The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-09
BILL ARP ON PRESIDENIS.

Ahc S'OrY OF Andrew JackSOn'5 Sec
II Marriage to His Wifc--Facts
About Othcr Occupants Of the
- White House.
Two weeks ago Tho Evening Con-
sttution, in ita weekly symposium,
asked which one Of the presidents wa.
married twice to the Sumo woman.
The answer was given the succeeding
number OF letters wanting to know
why.
Doubt SIS there are a great many
more who have not q C srss to any bio
graphy OF Andrew Jackson, and would
like to kp0w why he was twice mar
ried to his oaly vito.
And SO for tho diffusion of knowl ,dgc
1t Is u good time to tell these inGu,rcrs
the manc OF thet marriage, Tor with
most men and women marriage is the
most important event Of their lie.
Rachel Donelson was a beautiful,
sprightly and interesting eirl-the
beet horse woman and the best dancer
in nll the country. She married Cap
tain Richards, who proved to be Il ty-
rannicul and Jealous husband. He
took her TO Kentucky to live with his
mother, bit soon alter, in u fit OF jcal
Gus rage, sent her back to Nashville.
Her mother, who was q widow, was
keeping a boarding house, aud among
her patrons were General Jackson
and Judge Overton, both OF thorn high.
toned, honorable gentlemen. Indeed,
the general was noted for his purity of
ch"'''ter, bis homage and chivalrous
res ! !r v,mGc. Whcr Captain
K Yards carne there to make recon.
ell ,tinn with lis wife, he took olfenss
ut Jacks0n's pClitcness to her. He
and Jackson had hot words and further
trouble was feared. jackson changed
his clearinghouse and Robards vert
back to Ktn'ucty ard threatened to
return and haunt his wife and mako
her life missrabls. 70 escape his per.
scout ons she r moved to Nntahez.
where she bad friends and relatives.
In the meaptimc Richards applied to
the L"gisliture Of Kentucky for leave
To sue for q divorce, for that was then
the law. Leave to sue was grant d to
hin, and 1T vas generally supposed
that he had sued in Kentucky and bad
obtained Il divorce. Acting on this
belief, Jackson went to NatcheZ and
married her.
For two " ars they lived together in
Nashville IS man I'D wife when to
their great surprise II was discovered
that Richards did not secure his d.
WI ''' " JSh' dlG0T hST ScCODu
hA''i'"'. 80 jackson procured an
"t"'r trrn;o and WIS married to her a
Scconj time. For forty years they
ctjoyed an hOnorai lie and happy we'd
lpck. His devotion to her was intense
and his pistol was ever ready to avcnge
her fnir name from scandal. He had
many political enemies, but he taught
them early that not even q whisper to
her pref rdice would be allowed.
Rachel ID nelson was a true and noble |
woman.
1t is a singular fact that five of the
first thirteen presidents married vic
oSs. Wssiit gton set the example and
was followed by Jefferson, Madison and
tillmo'". The last imed was mar
wi" tn1 60 was John TYLER.
Andrew Jrhnson's wife taught him to
write after they were married. His
humble orili In and vocation and his
rise To tho highest Office have long
been cittd to illustrate the difference
between r republican and u monarchi.
government, but he was not the only
president whose youth was marked by
toll and ignorance. Fillmore was ap.
prenticed to a wool carder when he
was fourteen years OF age and was
bound to the trade for seven years.
When he was nineteen he bought his
time and bought n diction-
airy. He could read and writa a little,
but had not had access To any
books, for his father had none save a
Ribs and a hymn book. He had
never seen s. map OF the Unttsd States
nor Q copy Of Robinson Crusoe, Ii wasl