Holly Springs gazette., 1845-09-20
From the Mississippi Free Trade.
COMMEN Y FAIRY ON DR.. CART
WRIGHT'S EULOGY ON GEN.
JACKSON.
JACKSON.

/ y N.
JACKSON.
DR. Cartwright in the closing paragraph
| Of bis eulogy. has vbrated chord binding
/ Gen Jackson TO NatcheZ and 20 MississIp-
/ pi, that no hand has yet touched. lis end
for more than haf century, has been in
/ vincibe and lis object mysterious and un-
known, until recent events have began to
make 1t so apparent that he that locks may
read. DR. Cattvrig ht seems to have taken
for granted tha. every one knows that Gen.
Jackson was married ia Natchez or lis inn
mediate vicinity. But il is not so gener-
ally known, that this the most important
step In Gen Jackson's whole life. in regard
to himself as an Individually ;ewas taken In
this our town of Nalhez. In fact, less is
known OF Gen JacksoD's 5 marriage and the
circumstances Connected with 1t, than any
other part the great Hero's history
The whole truth IN regard to the matter
will not only make him more il,ustrious,
but prove beyond doubt. that a kind and
over:uling Providence led the young and
chiyalrous Jackson through The wilderness
in the Summer of 1871, TO Natchez in
search of wife. He came not here to find
a woman of wealth but poor banishcd
female, whose innocence the world had un-
Justly impeached. and he was the only indl-
vidua in the world, besides heself, who
knew f,r certainty that the accusation a.
gainst her was false. Miss Rachael Don
elson, the daughter of Col Donelson of
Virginia, had been celebrated for gaity,
affabiity and sweetness of disposition
Her ftther cmigrated to Tennessee, and
dying letther an orphan. She formed an
unhappy matrimonial connexion with
morose, jealous and dissipated character
by the name Of Roberts, who soon aban-
doned her. The difficulty was made up
and the welded pair come together again
soon after which Andrew Jackson became
transient boarderin the same house where
Roberts and his wife were residing. A
second rupture soon occurred aud Roberts
left his wife and went to Ke.tucky. Learn
ing that he intended returning and taking
her there, and dreading his inaumanitv and
bad treatment, she determined to seek an
asylum Ia Natchez, then the Oregon of
Amer lea. In the Spring Of 1871, she
came here with Col Starke and his family
At the earnest request of Col Starke. Gen
Jackson plloted his family through the In
dian country. After his return, Judge
Overton communicated to him the astoun
Glng intelligence that he was the uncon-
sclous cause of the last separation. That it
arose from Roberts jealousy of him, and
the Circumstance of his accompanying Col
Starke, to protect his family from the lndl.
ans, had been seized upon by Roberts as
ground of divorce; III petition to the Vir-
ginia Legislature. The thought that an
innocent woman was suffering so unjus,ly
on his account, made Gen Jackson's sensi-
tive mind most uneasy and unhappy. He
Immediately sought out Roberts aud expos
tulated with him on the injustice and cruel
ty of his caUseless suspicion, but the inter-
vlew ended III mutual defiances.
At length news came that the Virginia
Legislature had actully granted the divorce
in accordance with Roberts petition -
Forthwith Andrew Jackson fastened TO-
Natchez and offered his hand and his heart
TO the innocent and amiabe woman. who
had been made so unhappy by false ard un
founded accusations. He came To Natchez
to give the world The highest evidence he
could give of her innocence. Although
tree TO form new come xon, Mrs Roberts
declined the prolIered offer But Andrew
Jackson was not 10 be outdone. He ad-
dressed her In the language of Ruth 10 Ma
oma: "E.ntreat me not 20 leave thee 10
return from following after thee, for where
thou goest will go. where thou lodgest
will lodge. Thy people shall be my people
and thy God my God, where thou diest
will die and there will | be buried" A
promise which he literally fulfilled in re-
fusing the sarcophagus Of the Emperor
Alexander Severus :hat he N ghi be buried
by her. Al length after some three months
Mrs Roberts being convinced that the chIy-
airy which prompted the proposal; had be.
come associated with genuine love. accept
ed The offer and they were married in This
city or its vicinity. and returned 10 Tennes-
see.
O'BLENNIs, charged vii the murder
in Louisiana, of Frank Combs. a son of
Gen. Leslie Combs of Lexington, Ky J
and in whose case misifia had already
taken place, has been admitted TO bail. the
bonds for his appearance being for sl5.-
GOO.
WHALE SHIPS 1t is stated that the
United States have six hundred w hale
Ships in the Pacific Ocean, which are val
ued at S2e.000,000, and that The whole
world besides has not more than bali the
number engaged III this business. What
nursery Is thus possessed for the training ot
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