Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1854-09-07

capable of expressing deep tragic emotion.
| Her counenBnce, endowed with susceptible
lily as delicate and varying as the first feel
ings of a virgin mind, was al the same time
pensive and dazzling. All who saw her at
thai period of her life, agreed in describing
her as a resuscita,ion Of Psyche. Purily Of
soul transparent through The elegance OF
feature, surrounded her, even in her depen-
dent position, with respect which admlfa-
ton dare not cverleap. She spread fire with
out being entsngled in The flame herself; /;
her innocence found safeguard even in the
excess of her beauty. Her first fall was not
descent to vice, but gliding into impru-
dence, arising from "a yielding nature. A
young country man of the village of Hawar-
del, son OF the farmer who had first gwen
an asylum 10 her mother, vas seized by a
press gang, and carried in fetlers TO the fleet
al anchor, in the Thames. Emma, at the
entreaty of The prisoners sister, accompan!-
/ ed her to the captain of the ship, to lmplore
the liberalion of her brother. Won by the
beauty of the fair snpplIaut, he listened L"
her prayers and tears, removed her from her
/ low but homes! station, overwhelmed her
with shameful luxury, supplied her With
ma ters in every ornamenta. accomplish
men,, boas,fuliy displayed his conquest in
public, and left her, when the squadron sail
ed, exposed without safeguard 10 new Sc
duciIons.
One of his friends, bearing noble name.
! and possessed Of large fortune, carried oil
! The Iailhless Emma 10 an estate IN The coun-
Try, treated her as his wife, made her the
| queen Of ,he hun.Irc Par''fs, ties aud balls;
and finally, growing .Itet. al her IL Tie end
Of lhe season lt;l hct in Lrnl"n, al the mer-
cy of chance. lr rrs~ity aud crlmr. Thrown
back from this golden cloud On the hard
| psvemen! Of ihe metropolis, and appreciated
in The eyes of her former protectors by lbe
publicity Of her adventures, Emma was re-
ceived by night, and in rags, under the care
OF those infamous PROGRESSES who carry
on the trade Of seduction. Acciden. alone
preserved her from infsmy. The woman
who ha given her shelter, struck by the
natural grace and modesty of her demeanof
and astonshed al her "IIelming charms,
introduced her as natural miracle 10 a ce
eh-a1el IL ial4--l4in caE- Ad,4.iAa
tIon nt female beauty. This was the we'll
known Dr.. Graham, the inventor OF The
| celestial bed,) q voluptuous and mystical
qnack, " no ptofessed TO worship aud To
possess some profound intelli gence respect
ing the secrets Of nature, by which means
he he'd acquired suspicious and fantastic
reputation. DR.. Gfetiam Loudly expressed
his admiration al he sight Of the young or
! phan, and literally rev arded her in,roGnrer.
He received her into his own house, public
| ly advertised lhat he possessed rare eX
ample Of the efficacy OF his specifics to pro-
duce The perfeclIons Of lie. beauty and
health in human being; and called upon
| the incredulous Ia come and convince them
selves by looking on an animated image oi
The goddess Hygeia. Al this appeal, ad-
dressed 10 licenlousness rather than science,
! The disciple OF Graham crowded mysieri-
ously = to bis amplheatre. The unfortunate
victim Of her own charms appeared clothed
| in Transparent. garments, in the costume OF
divinity her covering scarcely concealed
! her bushes.
The pride of the physician. and the en-
! thusiasm of the spectators, burst forth IL
! loud acclsmaions. Painting and stasuary
had never before presented ideal form and
colo'iry eaual 10 This example oi living na-
lufe. Painters and scup,ors We'd in rival
dry to copy from this divine original. A
mong Them, Romney, one of The leading ar
'ss of The day produced many duplicates
of the same lovely countenance. Lie pain
ted The fair Emma as The goddess of the lead
ing heroines of poetry and The drsma.-
These portraits being engraved, multiplied
throughout Europe the features Of the un-
known beauty. Romney, like Appelles
subdued by Csmpaspe, became enamored o!
his model, and carried her eff from Graha m
as an exhauslless treasure of artsand fortune
He sold for their weight in gold her por-
tiai,s, either as the sorceIess Gree, as
Innocence holding sensitive plant, and as
tonished at the motion Of the flower. This
anonymous publicity q, the same time pro-
,ec,ed her modessy. The produce of heI
attitudes, which she received from Graham
and Romney, enabled her to live in Lond on
in The shadow of respectable retirement.-
The celebrated Madame Lebrun, artist in
ordinary 10 the Queen Of France, Marie An
loniette, painted her at this time as Bac-
: chsnle, and carried her features over &c
, France. young EngIishman, of the Illus.
trious House of Warkick, Mr.. G1evlle
. nephew 10 Sir William Hamilton, Ambassa
dor at N aples, discovered Emma in this OBJ
, scuri,y. Passion made him believe in he
r virtue he loved, aud endeavored TO seduc.
, her. Whether she really desired to redeem
? The errors of her early life, or preferred al
honorable name to large fortune, she slea
, dlly resisted his solicitations, aud was onl,
, on by promise of marriage as soon al
the consent OF his family could be conquer
ed by perseverance. They lived as maj
and wife during several yeats. Three chill
, dlcn followed ibis secret uuiun, and n0!hln.