The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-19

its curtains Finally everything was
piled In heap on the hearth, fire APP
piled and the wreckage consumed.
| On his way to Tennessee whittier he
| emigrated in 1889, Jackson had a mar.
row escape from the Indians. One
| night the party had encamped and all
| had fallen asleep save the young law
yer Toward midnight it suddenly oc-
| Cured to him that the woods around
was unusually full Of owls. After lis
| tening a few moments it likewise oc-
cured to him that their hooting
seemed, as he expressed it, "a little too
natural" He made haste to awaken
his companions After a consultation
they decided to quit that owl-infested
region. 1t was well for them that they
dld so, for a party of hunters that
| came up and occupied the deserted
camp shortly after We're attacked be-
lore morning by Indians and not one
escaped.
1t was fighting age, and every man
who expected to be well thought of by
the world went prepared not only to
light at moments notice, but also to
meet his man on the field of honor.
1t can he easily imagined that An
drew jackson, with his excitabe Irish
blood, his headstrong, domineering
manner and his attitude of regarding
every opponent as an enemy, was by
no means the mos peacea bly, disposed
cltlzen OF the new settlements of Ten
nessee. The stories of all his braws
and duels would fill volume
The following account of one of his
early o. b-o nd -tI,Y, \ 10 fol 4n1J
by President Jackson himself to
friend who was expecting to be as
sailed on the streets of Washington.
Said the president:
Nov, Mr.. B., if any one attacks you,
l know how you'll fight with that big
black stick of yours. You'll aim right
for his head Well, sir ten chances to
one, he'll ward it off, and if you do hit
him you won't bring him down. No,
sir; you hold the stick so, and punch
MN in the stomach, and you'll drop
him. / tell you how 1 found that out.
When | was young man, practicing
law in Tennessee, there was a big, bull
lying fellow that wanted to pick
quarrel with me, and so trod on my
toes. Surprising it accidental, l said
iiShiiitiS1' oOpii tillSI he QlQ IL again,
and 1 began to suspect his object. In
few minutes he came by third time,
pushing against me violently and evil
IDENTIFY meaning fight. He was a man
of great size, one of the very biggest
men l ever saw. AS quick as a flash |
snatched small rail from the top of
the fence and gave him The point of it
full in his stomach Sir, it doubled him
up. He fell at my feet and stamped
on him. Soon he got up, savage, and
was about to fly at me like a tiger.
The bystanders made as though they
would interfere. Says /: Gentlemen,
stand back. Give me ROOM that's all I
ask, and I'll manage him. With that |
stood ready with the rail pointed. He
gave me one look, turned away. a
man, sir, and feeling Ike one
So, sir, | say to you, if any villain as
saults you, give him the point in his
belly"
The following anecdote comes down
to us from the time when Jackson was
supreme judge on the Tennessee bench,
and illustrates well his superb nerve.
One day a desperate by the name of
Russell Bean paraded up and down in
front of the little log courthouse and
threatened to shoot sheriff, judge and |
Jury. Twice Jackson ordered the mans /
arrest, but each time the sheriff, over
awed by the mans formidable appear
ance, returned without effecting his
purpose.
Losing patience at last, Jackson cried
out: "Deputize me; I'll arrest him"
The sheriff did so, and Jackson, TAX
ng two pistols, walked out into the
street. Ma sooner did Bean see Jack
ON coming than he at once surren-
Tered. On being questioned afterward
Why he did so Bean is said to have re-
olied:
why, when he came up, 1 looked
lin in the eye, and I saw shoot, and
here wasn't shoot in nary other eye in
he crowd; and so 1 says to myself,
avs |, ole boss, it's about time to sing
mall, and so I did"
On another occasion. while Jackson
vas riding circuit, he was stopped at a
onely spot by two rivermen-a very
ough and desperate class-who said to
i'm that he would have to dance for
heir amusement. Pretending to sub
nit, Jackson told them that he was not
ccustomed to dancing without his
jumps, but that they We're in his trunk
nd if his captors would allow him, he
fould put hem on before giving the
erformance. Nothing 10th, they con-
anted Jackson accordingly opened
he frank, and plunging his arms down :
ito it, drew them out with a pistol in
ach hand. Pointing them full at the
len he roared out:
Now, We'll see about who does the
ancng. Dance! You devils, dance!" {
They danced. 6
Jackson's first duel turned out to be
harmless affair, but the circum- t
.ances leading up to it show the hot {
,mper of the man. The duel occurred |
short time after Jackson reached c
and grew out of some words
tered by the opposing counsel, at S
hich Jackson took offense. Tearing a
ank leaf from a law book, he hastily S
enciled a challenge and showed it 0
ross the table. After court adj +
urned the two sought 81 retired spot, t
ed at each other and then, honor sat S
fed, returned friends o
Very different was the outcome of d
lcksons duel with Charles Dickinson, c
1906 This duel was the result of a C
arising over the pay $
emit of forfeit of eight hundred dol o
rs on the withdrawal of Captain Jo- c
phi Ervin's Plow Boy from a race t.
til TruXton. While drunk, Dickin- Ii
n, who was son-in-law Of Erwin,