The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-05-22
HOUsTON, THE HERO,
rnuoueror of Santa Anna and Fouil-
'o"s der of a Repub-
lie!
Account of the Skeleton in His
'A' Household.
u,s WIFE FALSE TO HER vows AND
TRUE TO HER FIRST
LOVE.
HoUsToN, TEX, !
March &c, 1878.

March 70, 1878.
Asa Jarman, aged seventy four, a
rsxas veteran who participated in the
hattie Of Nacogdoches, August 5, 1882.
and residing in Houston, has just COM
pleted a MS. memoir of the Life OF
ceueral Sam Houston, the Texas pa
.riot and General. Mr.. Jarman kindly
invited a correspondent of the Globe
Democrat to peruse it and make such
notes as suited him.
GENERAL SAM HOUSTON, 49,
one of the remarkable men of modern
times, the founder of a Republic whose
domain equaled, fit did not exceed,
tho realm of France, was born in
Rockbridge County in 1873, and died
IN Texas in 1868. At thirteen, his
father dying, he and his widowed
mother removed to Tennessee, then
inhabited by Indians, near which, and
in daily converse with whom, lived
mother and SOD. The latter got ac-
ouainted and soon became great ia
yorite with tho Cherokees, with whom
be spsnt most of his time hunting and
fishing. He became very proficient
with the bow and arrow, and the frat
time Mr.. Jarman saw the future Gene
raj and leader of armies was at Nash
vile, whittier he came with his friends,
the Indians, to sell skins, furs and
meats. Some of the citizens, on the
occasion referred to, put up o sixpence
on pole or stick, and amused them
selves by having the boy shoot IL off
with HE arrow. -s..,
THE WAR AGAINST TEE CREEK INDIANS.
The boy lived with the Indiana No.
til tho breaking out Of the famous war
against the Creeks in Georgia, when
he joined volunteer company, rose to
the rank of Lieutenant, under General
jackson, and was the second to scale
the enemy's works at tho battle OF
Horseshoe Bend, on the Talapoosa
River, where the Creeks were nearly
exterminated. In the battle young
Sam was wounded By an arrow in the
thigh, which, with bic own hand. he
deliberately pulled out. The savage
missiye brought . piece Of fesh along
with it, and though General jackson
ordered him to the rear, the young
Lieutenant rushed with his men tn
storm the enemy in another position,
where he received two siiots in the
. shoulder. Being sent to the hospital,
his mother, on horseback and on an
old side saddle, rode 200 miles from
Tennessee to see and attend her son.
He was subsequently appointed Agent
Of the CI,erokees at Washington City
The friends of General Houston il,
Texas and elsewhere have ever main
tanned profound silence on the causes
that led to the separation of HOustor
and his first wife. Jarman's story
about the matter is as follows: After
Hauaton rose to be Governor of Ten.
nessee, he was induced to marry Mis-
Lncy Dickerson, great beauty, and a
that time tile belle Of Nashville. Mis-
Dickeraon had, however, previousl!
been engaged to q handsome youn,
man, Mr.. Robert Nickerson, durin!
whose absence In Virginia her fathe
and mother prevailed on her to rarr.
Governor Houston. Miss Diekerson'
father was one of the wealthiest mel
of Tennessee, aud all things went vel
until the return of Mrs. Houston's for
mer lover, when she evidently becam
unhappy. She managed that frequen
interviews with the young man SHOULD
occur. Finally Houston's body ser
want, faithful to his master, informe
the Governor that something wron
was going on between his wife an
Mr.. Nickerson. The husband, fearin
to act without the fact,
PRETENDED TO BE GOING
to Murray County, to be absent som
time, and informed Mrs. Houston tina
he would be absent several days. TIL
Governor made o detective out Of hi
servant-boy, who watched Mrs. Hous
ton and her paramount, and informe
his master at the exact moment whe
he might, by ocular demonstration, "a
: sure himself of his wife's guilt. TIL
Governor boarded the stage for Colun
bia. but soon got ont and returned t
his home. Stepping softly in, th
Governor passed to bedroom, an
there beheld Mrs. Houston In the arm
OF her former sweetheart, and on th
same couch. The Governor, with ths
greatness Of soul that subsequent
distinguished him when sparing th
life Of Santa Anna, the Mexican ty
rant, at the battle of San Jacint,
turned away without saying a wore
feeling that the lovely and incompars
bly, beautiful woman he had 80 latel
led to the altar was lost to him fol
ever! It was q terrible moment
He'll and despair seemed to elias
together. Houston went out in 8
lence aud
SENT FOR his FRIEND,