Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-19

move in time to admit the first warm airs
If spring. An itinerant schoolmaster pre-
'ents himself in the neighborhood; the re.
'ponsible farmers pledge him certain num-
Der of pupils, and an old-feld school is es-
for the season. Such schools, call
ed by the same name, exist to this day in
the Carolinas, differing little from those
which Andrew Jackson attended in his
Reading, writing and arithme-
tic were all the branches taught in the early
days. Among crowd of urchins, seated on
the slab benches of a school like this, fancy
a tall, slender boy, with blue, bright eyes,
a freokled face, an abundance of long sandy
hair, and clad in coarse copperas-colored
cloth, with bare feet dangling and kicking
and you have in your minds eye pic
ture of Andy as he appeared in his old-6eld
school days in the Waxhaw settlement:
JAcKsoN's PRoNuNoIATIoN.-I proof
that jackson had once been pupil of DR..
Waddell, an anecdote was related to me by
one of the Generals most intimate friends
and fellow-soldiers. General jackson, as
his associates remember, had certain pecu.
liarities of pronunciation, to which he al
ways adhered. For example he aoould pro.
nouuce the word Development, as though il
were, written devil-ope.ment, with a strong
accent upon ope. One day, during his
Presidency, he so pronounced it, when in
conversation with foreign minister, who
though not English, had been educated in
England, and plumed himself upou hit
knowledge and nice pronunciation of the
English language. 'Devil.ope-meut,' said
the General, with emphasis. The ambassa
ador lifted his eyebrows slightly, and in thf
course ola sentence or two, took occasion
to pronounce the word correctly. The Presi
dent, seeming not to remark hisexcellency'E
benevolent intention, again said 'deyil-ope
ment;' whereupon the fastidous minister
ventured once more to give the word its
proper accent. No notice was taken Of the
impolite correction.
Il repeat it, Mr.. continued the
President; sthis measure is essential to the
devil-ope-ment Of our resources -a
Really, sir replied the ambassador, q
consider the Development of your coun.
try'-with a marked accent on the ,vel.
Upon this, the General exclaimed, Eek.
cuse me, Mr.. --. You may call it de.
velopement if you please; but l say devil
ope-ment, and aoiH say vil.ope.ment as
long as I revere the memory Of good old
DR.. Waddell p
HIS WILDNEss.-Andy was wild, frol.
icksome, wilful, mischievous, daring, reck.
less boy; generous toSa friend, but never
content to submit to stronger enemy. He
was passionately fond of those sports which
are mimic battles; above all, wrestling
Being a slender boy, more active than
strong, he was often thrown.
i could throw him three times out Of
four an old schoolmate used to say; 'bui
he would never stay hrooed. He was dead
game, even then, and never pouM give up.
He was exceedingly fond Of running foot.
races, or leaping the bar, and jumping ;
and in such sports he was excelled by nc
one of his years. To younger boys, who
never questioned his mastery, he was q gen.
erous protector; there was nothing he would
not do to defend them. His equals and su-
periors found him self-willed, somewhat
oyerbearing, easily offended, eery irascible,
and, upon the whole, difficult to get along
with One of them said many years after,
in the heat of controversy, that of all the
boys he had ever known, Andrew jackson
was the only bully who was not also a cow
ard ~ ;
AN ANEcDoTE.-Time-late in the af-
ternoon, of hot, dusty September day in
17S0. Place-the high road, FIVE miles
below Charlotte, where Mrs. Smart then
lived, a saucy girl of fourteen, at the home
of her parents. The news of Gates defeat
had flown over the country, but every one
was gaspiug for details, especially those
who had fathers and brothers in the patri-
OF army. The father and brother of Mrs.
Smart were in:that army, and the family,
as yet, knew nothing of their fate; a con-
dition of suspense to which the women of
the Carolinas were we'll used during the
revolutionary war. 1t was the business of
Susan, during those days, to take post at
one of the windows, and there watch for
travellers, coming from the South r; and,
upon spying one, to fly out upon him and
ask him for news of the army, and of the
corps to which her father and brother we're
attached. Thus posted, she deserted, on
the afternoon to which we have referred, RI
ding rapidly on grass pony Gone Of the
ponies of the South Carolina swamps,
rough, Shetlandish, wild,) tall, slender,
fellow;' legs long enough to meet
under the pony almost; damaged wide
brimmed hat tapping down over his face,
which was yellow and worn; the figure
covered with dust; tired-lookiug, as though
he youth had ridden till he could scarcely
lit on his pony; the forlornest apparition
ho+ anor ronooIad ;tsolf IN the eves of Mrs !
Susan Smart during the whole of her long
ife. She ran out to the road and hailed
him. He reined in his pony, when the
brief conversation ensued between
hem -
Me.-sWhere are you from !?
He.-sFrom below
She-Where are you going?
He.-'Aboye.'
Shc.-sWho are you for?'
A-tTha Gonorasa