Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-27
Margaret rimbcrlake, were with her in
Madrid, and Virginia's beauty was matter


Americara," said tho Queen to her daugh-
ters when the American Minister'S family
were making their adieux, "for nothing SO
beautiful vas ever seen in Spain before; or
ever will be again" isabella drew back
hangbtily, but the Infanta, with her usual
sweetness, kissed her. The "Littlo Ameri.
oana' returned to Washington, aud grew
up to DO one of the most beautiful women in
America. Sho was proud, naughty wo-
man. Phillip Barton key,. hundsome,
dissolute and reckless, WAS lover of hers
Their Yarragc tho mother opposed on tho
ground of his dissipation. Several elope-
mcnts were planned and frustrated. On
one occasion, when Key called at the house
10 see her, her mother sent down word that
Virginia was sick and he could not 500 her.
Flinging tho door wide open, he set spurs
to his horse and rodo up the stairs into tho
room where tho lay sick. Hc was deter
mined to carry her away with him, aud tho
girl, infatuated and reoklcssly in love,
would havo gone with him. But at last,
the affair was broken off, aud after a bril-
liant beileship in Washington, Virginia
Timberlako married the Duo dc Sanpayo,
q member of the French legation and has
been for many years happy wife and
mother. Ope of her daughters was few
years ago married to son of the elder
Rothschild. She was proud and digni.
fed woman, and the beauty which seems to
have been family Inheritance won her
fame throughout this country aud Europe
In 1856, Gen. Eaton died and, a second
time widow, Mrs. Eaton undertook tho
care aud education of her grandchildren
One Of the teachers was dancing master
named Bucbignani. Boy az he was Mrs.
Eaton married him. In spite of marriage
contract which had secured her property to
herself, he finaiy got it ALL personal and
real estate, into his own hands, and eoped
with the grand-duugh Emily Randolph.
They went to Europe. Mrs. Eaton pro
cured an immediate divorce, and went back
to Washington, where she resided until her
death The poor old lady spent her last
days in obscure retirement, living until the
alleged follies of her youth were either
forgotten or remembered only in rity,
through the sorrows Of her later days
1t wos strange cventful history. None
deny Mrs. Eatons wondrous beauty
There are old men in Washington to-day
who recall the soft gray eye, the light
chestnut hair, the perfect contour of face
and ohlselng OF feature, the complexion
exquisitely clear and soft, the form of fault.
less proportions. President Jackson was
Eer inflexihe adnirer aud humble servant
The consideration he showed her put
Van Baren in tho White House. BY
her influence her husband became
Cabiuet Minis.er, General, Governor and
Ambassador. She inspired the first of
American lyrical poets to write the most
beautiful of his poems. Scmo time after
Margaret O'Ncil became Mrs. Timbcrakc
she was in Baltimore, und there Edward
Coato Pinckncy saw and admired. Going
home he wrote his "ll lealth, "and dedicated
it TO "rhe most beautiful woman in Amcr~
ca.' Was she selfish, was ambition her
dominant trait, was she happy? 1t is
certain that she enjoyed intensely the ad-
vantagcs of official station, and she was
undoubtedly fond Of display. when she
drove out ia her carriage with four horses
ard livcried servants, there was nothing in
Washington to compare with her cquipago
She was noted for the elegance and sump-
tuousuess of her dress. Yet she was pro-
fuse and unostcntatous in her charities. A
biographcr says: Oilers was tender heart,
and it kept her purse strings always loos--
encd. For years sho was the lady Boun-
tiful of her ncighborhood, and her sympa-
thics were never appealed to in vain. Nor
did she wait to be called upon for aid.
Her benevolcncc was that broad, deep,
active kind that sought occasion for its
exercise. 1t was custom with her to
hunt up cases of suffering, and many hus
been the chcerless hearth that her fuel has
transformed to light and warmth and COM
fort; many the empty larder that her open
handcdncss has filled; many tho ill-oIad
form that garments from her havo clothed.
alone that her presence oonsolcd and her
kindness relieved. She assisted tho strug-
Cling to rise, and pointed out tho way Of
snccor when no merely earthly consolation
nVailed. Many werc the converts whom
this ambitious woman, this queen of society,
this arbitress Of political des.inics, has
brought to tho altar of the Foundry church
where she found oil other efforts at relief
we're vain, and that tho diseased required
the Great Physicians prescription There
was no evidence of ambition in her first
marriage or hor last. Nlr. TiMberakc Yas
poor; tho dancing master was only what sho
made him. The marriage with Gen Eaton
was entirely happy. "Ilo was the kindcst
man and tho best husband that ever lived"
So Mrs. Eaton always spoke of him. Even
the misery brought upon her by her infat
uation for Buchignani does not seem to
have given her distaste for lifo "It is
beautiful world to leave" she said the day
before her death, looking out into tho sun.
shine; 81 ain not afraid to die, but it is such
q beautiful world" For tho rests