Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-07-05
VOLUME 4-NO. n,
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IS W.
From the n o. Picayune.
DEATH OF GEN. JACKSON.

I
The news of Gen. Jackson's death was brought
to the city by the Yorktown on Sunday morning.
lie died on Sunday evening. the Sth inst, arc
O'Clock, after long and wasteful illness, in thu
7Dth year of his age His mind withssood tho
ravages Of time and disease, and burned brightly
ill his body perished from the effects of botE.-
Up 10 within Two hours Of his death no enjoyed
the faculty of speech. When he could no longer
speak, he showed Signs { sensibility and nteIi-
gence. and 1t was only with his last breath that
he ceased to be cognznnt Of what wns passing
around him. lie was patient under afflic,ion and
obeyed the voice ,ha. called h.n hence as though
It wern an invitation 10 an abode of pleaslnlness
and peace.
There will not be a man or woman, old or
young, in America. who will not feel that some
Thing neediuI has been lost upon learning tha,
Gen. Jackson is no more. Though his demise, in
the ordinary course of nature. might have been
anticipal ed, and notwithstanding all recent nc.
counts represented him to be in the last extreme
of debility yet such the iron will OF that man.
above all his fellows cynosure aud wonder.
that It is difficult to realize that his firm nerves
are palsied by tho stroke of death. Eos .,-"y
weeks he has been linss-;"p upon the verge OF tho
pro~r. AT any time within three months past
his death should no, have surprised any one. but
when he expired tho event made tho impression
Of sudden loss. and the nation mourns as wild.
ow.
In this city the light of hear, are sad and the
lhough,Iess grave. Little children quit their pas.
times in mysterious terror as it were to wonder
at calamity they do not comprehend. All miss
something, every BODY has lost something. A
friend. beneiactor, an opponent that cannot be
spared; the pride OF enc, the glory OF another.
and the admiration of al ; tho successful s,ates-
man, the trumphat general, tn, stern patriot is
gone and there is none other. He was necdfuI to
all, and there is no ono who does not feel his
death a personal loss.
If the gay, the young, tho many who knew him
only from his acts-and ofhese a moiety were
in political ieud with him-if all are touched by
his taking away, albeit in tho fuIlness Of wears.
what must they feel who followed bis banner to
the biz wars! There will be solemn pagean.s in
token of the ,blc sorrow but darker pail
shrouds the hearts Of the survivors Of his gor.
GUS battlefield THAI tho sable drapery that deep.
ems the gloom of the funeral coricge. The drum
that was beat in revcille on the morning Of the 9Th
pageant us muIHeu notes VIII IaI mOurnruTIy
upon tho ear; but they who heard it wien ii woke
al army npon fearful summons will not heed it
now. for their hearts beat sadder than it. They
will foIow-those of them who have strength to
do so-ihe old ensign as it is borne along the
streets. its rags aud shreds held together 1y the
trappngs Of woe, but with what other emotions
will it fill their minds than those it inspired when
it hultered in the early dawn chiding tho tardy-
gated hou rs that kept back the clash of arms
They were impatient then, too, but now they are
bruised and worn like it. The voice that badc it
be unfurIel over the orray Of freedom is hushed
forever, and they who conquered beneath its folds
are meek and few and full of grief. .-r
ErJroorJ;11ru Eom-E..s A., ax,r,ord;,,.,