Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-02
Biography Of Sto7aeacaH .Jachso''.

Biography Of Sto7aeaoaA Jach'so'''
The New York Sunday Mercury publishes
humorous biography of Stonewaii Jackson.-
We make the following extracts
Your correspondent haa seen many biograph
seal sketches of The renowned StoneWal Jack
son bnt they all abound III Inconsistencies, Ut
Truths and inaccuracies. III the hands OF
.,oe historians his life, like the short India rub
her blanket of long SOLDIER is stretched to
suit the subject TO others This eventtul his
to,t has been rs lump of clay in the hands of
y chlld-capaoe Of any degree OF plastic distor
ton or beauty trotn a Hndoo Idol, to Il winged
statuette OF Apolly y on the lovely. Some there
be who declare him q myth Wiil'o the "Isp,
dancing jack 0: the wilderness. the creation
OF IA miud--or any amount OF inds--dlsorder
ed; but they err. Mr.. Editor, StouewalI Jack
son is "a fixed fact, melancholy fact, Stub
born fact {; and that his life may not gn down
to darkness, that his deeds of daring may not
bs wiped out forever like sum in simple di-
vis!on on school boys slate, historian is
uevdcd-one that is faithful, capable aud un'
biased like those tor instance, VINO do the BIZ
ou graphical sketches for the New York morn.
ing dallies--ope that is wholly competent, and
careth not pr for Northern praise ar South>
ern COMMUNICATIONS. Such is AnnQ Dom
mi, aud he herewith presents history which
h. is willing to take his afiidavy, is as reiabl g
and worthy as though it was written for one of
these immaculate sheets-the New York da-
tlss.
Stonewall Jackson was born very early in
tiie lin fact, young was he at that interest.
ing period Of his history, that the date thereof
lurketh not in his memory, nor yet in that OF
his present biographer. Suficirn. be it to
say that he was BORN. The ancestry Of S. j.
L cb, l,G Il
have asserted that he is decended from Jack
surnamed the Giant Killer, and that the seven
sIeague boots' OF the aforesaid J. the G. K. are
yet in his possession, which accounts for the
celebrity OF his movements. Others declare him
TO be an otfshoot of the Jacobn family, the
founder Of which was Jackaloo the Chinees Pi4
rate. They are all wrong Mr. Ed itor, Stone
wall jackson is descended IN curved line from
the Wandering Jew. In early time the Jew
tsmily was rich, but one evil day the head o
it went down into Egypt, 'bucked; against Phs
roah, and came back with nary sheckie, having
lost then, all in that interesting game. From
shat time till the discovery OF the Missssip
pi river, the family was too poor to have
name. StonewalPs grandfather ran datbos
on the Aforesaid river, and was extravaganza,
fond Of the game OF sold siedge.' He MARI led
and ia the course of time had four sons, whom
High, Low, Jack, and the Game. Jack fol
lowed the example of his father, married an
had ore son, the subject OF this sketch, who wa
naturally called Jacks son, and in course G
time, jackson. { A family trait still turks il
Stoaewall, for sssany critical stage of the gam
ne is sure to 'fturn up" and become trump.
Young Jack in his youth gave great prom
ise of future usefulness, so much so that whe
ne was sent to school he invariably ran away t
play tag and leap frog to the constant stud
Of which he owes his agility. One day Jack
sons pere, learning of his sons truancy, deter
mined to chastise it out of him, and SO colle
ed The incipient hero and bent him over
knee, thus throwing prominent part of th
youth into bold relief. Mrs. jackson the mot
er, then seized shirt board with both hand
and proceeded to bring the youngster to
sense of his dGty by divers ponderous blow
Young jackson squirmed like fsh-worm; b,
with that Spartan frmness that has ever distil
gulshed him, shed not = tear. At the fortis'