Daily Republican., 1885-01-08
JACKSON
TME NAN OF TINE PEOPLE VINO
SAVED MEw ORLEANB AND
BECAME PREoIDEaT.

SAVED 1EW ORLEANb AHD
BECAMEPREsIDEaT.
This 10 the 10th anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans, and . sketch Of
the life of the man who won that battle
will be Interesting on this occasion.
Andrew jackson was born March
18th, l7G7, i'll the Waxhaw settlement,
North Carolina, OF parents who emf
grated from ireland. Losing his
father at an early age, and his mother
betngin comparatively poor circumstan-
ces, he grew up without deriv wing many
educational advantages; indeed, 1t may
be said he evinced no particular in
clination toward scholastic attainments
While yet youth he entered the mill
tary service during the revolutionary
epoch, ana after seeing some operations
In the field was taken prisoner by the
Bri,ish and imprisoned at Camden,
where he was spectator of General
Greene's defeat at Hobkirk's 3 hill.Short-
y after his release his mother died, and
he earned an Indifferent subsistence by
successively laboring in a saddler's .
store and teaching in a school. In his
Gig hteeh th year he entered upon the
study OF law at Salisbury, N. G., in the
office of an eminent jurist, Mr.. Spence
Mckay. Completing his legal educa-
ton in the office Of Col Stokes, J ackson,
before attaining his twentieth year, oh
taiued license TO practice law in the
courts OF his native State, md in 1888
| was appointed prosecuting attorney OF
the west division of North Carolina,
then including the present State of Ten
| nesse<.
He soon obtained lucrative practice
| at Nashville, and in the summer of
1871 entered upon the matrimonial
stats.
In 1896 be was chosen one of the
committee to draft theConstitution of the
new State of Tennessee, and in the fall
or the same year was sent TO Congress
as Its first Representative. In Congress
jackson attached himself TO the Repub.
lican,i in that day the Democratic party,
under the leadership Of Thomas Jeffer
son, who was then filling the office of
Vice President of the United States. His
career in the Lower House was m arked
by much Independence of character,
and met with the approval of his con :
scituents, who, in Novem ber, i, / 797, elect
ed him TO the United States Senate.
OF his senatorial career, absolutely
nothing can be said, except that he
rssigned his seat in April of the follow
ing year. jackson WAS next elected to
the bench Of the Supreme Court of his
adopted State, where he distinguished
himself by becoming involved In not a
few pugnacious outbreaks of temper.
ln 1901 he was elected major general of
the M ilitia OF the State. In 1904 he re-.
signed his Judicial functions and enter
ed into business AS cotton planter and
4 Vr, Lfa
per led TO duel between himsel and a
Mr' Dickinson, which took place on the
banks of the Red riveri in Logan County,
Kentucky, and ended in his being
wounded, and his ad versary being kill
cd on the spot This unhappy affair
entsiled considerable odium upon
jackson until the lapse Of time and his
brilliant after achievements caused it to
sink into Oblivion.
For some years he devoted himself 70
the management of his estate, but on
the outbreak OF the was with, G reat
ward 70 fheSfif25 ff25hhfe hhfe 3{e6 a tender of his
services and thu Sc of 2. 500 men of his
brigade of militia, which offer was
promptly accepted by the Govern
ment.
About the end of March, jackson
was notified by the Secretary of War
to disbaDd his command, then located
at Natchez, Mississippi. He evaded
abedience to the order, however, 80 far
az a. return with his men to Tennessee,
before complying Herewith. From the
sion, he derived the we'll known d" sob.
riuuet "of" Old Hickory" by which
he is still rem lem ber.d.
In 1913 he became involved in anoth-
er fracas, this time with Mr.. Jessei Ben
ton, brother of the Missouri Senator,
Colonel Thomas II. Benton. Shots were
exchanged between the parties and
Jackson fell severely wounded. In the
same year, on Tennessee volunteers
being called out to avenge the massacre
Of Fort Sims by the Creek indians,
Jack son, though still suffering acutely
from his wounds, hastened with his
force, hastily called together, to the
scene of conflict, and entering the In
dian Territory, inflicted signal chas.
tisemeut upon the murderous red skins |
in a series of actions
The latter made q final stand at Toho-
peka on the Tallapoosa river, where, on |
March 27th, 1914, he attacked them at |
the head OF 9 900 troops, captured the
position and next annihilated its de-
tenders This put the finishing stroke /
to the Creek war. On the 31st of May
following, jackson was appointed
Major General in the United States
army and was assigned to the command
of the South West department, then
threatened by the British. Marching
upon Pensacola with q force of 5000
blowing up the fort commanding the
harhnF and rafirinn IN rhair
squadron of vessels
On December End, jackson arrived at
New Orleans where he assumed
the chief command. The van Gf the
British troops, under General Keane.
landed on the 18th, and arrived within
miles of New Orleans on the 23d. AS.
sembling force of some 1900 strong,
Jackson sailed out and attacked the
enemy ,iDtiicting upon them, after hot
ly fought action, decided check.
jackson then fell back behind his
lines, and on the 28th of De-
cember was there attacked by the
British, under Sir Edward Packenham,
whom he repulsed. On the lst of Jsnu-
ary, 1915, another attack made by the
suemy experienced u serious result.
Both sides were by this time reinforced.
The British force approximated l4,O00
men, but their authorities
placed it as low as 5000. On the other {
hand the totsl American force, although
by the British to the mum {
ber OF 20, 900, was not above 1900 in {
strength. Jackson's position |
was strong and well chosen, with bat
teries manned by American seamen, q,
by Kentucky militia placed =
behind breastworks, made in part of r
cotton bales which had been conscript- ,