The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-10-11
EIlS0LNIhIhANN1US
Gen. Jackson IS Marriage.


This even, in the history Of Geners
Jackson has often been alluded 10, but III
circumstances attending il are very tliI
Known.
Miss Rachel Donelsou, the daughter Q
IColoneI Donelson, OF Virginia, had beef
ceIebra.ed for her gayely' afihblIlsy an
Sweetness of disposition. Her father EN-
IigraIed.o 10 Tennessee, and, dying left her al
|orpSan. She formed an unhappy malrl
nonial connection with morose, Jealous
and dissipaed character by lbe nams o
Roberts, who soon abandoned her.
The difficulty was made up, and lh
| welded pair came together agsln;soon allie
which ADdrew Jackson became transient
lboarder in the same house where R0beri
Il his wife we're residing. A second rapture
soon occurred and Roberts left his wil'
and went 10 Kentucky. Learning that h'
In ended returning and taking her there, and
dreading his inhumanly and bad treatment
she determined 10 seek an asylum in Nat
chez, beyond his reach. Nalchez was the
Oregon of America. In tho Spring Of
1891, she came here with Col. Starko and
and his family. AT The earnest requesi of
Col Slarke, General Jackson piloled his
family through the Indian county. After his
re,urn, Judge Ove.lon communicated TO him
,he astounding intelligence. that he was the
unconscious cause of the last separation,
,ha. ii arose from Roberts jealousy ofhim,
and the circumstances Of his accompanying
Col. SIarke. 10 protect him from the To-.
dians. had been seized upon by Roberts as
a gIound Of divorce, in a petition 10 the
Virginia Legislature.
The thought that an innocen. women
was suffering so unjusl!y on his account
made General Jackson's sensitive mind
most uneasy and unhappy. He immediate
Iy sought out Roberts & expostuIaled with
on the injustice and cruelty Of his eausley
suspicion; but the interview ended in mu
lual defances. al length news came thai
The Virginia Legislature had actually grant.
ed The divorce in accordance with Roberts
petition. Forthwith, Andrew Jackson
naslened 10 Naiahe7. and offered his hand
and his heart TO the innocen, and amabIe
women, who had been made so unhappy
by false and unfounded accusations. He
'ame 10 Nalchez to give the world the
highest evidence he could give Of her in
nocence.
Although free 10 form a new connection
Mrs Roberts declined the pron'eret offer
But Andrew Jackson was not &c be ouldone
lie addressed her in the language of Ruth
10 omi.-'Entreat me not TO leave thee
or to remove from following after thee, for
where thou goest will go, where thou
lodgesI will lodge, thy people snail be my
people, and thy God my Godi where thou
dIesl will die, and there will be buried
A promise which he literally hulhed in re.
Cslng the sarcophagus Of the Emperor Al
"xander Sergerus, that he might bs buried
by her. At lengIh,aller some months, Mrs
Roberts being convinced that The chivalry
which prompted the proposal had become
associated with genuine love. accepted the
oiTer, and they were married in Nalchez or
ils vicinity, and returned 10 Tennessee.
On arriving there, finding that the divorc,
had not gone through all The forms requn.
cd by the laws Of Virginia, a, the lime Of
marriage, The ceremony wrs again perform
ed there