The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-12-17
ROSS s. RossER, Publishers.
Ola stonewalI s and The Young MutineesrI.

Old stonewaIl and the Young MutineeI
| A writer in Forney's Philadelphia Pres
relates mahy ansc6otes and incidents in th
life of the late Gen. Jackson AmoDi
otbers the following Is detailed: rs ilss
Another instafics Of his determination Il
enforce discipline even in trihes. and Of tn
stern ebaracte.. of the man, occurs to m'
lust now. He was drilling the third clas
with field guns. in the manual OF ioadlns
and firing. Cadet, as No. /, was at th'
muzzle Of the gun, and 1t was his duty tC
sponge the gun after each disc barge. No"
lin really firing the guns, 1t was very I'D po,,
tant to the safety Of Mo- /, that he snoulo
"sponge" carefully. but as no powdsr was
being used, and there could be no danger
Cadet. thought it unnecessary to ce
very particu lar, SO be undoubtedly did the
work carelessly. The Major, who was re-
ally good artillery officer, saw his neglect,
and ordered him to sponge sgain."
Angered at being ordered by name to re-
very high, and mortified that the lockers
on should think he really did not know
how to do it.) Cadet, repeated the
sponging In still more careless manner.
Jackson. cold and stern. ordered him to
"sponge agsin!" ,....
1t now became struggle Of will between
them. Cadet-, with flashing eyes,
his handsome face flushed with shame at
the awkward position in which his folly
had brought him, and yet too pround to
yield now that all eyes were upon him,
"sponged again" improperly, until, on being
ordered in the same cold, stern voice, to re-
peat the operation for the seventeenth time,
be threw the rod on the ground, and stood
glanciBg defiance at his tormeLtor. 1t was
q most uncomfortable moment for all.
Suce a gross breach of discipline had never
occurred in the class before, and all looked
with anxiety for the result. No one can get
a chance to speak to and recall him to his
senses, for all had their own positions to fill
and though the attention of the Ma ajor had
been given exclusively to the Delinquent
for some minutes, he had not authorized
any one to quit his post. Without another
word, jackson approached the mutineer,
and, raising his sword above his head, said
in the same tone that he had used from the
first, take up the ramrodg
1t was a scene for q paintea. The hand
some boy soldier (be was not more than
seventeen or eighteeu) flushed with anger
and shame-the earnest faces OF the excited
cadets-the cold determination written on
every feature Of the officer-the huge bright
sabre raised over the fair head of one who
with all his faults of temper was we'll be-
loved by his "fe.lows''-made an incident
never to be forgotten. l own. for one, my
heart beat faster-for it was as evident as
day, that if not obeyed. jackson would cut
him down. For moment they stood thus
and then poor-stooped slowly, and
taking up the rod, stood to his post. With
out the slightest change in his voice. but
slowly bringing his sabre to the carry the
Major repeated his order sponge againH
Conquered, but with tears of anger in his
eyes, and heavinS breast young-.
obeyed, and did it properly
THAT'S BETTERP was all that jackson
said about it,
He turned away as though nothing had
cappened, and went on with the exercise of
the whole class Such things as this live
long in the memory, aud who car tell bow
much of his future sscendency over the
Virginia forces depended on his in6exible
resolution to be obsyed, to the letter, to the
refractory No. of the six pound battery.