Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-06-19


D HATH OF
GEN. JACKSON. .
From the Louisville Democrat, June IL.
GEN. JACKSON Is DEAD!
The term ofhis eventfuI life closed on
Sunday evening the sth, at o'clock. On
Sunday morning the report reached
Nashville, that he had expired, owing
10 his having tainted away, in the at
tempt 10 remove him from his chair to-
his bed. He however recovered for al
few hours. A short time before his death,
he took affectionate leave of his friends
and domestics, retaining to the last his
senses and intellect unclouded. He ex.
3pired with the utmost calmness, express
ling the highest confidence in a happy
Immortality through Redeemer.
General Houston landed at Nashville
at half past six on Sunday evening, and
set off in haste to the Hermitage, but
was met by the physician, who informed
HIM that the General was no more.
We received this intelligence from
e Col. J. c. Eldredge, who accompanied
Gen. Houston from Texas, and who is
now on his way to Washington City.
The simple announcement ofthis mel
ancholy though long expected event, will
excite the deepest emotions in the hearts
of the American people. The memory
Of JACKSON belongs to his country. Her
history will contain the record ofhis val
liable services-his sterling patriotism
will be his monument.
The funeral. we understand, was tc
have taken place yesterday.
From the Louisville Journal, June II.
DEATH OF GEN. JAcKsoN.-An ex-
press arrived here this morning, from
!, Nashville, with intelligence that this EN-
I sinent man died at the Hermitage or
] Sunday last, at & o'clock, P. M. He
had swooned in the morning, and, Cor {
time. was supposed to be dead, but he
soon revived. His death will no doubt
| create great sensation Throughout
D the country.
This event, though mournful, was net unex
pected. His health had long been in pre-.
Il carious state, and we have daily looked fo
THE announc ement which now falls upon tn,
ear like the mournful tones of the thnera
knell.
s. From the autobiography Of this great & goo'
man, which will be found in another column
we are spared the task of writing his history
Yet we cannot let this occasion pass withou
paying our grateful tribute to thegmemory o
the departed.
Z Such man, man so devoted to his coun
ztry's dearest interests, willing at all times
and under all circ umstances to peril his lif
and his fortune for its glory and welfare
shou ID have few enemies. But he was no
destined to pass through the world with nam
!. untouched by the tongue of scandal. Enter
ing into political life, he inevitably arraye
against him the prejudices of the party b.
which he was opposed, and, especially on ac
count Of the principles which he professed,an
upon which after he was elected to the chic
! Magistracy of the Nation, he administered
the government, drew down upon him th'
zbitterest invectives Of his enemies; yet. hi
was mind to be swayed by none of them; an
q " ith his eye firmly fixed upon the immutabl
principles of right s. justice,no power on cart
could force him to swerve from them. Sucl
T was his course Of public life that he won tn
i confidence and admiration of all true lovers o
Republican institutions, and though bis en-
\ emies might heap upon him their vilest abuse
still they have been forced to yield to hin
he character ofa great man.
Whether in the council or on the field, b
never demanded aught that was not strictl.
Just and he would yield to ncught that wa
wrong. The last hours, not only Of hi
public life, but the last in his retirement
were devoted to the prosperity Of his country
and in warning the American people of th
|. dangers by which they are surrounded.
But this great man has gone; he departe'
this life on the 9Th inst. ut the advanced ag'
Of 7s years, months and days, but tn
y light Of his life still lingers, his memory i
81 embalnied in the hearts of his countrymen ON,
halo of glory surrounds the sepu lcher Of de
parted greatness.
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