The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-12-04
OUR ARMY LETTERS.
The Tomb of Jackson.
CAMP NEAR NASHVILLE, Tenn,
Fa+ November %, 1862.

NONeuDeT lCOZ
EDS. JoURNAL:-Wood's s, and two other
divisions are now in camp here, nine
miles east of Nashville, on Stone river.
We marched from Silver Creek last
week on the Nashville and Lebanon
Turnpike, passing through the plantation
of Gen. jackson, and within sight of the
mansion where the old hero lived and
died. The army halted, and many of US
visited the mansion and tomb of jackson
near it. The plantation contains LOO
acres; 500 have been purchased by the
State of Tennessee for the General Gov
ernment, believe. The mansion stands
about 200 yards from the pike, in beau
tiful yard, and is approached by mar
row avenue, bordered by the finest cedar
trees, whose bonghs interlace so system
atically and so beautifully that they form
dense shade or canopy that the rays OF
the sun can never penetrate. The mansion
is of solid brick, with wings and six Corin-
THAN columns in front of the main build
ing. 1t is of the temple order of archi-
solid elegance and beauty. Andrew
Jackson, Jr., who was adopted by Gen.
jackson when he was only day and a
half old, and who lived with the General
half century, is the occupant of the
mansion. He received us pleasantly
and conducted us through the building,
describing the various articles Of inter
est, and relating many personal remln-
iscences of the General. He was always
with jackson; was present at New Or
leans, and with him when he crushed out
treason in South Carolina, and retains a
living recollection Of those exciting
times. As we entered the mansion, the
first object of interest was the arm chair
used by Gen. Washington at Philadel-
phia and Mt Vernon forty years, which
was presented to Jackson by DR.. Craig,
Washington $ family physician, and used
| by him many years. Beside it stands
his Office table. On the left are busts OF
Lewis Cass and Levi Woodbury., and a
portrait of Christopher Columbus, taken
from an original painting at Genoa; also
vase or pitcher made from a long hick
ory cut by the British on Long Island in
the last war. A limb sprouting out o
the hickory by some external pressure
Uree, amt rfom UnIs the nandIe Is formed
The words OLD HICKORY are painted or
the side, and below, on a silver plate, is
engraved the name of the donor, witt
date of presentation, July 4th, 1929
stating that it is presented ''as fit en-
blem Of the man a0ho fills the measure O
has cOuntryS gl9gy' ---
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Ter of interesting mementoeS of the Here
of Orleans. Three portraits of the Gen
eral hang upon the walls. One, from
which most of the pictures of jackson W,
see are taken, represents him on horse
back, and was painted by Earl An
other, also painted by Earl, represents
the Old Hero in citizens dress, in tn,
prime of life, and verifes the remark
have SO often heard made by Major Nc
Gala, of Princeton, that jackson, whel
young, was one of the finest lookins
men in America. Over the entranc,
hangs the finest portrait of jackson
have ever seen, much superior to any il
Washington, and no doubt the truest il
America. There is similar one at tn,
French capital. Louis Phillip, Will,
King of France, sent out the American
Painter, Healy, then on visit to Paris
studying the ancient models in the Lou
yre, to this country to paint a portrait o
Jackson, Clay and Webster.
While visiting the hermitage for thi
purpose he also painted this portrait o
jackson only eight days before he died
A fine bust, by an American sculptor
whose name-I do not recollect, of beauti
full Parian marble, represents jackson il
middle life. Although this scuIptur,
and these paintings, the triumphs of the
chisel and pencil, bring forcibly to oul
minds the form and countenance of the
dead hero, we still, even here, where h,
spent the best days of his life, feel
Like one who treads alone, some banquet Hal
deserted,
Whose leaves dead, whose garlands fed and al
but he deserted.
Sculpture and painting may speak The
fame, and call fresh to the mind tn,
mighty deeds of jackson, but in sorrow
we feel that his spirit is gone
Like the dew upon the mountains,
| Like the foam on the river,
| Like the bubbles upon the fountains
| 1t is gone and forever.
l next visited the garden on the RICH
of the mansion. 1t is filed with rare
shrubs and choice flowers On the East
ern side is the family burying ground
On circular base, twelve feet in diam
cter, stand eight doric columns support
ing a dome. In the center a stone mon
ument rises about seven feet high. Tn
der this repose the ashes of the Ameri
can hero. On solid slab on the righr
of the monument, beneath the dome, /.
the simple inscription, General An
drew jackson, born March 10Th, 1867
died Sth, lS45." On the left is similar
slab, covering the remains of the wife Of
Gen. Jackson, with this fine tribute tc
her memory, no doubt penned by the
General himself:
"Her face was fair, her person pleas.
ing, her temper amiable, and her heart
kind. She delighted in relieving the
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