New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-16

BIOGRAPHY OF Mr.. SNrTH.-It is supposed ty
the learned antiquarians, shat the flfitstpious
subject Of this memoir was Of Asiatic antedel1,.
Wan origin, Whether, however liz Is Il tleaeerY
dant Of me White or Black Smiths, is a point
w9ioh IL IS impossible nov to decide. Like many
other equally important facts, a knowledge Of II
was lost in the dark vista of aees--eonesrrins,
which we have heard so much aTii know 10 yerg
little 1t may, however, be affirmed without e.
fear Of contradiction, that Smith follewed
Alexander in his warlil6e expeditions fecaytge.
even now, in the world of letters, on the title
page Of q beautiful book of poems, may be seen
the Words--Alexa ander Smith. That, also, a
smith talked with Plato; heard the Sermon on
the Mount licked up the spittle Of Mahomet
came IN With the eonquerors; went out with the
crusaders; saw Shakespeare play the Ghost;
heard him swear behind the scenes at the sturid
personator Of Hamlet; lighted a bonfire after
the dlsmenberment Of the Spanish Armada
made muss during the q Great Rebellion y
vas Pur1tan martyr; fought with Charles
XII; fed mth great rnultitaasoe ofse gans
rails; emigrated in the MayRower planted
pennsylvania; was saved from sndden leath
~ the bravery Of Pocahontas; assisted Danton
and Mirabeau in the composition Of their
speeches; had hand in constructing every
constitution in Christendom- this and r1uet,
more may, with perfect safety. besaid Enough.
q smiths sa1 Hho nave goae before Oar Mr.
States but the English, with their charaeteris-
tic irnpudence. insist that he is British sub
Ject, and quote fifty folio pages Of the smallest
type of the London Directory touroye ti1air as
sertion. Let the reader judge Of this point Tor
himself. lie made considerable excitement in
the political world by his first great book--the
Wealth of Nations. Although t,.is vrork II ~
witty q production as anything that Mr.. Smith
ever wrote. it was far toe dry far our digestion.
Whenever We feel inclined to laugh at an irl-
proper time, We think Of it and grow grave
agfln instantly. His next feat was the capture
q acre; and at the same time when he was
annoying Napoleon in Egypt, he wrote series
oi satirlcal and humorous essays in the Edin-
burgh Review, which have since been collected
| into volume. (Read ity He then murdered
q cockney peddier just by way Of pastfrne, and
In order to escape the pursuit Of the notice Az
eended Mount Blanc, On whose summit he wrote
his greatly admired sonnets and off,er roe1na
which have recently been published in scotland
| We believe that on his return he engaged in the
iron trade, and we have heard it said that he
was regarded as an able Smith The exertSor,x
| he has made in the cause Of suffering humanity
| have been almost superhuinan. True, he lfa
| not sign the Declaration Of Independence, but,
then. he was before the ilIustrious Irish patric6
himself in his endeayors to eraaneipate the Eale-
| raid Isle. Mr.. 0'Brien acknowledged this By
| Invariably signing his own name after that Of
| Smith. His wife, NE believe, (Mr O. X. J is
lecturing at N. o. on Womanss Rights and On
.Gleopatra's character The last effort Of Mr..
Snith was the demolition of Little Katy.s BIZ
ographer, and we understand he is now engaged
on powerful drama designed to drive 6 Hot
Corn" from the stage. On some other occasion
we may follow the fortunes Of this distinguished
| character.
P. s.-Iforgotto TO mention in the proper place
that Mr.. Smith was once unfortunately in love.
He published his Is Rejected Addresses y and
then, broken-hearted, and without further hope
Of happiness in this vale Of tears or temple Of
coquets. emigrated to Australia, where liz en-
| deared himself to every friend of freedom By
facilitating the escape Of Mr., Mitchell Installing
toCalifornia, herelieved the monotony of the voy.
age BY writing Norman Bible As soon as he
| landed at San Francisco, he started for Salt
Valley, and founded colony Of Saint Smiths
Ills latest effort was a speech in the Broadway
theatre at the Mitchell Banquet
/ 2. s. SIN addition to his other enterprises,
Mr.. Smith carries on an extensive business IN
New York as the Great Metropolitan Bill Stick
er! IN. 7. Sunday Dispatch.