, 1880-12-19
A BELLE OF JACKSON'S TIME.

A BELLE OF JACKSON'S TINE.
The Romantic and Eventfu1 Life o
| mrs. Eliza NJ. Smith.
| Nesu York Sun.
! KINGSTON, Dec. 14.-There was anothe
hearing Of the Eliza IL. Smith case befor,
| Surrogate Parker yesterday in this city
| The case is of unusual interest, not SO mucl
on account of the property involved, which
! is not much If any over $4,000, but on nc
count Of the curious career and characters
ties Of Mrs. Smith.
| She was born in 1888 ut Gibraltar. Hel
father was Scotchuan, an officer In tht
| British service, member OF the Ganneclif1
| family, whose estates there was some chance
| that the girl might inherit. Her parents
| were carried off by an epidemic when
she was 4 years old. She was 4
bright, pretty, and precocfous child, and
was readily adopted by a wealthy Spanish
family, who treated her with ali the tender
mate the little one developed fast, aud when
but Is years old was married to Jose de
SamanoS, a Spanish gentleman OF consider.
able wealth. Within II year the young wife
was a mother, and when, four years later,
sr husband died. she had Eiyen ;, birth to to91
and it was sli1 that his pretty. dark-eyed
young wife was tile cause Of it. The widow
Of u was left with but one reiatiye,-ler
little daughter lnez,--for her other children
had died. In accordance with the written
request Of the father. pe1lned just before he
went out to the duel, lneZ was sent to the
care OF Catholic sisterhood III Paris for in
struction and guardianship until she should
was all left to this little daughter
SO the handsome YGlll1E widow WAS left
quite alone. Her property was enough TO
support her in ease, and there was no one who
could be III any way a restraint upon the
young woman. She had not been prudent
discreet than ever. Garrison life at the
fortress was gay. The young officers quar-
tered there were constant visitors to her
house, and scandal was busy with her repu-
owner and commander of an American
trading vessel, and the brother of COM
motlore Walker, of the United States Navy,
arrived at Gibraltar. At u ball given by the
American Consul, Capt Walker, who was
tanasome and gallant young Sailor' met the
Samanos- He fell III love at once, was deaf
to warnings, and courted her witt! such favor
that when, in two weeks, he sailed away, he
took her with him as his BRIDE
ton III American society. He was well con-
nected and wealthy. and did Il fourishing
trade between New York, Phiadelpllia and
Southern ports. For some years Mrs. Walk
er seemed to be devoted wife. She sailed
ofterward al honstsd n1e that sa hecsna Co on, me
tcient in the ar. of navigation that on one
occasion, when all accident disabled Capt.
Walker, she safely nayigated his vessel
through 4 Gulf storm,
nf lifn ~, shinhnnrd and sn w-h;io l,ar h,,s-
band ID sailct se i si1ejne I'm in @ socirtv ' at at Nav
York. PhllaielpI,ia, and Washirrton. She
lractiye act W Woman t OF the M % WnTla " S SJ,e va az
handsome. With dark hair, br;trhf hrnwn eveg
n perfect form. and iii the ease. tact
and thorough style of one whose whole
life had been passed in society. She
parent bride Of her trilimpts in Washinetnn.
Alurc than one SENATOR She sai.i 3has
prayed NE to rpticc lis cause. Marlin van
Buren,. TING and time again, singled me ont
Benton and Calhoun, and Randolph. and ali
,he great men Of the iiay. tnew Them
very WeIl,'' And then. to corrohorate her
stories, tile old lady, for she would tell these
pacEagc - of letters 1 some Of them s sisned bY
men noted forty wears ago. She crossed the !
Atlantic seven fines before she was 10 and |
made conouests wherever she |
went Bit she was very far from happy with /
lFT HnSD1n0. I1Clr married life when he |
vas ashore was anvthin,r hnt neacefuj.
Ii 1854 Can't. Walker died. and she was
again widow She was thought fn he |
wealthy. She had sDecu!ated in Woll street
ind 50 shrewd}y that she hotl dnnhlpd hrr
urtune. Size said. When. three wears later.
biinh smith" of this citv = ioca, "eiei,r;tv
whose home was ut :. .f;1idan II;il ), otfared
liuself in marriage to Mrs Wnitcr shn ~
;cpted him. She thought that he was
Wealthy. liz tkonphf that che wos rich
both were LAYERS nf MONEY ami hoti, were
[isapnoinred. It is said for With Character.
stic shrewdness she had lid m her littia
urtunc 80 thnt hhiiah cn1id not tonch X.
md lii had little to I'll. m 1Fhev iiveti rarv
lnhanpilv together untii = fasr vaare aso
when an exninsinn in his s,,vn;ii naariy
,ilied1,er husband and made him = cri,,,,,a
or life. sic was not Tie one to kin,liv p pear
With a sick mans wlins. and The hnme vas
,1oken 10. K yenr agn ar Smit;, diaT
lis wife Still made her Gome hfrn with sTrs
oscphine Peters Shc jivrfi IN Tia nast and
othing pleased her better than reconnti1,r e. the
riumpils Of long ago: how y LEADING French
rtist begged her to give linn n sitt;nr. hn.v
cr arm had been cast in plaster rs ,nndcl
t perfection; how her beauty had hecI, the |
hclne of poets and The envy Of other wnmen
all this, with the garrulity of are shaa
;ould relate to any good-natured i, iist,ener Hao
here was little remaining Tn Iannta tna
harms Of youth save the eyes. which to the
ast were bright and fashinr Sin heoono
err Sfo,t and 1,,itl, oro r-rr,,, o -.G ose.s..G