The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-12-21
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Gen. JacksOn-IIis ValOr When q Boy.


The following incident of the boyhood of
Gen. Jackson, is copied from Parton's Life
of Jackson. 1t occurred during the partisan
war in the Waxhaws:
In that fierce, Scotch Indian warfare, the
absence of father from home was often
better protection 10 his family than his pres;
ence, because his presence invited attack.
The main object Of both parties was TO kill
the fighting men, and TO avenge the staying
of partsans. The house of the quiet hero
Hicks, for example, was safe until it was
noiseG about among the tories that Hicks
was at home. And thus il came to pass,
that when a.whig soldier Of any note des-
ired to spend a night with his family, his
neighbors were accustomed 10 turn out and
serve as guard to his house while he slept.
Behold Robert and Andrew jackson, with
six Others, thus employed one night in the
spring Of 1881, at the domicil of neigh
Dor, Capt. Sands. The guard on this oci
casion was more friendly tribute 10 an
active partisan than a service considered
necessary to his safety. In short, the night
was not far advanced, before the whole
party were snugy housed and stretched
upon the floor, all sound asleep, except one,
British deserter, who was restless, and
dozed at intervals.
Danger was near. A band of tories, bent
on taking the lille Of Capt Sands, approach
ed the house, in two divisions one party
pno to,p r1a tho lonr fba ,hae
towards the back. The wakeful soldier,
hearing suspicious noise, rose, went out
OF doors TO learn its cause, and saw the foe
stealthiy nearing the house. He ran in teri
ror, and seizing Andrew Jackson, who lay
next the door, by tho hair, and exclaimed
"The tories are upon usw
Andrew sprang up and ran out. Seeing
a body of men in the distance, he placed
the end of his gun in the low fork of tree
near the door, and hailed theme No reply.
He hailed them a second time. No reply.
They quickened their pace, and had come
within few rods of the door. By this
time. too, the guard in the house had been
reused, and were gathered in group be-
hind the boy. Andrew discharged his mus
ket, upon which the tories fired volay,
which killed the hapless deserter who had
given the alarm. The other party Of tories,
who were approaching the house from the
other side, hearing this discharge, and the
rush of bullets above their heads, supposed
tina, the firing issued from a party that had
issued from the house. They now fired
volley, which sent a shower Of balls whist.
ling about the heads Of their friends on the
other side.
Both parties hesitated, and then halted.
Andrew having thus, by his single dis
charge, puzzled and stopped the enemy,
retired 10 the house, where he and his COM
RAIDS kept up brisk fire from the windows.
One of the guard fell MORALLY wounded by
his side, and another received wound less
severe. In the midst of this singular con-
test, bugle was heard some distance off,
sounding the cavalry charge whereupoii
the tories concluding that they haI come
upon an ambush of wings, and were about
TO te assailed by horse and foot, fled to
where they had left their horses, mounted,
dashed pell NELL into the woods, and were
seen no more. 1t appeared afterwards that
the bugle.charge was sounded by a neigh
Dor, who, judging from the noise of mus
kerry that Capt. Sands was. attacked, and
having not single man with him in his
house, gave the blast upon the trumpet,
thinking that even trick so stale, aided by
the darkness of the night, might have some
effect in alarming the assailants.