Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-03-03
Jackson in EsoyhoOd.

The following incident Of the boyhood Of Cen
eral Jackson is copied from Pdrf0n's Life Of
Jactson. 1t occurred during the partisan war in
the WaAbaws
In that fierce Scotch Indian warfare the alb
sence Of father from home was ofted "A better
protection to his family than his presence; be-
cause his presence invited attack. The main OBJ
ect Of both parties was to kill the fighting men
and to avenge the Staying Of partisans This
house of the quiet hero Hicks, for example, was
safe until it was nOiscd about among the tories
that Hicks was at home. Aud thus it came to
pass that when a whig soldier any note desired
10 spend night with his family, his ucighbore
were accustomed to turn out and serve as a
guard to his house while he slept. Behold
Robert and Andrew Jackson, with six others,
thus employed one night in the spring of l7Sl, A.,
at the domicil Of a nieghbOr, Capt. Sands. The
gaurd on this occasion more a friendly trb-
ule to an active partisan than service cOnsd-
cred necessary to bis 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 descrter,
who was restless, and dozod at intervals.
Danger was near. band OF tories bent on
taking the life Of Captain Sands approached
the house in two divisions; one party moving
towards the front door, the other toward. the
back. The wakciul soldier, hearing suspicion.
noise, rose, went out OF doors to learn jts ca...
and saw the foe stcalthily nearing tts ..u-a.
He ran in in terror, aud seized Andrew Jackson,
who lay next the door, by the hair, and eA
claimed:
The tories are upon us.'
Andrew spraug up and ran ont. Seeing Il
body Of men in the distance, he placed the end
Of his gun in the low fork Of tree near the door
/ and hailed them. No reply. lie hailed them a
second time. No reply, They quickencd their
pace, aud had come within few rods of the
door BY this time, too, the guard in the house
bad been reused, and were gathered in a group
behind the boy. Andrew discharged his muSket,
upon which the tories fired vollcy, which killed
the halplcsS descrter who had given the alarm.
The other party OF tories, who were approaching
the house from The other side, hearing this dis
charge, and The rush Of bullets above their heads,
supposed that the firing issued from party that
had come from the house. They now fired
vollcv, which sent d shower Of balls whisliug
about the heads Of their friends on the other
side. Both parties beslaed, and then halted.
Andrew having thus, by his single discharge,
puzzled and stopped the enemy retired to the
house, where he and his comrades kept up n
brisk fire from the windows. One of the guard
fell mortaily wounded by h side, and another
received a wound less severe. In the midst Of
this singular contest bugle was heard seme
distance of sounding the cavalry charge
Whcrupon the tories. concluding that they had
come upon an ambush Of wings, and were about
to be assaed by horse and toot, fled TO where
they had left their horses, mounted, dashed pel
NELL into the woods, and were seen no more. 1t
appeared afterwards that the bugle charge was
sounded by "A neighbor, who Judging from the
noise of mu,kcty, that Captain Sands was at
tackled, and having not a sin gle 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, light have some effect in
alarming the assailats