Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-28
The life of StoneWaN Jackson.

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The Life of sSt0neWalI Jack
3 The New York Sunday Mercury pub.
fishes graphic biography Of sstvneHall Jew
Jackson, which will repay perusal We
make the following extracts: -. 8
Your correspondent has seen many bio.
sketches Of the renowned aStone.
wall 8; but they allabound in inconsiste
nlntrushs, and inaccuracies. In the.hands
Of some historians his, life, like the short
India rubber blanket of a long soldier, is
to suit the subject, To others
this eventful history has been as lump Of
clay in the hands of q ildcapabless OF
any an : degree Of plastic distortion or beauty
from Hindoo idol toa winged statnette OF
Apollyon the Lovely Some shere be Wlo:
declare him. a. myth, al will7o .the-aisp, g
dancing jack ofs the de1psssa The ereas3 g
tion Of q mind Or any amount Of mind -
disordered; but they err. Mr.. Editor,
stonewall Jackson is is q fixed fact, a melan-
cbolly fact, stubborn fact; and that his
life may net 60 down into darkness, that his
deeds Of daring may not be wiped out for
ever like sum in simple division on "a
schoolboy's: slate, q historian5is needed.
-one that is faithful, capable, and unbi.
assed like thoseS for instance, who DO the
biographical sketches for the, New York ls,
morning dailies Zone that is wholly compe-
tent and that carsth not g pin for Northern
praise or Southern commehdatio /; In brief:
one like those who s write ( the .6losfapnloal
histories for the papers asoresaid 9. snch an
one is Ammo Daml MI apd ne herewith .,,e Pre-.
sents history Whlos g 7 Ml'ens y .a.e
MS aihaaVls ,s as 1ssisu ana = aUssa a,asa ., :
though 1t was written 1or Gnes q .nuss ap1
macuiafe sheets 7-'ne ase# iotA u4i'les'
stonewall Jackson was born very early
in life-in fact SO young was as he at that that
interesting period OF his history, thas ~ ing 2
date thereof lurketh MOI 10 his his own memory,
nor yet in that OF :hlsf present blograpner.. 2.
Sufficient be lit to say, &c was bofn. y p, &c
Ancestry Of StoneWaH jackson ssas hitherto
been shrouded in doubt haze y.f ass 8
serted that he IS descended isom y ACE
surnamed the Giaut killer, anu Stnae' tne J
"seyen.league booty Of thesa foresald y .sthe ne
G. K, are yetfin bis possession 'Ef tl5oh ac'
counts for thefceiellty OF bis smoYenen us.
Others declare hinftos pc an oftshoos q u ne ne
Jacobin family, the founderSof winch was vas
Jackaloe the Chinese Pirate. Insy are arc
all wreng Mr. haitof. otoaesail yavnsou ,a,sau
is descended IN acur7ea lne Holpae on M val
dering Jew. In early time the.ye8 ,e, samliy . y
was rich, but one eVii gay 'ae;ns9u :: :. :.
went down into Egypt, "tackeaf aggainss ga,ss
Pharoah, and came back with nary sneke', y,
having lost them all IN that interesting
game. From that time III the scovery 90 (oi
the Mississippi river, the family was too
poor to have pame. Stonewalfs grand.
father ran hasboat on the aforesaid river,
and was extravagantly fond ofthe classic
game Of aold sledge." He married, and l1l
in the course Of time had four sons, . whom I'm
he named--to commemorate hls faVorite
game :-High, Low, Jack and the Game.
Jack followed the example Of his father,
married, and had one son, the subject OF
this sketch, who was naturally called jack 8
son, and in course of timea Jackson. A
family trait turks in stonewall for at any
critical stage of the game he's is sure to
"turn" up and become the trump
Young Jackson in his youth gave great
promise of future usefulness, So much SO,
that when be was sent to sehool3he .invari-
ablv ran away to play sstag'' and aleap frog J,
to the constant study of which he owes his
apility. One day Jackson's pese, learning
iof bis sons truancy, determined to chas.
tise it out of him, and SO collered the in
cipient hero and bent him over bis knee
tbns throwing part of the youth into boa
Irel;ef Mrs jackson (the mother) then
ssiaeda shirt hoard with botb;hands, andbro.
seeaed 70 brine the vounester to sease Of
his dutv bv divers ponderous blows, with
that Spartan frmness that has evef distin.
guisbed him, shed nos,a tear. At about
the fortissh blow the oldlady padsed while,
the old pent eased on his hold, aid inquired,
uMy SON. wilt thou 90 to school, future p"
The Young hero raised his head, wiped his
sleeves across his nose, and boxing upSin-
to his fathers face, said Ill say, old gen.