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

years without having done anything
very remarkable. 1t is true that h
had served a term in the house of rep.
resentatives, and a year in the United
States senate, had been a supreme
judge on the Tennessee bench, and was
a major general of militia, but he was
still unknown to the country at large
The war of 1872 gave him his opportu
nifty.
The Tennessee troops offered then
services and under Jackson's command
floated from Nashville down the Cum
berland, Ohio and Mississippi to Match
ez. There the general received an or
der from the secretary Of war that
since New Orleans, to whose defence
they were going, was in no present dan
ger, the troops should be disbanded at
once, But Jackson, realizing the des-
perate situation the men would be in If
left to shift for themselves, so far from
home, resolved to disobey. He i'm
pressed wagons, paid for stores out of
his own private funds, and after hard
march, succeeded in leading the troops
back to Nashville. For this act he
gained the ill-will of the government at
Washington, but made himself ex-
tremely popular in his own state
1t was on this march that Jackson
gained the nickname, "Old Hickory"
Accustomed to share all hardships with
the men, he soon so much impressed
them that one day soldier remarked
THE general is mighty laugh"
He's as tough as hickory" said an
other.
After this the men began to call the
general "Hickory,' and before long the
epithet ''old" was prefixed to the origi-
nal nickname.
During the Creek war, in which Jack
son saw his first active service in COM
mand, the troops suffered terribly from
lack of food. AT one time the general,
who refused to fare better than his
men, lived for some days on the tripe
which he cut from the offal at the
slaughter-pen. On another occasion
half-starved Slider observing the gem
eral seated under a tree chewing some
thing made bold to ask for a share.
Il never turn away hungry man
when 1 have food to divide with him."
a handful of aeorns from his pocket
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mind One day the militia left the fort
and started for home. They had not
gone far, however, before they were
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RAJ INSISTED 'Hat the army snoula go
oacK TO the Tort But the soiolers were
Urea Oh war; anu were determined 10
go nome one company moved OH pu1
we're turned pack by jackson ana few
loyal men undef Coitee' Ihen me
whole brigade became 1nsupofdinate
una TOOK the ROAD homeWafd'
rms move 1ound jackson alone ana
unsupported out, snatchlng musNet
rom soldier, ne RODE out TO the front
il the troops ohabie TO use ms lelt
lrm because OF wound received
mort une pefore the campaign pegah'
n an ARRAY with the Bentons, he
pfang from MS morse, leVeied the mus
'et over It's neck ana sWofe ne would
moot the hfst man that TOOK step
onward All authofltles are agreed
nat When Andrew jackson was
lroused he was most terrifying spec
acle. AS he stood there swearing at
nose mutlneefs-and ne could surpass'
avs one OF MS plographefs' al known
1en IN the Huency ana chaln-shot force
M complication or MS oaths he
aust have looked like a very devil in
afnate. certain IL is that the troops
esitated A few "faithfuls' gathered