Litchfield enquirer., 1845-08-28
GENERAL JAcKsoNs MARRIAGE.


 CT met with any account of them until now. The suboined narrative is from eulogy delivered at Natchez Of course the best side of the story is presented-whether there is worse side, or not, we are unable to say. .... .... Miss Rachel Donelson the daughter bf Col. Dons elson. of Virginia, had been celebrated for her gave ty, affabilty and sweetness of disposition Hef fas ther emigrated to Tennessee and dying left her an | orphan. She formed an unhappy matrimonial con- necticn with morose, jealous and dissipated char acter by the name of Roberts, who soon abandoned | her. ..n
 The difficulty was made up, and the welded pair came together again; soon after which Andrew l Jackson became transient boarder in the same house where Roberts and his wife were residing. second rupture soon occurred, and Roberts left his wife and went to Kentucky. Learning that he intended returning and taking her there and dread ing his inhuinanity and bad treatment, she deter mined to seek asylum in Natchez, beyond his reach. Natchez was then the Oregon of America. In the spring of 1791 she came here with Col! Starke and his family. At the earnest request of the Indian country. After his return, Judge Otet- l ton communicated to him the astounding intelli- gence that he was the unconscious cause of the last separaton that it from Roberts jealousy of him: and the circumstance of his accompanying Col Starke, to protect his family from the Indians; had been seized upon by Roberts as ground of di- vorce, in petition to the Virginia Legislature.
 The thought that an innocent woman was suffer- l ing so unjustly on his account made General Jack. 1 sons sensitive mind most uneasy and unhappy He immediately sought out Roberts and expos.ula- | ted with him on the injustice and cruelty of his causeless suspicion; but the interview ended iii mutual defanccs. At length news came that the Virginia Legislature had actually granted the di. vorce in accordance with Roberts's petition.- Forthwith Andrew Jackson hastened to Natchezs and offered his hand and his heart to the innocent and amiable women, who had been made so unhap- py by false and unfounded accusations. He came to Natchez, to give the world the highest evidehcs he could give of her innocence. ~s Although free to form iiety connexion, Mrs. Roberts declined the profered offer. But Andrew Jackson was not to be outdone. He addressed her in the language of Ruth to Naomi: " Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee, for where thou goest will go, where thou odgest will lodge, thy people shall be my people; and thy Gcd my God; where thou diest will die, and there will I be buried" A promise which he literally fulfilled in refusing the sarcophagus of the Emperor Alexander Severus, that he might be bu- ried by her. At length, alter some thtee months. Mrs. Roberts, being convinced that the chivalry which prompted the proposal had become associa- ted with genuine love, accepted the offer. and they were married in this city or its vicnty and reurn- ed to Tennessee On arriving there, finding that the divorce had not gone through all the forms re- quired by the laws of Virginia at the time of their marriage here, the ceremony was again performed there.
 | YNe SPnPfn kl6aHnc CotssscO.--ThE COuD& cn held by the Senecas, at the Cattaraugus Creek Reservation, was attended by a considerable num- Der of the chiefs and people from Buffalo and Cat. taraugus, and by delegation from ihe Allegheny Reservation. The Council was called together by Committee of the Society of Friends, in order 10 bring about radical change in the system of In- dian domestic economy, and especially as regards the division of labor among them, and the With- drawal of !heir females from the labors of the field, and other supplements not suited to the del- .ISftl tlpkS the Indians that they would endeavor gradually to introduce and follow the system tecommended for their adoption. -.. ... The particular business of the Council being over, curious ceremony was performed-the in- duction of Quaker into an Indian tribe. One of the chiefs in his own language, thus addressed the Councll .... .t- -, - ....
 Brothers-1n the course of human events, it sometimes happens, that nations distantly situated become bound together by the ties of friendship. This IS the second session of the present council between the Seneca nation an1 the Society of Friends To our nation the subjects of delbera- ton have been very important Among them there is one of much interest to us. which it is my duty to open to this council. Jn order to express the high regard entertain for the friendship so long existing between the Friends and the Seneca h. dians, we have solemnly concluded to adopt into our nation one of their number, and for that pur- pose have selected our venerable friend Philip E. 1 Thomas According to the ancient custom of our
 
 of our obligations to friends, and make fast the chain which has so long bound us together" | The chiet then rising from his seat; and ap. preaching r. E. Thomas, who was sitting at tho council table, took him by the arm and raised him on his feet. After three times laying his hand on his shoulder, he made oratioh in the Indian lan- guage, which being afterwards interpreted, was to the following purpose
 By this ceremony we do, at this time, adopt into the Seneca nation, this our friend, Philip E. Thomas, by which he becomes a member of the tribe, and brother of the Swan clan-and is en: titled to the name of a Seneca Indian, and to all the rights and immunties of the nation. We now give him the name of SAGUAN, benevolent gver, or bountiiul) by which we express ohr sense of his character, and under which he will hereafter be recognized among hs--and we have appointed George Deer 10 be his cousin 5 s t.H <. |: | This ceremony of initiation being performed, and the chief who officated having returned to his place, Mi. Thomas addressed the council as fol- | lows: l.. .!.,g..,..3.s-f .s...e.t. .f -..... ".My .f,iends and Broshers==I receive with great sensibility, the evidence you have afforded me of your regard and confidence. It is true have always been disposed to render you every ser. vice in my power. Having now by your kindness I become one of your nation, l feel myself more closely identified with you, and shall take lively interest in your affairs, and at all times will be ready to cO-oPetate in whatever measures may be calculated to promote the prosperity and happi- ness of the SeEecas." ~s r"s
 Upon the conclusion of this ceremony, the coun- Gil fire was covered up, and the council adjourned.
 4 Smart Boy.-The N. Y. Sunday Mercury has genius in his 'Nimrod,' whose brightness the ed- itor developes in the following lesson n caechism: Well, Nimrod, how long were the children of Israel in the wldernessl as,ssaS e sh
 Till they found their way out.' sa tas.t -.s.. VI ho was cast into inc lions den r e--ss~. eF.