The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 30, 1852, Image 1

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* i i ., DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. I* VOLUME I. LANCASTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1852. NUMBER M. 'I'll E> I " ' I' 1 ilD LANCASTER LEDGERIS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. R. ft. BAILEV, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS: Two Dollars per year, if paid in adi \ ance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in six montha; or Three Dollars, if payment is delayed until the end of the year. These terms will be rigidly ndhered to. Advertisements will he conspicuously inserted at seventy-five cents per square _/> i 1 I! # - 1 C . .* I 01 iweivc iiucs, ior me nrsi nisenion, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. A single insertion One Dollar. Nothing will l?e counted less tli an a square. Advertisers are requested to state, in writing on their advertisements, the nuinl>er of times they wish them inserted; or ' they will he continued in the j>a\ier until ordered out, and charged accordingly. ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AND DESCATCII At this Office. ?iogrnfljiml Ikrtrlj. From Sartain for July. A JN D U E W JACKSON. DY J. T. IIKADLKY. CONCLUDED. Jackson's business at thissime often required his presence in Jonesltorough, two hundred miles distant. The only road to the place was but a half-beaten path, and led, moat of the way, through an unbroken wilderness. Sometimes alone, with a rifle, hunting-knife, and saddle-bags,and sometimes with companions, he performed this tedious journey, which was frequently attended with great peril. Iatrgc bodies of Indiana, acknowledging no sovereignty of the white inun, then ruutned unmolested the vast forests that covered the fertile plains of Tennessee; and it often required great care and skill to avoid be ing captured by them. On one occasion, as Jackson, with throe companions, was returning from Jonesborough, he reached one night, a littlo after dart, the caat bank of the river Emory.? Looking across, he saw on the opr>o?ite side the camp tiro of a large body of Indians. Immediately drawing back, and bidding his companions keep silent, he directed them to turn up stream, and, lenving the road in different places, so as to make three different trails, hurry on as fast as possible. They proceeded in this way for some time, and then reunited,and pushed eagerly forward all night and next day till two oclock in the afternoon. At length, arriving at a point in the river where the current was not so rapid, Jackson resolved to cross. A rnft of tough logs was soon constructed, on which the rirtes, ammunition, baggage, Are., were placed. Jackson, with one of his companions, was to carry these across first, an<l then return for the horses, The place he had selected was just below the toot of one cataract, and near the brink of another.? Hut no sooner was the rnft pushed adrift than it swept rapidly down stream, with a force the two navigators strove in vain to check. Finding they were driving steadily towards the brink of the cataract, Jackson wrenched loose one of the long, rude oars he had constructed, and rushing to the atom, reached one end to the bank, down which Im terrified compan iona were running, and bade them seize it and pull with all their might They did so; and the raft struck the shore just as it was entering on the rapi?ls al?nve the waterfall. Chi being reproved by hi* companions for his recklessness. Jackson smil-1 oi), and replied : " A mise ia a* good as a mile. You aee how near I can graze danger. Como on :?i will save yim yet," They continued on up stream, and next day, croaaing at a ford, reached Nashville in safety. At another time, he appointed a rendezvous with a party with whom he was to cross the wilderness; hut lieing delayed by business, lie did not arrive at the place till they had been gone nearly a day.? Resolved, however, not to be left behind, be took with him a guide and travelled all night, aad early ia the morning eame upon the smouldering camp fires arouvd which they had slept, lie was still preeing forward, when suddenly he discovered the trail of quite a body (if Indiana, evidently in pursuitofhis unsuspecting friends ahead. Nothing daunted be kept on till he had nearly overtaken the savages. The11 mlutft t)u?n ktMIM klatnuwl .Si.?J to proceed Airtltsr. Jackson coolly divided hie provisions with him, and told him to return. Resolved that kin follow-Crsvelleni should not perish while there remained the least chance of hie warning them of their danger, he continued cautiously to advance, revolving a thoaaand schemes how he should circumvent the savages. Presently he saw the trail turn jDSto the r%ht> It flashod over him si once they were endeavoring to get in ad- t vance, and lay in ambush rer the unsus- t peering party. He immediately gave spurs f to his lu>rser and at length, a littlo before 1 dark, came in sight of his friends encamp- t ed on the opposite bank of a deep and d half frozen stream. Their fires were al- s ready kindled for the night, and their v clothes and baggage spread out to dry.? d As they heard the plashing of his horse in c the water,thev snrang to their feet in alann; 1 but at sight of the intrepid young Caroli- s niun, a joylul shout of welcome went up e from the whole cnnip. The tidings he t brought, however, soon dissipated their v irhulness * rnwl in o tow ' ' 0 j ...... ... I. ?w? IIIII1U1UO VIIV IIW I' ses were re-saddled, and the whole party t straining forward through the wilderness. Ii They kept on all night without halting, a and when daylight appeared, uiged their c jaded l>east* to Mill greater speed. The li day, howevet, was almost as gloomy as <1 the night; the sky was overcast; not a J lueath of air disturlied the lofty tree-tops under which they passed, and that omini- c ous silence which precede* a storm brood- t ed over the solitude. At length the wel- I come sight of the log cabins of some bun- l< ters met their view, and they felt that pro- c teetion from the Indians and shelter from t the approaching storm were at last before t them; but to their surprise and grief, and <1 Jackson's indignation, both weie refused u them, and they were compelled to push on li and bivouac in the forest. Jackson, who r had not slept for two nights, wrapped his ii blanket around him, and throwing himself c on the ground was soon fast asleep. Soon s after the snow begnn to descend, silent ii and soft, frn tho sleepers, and when the t young solicitor opened his eyes in the tl morn mi g, ho found hitnself covered six in- v ches deep. a The Indians, when they discovered they h had l?een baffled in their attempt to get o in advance, pressed forward in pursuit till v they arrived at the cabins of tho hunters n who had treated Jackson and his party so churlishly. Ileing met witli the same in- a hospitality, a fight ensued, and the hunt- C crs were all massacred. li In these trips from Nashville to Jones- e borough, Jacksor.'s courage and presence o of mind were constantly put to proof, and fi he wont through an excellent training for d his after career in tho war with tho Creeks, o At this time he was in the full bloom of h youth. Athletic, fearless, impetuous ; fill- h lh! Willi diivnlrir* rrtn'l" " .... ? ?-- <v iv-wiiw^ f Vf VI IVAUJ IU II succour tho needy, his reputation spread o fur and wide among the settlers. If a J hand of needy emigrants from the eastern a slope required assistance on their way, he was the first to volunteer to go to their b aid ; if an expedition was to be fitted our g against a tribe of mnrauding Indians, he t< was first at the rendezvous, and first in the a assault on the hostile towns. Tho sava- n ges feared him, and gave him the name of "Sharp Knife," and "Pointed Arrow." c On one occasion he was accompanying J a party of travellers from Kashvile to Lex- I ington, among whom was a lady going to a join her husband. The intervening coun- 11 ywas then a wilderness, which render- il it dangerous to travel, except in parties a of some size. The second night after o they started the lady was taken so unwell * that in the morning she was unable to v proceed. The party, however, had no idea 1 of stopping there till she recovered, and ft were preparing depart without her. Jack- a son remonstrated with them against the ii brutality of leaving a woman unprotected ii in the wilderness. A son who had been J nurtured by such a mother as watched h over his childhood, would never desert a e< woman in distress, though a thousand h deaths stared him in the face. To his tl amazement, his appeals were received with h cool indiflerence or silent coo tempt; and e: by their conduct they plainly told him he a' had better mind his own business. The h whole nature of Jacks -n was aroused ; his <* eye flashed fire, and seizing his rifle, he b levelled it, swearing that he would shoot si dead the first man who dared set foot in o! stirrup. Ever}- feature of his countenance w expressed the determination of his heart, ai and his well-known character forbade tri- n fling. They then consented to remain a day, at the end of which time the lady w was able to proceed. v< At this period of his life, an event oc- w curred which caused considerable excite- s< incut ai me lime, ana many years atter o was tiio fruitful source of much slander a and abuse. Mrs. Donelson, with whom ir Jack Hon l>oarded, had a daughter distin- y guinhed for lier beauty of person, and en- In gaging manners. She had married a Mr, it lMiards, whose character proved to be b worthless and vile. After bearing patient' p ly, lor a long time, his violent out burta of tl temper, ard made to suffer from his vi- ai cious course of life, she left, him and return- " ed to her mother. Jackson and Judge Overton occupied a cabin by themselves, n but took their meals with the family of w Mrs. Donelson. It was, therefore, na ural a and proper, that Jackson, then a young si man, should become charmed with the so- n cietyofMrs. Robards. A reconciliation w llHVIIIir Wu offlU>tiul lutlu'iUin ll? ?/! it husband, by Judge Overton, the letter n came to Nashville, end prepared to eettlo li down ee e fanner. Hi* jealousy, howev- * er wee noon eroueed et the intimcey thet h esieted between Jeokeon end hie wife^nd ei eeueed maoh un happiness in the family.? y Jackson l>eing informed of it, changed his boarding piece, hopingby this means to tn elley the excitement The state of things, a however, not improving, he went frankly h to Mr. Robarda, end remonstrated with a him on his causeless jealousy. But noth- h ing could satisfy the susnicioua husband, I and he abruptly loft, declaring he should tJ never return. Mrs. Robarda,Indignant at p the treatment she had received, and the a implication cast upon her character, re- a solved that the aeparation should be Anal. Ii Not long after, teing informed thai he in- d tended to return, and take her to Ken- 1 / ucky, she determined to accompany Col- 1 >nel Stark, an elderly gentleman, and his t ainilv to Natchez, in order to avoid him. rho Colonel, fearful of the Indians, requesed Jackson to pilot him through the willerness. As the latter was almost contantly called upon to perform this serice for other travellers and emigrants, he lid not see why he should refuse in this ase, and he therefore accompanied tliein. This was unwise, and strengthened the uspicions that had already been whisperd al>out. There is no doubt that he felt he attraction of a young and fascinating roman, and it is very probable she pre 1 .I- L* .1 ? ? - irreu ui? nign-minueu, cnivalric Jackson, t o her own vicious cruel, and hearties* \ luaband. She ought to have done so at ' ,11 event*, but there was never the shadow < >f proof of criminality, and it would not I lave been safe for any one to have said so < ipenly, within a hundred miles of where i ackson lived. liobnrds licing confirmed in his suspi- t ions, by this departure of his wife under t he protection of Jackson, applied to the i x'gislnture of Virginia for a divorce?at j east such was tho report?and Jackson, I >n his return to Nashville, was told that he appeal was granted. Kesolvcd at once I o vindicate the character of un injured la- * ly, from tho aspersion this divorce cast I ipon it, and at the same time to show the t ugh estimation in which ho beheld her? i trompted, no doubt, too, by his feelings, ? le immediately returned to Natchez, and ( 'fTorcd himself to her. At first she refu- I ed him, but afterwards, overcome by bis t m|K>rtunity and ardour, she relented, and t hey were married in the fall. To some .? lie marriage was damning proof of guilt, i irhile others saw in it the evidence of an r ttachment which had never been sullied < y any outward improper act- It was one I f those unfortunate occurrences which r rould be misconstrued, whatever the tcr- < filiation might be. t Hut there was another feature in this * flair which chagrined Jackson much.? r hi his return with the bride to Nashville i c discovered that the act which had pass- i d the Virginia legislature, was simplv < ne granting permission to bring a *mi# I jr uivorcc in ivciuuclty, and not a bill of i ivorcc. He had married the wife of an- \ tlier man, to whom site was still bound \ y her marital vows. Luckily for him, t owever, the suit which had l*M?n brouglit T i Kentucky just then terminated in favor J f Itobards, and the divorced wife was free. 1 ackson immediately took out a license, c nd was married over again. r Thus ended an atfair which has since cen so much distorted. The meek and r entle nature of his wife wns iust adapted > D his impetuous, stormy and vet, frank i nd generous spirit, and they lived long I nd happily togethci. < Notwithstanding the scandal and ex- ; itement which this atfair had created, < ackson continued to increase in populari- < y ami influence. Tennessee had been i et off into a territory, of which he was ap- i stinted attorney-general. In 17&0,when L was erected into a state, he was elected i member of the convention to frame a * (institution. The next year he wns cho- I cu representative to Congress, and the t car after, senator ol the United States. [ Ic took his seat in November, but the t illowing April, asked leave of absence r ml returned home. Soon after he sent I 1 his resignation to the Legislature,which t nmediately appointed him Supreme j udge of the State, an appointment which t e hud not solicited, ami which he accept- s 1 with great reluctaucc. He distrusted s is own abilities for such a station, being 1 ten but lllirtv-onn faoh Af o/?a ' j ?~ - " "B*7* _ "Uli " owever much he might be wanting in t rperiencc he possessed sonic ?pialitiea c<- fi ctly adapted to the rude and lawless in- \ abitanta of the frontiers. One tiling was j srtain, that law iu his h <nds would n t il e a mere bit of parchment, nor its deci- o ons allowed to be disregarded. This was a f vital importance in a new country, a here threats and violence often turned I lide the course of justice, and weakened 1; sspect for the mandates of law. r I lis first court was held in Jonesborough ii here his executiveness was strikingly ue- L doped. Among other coses to be tried, s as that of a ruffianly fellow, named lius- ( >11 Bean, who, in a drnnken fit, had cut j) ff the ears of his infant child. lie was tl powerful, ferocious villain, and disdain- d ig to flee, proudly paraded the court- fi ard, daring the sheriff to sieze him. The d itter, fearing to approach him, reported s i Court that ** Kussell Bean would not o e taken." Judge Jackson, with an ein- fi hasis now seldom used in court, rebuked le sheriff, and peremptorily ordered the s irest to be made, and if necessary to n summon the potsc eomiMus.'" Boon after, the Court adiourned for din- J er; and, in the mean time, the sheriff v immoned hi* upo**i comilatHt? and ti mong them the judges themselves. The 1 tieriff, doubtless, thought that they would j sfuae to obey the aummont, and he v rouId thus avoid the danger of attempt- L ig to arrest tliia armed and desperate I lan. He, however, very much miscalcu- a ited aa to one of the judges; for Jack- t on, when the sheriff had finished reading i< is aommona, coolly repl-ed, u Very well, V ir, I will attend you, and am that you do t oar duly? i Taking up a loaded pistol, he walked 1 o the court-vard, where Bean stood, with I . brace of pistols in his hands, and a dirk I a his bosom. Fixing his eye on him, he a aid to the sheriff, u Advance and arrest i im ; I will protect you from harm."? 1 lean, however, firmly stood his ground; i lie sheriff hesitated, not liking the pros- t eel of a ball throagh his body. Jack- i on observing the oowardice of the sheriff, ? Lenity advanced upon Bean, when the I alter began to retreat. " Stop," than- i lerod Jackson, ** and sabtnit to the law." t "be bokl borderer iaataotly threw down i lis pistols, exclaiming, " I will surrender j .o you, sir, but to no one else." Jackson night have spared himself the trouble of evoking the majesty of the law; it was tot the law the fellow was afraid of, hut he man who was never known to Hinch rom danger or turn back from his purlose. With such a representative, law soon >ecame an object of fear, and the turhuent spirits that had - heretofore deKed its J lower, were tamed into sumission. This sudden vet firm decision was one I >f Jackson's peculiar characteristics. Men vho make up tlieir minds on the issue of he moment, are apt to hesitate in a crisis which includes life and death. Not so : with Jackson. llis mobile nature was asily flung into a tumult of excitement; j nit when there, itl>ccariio as rigid as iron, j juick to decide, action followed decision, i is the bolt follows the lightning's flash. lie possessed another peculiarity not ' :ommonly found among men. His ex- | Mtements, though so high and terrible, | verc not transient gleams; but permanent is the object that eroated tbem. A less j lardy frame would have sunk under them, i In 1803 a difficulty occurred hot ween j lim and Governor Sevier, who was candilate for re-election. 'Hie ipiarrel was tacen up by Sevier's political friends, and nany threats of vengeance were uttered igainst Jackson. Tho feeling was very [ itrong in Jonesl>oroug1i, and when in the I all he proceeded thither to hold his reguar court, a mob was organized, with Oolniel Harrison nt its head, to tar and foahcr him. Jackson having been taken lick on the way arrived with a high fever ipon him, and, scarcely able to dismount etired to his room, ami flung himself uj>>n the led. In a short time, the mob, | xjing notified of bis arrival, assembled j mind the tavern. Being told the object j >f their assembling Jackson arose, nn.l . -"""r" , ' , J hruwing open his door, said to a friend,) 'Give my compliments to Colonel llarri- ! ison, ami toll liini my door is open to re- j :eive him ami his regiment whenever they | house to wait upon me ; ami I hope the Jolonel's chivalry will induce him to leml lis men, not follow thom.n The hint was niderstood ; every individual of that moh veil knew that the floor of that chandler vouhl swim in hlood with the first attempt o cross the threshold of the open door. *fo one liking to be the first to encounter lackson, the crowd quietly dispersed.? larrison apologized for his rudeness, and :vcr after by his attachment evinced his egret. Hut not long after, while holding court it Knoxville, Jackson came in collision villi Sevier himself. Leaving the Court ooiii one day, he found the Governor in i rout of llio building, haranguing in an | ixeited manner a crowd of men, and swinging his miked sword about as if cutting ; ill the heads of imaginary foes. Nosoott r did the latter observe Jackson approaehng than he turned fiercely ujkiii him, ami . id dressed him with oaths ami insults.? n... i?.. .... l ? a -i.. -e 1 uiv miiri rviuri^lf ?i?m <? ihiwj iiU'it ui words ensued. The result of it was, .lack- I on sent the Governor a challenge, wlii -h j io accepted, but deferred the time of mee- ' ing so often, that the former at length \ lublished him as a coward. This bp night I hings apparently to a crisis, and an infor- ] nal meeting was agreed on, just over the ndian boundary. Jackson repaired to he place, and waited two days tor his op orient. He then wrote a letter stating | he nature and ground of the <juarrel,and j et out for Knoxville, determined that it j houhl bo adjusted in some way or other, j Ie had not proceeded far, however, when | ie met the Governor, accompanied by j wenty tnen on horseback. Halting in | p?nt of this formidable array, he sent for- | vard his friend with the letter he had j repared. The Governor refused to receive I t, which threw Jackson into a paroxysm I >f passion. The former was armed with | brace of pistols ami a sword ; Jackson 1 Iso had a pair of pistols in his holsters, >ut without thinking of these more dead- ( L* woannna bo no Soulier saw tbo lott.u- i eturncd and heard the insult that aceoni'anied it, than he set his cane, which lie eld in his hand in rest, ami plunging the purs into his horse, dashed full on the loveraor and his band. The company carted to the right and left in dismay, and lie astounded Governor, seeing the itiadlened steed rushing full upon him, lca|>cd pom his saddle to avoid the shock. In loing so, he trod on his scahhard and tumbled, lu a moment Jacksou was uj?>u him, anJ but for the interposition of riends would have punished hiin severely. This ended the duel, and the parties e pa rated, if not good friends at least pcac?.*hle enemies. The next year Jackson resigned his udgeship, and, tired of the turmoil and exations of public life, bought a farm ten uiles from Nashville, on the Cumberland liver, and devoted himself to agricuhural iursuit8. Beloved by his neighhora?reerencod for bis inteirritv. decision and nndnoss?blose<Nl with a wife who fill.*] its home with supliglit, he passed bis days erenely, and coveted no higher honour hau tliat of a successful farmer. Early n the morning he was out on his farm, ooking at his stock and superintending he labourers, and evening found flint envying the sweets of domestic comfort.? ilo took more pride in his stock than in lis crops, and hod an especial passion for torses. Nor was this strange; he had icarcely been off the hack of one since ho raa thirteen yesrs old. The home had Jeen his companion in long and perilous narchea, and often the only one, for days ogether, in the loundloas forest To his lure feet and courage ho had more than Mice been indebted for his life, both on Jie mountain sids and in hreaating the mptd stream. For forty-eight hours on a itretch, without food or rest, his noble deed had borne him, when hard fieset, and no wonder lie liecaiue attached to him. i He delighted in blooded animals, and im- [ i ported many from North Carolina and j i Virginia. This naturally ltd to trials of | speed and bottom on tho race course, \ where large sums often changed hands.? I I This custom, so beneficial in improving the \ breed of horses, but so pernicious to the t morals of men, led to one of the most pain- s fill events of Jackson's life, lie hail a fa- \ voritc horse named Truxton, distinguished s e.i.:. i i ivji ins *peeo auu enuurancc. a match i was made between him ami a horse own- t oil by a Mr. Krwin and his son-in-law, 1 1 Charles Dickinson, of two thousand dwl- 1 lars, with a forfeiture of eight hundred do!- , t lars, in case of the withdrawal of either si party. On the course, Mr. Krwin and his < son-in-law withdrew their horse, and oH'er- s cd to pay the forfeit. The notes tender- l ed, however, were not cash notes, and j Jackson refused to receive theni, claiming s the right to select from the li.-t in the 1 : hands of the stake-holder. This was gran* 1 ted, the payment, received, and the affair s settled, Nut long after, however, Dick- r inson was told that Jackson had accused 11 his father-in-law of producing a false list, j This the latter denied, when the author's t name was given. It was then proposed ' t to call him in, but Dickinson would not t consent. Jackson meeting the slanderer ; r not long afterwards, gave him the lie, and > list-tight followed. ! i Notwithstanding all this, either through ; the recklessness of Dickinson, who was a i i loose character, a trader in blacks and | i horses, and a professed duellist ;or, through t the persuasion of Jackson's enemies, who j thought this an opportunity of getting rid t of a man they feared and hated not to he 1 < omitted, the quarrel was kept alive. So- t vere and insulting letters were published \ in the papers, and language which e\:.s- i perated both parties to the highe St degree. I At length, Jackson was informed that a t letter charging him among other thing : < with cowardice was in the hands of the ' i editor. lie inimcdiately mounted his ! s horse and in a tempest of passion rode to \ Nashville, and demandeh a sight of it.? j r Finding his information correct, he rent i Dickinson a lierce challenge, and demand- j1 ed an immediate meeting. The latter, j t however, deferred it for a week, and spent , < the intermediate time in practising at < Jackson's figure chalked out on a hoard, 1 t This was hardly necessary, for he was a t lead shot, and was certain to hit his an- , t tagonist if he fired. It was arranged that ( they should stand hack to hack, move oil' a certain distance,wheel and then approach ' t and lire as soon or as late as either pa'-ty j i chose. Dickinson had insisted on this mode of lighting, so as to get the first tire, or call forth Jackson's before be had ap- i proached sutliciently near to make it dan- i gerous. Iiis own practice had heen perfect, and ho know he could strike Ids an- 1 tagonist at a distance the latter would < scarcely attempt to tire if he kept cool.? i Jackson understood this manoeuvre, and < had made lip his mind to he shot. lb' 1 wore a frock coat on the Held, which he : threw hack over his shoulders. At the i Word given they walked away, wheeled, > and advanced towards each other. S.ion I ..o..- i *?t ii. unci HMI.WII llll.ll. .l.tVK>OIl SMggCrcll ( u moment as li<? felt the ball ente r liiii],l)Ut I tin* next moment lie drew his coat around | liiin to staunch tbc blood, and walking I deliberately up to bis foe, shot him dead. I It was a bloody deed, and though sane- | tioned by the custom of the times, to which I so many of our l>o$t men have fallen vie- ! I tims, it was a crime for which no apology | < should be offered. By nature Jackson ! t was a man of terrible passions, and in this c instance they had been aroused into ten- ti fold fury, b\ the injustice that refused the ' c reconciliation he sought, and by tbe con- ! a viction that a sense of injury did not lay it at tin- bottom of the quarrel, but tbe do- . liberate desire and determination to take his life. Tbe friends of I )iekinson were resolved to provoke him so that lie must challenge his adversary or leave the eotuitry, and thus give to the latter the choice of time and mode of meeting. The plan was well laid and succeeded lierfectly in ! every respect, except that the ball did not I . happen to reach a vital spot. It entered ' j the breast' shattered two of bis ribs, then lodged in bis side, where it remained f? ?r ( years. Ilej however, mounted his horse i s and rode twenty inilos before his second j diecovemi that he had been shot, and then 1 only by seeing the blood ooze from his garments. He must have lwen in an ex'- 1 ^ traordinary state of mind, to have borne ! all this in silence so long. Were his j , thoughts busy with the man lie had slain ? jHad he left Ins fierce hate on the field { w here bis enemy lay weltering in his gore, j and was remorse now gnawing at his j v hear', and con?eienco whispering in his j ear " inu -win moot tnat toe again beyond ( the tomb I" There were rumors of unfairness in the , *i fight, A*c.; but these <lio?l away, and nu n ( spoke in Astonishment of the steadiness of t nerve which so severe and painful a wound x could not even for a moment shake. Jackson, after somo weeks, resumed his j j agricultural pursuits, and not long after ( entered as silent partner in a mercantile house in Nashville. Putting entire confidence in his partner, he trusted everything j to his sagacity and honesty. Things \v< nt | on smoothly for Awhile; but at length it ( wjis discovered that the house was insolvent. It could not pay its debts by sonic thousands of dollars. The concern was j, closed nt once, and Jackson, with that high ^ sense of honor and justice which had so ( often entangled hiin in quarrels among j ( lawless men, immediately sold his fine , plantation on the Cumberland, parted with hi* favourite stock, pawl off tlx* debts of the house to the last cent, and retired to a log cabin to begin the world anew. Prompt to redress tho wrongs of otliors, as well as his own, ho won tho esteem of all upright men. Sttch n man is not be * * ncasured by ordinary rules. A positive ! executive character like his must bo aver- | >?ul I... - I .... i^v-o iu llVilbCU JUMIV. IlllpCilCll 1>V I Mission, ho may at time* commit deeds on , vhichthe staid moralist looks with horror; ;iit it must bo remembered, too, that ho vould breast danger, venture liis life foi lliors, and undergo privations, toils, an I u fining, from wliieh that same moralist vould slirink in aU'right. The good in itch a man must l?' made to balance the ad. The departures from the common rack of life from both sides must be taken, lefore the balance against him is struck. ' Ie must be credited as well as charged in lie book of common morals before one is iblo to decide how he stands. This is the a.ly just rule, and by it Jackson would tand head and shoulders above most of hose who have condemned him. P>y his industry and perse.* vera nee, he 0011 recovered from his embarrassments, mil became a flourishing farmer again, laving occasion to go t Natciu*/. after oine blacks for his |ilantation, he found it the station of the United States' agent iinong the Clioctaws, by which his road >assed, several families of emigrant-, doubled because they hud no passports from he < fovcriior of Mississippi. In tin; mean j inie, the agent was selling thnn provisions it an exhorhitant i>ricc, and niakiii"- them York for him at a very low one. lndig- j unit at this outrage, lie demanded of tho igent how ho 'laro<l thus to arrest a free \incriean on tho public road. TaknjUf tho matter in his own hands, he okl tiie frightened emigrants to gear up uiil follow him. The agent lume<l ami hreatelioil ; but seeing Jackson well urinal, dared not interfere, lie, however, doermiiietl to bo revenged on the latter \ Inn he returned, and armed some fifty m n to arrest him, unless he eanie forti- ' ied with a passport. Jackson heard of his, and his friends advised him to procure >ne ; hui ! e indignantly refused, declaring t was a humiliate u no American fivetnan j liould suhmit to. Arming his negroes villi axes and eluhs, v.hile he himself earicd a load' d rifle and two pistols at his addle-how, he approaelied tho station.? The agent came forth, and a-k< d him o slew his pasespc >rt. 44 7lint * <y nils on ircumslaiict#" replied Jackson, as he aivles.-ly swung his rillo s ? as to hring hemu/.zle where it could look the agent 'nil in the face. The latter understood rhut circumstances, and the kind of pass?ort alluded to, ami wisely let him pass on. lie afterwards reported the agent to he general government, and he was rc- I noved. Ilis hatred of wrong and oppression was intense, and though his way of Mending tho injured was not always trietly Ugnl, it must he remembered that 110 otlu r mode of redress was open to him. Jackson had scarcely reached home, when lie received ? letter from troverii?>i L'arroJI, reijuesting him to act as second, ii a dm'! between him and a brother of "ol. Ueiiton. He coul I ma well refuse dm, but t'olonel 1'. en ton took it unkindly, | md spoke bitterly of him. A bitter cor- ( vspondence in the papers followed, and j sometime afterwards meeting at a public j touso in Nashville, a most desperate, murlerous fight took place, in which Jackson j iad his arm broken and mutilated by a j istol-ball. The estrangement which folowed, was afterwards healed, and the\ I M-eaine fast friends. Through such rough scenes of war and j order-life, was Jackson trained lor the ligli responsibilities which were to be pla- | ed on liilil. lie had not been indifferent o the oppressive acts of the English gov- | mmoiit, and his voice was loud for im- | nediate redress. At length the long-sur- j harged clouds hurst?war was declared, I nid the inusteriugof arms was heart 1 over ' lie laud. irlfrtrh 3lvtirlfLi. The Cholera Baffled. lu the very height of the cholera in this rity last year, viz: the 20th of June, 181!) ! )r, Turner, the chrono-thorinalict, pub- | ished in New York Sun, an essay, uein- ' iiistrating, by arguments drawn from r. a- j on and from experience, that the most j eliable and efheiicius remedy f>r the ' ipideinic is an emetic sufficiently active to insist the efforts of nature in cleansing the j ysteni. This was thought at the time i athcr a bold proposition, ami was taking | he 'hull by the horns' in deliance of the i actility. The position lias been well sus- j ained however. Einctica of various kinds i lave been employed advantageously in arioits paits of the con try. The simplest rorn is that described by otic of our sea aptains, Capt. 1 Validly, of the pnck"t 1 hip Isaac Wright, in a letter to 1 >r. Punier, in July last, viz: 'A tablespooniil of red pepper, in a tumbler of hot wa- j ,er'?ingredients to he obtained in every veil regulated household. This preserip- i ion is simple enough, and one concerting which we are pleased to see it asserted, hat it has heon used in the western part >f our country, the only place affording in opportunity of trying it since its pul?ication, with the most invariable success, lint there is something more important tonncctcd with it than the mere relieving >f patients. The knowledge that an efficient remedy exists, dispels all panic? ivhic.li every one knows is ten times worse than the mere disease?ano extracts tlio fangs of a once dreaded monster. The cholora is now like the plague, yellow fever and small pox?a toothless tiger.? NoatKs Sunday Times. Where a house is well furnished with hook* nnd newspapers, the children nre usually intelligent and well informed; but if there are no books or papers, the children ijgiivraii*) ii nvi [iroiiijrjiie. " * Kailuoad Acuidunts.?Wo have met people actually entertaining a horrible dread of railroad travelling, some wiliing to stay at home mainly because afraid to ride after the energetic tread of the ironhorse; while, 011 the other hand, there are many who complain of five minutes'delay, and are willing to risk every thing for extra speed gained by its employment. \\ < believe it is true that the accidents on railways are one huudrd per cent, lass than those inorrcd by coach travelling? take the average, and we shall find the number ot death.- below that of the old coaching system. We think that tho railway proprietors use nil wholesomo procautions, and as the public have demanded high speed, it is not altogether right or justifiable to blame ufticers of roads, as casualties are unavoidable many times. A celebrated Englishman once properly remarked that a traveller was disa]>pointed that lie had not arrived at Exeter from Loudon in throe hours, and yet complained of the II. II. Co., because a tyre (lew oil". If the public demand improvements, a few casualties?and few they are compared with the traffic?must necessarily occur. There is nothing without risk; "if you pri.-k your finger, why there's danger in it," says Shakspcare.? Scirntijic American. Tin: rem. ok Luton.?We must work if wo wish to win. and labor, rightly understood , is a pleasure as w el has a duty. If is hy in bur that we get knowledge, influence, and respectability It was hy labor that all the men who are now groat, in history, for their evil words and noble deeds, who wrote hooks, built cathedrals, made laws, and governed people, succeeded. Let no hoy think honorable labor a hardship, rather let him regard it as a necessity, a duty, an enjoyment, and the true secret of success in life. The late 1 lev. Rowland Ilill was asked which was the hest means of securing a long life; and he said, "hard work."?Labor not only contributes to the length of its life, but makes useful. Some men ano women ' live, and sometimes live to great ages, I wit hot. hardly doing anything for there own happiness or the happiness of others. Life is only useful in proportion to its being devoted to the highest uses for mail and j tiod. m M n Ktiikiuzatiux or a Lion.?A most novel operate a was performed at South Boston, recently. Francis Alger, Es?p, had in liis possession at his residence In South Boston, a lion about six months old, of the spcI eics known as the American lion, and brought a short time since from South Ai morion. This lion, m il I.?-" ! fanner tlinu a nunc of gold and silver. I . ' ? I sue, lias grown quite ferocious, and it was ill i liinl advisable to remove his claws,1which ' were inv ?h nrf?, to jyovcnt him from doing injury to those w ho might approach his cage. % To accomplish this end.Or. Charles T. Jacksen ailmiuistercd ether tc him. At first ho was quite cross and snappish, and some difficulty was experienced in getting the sponge to his nose. At last, however, a soothing impression was made, and after a pound and a half had hoen administered, he became perfectly docile, and slept quietly for twenty minutes. In the meantime his claws were removed with a pair of sharp pincers, and when his lior.ship awoke from his trance ho found himself deprived of his most formidable weapons of defence. The lion recovered his wonted agilitv, and is now as lively as ever. It is probable that it will be neccssarv to cut oil'his teeth before he will he considered a safe pet.? Itozlnti Traitllvr. Now? ' Now" is the. constant syllable ticking from the clock of time, " Now" is the watchword of the wise. "Now" is on the banner of the prudent. I^-t us keep this little word always in our mind; and whenever anything presents itself to us in the shape of Work, w la the, mental or physical, we should do it with all our might, remembering that "now" is the only time for us. It is indeed a sorry way to get through the world, by putting off till to morrow, saying, ["Then" I will do it. No! this will never answer. "Now" is ours; "then" may ncv1 or be." W. A M. R. R.?We are informed from private sources, that the passenger train upon the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad is now running to Lincliburg, eighteen miles from Smnterville, making the length of the road in operation about thirty-four miles. For the benefit of tho travelling community, we would state that tho Stage Line is now connecting with the cats at Lynchburg, having commenced their regular trips on Tuesday morning ...... .>n|>iviviuuub nuuncus uie instance to Darlington by stage ton miles. \niack liivcr Watchman. TOC'OKBFOT RaVCIOITY IV BlJTTEH Moll and '.immer it, and dip into the in ass a piece of broad thoroughly tosted on both sides. Very rancid butter may be correct. 1 by melting it in hot water, removing the scum as it rises, and working it in a churn with milk, perfectly new and sweet, arid adding a little salt and pulvcrI izod sugar. Wash Fob Tin: Moith.?An excellent wash for the mouth is made of hnlf an ounce of tincture of myrrh and two ounces ; of i'cruvian barkf Keep iu a phial for use. A fov drops in u glass of water are sufficient. To Km. Brtta fW Viver.?Sprinkle thcin with urine. If too strong, it will kill the vines as well as the bugs. A moderate dose, diluted with water, will drive oil' the bugs, and inako the vinee grow rapidly. A Mi/ok swamp is of more value to a