Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-02-28
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AAECDoTE OF GENERAL JACKSON.
| At The South west, the people delight
10 spin yarns Of Gen. Jackson; Of his
daring Of justice. and the prompt
way he had Of administering that article
when he found il necessary. | was On
The Mississippi last summer. when heard
the the following s,ory:-
The General, then Judge Jack son. was
holding Court-leng time sgo--iu sham
/ ~. at little village in Tennessee, and
was dispensing justice in large aud small
doses, as seemed to him to be required in
The cases brought before him. One day
aS;;ss Court time, great hulking fellow.
armed with pistols aud aowie.knife, took
it upon himself TO parade before the open
door Of the Shanly Couf. House. and
curse the Judge and Jury. and all the
world there assembled, in good ret terms.
Sheriff! sung out the Judge in IN
awful lone. arrest that man for contsmpt
Of Court, and con6ne him SH
Out goes the sheriff. but soon returned
with word TO the Judge, tina. he hac found
II impossible to take The offender.
Summon posse, them said the Judge
in passion. 'and bring him before me!'
The sheriff put out again. bu. the task
was too difficult, he could not, or dared
no. lay hands on the man nor did any OF
the posse like the job better than he did,
as the scoundrel threatened 10 shoot the
first skunk that came within ten feet of
him.
Al this the Judge waxed wra,hy, 10
have his authority thus put at defiance be-
fore all the good people of the vicinity
80 he cried out from the Bench, Ut was
literally bench) mir. Sheriff, since you
can't obey my orders. summon me, cir;
yes, summon me
You, Judge !! exclaimed the Sheriff,
| amazed.
Yes, me, summon me! BY the Eter-
nal I'll see what I can do
We'll, Judge, if you say so. though I
don't like to do it. bu. if you ,DiN Try.
why suppose must summon you.'
Very WE'LL said Jackson, rising and
walking TO the door, i adjourn this Cour,
for ten minutes
The ruffian was standing short dis
lance from the shanty, the centre ola
crowd Of people, Disappearing a, terrible
rate and aourishing his weapans, vowing
death and destruction to all and singular
who should attempt 10 modest him.
Judge Jackson walked very calmly in.
to the centre Of the group, with a pistot
in his hand, and confronted him
Now said the Judge, looking him
straight in the eye, surrender, you infer.
nal villain, this instant! surrender, or by
the Eternal, I'll blow you drought
The man eyed the speaker for mo-
ment, without speaking, and then let fall
his weapon with the words-'There.
Judge. it is 70 use. give in : and suffer-
ed himself 10 be led off by the Sheriff
without opposition. He was completely
cowed.
A few days after the occurrence. the
man was asked by one Of his comrades
why he 'knucked under to one man,
when he had before refused 10 allow him.
self TO be taken by whole company; and
his reply showed the estimation in which
the daring and determined spin. of Jack>
sou was held throughout the country.
Why said he, When lie came up, l
looked in his eye, and by -, saw
shot, and there wasn't shoot in nary 9TH
er eye IN the crowd, and so says TO my
self, says ], boss, it is about time to sing
small-and so did !-[Spir. Of Times.
How DO you SPEND YOUR EVENINGS g.
Young man, how do you spend your
evenings! Answer this question, and
we can tell you almost to certainty. wha,
Twill be your future character. In our
view. more depends upon the manner IN
which young men pass this season. az Il
regards their course and conduct in years
to come than upon anything else. We
have been an observer Of men and things
for the last twenty years, and can point to
many youth, who has caused weeping
and sorrow in his family, disgraced his
name, and is now an outcasl in the world,
or has sunk 10 dishonored grave, who
commenced his career Of vice when he
broke away from wholesome restraint.
and spent his evenings in the company Of
the abandoned. On the contrary, we
know many es.imable young men-.he
pride and hope Of their friends-who are
working their way 10 favor and wealth.
who spend their leisure evenings in some
useful pursuit. s
I Young man, listen to u and take heed
| in our words-not that we wish to de.
prive you Of a single pleasure, or debar
you from any innocent amusement. We
entreat you 10 be particular ,Dhere and ho,e
| you pass your hours. If you lounge
about the bar-room. partaking Of the vul-
gar conversation that is introduced, and