The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-12-12
The Tive Andrews

fear you should think 1 have some axe
to grind, because try so bard to keep /
you at my poor house all night, l will
agree to keep your free of expense !"
expostulated the landlord of the only inn
in the village Of Jefferson, Ashe Coun.
tv, North Carolina, to General jackson,
late one evening in tile autumn of IS,
as he entered his carriage to pursue his
journey toward Tennessee. "The Blne
Ridge is infested with banditti, and you
will certainly be robbed and possibly |
murdered before morning. I beSeech
you stay |"
"You are very kind, sir and thank
you, replied the General, "but I shall
proceed, and try and reach the Tennes.
see line at all events. have no fears
of being molested Drive on. Ned,
briskly. Adieu, gentlemen, all !" and
the old hero drove off alta rapid pace.
"Hilloa there, yonngstcrl" cried the
landlord, to slim, weary, flsxenheaded
stripping standing in the motley crowd
in front of the tavern, 'if You are going
to Tennessee, you had better jump up
behind and go along with ths General
its as cheap as walking"
"Sure enough, l reckon I'd better,
and thank YOU, replied the young man,
jumping up behind the coach as it drove
off,
They rode on quietly for some hours,
until they began to ascend the noun.
tain. when the General, hearing slight
cough behind, called out sternly ::
"Who's that ?"'
"It's me, sir-Andrew johnson. I
! am a traveller on my way to Tennessee,
and I thought l might get lift on your
' carriage, sir. / beg your pardon, sir"
) "You are quite welcome, sir, to my
9 carriage. Come forward, and take 8
: seat with me-"
: "Thank you, sir; but as the noun
;, tain is rather steep here, I'll jump Of
: tain side, in in suyancs ., tx, s,,
mad not gone far before he saw = NJ,
ahead of him, ascending the monnta;n
,, ne appeared to DO intoxicated. Fl
inrched this and that way, staeoerin,
backward and forward; now his knee
) would double mp, and he would mis-
step, as IT the earth had suddenly van
lshed before him then he would eros,
hls leg', and lurch would send him
7 dlagonally across the road. He stonnoi
ard an br@ced himself up so as neariy h te
: ,all backward, and then drifted HELPLESS
~ along. Presently he turned an an
S'e IN the road, and was out of siobt
THAT fellow is beasty drunk /" re.
marked the General.
"DrunkfNot much, sir" laughed tho
yonng man. Hes no more drunk than
l am.s He's playing 'possum, and
means mischief. Look there he's ~.
ing in the road"
AS they drove up, he raised himself
lazily and hailed tlem: "Hic ah"-I
,; say gentlemen, can't You give man
lit! 1.-The | can't walk; Tn load.
ed too heavily with id mean wbis.
Key. siiaasa.
"Then staysi wiiafeSyou are and o.t
rid of it," repfiaa Ills q eneral sternlve e
"The deyilfsPhsexdlamed the man
spnnglngso his feesawith the agility Of
| cat ne gave keen whistle. and
planted himself in front of the coach
lhree men sprung out of from the bush.
es and made arush for the carr age.
Quick as thought. the General sprang
upon one Of them,and they rolled over in
the road together. A dull, crashing
sound was next heard over the road and
a second ono rolled over in the dust
propelled by the loaded whip in the
PoWerml hands of the driver. The
-yonng man, by timely shot, fred and
brought down third, and then snrano
to the assistance of the General who
still tongfH manfully with the herculean !
antagonist, while the driver engaged the
remaining robber.
"Stand back stand back !" cr;ea Tho
General to the young man awe ors
man to man, III give the william fair
play. BY the Eternal have un,