The Lancaster Ledger, 1852-06-30

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

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.

.... ? ?-- <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<

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

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" "

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

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

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.?-"