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^Johnston’s Indian Narrative.
JUST published “A narrative of the incidents attending
‘‘the capture, detention and ransom of Charles Juhnsicni*,
“uf Botetourt county, Virginia, who was made prisoner by
‘•the Indians on Ure river Ohio, in theyear 1790 ; together
“with an interesting account of the fate of Iris companions,
‘ five in number, one of whom suffered at the stake. To
“which arc added sketches of Indian character and mon
hirers, with illustrative anecdotes.”
The above intcrcsHhg work to be had at the Book Store.
j»f the subscribers—where there are also copies lodged to
tupply those gentlemen in Uiehmaml and irs neighbour
hood, who subscribed for tire same.
J. II. & T. .NASH. '
June -0,___St.
NOTICE.—1 forewarn all persons from cutting Wood
upon my piece of laud of 16 acres, and extending
from the road to the north of a piece of land formerly Mr.
Win. Mackenzie’s, to Coleman's line, bounded on the East
by a piece of Land formerly the property of tire late Mr. Ar- !
chibald Blair, mid on the West by tire Hermitage Tract.— 1
Any person giving legal evidence against any jiersnn or
persons guilty of the said offence, shall be considered by me |
us having done me a considerable service. I give the same I
notice in regard to 5 acres of land in Duval’s addition, and i
tin inhered iu his plan 227,22!} and 229.—I will either sell
or lease for a term of years, the above parcels of land, and •
also <i acres, more or les«, on Kiclimnnd lliil, with a brick {
dwelling house upon it, and very near the City: the soil is |
of good quality.
For llent, that largo and valuable Lot and Houses on
Cary Street, at present occupied by Mr. James Wallace,)
and also the three story Brick Tenement on Mill Street, •
near Mayo's Bridge. Possession of both properties to be !
hud on the 1st of October next.— l will sell on reasonable I
terms, the whole or any part of the above property, and 1
sti'O the Lot on 14th Street, running back to Virginia
S-reet, and adjoining the property of Mr. H. L. Wight.
JAMES INISIES.
Richmond, May 15th, 1B27. wfim
TRUST SALE.
BY virtue of a deed of tiust, executed by Neil McGoull
to the subscribers, bearing date on tlie first day of
November, in the year 1819, and duly recorded in tile office
of ttic county court of Goochland, we shall sell to the high
est bidder, on the fourth day of August next, if fair, but if
not. then the first fair day thereafter, Sundays excepted,
iiimn the premises, for cash, a tract ofland in the county of
Goochland, called Whitehall, situated on the upper Lick
inghnle Creek, containing by estimation, seven hundred and
mid acres—or so much of the said tract as will be sufficient
t i raise the sum of fifteen hundred and thirteen dollars and
sixty cents, with interest thereon from the JTill dav of No
vember, 1819, and the expenses attending the execut ion of
this trust. Tlie title is believed to he good, but aeling as
trustees, we will only convey such title as is vested in us
by said deed. ' ' ROBERT DOUTHAT.
JOHN G. WILLIAMS.
June 8 Ifit
WM. j7b. BEDFORD?
A TTOILVT-: Y AT LAW,
RESPECTr’ui.r.Y informs the public, and particular';
his clients, residing at a distance, that he Isas removed
i nni tlie county of Charlotte to his estate upon the Roa
noke River, immediately at Field’s Ferry, in the county oi
Mecklenburg; and all letters directed to him at Boydron,
Mecklenburg county, shall be attended to. He will attend
regularly the superior mid inferior courts of the count:.
• >! Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg an 1 Mecklenburg, and
• in be found at all timc3 at “Monte Fa rvn,” except while
attending the above named courts. Any business entrust
ed to Ifi3 care, shall be strictly attended to.
Monte. Farvo. May loth, US2T. wXt
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the employment of lire subscriber
about four months since, a dark mulatto man by
the name of Mathew Parsons, whom 1 hired of a Mr.
Anderson of Williamsburg: be is about five feet two or
three inches in height, squinl3 in one eye and is much
bow legged and pretty much pock pi l ted in the face: no
very distinguishing marks of bis person cau now be
recollected. It is supposed hois lurking in some oi
the neighboring counties of Richmond, per Imps he i-.
m the employment of the Dismal Swamp Company.
Tiic above reward will be given to any person who will
deliver the said boy or rather man to me in Richmond.
.Tune 99—w it WILLIAM I’LACIvSKOM.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from Samuel Cocke’s Tavern in Gnochlnr.d
comity, on the night of Monday the 1 l instant,
PRESTON, belonging to Samuel Woodson, and HARRY,
belonging to the estate of Granville Smith, dec’ri. They
had eloped on two stolen hnr?c3, on Saturday night preen
< ing Easter, were pursued, overtaken at Charleston in
K anawha caunty, and brought back to Mr. Cocke’s Tavern,
• • a in custody of two men, from whom they escaped carlv
in the night. Preston is a young man, a mulatto, veiy
feasible, writes well, and lm<fforger! papers for himself and
Harry; lie. plays on tl,e fiddle. Harry is a low well set mar,,
a scar on the left eye, also young, cunning, palavering; bis
complexion neatly black. The above reward will he given
frr delivering them 1o the subscribers in GoncliRfriiriirnr
Jude’s Ferry, or hair of it, if lodged in any jail in lie’
»>.<nmonwealth, and information given to enable their own
• ■* to get them. They were endeavoring when taken, to
to the State of Ohio.
JAMES PLEASANTS, EFr of G. Smith, <>c’d
SAMUEL WOODSON.
Goochland, May 2. 1827. 28-tf
Cnrles-Ncck Land lor Sale.
npin. Plantation on which I reside, called Tilmnns,
-B- containing C02 acres, lying on Janies River in lien
r -o county, 1.3 miles below Richmond, is fur sale: and all
t.inse disposed to purchase, are earnestly rrtpirsfed to call
«m the subsetiber, who will show the land, and make known
tiie trrms. This estate is encumbered by a deed of trust.
The object is to pay it ofT. The most satisfactory eviden
ces as to title will be given. It is tireless to enter into any
«U'script inn of this t«sMtr, as ns numerous advantages and
high state of improvement are well known, d in the
hands of a man of capita), might be improved to an extent
c ;ual to tiiat of any other estate in Virginia.
JOHN (5. JVJOSBY.
Ti’mans, 14th April, 1827. with
In .'Itncli/i Count if Court, Siovtmbrr, l !;*!(>:
Francis Goodwin, - » I’ll, i
• against ' In Chancy
James Goodwin and Richard Fjglestor, Dfls. )
t he defendant James Goodwin, not having entered his
appearance and given security aerorrling to the act of as
sembly and tlr< rules of tin court, and it appearing to the
sit is fact ion of the court, that lie is not an inhabitant of
this commonwealth; therefore, on the motion of the plain
tilThy his attorney, it is ordered, that the said defendant
.fames Goodwin, do appear bpre on the fourth Thursday in
I ebrnary next, and answer the plaintiff’s hill; and that a
copy of this nider he forthwith inserter) in some one of the
Richmond or Petersburg newspapers, for two months r.ttrrcs
sivrly, ami that another copy hr posted tip at the front doe.
of the Court-House of tut* county on two successive court
days,
28—wSt A copy. Tcitc, }. T. LEIGH, c.
1 JNew and Seasonable Goods.
HALL& MOORE have just received by the Schr.
1' lv from Now York, the following desirable Cooils:
A beautiful assortment of lace goods, consisting of capes,
caps,cloaks, pelerines, half lidfs.
Tiirciui lace edgings and iiisertings,
Oitighains, Chilian Stripes, striped and plain batiste
Silk and worsted bticgcs, Arc. £zc.
Superior calicoes,cambric,jacontt and mull muslins
l’lnin and figured Swiss and bonk niuslinj
English and l-’rench Silk Hosiery, a good assortment
Men’s and women’s cotton and thread hosiery, do.
Black Italian Lutestrings,(Jro de Naples and
Frenyli Frorenres, very superior,
English and French' Black Bombn.-.iites </f very stiueilor j
quality and colour,
Hack satins, satin Icvantines and
Black silk camblet, heavy aud good,
Black nankin and Canton Crapes, superior
Black and white figured silks and Baicgc s
Thread, bioo n cambric ami ho-kiu gloves
Long white kid and hoiscskin gloves,‘superior
Very superior yellow and while nankeens
Morocco filicides of new and handsome patents
A large and beautiful assortment of
i 8 and -1-4 Irish Linens, 5 4 and 6-4 Sheetings
G-4 and 10 ‘liable diapers, also diaper, crash and luicha— ;
back towellings, fancy silk and berege hdkfs.
Shell tuck, side ami curl roiuhs, dressing combs.
In addition to the above, they have, and always keep on |
hand, a geuecrat assortment of Dry Clouds, and arc rucciv- '
ing fresh supplies by every packet from New York.
June 20.
Land for Sale, Lease, or Kent.
A TRACI ol Land in Spotsylvania county, called !
Hopewell, formeily tlie residence of ilie Rev. Mr. j
Stevenson, decM. Ii contains 468 acres, mostly woods; i
and upwHidsof 100 acres of valuable meadow,can readily i
be cleared. The buildings are comfortable, and suitable i
lor a family.
Also, a I ract of Land near New CllKsgow. in Amhersr
county, known as the Cliche, on which (hfpt. E. I'nin re
sides, containing about luOO acres, is well adapted to tin*
growth of wheat, i orn, ami tobacco. For terms, which
will be accommodating, apply to JAMES BOSS.
Firderichsburg, June 27th, 18Cr. ;.'t
Palais Royal a Paris'.
C10L0G.NC V> A I'l'-lb, real goitu ine, from Paris,
1 Lavender, milk of nws,
Essence cf roses, court p! j»r,
Nail biushes, hair brushed
Tontli brushes
Convex mid concaye looking glasses
Ladies’ dressing combs
Tortoiseshell do
French razor straps. French razors
Ladies’ dressing boxes, w itii Otto of roses, ni. l ether
perfumes
Ficuch perfumes of various kinds
Luxes containing 1 - cut glass vials of all kinds of pet
fumes
Ilair powder puffs, pocket combs
Ivory combs, hail brushes
l noth brushes, superior quality
Ladies’scissors, gentlemen’s penknives
Scissors and knives together
Ladies’ fans
Best quality Patnnscus razors
Ladies’ hair bra ids, puffs ami curls
French pot pomatum
Set,llitz water, Ear. d’Aohrir
\ cons water, 1 indie water
Naples so.-. . in pots, garter water
Wigs, tnupres, hair crease;
Just imported from tin- North by the .subscriber, who has.
also brought on with him. .he latest fashions ol Jicrri
Druses, for ladies and gentlemen, as well as fi-st-raie
journeymen from France, that will enable i/unto .five rn
tii** satisfaction to his uumerpus patrons, and convince
them that his tour to the Nc.ih, Ucu .......os.. ,U1
benefit ..11..,, „.v tf,
THOMAS CRT'.WEN.
June ~!)_ __ Eagle Row.
A \ alliable Plantation for Sale.
j[ OFFER for sale my Plantation on L’eaverdam Greek,
in the comity of Goochland, w itliin 1 mill s cf the Court
house, > mil s from the James River Canal, and C7 miles
from Richmond; containing nbdiit .700 acres—about a fifth
part of winch is low {pounds, of superior quality, well
reclaimed and cultivated in corn, wheat and tobacco, and
t*ic high la»’4 not inferior to any in the neighbourhond —
about a fifili part of the tract is uncleared, affording a
sufficient supply of limber fi r ail plantation purposes, and
is fiuetobarco lain':—and the whole plantation ien.. ika
hly well wjiered, having several little constant running
streams.
The improvements m e a!! new, and of superior order; the
swelling is a la-gc 'J story house, elegantly fiuisheil, wi'h 1
six life-places; kitchen, laundry, smoke-house, ,‘;c. n com
modious ham and threshing machine, 3 large tobacco
houses, corn-house, stable, overseer's house, A;r,; there i< '
a good well in the yard affording an abundant suj.nlv of I
excellent water throughout the year, and several never
failing springs on tiie tract. The situation is roinft.hably
healthy, and may be justly estimated -.s desirable as any
in this section of country. The terms may he made oiiu
<-'ia’!y accommodating, as one-third of tin-purchase would
he. received in land, negroer, or other property, anti for the
balance, an arrangement may he made to suit the c onve
nience of the purchaser. For further particulars apply to
Sain. Dunn of Richmond, Win. I>. Taylor at Goochland
i Court-house,or to the subscriber on the premises.
GEO, V AS HON.
June 26
1-diiui.s ior Sale in Virginia.■
j subscriber has numerous Tracts of Lund in the
I A western counties of Virginia, to wit: in Greenbrier,
Monroe, Konha’va, Giles, Logan, Wood, Monongalia,
\ ^ feston, Harrison, Lewis, Cabell, nod Randolph, which he
proposes to sell at public auction—at the times and places
; ns below:
, 110,000 acres, lying in V»«nn and Cal-ll rormtic--. to b ■
sold on Tuesday ttie 5tli dav of .(:i;ir ner.t, at Point Plea- j
S-tld.
•21ft.no.) do. in Kanhawa and Logan, on Mondav, 1 lth i
day rf June, at f Shnrlrilon.
12O,0()0 do. in < ireriihri,tr and Monroe,on Monday, 25th |
day of June, at Lev. i.ihurg.
i-’.lO.OCO do. in Lewis and Wood counties, on Monday J
-d July, at Weston.
rn.GUO do. in Harrison, on Monday, IGtb July, nt
Clarksburg. ' ;
110.000 do. in Monongalia and Preston, on Monday,
- vi July, at Morgantown.
200.000 <l.i. in Randolph, on Monday, C7th of August,
a! Reverly.
Sales to continue from day to day until all arc sol i._
neifigobliged to Hose several estate;. iV; season, those who '
may wish to make purchases arc r» spectfully invited to 1
view thesr land* and attend the sales, when they may have j
a chance of making valuable ptirrhss.-s, as the lands must !
be sold. Tnere are some bottom lands on the rivers and
creeks, and a large quantify of good farming lands.
'I iic lands will he sold to suit purchasers, in large tracts
to make large settlement*-, or in smaller traris to suit smal
ler settlements, or by single farms. There are many set
tled farms on the lands in each county.
A credit will he given of I, 2, .} and years, payable
by annual instalments, and good titles will be given.
The particulars of tlm lands in (he various tracts will be
explained at the time and place nt each salt;.
The subscriber will offer for sale, at public auction,.
2.».000 acre* of laud Iving i * * tCrnluckjr, at ti.c Leri {Sank,
on Ohio ISiv»-1, in Henderson Grant, in several tracts, near ,
!y joining the minty town, with about 40,OW acres lying
in other counties in the .State of Kentucky. The time a.nl i
place of sale will be m ule known pic.i to tiie sales I
[ Miking place. \VM. PRIiXTI'-L
I’oint Tlcagan*, 1 Th Mar, 1S77 1 .*t •
ffOttfltttttMOtm ZZXt)iQ.
POUTSCAL~~
• A LETTER
Fium Hie Jackson Committee .if Nashville in -nsuci
to one from a similar Committee, at Cincinnati, up
on the subject of Gen. J.ukmu’s marriage, r.ccom
panted by documeuts in an appends thereto an
nexed.
To Elijah Hayward, Moses Dawson, Thomas Hen
derson. James N. Miller. Thomas Simili and Arthur
Hendne, Committee of Correspondence on behalf of
the Cincinnati Jackson Committee.
G kntj.emun:
In reply to 5 our note published in the Nashriila IU>
publican, under date May 1 Jib, Iff.'T, calling-our at
tentiou to ceitain newspaper charges against General
Jackson and his lady, and particulariv the clunre
made in one news paper of Cinciimntfi,' that, ‘ in (he I
summer 111 I G«m. Jacksin prevailed upon the wife
o! Lewis Ivobaid-» of Mercer county, Kentnclcv, /01/e
srrt her husband and live with himself in the character
of a wife, ’ and ha log also seen the cv idcuce by which
the Editor attempts to support this charge, we now
submit to you a succinct statement of tin; facts at
tending (lie separation of Lewis Eobard* and his wife,
ami the subsequent marriage of Mrs. li. with Gen.
Jackson, and also such evidi ucc and documents as will
p ohably be suflioienlly satisfactory to the public.
Uetorc we proceed, it may bo proper to know some
thing o; the persons whose testimony is subjoined, :d
1 tided to or quoted.
The chr.iacter of Geti. J\mi ; Eiu.i ki ncji < k, of
I' incast! V a. is. no doubt, well known (n vmt; it is said
tube kigu and unspotted; he was a member of the Vi"
ginia Legislature wlton ( apt. Eob.irds applied fur a di
j orce, and one of the committee appointed to examine
his application and lepoit a bill, as Malm! in the Cmcin
nat i paper, (it.)
Ju!>'.K M’Naikv, whose letter is mi* .mined, is t’.ie
district judge of the Federal Court, a man of high and
tinblcnusliud reputation, wliosc .statements may be re
fied on as tno-t accurate and incontrovertible: th.’‘e
who know him know, that no considerations could in
tiiioe him to g'Vo tlie slightest colouiing to anv part el
his testimony. [/>.)
Mi s u K in Cit.ui;nr. vn, is the widow of the
:atc I»cv. I hos. II. Craighead, and sister to James
Drown, our present minister to France, a lady of (lie
puic‘t charncsci, with a mind highly intelligent ami
cultivated, (iA)
Mrs. Sw.bv Smith, widow of Gem. Daniel Smith,
formerly a Senator in Congress, a lady of unblemished
character, and ofexcellent n:i ( -eiise. (,-.j
Mrs. Maivv II. Ilowi.x; widow of Capt. William
Dtiweo, sister ol Gen. Eiisstdl and ttic late Col. Eu.s
sell. of Fayette county, Ivy. a most respectable and
sensible lady. [r.)
Mr. Thomas Cuvrciii.n, :hr? T.easuier of West
Tennessee, whose cliaiacler Tor honrstx and vetacit-, i
•"»& high 011 i unque-lioned as that oi a:iv man in ;j,e
Slate, (it.)
\ m »• i’• f\. i iMM;, n is only v.rr.c rary f.» g:iy nr*|
be was, for many year?, IVestdsii? of ti.c Hoard of our
Gated Gommissioncrs, o:m of the most honorable am!
correct men of out-country. (;;< '
Ol Judge O-. i i: :()%':> character, tve need sav no
tluiiiv; tins testimony of no porno has been i coiled
to where there could be any, the slighte-t, question
raised a- to their character*.
In making the investigations von wished. no have
inet with some dilii. ulty and delay on account of (lie
great length of time since the fact. or-cm red, and that
the public nund, for a g:cat many years, m ibis co;;i;
11 y. !:a ! ceased to tiunSc on this su! d o!. .:,t die 7ime*
when .Mr. K.iha.-.-U separate ! tr..»n Id, »• applied for
a divorce, obtained it, and Orrerrl J-efrsnri'mui ried
hrr; when ail the facts were fiesh aud oiMu.ct, public
opinion was funned arid the colcinporniieou, judgment
of the society in which those persons resided, c.-mie toa
clear and decisive result iu their favour. There did
not exist even an input ms suspicion with re "a • d 10
(heir previous conduct; to the justice of ti.i- judgment,
flurty seven years of domestic peace and useful virtue,
have given a sanction which must operate upon evety
candid and generous mind, with ii h sisdble power.—
Hut notivilhstariding all the c diilicullics we believe
that we are able to present to you a eorrcct history of
those transactions.
In the summer or fall, of 17Jri, Mrs. Hobards was
compelled by her husband. C’apt. HobarJs, who then
resided in Mercer count;, My. to leave him and to seek
a home with her mother. Mrs I him Ison, a widow lac-,,
living ahnutten miles from Nashville, in Tentirv.se.~
That .Mis. Hobards was compel/?*/ at this tune. In her
husband to leave him is proven by Judge Ovefiou’s
testimony, by Gen. Kay 0ml by Mr. John McGinn in
that she was'an injured and innocent woman, of inn-1
irreproacliable character and conduct, is pmvrn by l!.c
same persons, ami by Mnj. Thomas Allen and Gant.
Mcaux. {/'.) 1
Capt. Hobards himself, acquits her, and admitted that
bis suspicions weic unjust. (/.)
In the spring or summe r ot 17r»9, Judge Overton and
I Gen. Jackson became boarders wt Mrs. Uonelson’s
| ivhen Gen. Jackson fust saw Mrs. Kobatds; m the
I same* spring or stnnmet, Capt. Hobaids and his wife
i became reconciled, and lived together at her mother*
Jn the summer or fall of this year, Copt Ihdianb
, berame jealous of Gen. Jack-<m; kpon this part nM he
I -abject v/c will quote the staleincht of Judge Overton,
as jjiv inr tlir most authentic account of (he several*
facts which transpired about that tit re. He says, ••not
many months elapsed before Kobards became''jealous
of Jackson, wnich I felt confident was without t he Iras!
grounds, boinc of his irritating conversation on this
subject with his wife, 1 heard amid. ( the lean of her
self am! her mother, who were greatiy distressed. I
urged to Kobards the womanliness of his conduct, after
the pains I had taken to produce harmony, as a mutual
friend of both families and my honest conv iction that
his suspicions were groundle -. These remonstrancc
sccrncd not to have the desired effect; as much cmnrno
lion and uohappincr-s prevailed in too f.m.Iv, ;.s in jb;.i
of Mrs Hobards in Kentucky.
At length I communicated to Jack on, the unplea
sant situation of living in a family where foci'’ was so1
none!) disturbance, and com ludud by tolling him, that
we would endeavor to get i-orne other place; In this lie
readily assented but where to go re did not know.—
Being conscious of his innocence, he said, that he!
w'„ Id (aiii to Kobards. What passed between f'npf.
Hobards and Jackson I tin net know, as i was ab;etii
some where, not notv rccokccfcd, when the cenverw •'
turn and result took place, hut returned soon after j
wards. The whole affair was related to me hv Mr-:.;
Oonelsoo (the mother of Mrs. Hobards) and as well as j
f recollect, by Jackson himself. The substance o!
their account was, that Mr. Jackson met ('apt. Ko
bards near the orchard fence, and began mildly to re
monstrate with him, respecting the injustice I.e had
done his wife as weil as hitnself. In a Idtle lime Ko
bards became violently angry r ■ i abusive, and thrrn
toned to whip Jackson; made a show of doing eo, <Ve.
Jackson told him, he had not bodily strength to fvht
him, nor should ho do so. feeling con- cions of hi3 inno '
cenee, and returned to his cabin, telling him at the
same tunc, that it he insisted on fighting, he would give
bun gentlem ,r»lr satisfaction or word- to that riled. _
n Appendix no. 1 !> no. 2. >i no. J. c in. !. no..'..
S no G. i.e no. 1 2. i no.;. U. H. 9, j a: j 1 * . ■' ,J0S g
1 . r." l 0 I •.
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1R<”',!> Jackson's return out of the house, Capt. Robards
s,,lv ^,at *ie n°t <-*»*■<* for him t»or his wife* abusing
, hi. m both that lie was determined not to lire with
.•irv Robards. Jackson retired from tlie family, and
went to live at Mausker’# station. Capt. Kobaids re
'■laiiud several months with his wife and then went *o
Kentucky, in company with Mr. Thomas Crutcher,
and probably some other persons.”
t3o tar as we have been able to ascertain by inquiry,
'■'li' is the only altercation that ever took place between
Cen. Jackson and Copt. Robards; Mr. Crutcher say s,
( * neVfr heard of Gen. Jackson and Capt. Robards
having any quarrel or misunderstanding but the one,
nor do i believe they ever did,” («)
i his dulerenco or quarrel, was m abortion of the in
justice (as declared by Gen. Jackson,) of Capt. Ro
nald’s suspicions against him: Gen. Jackson seems im
mediately to have left Mrs. 1 /onelson’;Captain Ro
oards and his w; ro lived together several mouths after- j
waids, m apparent harmony, (in)
R' I ho mouth of May or June, 1700, Captain Robards ■
h !t Mrs. Donelsonks to go to Kentucky in cotnpauy j
"’'th Mf* * bomas ('rutelrer, with the mowed intention '
oi rein riling and settling in Mrs. Roncisou’ii neighbor- |
bond, which had been made 011c of the terms of recon- i
dilation, by Mrs. I'., though|;rca//y his deteiminaliou ,
appeal s to have been never to return or live w*th his;
w,'° r‘p;'*n’ hut to desert her forevci; n and in fact lie- j
\erdui return or sec her again. For this part of tt.c I
testiir.cnv, we refer you to Mr. Ciutehm’s statement.
. *'J*Rooaids live .1 a> her Mothci’s.durlng tlie whole
o', to.- s unri'or and failed 17!10, or perhaps occasional
iy at ( ol. ■! u s'-, who had mairied her sister. In De
cember, i7;i'J, (while Mu Rohanls was living at her
!it-j -, where i apt. Robards left her on his depar
11,0 R”' l -eiilu. ky. * ('aptain Robards applied to the i
I- 1 Kfuro of \ irgniia (or a divorce, upon tlie ;\l.lega
.’me th it Ins wife ha<i descitcd him, to, mum which,
the Rtgislatnre anthuii/.cd a judicial inquiir, and a ui
i vorec. if fount! tine.
" s'lsrinmiHiu r apiam Kooardsat tliis
noriml wciii jiHl, atnl whether General Jackson hail in
. Plied < aptmn It..hauls in ti.e manner which his jcalou
' 1« e. arc lads, as to which, we will present
| 3"n " h such ciicu:iMtanccs, testimony and conclusions,
as wt* cs.i uhtn.nor arrive at.
iicre we will remark, tint if true, it is a charge
iv!.k!i should ho alhrmativuly proven hy clear evidence
! sP,,t-’ii' : *ac The c who make tlie charge, rely on
she acini the J legislature of \ irgima, the legal proceed
ii-r-i IP Kentucky, w ith the sule eqiicnt acts of the Gen
e?;<l and i.Sis. Jackson. The decree of Mercer conn—
tv court, and what occurred subsequent to the act
ol I he Leginlatuto of Virginia, shall he considered pie
.-.Mitly,
i hat { apt. Kobards was jeal >ut nr suspicious, would
probably weigh hut little, as ho was pro-disposed that
way, atnl seems to have entertained those feelings long
bepire in a most violent degree, most unjustly'. 'J’hal
the I.igi-kiturc ot Virginia passed the act, which has
born referred tow ill not probably be considered in anv
dw.yiv'c sis tending to prove the justice of the charge
;-gainst Mrs. U t>y l»ei husband, because the Legisla -
; tme cleai ly was not satisfied ol the tmtli of any charge
made, and retcried it to further inquiry by a coin!: hut
n! tin- you w ill be satisfied by recurrence to General
. LiiiCnti.iiil^i: 5 Ittlcij ol which He will here uuote a
i>ait:
1 was a niemher of 15\ irgiuia legislature in the
m v i..o ot 1 7PO, u Inui a petition was pic,noted in bcbalt
, of a Mr. IJohards Ini a iliviuco. lie was said to be a
rc?-b*!it in cue cf the • oiinties of the district of ICcn
ttukv, tiien a part ol \'iigtnia. It was. I believe, the
ccfii.l uistance of an application for n divorce (bat bad
hcoii made to tee Fiegislaliire vciy certainly {.be sc
... dial I bad been called upon to vote. I was a
yonng tuan ot that time, and (he dorp iinp:cs<->ion
mr ,ic on ir.;> mow. was, the novelty and impoi tanco ot
i!:e case, combined with the .merest which I felt
in the behalf of the female concerned—umain will,
gr'-at distinctness. Mr llnbark tvn°. icprescr.ied to
he a m; u ot rile, wiki habits, and harsh temper; hi?
w ife lovely and .V.,Yi., in ker disposili n and depoit
uu.nt so cruelly treated bv her husband as in make a
divorce necessary to her happiness, it was under 'im
press ions produerd bv a state of facts like these, that !
imlcd for a judicial inquiry ou the subject, which I
, always understood eventuated in a divorce.
“If Mr. Kobards alleged incontitieucy in his tvife as
j a ground of divorce, and 1 rather think that he did. 1
j n::i veiy sure that I thought (for rmneent, and that
j my vole was intended to liberate her as the ii.pu
j cd party.” (o) j
In addition to which, wc will now call your attention
; In such positive testimony as we have collected, as to
, the injustice of f.'apt. Kobards’ suspicions, and ttie
charge made against Gencial Jackson.
Judge fivcitep, who lived in the same room with
Gen Jackson during all- (lit'period in question, slept
ivi ii .uni. held the stnctc-t and most confidential inti
' mary y. ifb hi*n,states, as his .solemn, cleai'belief, that
Mif. Kolia.ds w as innocent, and uiost unjustly anspco
(ed: licit such was the tc-.jit of his own observe.*ions,
arid surh were at all time,, (he solemn asseverations of
Gen. Jackson during (hat period, and at all rimes
i cilice, {/i) Mrs. Craighead, Mis. Fmitli and Mrs. Wow
en had the best opportunities of judging correctly: in
speaking of Mrs. Kobards’ conduct during the period
which elapsed from the Mine she came from Kentucky,
a:.,l of the injustice, of Kobards1 suspicions, Mis. C.
‘*1 have no heritnfati.m in Hating it as my firm belief,
Ins (v.aptam Kob.-wds’j suspicions wire entire,;
groundless; no Jn;lv ever conducted herself in ? more hr. j
coming manner, during (be whole of that period; 1 have I
; lived within n few miles of Mrs. Jackson's m r since1
Ilia! time, (ivith the exception of about ttvo years,' anil
l.ave bee,, ultimate with her, an I s,i;, that n./l.iih
maintains a h. (ter character, or is more exemola, v in
ber deportment, or more beloved L; her fiiends ami
neighbors.*1
Mis. ,Sini,b Bay?, -all (be circinm-cinec? attending
,bi<; rupture, I cannot attempt to state with much par-;
ticnlanty at (hi* late day; hut i; ,, hardly possible, c m- j
sidering the free and linrcscrm! in'ercoursc tbal pro
vailed among;, alj the respectable cIa«so.- of people hr re
(bat time, that an inri lent of this kind sboi.M occur |
ivithr.iit being fully nml generally known, and
every person should concur in (be same views in- :
oH its character, without the best reason*--. In this tran-.;
sac,ion, iMr. Jlobards alone was censured, and I never
beard a respectable man or woman intimate, that tiic
conduct of bis wife differed from that of (he must pru
dent and virtuous female. Gin, Jackson hoarded at
(he time in the house of Mr?. Done! -in and it was the
Cfouno.-I belief tlmt bis character and standing, added
to bis engaging and sprightly mrpners, were enouMi t-.:
to iitfiaino (be mini of poor Robards* cdkicted, "h he
was. io vicious habits and the most chi-dish *\n L!
cioo9.w(r) ~ v ;
„ Mw-p'wenBayc.ui,, ihi, trr.Rsrction, ' refer,irg to 1
me jealour v of Robards and his last separation
,iom ».„ wife.) ! can safely sav from my imimarv
wihi hot.i Mrs. Donelse.n and her daughter MP ;.’o
bards, as well ns General Jackson, that no, the ‘lea’.t
R0h«ds°UfvvV0 b® th:own Bponanv person but Mr
.vobards. \ hen the circumstance? happened this «
- of. country, and I never hear
"r"u] "°;v' y,^rc was any person living ,jad
rr».A* knowledge rtf hie /rich, entertained a different
ormmrwxcep, Mr. ROhards him-.olf. in whose weak
r Appendix J<n, 6. m ?tn*. f,t jj, ,, -*• r, ,
l. p Tv. r. j No. j. r -1.
’ and childish disposition, I think, the whole affair oripi.
natrd.”* **
1 rorn this testimony, concurring with the testimony
o. all other persons whose statements are subjoined for
j J‘cur examination, there seems to be but one possible
i conc.usioa that the charge made on Gen. Jackson
was unfounded, and Mrs. Jackson perfectly innocent;
. hut o! tins you and the public will judge; and perhaps
linojo satisfactory upon seeing the further progress of
I thisi af!air and the testimony connected with it.°
| Some tune in the month of January, 1791, Mrs. Ro
bards descended the river, to Natchez, under the pro
tection c; Col. Stark, an old and respectnble geutlemar;
Gen. Jackson accompanied Col. Stark & Mrs. Rubards
to Natchez, and so soon ns Gen. Jackson saw them
safely landed at Natchez, he immediately returned to
Nashville, was at the May Superior Court, and atten
ded to business as Attorney General. Mrs. Roburds,
unring her residence in (ho neigborliood, lived princi
pally in the family of Col. Tho. Green, and Cel. lirucri,
families as highly respfcctablc as any in the country,
i he causes of tin's journey by Mrs. Kohurds. and tiro
reasons which induced Gen. Jackson to accompany
Col. Stark, we will give literally in the language of tho
testimony of Judge Overton and Mr. Crutcher. Judge
Overton savs. “some ‘time afterwards, duting the win—
tci of 1 Mrs. Ooneison told me of her daughter's in
lentioii to go down the river to Natchez, to some of
her friends, in order to keep out l>! the way of Captain
I’.ohard j, as she said he had threatened to “/rerun/” her.
Knowing, as I did, Capl. Kobards' unhappy jealous dis
position, and liia temper growing out of it, i thought
that she was light to keep out of his way; though I
do not believe that 1 so expressed myself to the old lady,
or my other person.
t l»e whole afLttr gave J nckson great uneasiness5—•
anJ this w i IJ not appear strange to one as well acquaint
ted with his character as 1 was: continually together
during our attendance on wilderness courts, whilst olh
: er young men were indulging in familiarities with fe
males of relaxed niorals, no suspicion of Ibis kind of the
■ world’- censure, ever Ic'd to Jackson’s share. — In this
in h:s singularly delicate sense of honor and in what
i * I bought, Ins chivalrous conceptions of the female Bex,
it always occurred to me, that he was distinguishable
| fiom every oilier person with whom I was acquainted.
. About the time of IMrs. I'oneIson’s communication
I to me respecting her daughter’s intention of going to
i Natchez, 1 perceived in Jackson symptoms of more
i *han usual collect it. 1 ileUu mined to ascertain the
cause, mien he frankly told me, that lie was the most
unhappy ol men, i:i having innocently, and uniuten
: tionally. been ihe cause <>f (lie loss of the peace and
happiness ol Airs. f«ol>aids, whom he believed to he ;i
j line woman, in this I concurred with him. but reinon
stialcd upon the propriety of his not giving himscli any
uneasiness about it. It was not long after this beforu
j 'll‘ communicated tome Ins intention of going to Natch
: ry- with ‘ ol. Slaik, with whom Mrs. Robards was to
| descend the liver—saying that she had no fiiend or
idative that would go with her, or assist in preventing
•Stark, ids family, and Mrs. Kobards from being massa
cred by the Indians; then m a state of war, and exceed
inuly troublesome. Accordingly, Jackson in compa
ny with Mis. l>oiiards and i. ol. fita» k, a venerable and
highly esteemed old man, and friend of Mrs. Robnrds,
cent down the river from Nashville to Natchez, aouio
tmu; in the winter or spring of 1701. It was not,
| however, without the nigvnt entreaties of Col. Stark)
i 'v*m wanted protection fiom the Indians, that Jackson
consented to accompany them, of which 1 had heard,
hefoie Jackson's con versa lion with me, already' allu
ded to.” Air. Crutcher say?, “i apt. Kobards, never, to
on Knowledge, ictiiriicil to \\ cut Tennessee, or what
w.i then r ailed <’uinbeiland. It was reported, howev
er that he tiireateucd to rumo and take his wife to
K-ctim.'.y. and compel her to live there. .She, as well
“ ’ 1 * * i c* r". N, was very much opposed to this, and in
o,i.m place hcisclf heyono lus reach, as I understood
.it ii■ * l int1, determined to descend the river under (.'ol,
Stark's protection in Natchez, it was in December,
or perhaps January, before Col. Stalk could get ofT
v. i:!i his family; (Jen. Jackson also went along; but af
ter they landed at Natchez, the General relumed to
this country.'’ (,*'
In the winter or spring of 1701, information war.
received at Nashville that Capt. Kobards had obtain
ed a divorce from the Legislature of Virginia: This
was the belief of all persons in the country. Mr Crutch
er says, “I do not knowhow the infmrnation reached
the country, hut :t was generally, indeed, I believe
universally relied on as being eouect.” Jud^e Over
tor.k account is substantially (he same, and "further
lhai in the umnncr of J 7 > I, he was m Kcntiickv, ie
reamrd part of his time at old Mrs. Robards’, and ne
v«-r understood otherwise than that Capt. Kobards’ di
voice was filial until the ia'ter part of the year l7pj
,K) Of strength and university of this opinion,
loon can he no doubt, ( pun the icceipt and gene
n! belief of this infoimation, Ccn. Jackson, in July
or August, 171*I. returriid to Natchez in company
| with Mr David Kendrick—married Airs. Kobards, and
returned in .September I7f*l. to Nashville with her.
These trail.action-:, would <-eern, under (he circum*
stances accompanying (hem, to require no cornment,
and could not fairly lie subject to misconstruction)
when the diameter of Ccn. Jackson and the conduct
and character ol Mrs. Jackson are in the slightest de
gree understood and appreciated; but wc will^gain call
your attention to such testimony, as wdl he entitled to
the greatest and most conclusive weight in public esti
mation.
W e cannot do justice to Judge MWairv’s testimony,
but by using Jus own words—- Gen. Jackson and im I
scl» have been acquainted more than -10 veins, I (bink
: J or i . ir? s: pari of llie lime we lived together and
the balance in the immediate neighborhood of’each
other. V»e moved together from North Caroim i '
tins State, and arrived ;,t Nashville in October 17,';8.
‘ No, bog after we oamo here, I was informed (hat
..r- Jackson and hor tl.cn husband had beer, separat
cd m the State of Kentucky. J knew Gen. Jackson
had never seer, her until (his lime. a,„| J ,Jo no. think
fur some (.me afterwards. About this (jrm. f w<1, in,
formed that 1’obards and bis wife were living verv urn
happth at tier widowed mother’s The public report
and nnprcrsiori, I know, was, that liobards was (realm
icrcnichj, by Charges found in his own jealous ima
gination alone.
“As to the particular facts, which took place, (hat
produced (he second separation, I have no kmc
leoge of my nwn-l Cn„ only speak of whnl was (ho
pi evading opinion at the (irbe. Usit (his much, I can
say will, as ,„„ch poMlivcness asany man can, jvhen
?! caking rn another. (I,a( from rny particular acquaint
a,lco y71*?. 1 hrhvyr General Jackson was. it any
pcncu of his life, incapable ofseducing any man’s wife
trotn hitn.
v“* l,:,VR known IMr*. Jacltson for nearly fort, years.
No " Oman, lor tha( time, has sustained n more irre
proachable character than .she has hospitable, kind
aivl chat itaMC" » he evening of her days was hasten-*
• to a < m much pcacoano’ comfort.” (a.)
V' e will aho (rouble you with quoting fiorn (he tes
timony of Air;. .Smith, on amount of its errn rcitfht,
and i no it particularly as giving (he sentiment and o
p in ions of the ikv. Tho*. It. Craighead, known to
tr. » ( literary di.iucs ns one of the ablest and most cn
iightrncd cl rcuncn in the United .Slates; known to
a.!! hi. acmn.ntar.ee as a rnn.t pious and good m:.n,
and one who had the best opportunity to iudge correct
ly of the true character of those transact ions, and of
Gen. Jackson and Mrs Jackson. Mrs Smith states,
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