Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-29
General Jscksouss Wsfe...Hcv Lat
HanHa..Her TO0h.

Hours..Her Tomb.
The new volume OF Psrton's "Life OF
Andrew Jackson'' has the following &C.
count Of tho death Of the General's
wife:
On Monday evening, the evening be-
tore the twenty-third, her disease aP-
pesred to take decided turn for the bet
ter; aud che then 50 earnestly entrcated
the General to prepare for the fat'guea
OF the morrow by having night OF un-
disturbed sleep, that he consented, at
last, to 60 into an adjoining room and
lie down upon sofa. The doctor was
still IN the house. Hannah and George
were to Sit up with their mistress. AT Q
O'Clock the General babe her goodnight,
went into the next room, and took OF
his coat, preparatory to lying down. he
had been gone about five minutes; Mr-
Jackson was then, for the first time, re
moved from her bed, that it might he ar
ranged for the night. While sitting IL
char, supported In the arms OF Han
nah, she uttered a long, loud, inarticu
late cry; which was Immediately fol
lowed by rafting noise in the throat
Her head fell forward upon Hannah''
shoulder. She never spoke nor breathec
again.
There WAS a wild rush into the room
Of husband, doctor. relatives, friends anc
servants. The General assisted to lay
her on the bed. "Bleed her, DOCTOR
he cried. No blood flowed from hel
arm. cry the temple, Doctor" Tw.
drops stained her csI, but no more fol
lowed.
1t was long before he would lelievt
her dead. He looked eagerly into bel
face, as if still expecting to see slgns O
returning lite. Her hands and feet
grew cold. There could be no doubt
then, aud they prepared table for lay
ing her out. With a choking voice, the
General said :-"Spread four blankets
upon it. II she does come to, she will
lie so hard upon the table"
He sat all night long IN the room by
her side, grieving. said Hannah, and oc
csslonaly looking into the face, and feel
ing the heart and pulse of the form SC
dear to him. Major Lewis, who had
been Immediately sent for, arrived jus,
before daylight, and found him still
there, nearly speechless and wholly iu
consolable. He sat in the room nearly
all the next day, the picture Of despair
1t was only with great difficulty thai
he was persuaded to take little coffee
"And this was the way" concluded
Hannah, shat old mistus died and ",
. ways say that when we lost her v,
lost a mistus and a mother too; anC
more mother than a mistns. And ",
say the same of old master; for he wa
more father to us than master, ant
many's the time we've wished him bacl
again, t. help us out of our troubles"
The remains OF Mrs. Jackson still Ii,
in the corner OF the Hermitage garden
next tt ose Of her husband, in a toni
prepared by him in these years for thci
reception. 1t resembles, in appearance
an open summer house-a small whit,
dome, supported by pillars Of white mar
Bile. The tablet that covers the remains
| of Mrs. Jackson reads as follows:
"Here lies the remains of Mrs. Rache
Jackson, wife of President Jackson, who
died the 22d Of December, 1928, agee
81. Her face was fair her person
pleasing, her temper amiable, her hear
kind; she delighted in relieving thu
wants of her fellow-creatures, and cult
waited that divine pleasure by the mos
liberal and unpretending methods; tt
the poor she was a benefactor; to the
rich an example; to the wretched com
forter; to the prosperous an ornament
her plety went hand in hand with hel
benevolence, end she thanked her Crea
tor for beginning permitted to do good
a being so gentle and so vir,uous Sian
der might wound but could not dishon
or. Even death, when be tore her from
the arms of her husband, could bu,
transport her to the bosom Of her God.
Bloody ARRAY At LOuisvllle-An Editor
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