Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-06-19

The following ID brief history oi Iho ne
and public services of this distinguished patrl.
oFandssatesman, which we copy from Sears
American Politician.
AspRIw JACKSON was born at Wax.
saw, about forty>fye miles above Cam.
den, South Carolina on the fifteenth OF
March. l767. He was placed at school
atthe academy in his native town where
he remained until the British made ri
ruptions into that region. and compeil-|
ed the inhabitants to join either thel
American or British standard, or toI
forsake their country. Andrew and
his Brother Robert hastened 10 joln|
the American arrny. The corps to|
which they belonged was surprised, and
eleven of them taken prisoners, whlle|
the rest fled into the woods for con-
eeaIment. Andrew and bis brother es,
caped, by entering the bendof a CREEK
where they renamed through the night /
But, on the next day they entered a
house at hand, to procure food, where
they were taken prisoners by party
OF dragons. The British officers del
termined to employ them in menial oc,
cupations, and thus to quench their bold
spirits. An officer ordered our hero
to clean his, boots, and on bis refuslng|
TO do SO, struck at him with a sword, !
by which he was wounded in the leit|
arm. For a refusal to obey a similar
command, his brother was severely
wounded on the head, and probably his
death FASTENED thereby, His mother
died soon after his brother Robert, leav-
ing Andrew the sole remaiaing member
of the family. He soon after entered
on the study of the law with Judge
McCay and Col John Stokes,of Sales
bury, North Carolina. In l7s6, he Oh
tanned license to practise law, and
soon after removed to Nashville, Ten
nessee, where he entered on an exten-
sive and profitable practice. He was
appointed to the office Of attorney gem
eral, which he held for several years.
Even at this early period of his life,l
he manifested the military genius that
in after years gave him an elevated
rank among the defenders Of his coun-
try. In the year l796, he was appoints
ed a member of the Convention for
framing state constitution, and the
same year elected a member Of the
House of Representatives in Congress.
The next year he was elected to the
Senate; but. finding his situation -disa-
greeable. he resigned his seat, and was
chosen to succeed General Conway in|
the command Of the militia Of Tennes-
see.
In 1919, he raised a corps Of two
thousand five hundred volunteers, join
ed the United States army, and was or
dered to Matches, Mississippi, dis
tance Of about six hundred miles. After
a long and toilsome march through the
forest, he reached his destination, en-
camped his army on an elevated po-
sitioD, and awaited further orders. The
danger of invasion having in some de-
gree subsidized, he received orders from
the secretary of war to disband his|
troops, and transfer his stores to Gene
raj Wilkinson. An order so manifestly|
unjust he hesitated not to disobey. His
army, with tears in their eyes, implor'
ed him not to leave them TO the alter
native ofenlisting in the United States
army, or Of begging their way to their
homes in Tennessee. General Wilkin-
son had given orders for his officers to|
enlist men from Jackson's division; butt
the latter having threatened to punish
any man that should dare to enter his
camp with sucha design, the attempt
was abandoned. Having made the
necessary preparations, he commenc
ed bis march homeward. The roads
were almost impossible from the recent
rains, and the swamps and streams
which they were compelled to cross
were full. But the spirits and fortitude
Of their general inspired the soldiers
with confidence in him and in them.
selves, and his participation in their Sc
verest trials-he having given up his
horses for the transportation Of the sick
depressed every inclination to mur'
mur. His whole division at length ar
rived at the place oftheir departure, and
were disbanded.
About this time, the bold Tecumseh
and his crafty brother, the prophet
were busiIy engaged in the execution
OF a scheme, which would have been
worthy Of the admiration and respec,
even ofthose who were their destined
victims, had not the traces of British
influence been manifest in all their op,
erations. Their design contemplated
the array ip deadly hostility of all the
Indians ON our northern and western
frontiers, and the massacre, on a day
appointed, of all the frontier inhabitants
To effect their design, it was necessary
to arouse all the fierce and vindictive
s,o ccsnuo of tho eouorao This wa