The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-17
General Jscksoons bravery as Boy. J

General JscksOns Bravery as Boy. p
The following incidents Of the boyhood
of Gen. jackson, copied from Patrons
Life of jackson, occurred during the
partisan war in the WAxhaws: l3i,,.al
In that fierce, cotch-Indian warfare
the absence Of q father from home was
often a better protection to- his family
than his presence; because his presence
invited attack. The main object of both
parties was to kill the fighting men, and
to aveuge the Staying Of partisans, The
house Of the quiet hero Hicks, for
example, wasasafs, until it was noised
about among the tories that Hicks was at
home. And thus it came to pass, that
when Whig soldier of any note desired
to spend night with his family, his
neighbors were accustomed tD 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 a neighbor, Capt Sands. The
guard on this occasion was more a friendly
tribute to an active partisan than a service
considered necessary to his safety. In
short, the night was not far advanced
before the whole party were snugly
housed and stretched upon the floor, all
sound asleep except one, British
deserter, who was restless, and dozed at
intervals. M G @i~'f ..I,t to,i .-n,,t,si
Danger was near. A band of tories, bent
on taking the life Of Captain Sands,
approached the house in two divisions,
one party moving toword the front door,
the other toward the back The wakeful
soldier, hearing suspisous noise, rose,
went out of doors to learn its cause, and
saw the foe stealthily nearing the house.
He ran in in terror, and seized Andrew
jackson, who lay next the door, by the
hair, and exclaimed 'aa1a
"The tories are upon us!" .5 10.
Andrew sprang up and ran out Seeing
body Of men in the distance, hs4 placed
the end of his gun in the low fork Of a
tree near the door, and hailed them No
reply. He hailed them a second time.
No reply They .quickensd their pace,
and had come within o .fewc foda lof cthe
door. By this time, too, the guard in the
house had been reused, and were gathered
in a group behind the boy. Andrew
dischargedIhis musket upon which the
tories fred a volley, which killed the
helpless dessrter 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 the bullets above their heads,
supposed that the firing issued from
party that had issued from the house.
They now fred a volley, which sent
shower of balls whistling about the
heads of their friends on the other side;'
Both parties hesitated, and then halted.
Andrew having thus, j by his single
discharge, puzzled and stopped the
enemy, retired to the house where he and
his comrades kept up brisk fire from the
windows One of the gulSM fell mortally
wounded by his side, and another received
q wound less severe. In the midst Of
this singular contest, bugle was heard
some distance of, sounding the cavalry
charge; whereupon the tories concluding
that they had come upon an ambush Of
wings, and were about to be assailed by
horse and foot, fed to where they had
left their horses, mounted, dashed pell-
nell into the woods, and were seen no
more, 4 ti ltfit MT NON .41t.--