Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-06-21
MISS AUGUSTA EVANS.

Louisville Journal with the following
complimentary notice Of one of the most
popular of Southern Authoresses;
Some Of my friends have suggested that
Miss Evans is an infIel, or inclined to be
one. No! no !! no =! ! She is no "Beauti.
fnl tyrant! 6end angelical!' She is a
Christian, aud "Beulah" is Christian
book. Go on Sabbath to st. Francis
Street Methodist Church Mobile, Alabama.
You will find an elegant church a fine, in
telleclual-looking congregation in the pull
pit man whose personnel, voice, rhetoric,
logic,-aN will impress you-and fine
choir led by Miss Augusta J. Evans.
Instead Of her being an inidel, such as
De Qnincy depicts in Mrs. Lee, making
her skepticism "buoyant by the gay fra,h-
er!ng of many splendid accomplishment" ="
she is meek Methodlst-a Martha at the
feet Of Jesus. There is nothing transcen-
dental about Miss Evans. She don't af.
feet to be au angel. She is purely human.
ly-womanly. She dresses plainly, unaE.
fectedly, suits her conver sation to her
company, and overwhelms you with the
idea OF her exceeding common sense. She
can talk to you in all the modern langua-
gees aud e all the Technology of meta
physics, but sue wont unless you have an
ear for it.. She can give man of anti
quarian taste an iukling Of all traditianary
lore OF Tarquins, Talmuds, Korans, Rich
ter, etc; but if you prefer, she will talk
to You about the morning paper or the
raising Of vegetables. She will sit down to
the piano. you like music and sing
psalms or ballads, or play funeral-rnarches
or qnicksteps, as you may prefer. Sho
is one of The very 6uest performers on the
piano. Miss Evans rises with the lark,
and Is fully as cheerful. She helps her
mother adjusts the houshold, and has an
eye to the domestic and literary education
OF her younger sisters, Of whom tLerc are
several. She never goes out to ''spend
the day" without her work.basket, and she
sews or kn's, can talk Of cookery books or
Cop'ic manuscripts. Through the long
four years Of war she was a Florence Nigh.
tngale among the sick and wounded
Southern soldiers. She moved through
hospitals and camps, and over bloody bat
fairgrounds, like an angel of mercy.
And now she is devoting tho high ener-
gies Of her nature to the erection of n
monument Go cost $2o,0OO) in Bienyile
Square, Mobile, to the memory of the
Confederate dead. Miss Evans resides
about two and a half miles from Mobile,
on one of the railroads. Her home, though
not palaliaI, is tastefuiIy rural, and fit
retreat for the muses.. 1t is the literary
Mecca, however toward which high and
noble natures turn their footsteps, and is
often tbroDged with the sons and daugh-
ter OF immortal mind. A life like portrait
OF our fair and talented country wo man
will grace the American department in the
grand Exposition at Paris. Thither, too
our authoress, inPropria persona, will bend
her steps, herself the hobIest contribution
America can make to the Worlds Fair.
Miss Evans is now fine, healthy. woman,
about twenty-seven years Of age. Pos
sessed OF high order Of intellect, rein.
ed taste, a softness Of manner, tenderness
Of heart, and a trusifui Christian faith, she
is indeed qneenIy woman. Her conver-
sation is animated. She would be Dc.
mosthenes in the Senate, if her sex we're
senatorial. She can talk to you of paint.
ing until the bright pictnres shall move
like panorama, before your view. She
can converse OF music, until you shall feel
that your very heart is musical score, and
the very atmosphere loaded with orches.
trail melody. Mention Pomponalius, Fuer.
bach, Cousin-and you shalle soon feel
that she is triumphing Sun amid the va
pors of Cloudlaud. Intimate Christianity
and 10! she is trans6gured into brigh,
Evargeline of the Faith. Without any
apparent ambition to shine, she glitters
like diamond before you. If she ever mar
ries, it will take Pelrarch whom no earth
ly prize can allure from the love of his
Laura, to win her heart and hand. ex
pect she will die the bride of Literature
The.man that claims Her hand must be
high-souled, broad-tbonghted, God-devo-
ted orthe may expect q civil rejection
Miss Evans is the glory Of Alabama, ant