The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-20
sketch or the Nfartyr Jackson and His
IN LIZ

FANNY.
"P. w. A." writing from Manassas TO the
savannah Republican. gives the following
sketch of the heroic Jackson and his family
the facts Of which we're derived during a per
soral interview with bis wife ard sister. Nrs.
Thomas:
Refore leaving Fairfax. called TO pay my
respects to Mrs Susan II. Jackson, the wid.
ow of Jas. w jackson, the martyr. who fell
In Alexandria on the ~ 4sh OF May, In the
cause of Southern liberty She resides in
neat little cottage near the Court Hcuse. pro-
vided for her by Major Henry ". Thomas,
who married a sister OF her husband. She re-
eesvad me with great Kindness, and spoke with
deep emotion of the cenerosiEy OF the SGpth-
sTn people towards herself and family. She
has three lovely children with ner--an daugh-
ters--cf the ages Of thirteen, ten and seven,
one Of whom Is asid To bear ct, king resemn-
lance OF her father.
mrs. noTaas has two daguerTeotypes OF the
hero, ONE Of which was taken while he wes q.
work in his garden, with ais hat, coat and vest
on II Ia very striking face, and bears abun-
dan b evidence. IN every nneament, Of good hn-
raoT, gaiian .ry and nushrinking courage. He
has the eve OF eagle. His features srs bold
sad stristng, and his hair Is thick and stiff, +,
and stands u9 Ike General Andrew JAG Eson 3,
a. Ii IN def tLcs OF all the hats in the world
Eo physsognornist can lock upon the "coun-
t"rEeit pressn IaeDt" without feeling that he
@aB avery inch hero. and that his was as
gallant 8 spiTit "a was ever offered up in de-
iea % OF his coantry's aag. You g'iii be ;iad
10 learn that his likeness Will be multiplied
! III due tinis by every means OF art, SO that
every o1e may obtain "A copy who desires il
There are certain facts oonlec tad with Lha
lie anal death Of Jackson which have never
seen In print, and which cannot fail to inter
est youT readers. He vras born in Fairfax
county, Ees-r tho Potomac river. and wss IS
years old the 9Th Of May. He married his
Wits IN Kentucky, while on q visit to his bro
ther, who resides in that State. and some few
years thereafter b. removed TO Fairfax Court
kiOuFa. WEnrA CCntHupi live I'll Ia st
December. He Was the life OF the viiIage--a
generous, open -hearted feliow-Whoily unset.
fsh-a great lover of children and young pee
pie--alWays took sides with the weaker pa--
ty--spoke his own mind freely, taough not OF
tersiyeiy-scornsd everything that wae little
or mean, and feared no man, living or dead, -
Gu will not be surprised 10 hear that suciln
raaa did not Accumulate much Of the "thrift
that follows fawning." Fond OF society. he
leased tho Marshall House, IN Alexandria,
| fitted H. mp with new furniture and tabis
ware, and removed there the urst of The Pres
| eut year. Iie is the same man who cut down
the Lincoln pole IN OcGl uan, In The adjoining
county OF Prince Wiliiam, last summer.
JaekEon was asleep IN the second story
| when Ellsworth en tered his house (abou. day
breaR) aud proceeded to the roof 70 take
down his flag. The servant who aroused him
tod hin fist the house was full Of Lin.
coin Tn3n.' and that soIne Of them had gone
mp after the flag. and begged him not to leave
his rooEa lie rose Immediately, REd clipping
On his pants, aaized his double oarrelied shot
KUN - tAAc -lSt1% e. hS-A,-1 Gs+Q
flrst tura in the stairway leading 20 The
third story, when he raec Ellsworth COM
Ing down with tbs Gag wrapped around
him and followed by e number CT Zouayes.
without Utterirg vc7d--it was enough that
his faS had been taken dow2--Jaoksoa shot
hin through the heart, the load carrying
part oG lhe gag, like q piece CT patching, into
the heart itself, whera it was afterwards
found. One oE the Loua Tes FREQ almost 1T the
saT1e instant upon Jackson, who was standing
g little below and looking up the stairway.
The ball Of tho Zouays struck hin Just De-
tvse1 the eyes, or the bridge Of Shs Uoee, aud
passe5 olEt a. the back &C his hes6. Though
iii tins vory article of death, The hero returned
tn. fro of th0 emery 81 rs was falling,
bnS without effect, she lead passing near
his hsaG, burning tJSoi{ fr the wall S0oT6.
No5yTithe tandlAg be T2s down and dead, the
cowaydly rascais rushed upon him, one
ft;lbset. Him With u hoTie-knife IN tho stonl
bic body and actually p.nning il - sae tiocg
] z this posi- Jon the corpse WAS Kept fro:Ii
eallV dawn until Il O'Clock, eofoTs any Of his
friontls or even his family were allowed either
tG ses il or remove 1t. AT one .ima 1t w 81 &C.
riousty discussed among the enemy vshather
they should roI Gu. the BODY inio pieces snd
burn 1t.
IL length the orders os1as frora Washing
ton TO allow the corpe8 70 be removed. 1t
was taken 10 Fairfax Court House, and
thence tc the Old family homestead where ne
was born, and near which bis aged mother
still Tegides, C0d lhsTo bsnea tn the trees Up-
der which be ganboiIed Ia his Infancy, and
near the classic Potomac III whose waters 1t
| was his went TO battle, he Was buried by tbs
| side OF his father. The old homestead now
belongs &c G TIr. Cuts, 6 Northern man, who
hRs volun iIy 1ed from the State and taken
up arms against the South. The family b1r-
rying ground was reserved st the time ot the
sale.
VIII rot the generous people OF the South
rescue the birth place and grave of its heroic
son from the tresd OF the cowardly traitor
who now owns it, and present 1t to his wife
ana children ? His wife has not the means to
purchase IL for oil the furniture and other
property which they had in Alexandria were
burned or broken to pieces by the enemy.
WHAT better use could ths money which our
people are raising for their relief be applied
to, than to that 81 purchasing the humble
| farm where the hero now sleeps, rs a perna
| nent home for his stricken WIDOW and weep
! Ing OF phans3