The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-26
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TO her fathers house, and added. & You have
kind and good father. but there is no one
so kind and good as your Heaysnly Father. ., M
He still expressed hope Of bis recovery.
but requested her, II ne should die, 10 h4ya &
him buried la Lexington, in the Valley scf s.
Virginia. His exhaustion increased so fa.
pidly that at IL O'Clock Mrs. Jackson kneit by 4
his bed and told him that before the sun went
down he would be with his Saviour. Here
piled aOb, DO. You are frightened, my
child. Death Is not so near. ImAy yet ges
WELL" She fell over the bed, weeping bit-s
terry, and told him again That physicians
pause he asked her to call me. :. Decor,
Anns informs me that vel, have told
her that / am to die to-day; is Il E
so?' When he was answered be turned his
eyes towards the ceiling and gazed Tor
moment or two, as II in intense thought, then
replied, Very good, very good, ,ft 70 all
right" He then tried to comfort his almost
heart..hroken wife. aud told her he had q q
geod deal to say to her, but be was too weak.
Colonel Pendleton came into the rooaa about
| l O'Clock, and be asked him. g Who was
preaching at headquarters to-day e. When
told that the whole army was praying for
him, be replied: Thank God ! they ere
|. very kind" he said: 1t Is the Lords day
L
to die on Sunday"
His mind now began to fall and wander,
and be frequently talked as IL In comm ind
upon the field. giving orders In his old way
| then the scene abifted, snd 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. Occa.
sional intervals of return of his mind would
appear, and during one Of them / offered
him some brandy and water, but he declined
1t, saying: "It will only delay my departure
and do no good want to preserve my mind
| to the last If possible" About half.past
he was told that he had but two hours 10
live, and be answered again feebly but
| firmly: "Very good; 1t is all right.n
| A few moments before he died he
| cried out In his dellrium: Order
A. P. Hill to prepare for action .
Pass the infantry to the front rapidi5o!
"Tell Major Hawks "-then stopped, leay-
ing the sentence unfinished. Presently 9
smile of inetiable sweetness spread Itself
| over his pale face, and he said quietly and
with an expression az If of relief, " Let as
cross over the river and rest under the sbade
OF the trees and then, without pain or tho
least struggle, his spirit pissed from earth
to the God who gave It.
RIcHXoND's GRIEF
on the death of Jackson may be recalled In
| the following extracts from the Richmond
papers Of the next day:
Richmond, the capital Of the Coafederacy
| and the Commonwealth Of Virginia, yester.
day received into Its great heart, bursting
with grief, the mortal remains of her gallant
son and The nations hero and hope, General
| T. J. .Jackson-a name heBceforth immortal.
Had visible pail overspread the city 1t could
not have expressed grief more profound nor
sorrow more universal than that which filed
every heart and sat upon every counte.
nance. It was as though death had come
home 10 every household and snatched the
one dearest away.
The recommendation Of the Mayor,
closing places Of business af.er 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, was generally complied with, and the
publ c buildings of the State and Confede-
rate Government hoated at bali. mast, and the
departments, State and Confederate, were
also closed after II M. It was announced
that the special train bearing the remains
| would arrive at the Fredericksburg der o. at
noon, and a tide Of human beings began to
set in that direction as early as 10 o'clock.
By noon mass of men, women, and chill
dren filed Broad street for several squares
above and below the deIo'. The rays Of the
sun shone intensely hot, but the
| crowd showed no diminution In mum.
| bers until nearly O'Clock, when
| it was announced that In conse-
uuence of some unavoidable delay the
| train would not arrive with the remsins be.
fore O'Clock p. NJ, and such an announce.
ment was bulletincd at the newspaper offices
and about the city, and the crowds gradually
| dwindled away TO await that hour. at the
hour named the assemblage on Broad street
was even greater than hefore, and hundreds
gathered in the Capitol Square In anticipa.
ton of the passage of the cortege to the hall
| of the Capitol. where the body was to be de-
posted in state.
Shortly after 4 o'clock the special train 1a5
| announced, and drove slowly up into the de.
rot, the bells OF the city mean while ser d ng
| their solemn peals over the city and iIto
| thousands of throbbiDg hearts. The g tin
| containining the remains was removed from
| The car end ersbroudcd with the hig under
which the Christian hero fought and fell, coy.
cred with spring i)Wers, placed upon the
hearse in waiting. The cortkge then formed
in the following order: Major. General Ell
zey aud staff, mounted; Public State GuEd,
with flag draped; F0rty-iourth North Caro-.
lima regiment, Colonel sIngletary, General
Pettisrew's brigade, with arms reversed;
Armory Band; Colonel Skinner. OF the First
Virginia; CcloEel s. Bas French,
aid to the Governor; healse, with black
pIumes and drawn by pair Of black
steeds; General Jackson's stuff, dis.
mounted anu craped; members OF the CITY
Council on foot; citizens. The cort ge
m,ved, the band playing the Dead March,
and entering the Capitol Square by the main
gateway ION Ninth strecD proceeded direct
to the Governors mansion. The Square was
lined by the thousands who followed the
cortege, and It was with difficulty the guard
at the gate kept the crowd there. The liue3
bal!ed as the head reac! 4 d th mansio. .ssase,
and the military fled In c line, and General
| E:zay and staff riding tol front, t1e besrse
followed, and the coffin VII ed ana nFtne
forward into the mansion, III = ad her -
stsff, the Mayor and City Couneii, sDG others
| following uncovered. Meanwhile tue. 1.od
at the tx remity Of the line continued
the performance OF the dirge, and the
| bells tolied out solemnly and then ceased,
and the throDgs and escort begun to desert
the Square. During the morning OF the PIE
geant from the de POI to the Governor man.
SION the exhibitions of the public grief were
frequent and unrestra!ned. Tears $1,000 fn
the eyes of stern men and gentle Women as
| tney SaZsQ upou tun Scnus o' .1'eaAes. -
doubted that iE contained In us narrow spaes
the remains of one who was once so great, 50
true, and so beloved. The Dooy was oep5ss
| sited In the reception pirior Of the mansion,
and the coffin.lid being removed q feT p g.
sent ayailed themselves OF the opportunity
to look upon the features.
TIE LYING IN STATE OF THE B3DY OF GRsEaAE
JACKSON AT TIE CAPITOL THE rHRosGs 10
TAKgA LAST LaoK OF HIN HIS kPREARaAcE
| IN THE coRFIH--THH c0RrEGE HoyiSG