Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-11
TIE NASHVILLE JACKSON CIRCULAR,
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The statement of Mrs Smith, widow OF Gen EGaI,-
Ie Smith formerly the representative 'Yenncssi;a
ID Tie Senate OF the u. s
rs we'll as now roco.!ec RIr. Smith and myself
settled in this country in the ycay 1884. t that eii
Cd shortly after II, Mis- Dons 5on and family
among the few families who and settled the
south side Of Cumberland. river where. though they
were bat few miles from me yet consequence OF
the river running between us, and the danger of visit,
ing i'll those days, did not become personally acquainl
cd 'rh item for two three years after The fam
:ly, however, universally spoken OF as Of the
most respectable and worthy in The whole country.
The first time that Mrs Jackson, then Mrs.
Richards, vas at the station Oh Col Mansker. One Of
her brothers had long before, brought her from
kentucky, where Sbe and Mr. Richards had he en- mar
red and settled The cause Of her return 10 Tonnes
was then attributed the cruel and unjust treat
Of her husband who spoken Of every where
a Of irregular habits and much given 10 jealous
suspICOns.
About $50 years after first saw Mrs Robards
learned that Richards had ed the country, and
by the assistance Of the family Of his wife, that their
differences had been reConcjled and that they
gain living together at Mrs. DonclsOns They
not long however, together, before the unhappy
apprehension seized the mind of Richards and the
sequence OF which another separation, and it
then appeared final one, All the circumstances at
tending this rupture, | cannot attempt 10 state with
much particularly at this LATE dav-but II is hardly pos
s'tIe, considering the free and unrescryed intercourse
that prevailed amongst all the respectable classes Of
people here Of that mc Cha. an incident Of this kind
should without being fully and generally known
and that every person should concur in the game
views lis character without the best reasOD5 In
this Transaction MIR. Robads alone was censured and
never heard respectable woman intimate,
that the conduct Of bis wife differed from that Of the.
most prudent and vriBous female Cen jackson
boarded at the time in the house of Mrs DoDeson and
II The belief that bis character and STAN
ding added to his engaging and sprghy wero
enough 10 inlamc the mind of poor RObards, addicted
ITO - was TO vicious habits and The childish srsa~
ons.
Mr. Robards had not been long gone iron Tenn WHOM
Information received here, that he had obtained
divorce from his wife. Whether this information came
by letter, or bY newspaper from Virginia addressed
to ny husband cannot say with certainty butI think
by the later-it after this information that Gen.
Jackson married Mrs. Bobards; md rccoIlccl well the
observation OF the Rev. AIr Craghead in rrlaUon
10 tive :oaTg!asc IL was, tha was happy change for
Mrs Robaids, and highly c!edabe 20 General Jackson,
who by th act Of bis hfe eyinced his magoannifv
as well as TIC purity aud innocence OF Mrs Ro5ards:
and such !he sentiment Of all my acquaintance.
Since this period, bave lived within few miles cs
Mrs. jackson and have never been acquainted With e.
lady exemplary IN Der department, OF one 81
whom greater share Of the respect and regard nE
friends and acquaintances can &c awarded
Gwen al my plantation in Sumne: count state ~
Tennessee, on the 10th day Of Dec. 1926.
SALLY SMITH
l'No. o.
The following = the s;atcmen, e Ms Bo,7cp vilo,v
of Col William Bowen decd. and sister 81 Cen Russell
and The late CoI Russell Ct Tayee corafv alo 70,