Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-11
The Life OF ssonewall Jackson.

The. Life OF stonewall Jackson.
The New York Sunday 1Vrrc"Ty pub
fishes 3 graphic biography Of Stonewall
Jackson, which will repay perlsal.' We
n,ske the following extracts:
Your correspondent has seen many bio
graphical sketches OF the renowned "Stone.
vsil /; bat they all abound in inconsistent
.;es, untrurhs, aud inaccuracies. In the
hands of some historians his life, likelhe
short lndia rubber Blanket Of u long sol.
der, is stl FETCHED to suit the subject. To
Others this eventful history has been Us a
lump Of clay in the hands Of u child
capsule of any degree of plastic distor.
ton or beauty from Hindoo idol to u
winged statuette of Apoflyon the Lovely.
Some there be who declare him o myth.
a will-o,-the-wis lisp, a dancing jack Of the
wilderness, the creation ora mind-or
any amount of mind-disordered; but
they err. !dr. Editor, Stonewall Jackson
is 3 fixed fact, o melancholy fact, u stub.
born fact and that his life may not 60
down into darkness, that his deeds Of
daring may not be wiped out forever like
q sum in simple division ON 4 schoolboy's
slate, q historian is needed-ue that is
faithful, capable. and unbiassed'iike those,
for instance, who do the biographical
sketches for the New York morning dai
lies-one that is wholly competent and
that careth not q pin for Northern praise
or Southern commentator in brief, one
like those who write the biog aphical his
tories Cor the papers aforesaid. Such an
one is Ammo Dornin:, and he herewith
presents n history which he is willing to
take his affidavit is as reliable and worthy
a. though it was written for II of those
immaculate sheets-the New York dailies.
Stonewall Jackson was born very early
in l~ife-.in fact, so young was he at that
interesting period of his history, that'the
date thereof lurkethnot in his own memo
ry, nor yet in that of his present biogra,
pher. Sufficient bc it to soy, ne was born.
The ANCESTRY of Stonewall Jackson has
hitbertosbeen shrouded in doubt. Some
have asserted that he is descended from
Jack shrnamed I Giant Killer, and that
,ho." ssyen.league boots" Of the aforesaid
J.. the @. r., are yet in his possession,
which accounts for the celebrity Of his
movements. Others declare him to be
an ofshoot Of the Jacobin family, the
fouoder,of which was Jsckaloe the Chi
nese Pirate. .They are all wrong, Mr..
Editor: storewall Jsckson.is descended
in q curved line from the. Wandering
jew. In early time the Jew family vas
rcb. but one evil day the head Of it vent
down into Egypt, tucked" against Pha-
ro,h, and came back with nary shekel,
having Iost them all in that interesting
game. From that time till the discovery
Of lie Mississippi river, the, family was
too p ors to have q name. Stonewall's
grandfather ran a fiat boat. on the afore-
sud river, and was ~extravagantly fond Of
the classic game Of "old sledge." lie
married, and in the course Of time had
four sons, whom he named-to commence
rste his ~favorite game High, Low Jack
and the Game. Jack followed the exam.
pe Of his father, married, and had one
son, the subject Of this sketch, who was
naturally called Jacks son, and in course
of time, Jackson. A family trait turks
in Stonewal, for at any critical stage of
the game he is sure to "turn" up and be-
r.rme the trump.
Young Jackson in his youth gave great
promise Of future usefulness, so InJlch so,
i.a.- when he was sent to school he in
7sriab,J nm away to play "tag" and
leap frog" to the constant study of
" ich b. owes his agility. One day Jack
..,as pere, learning OF his sons truancy.
determined to ehsstise it out of him and
80 eolleeed toe incipiens hero and b.nt
him over bis knee, thus throwing part Of
IN, yoa,h into bold relief. Mrs. jackson
(he mother then seized 2 shir- board
viii bo;h hands, and proceeded to bling
Gysrs poadsroas blows with that Spartan
6ranses tAas has sver distinguished him.,
.I.3 uot n tear. At about the fJrtjuth