CHAPTER XXVIII.

ANDREW JOHNSON’S VAGARIES. “SWINGING AROUND THE CIRCLE.”—HOW MR. JOHNSON CAME TO VISIT NEW YORK ON HIS REMARKABLE TOUR.—THE GRAND RECEPTION AT DELMONICO’S.—THE PRESIDENT LOSES HIS TEMPER AT ALBANY AND BECOMES AN OBJECT OF PUBLIC RIDICULE.—HIS PROCLAMATION OF “MY POLICY” IRONICALLY RECEIVED.—RETURNS TO WASHINGTON DISGRACED.—THE MASSACRE OF NEW ORLEANS.—THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. As I have attributed the ill luck of myself and others in certain business ventures in Southern securities to Pr…