The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-03-20
,.,.t From the Huntingdon "Monitor."
Life Of Stollewall jackson"
IN TNIlEe VOLUMES.
VOLUME 1.
CHAPTER FIESV.

siE Gi Ih lA CHt,PrEE FIRST tE
The author has seen many biographical sketch
es Of the renowned ''Si;onewall," but they, ali
abound in inconsistencies, uli;rpths and inaccn-
racies. In the hands of some historians, his
life, ike the short India rubber Laplet OF q long
sJidier, il strntcl.ed to sui the su set 10 9TH
ers lis. e9entlnl 'history has been az lump of
cay in the hauds of d chi,d--capablc OF any
degree Of plastic distortion or beetiy, from Il
Eindoo idol to q winged statute Of 4ptllyoh. the
ss4ovely. Some there he wlio iceh.re.hima myth,
d so-ssi-p, ,iz seirg yfTaVfi-tFrrrrss
the creation of % mind--or any amount of
mirl;--dsoSylered: but They all err Stonewall
jackson IS u fixed iact; and .lsai lis iiia may
mt 90 lown into ariiness, that his deeds Of da-
ring may nqtbe wiped out forever like Il sum
in simple division 5n schoolboy's slate, n his
torian is nccdcd-,mc that Is faithful, capable
and unbiased; ike those, for instance, who DO
the biographical sketches for the New York
morning daes-olae that is wholly competent,
and careth not pin for Northern praise nor
Southern commendlton; III brief, one Ike those
who write the biographical histories for the pa
pers aforesaid. Such an one is Ammo Donini,
and he herewith presents history which he is
WIlIlfiH W uilititNf 10 tto
worthy as though il was written for one of those
immaculate sheets--the n. York morning dali
lies. t-,-,~ -, ,.-,....- anal, -...|
~ CHAPTER SECOND. H'
Stonewal Jackson was born very early in life
in fact, SO young was he at that interesting
period of his history, that the date thereof lurk-
eth not in his own memory, nor yet in that of
his present bographer. Sufficient be it to say,
he was born. The ancestry of 5. j. has hith-
erto been shrouaed in doubt Some have as
serted that he is descended from Jack, surnam-
cd the Giant Killer, and that the ''seven-leagued
boots" of the aforesaid j. the G.. X. are yet in
his possession, viii ch accounts for the celebrity
of his movements. Others declare him to be
an off-shoot of the Jacobin family, the founder
of which was Jackaloo, the Chinese Pirate: but
they are all wrong. Stonewall Jackson is de-
scended in curved line from the Wandering
Jew. In early time the Jew family was rich,
but one evil day .he head of it went down into
Egypt, 'buckeT' against Pharaoh, and came
back with nary sheke having lost them all in
that Interesting game. From that time till the
discovery of the Mississippi river, the family
was too poor TO have name. Stoncwalrs
grandfather ran fat-boat on the aforesaid riv-
er, and was extravagantiy fond of the classic
game of "old sedge." He married, and in the
course of time had four sons, whom he named
High, Low, Jack Jack followed the example
of his father, married, and had one son. the sub
iect of this sketch, who was naturally called
Jacks son, and in the course of time, Jackson.
family trait turks in Stoncwal, for at any crit
ical stage of the game he is sure to 'tum up
and become the trump. o'r.'
'@ VOLUME III. IL -
CHAPTER FIRST
Young jackson in his youth, gave great prom
ise Of future usefulness, 80 much so that when
he was sert to school he invariably ran away
to play ''tag" and ''leap frog" to the constant
study of which he owes his agility. One day
Jacksons pere, learning of his sons truancy,
to chastise it out of him, and upon
a favorable opportunity, collared the incipient
hero and bent him over his knee, thus throwing
a prominent part Of the youth into bold relief 4
Mrs. Jackson (thc mother) then seized a shirt |
board with both hands, and proceeded to bring
the youngster to sense of his duty by diverse
ponderous blows. Z Young jackson squirmed1
like fish worm; hut, with that Spartan firm. I
ness that has ever distinguished him, shed not
IcaE AT about the forieth blow the old lady I
paused, while The old gent cased on his hold, I
s..a IN ia Al