complexion, she was personally
attractive, and wonderfully effective. Every movement, gesture,
and inflection of voice had been carefully studied, and when making
an ordinary remark in conversation she would deliver her words with
a deliberate attempt at stage effect. Her Juliet with her father's
Romeo, was her best character, but they failed signally as Lady
Teazle and Charles Surface in the _School for Scandal_.

Miss Kemble did not remain long on the American stage, as she became
the wife of Mr. Pierce Butler, a wealthy slave-owner, in 1834.
The next year her _Jou