The Arkansas banner., 1844-10-02
From Me PeaaSyiraaiQa. CEN HACKS SON


 at the Hermitage, which will be read with great interest by the nnmbefless friends and admirers of that great hero, devoted patriot and good old man.
 NASHVILLE, Auo. 18th, i344.
 This morning, immediately after breakfast, took hack, and, in company of couple oi gentlemen of Tennessee, acquantances of Gen Jackson, started on visit to the Her mltage. The distance is about twelve miles, and the road an excellent one. The country along the way, although old and long euIt- vaied, IS yet rich, productive, and beautiful. According to the custom of the slave States. the planters have preserved as far as possible the old forest in it's original beauty. The trees now standing are mostly oak. like those oi Michigan, and tic soil, which is dry and rolling, looks like our oak openings. Apple and pear trees abound along the road. some of which are breaking down under the weight oi thelf ripe fruit. Alter Il pleasant ride of an hour and a half we came to the gate Of the Hermitage
 Upon our arrival and introduction to the General, we found him engaged in reading his letters and newspapers. and am happy 10 say, lar less iniirln than ae hal expected, from the statements we had heard of his phv- slcal debility, He received us with great cordiality and kindness, and began at once to enquire Of us about men and things in ouv respective sections of country. Pretty soon enquiries were made concerning the election news, when the old gentleman took up a lata number of the Globe which lay by him. and read us the returns from North Carolina. which he did in q clear, firm voice; he then commented upon the returns, stated, from recollection, the former political character of the counties 10 be heard from, and made sPeculailons upon the probable result, with a sagaelty, extent of information and correct- ness of memory, which pnt the rest of us 10 tfe blush for our comparative ignorance.- From this he passed To variety of other topics, moral and political, which he dis cassed with clearness and vigor of thought, anu proprety and force of language that never heard before in a private conversation lie spoke too with frankness of many distp- gHished public men, whose peculiar traits of Character, as every one conceded he drew ih the very light and language of truth. We remained with him nearly two hours. and during the whole time he astonished and de- lighted me with displays of his enlightened and powerful mind. When we arose fo leave lln, the noble old naa he took me by the hand, said with remarkable energy. "Gan- Hsmea, yoar shoulders arc af the qcAeei, gray 10 God for success, aHd J,tsh on A3e column. , Never shall forget this parting admontion, nor the eloquent and affecting impressiveness with which it was given
 During the whole of the Generals conver- satIon, he exhibited no vanity. no egoti m; nor dld he make any recurrence, that remember t2 hls own act. U pon my remarkng to one ol the company who has long known the General, that. unlike most men, he had vel no second clildhood--no, replied the gen. tlemall, and he never will all the faculties oi hls mlnd now appear to be just as clear and strong and manly as they were ill his prime.
 The General $ mansion Is a very large and spacious one, and presents grand appearance as you approach. IL Is built of brick and is erected OH the very site of his old dwelling which was burned down during his Pres- dency. The present mansion consists of a malil building with wing on each side. The nam building Is two stories high, with a plazza to each story, both i'll front and rear. which are sustained by immense columns quite as large as the columns ill front of the Presbyterian Church n Detroit. The interior of the house shall nol attempt 10 describe
 One ol the most interesting scenes about the Hermitage, and one enmInenuy charac- terisuc of it's distinguished occupant, IS the monument erected by Gen. Jackson, in his garden, lo the memory of his deceased wife The whole, from top to base, is built of mar bie. First, there Is vault of circular form. twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, the top of which Is about foul feet from the ground, and Is ascended by flight of marble steps. In the centre stands q pedestal of square hewn marble, six or eight feet high; and the whole Is surmounted and sheltered with marble roof, which IS supported by columns of luted marble ten or twelve feet high. In the vault, on one side of the pedestal, are the remains oi hls wlie, covered wi,h marble slab, On which IS engraved sublime description o her worth and virtues. On the other side o the pedestal, Is place prepared for his own remains which Is covered with marble slah on which, thank God, there IS yet no inscrip- tlon, and long, very long by the blessing ol -lieaven, may t be without one.
 The spacious and lofty walls of the Gene ral's mansion are almost covered with splen- did paintings, the most cherished of which us would naturally be supposed, are those O a military character, representing scenes il which bravery has carved it's way to success and glory. The Generals favorite picture, am told, is one occupying a conspicuous posi- ton in this hall, which exhibits MT. Poiusett our Minister to Mexico, bearing and trium phantly displaying from the balcony of his diplomatic residence the American flag, as ; e protection 10 those who rushed under it's fold: z to escape from the fury of murderons Mex 7 can mob. Isupposethe picture, in Gen. Jack d sons estimation, consists in the high respec }, thus paid by the semi-basbarians, in liorelgr a a land, to the Star Spangled Banner, which yS has been the great purpose of his life to uphol' e and make honorable throughout the world and upon which he has shed such brlllian I, a lustre, by his exploits upon so many vlcto ,o rious battle fields.
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