Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-26

lst. La the tact that he was the incarnation OF
Those heroic qualities which 6t their possessor
to lead and command men, aud which there
tore always attract the admiration, kndle the
Inauguration, aud arouse the enthusiasm Of the
people.
Never was the adage, the child is the father
to the mau, more strikingly illustrated than iu
the early history OF the orphan boy whose name
subsequently became tower of strength to the
armies he commanded, and to the eleven sever
egu States baoded aud battling together for
separate life.
There is no more graphic picture % the pages
OF Macauley than that OF WarrcG Hastings at
the age OF seven, lying Oh the bank OF a rivuIet
which flowed through the broad lands which
were once the property OF his ancestors, aud
there forming the resolve that all that domain
should one day be his, and never abandoning
stormy lite, until las the "uasungs Of Dayles-
ford he tasted a " which his heart never
knew 10 the command Of the millions over
whom he ruled in the lndian empire
But stranger still was it to see a pensive, de-
llcate orphan child OF the same age, the luhcri-
tor OF feeble constitution, yet with will even
more lndomltable than that Of Warren Hast
Tugs, renouuclag his home with relative who,
mlstaklng bis disposition, had attempted TO
govern him by force, and alone and on foot,
performing Journey OF eighteen miles to the
house of another klnsnIan, where he suddenly
presented himself, announcing his unalterabe
resolve never to return to his former home, a
decision which no rem0nstranCes or perSuasions
| could induce him to revoke-and stranger still,
TO see hlm the year after on Loudly island
OF the Mississippi river, in company with
another child, lew years his senior, maintain
ing himself by his own labor, uutil driven by
malaria from the desoate spot, where beneath
the dreary forests aud beside the angry foods
| OF the Father of Waters he had Displayed the
set-rellauce and hardlhood of man, at a pe-
Rod OF life when children are ordinarily scarce
y out OF the Dursery This inhexlbity of
purpose, and dehauce of hardship aud danger
10 the determination to succeed was displayed
In all his subsequent career, aud whether we
see him at West PJlnt overcoming the disad-
| Vantages OF q preliminary education by sevrri-
ty OF application almost unparalleled, in accor
nance with the motto be Inscribed ia bold char
acters on page 10 his common place book
you may be whatever you resolve TO be'-or
whether we follow bin through the Mexican
campaign, winning his first laurels at Cheru-
busco, and at Chapultapec where be received
his second promotion, or whether we accom-
pany him to his quiet retreat 10 Lexington,
where, after the termination Of the Mexican
war, be filled the post of professor 10 the Milf
taro Institute, there afordinga new exhibition
OF Ills DETERMINATION 10 overcoming obstacles
more formidable than those encountered in the
field, in the persistent discharge of every duty
10 spite OF feeble health aud threatened loss of
sight.
| know Of 90 picture in his life more impress
slVe than that which presents him as he sat ia
his study during the still hours of the niyht.
unable to use books or amp-wlth only mental
view OF diagrams and models, and the artificial
signs required 10 absruSe Calculations holding
long aud Intricate processes Of mathematical
reasoning with the steady grasp of thought, his
| face turned to the blank dark wall, until he
mastered every difficulty aud made complete
preparation Tor the Instructions of the succrca-
| ing day.
! These years Of scll-disc pine, sclfeuforced
| severity OF regimen, maintained with rigid
austerlty, through years OF secllSlon from pub
TIC NE, constituted the prOpitous season fer the
| fnil maturing OF those faculties whose energy
Was So soon TO be displayed on field which
! attracted the attention oil the world
ID. Another explanation Of the UNUSUAL re-
gard with which his memory Is hallowed c,u-
| ducts to higher plane, aud enables US to con-
template still nobIer phase of his character
HIS Was the greatness which comes without
being sought for his own sakc-the uncousci-
Gus greatness which results from selEsacri6ce
| and supreme devotioe to duty. Duty is an
| altar from which vestaI fame is ever ascend
iug to the skies, and he WAC stauds dearest to
that flame catches its radiance, and in that
light, is himself made luminous forever.
The day after the first battle OF Manassas, and
before the history Of that victory had reached
Lexington n authentic form. rumors preceding
any accurate account of that event had gathered
| crowd around the postottice, awaiting with in
tensest interest the opening OF the mail In its
distribution the first letter was handed to the
Rev DR.. White. 1t WINS from General Jackson.
recognizing at glance the well known super
scrptlon, the Doctor exclaimed TO those around
him. Nov we shall know all the factsn This
was the bulletin:
my Dear Pastor: In my tent last night af.
tor y latlgung day service. | remembered that
had faied to send you my contribution Tor our
colored Sunday school Enclosed you will find
my check for that object, which please acknowl.
edge at your earliest COW enience, and obige
Yours truly, THos j. JACKSON"
Not word about the conflict which had cleo
trhed natlonl Not an alusion to the sl.lendid
part he had taken in it'll Not a reference to
himself beyond the fact that it had been to him
q tatiguing days service And yet tn It was the
10Y OYol uioluolaule Ill MS ulsLOry-lnemOrADl
in ell his history, when he received the name
which is destined to suppIant 'fe name his pa
rents gave Stonewau Jackson P' When his
brigade of 800 men had iol hours withstood
the iron tempest which broke upon it without
causing waver in its line, and when on his
right the forces under the command of the GAL
liant General Bee had been overwhelmed in The
rush OF reslstess numb ers, then it was that the
event occurred which cannot be more graphic
ally described than in the burning words of his
biogrspher:
ut was then that Bee rode up to jackson and
with despsiring bitterness exclaimed, General
they are beating US back Then said jackson,
calm and curt we will give them the bayonet'
Bee seemed to catch the Inspiration of his deter
mined will, and galoping back to the broken
fragments of his overtaxed command, exclaim.
ed, There is Jackson standing like a stonewall,
rally behind the Virginansp At this trum'
pet call few score OF his men reformed their
ranks. Placing himself at the head he charged
the dense mas of the enemy, and in moment
fell dead, with his face to the foe. From thst
time Jackson's was known as the Stone,cuU Bri
gade-s name henceforth immortal and belong
ing to all the ages for the christening was hap
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