The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-12-04
EVANSVILLE, IND THURSDAY MORNING,

ornament; her piety went hand IN hand
with her benevolence, and she thanked
her Creator for being permitted to do
good. A being so gentle and yet SO vlr-
tuous, slander might wound but could not
dishonor. Even death, when he tore
her from the arms of her husband, could
but transport her to the bosom OF her
God"
Near the tower stand two small monu-
ments. One is erected over the remains
of Earl, the painter, with the inscription:
" r. E. W. Earl, Friend and Companion
of General Jackson" -.f.....-
About fifty officers and soldiers stood
around the tomb, as | approached 1T, and
a more thoughtful and solemn company
have never seen. We felt as if standing
near a mighty one Of earth, and had
thoughts and feelings that will be long
remembered.
We remembered that he, whose ashes
reposed beneath US, in l786 came to the
wilds of Tennessee, startling the wild
deer in the tangled brake, and while the
moccasin track of the savage was still
fresh on her soil, with no fortune but his
clear head and strong heart, and with no
friend but the good God above and the
great country around him. That only p
half century rolled by when this youth
became one of the profoundest statesmen
| and ablest Generals of the age, when the
| whole world was astonished at his Wis
| dom as a statesman and General. As we
stood over his grave, and expressed a
wish that we only had another jackson,
to now sav to the waves of disunion that
| beat so wildly around our Ship OF State,
Peace, be still! we still felt that in this
contest the example even of jackson was
exerting mighty influence 1t was the
promptness of Jackson that saved the
nation from the troubles we now have in
1882, and the service he rendered his
country on that occasion will live green
in the memory of untold generations yet
to come. His fame is as boundless as
the shoreless air, and there is scarcely a
page in our country's history for the last
half-century that is not impressed with
the wonderful influence of his genius and
patriotism. Conscious of the purity OF
his motives and the correctness OF his
principles, he disregarded the opposition
of men and senates; with one hand he
struck down treason in a distant State,
and made her people acknowledge the
authority of the Government, and with
the other crushed national bank, estab
fishing the Government finances, firmly
and durably, on the solid metal an th'
iron chest. For the wisdom Of his meas
ures, he appealed to the sober second
thoughts of the people, and they always
sustained him. ai9
General jackson fully fills the descrip
ton of the Roman poet:
{ "Justum ct tenacem propositi virum, p
Non civium ardor prlya jubentiuln,
/ Non vultus instantus tyranni,
4 Menti qualit soida.'
0 CA man just and firm of purpose, with
: determined mind, whom neither the In
4 temperate zeal of the clamoring multi
f tude, nor the frown of the threat min
e tyrant. shoQkl .v-, -
l. Nashville. We are rapidly fitting up 70
4 a winter campaign, and ready at tn
S same time, should an attack be made o
h this city, which is expected by some mil
}, tary men. The men think Rosecrans ha
, fight in him, and have good apprecia
i ton of his ability as a General Th
weather is dry and pleasant Forag
l. scarce, but with care we get sufficient fo
o the army here. One days march wi
/ take us to an abundance Hope to hav
n the news and particulars of battle t
e send you soon.
: NAPOLEON B. RIsINGER,
/ 18th Ind Regiment