The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13
S'nnrNa!l ,Iac!:>.s I: West Point.

4 An old friend and rumr:,dc of stone
wall jackson writes /" the Richmond
| Nhi": In June 1912. \. +. Hill.
f"us;;c y. Pickett, l.. y. l'rv. and tho
writer havin" passed our first week nj
! III" m,iliHry "Cidrnv. were standing To-
I"ctIst 'l' lbc .ouiii side OF the south
I Il,arruck~ ~ West Point when y cadet,
S"r%"a!l came by ,S conducting :. newly
arrived catr To Ii~ quarters. He wa.
/ larparrntly about twenty years of arc,
I'tc.; w:I* we'll grown: ili- figure was
;tn@Hi4r a.sl clumsy li~ "il was awk-
ware: |" WAS clad in old, fashioned Viz
l@n:H hnmcSpun wnpcf cloth ic lrrrc
acres hi sl'oui,lcrr :, larr "i weather.
stained -adGl,-h;.cs. and hi iar was one
I"t ihu>r heavy. iow-rrownr, lrnnd-
! brimm"a Nori macs usually worm in ,ho>,,
/ days tE "Icr Gers, cuiiiI,y cull>tahlcs
wHgoncrS. cjc !!c ,ranlrrd alone hv the
sl'i,' u' thc sergeant with iii Hirui rc~olu-
non, :la! ill> >lo',! ;oo.; added /" the IN
.!"Tii,ic denomination ct his whole asicct
3" thai u'y q; - remarked, That Gl-
! i"w l.l> cpnit !!cr, SAY. III ii:,,n..
was Thomas J. .;arsol
I u" !.;,N :! :t,l@h time in tic ar:tdrmv
II first, t"r his want ri previous, training
place! im -! Il disadvantage, Hnd il wu>
all he could do l" pa-~ l,i- first "xamina-
! ton We were studying algebra and
lm"yhr ;nayti,'! geometry, lat winter.
aud dickson w;I:, very low in hi ci,>,
standing. All li"ll, were rlt nu, Il,
taps ilt iu-i before the signal he
would pil" NJ hi- graf" with anthracite
coal and, iyn" prone hrtorc il on the
floor, would w"ri, nw:y III his lessons by
/ the glare OF! tic fire, which >cnrcllrd hi,
.
! This evident determinations 10 succeed
but impressed his instructors in his favor
and he rose steadily ycar by wear till We
used 10 say. IF WE had To stay here an
other year old Jack would be M the
head of the class.
by the fourth year he attained a pusi-
| ton in the first section. but his lower
~t"nIln" dGrin" the early wears in the
'courSc, and in drawing, French. and some
other studies of Il lighter and more nrn:t-
! mental character, brought his average
/ below the point 10 which he had actually
ATTAINED by the end Of our course
/ In tic rIdinw!!:,ii think ,ia -unriina
! must have hccu great lie had :: ycrv
| rough horse anl when the order came
I" cross ~tirrups' and "lrot." '.uld
Jack awaycd about and struggled hard
! To keep his horse When We had nd
vanccd To ridim" ii the heads, lcapin" tn,
iii>, etc, ''in >,i,!itHtnn was truly fear
full but he pcrscvcrcd through the most
pcril"uS trials, and no man in the riding.
house would take more risks than he
ana certainly no one had our GOOD wishc,
! for success and safety more than he.
believe he went through the vcry
tr%in% ordeal ul the four years at West
! Point without ever havin" hard WORD
ora hard feeling for or Il hard feeling
from any radc, or professor And will,
there were many who seemed To Slrpas.
him IN tic Grace, OF intellect in Genial
itv and III GOOD fellowship, there was NJ
one of our elias, who more ah-nlutcl,
r">s",,5'd -" rc~!mct and confidence o
.,all than hr lid
/. y vr-Iici tr Vlnmctcr> stock farm
lin Kentucky >aw three rurc-hrcd short
horn r"w-. worth ou IN aycra.s,. tw,
/, tr"u-and 'loi;lr-, working in thr yoke I,
pl"Nrtil IT, urcum;!iatiou ol l;tt au,
Com>"G'ui F'lrr.s
'Eoa rlc;nlr IN ifr .ratc on ti,r
mace "NGl lnGht iii,:" !. uuii!iu" bette
: than m"isicmcd coal screenings: the,
: arc better ti,an ashes, and viii not cauS,
! the formation ol clinkcrs.