Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-06-26
GENERAL ORDER.
WASHINGTON, June l6, Is


The President of the United States, with
heartfelt sorrow, announces to the army, the
navy, and the marine corps, the death Of AN
DREW JACKSON. On the evening of Sunday
the eighth day of June, about six O'Clock, he
resigned his spirit to his heavenly Father
The nation, while it learns with grief the
death of its most illustrious citizen; finds solace
in contemplating his venerable character and
services The valley of the Mississippi be-
held in him the bravest, and wlsest, and most
fortunate of its defenders. The country rails
ed him to the highest trusts in military and
in civil life, with confidence that never aba
ted, and an affection that followed him in I'M
diminished vigor to retirement, watched over
the latest hours, and pays its tribute at his
grave Wherever his lot was cast he appear
ed among those around him, first in natural
endowments and resources, not less than first
in authority and station. The power of his
mind impressed itself on the policy of his
country, and still lives, and will live forever,
in the memory of the people. Child Of a for
est region, and settler of the wilderness, his
was genius which, as it came to- the guidance
of affairs, instinctively attached itself to gen.
eral principles, and inspired by the truth
which his own heart revealed to him in sin
gleness and simplicity, he found always re-
Spouse in the breast of his countrymen.-
Crowned with glory in war, in his whole ca
reer, as a statesman, be showed himself the
friend and lover of peace. With an American
heart. whose throbs were all for republican
freedom and his native land, he yet longed to
promote the widest intercourse, and the most
Lofxr Tho, NOT
of mankind He was the servant Of humanl-
ty. Ola vehement will, he was patient in
council, deliberating long, hearing all things;
vet in the moment of action, deciding with "a
pidity. Ola noble nature, and incapable OF
disguise, his thoughts lay open to all around
him, and won their confidence by his ingenu-
Gus frankness. His judgment was of that So
lidity, that he ever tempered vigor with pru-
eence. The flushings of anger could never
cloud his faculties, but rather kindled and
lighted them up, quickening their energy with
out disturbing their balance. In war, his eye
at glance discerned his plans with unerring
sagacity; in peace, he proposed measures with
instructive wisdom, of which the inspirations
were prophecy. In discipline stern, in AUST
resolution infiexible, he was full Of the gent
lest affections, ever ready to solace the dis
tressed, and to relieve the needy; faithful to
his friends, fervid for his country. Indifferent
to other rewards, he aspired throughout life to
an honorable fame, and 50 loved his fellow
men, that he longed to dwell in their affection
ate remembrance. Heaven gave him length
of days, and he filled them with deeds OF
greatness. He was also happy; happy in his
youth, which shared the achievement OF our
national indepencence;happy in his afteryears,
which beheld the valley Of the West cover it
self with the glory Of the free and ever increa-
sing States; happy in his age, which saw the
people multiplied from two to twenty millions,
and freedom and union make their pathway
from the Atlantic to the Pacific; thrice happy
ir death, for While he believed the li5sries Of