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i W ,J, r tat r a-v v ;',, at aw",. , ?,- -'i "'- :x. 1 , v . s., rr M. K. aaaswjaVvarwaiatoJc'o " t M . w ' jwtrv W ww-1shiw aa i j VnS a w rrw.n l " 1 ""V' . ' JTT - U-cwt. nJ n-4 i , 1 . t - P. ' , ti t. . . . - . 1 1 mw- Ml fx iuWhJ . aJ Knl.-f rw astratd m j t rou4jr,tja - I7lh Ut .f JawaW. W, 4. W Wl P1-M hf Vi . ' ac r . tt . c t-w rJWtl BUi at Bi.Hi rrvC.r4 My weft hi Um ktlj U M l.i ft, itubarl I ! W veR kI bA.au' rr (aM4 wivh W ever inn, ami cm 4 J tXi M ahrart opoJ bf tal tiOcmhcl caractcr. ami m aa tl xrtrUxjn a a mW U! wtcr. 1 TUOUASCttUTCUta. Tag Hor,V.r, u. c. lo rt:it " .'fcj Put la twr t few vqrat, in MlaliM tn a nbkcai.aai la iha bat Kpirit nt tcrratr lavolnnr tb character f Mr. Jackaoa. na aViU. 1 na rrfetrad tOM betn; m oTHMjairvh faajttd avcrdiot tirML ' Waft. m HrA a t!a . , JJ-t W a.n'.t- toa fc-il at. mir imnl '- ,,4 Hrrfaa, fM W tWi r -W kat B ' . h lV. - 'L t lah M Ik- (. lua"T." I aT tiro4 aUJ A tW ( of V f ai ,' vkk Aa " tJ d Krt iWi , in IT, kt 'tj.- . " KWl, in Ki-muAf, V.ir alt: fr-tii"! awl mavruHL la ttta rrar V-MUbf aMr.it muh her, Laaf ! i .. ! o iwH r Uf trr Waer, 1 km !'. Ws 1 MlrralMd loca, I u1:t.iali"-'"ta--1w'. allor her b rr ,1'twe lrI l;TainMK k aba ImI ! ,J la Ln-Anr.i. ?."al hrr aniaal " Wj 1 aa nrrk)acakJ to Ker, ami front ( PiarT eo.fiACi )ick ,prrJea . vca am, 1 ru aot..rt bal Ui aoaitaat ofkrr . u r...k .LLh ixnad pin rila iMtltianr i ol vJL Konaf " IV th. Me. KlMrU Jt mmm of tlv rrfitlxi of Xlrp-t Holianla, an4 t aa avcau lira, iMflaanUvaattaavf (arUa W, ra Mra -jum. 1 4 Uaai U4- rlAraMe a aar aa. aitaaaablg! as tlMt winy tiw My I ""ria aa agt mm aa a-rr aam W aaiA krr aafaralioa iraa KoW artU. 1 iwcllrat Br-a--oa af On jarf lUadi afcta 4 Wa Tnara. W U aA UM t 4mm itnllutaaa af Wat aaafcaaa aa aa the tmL . x . JOHNMEAUX. AprS IStk, II3T. v . . 'aaWi. .iaraaf IS, tKi. rt'aW .looter. m. Oir iir. tarrr, tua rem nmht m taa puec, k Jkwt4 mm a ktlrr yarn addmacd to km. aUtatxUM Maaaair tl auach tcaaral Jaeluoa aa rnarri aa yaor aeaotrr. aa a aaotal aM iMMnl i hi- M lave lo rtltrr ajraai. anviUul oceunr t tlx brarJ. a arnritU bMM to Uta v! ot vln. Hmlam. It i li imt..! tlial V ., difLsTrsca aroaa Kieh cbpI aa W ftantura uenraea r. ana -nn. iwmw, 'ututaCT of kkk, ara aafbUoan, aa I no rr vWt tiatno 4ia. Jfanliwa antwa Ucrtoa, UK torn otfcw ravuij reuUwwcn, " toanling M U" t'amiljr "-. lMilrB. On. Jackaoa I bwamft ohjeet of Capt. Robunla' ., .hm act. Ul a-ill, arbO ccmM-tn i.Jlp tUe uir. ijwi pJo at rifWl to tha aoiitinct tf bit alifc-H IumI I?1 tUrir apjiainticw at Ki-a-rkV. TlierCict or U. , tWa trraoulary wM.JraM U the Ovi-rJ Am. Uit: Inatily, hile Ul-. n4 Mr. Uomt1 rmii-ii with H. CnpL K J-wK iwwi'fT, ' !? rt-itim, Wre J.t art out fir KcuWeLy, U-Uuf b Out iuten tua of rvunia I ;iaot kBOW W he a at n-.H (t (f1' U-'t"jv it a aa auiWatoorl lUtt itivorw SaU bct-o ft"i.tr4. ( ajjplk-alioit, ttparatitig laitn fim bit aiA;. - lathit tr.aaaetloti I jn tfV r, ini my intim-, arilli both Mjjt. Doncl 1 a'finaiiil Iht duuf-iti-r, 'Mrt. Xlobmils, aa well . f ".. .In. V-wn, .that aottlel'."t esur" wiRht t7 av U ' - , "T pertoo, but Mr. - Lkliii,n bnnnrtu.fi. tUaaatl.a I un(teueKiu.ly ' " - Ti . LL.i t - t,. l with naOHtnf tlic "S '. , n-m wis any tnroa living who 'olv . W i J,iaI i- VlwIac'of'Uie fart. ntcHind a ly hclKvi jr-y vwi'-..ar. " r M l..t.... kin.wU u, I win W blame. - ' ffl TlfT i aWT "f 'H'""l Uitl ?KWMI a uiu ? Uoue at y ilant)tiia b.5itnM ooonty, Terw cjajrf. thit 51 Jfcc . T was r, msa to tbii aootUiY. ami have ltved herd t- MrtM,' Irraolloetof k$ beiiiff reported dint Cnwi. Ijetfit RiJiardt bad om-Ud wkk hia atiiU ami rciuaett to li0 with I alto if sol- Jiwt that on at dw Att: Donel.'Wn't went to Ken tucky, wtd bronRht hiii "JKi- Robiird", to ier motbert. Sa time afterwarti Cpt Rob uri'l earns to thit emiotry to tee hia wife, and H wm aud. not lone after be cara. that a rcermeil- iaiioti had taken olaee between thorn. (Icr tbi bad amud to lire toeether rain, 1 andcr- atoad tliat Capt Kobardt bail proioasJy eotwentr eil to ?ttlt!. Uimelf hi tWt country v and actu ally parchated k tract of land iatlae neighlMrUood , cf Alt, Dona-.ton, tb mother ol hit wtfe,.; , . Abootibj period of tiroa, Geo. Jack son and Jnrtnn.4Atb troonv lawvert. eoavmeneed boardin; h Mv., btnieltoa, aad Opt. Rob- uda and hia wile lived them While tliey ware . ;.aUatJ151)otaoolor4fnd(oodthiit atWtfTitlRtiMnderatandiag took plaeo betwefin Cm. J?iekoimi! Capt. RoWrda, ia rootrquence if which, itnm. Jatkton m Owtoa immedt ''aatelr iuft tfe Uwitf. ; Capt. Uobanla continued to i,r bnuKvar. witlnnrs. Done3oa wKhout any itnina aa Ions as bereroahieil ia tha coun try. 4 hate 'teen fur.' and mrt. Rohan, t together Mi Xhillc, nd have aeett U.em together at CL )lAV, aFliet thct have utajed 'day a aadiicts, f never hxtri of Oen. JatVaoa and Capt, Roh. rd hatkir oy quarrvl. of mitanttertliqg. .1.. I tM.lH.i-lt tl1lMIMl did. " sin w anc.Bur - , - The tatu pari My r tome time m Jonev ahout thit time baftn C me businett Ia Ky. it wa; know that 1 Intended going to tluU eowrtry, and t Cm Rotrdafatatd romp; also, he requeat--d me to let bin koo' vhta loitld he ready to ' !t. When I waircsoy to 't won tay ioio ." .,..t k. mn - nr.nhon's for vanL Kob- ' aVrin on tot arrktd I foond mrt. IJobardt and her .i... -..d in oaokins uit h elotliet and -iHsnS 4uppoe t wat abont an honr brf.ire Cunt. RobanVl ana rMflT tt tart. 1 httti- rd for Col. DomttMin, and waa toW that he had jurt vle (lowu thbrWoh.tOf.ther Biackeniore i ... iju Pnr. on auin l.oiiueti. - A hcu we reidf to atart, Capt llobards, 'with i much . ......m VrlMndkliin. took hiluav of mra. Donel ontitd 'ht f'. walking tha rate wkb hmi. 04 ta very tcnoer ana nnecmwHw umnnw, her lears of him. , There wm not, when w rvountad ir tortea, nor at any time ner 1 got there. nimHe hk nertott oonha plantauoa, rotv Rnbarda. hia wife. nd rort. Uonel- ion. I had three hor ndC4)t ilobardi two, tut on the aeeond nipht wti'oimiitnl oa the Jtar Ten, hit ridina horae atwyed off, which we eould , Aot, aAur dUigent wear h, Unl. I then let hint tiave Qt U of Of w,o My hi pat, .! Kj. mb Waa awn nark Wa.Id the course , f tliat day he appeared to itfneBtwjr nwch the JiKttefhn riding horaej 1 remarked to kioij that , ' the (rort would perbapt Jaake into Pltnr, t in. jir. that aame huur would Cad hita, and le wauld get hip tenia a be moved down, T tlui he d.' arrrr harsh rep!rhe aid)o wiuM be iUamed if erer'ha would b aeea fat CamHero i..i 4tk miir ntlK-r ouite anrrv and Bl ftntroiM re-narki. I oWrred to him, that the M mn. nobarda wouid not like, and teraiiu wotiia oi roni'-iu ror w B w Kfotackv to liv. Il aaid bo did it we what ffaiiMt ker. I aar Mai at ta tottara alratv waa well affluaialed with Mra, Jackaa prw viaua twUcr trrt narriag witb LewiiUob artla aaJ aeveral ycara af terwarda, and can aaaurt yow that aha euttained aa unbletttajteU character, wnd u CMwdcraxl avte atnong the fira of our y ung bubei her fcthcr, Cot. uonetaon. Using a aau M UM noax mpect bl atamLair a After hat aMiran wito Mr. Kuewrda, lUivgrreotent took pUe betwaeai branl bcr kawtaaiM). on account of cbargea uf immoral coMuot oa hit part, ami alao be oHung jeakwt of a certam Mdividiul,(iiot On. Jaclaoo,) hkhvei.tuated laker being rom;ilicil ta rcturoto her mot her ,w bo hul la ike raeaa time, reaaoved to tba Stele of TciMieaaee. where her lalbtf Iied or waa killed by the Ifldiaua. 1 wu intimat with Jlr. Koharda, ,and after the aeparation, in a converatioowith hint, hi admitted to tne. that hia auapn iona were unjuat, ami ho ex preuly acquitted her of any illicit mtercoute witn.tno UKli virtual uaneclexL Aa oiB iackaq.1, I aa of the opinion, ue oover aaw her nrtrvioua to her aeparation from Mr, (tobartiV.a" tlie divoree, I believe, waa ob tained cHtitviy esparto, an act of the Viretnta Leri!ature waa uaae;! at the instance ol tiie well known Capt. Jack Jaiitt. then a member of tbjt body, and a brother in law of Mr. Robantt, (liaintr' marrWd hi Mter,) and without an articc, a 1 believe, to Mrt. Robardt, biUof ibM, 1 kon)ots.lHj. thou. Allirv, wbowat the Clvrk ol the Court, tn apeak. For my part, I rouniilvr Alt. Jackton as raoat unjustly aud slandered. 1 am well acquainted circumstance, and regret to tee tranaauUoo mirer-reemeil. 1 nave tft that Mr. Kobardr had no per but hit own improper eooduct aud know hint well, but do not wish to e titer uKo ' detail of 6-t calculated to wound the fctlmirs of hit rotiiectable relations and IrK'tula.-" 1 anutuvacli, for. Gen. Jackson as next . . . i . i . o r o . o: . rivwiem, anu visa, uia opimoi ocivuiy-oix nui train to refer i me without authority, aal con- ri . . .v l , , sner tne atuea ou 'Jil. irackaoq aa ungeqerous, uaiwuily, aaautijut, . yourt.witli respeet, Mr. Csjrry ha Maestro ta to write to yoo oo that auty. I bare to reasark, dot I ba Oeoa tucuatajy awjaaiwa waa iew. jaaaau (or aaowt ii rear past -hefaro kia aiarnaca ana I oanofl all waaco unac, tua Oaaerai aao my tan tare uvoa a Uua ptaaa aoc lae aira ourhooa. hnaarlbtat lako thirty years ara, or asore, Uea. Jackaoo waa married to Mrs. Jack- aoa, bat Iwly, aaa wkoaa be baa ever ausee lived, aa I bclirva, ia tlat utmost harmony, in the bhrbeat respect and credit amongst all who knew tkm but aaore especially auoag their imtuedi- sic aelgoowiw. .Mrs. iaekaon kas beea ooae married to Atr, URobarda. who, at I alwaya uadrrttood. aad lie red, witlaoat any jaaa cauac, lull Her, ana 00 tained a dirarea by aa tx pari proceeding out ol UK ttata. 1 am moat Reapcctluny, imtr obi aerW nlT.tIi4, roaamam sliara, ( o tat i maty rrJ naa- WTW tsprrtcU. 1 Not aaanr m olaru, veiorw Uun!t brcxtoc iraluM of Jilov rku.k X ferl coft&deet U mUmtt tht loaat trM-itf.. of km irniaiing cotr1to V tM MDect oriiaj oss wife, 1 lf d tonUt Uit tern of Ktr M'.f ivti Icr Msiker, W wttw great'" iatreaotd. 1 arrrd to Robardatkt mtaliarsa of LucoavJoct htr tk paia A. FOSTER. :-- . i.'fNoi.l ' Air, 3 no. JlfGhmis states, that lie lived for some Considerable time m the immediate neighborhood of Air. Retacf Robardt, the mothar of Lewis Bobards, tlic former husband or tue present Jlfra. ' Jacksoni that Robarda and hia wife then , lived with old Air. Roharda; that Lewis Rohan) s waa renarally considered a bad husband ( that hit mother acknowledged that Kachael Rnbardt waa an amiable -woman, and deserved better treat- meuti that aba.' In bwt. loved her as well aa any child he overraJedt that old AUt. Robarda told una attisnt, a stiort tune octmw .Ui-a. IC Robarda left her husband for the. pureose of re turning to her mother1, in, Tennessee, tliMher son baa ornerca nit wue to clear nertea, ana never again ahew Iter face in hit house) that the appeared, for tome time before she returned to ber motber'a, to be aa unhappy and miserable womani that Anally ber brother came to Ken tucky, and carried her off to her friends in Ten. nesseo. lie ataica. oxpirewy mat ne never nearu of General Jackaoo being (a the nrMiborhood, and that ho beuerea that Uenerai Jackson never vMted tlto hooao ofLewit Robardt during the time that titer Ued torethcrt that Robardt', wife eoatained a tuir aan irreproachable cnaracter, aa long at this affiant knew ber. . - - Thii-cav persoaaliy appeared bwre me, a Justice of the Peace lor the county- of uereer. the- within named John M tiimua, and made oath to too truth of tha within statement Given un- hey lik vd or disliked, he alwuld do aa he thought n..cr. Aa hia conduct on tliia occasion Wat so ineapeoted, and at the aame time koTiaaccounta Wo to W, 1 tliougni n iwsi him; lut I waa eonvkiced, from roiy other ehv cunatanoL' and tcnuirka of hia, tliat Ue ncrcrby tended cocaing back to thia country to Iwo. f 0 tiwvelled oa locHber to Nclon county, Kew ....i .-j . n.nUnwn at ainr. Pottencera, i Darted. -JapL noaarna noser, .j 1 reTn iamed to fl est Teno. or what waa thro of derpiy hand, this 13th April, tW. ti. VV.; T110MP30N, J. P. ' tXo. 10.1 V r IlarrttUlntrr. Afarck ittt. 1826.'" rV-r Msior la eomDlianeu, with vour wishes eipresscd m yourt of yesterday, it may not be lmnravcr to inform vou, that in tha fell of the mr TM . I made our xlace of residence in Lin coln count T. (now Mercer,) where 1 bare con tinued to lire ever since. . 1 think it was in 1712, not later than 1783, ibut f .think the former, ) 1' became a Deputy Sheriff in Lincoln, aad ac quainted with Col. Donelsou and hit family tiie Colonel had then two daughtera, young ladies, viz: Jane aud Raehael, the hitter of whom, 1 up-. flerttand, it tne larty of lien. Andrew Jackson. Some- time Aottlr after my averpiaintanee m the family, mist Ksehaet bccaii-e the wife of L'xit. Lwia Robaro of -the aame couuty, who then livrd in the family of his mother, a widow lady, near Harrodsburr, where , he brought hit wile, and continued to live wkh her In the family of hi mother, until aoroe djsarrccmeut took place be tween the Captain and bis wile, wbich resulted m a teparaliou, and the Captain sent Srto her r-thM. alia. TreTOuC o til at aeparation. had removed to the neighbourhood of Nashville, Ten- J aosaoe, at I was iolormed;aod where, 1 preaunKj the first aaw ana dcctok? ircuwtiniru vi ii, . I never sow Gen Jsr.VacB in my lH'e ta my kaowledw, W have 1 any reason to be iiovc. nor do I bclbjvo that Xr. Jackson ever woe acauainlod with the Genets! until after her txnaration with Robarda. aud ber arrival at ber t S..v, b.TnMutaaee. Ca ntain Robarda ob tarn. e4 - a apectat actor uw v irginia mm.". -dr?Crce;i tk in ft Wl of the year im aad nrotecuted tJtoownetojodgmeot M theftuartet- Court,! was b clerk) at the September Term of Hid court, nnooi mac uniu, i. """ " tnarriod a mix Viaa,daug1itr of klr. Thoniat Wioa,. then Itliluk ofLanuavaieorBardstowu, , I waa aurprised when the acioration took place k.- r.r. Rnbards and bis first wife, aa pre vious to that affair, I hml ever considered Mrs. Roherdav ow Mr acftaow, a one aomafl, aau hscproacbablo anaracier. upou an cnanww No. 13. , .tfoa 8f. u$r. t c:.. c. r.n s ivar , r vu . . wn. i i . . . , v m boarder ia tha bundv of .ti-s. Robarda, the mo ther of Lewis ttobards, of Mercer county. Ky. tapu Kooarus anu nia wue uiea iiveu wnn oiu Kobards. 1 had not lived there many weeks before 1 understood that Capt. Rboards and hia who lived very unhappily oa account of bit being jealous of At: Short. At brother, who was a hoarder, Informed me that great no- canine aa had existed in the family for some time before mv arrival: but as ho had the confidence and and will of all partica. a portion of fhiaeoa- fiiU-uce f.-H to my share, partKuUirly the old la dy's, than whom, perhaps, a more amiable wo man sever Jived. 1 he uneasiness oetweea iapt. Robards and lady continued to inarease, and, with it, great diabcss of the mother, and considera bly with the family generally, until early in the year t8S. as well as now recollected. I under stood from the old lady, and perhaps others of the family, that ber son Lewis had written tomrs. Robards mother, the widow Uonelson, request ing that she would take ker home, as he did not intent to live with nerany longer, lertam Hit, that mrt. Robardt' brother, Samuel Donelaon. came up to carry her down to her mother's, and . ! . ' ? 1- .1 .1. ray impression is, in me tan or summer oi woo 1 was present when mr. SamuoJ uonelson arriv ed at mrs. Robards', and when h started swsy wkh his sister; my clear and distract recollec tion is that it wns mid -to bo a final separation, at the instance ot Laptara Kobards tor I well re collect the distress of old mrs. Robards on ac count of her daughter m law, Raehael, roiue a wav. on account of the aeparation that was about to take place, together with the circumstance of the old lady's embracing her anectionately. Id unreserved conversations with me, the old lady always blamed her son Lewis, and took the part of her daughter-in-law. During my residence in mrs. Robarda? fanulr. I do not recollect to have heard any of the family censure young mrt. Kobarda, on account ol the difference between her husband and herself: it they thought otherwise, it was unknown to mc But recollect iTcqueauy to nave nearn in ow lady and Capt. Jofitt,"who married the elder daugter of the family, at that time, express the most tsvoraoie tenuiueuis oi nor. Havinit finished my studies in the winter ot "88-9, k was dutcrmined to fix my residence in tue country now called West-Tennessee. Pre vious to my departure from mrs. Kobards, the old mdv earnestly entreated me to use my exer- .! :.. .A 1 .1 w. , fionn, ut gei iiersna icwib, anu uaunxcrm-iaw, Rachel, to liva happily together again. I neir separation lor i -oonsHivranic time, nau occasioned her treat uneasiness,': at she appear ed to be much attached to her tlattghtc4n-!aw and she to her. Capt Lewis Kobards appeared to be unhappy," and ..the old lady told rac she regretted wlutt had taken place, and wished to be reconciled to hia wife,-1 Before I would agree to concern in the matter, f determined to ascer tain Cant Robardt' disposition from himself, and took an occasion to converse with him on the tub. tart when he assured me of hit regret respect ing what had passed; that he was convinced bis sunpicians were unfounded,, that be - wished to live with his wife, and requested that 1 would use my exertions to restore narmony 1 told him I would undertake It, provided he would throw aside all nonsensical notions about jealousy, for WVich I was convinced there was no ground, zui i t Ibis wife kindly aa other men. He assured me it should be soi and it ia my impression now. What I received a message from old mrs. Robardt to mrs. Lewis Kobarda, which I delivered to her on my arrival at her mother's, where I found her somo time in tlic month of February or March. 17W. The situation of the country in duced me to solicit mrs. Donulson to board rue kaJ taken to ttrodue haraBouy, aa mttiul friend of both familvc. Dtl aj Uoaeat conrtclioti tUat LU Mtapicioao were rrotDHeM. Theac remonttrattcet teemed Dot to bare tie draired effect nth corntoolinaj 0il inKar4oeM prrrailed in the faaailj; aj ia that t Mr. RobarJt in Kentucy. At letith, I communicated ta JicktoO Hie uorJeaa aot aituatioD of Irving in a Tamil jr, wbert there waa o much dtaturbance and cooduded. bj telliog him, that vra would endeavour t;o get aorae other place: to thia he readily aaaetited, bat . o .a la where to ro we did not Know, oeuig cooKiout ol qia innocence, ne aaiu, that he would talk to Robarda. Vhat nasaed between Capt. Robarda and iaekaon I do not know, a I waa abxsnt aotne where, not now recollected, when the conversation and reauiU took place, but returned aoon afterwards. The whole afEtir was rotated to tne by Mrs. Uonelson (the mother of Mrs. K'ibarus; and, as well aa I recollect, by Jackson himaelf. The substance ot their ac count w, that Mr. Jackaoo met Capt. Robards near the orchard ienr, and 'eiran mildly to remruatrate with him x . and filUJ thwnl ... V , - Wtk inr. may. anticpafe an ef.jor.v7!; the honors and emoIametUi if ka ,L magistracy of PeonsylTaoiaj birttW lends of October will conyiacJ that the ministrationiat.Vi!liBrte: and llarri!.bure, eombiiied, caonot trtH the yutca the freemen of ffn,. " w. . wrnni IH the CyM, ty officers who support. Adai, w rqually vain and nnsuccemifal, hare to conteisd witt) tha maa "oS has filled the measure of his eMtrr jlory.' .V . V- . ' respecting the injustice he had done hia himself In a little time FOR KIGN. good accommodations and boarding being rarely we SZZZZZJ 'it ;rcoor.Xho 5. ethe paper. h Ibe the di.orceafore. . , t. w -d Bothm. ie mr that tne oetenoans tl.st he ri.reau.-neu xo -u,c rr"- - vr. i ' v a rla aftha a-stenai or nrotrresa , oir, v - - -- - ia at tliat suit. . rnoQiu Ton epihuit j Ktwtnekv.ml oroptd her to live fluT., ohe, bi weU asaUIrfrds, waa very mfccli opposed to this, no-), in ordw to phase herself beyond kia reach, a 1 tmdoratood t Ae time, drtetmined I to Crsernatue rirer conit"j - iwdlv, and under the Olom ls protection, ,to v i. lkuxiinher before oL al&rk oold ret off with liif family; lerhap January i foro ho eould p4 along, Gteral JacksoB aiao went krnti hot after they lanrteo at piwcnea, r- i 4 ikuiitra. About tint t.mu it waii reported here that the JLiislaturo of Vlrgiola bad vnld a divorce to tapt. r.-rnj J do not Itno w how the tofortnatwrj ihed thia r . : -. J 1 I - . mwim at utac SAUi. co j ... . Lava eranmunicated wwth WOtice, eu are at li- bcrrjrtouao it m any way you may think proper. i' s ' Your tVianvd, Ka. w, THOS. ALUS'. t fi .kitLt it mav concern. Ic ft known, that io Ak j-ear ml I lived at Col. Joha Bowmau-a alslwo. U tho'tlsra eountr of Lmfnl". tww - amrt tan cm-Hoii ,v . r.. . . . ... .m. sriuiK t imu as in. cvmiiitiT. lut k waa p-netid'y, indeed 1 Wdiev u I , 1 became Broawtod wtth Coi ""f TV, . flrtWl...j v.:. o.iw. wbnlivwd then afar Cal. Row- rovcrsajiv rvwu wsaaiE - , wm .....-, - - - - - , , . - W t;.VJ went to the l" er ewmtrf , apitnl wiaa'a Col. Donelaon at mat time uvtrw - ' . ... . a I 1 . . I a. . IA Jsant alaal to be met wWi to which she readily assented, Mr. A. Jackson, had studied the law at aa-u-bury, North-Carolina, at I understood, and had arrived in thia eot.ntry in company wkh judire MCNairy, uennett, oearcy, ami per haps David AlliM- all lawyers, seeking their fortunes, hot roc than a month or two be fore my arrival. Whether mr Jackson wa at mr Uonelson s when I first rot there in March, 1789, I cannot asyt if he was? it must have been but a little time. xy impression now Ik, that he wag not living there, and having just arrived, I introduced him into the family as a boarder, ' after becoming acquainte d wkh him. So it was, we commenced boarding thereabout the tame time. Jackson and myself, our friends and clionta, ho. occupying one cabin, and the family another, a few steps from it Soon after mr arrival, I had frequent conversations. with .Mra. LeVvis Robards", oo the fiubjecT of living happily with her husband. She, with much sensi bility, assured jme, ihat no eCfurt to do so, snould beiwanting on her part: and I communicated the result to Capt. Ho bards and hist, mother, from both 'of whom I received ; congratulation and thanks. Capt. Robard had previous ly puichased a pre-emption in this coun try, on thc' Sou th aide of Cumberland river, in Davidson county, about five miles from where Mrs- Donetwm then lived. ' III the arrangement for t-reunion between 'CaptvUobara's end his wife.-1 undmtoud'it an acreetf; that Capt inn Robard was 1o live in this coontry, instead of 4 Kentucky;; that, until it waf safe to go on. his own land, which waljearlj: expected, he r4 hi wife were to lrve t, Mf? Dsftelson's. Cant. I(olrfbtne re-niied th nia wile some time nthe year 1788' or 1789. ; ,Both Mr. Jackson and tnosclf boarded in i the family of Mrt. Donelson lived in the cabin room, and slept in the same brd. A Town men of the name pursuits and profession, with but jVrv othfi i tne conrrtrj,vyith whom to wife as well' as Robards became violently anjrrv and abusive, and threatened to wliip Ja k- son, made a show or. doing so, ox Jack ton told him he had not bodily strength to fight him, nor should he do so, feeling conscious of hie innocence, antl retired to his cabin, telling him, at the same time, that if he insisted on fighting, he would give him gentleman ly satisfaction, or words to that effect. Upon Jackson's return out of the house, Capt. Robards said Jhat he did not rare for him nor his wife abusing thenVboth that he was determined not to live with Mrs. Robards. Jackson retired front the family and went to live at Mansker's station. Capt. Robards re mained several months with his wife, and then went to Kentucky in Compa ny with Mr. Thomas Crutcher, and probably some other-persons. Soon after this afuir, Mrs. Robards went to live at Col. Hays', who marri ed her sister. After a short absence, I returned to live at Mrs. Oonelson's, at her earnest entreaty, every family then desiring the association of male friends as a protection against the In dians. This affair took place, to the best of mj recollection, in the spring-of wju. some line in tne tan following there was a report afloat that Capt. Ro bards intended to cme down and take his wife to Kentucky; whenceit origin a ted, I do not now recollect, but it ere- ted great uneasiness both with Mrs. Duneison and ber dau ghter, Mrs. Ro bards, the latter of whom, was much distressed, as she waa convinced alter two fair trials, as she said, that it would be impossible, to live with Capl. Rob ards, & of this opinion was' 1, with all those that I convened with, who were acquainted with the circumstances. Some time afterwards, during the winter "I 1. 91, Mrs. Donelson told me of her daughter's intention to go down the river to Natchez, to some of their Iriends, in order to keep out of the way oi iapt. uooartls, as -she said he had threatened to ,r AaunJ" her. knowing as, 1 did Capt. Robards' unhappy jea ious opposition, ana his temper grow ing out of it, I thought she was right to keep out of his way; though do not be lieve that I so expressed myself to the old lady or any other person. The whole affair gave Jackson great uneasiness; and this will not appear strange to one as well acquainted with hi character as I was. ' Continually to gether during our attendance on wil derness courts, whilst other young men were indulging in familiarities with females of relaxed morals, ho suspi cion of this kind -of the world's cen sure fell to Jackson's share. In this in his singularly delicate .sense of hon or, and in what I thought his chivalrous conceptions of the female ex, it oc curred to me, that he was distinguisha ble from every other person with whom a was acquainted. .. aa .a tl ITVl. It 4Jvif ItwctU, it ;rai. r V axit U rrn eotrrauca ot tva. c-t' v, who wauled protect lrw lis la- j tito&a, that Jaciaott coawutod tw oc campar t t ieo. f hwh I had heard before (.kTu a coavcraalioa with tM lrady if iaded te. 1 . prtvioealy to Jaclaet startinj, be caeatautcd ll bio law boaiaeM to aae. t the taae tieie taasrinjr s that aa ocas as he ahuajlJ ao Col. Stark and family sad Mr. Ik-Unl sitaeied with ihekr fnoods in lb eeigHbKhoaU of Natchel, he would reuro ami rnim his practice, lie 4escc&dctl the nvet; returned from Natclirt to iahvil!e, and was hi the sopert.-r court U the Utter place, in May 1791, eUeuding w kia Iwaiueaa as a' Lwarer- & aotictUr Gen (of the Govt. AbW, vr ahottly aXir (his time, we were informed that a divorce had been granted by the le gislature of Mrginia through the influ eac principally ef Capt. Robards, brother ia -law, !aj. John Joiitt, who was probably in the lgilatcre at Uut time. The application badbcei) anticipated by toe. Hie divorce was understood by the people of this country to have beco granted by the Legislature of Va. in the winter ol 17901791. I was io Kentucky in the summer of 1791, re mained at old Mrs. Robarda, my 'former, place of residence, part of my time, aud never understood otherwise, thau that Capt. Robards' divorce was final, until the latter part of the year 179i. In the summer of 1791, General Jack son went to Natchez.and. 1 understood, married Mrs. Robards, then believed to be ft eei from Capt Robards, by the divorce; in the fail of 1791 returned to Nashville, settled in lhcneighburhood of it, where they have lived ever store, beloved and esteemed by all cla&se. About the month of December 1793, after Uen. Jackson and myself had started tu Jonesborough, in Bast Ten -nessee, where we practised law, 1 learnt for the first time, that Capt. Robards had applied to -Mercer court, in Ken tucky. for a divorce, which had then reieuily been granted; and that the Legislature had not absolutely grant en a divorce, but left it for the court to do. I need not express to you my surprise, on learning that the act of the Virginia Lesnslature had not divorced uapt Robards. I informed Gen. Jackson of it, who was equally surprised; and du ring our conversation, 1 suggested the propriety of his procuring a licence on his return liutneand having the marriage ceremony attain preformed, so as to prevent all future cavilling on the sub lect. To this suggestiou he replied that he had long since been married, on the belief that a divorce had been obtained, which was the understanding of every person in the country; nor was it with out difficulty he could be induced, to believe otherwise. On our return home torn Jonesboro', in January 1794, to Nashville, a licence was obtained, and the marriage cere mony performed. The slowness and inacuracy with which information was received in West Tennessee at that time, will not be surprising, when we consider its insulated and dangerous situation, sur rounded ou every side by a wilderness and by hostile Indians, and that there was no mail established till about 1797 aa well as 1 recollect. -Since the year 1791, Gen. Jackson and myself have never been much apart, except when he was in the army. 1 have been intimate in his family, and frum the mutual and uninterrupted happiness of the General And Mrs. Jackson, which 1 have at all times wit nessed with pleasure, as well as those delicate and polite attentions which have ever been mutually reciprocated between them, I Have lonir been confirm ed in the opinion, that (here never exist ed any other than what was believed to be the most honorable and virtuous in tercourse between them. Before their going to Natchez, 1 had daily onportu nitics ot beins convinced that there was none other; before beinz married . i m.T .a . in tne mtcnez. country, alter tt was understood that a divorce had been granted by the Legislature of Virginia it is ueuevea meir was none. JOHN OVERTON. The Hon. R. C. FOSTER. Chairman of the Select Commitce. a . - . y w ivi s ars at . fatly. sc.! aJtftwo tuirala of ijJT tt (aW IW-Vl twtajJtBL ill don a nd tho pre at UamaW,"!? twom the state f thiu loSTia, that the d'oiaJi" tke prraa. wrrt CvtrUr trtJ Jack-ati. atthe ttrst MrU.f, 4? aeppt-rt Adams tt the Uv, eottrae they in f rod u tka las!!l . the exertions f both wdl Ll J r H a,wKT. (Jctober electioa arratft this they mVd nt.iLtrMU.rwf sweet t odmr of office. -. ! The abort facts the t1L.. d charater of the -d.an il, ! of the national siminUtiiuVirrW sy vani .'fhe he.d e the a!, - ministration may be somewhat .r .l by h. Jure of ft. ,ica Preoiuett the head of Jenartanont aw. .,,w? LATEST FROM ENGLAND. 1 NtW-York, Jut if. The ship Courier sailed from Glasgaw on the 20tli nit, and tn i mvorea witn a paper of that cut Saturday, the 19th, containing London dates p the evening of the 16th."' ( lndon, May )6th Evening. Express.-, havarried from Lsbaft, bnoging uiWIigence thtt lhe Priflcw Regent waa d a 'very alarminr gutt and ootexpectad to survive manyhonii. Much anarchy is dreaded in the treat of her death. - , .i'v- f- The Paris papers of ycsmriiay; -tion that ihe Frepch Cupital n-nins tranquil, but that the spirit of Sn. tioni is spreading rapidly among the dk tixen, and also over the otherdepirtv raentg. ' X''.. ' .,'-V'"".,.H'j . 1 ' Mr. Cant fig's popularity it (JaiN in. creasing in the metropolis 'The Tune ' of this morning, states,' wfiat isnct ally believed to- be true, that Lords Lausdowne and Carlisle will take thtjr seats in the Cabinet this day'-. ". In the, House of Commons to day Mr. Beaumont said, that a ccneral feef' ing prevailed that some new Ministerial' arrangements had been made r. wet in contemplation. . 'a vx In the House ot .Commons, on the 15th of May, Mr. Hukia4oo statei, that a decidvd improvement had lately taken place in the manufacturing dip trie ts that those who had long bees out of employment were now at work. and those who should employ war could now afford to give them improted wages. About the time of Mrs.1 Donelson's communication to tne respecting her daughter's intention of going to Natch . From the Ilarriabarg (Pen.) Chronicle. Administration thangesA zrttt deal is said about changes that are ta king place in Pennsylvania, .'nn the side of the administration of the nation al government. As far as our' in for mation and observation goes there has " , JStew York, JuntH. The Packet ship Silas Richard, Cap tain . Holdredge, arrived last evening from Liverpool, whence sue, sauep w the 26th uit. By this arrival, lhej tdl tors of the Commercial Advertiaer.litrt received jJieir regular supply of English papers, &,c. to .the latest dales, incltta ing London papers of the 25th of ,M v. These papers enable us to announce the final arrangements of the new Min istry, as it wil I be henccforthcoDSUttttei They are as follows: ' f The Marquis of Lansdowne has I.smi in the Cabinet, but'takes no office. Tiie Earl of Carlisle accepts the t a linn of Firs? Commissioner of his Ml- jesty's Yood and Forests, witt i l in the Cabinet. - 3 t Mr. Tierney is appointed Iwlr the Mint, also wth a seat in the tw- net.' -i . ' , Mr. Abcrcrombie takes the ocot Judge Advocate GenerSl; hnd ?-x ; Sir. J. Macdonald that of one n Majesty's Commissioners fibeBW of India. '( -V--. h Mr.Calcraft is talked of for sow situation but the Courier says,?. M have not heard any particular btis w ez, 1 perceived in Jackson symptoms of j been n6 change in the public sentiment, nun limn ii.n.1 V J - - ' If-... 1.1 , I. .1 f .! umu iiniiu luinciu. a ueiennin-I lovurauic tu mc auiuiuibiraiHHi, since ed to ascertain tiie cause, when he frankly told me, that he was the most unhappy of men in having .innocently and unintentionally been the;: cause f the loss of peace and happiness of M rs. Robards, whom he believed to be a fine woman; in this r roncurred with hi0 to t824. At that period1 the state ad ministration was dividefi,: only One member pf the cabinet being for Jack.-1 son. it is so now. inen Secretary a. a. a 1 Uogets wasr tor Jackson,- as Secretarv Barnard is at present. The org-in xf I the admiuistrationi the Peansylvotiia ed at present, as likely, to be oflereu " Hou. Gentlemsn." ; : ' These arrangements have caused ff satisfaction. The Observer say 3 have given the cowp dt grace to W? IM firce&s. J.ne loiiowing -substance of news from Coostnttno to the tOth of April, received at Tnf on mo &w oi way; r . , j tUrd, Cochrane, xvho arnwiij Greece with a btig, ' large schoo and about 700,000 ;fiMC-. whjc " ( remitted lain by tb prew: f nesV declared to the Assembly ijW thathi Kua rVimolo assist the Oft".1 but remonstrated Unon tiie nrortriotv nf I tnlt-llio-purfrr. u tUs - in favnr -Af IriVnenot Wr.' K.i liVtortw and 'that heo lli , Tint tricint. tiimablf in, l.ru.;... 1 t .Uo nJ .k,.lrJ .V.- t. .1 . i I i . Slink' AllmHV " ..f- v.. muj a.nanutn naoui su iiuumu sua, 4SI.SVNI ncm- 5irri UJ UO appnillt". 'e . , uuvuiil, iiyits nut iuu!t aner mis. no- fore i he communicated to me his inten tion of ghmg to Natchez with Col. Stark, with vhom Mrs. Robarda w. to descvrid the l iver saying that she had no friend or relation tliat would go wifh hert or issist ; ja preventj.ig Stark, his family and Mrs. Robards , from being tnas&screed by the Indians, then in state of war and exceedingly trouble some. ' Accordingly Jackson in coiupa. nywitli Mrt. Robards and Col. Stark , a venerable and highly esteemed tv man and friend of Mrs. Robards, we down the river from Nashville to Nate ex, omt) tine ts tht winter or spri ocrats of Harrisbur fcf their tirectpi- their fleet, TWHyirioM d'" yz. urr.i, seen incunea i um.y v. i bot;LoraC.; having vuuiu nut aci v lip, and lhat otherwise he shosW t"80. , - LT. rttflamlllU tney consentea ana n"t ' in? been unanimously spoointe tancy and 'warmth in nressinc the claims of the Hero of New Orleans' to the presidency, ; But the state admin istration, and its organ the Intelliiren cer did not feel sufficiently secure tu power; the ' first yeai hfttr eovof-nor bhuiie's election, to fan couotet to the will. M Ah overwhelming mayrity ol the people, and" were contented to re main .silent," if j they did hot openly oppose Jackson la .1827, however, they have become more independent or lool hardy, and the spectacle Js pre- isented of an at'.ministcation&na press max t-. e ;oeir ejiwieucc ta ihe Uemo- His Been -iiHoutuiwan' v vTr-." J w Aduiiraf , had a squadron equ'Pr". poaed of his two vessels, te Am frigate,HclK the PereeverancejW boat) and four chosen Hydriot 'l; alleight say, with-which M J on secret ".expedition. ' .V.iJ that the Admiral will g and Sdtouni, pr tt. wards the Vg raowi.' Jt Us&& it? "s"l
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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