The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-23
Stonewail Jaekson's Belief.
Exchange.

ascending the Mississippi in 1852. there was among the passengers Lieutenant Thomas ]. Jackson. of the | nited States army. with whom he became acqualnied They grew friendly. and al night spent several hours Tn talking upon different subjects IS they s,t on deck. l. was bright starlight. and the conversation turned upon astrolosy. General Revere knew nothing of ,he subJec, beyond what may be gieaned m general reading: but Jackson. in the course of the discussion m de the admission that he had lnvestI- gated the study. and had learned t- have some faith in II. As d sort of test. he requested the tune of General Revere $ birth. This ;he general gave. and ihey separated. Some months later he re rei1 rti .i letter containing 4 heme of h.s nativity. with. among other statements. the prediction ,ha, he and Jackson would be exposed ,o a common danger during ,he hrs, days of May. tS63.
 General Rcserc though; no more ot the matter Time rolled on. and his friend. ,hc lieutenant. was nearly forgotten. When ,hc NAT broke out Revere entered active scrvIce. and n fS65 MS present with the federal army IT The battle of ChanCcllorslIii Iiie. l. Vas night. and hc had gone forward tu rec ee3nnelter. The rivtf lfncs were >e= e,asc together that an expedition of this character was most dangerous. .,ad II was mol long before the general became .imarc that he had lost h,s way He proceeded. however. with great cautfon. and had gone some dis lance. when suddenly no, far Anay. a l. l.. l. listened. and after a ht,le while he saw l group coming through the woods. Their uniform revealed that thcN were eonfed- er.,te etiiecfs and in ihelr mids, Was some one badly wounded whom they were d. sl>,ing. and by iheir solCltUde and bcir- lnE ot respect T wa, etidcn, that he was a person O; high fank \ they .p- preached. they caught sight ot Revere and >upposlng hun ,o be also a eonfed- crate from hi> presence n the line>. one ef them bade hm au,hnritatnely to carry a message ie another part of the field theif army eeeaped.
 The general gras elt >aluted and rode of. and made Et, Way. withou; further mshap. back -mong his own command. shortly atteraard he learned ;hai Sfnnc- wall Jackson had been ,ho,. and from the circumstances he knew < wa> he who had hcen supported hy the i!ttle group among the trees Then l, wa> ,h., the pfedl,- tien If eleven >ear> before flashed through t.t-acral Retere> mind. that he snd the astrological lieutenant should IT May. ISbS. be exposed to Il common danger. Jackson was the former lieutenant. and had. in accordance with the prophecy. fallen .t Virtm ,o the peril from winch Revere bArelH escaped. Inc incident naturally made profound impression on ,hc mlud "f the latter. and he rells the storl at considerable length III hls book l, cannot of course he doubted. the author beiHg a man uf the highest character and having Ho particular interest ln .ls,rol0gv beyond this illustration of how Il prcdic- ton founded upon .i,s pnnoiplcs was ful- filed. But even Ii | could be alleged ;ha; Revere had imagined the incident or had made a mistake IT the identity oi .hc TWO persons and ;tat the S,ar-rcadsns Jackson was not the one killed Al Chan ccllors,illc. the internal evidence Is quite strong enough to overcome such m ob- letuon.
 General Jackson was universally known as a ta,aiis,. and d belief III . written des- tluv for cvery man n he celestial page overhead Is entirely consistent with his character. That he was profoundly religious man is net opposed to this fact, because astrology k in perfect accord with the tcnc,s of Christianity. We must suppose tha, m infinite wisdom must be aware of the fate of every human being. and must indeed. appointing all things have deCrccd iha, fate. To what extent free will is compromised hv thiS arrange men; k something toF each one to deter mine for himself. The theory of mos, believers m the eecul; potency ot the stars k that they influence but do not compel but all agree iha; they are only secondary eause IF human affairs and the instruments Tn the hands ot higher power. Such a doctrine k in perfect COT re>pondcnce with character like tina, ot Sonew1ll Jackson. General Revere story certainly scores a strong pom; for a>,relogy.
 Events in the eds; look nminoHs .n- deed. and II iS m interesting eoineidenee that they grow more >o as the planet Mars approaches the sign Virgo. which iS sad to rule Turkey. In a few days he will have tairll entered and will be ap- preaching con anction with Uranus. when they viii both be III aspect to prom men, places in the scheme for the late solar eclipse Even ~ith the peace-at- any-prioe-par,y. in whose hands ;he so,- ernment of England now k. holding. hImanly speaking. the control oi events II seems impossible that there should not be war. Certainly all celestial as well a, terrestrial signs polntin ;ha, direeilen |, mus; be dangerous cn,eTpuse for Eng land. She ls promised the eo-opcra,ion of the other powers: hut wha.g-are these promises worth And with the anarchy in Ireland. how can she unaided. engage with dangerous outside foe: ln the ranks ct her regular army are many ot that class whose relations and friends she IS bu.ily turning out oi- house and home by thousands. Her Indian troops are of the sas,e religious faith IS the Turks. and cannot be depended upon any more than the Irish. Considering these things. il is not SurprlSinp ina, Mr Gladsfprs has