From Hie Ch.i:leton Courier.
Gas. JackeOh. The lecent death of this
s i: noic patiim, einnuicd general and il!u.
: nun), will piobubly tender acceptable i
p:d ke'ch of the chief incidents of hievent-
. .1 .. J gl ,tlu lift. WojUereforojnVu
sue;'.; ;5l of ..ur readaro jih9 fu!UCthg '
MGiROF ANDREW JACKSON.
:Xew.Jick
Use 15th March, 1787, aUhe Waxsaw"aet.
uoout forty miles above Camden in
.tri,'. I f tic father clid khnrtiv hi'i hi
. VncaS witfi'h la iT uMrtVerTj Hugh
ad Robrsii, barn in Ireland, to tbe care of a
-.vijwt'd tnotticr. .-Uiugr intended-for the
i.:uistry, by hi surviving parent, he was plac
wf M'' a flourishing Academy iu the W'axsa.v
wieling House, under the superintendence
' f-i Mr Huniphries; gad wx4 there pnnaing
hi studies whenthe revolutionary war ex
tnd?d its ravages to ihat yeclion of the Stale.
iincQiiraed by hir inorher, he, at the tender
age of 14 year", al with hi brother Robert,
entered the American camp and eugiged in
the patriot service, ill oldest brother had
!ev5rij.-;Iy joined the American foree, and
"ijrihed at ihs bil l of Stono, f.ern exces
-.':! bent Jiti-i fafig-ja. Audre-v and Robert
vere b'j'h tskoii prisoners at the Waxsaw j
Meeting House, by Cofuu's dragoou. !t j
vi;f on 131 rK'ciMon th4t tha fuCfirg hero of
0 Warn manifested hu high mettle i.i boldly
rtffj-'ujg the insottmt requisition nf n British
effi ;er b clnn hi muddi.-?! boots, nnd uar
r !y-;capfj dej!b, by pirrying wi;h hi left
hand, on which h rcCfived a severe rvotiud,
th awoui-cc? aimed at hid life. lis brother,
st tht i'ie time, was visited, -for n like in-i?!y-:jt"e
f mnniine", who n ripp wound in
ihs h-.-Hd, which u!:i-nat!y caused hi death
? however, befo.e oolh of them hud been
1 i'fijousd .'H'd treated with great severity.
- he:: eachauge was efiWied by the iuterces-
t'Yfi exertion of th?ir niothtr and of
Cpt. Wn'.ker of the Militia : aud Robert eg.
p;J fh-t!y after hie liberation, of an iuflam
nratiofi of the brr-in, arising f cm hi-ondree
ioynd. A fiv week after, ;hir mother
!i?L.,f mku thHa by g!if aiid euffering, aear
:h of ths enmj, in tJa icrioitj of
C'.i.i--lmo:n snd Andrew hirnelf wa atfaek
Ai'h !ha a-nni! pox, which, with pretioua
nlU:a and aorrcvv, nearl terminated hia
t::;.nce.
Hccoveuag fro n hi afHietione, and tha
u nr t uciou, lmpruuentiy wastes ni patrl
r:i j: i;:f competeiK- ; and then matifu'lk- re
Mirrvaj and competed hia u J ie- and edj?a
ti n, uuder Mf McCiiUueh, iu the New Ac
q:iUi'.ioa, ttear Mi!!'e iron woika, 11 e, hw.
w'fMj utf.titulef the bar for the pulpit, and iu
t-.s v-- in'nr nf 1734. when about IS ywar of
r,gt?, commsiii'd the etudy cf liw, nt Salia.
lu y, NottU CaroHaa, nndar Spruce McCar,
Ksq , ( ifteraarda Judge) aud aubaeqiteutly cn
ti-ii CjJ. John fetokea. In the win'er of 178 ,
he ohioimf a licrn! to practk-e Itw, a ad
r .-'iMtanad fa Xoitb Ciirolinn f.ati! ihe epfiug
Vhe
it:
ftdvenfure next tempted him
t'.j be wetfru wiida, aud ho accompanied
moiiiel iit, ataict rnmo ltn nr tKa Hltrjj
rind in October, 17S3, arrived el IVaihfilfo,
vhe?e hd alt!ed, and hi industry :id atten
t:o;; i'Kta preeured hiai a profitable practice,
tijsd thj f8re (A Astonjuy (I on oral of the dis-
. irt, which be f!id fur atgreral year.
Abuur thia period ha corrsriienerd bin niili
ty cftrtr, diir. lished himself by hia gaf
i.uwy ir rfepellic and chastiin Indian in
corsija on tbe vatern froiitisr. fu 78,
lw -.ve ubo-,3u a membev f taa Convention
' erftahlUh a Confti'U!in for tho Slat-, pre
.': iiiiMry t. h?r nd:nisioo itsto th Union;
nnd tbe following year he waa elrtsd a mem
ber f the U. S. Seuate. Mnj. Gen. Con
vray, dying about thU lime, Andtew Jaekaon,
wi'.bout biiuj; conaulted, as e!etd by the
lield ofiee ra to succeed in the cortjniaud of
tbe Military Division of Tennc.ee ; and he
-oolioued to hold the appointment until 1SI4,
when ho w;ia constituted a Major General in
the 9iiceof th V, State, lie resigned his
;.jat in thr? U. S. Senate iu 1799, lo make
roo-o for Gen. Smith, wham fta modeatly
ilijughl more competent to aerre the toimtiy,
than bwt-!f; and was immediately made a
J.x!-e of the Supreme Court of trie State
ln eccepiing the office with rel.u Janee, he
Oit yit-!Jtfd'i? to tbysa whom h daemed bet
t ijUiSliicHl for it complex and i.Tnpertant
CJiitM ; ai tita a i-;u- ot anendme the
't j
f fci dsj in t'eiiqutlii v sod retirement, ha
.cK!J oa an elegant !i!m, tsu miiee from
Nibvi'l, on the Cvmiberland RiTer,
'i he war of 1 S3 2 diaappointed hia deaign
cf i::ri! repose, ntid cailted him once more not
o.;!y inio active lit"?, but to a career of g'ory.
iiaspouding to the cell of ;he jjovernmeal for
v..iuri-ir !'.;cer tne ac; ot t ebrufirv and
Juiy, ISIS, ha addressed the citilena of hia
d:j-i.-i;, and 200 p.riot Teuneeseana at
once funitrd to hia Candard. Ou the 7i
Je.nary lSliJ, he descended the Ohio and
lUtitnipp1, 'hroujb cold and ice, sttd hailed
; J!chii end there took the responsibility,
it: ct cntieoce of the number cf sick ud
tbedU-aaee cf hia ga'liut vclur.fecra frotn
thair bomee, of diaobeyinj tbe otder of tbe
Secretary of War to auband hi trwops at auy
place ehtt of their original renewou ; and
vl trnate! receired the app obation of tbe
Grtsrarasu wuh psyoteut of hia expenaea.
Tbe appeal to hia patriot and warrior api.it
re iMJt of ih huatiiitiee f the Creek In
djiiii, isbsbttiuK coeniry iyiog between
tks Chafahoecbie end Tombigbae, and aitend
tD: f'om tho Tennea-ee Riter te the Florida
Yin. Instigated by the nrtaofthe Northern
Sbaft oee prophet ead hU brothar Tecutnh,
eect by him as a muioitary !o the Souiharn
trlber, Ihey broke out in a pbrnzied
egstut tbe ueijihbcricg while ; nud tnurue
r;i;d mruraioita folloaed la quick euccetaion,
vncijz j the destruction and maaaacre of
Fott MiiU.r.s, io Ihe Teneaw Settlement f
tid ii:fiiiifppi Tenitory. The iegialature of
TJVutieesoe itiinediatly authorized the St ile
Execmtte to cat! S3 JO miiitia into the fiuij to
bf msrcligd eiail the Indiana, and voted
9200,000 fer their eopport." In a:;r te ihe
tnl a: the Gavernorr iJea.- Jarkaoo (iJifTia
csoaareJisd the preliminary meaaurea) forth
w::h aummoced 2000 ofbia militia and olu;i
t ore (beiidea. 500 cavalry and additional
rooutiiod riflsmett deaantched ahead, under the
gji'ant Coffee) to reudetvtu KrettV!lre,
for the defenee and protectiun of tee lavjgeU
frouiier. . v . V
. Ou the 4th Octobar, 18 1 3, le rendeavoua
toklace8d -0e. ""Jackeou (oot ing
Quito recovered fioin a wend) t.eta ft wf
tirriiik oddreae to -hi troope, which wa- ieod
fer hraid.l'e.carn; Major ReiJ, antf anitnat
e'd them t do battle for h.iraahtty agiul the
tomahawk aud calpiu k,lil- 0a 7.
TitTjiToVd hi camp, and ou lDtti'Ujo luie
of March wee takeu up for the Indian coua-
tf v.
'i'hen (bilowee) that succeeaion of petu-
oua'a'cbldverne'nU atfd glotiuue victories, pro
ecuted and won, too, amid intrigue, di&tfTec
lion aud mutiny, ... which -r eat uud a bleed4g4
- I - .I f
tfoHtier Irom tneDonore ol Indian uuicnery
and the. well-fought fields of TaUuahatchee,
Taiiauega, Emuckfnw, Cnoticbopco, with the
briiltaot denottmeni of the Tohopeka or the
HoiaeHh c, on the 27th March, 1S14, crown
ed th ilioalriouajackaon, he intrepid Coffee,
and their gallant associate in atma, with uu
fadiug lauieU, net only aa victor In battle,
but a a wairiora in the ean.e of humanity, and
ihu aavioura of helpleas wooieu and children
from Indian ba bar ity and alaughter.
Aa thu just regard of such ihre3taut toil
and eminent aorvice, after eight months' re
po-e, th victorioua Jaekcou, in May, 1814,
was firt appelated Brigadier aud brevet Major
Genera!, on the occasion of Gen. Hampton'
leihrnatioft, and waa shortly after commieaion
ed Mujor General of the Army of the Uuited
Statce, on the rcaignution of Gen. Harriaon,
Then folfiwed h iinpoitaut tour of
aervire oa the Florida frontier, involving the
the temporary seizure of Peniacols, to the dia
comfitu'e of Oiitiah and indiau machinations
against our safety, thruugh Spaniah i:obecili
ty and connivance.
Tne approach of jhe llritish, flmhed with
thair aucceaa a VVaahiujitotj, towards New
Orleans, next summoned the heroic Jackaon
to a hew aud yet more illustrious field of aer
rice and glory ; aud the celebrated night at
tack, on the British, of tbe 2id December,
aud the repulae of the 28lh ijeccrnber, 1814.
with ihe crowning defence and victory of the
Sth January, 2815, achieved in the midst of
a mutinous city, a disaffected legislature and
hoii!a judiciary, with raw militia, entrduched
echiud a rampai t of cotton bales, over the title
of the British army, ihe invincible of Well
ington, juatly earned him a place among the
fiist military oomma?idra of Ihe age, and a
title to ihe uudviuif rratitude of hia 'country.
In IS J 7, be waa .igaiu iu armor nt ihe call of
hia country, and hia signal chastisement of
the Seminole won him new laurel in the dif
ficult field of Indian warfare, which haa a of
ten pioved 'he grave of military rep-utation.
Hia war ended, hia service to ihe common
wealth were Kiill continued, and as first Gov
ernor of Florida, after the cesiou of that Ter
ritory to the Union, hia enerPtie character
and agency vtcia again iicctafully employ
ed in protecting th iotereMtai of hi country
atiint Spanish maehiuationa aecking to
daopoil ua of some of the legitimate fruits ol
the treaty of ceeaion. Resigning thU trust,
when it ceaaed to be an object of national im
portance, be returned to hia own State, and
nai again buftored by he f with a aeat iu ihn
Senate of the Union.
In the cauvaaa for the Presidency of
1824-6, the people (the atock of revolutionary
fliudidates having been exhausted in Mr
Menrec) apontaueoualy turned their eyes on
the victor of the florae-Shoe, and the hero of
New Orleana, aa the fitting succeanor of tbe
iUuatrious line of revolutionary , P-eaident,
and over auch patriot and! statesmen a
Adam, Crawford, and Clay, he received,'
without any agency or rriovement oti his pat.
a plurality of the votaa of the electoral college-.
The UyiMfi f Kepreaeutatives however, re
fcited to ratify the popular choice, and award
ed the chief magistracy to the sage of the
Cr.biuet in preference Co the hero of the battle-field.
Iu the next cauvaaa, that of 1S2S-9,
he wa borue into Ihe Presidency; over the
incumbent, on a tide of popular enthusiasm,
aud vd re-elected for ihe eusuiog term, with
acarce a suow ot opposition. Ilia long ad
miuistratien extended over a period of severe
tiia! to the institutions of the country and the
durability tf the U nion. In the midst of peace
a fearful atrtiggle arose between the General
Government and one of its member?, which
aSooU the pillar ofths Uu ion to their fcae.
The Hero of Nee? Oi leans waa the very man
fr the times reiaed up by Providence for
the crii - with his patriotism aud invincible
resolution nt tho heim, the bark of State soon
righted, the Coaatituiion was saved from sbip
wieck and the Union preserved. Never,
too, were the foreign relations of ihe republic
more ably and succesafully odmiuiatered
honorable peace viae preserved wiili aH the
world ; foreign nations generally were induc
ed, and populous aud powerful France iu par
ticular, wa compelled to do ue long delayed
justice nnd young America commanded the
reaped and admiration of the world. Signal
ized, aUo, was General Jackson's administra
tion for the entire payment of the national
debt the debt both of the revolution and of
the war of which he waa the hero and for a
wide spread properity, pervading the whole
expanses of the republic.
Iltliriug from ihe Presidency, at the close
ef his second" term, with a popularity only
equalled by that ef Washington, be emhoaom
ed himself in his favorite Hermitcge ; md,
retaining lo tbe list a perhaps too lively in
terest in tbe political affairs of fits country,
and having lived to see two of hi cherished
friends, both ofhi own. political creerl, his
successors iu the ChisY Magistracy, he expir
ed, uu th 8th inst., in the 78th year of bis
age, full of years and full of honors, calmly
expectiag and awaitiug death, and submis
sivsty and hopefully yielding bis spirit lo the
God wh ga it.
Peace to bis tobe honor to hi riteniery !
May the good which he has done live alier
him. Let the evil b interred with his boue.
AF?OlXTE!tT. Cofuelids W. Lawrence,
Collector of Voe port of New YorR, to take ef-
fct t.n the fir st or Jul v"lexina place oi C.
P. Vau Nessf resigned. ' - -
It is said that Washington i Ifviag- hf cx
pressed an honest deire to be relieved vftmn
bis foreign missioovand to iriuratohis henie
atead on the H'tfrJsWBV
.1 EMB HIBL3HHI
From tbe Union.
THE BIG CHINESE LETTER.
,f Tbia singalar document, which perkepe
arnaeaa-in itdimenaon and particular
of ompoiitiorf, ainy fct$l P?er ever addreaa
edvlo our woverumettt? arriyed at the Depait
irren'tof Mate yeetero,y'. f We bad an opper
tanity of seeing the extraordinary miaiv,
jnd have beeu lavored Wih the followiog copy
of a tramdatiou, which was made from the
Chiuetie'bV Mi Parker, and uausnittted withthe
origiul document -J n holcaccompauimenl
is ulmoat aa ' uoique aa the document iialf.
It will be deposited with the archives of our
government, to grafify tbe curiosity cf n
. l ! I . m-A 1 k
luosos. Accompanying mis fener is oue ml
dressed. to MrCuahiugv-our -latej -M iuister to
China of which we famish also a uaualu
lion. Tho reader will probably reeo!iee that we
recently published an intei estiug communic.i
tiou from a learned Chinese scholar in this
city, descriptive of the characters of the letters
wiitteu by the Chiuese ; and proving that ihe
hioher tba respect inteuded to be shown, the
larger wa the dimension of the letter. If this
rule ba a correl one, bo higher respect could
scarcely be sbowu to the President of tho
United States, or per hups to any'poteutace on
the face of the earth, thuu in this extraordinary
composition. ..-.'
Tbe contents of "the letter to the President
are very agreeable. It breathes tbe pure spirit
ofpeace, arid a sincere desire to extend the
benefits of intercourse between the two gieat
nations "the Centrurieery Kingdom,"
as the Chinese call their own empire, and
"the Iatzon of the Flowery Flag ae they
call us. -A .
It is amusing to see with what an air of re
fiued courtesy the Emperor excuses himself
for not seeing Mr Cushiug at Pekin. Our
cuinuii-sioner was most anxious to take the
trouble of the visit ; but tho Emperor plays
ihe diplomatist, and disguises hia policy of
keeping strangers from his capital, ouder the
appe.iran?e of ttie greatest consideration f it
the comfort of the ambassador.
The letter to the President consists of a
roll 7 feet 1 inch ioug, by 2 feet 11 inches
wide. The writing is on a field of plain yel
low silk, with a margin of siik of the same
color, embroidered in gold thread. The letter
is in two !.inguges, (Chinese aud Jrlauchu
Tartsir.) in characters of large sis, find iu
perpendicular colunus, which are separated in
tbe middle by the impeijal seal which is
composed of Chinese characters, enclosed iu
a carlouch about 3 inches square. This roll
is enclosed in i wra'pper of yellow silk, (yel
low being the imperial color ,) which again is
enclosed iu a round box covered with yellow
silk, and closed ty two fastenings of jade
stone; and fiually is enclosed in an oblong
square box of rosn-wuod, and padded and
lined with yellow silk.
Lcorr . ,
The great Empeor piesent bis regards to
the. Piuaideut, aud trusts he is well.
1 the Emperor having !ooked up and re
ceived ihe manilest will of Heaven, hold (he
reius of govei uineiit tver, nnd soothe and
taiiquiiirzo the Central Kluwery Kingdom, re
Raiding nil wiihiu and beyond the border eas
ui ne and the .-ame family.
Eii'lym the piiny, the urribassador of
your honorable n itiou, Cahm Coshipg, having
receivc: your letter, an ived trom afr tt my
pruviuce i f k'ue. Hh saving passed over th
vae; oceans w ith unspeakable toil and t"tiU(
I, tne Emperor, uot nearing to cause hioi bo
ther inconvenience of travelling by land diid
water, to dispense with his coming to Fekiog
to be presented at Court, specially appointed
Ke Ying, of the Imperial House, minister and
com nissiHiier extraordinary to repiir thither,
and to treat him with corieous attention.
Moreover, they having negotiate aud aet-
t!cd all things pioper, ihe said Minister took
the letter and presented it for my inspection ;
aud your sincerity auf friendship being iu
the highest degree real, utid tbe thoughts and
s.-niiuieots being with ihe utmost sincerity
aud it nth kind, ut the time of opening aud pe
rusiug it, my pleasure and delight were ex
ceedingly profound.
All aud everything they bad settled regard
ing the regulations of commerce, I the Em
peror further exarhiued with utmost scrutiny.
aud found they are all perspicuous, end en
tirely and perfectly judicious, and forever
worthy of adherence.
To Kwaug Chow, Hen Muu, Fuh Chow,
Ning-Po, and Sliang Hae, it is alike permit
ted the citizens of the United States to pro
ceed, and according to tbe atticles of the
treaty, at their convenience to Carry on ce'id
merce. Now, bound! by perpetual amity and con
cord, advantage will accrue to the citizens of
both nations, which, I trust, must certainly
cause the President also to be extremely well
satisfied and delighted.
Toon Kwang, 24th yr. llth m. and 7th d.
(16th Dec. A. D. 1844 )
Great seal of the empire fsiguet of the.
iu Chinese and Tartar. imperial will, r
I J
(Signed) PETER PARKER,
Late Chiuese Secretary to the Legation.
copt. .
Tai Ying, of ihe Imperial House, governor
general of Kwaug Tang and Kwang Se, a
director of the board of war, a vice-guardian
of the heir apparent, minister and commis
sioner extraordinary of tbe Tsi Tsing empire,'
makes this communication, &c. :
Whereas, on a former occasion, I with the
hunomble envoy, negotiated and settled n
treafv of arriify and rrimiMsict, arul fortunate
ly received ihe aojjust Emperor's ibj'-inttiou
to th'i ope-rHtlve boards, who have ratified, a
dae ooiice whereof has been given by rue, the
minister. This i ou ecod.
1 ha now received the august emperor'
reply to the presidential lelter ofyour keuora
b!e nation's august Pi vsideut; aad, an W
hooveib me, I. the mioialer, appoiuf two high
officer, (Hwang) the provincial' treasure
aud f Chow) lh. commissary, to Uke it aud
deliver t (Dr.) Parker, the officer whom your
exrllancy deputed to received and transmit it.
.After yostr excellency shall have "received
itt t reepiest v w'r witnoutydelayV reepact
fdlly preseut it tu'fha PresJslenj, in order to
manifest psjtpatual amhy aad coacord;"
T'CflQEJJlRll'A N
ou this accbuut, I make this communication,
aud take the opportunity of presenting my re
garde for your daily increasing happiness.
As is requisite, I make this communication.
Ilia foregoing communication is 4o Caleb
Cuhiog, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
PJeiiipeteBtiary of the United Stales of Amer
ica to China.
,Taou Kwang, 24th ear, 12th month, 16th
day, (23d January, 1845.)
(Sigaed,) ' pi:ter packer;
L:i:e Chinese Secretary of tbe Legation.
ACCOUNT OF
SON'S LAST
GENERAL
MOMENTS,
JACK
FRO M
HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
The following letter will be found interest
ing to all our readers':
Nashville, Tenu., Sth June, 1S45.
Dear. Sir : It i probable, before this leiter
shall have reached you, you will have heard of
the death of our venerable fiierwl, General
Andrew Jackson, who departed this life on
yesterday afternoon, precisely a six o'clock.
Knowing that you have been left his pipeis,
aud being well assured lhat you have always
take a livoly interest in him while living,
aud believing lhat .you would be pleaded lo
know something of his last thomt-uts in life. I
have thought proper to make you this commu
nication, as 1 saw much of him during hislasi
illnea', and was present at his death. 1 have
been frequently in hia family, as physician, for
several years past ; and on my return borne
from the east, in April, I visited hiiri in com
pany with his particular friend, General Ro
bert Armstrong. We found bir:j very" feeble,
laboring under a dropsical affection paiticu
lerticularly that form of dropsy known as an
atarcha. He informed tn he had suffered
much bodily pain, in consequence of the
great effutiou or swollen condition of his ex
tremities. The cough which had hiirrassed
him so much for years, had neatly or quite
left bine ; but his difficulty of breathing appear
ed to be increased. I prescribed for him, and
visited him occasionally. The remedies up
peared at first to afford him considerable re
lief, as it respected his dropsical condition ;
but his eysteui bad been so undermined by
previous disease, that medicine appeared to
have lost its impression or effect. The dnp
hlcal effusion returned, aud 1 was requested to
visit him cu the first of this iusiaut, aud found
him suffering excessively from the distension
occasioned by the accumulation of water. I
immediately tapped him, and dreyy ofj a very
considerable quantity of water, which afforded
him immediate reliet. lie look an anodyne
ut night, and informed me, the next morning,
that he had passed a better night than he had
done for the last six mouths. ;
D'rs. Robertson and Waters were iu con
sultation on the next morning. We agreed
on a. prescription, whkh was administered,
and which gave Hio temporary relieft This
wn all we could expect to obtain, consider itrg
his situation. I ai sent for again on Sat
urday, the 7th instuut. The messenger in
formed me that the general was much worse, j
I h;vstehed to tho Hermitage, aud found him
vrv much exhausted. He had great. difrl''ul
ty in respiration, in consequence of an accu
mulation of water in his chest. He request
ed th;it I should remain wish hi mj '." h- was
well aware that his dissolution was at
hand. He took an ncdviie aad xpecio not,
and appeared to pass the fit t part of the uiht
comfott-bly. He bad not t.t tii .able to li
dima for the lal six iitoiith. ,sir fid to be
propped U-in his bed at night, nod iu hi
aroi-chair dur iug ihed iv. O.i .Sunday rno'ti
iiisj, thrt 8th inst., (the day .u which he died.)
on en'eriug nis ioooi, I tound hi n itliug iu
his arm chair, with his two faithful servants,
George and Dick, by hi side, who had jusl
removed hint from his bed. I immediately
perceived that the hand of death waa. upon
him. I iufonned'lfls son thai he could not
survive out a few hours; and h i'txnediatelt
despatched a servant for Major Wm. B. Lew
is, the Geueral's devoted frieud. Mr Jack
son informed me th il it w ,s the general's re
quest that, incase he grew wot, or whs
(bought to be near his death, Majo Ler'i-.
should be sent for, as he isbl ,hitu lo be
near him in his last moments.. He was in
stantly i amoved lo his tred ; "but, bofore he
tould be placed there, tic had swooned away.
tils ramify nu servants, oeiieving nim i- i
dead were very crjuch, alarmed, and manifest- '
td the most iuteue grief; however, in a few
secouds reaction look place, and he became
conscious ; and raised his eyes, and said :
My dear children, do not grieve for me; it
is true, 1 am going lo leave you ; I am well
aware of my situation ; I have suffered much
bodily pain; but my sufferings are as
nothing, compmed with lhat which our bless
ed Saviour endured upon that accursed cross,
that we might all be saved who put thwir trust
in him." He first addressed Mrs Jack-on,
(bis daughteiin-law,) and took leave of her,
reminding her of her tender kindness mani
fested towards him at all times, and especially
during bis protracted illuess. He next took
leave of Mrs Adams, (a widowed sister of
airs Jackson, who has been a member of the
general's lamuy tor several years,; in toe
most kind and aflectiouate manner, reminding
her also of bey tender devotion towards him
during his illness.' He next look leave of his
adopted son iu the most affectionate and de
voted manner. He next took leave of hia
grandchildren and (be children of Mrs Adams.
lie Kissed ana messed them iu a manner so
touch i ugly impressive, that f have no language
that can do this sceue justice. He discover
ed that there were two of tbe boys absent
one of his grandsons and one of Mrs Adams'.
lie inquired for tbem. He was informed that
they weie. ai the cbapef, attendiug Sunday
School. Tie desired they should be sent for.
As soon as they came, he kissed and blessed
tbem also, as he bid done those with him.
By this lime most of his servants had collect
,ed in bis room, er at the window. When he
ad taken leave of them ail, ke delivered one
of the most impressive. lectures on the subject
of religion that I ever nave beard.- He spoke
for near naif an botir, aud apparently wiia
the power of iusuiratiou : fur, he spoke wiih
ealmoess. with sttenstb, and. iodeed, with
Haimatien. I res ret .exceedingly;.- mr dear
sir. that there was ao one present who could
have neted'dowD his precise word. -Traey
might have bean road with profit, and would
have been cheiisbed as a precious gem by all
the good 'and great f thw laud.
In ceiiclosion, he said: " My dear chil
dreti, ' and friepds aud servants, I hope to
inset you all fa heaven, both white andblack."
The last sentence he repeated" both white
aad black," looking at them with tbe' tender
est solicitude. With these words he ceased
to speak, but fixed his eyes ou his grandaugh
ter, Rachel Jackson, (who b ms the name of
bis own beloved wife,) ' for evYal, aecouds.
What was passiug ihroogh his mind, at that
moment, I will not preteud lo say; but it did
anpeur lo me that he was invoking the bless
inis of Heaven 16 test upon he-. Theleciure
to his family was awfully sublime. His im
plicit belief in tho Christian religion, and in
the plan of salvation as revealed iu the Bible
his great auxietj that they should believe in
religion, as taught by Ihe holt Scriptures;
and ihm, iu s doing, they would insure their
eternal salvation, aud join him inheaen;
such seutimeuts, from Mich a man. at iuch a
lime, are enough Jo put t flight all ske.pli im
OU the SUijcl of religion.
Mj r Iiewis arrived .aboy't. two .o'clock.
The general appeared to know him when be
spoke to him. ' As I before stfvd. lhn gene
ral hud to be propped up iu his bed,- ar.d
Major Lewis .supported his hend until he
etueaihed his last; which was pie isely al six
o'clock, p. iii. T111 icd tho g eatest and
bet rnar of the a;e, or, .perhaps, o: uy "g
1 ai, wi:h rega.'di your friend and obedient
serv.ni, JNO.'.N. ESSELMAN.
Fraucis P. Biair eq.
FUNERAL OF GCN JACKSON.
The following interesting accouut of the
hist ceremonies over the tomb of Gen. Jack
son is from the letter of a gentleman iu Nash
ville addressed lo another iu V eshingtou city:
Nashvii.lb, June 10, 1,845.
My l3car Sir: I have just return r) It On
the Hermitage, where 1 alleuded the funeral
of General Jackson. It was estimated fairly.
1 think, that from 2,500 . t6 ,3,01.0 persons
we e piesent. There were rising two hun
dred cairiages in attendance, to say nothing
of the horses which, as fastened to the boughs
of the trees in front of the Hermitage yard,
literally filled, the woods.. At il o'clock, a.
m., Rev. Mr Edgar took position in ihe
porch, fro lit of the frout parlor, and pronoun
ced a most appropriate prayer happily allud
ing to 'this great and distinguished man of
our nation, who had lived as a patriot and
Chri.-tiau,' nnd invoking the blessings of
Haaven to sustain and comfort the . bereaved.
A Psalm was anug next, commencing
Why 4hould we start en i fear to die ?
V liai ti.uorU8 wurms we mortals are, Sc. Sic
Mr Edgar's sermon was tbe best that I ever
heard fall froth his lips. He endeavored to
do full justice lo the high public and private
character of Geti. Jackson ; and he came
riiocn nearer to ine accompusnmem oi n:a
oUject than I had expected he could. J Hie
text was from a passage in the Revelations:
' The.se are they which came out of great Iri
bul iti'Mij and. washed their robes while in ihe
blood of the Lamb.' The sermon
ly an hou irf length A hymn
was llear
wa then
sunt', au"ijj(?r prv!r onercc, a no ttien tne
b'dy was iemoved Iro n the fr.ut pari o,vv her
i had remained during service, to the hearse,
aud borne down, foi-idn of tbe garden, as far
: - rt I t
as ihebuiicl place, vhcre ihe fitiicc had been
removed lhat tuighl tie brought thiough t
fh' grave. . I here hs Millie llllle difficulty
in iowclng I'ra b'iy iut lle vau!', iu coose
qoeuce . oi the i 'o lai'e dimensions f the
oox which coi.tti t iit-ii the crffiu ; but this w,iS
.t.'i.i ..vm.. t f tl li'ifll W r l
'ifcfij mad- a
series of well chosen i.eiiiH
k s, . ad m ii ably
suiteil to in' i!a-e mid th noiSiu , I tie
entire service ol tsed by a ' fat utile j .h ! ti ' ..-t
the General's, which Mr iCdgar said wis"? of
ten spoken of by hon vthe:i f v i c .
I have liever witoewsed a fiiie,fal inTis;c:i
of haif lh- s-d;moil. Every man, 'vino,,
aud chiid, seemed to le conscious th.'.t ,o.cu-
kind had lost oue of i heir great eel -;id Lc-t
benefactors. ,
It w his req-t, an I Ifart-, rhst thv m
no p.onp
paraoe sri ivll.'J r- k )Hr ! vya
je sh ul.j b o'.isi vvi n! hi-
were 6reeti in uifo in, s d er?
it:;e;i
lo rise thrr- ,r four ti-:r ?' th:- y.t.
l'he fao.ily (fin t - ;f i '-ssiied.
Ja k- u i almo.: inc. n-sjLti.ie ; hot I'tde
chifdrrn are scarcely -e .sioie of t:!-;! lo.
His adopted stri (Andre Jackson) iriuoi ;
feets n keen sense ot bis leier meol. 1
bnveihtis giveu you a fe particular. shi h I
had tc iugnt rrngnt not pe a,-ti'oie oi inteie.-i.
The Commissioner of Wilmington at a
meeii tf on ine evening oi tne Win, issued a
notice requesting ihe citizetof the town lo
assemble at the Masonic Hal! on Friday, to
take such orders iu relation to the death of
Ex-Piesideut Jackson as the occasion called
fo-.
In conformity to tbe recommendations cf
tbe meefipg, there was a general snspensi'Mi
of business on Monday, the store being
closed half hour guns were, fired throughout
tbe day, flags were displayed at balf-staff and
mast, and the boll were tolled from 10 to 1 1
o'clock. Chronicle.
We learn . with pleasure, thai ,M Cbarlee
Fisher is the democratic candidate in the
Salisbury district, against Col Barriuger,hig.
Writb such a man as Mr Fisher to iead on his
democratic brethren through the contest they
need not fear defoal. Mr Fi-ber is au able
man, and will relect great honor upon the
District as' w'eir'as upon the State, should he
be elected. Wo presume 31 r Barrioger will
have to travel a lilile .faster thsu he ever lias
heretofore, to beat Mr Fisher. W say sec
cess to the democracy throughout the world.
Democrat. . . r
The Obfo Press is very desponding in its
remarks upon the crops. If we can believe
the reports, the harvest will hardly be worth
reaping.
The Baltimoreans are geiug ta erect a
Monument to the memory of Genl. Jeckaon.
They paid the last honors to tbelaefsjory of
the Ucueral on tbaSSdoi Jane in New York.
There waa an ovorwholmtcs tiira out of all
part tea and aoeiatiae.'
.. .vrfr rrID lhe Chail. Bion Cf
'Ouri'M.
WIM PORTA NT
t: ' FRpiMt:XICO AND TEXAS.
JJejricv. -fester day' New Oileaus trail
brought us sohe iulereslitig iotfcliigeuce b
exas.
J he brig Titi had arrived at New Orle .i,
from Havaua, bringing dates to Ihe llth ir.-t.
sriuug iu format ion of the arrival at HaV.Viui
of Genls. Santu Anna aud Buslamente. 'i t.e
Mexican steamer Neptune, hi this .port, to,
u t shed cis wiih tbi news some days eiric.-.
but weod some adduional particulars giv. v
which we p oceed to lay before our lead iV
The farlluwin'g is the net of amnesty unTl ; :
which Gen. Santa AntVa had permissiou t.
leave Mexic :
Ail. I. Amnesty is accouh-d all perso. -accused
of political offences before Ihe putiw
cati ou f this law, wiih ceHalu i esli ictioik
aud exceplloue". . , I); ,
t il., 2. 'i nil?! wh'i Like the bent fit of ib
amue-ty wilt preei ve tfeei: gtuds civil an '
oiilitaiy but ihey ffimll m-t exeicise- ac
power, iior .discharge any functions confer re.-'
upon, them in c.oistqoeuce of thu iia(mi.'
movement, 6:n Dec, 1614.
Aii. 3 Gen .Suntii Am ;i is'exceptcd fron
lb benefit of this nt-iuerty, ui.les h hni
embark, iu compliance with bis own tequ-tj
wi hill the delay fixed by ihe g;vcr m u',
aud quit the ten iter of ;h- repuniiu, uccvid
iug lo bis atidlcatioo ut die pieMOeiicy.
Art. 4. Gen. Catiali. and ii. ex-iinniter
Basnadie ate also ei; pled in this ami)et,
unless they hall wnhiu three uays frout the
publication of this law, apply lo the t i Initial
charged to try them, aud engage t- nbseut
theoiit Ite from Ibe republic I r ten year.
Ail. 5. Tbe precedloK uiti. ies aplv nIs
l Ihe eX-miui.-leis Crescendo Rcjou, Man
ual Bareud i, and Autoiiio de flaro Flamiiiz;
aud if any of thetit bav fled, tbe goveiumeut
will jjoint out the place where they xhall re
side. , ,
Art. 6. To each' of (he three persons men
tioned ill thu th ee piecediug articles, the te
public will grant a pensi-m equal lo oue half
their pay in their employ before the 29th Nov.
1844. Any oue of tbem hall he deprived of
his pen? ion who .may quit Ihe plac f resi-'
deuce p'uiiited out by th govennmeut, aud if
he shajl return to ihe soil of tho republic, he
shall, tie iiaUle to the penalties of the laws.
The Diaiio de l-i Marina, say s that the
public journals say nothing of tho Texas ques
tion. The robbery of Mi Shannon is con
tinued, tind il is further tdnted that he was
uialtieutcd by the highway men.
The Mexican Cougtess is ousily engaged
in a modification of the taiitr laws.
I nlelligeuce hdd beVu tun-ived at Mexico
of the complete lei-toiatio:! of tranquility iu
California. It was supposed that there wuuld
be no obstacit: io the landing of tbe troop
st-ut I hither by xmi.
Fiivat con cspoiiU. i ce ul'iie D a no do !m Marirn.
'i be Ivio proposiiioHs ot Seuor Cuvas :
Flisti To give tn government puvver lo sti
ll.' lb fore go debt of tht Ucj.ublic ; second,
to mako h Ireuly viih Texas, hive both been
appiovutl, -lrttd ttjJtt the iHopoitioii-
i tfered by Tex are : The iecoguiiiu .of
hei jiidepunduuce'; ail Indemnity of twenty
militousoi doiiaty, five million in ca-h, and
the balance iu bonds; the settlement ol the
it .
boundary ; a pledge- t letu.e a n liexat ton,
with ihe ua-HiiUe of Fionce arid Englted.
1 cannot vouch lot tU ).-, ' says ihe writer,
but I am ceifiiu that well tulormed petM lis
vyho ate in doily couin.uun. iiu wnn ihe
Picfideut and hi ioiiii.it-1, ne I tb-.i will
he no war, nd Ibis is ( ,.KHi;iin!e(i by toe Ui
that thus fur no p(ep'irati..ii fosu. f have
be ri mde.
bant i Anna ieciriv(j h"-s p;isp it with
every fp' ''ryLce of t .ri,tet:t. Cauaiizo, ou
the c,.!;tr-Hsy, iss.i fi to f'ft'-e d; laed llrt he
j.t :-.-r lec u't -.h ti psri-hing ! i a mi no among
I ! t s i : ( : n ,
C-MOCJif ce v i
-i nl-.Jili: lb-- s ub i-
'') doii. Roboe.) e wa o
o' , a iut thi- inail 1V in
ot;.,:
, ui:i i'lw poiutr
n;, jk-.-o a:.d i ifled
in ihe
iu'.
'Texas. Tut
al -! !h
Yo:k, i New O:
1 .K i ishi
cxas
pcrs io the I i'b tovj.
t;S -111. ivr;.
New
O- an
yep; sittt tMuns oi i-. iu his ci;.);:clt v oc
h ;. p r il dt.ljHe-Of; boldly lt!.r,R
"tj ib !c, (1119 irtu'ily u'.- tinted fi :
grac-l'u .ve: tores to G'mt B itiu m..J Me.
Ico, fjod Uif dtrul boxtiiiiy lu aniicx.i i'oi.
, .Ihe Gaivent iit, ,-.-, extra, ,f ti lilt
ins., gives tiut :li(Min piociaira'iou ot
Preridtmt Joni j . oi wnn h is predi ated the,
opinion above expressed, nnd ibelauguage i f
the Proi l.tmal ion is uch as lo lullv warrat.f
the conchji.i anlvtil at by the editors of (he
Bee :
By Ihe Prttident of the Republic of Texas.
A PROCLAMATION.
The executive is now enabled to declare lo
ih people., of Texas the act on! state of their
affairs with respect to Mexico, to the end thai
tbey may .direct aud dispose thern ns they
ohil judge best fir the honor and poimanent
iu'eresls of the Republic.
Duiiug ib' course tf the last winter, ft
reached the knowledge of the Executive from
various sources of information, unofficial in
deed, but still worthy of attention aud credit,
that the late and present government of Mex
ico were disposed to a peaceful settlement of
the difficulties wiih Texas by the acknow
ledgement of our independence, upon the un
derstanding that Texas would maintain her
separate existence.. No action, however,
could be taken upon the subject, because
nothing authentic was known until the month
of March last, wheu ihe Representative .of
Frauco and Great Britain, uenr tnis govrn
enent, jointly aad formally teuewed the ofler
of tho good offices of those powers with iriex-.
ico, for tbe ; earhy and peaceful settlement of
this struggle, upon iho lasi f ihe acknow-,
lodgement of cor independsnce by that Re
public. !
It would have been tbe imperative w,5
the Executive at one, lo reject jfF
tW had been accompanied,. by foodifto J
any kind whatever. But, with attentive
watchfulness in tbat respect, a.ndgteat disin
rlln.ib.fr (.. entanalinie alliances ol auy de-
I script ion, or with any power, he riiilst declare.
in a spirii or jusutc oib-. .w....- .