Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-09-09

oeen oTen alluded 10, but the cITCumStaT
ccs aitendingit are very little known. Tn
sutJolned narra,ivc is from enlogy deliy
cred at Naichcz:--
M ss Rachael Donelson, the daughter Of
Col. Donelson, Of Vnginia, had been cels
81 brated Tor her gaieiy, aff,bliiy and sweet.
ness of disposition. Her father smisrsied
TO Tennessee. and. dying, left her an olphan
She formed an unhappy matrimonial con-
nect!on with morose, jealous. and dissipa-
ted character, by The n-ine Vi Roberts, who
soon abandoned her.
The difficulty was made up, and the we'd
: ded pair came together again, soon after
: which Andrew Jackson became u transient
boarder in The same house where Roberts
and his wife were residing. A second rup-
iure soon occurred, and Roberts left his wife
and went to Kentucky. Learning that be
intended returning and taking her there,
and dreadng his inhumanity and bad treat
neni, she determined to seek an asylum in
, Naichez, beyond his reach. Natchez was
then the Oregon ofAmerica. In The spring
of 1871 she came here with Col. Starke and
his family. AT the earnest request Of Col.
Starke, General Jackson plotted his family
through the Indian Country. After his re-
turn, Judge Oserton communicated 10 him
the astounding intelligence tina, he was the
unconscious cause Of the last separation;
that j, arose from ROBBERS jealousy Of him;
and The Circumstance of his accompanying
Col S,arke 10 proiee, his family from the In.
dams, had been seized upon by Roberts as
a ground OF divorce, in a petition to the Vir
ginia Legislature.
The thought that an innoccn, woman was
suffering so unjnstly on his account, made
General Jackson's sensitive mind most un-
easy and unhappy. He immed a,ely sought
Roberts and eXposiulated with him on the
injustice and cruelty Of his canseless susp:-
cion; bu, the interview ended in mutual dc
hances. AT length news came tina, the Viz
gnia Legislature had actually granted the
divorce in accordance with Robers's petit
ton. Forthwith Andrew Jackson haste red
TO Na,cheZ, and offered his hand and h;s
heart to the innocent and amiable woman,
who had been made SO unhappy by false
md unfounded accusations. He came TO
Natchez, TO give the world the highest evil
leace he could give of her innocence.
Although free to form new connexion,
Mrs. Roberts declined the proffered offer.
But Andrew Jackson was not TO he out
lone. He addressed her in the language of
Ruth to Naoma :-"En,reat me not 10 leave
hee or TO return from following after thee,
for where thou goest will go, where thou
Iodgest VIII lodge, Thy people shall be my
people, and thy God my God; where thou
diest will die, and there will be baried."
A p,omise which he literally fulfilled in refu-
sing the slrcophagus Of The Emperor Alex
ander Serverus, that he might be buried by
her. Al length, af. er some three months,
Mrs. Roberts, being convince that the chiv-
airy VIII oh prompted the proposal had be-
come associated with genuine love, accep-
ted the offer, aud they were married in this
city or its vicinity, and returned to Tennes-
see. On arriving there, finding that the
divorce had not gone through all the forms
required by the laws of Virginia, ut the time
of their marriage here, the ceremony was
again performed there
PROTECTIVE TARIFFS. late number
the London Economist sums up the proofs
of the of the injustice and oppression Of pro-
tective tariffs, in as brief, conclusive aud
unanswerable manner as the argument a.
gainst them can well be stated. 1t says:
"We have often commended that pro,ec-
ton can only either be unjust or usel,ss-
UNJUST, fapplied to particular classes;UsK-
LESS, if equally appliedto all. Special pro-
lection can only be at the expense Of 9th
ers; equal protection will give special pro-
lection TO none. IL special, therefore il is
unjust; if equal, il is useless and absurd"
| Ii then goes on to show that If it were
ever Sc usaful and desirable to give equal
protection TO all, yet that is impracticable in
any country TO give protection to those clas-
SEES who produce the articles which consti-
tu,es the exports. These will command
only the same prices for home use, that they
do for expectation. Laws made To protect
such articles, must be mere dead letter.
But in regard TO articles which any coun-
try p:odures in deficiency, or Of which it
Imports a portion, the duty on them will en-
able the producer at home 10 command
price as much higher than the producers Of
that article abroad, as the duty amounts to.
Protection, therefore, can only amount to
itis--to tax those classes which produce ar.
ticles which country exports. for tho bene-
fl, Of those who produce articles Of which it
tIipoiio pot'iou. III LHSiduu, tucU Pos
teciive laws tax all the consumers Of bread.
stuff for the benefit OF the landed aristocra-
cy; in this country the tariff taxes the far
mer, mechanic. and others, for the beue6t
of,he manufacturing capitalist.
MODERN SAMsoNs.-Hon. J. s. Bucking-
ham, member Of Parliament, says, that the
fines, and strongest men he ever saw in
; his life, were tribe residing upon the Hy-
malaga mountains. They came 10 Colcu,-
: ia as Athlete. to show their shill IN wrest-
ling boxing. throwing al QUOT, and Other
athletic exercises; they were pi:tcd against
British grenadiers and sailors, the strong
es, tina, could be found; the result was, that
one Of tho men was match for three. and
yet these men never tasted any drink
stronger than milk and water, from their
infancy upwards, lie had travelled from
DiarbekIr to Bagdad. distance Of 500
miles on horseback, in ten days, with the
thermometer ranging from 100 at sunrise,
TO l25 or 100 degrees in the afternoon,
, without drinking anything but water, and
he was as fresh and strong at the end Of
his journey as when he 81, out.