Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-03-13
STAUNTON VA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 49, 1850

pendence. He always went alone, and generally
obtained the information desired. His habits in pri-
vate life were equally singular. He could never be
persuaded 10 sleep under the rooofa house, or even
10 use tent cloth Wrapped in his blanket, he
loved to lie out in the open air under the blue can
opy of pure ether and the Stars, gaze with
yearnine look at the melancholy moon. When not
employed as spy or guide, he suhsised by hunting
being often absent on solitary excursions for weeks
and even months together in the wilderness. lie
was genuine son of nature, grOwn-up child OF
The woods and prairie, which he worshpped with
sort of Pagan alteration. Excluded by his infrmi-
ties from cordial fellowship with his kind, he made
the inanimate things of the earth his friends, and
entered by the hearts own adoption into brotherhood
with the luminaries of heaven. Wherever there
was land or water, barren mountains or tangled
brakes of wild waving cane. There was Deaf Smiths
home, and there he was happy but in the streets
of great cities, in all the tboroughfares of men,
wherever there was flatlery or fawning, base cum
ming or craven fear, there was Deaf Smith an alien
and an exile.
NELSON'S LADY Romance has
been beaten in It's own domain by the surprising
romantic history Of Lady Hamilton. Before no 9th
er woman, perhaps, could Nelson have so complete
ly fallen: upon no other woman of her time were
facinalions 50 lavshly bestowed. Her life reads
like fable. She was the daughter of Henry Ly-
on or Lyons, aboring man, living al Preston, in
Lancashire. He dying whilst she was child The
mother removed 10 fIawarden, in Flintshre, and
there supported herself as best she could. AS 10
bestowing education upon her offspring, 10 talk of
it is absurd. The family belonged to The dragged
up class Of the community and when, by dnt of in
srucons, perseverance, and uncommon tact in Ia
ter years, Lady Hamilton contrved 10 correspond
with the most notable people of her day, the diff
Guilty with which she managed 10 spell correctly,
testified to the her earliest acquisitions.
1t is presumed she was born in the year 1904, and
the first years of her life after quitting home were
spent in ordinary servltude. Her first engagement
was as a nurserymaid in the family OF Mr. Thomas,
Of Hawarden, brotherinlaw of Mr.. Alderman Boy
dell but she afterwards went 10 London and held
the same situation in the house of Dr. Budd, who
then resided in Chatham place ,Blackfrars, ,and one
of the physicians Of St. Bartholomew Hospital
Her fellow servant here, the house maid, Singular
ly enough became Mrs. Powell, The celebrated ac-
lress of Drury lane Theatre Years afterwards,
when Lady Hamilton was in the meridian of her
glory, and won renown by her achievements and
be,uty, she visited Drury lane Theatre with her
husband land Mrs. Powell performed upon the occa-
sion. The admiration Of the house was divided be-
tween the accomplished actress and the still more
famous visitor. You may search the history OF do
mestc servitude in vain for parallel OF coincidence
The ATMosPHERE-The atmosphere rises above
US with lis cathedral dome arching towards The heay
en-, of which it is the most familiar synonyme and
symbol. 1t floats around us, like the grand object
which the Apostle John saw in his vision: ''a sea
relass like unto crystal" So massive is it, that
when IL bpuinS to Stir il losses great ShiDS about
like paythngs, and sweeps cities and forests like
snow flakes 10 destruction before it. And yet it is
so mobile, that we have lived years in it, before we
can be persuaded that il exists at all and the great
bulk OF mankind never realized the truth that they
are balhed in an ocean of air. Its weight is so C.
nornous that iron shvers before it like glass, yet
soap ball sails through it with impunty and the IL
niest insect waves it with lis wings. We touch il
not, but i, touches us its warm south wind brings
back color 10 the pale face Of the invalid IT'S cool
west winds refresh the fevered brow, making the
blood mantle in our cheeks and even its north blasts
brace into new vigor the hardened children Of our
rugged clime The eye is indebted TO it for all the
magniicence of sunrise, the full brightness Of mid
day. the chastened radiance of the glowing and the
clouds that cradle near the setting sun. But for il,
the rain bow would want its triumpha arch, and
the winds would not send their feecy messengers
on errands round the heavens. The cold ether
would not shed its snow feathers on the earth,
would drops of dew gather on the flowers. The
kindly rain would never fall-hail, storm. nor fog
diversity the face Of the sky. Our naked globe
would turn its tanned unshadowed forehead 10 the
sun and one hot. steady blaze Of light would parch
the world!
SHORT Srony.-When Mary and were mari-
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