Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-06-21


settled in the place two years before, were they
followed the industrial occupation of farming.
They belonged TO that class of Irish people call
ed the yeomanry, distinguished for the quiet vir' :
tues of honesty, sobriety and hospitality Short Z
ly after the birth of Andrew Jackson, his father
died. leaving him along with two elder brothers.
to be provided for by their mother, woman who
seems to have possessed many of the most ex-
celent virtues of her sex. The patrmony left
by Jackson's father was small-not enough to
educate literally the three sons it was, there
fore, determined that the youngest should be \
brought up for the ministry, while the brothers |
Hugh and Robert should follow the calling oil
their father. Andrew, accordingly, was sent tos
a fourishing schoo! in the settlement where he /
remained occupied with the dead languages untili
neighborhood. II now became necessary for e.I
ven boys TO shoulder the musket or rife, and at|
the tender age Of fourteen, encouraged by his pa
trotic mother, the young Jackson, accompanied
by his brothers, sought the ranks of the Ameri-
can army, and ranged himself under its banners
The Waxhaw settlers among whom were the|
Jacksons, were obliged to retire before the Bri i
|tish into North Carolina They, however, soon|
returned to the Waxhaws. Shortly after their
return, bard of forty patriots, with whom were
Andrew Jackson and one of his brothers, Uhe o
|ther having already perished in the battle of
|Stono) were surprised and routed by SUPERIOR
British force, many of their number being taken
prisoners Jackson and his brother escaped, but
ION the following day, having entered the house
|of friend to procure food. they were captured
lby marauding party of the enemy An anec-
dote is told of lac ksons conduct on this occasion
Being ordered by British officer to wipe the
sinud off his boots, jackson peremptorly refused,
demanding the treatment due to prisoner of
war On his continuing to refuse obedience to
the commands of the officer, the latter became
1enraged, and, drawing his sabre, struck al the
6head the young Jackson, which blow Jackson
4caught with his left hand, receiving a wound
1.-THE mark of which he carried with him TO his
! sgrave. His brother, for similar offence, bad
3 Hhis head laid open by sword-wound, which af
aterwards caused his death
The two brothers were carried to Camden
; 1wherc they were imprisoned until after the bat
> tie of Camden, when they released by the
Sexertions of an aTectionate mother This heroic
woman shortly after expired near the city OF
Charleston, TO which place she had gone on al
errand of mercy-the relief of the suffering A
mcrican prisoners. Jacksons remaining brother
> also died about the same time, leaving hin
riendess in the world
The war was brought to a close and Jackson
having contracted an intimacy with som,
wealthy and rather dissolute young men belong
ing to Charleston, and who had been staving a
:. the Waxhaws now accompanied them on thc
return to their home In such company hi
6small patrImony soon dwindlcd away, and he wa
= hourly contracting pernicious habits Before
was too late, however. by an energetic step, h
broke off from his evil associates, and in the win
ter of 1884, at the age of IS he retired to Sails
& bnry North Carolina, where he entered law
yers office aud commenced the study of the law
In two years he was admitted TO practice, an
not liking Salisbury as theatre for his talent,
lhe cmigrated TO Tennessee, East and alterward
. TO Nashville. where, in l7ss, he located himse
permanently Here he soon obtained ucrativ
practice, and was also distinguished among III
3citiz"n soldiers and bold spirits of the place a
Z Zone Of the boldcst
In l796, he was elected one of the members c
Ia Convention, assembled to frame a consttutio
Tor the state. In the following year he was SCI
TO Congress, to the House Of Representative
and in the next he became member of the Tn
ted States Senate He resigned however, in II
same year, not being satisfied with his polite
duties at Washington. While he was still
Washington, in the capacity of Senator, the Te
nessee militia, without consultation with hr
bad elected him their Major General which rar
he continued to hold until lsiI when he rece
led the same grade in the regular army. linn
|diately on his return from Congress h. was a
pointed one of the Judges of the Supreme Cou
4of Tennessee. lie entered upon the duties
3his Office with reluctance and laid them dow
Gas soon as he conveniently could, retiring TO i
n arm on the Cumberland river about ~ miles
bove Nashville. Here he remained occupi
IHwith rural pursuits and pleasures until the ne
OF war with Great Britain, IN 1912, called h
Honce more into the service of his country. VIII
a l. the United States Government authorized I
J., calling out of volunteers, jackson, as Major Gs
Neral published spirited PROCLAMATION to his
5 vision, to which 25OO brave fellows readily
A. sponded and assembled in Nashville Jacks
N received instructions to carry them down
\. Mississippi, for the defence of the lower count
al which was thought to be in danger. In
n month Of January, 1913, he conducted his tro,
. @to NatchpZ whare ha had hann aI tc