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THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF GEN. AN DREW JACKSON.For some months past it had been becoming daily more and more certain that the earthly ca leer of Gen. Jackson was rapidly driving to i close. Several times of late lie was unatchei from the very jaws of death by the timely and skillful application of medicinal* n m ’dies, and t few more days added to his eventful life. O. Sunday morning last, however, it became sp parent that the skill of the phy§ician exhausted und that the demands of the grim monster couk no longer bo resisted. The progress ol his disease was such that life could no longer be hus tamed. This fact was known to tho suftoruq old boro early on Sunday, and he freely com oiunicated to Ins friends his consciousness tli* h a tune hud com*. During tho day his mine was occupied with his “future elate—his con* Ter ation had constant reference to his ap preaching dissolution, but at no lime did he i t press the slightcs apprehension as to Ins entiri preparation lor tho awful charge 0:1 tl.e leas! tear at appearing m tho presence of his (ire» Judgf. We have heard many interestingde tail* of his last day's conversation, which we in teud to present hercafier in authentic shape.— At this time we must bj content to sta'e, that after discovering tint ho could last but a few hours, he summond around him his faithful domestics, and in a strain of pious eloquence exhorted them to fiJelity in all their duties i n prdfS ng up n the u tho a'l important ruhjjct of Gbriitnnry, and up m taking an a (rationale leave of them, he expressed the sincere hope that he inigiitmeet them all in Heaven.His conversation with his beloved family was i Inracterizrd by tho deepest solicitude for their attention to religion. He retained his intellect in full vigor down to the very time of his Jissolu non. His bodily pun was great, but it seemed to luve no effect upon the clearness or vigor of his mental operations. Uis dying hour was cheered with the bright assurance within him that in a few short in amenta he would be united in Heaven with hie beloved wife, who had g ne before him. Amonffst the last things he said.
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The Ripley Advertiser
Ripley, Mississippi, US
Sat, Jun 28, 1845
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