Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-05-09
iIyHRXRY CADET.
PR0viDENCE. WEDNESDAY, MAY Q.

AFFAIRS OF GENERAL JAcxsoN.-The
report Of the Committee, appointed At meet
ing of tho citizens Of Nashville, Tennessee, TO
make an Investigation, relative to the case oi
General Jackson, for the abduction Of Mrs.
Rachel Roberts, now Mrs. jackson, has not
reached US, though it 10 probable il will Be pu,
into our hands in few days. We look for il
with some anxiety, and should il exculpate the
General from the charges which have been
preferred against him, and which to our mind
have been proven, We shall take an early op-
portunity to lay it, or q summary Of it, before
our patrons. as we are disposed to do him am
pie justice. In the interim, we will occupy q
few moments. in noticing a long and elaborate
article, which has already been published by
the editor OF the Nashville Gazette.
The editor Of the Gazette commences with
round denial sf all the charges, pronounces
them base and infamous calumnics, and then
proceeds to state facts, " derived from gentle
men acquainted with the whole transaction, },
and from sources entitled to unlimited credit"
In the commen' emcnt Of his statement Of
facts, he has the following paragraph, which
admits more than we could expect from so
jealous partizan Of the General 1t bears q
very questionable aspect. and goes in no small
degree to substantiate the reports which were
first. publIckly circulated by Mr.. Arnold.
"The fact is, that Lewis Roberts while
resident Of kentucky, under the influence Of an
ungovernably jealous disposition, compelled
Mrs. Jackson, then Mrs. Roberts, to depart
from the roof Of his mother, by whom Mrs. J.
was fondly and sfe ctionaiely beloved, and seek
home with her widowed parent in Tennessee
This happened before Gen. Jackson ever came
to this State, and before he ever saw Mrs Rob
erts. Afterwards, a reconciliation between
Lewis Roberts and his wife was Effected and he
| resided with her on the farm Of her mother. 1t
was at this period, that Gen. Jackson. at the
solicitation Of a friend, went 10 the house Of
Mrs. Dopelson, the mother of Mrs. Roberts, to
board, there being no public houses in the
| county-and then and there he first became
! acquainted with the present Mrs. Jackson. In
n short time the jealous disposition of Lepis
Roberts again burst forth, and vented its
spleen and suspicion on Gen. Jackson, who
not being disposed to bear such coi,tumely IN
| silence, ren, ,opstrdted rith Roberts, by whom
he was grossly insulted, and a rSrm alterca-
| ton was the consequence. Gen Jackson i'm
mediately changed his place of residence"
1t is admitted by the editor Of the Nashville
Gazette, as will be seen by the foregoing ex-
| tract, that after General Jackson went 10 board
with Mrs. Donclson, the mother of Mrs. Rob
crts, that Lewis Roberts the husband, became
exceedingly jealous Of Jackson, and that, that
jealousy led to u warm alteration between
| the parties, when Mr.. Jackson took leave Of
the family. This certainly looks somewhat
suspicious; and it proves at least, that as Gen.
cral Jackson ultimately took Mrs. Rachel Rob-
erts under his protection and called her his wife,
there were some grounds for Roberts Jealousy,
and that Jackson at that early period, looked
at her with n" Lotharian" eye. After Rob-
crts had left his wife, and given up all hopes
Of restoring her TO his affections and the honor
Of his bed, il appears, that accompanied by her
relatives, she migrated to the lower country;
and as General Jackson was known TO be a
brave man." and as much danger was ap-
pretended from the Indians, he was selected
to accompany the party, in the capacity of
marital protector, and he accepted the
invitation. AT Least, We have it so stated by
the Editor Of the Nashville Gazette. We
quote his own words.
It was then determined by the family Of Mrs.
Roberts that she should never again live with
Lewis Robcrs-hc having once driven her
from his home, and afterwards, upon q recon-
ciliation, himself abandoned her. Upon this he
threatened to return to this State and carry her
TO Kentucky by force, whercupon she resolved
to descend to the lower country, under the
projection Of Col. Stark, who knowing that the
voyage would be attended with great danger
from the Indians, and that Gen. Jackson .pds
a man Of courage, requested the latter to ac-
company them. II may not be amiss to remark
here, that the senior Editor Of this paper has
heard daughter Of Col. Stark say, that the
party during their descent was once or twice in
imminent danger from the Indians.
.. 1t 10 not probable that General Jackson
would have consented to descend to the lower
country, as the protector Of Mrs. Roberts and
her friends, merely for the sake Of performing
an act Of gallantry, if he had not other mo-
tves in view; and il is apparent to every one,
that he was induced 10 accompany the Lady,
with the expectation that he would, by thus
journeying, have an o . 'rtunity Of ofaccomplsh-
ing his designs, and ofpossessing himself of the
wife Of Roberts, who had alreadv received his
attentions, and awakened his desires. Roberts,
il 10 said, abandoned his wife, but having been
informed that her mother. Mrs. Donelsou,
had declared that he should never again live