New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-02
Gen. JaeHson-r1.s va,or when Roy.

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The following incident of The boyhood Of Cen
eral jackson is copied from Paiton's Life of Jack
son. 1t occurred during the partisan war in the
Waxhaws:
In that fierce Scoteh-Indan warfare. the absence
of q father from home was often better protec-
ton to his family than hs presence; because his
presence invited attack. The main object of both
parties was to kill the fighting men, and to aveDge
the staying of partisans. The house of the quiet
noised about among the tories that Hicks was at
home. And thus II came to pass that when wing
soldier Of any note desired to spend night with
his family his negilbors were accustomed to 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 Isl at the domicii of ncgltbor, Capt. Sands.
The guard on this occasion was more friendly
sdered necessary to his safety In short the night
was not far advanced before the shole party were
snugly housed and stretched upon the floor, all
sound asleep, except eli9,a British deserter who
was restless, and dozed at intervals.
Danger was near. A band Of tories. bent on
taking the life Of Captain Sands. approached the
house ia two divisions; one party moving towards
the front door, the other towards the back The
wakeful soldier, hearing suspicious noise, rose
went out Of doors to learn its cause. and saw the
foe stealthily nearing the house. He ran III in
terror, and seized Andrew Jackson, who lay next
the door, by the hair, and exclaifned:
1.-The tories are upon us "
Andrew sprang up and ran out Seeing 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. He hailed tHelp second
time. 10 reply. They quickened their pace, aud
had come within few rods Of the door. BY this
time, too, the guard in the house had been roused
and were gathered in gronp behind the boy.
Andrew discharged his musket, upon which tile
tories fred volley which killed the hapiess de-
serterwho had given the alarm. The other party
of tories, who were approaching the house froia
the other side, hearing this discharge and the rush
of bullets above their heads, supposed that the
firing issued FROM party that had issued from the
house. They now fired yoey, which sent
shower Of balls Yhistling about the heads Of their
friends on the other side. Both parties hestated
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 a brisk fire from the windows. One Of tile
guard fell mortallg wounded by his side, and an
other received wound less severe. In the midst
Of this singular contest, bngle was heard some
distance off, sounding the cavalry charge where
upon the tories, concluding that they had come
upon an ambush Of Whigs and were abont to be
assailed by horse and foot, fled to where they had
left their horses, mounted, dashed pell-mell into
the woods, and were seen no more. IL appeared
afterwards that the buglc-charge was sounded by
a neighbor, who, Judging from the noise Of mus
ketery that Capt. Sands was attacked and having
not 4 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
haze some effect in alarming the assaiants.
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