Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-07-24

ever ready to obey her voice, he aban-
doned, once more, the quietude ofpub-
lie life, toward which his heart had so
long yearned, for seat in the Senate
of the United States. As indefatiga-
BILE and persevering in the Senate
chamber as he had been in the battle
field, his health soon gave way, and
but short time elapsed after the close
ofthe session ere he was compelled TO
resign.
! In conclusion, my countrymen, con-
fident OH, great wisdom and the ma
ny virtues which, for wise purposes,
the God Of nature had bestowed upon
him, and which he had so eminently
displyed in every sphere of life in which
he had, been called upon to act, a ma
TONS voice has conferred upon An
DREW JACKSON the highest trusts, both
civil and military, within her gift
Loved and revered by the American
people, twice have their sul1rages rails
ed him to the Office of Chief Magis-
trate of the nation. Nor did he fail,
while occupying this the highest and
proudest station upon the widespread
universe, to achieve victory less sig
nal than was that upon the bloody
plains of New Orleans. A monster
more fearful than was the Lernaan
Hydra was poisoning, with its pesti-
lential breath, the political atmosphere
I of our government and the mighty
arm of second Hercules was required
to grapple with it! Nerved by the
stern and indomitable energies Of his
soul, ANDREW JACKSON shrunk not
from the engagement. The result was
glorious triumph! The Banh; Of the
Uuited States, with all its host of cor
ruptions, was crushed to earth, and the
nation saved from bankruptcy.
Thus having "flled the measure of
his country's glory" beside the wa
tiers of the dark rolling Cumberland, the
venerable old hero quietly sleeps in the
bosom of his mother earth. He went
down into the grave with all his laurels
green and fresh around him. All things,
my countrymen, under the sun, must
cometo an end. The swallow, which
chirps and sings through the air in the
gaity of conscious liberty; OF the lark,
which wings its musical flight into the
morning sky, are alike the beings of
an hour! Death puts an eternal peri
cd to the flight of the one and to the
songs of the other. The galley slave
who is compelled to tug from morn till
night at the oar, is consoled by the re-
fiectiou, that darkness will put period
to his labors, and that the tolls of the
Gay will be forgotten in the insensibili-
ty Of sleep. The sage and the philo-
sopher reflect with grief, that few
brief moments, and death will have
| terminated their flights of wisdom and
their sallies of wit while the states
man and warrior look upon death as
the dark and narrow house, where no
plans of ambition are conceived, where
no shouts of victory are heard. All
things under the sun must come to an
end. Even nations, which astonish
US by their grandeur, and flourish for
awhile the wonder of the world, are
destined to feel the force of this stern
and ruthless law. The grandeur of
Rome and the elegance of Greece; the
luxury of Persia and the magni6cence
of Babylon, are now seen dlmly thro'
the mists ofthe past, like the dreams of
Other times We read in the days of
our youth of the pride OF Xerxes and
the glory of Nebuehadnezzar out ev-
cry monument of the one and Of the
other has long since ceased to exist.
Like the fabric Of a vision, they have
passed away; like the dews ofthe NOR
ming, they are gone; and Time, the
mighty and all-conquering destroyer,
is gliding over the cold ashes of dead
empires, to fresh and never-ending
victories. Man dies; power fades a
way; empires moulder; earth shall
wax old as garment but the fresh
ness of Truth, and the glory of Virtue,
twin sisters of Immortality, shall en-
dure forever! Far down the stream Of
time, where its dim waters ningle
with the eternal ocean, the last pilgrim
of life will still hail the venerable char
acter of our Hero as the one green spot
in the desert of life; and the bri ght
memory of the past, the deathless IN
heritance of the future, shall still gath
er around his ashes, and hover over
his tomb!
Soft be the requium round him,
May discord cucumber it never,
Green be the wreath with which nations have
To flourish forever and ever" bound him,
-eSe-
Calyornia.-The New Orleans JEFF
fersonian, ofthe 10 instant, learns from
recent dates, that the people ofthe fer
r;torv nf Eaiifnrnia have flnc1arod them,