Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-03-04
"A Wonderful Woman.
A KETiRED BELLE AT LEADvILLE, cOL.,-
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HER NAME?

LEADvILLE, February 12-Few persons
know that in the city of Leadville, Col,
the re lives one of the most celebrated wo-
men of her day. Men at fashionable water
ing-places raved over her beauty AMI varied
accom- plisbments. President. Buchanan is
credited with saying: "The only woman I
ever loved well enough to marry. God
bless her." And that little man Of intel
lect, Alexander FL. Stephens: ''rhe most
beautiful, accomplished. and thoroughly
good woman l ever knew. Worth ler
weight in diamonds" Col. Dan McCook,
the evening before he was killed in y title,
said tn y comrade: Il feel sad, tonight
why, CD, not tell. Perhaps it is my last
night on earth. was thinking of my cd
college days in Alabama and the most at
tractive woman ever met. Well, it is all
pist, we are both married, but wish she may
never know sorrow." Gen. Pat Cl.burne,
having premonition of his death, asked
this lady to write his obituary if he should
fall in battle next dly. The bittle of
franklin and Cleburne' death have passed
to history. The touching little poem that
came out in the Memphis Avoldnche by this
lady, and which WAS SO extensively copie d
IN southern papers is still remembered
Brave Cls burnetS sleeping
Where nishi-dews are weeping
And pale leaves are falling
Like gifi- gems arOund;<
Where sad waves are sighlng,
And sweet flowers dying
To mIngle their trssth
With the:ashes they love, &c.
In 1880 the Prince of Wales and suite
were in St. Louis A lovely young girl
passed Barnum''s Hotel. ':See Look, my
lord - the Prince exclaimed, addressing
Lord Lyons; isn't she cxquisitc?'
For months touching little poems were
published in the Louisville JournaL and
highly Praised by its editor, George D..
Prentice. who spoke of l,er as remarkable
woman. full of genius. Parepa-Rosa heard
of h,r voice and asked her to sing. The
great prima donna threw up her hands in
ecstasy and exclaimed, MADAM, what a
shame for pride to keep that voice from the
world ~
This wonderful woman, with so MANY
gifts, has for fifteen years lived in quiet re-
tiremcnt, forgetting and aim ,st forg tten
by the world that once did her such hon.
age. i'll Il perfect bower of beauty Cher cot
t"ge), adorned by lovely paintings and
scu pture from her own hsnds and from
European masters.
One painting by Titan, an heirloom from
her husbands family. hangs on the wall
and isbeyond value. Many etchings, taken
from southern Utah. lie around. She has
travelled fora year in Utah and relates many
Interesting anecdotes of the Mormons
Her husband is one Of the most noted law
yers OIL the western colst-a man of great
erudiion. the son of ex United States SEN
ator George G"ldthwaite, Alabama's most
noted and beloved son Judge Goldth-
waite is the Criminal Judge of Lake coun-
ty, and his wife, The subject of this sketch,
is u well preserved woman of about forty,
looking near thirty, retaining much Of rhe
original beauty of heart and person that
made her such a lavorite with the sterner
sex in years gone by. A happy, model
wife. she seldom visits; retains IL few cul-
tllred friends and seems to have uisaken
the fashionab world that once adored her.