The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-19

COulu Guy tnese housegods from my heartn;
And yet the secret of their worth
Must live and die with me.
The Last Hours of StonewaIl Jackson.
The May number of the Richmond Medical
Journal gives deeply interesting account, from
the pen Ot DR.. Mcclure, of the wound, amputa-
ton Of the arm, and last moments OF General
Stonewan Jackson. The battle OF Chancellors-
vile was fought on the I'd and Sd of May, 1853
IL was on the night of the I'd that the dreadful
accident General Jackson having received his
wound at the hands OF his own mem occurred,
which was the turning point in the fortunes of
the Coniederacy. We append the closing scene
About l O'Clock Thursday morning, while |
was asleep upon a lounge in his room, he
directed his servant Jim to apply a wet towel to
his stomach TO relieve an attack of nausea
=. with which he was again troubled. The servant
NAsked permission to first consult me, but the
General knowing that | had slept none for
nearly three nights, refused to allow the servant
TO disturb me, and demanded the towel. About
daylight was aroused and found him suffering
with great pain.
An examination disclosed pleuro-pneumonia
OF the right side. l believed, and the consulting
physician concurred in the opinion, that it was
attributable to the fall from the litter the night
he was wounded. The General himself referred
it to this accident l think the disease came on
too soon after the application of the wet cloths
to admit OF the supposition, once believed that
1t was induced by them. The nausea, for which
the cloths were applied that night, may have
been the result OF Inflammation already begun.
Confusion OF the lung, with eXtravasation of
blood IN his chest, was probably produced blythe
fall referred to, and the shock and loss of blood
prevented any Ill effects until reaction had been
well established, and then Inflammation ensued.
Cups were applied, and mercury, with antimony
and opium, administered. Towards the evening
he became better, and hopes were again enter
tanned OF his recovery. Mrs. Jackson arrived
to-day and nursed him faithfully to the end.
She was devoted wife and earnest Christian,
and endeared us all to her by her great kindness
and gentleness.
The Generals Joy at the presence of his wife
and child was very great and for him unusually
demonstratlve. Noticing the sadness OF his
wife, he said to her tenderly, 81 know you would
gladly give your life for me, but | am perfectly
resigned. Do not be sad; / hope | NAV vet re-
cover. Pray for me, but always remember in
your prayers to use the petition, Thy will be
done1
Friday his wounds were again dressed, and
although the quantity of the discharge from
them had diminished, the process of healing
was still going on. The pain in his side had dis
appeared, but he breathed with difficulty, and
complained of feeling of great exhaustion.
When DR.. Breckenridge, who, with DIR. Smith,
had been sent for in consultation said he hoped
that blister which had been applied would
afford him relief, he expressed his own conf
denCe in it, and hrs final recovery.
DIR. Tucker, from Richmond, arrived on Satur-
day, and all that human skill could devise was
done to stay the hand OF death. He suffered no
pain, and his breathing was less difficult, but he
was evidently hourly growing weaker.
When his child was brought to him he played
with it for some time, frequently caressing it,
and calling It his "httle comforter" At one
time he raised his wounded hand above its head
and, closing his eyes, was for some moments
engaged in prayer. He said to me, 81 see, from
the number of physicians that YOU think my
condition dangerous; but / thank God, if it is
His Will, that am ready to go.n
About daylight on Sunday morning Mrs.
Jackson informed him that his recovery was
very doubtful, and It was better that he Should
be prepared for the worst. He was silent for a
moment, and then said, ut will be infinite gain
to be translated to Heaven" He advised his
wife, in the event Of his death, to return to her
1athers house, and added, you have a kind
and good father, but there is no one so kind and
good as your Heavenly Father"
he still expressed hope of his recovery but
Tequested her, il he should die, to have him
Ruriedin Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia
Hls exhaustion increased so rapidly that, at IL
o'clock, Mrs. Jackson knelt oy his bed, and told
him that before the sun went down he would be
with his Saviour. He replied, "Oh, no, you are
frightened, my child, death is not so near; may
yet get we'll" She fell over upon the bed,
weeping bitterly, and told hm again that the
physicians said there Was no hope.
Alter moments pause he asked her to call
me. doctor, Anna informs me that you have
told her that am to die to-day; is it so W When
he was answered. he turned his eyes towards the
ceiling, and gazed for moment or two, as if in
intense thought, then replied~'Very good, very
good; 1t is all right" He then tried to comfort
his almost heart-broken wife, and told her he
had good deal to say to her, but he was too
weak.
Colonel Pendleton came into the room about
one o'clock, and ne asked him. 'Who was
preaching at headquarters to-day?'' When told
that the whole army was praying for him. he
replied, 'Thank GOd-they are very kindn He
said Tt is the Lords Day; my wish is full
hlled. | have always desired to die on Sunday. y
His mind now began to fail and wander and
he frequently talked as ii in command upon the
field giving orders in his old way; then the
scene shifted, and he was at the mess-table. in
conversation with members of his staff; now
with his wife and child, now at prayers with his
military family.
Occasional intervals of return of his mind
would appear, and during one of them, offered
him some brandy-and-wa but he declined it.
saying, 1T will only delay my departure and do
no good; l want to preserve my mind il DOS
sible, to the last" About halEpast one he was
told that he had but two hours TO live, and he
answered again, feebly, but firmly, "Very good;
it is all right"
few moments before he died, ne cried out in
his delirium, Order A. p. Hill TO prepare for
action pass the infantry to the front rapidly I
tell Major HaWksn-then stopped, leaving the
sentence unfinished. Presently, a smile OF in
efIabe sweetness spread itself over his pale face,
and he said quietly, and with an expression as
If of frelief Let US cross over the river and rest
under the shade of the trees;n and then, without
pain, or the least struggle his spirit passed from
earth to the God who gave it.