TIIE. BYRON SCANDAL
'Mrs. Stowe Vindicates Lady Byron
in a New Book•`.
The'Old Story Repeated at-Greater Length
Byron: Guilty of the Crime
Charted Because He Wag
7 7;A , Lathe, P et*l le
,and Inconclusive
Argument:
Mtst: litlfwe hag Wiled her volume' vindicating her
;
exposure Of the Byrn** hi
busest]. We make the , folio w
ingliberal thttracta t • • • ' • •
ntibie'to•thettartitialars of 'that moatpaliifhl in
tery iew'which haa beenthe cause of all thincoatroversY.
My sister and myself *Vera going from :London to Ever
slur to visit, the Bev. C. kitigsley. On our way we
stopped: by Lady Byron's iutitation, to lunch with her
at her summer residence on limn Common, near Rich
mond ; andit was then arranged that on our return we
rthouldmake her a short visit, and she said she had a
enbject of importance on which she wished to converse
with me alone.
On our return from Everslay; we arrived at her house
in the morning. s.t.. • • •
It appeared to be one of Lady Byron's well days. She
• Was up and dressed and moved about. her house.withher
usual air ofquiet timplicity—ae full of little acts of con
eideration for all about her as if they were. the habitual
invalids and she the well person.'
There were with her two ladies of her most intimate
friends, by whom she seemed to be reg a rded with a sort
.of worship; When she loft the room tor a moment they
looked atter her with a singular expression of respect
and affection, and expressed freely their admiration of
her character and their leers that her unselfishuess
might be leading to over-exertion.
• Atter lunch I retired with Lady Byron ' and my sister
remained with her Mends. I should here remark that
the chief subject of the contersation which ensued was
net entirely new tee me. In the interval between my first
and second visits to .England a lady who for funny years
had enjoyed Lady Byron's friendship and confidence
htid, with her consent. stated the case generally tome,
giving Kane of the incidents, so that I was iu a manner
prepared for what renewed.
Those who accuse Lady Byron of being a person fond
of talking upon -this subject .mad apt to :make , uncon
sidered confidences cue halm :known very little of her, of
her reserve and of the apparent difficulty she lead in
Ppeakingam subjectspearest ter heart, , • .
Her Itubitual caintnessandcomptetture,tif Meitner,' her
collected dignity on all occasions ,are often mentioned by
her.hubbamt, sometimes with bitterness, sometimes with
hilmiration. Be says: ".Though amuse Lady 'litre!'
often excess ef.selftrespect, I must •in candor admit time
if ever averson•hatlexcuse for an extraordinary portion
of it she has ; as, in all her thoughts,words and deeds,
she is the most decorous woman that 'ever existed, and
must appear. what few I fancy could, a perfectly refflued
gentlewoman even to her femme de chambre."
This calmness and dignity were never more manifested
' than in this interview. In recalling the conversation art
tlds•distenceef time I cannot remember all the language
used. , Some particular words and forms of expression I
do remember, and those I givtv; and in other cases I give
my_ recollection of the substance of what was said.
There with something awful tee ma in the intensity of
repressed emotion which she showed as she proceeded,
The great fact ,upon which all turned was stated in
'Words that were unmistakable: •
to Mfrs: Stowe, he was guilty ofhiceht with his sister :"
She here becomes() deathly pale that I feared' she
:would faint, anti hastened to say, " My - dear • friend; I
have heard that." She asked quickly, ". From whomf "
) anti 1 answered,"Yrom Mrs. ---," when she ,replied,
" Oh, yes 1" as lire collecting herself.
I then asked her swine guestions,M reply to Which she
midi" I will tell yon."
She then spoknol her first aeauaintance with Lord
Byrent frbmwhich I gathered that she, an only child;
brought up in retirement, and living much within her
„golf, had been, as deep natures often were, intensely
1, ; stirred byy, his peetry, and lead felt a deep interest in him
personally, 'as otat that had the . germ] . ) of all that is
gloriousand noble. • ' . • ' • '
;Whenalie was introdUced to him and perceived
ad
miratlonof herselft' and 'at last, received his offer, al
- thottghthieDly. Moved, she doubted her own power to be
to him all that a, ytife should be. She declined his offer,
. therefore, but, desired to retain Still hiafriehdship. After
" this; 'as she Reid; *V corresPcindenee 'ensiled, mostly ,on
moral and literary subjects, and by this 'correspondence
•herintorest hha was constantly•increased
At last, she said, he, sent her a very beautiful letter
,-, offering himself again. " thought'," she tulded," that
it was sincere, emit that I might now showhim a ll. I felt,
I wrote just what wee in my heart. .
Afterwards," she said; I found in one' of his 'jour
' nal]) this'notied of My letter--• A letter from Bell—never
'.. reins but it pours,,", •
There was through her habitual calm a shade o
'womanly indignation as she spoke these words, but i
wasgonein a moment. I swid," Anti did he notslove
Ton , Omar?) She'aidAyered, `• No, My dear, ho did not
Why, then, did he wish to marry yon ?" Slut laid
.. her iatnd on mine aud said in a low voice, " -You-will
see
• ; She then told me that shortly after the declared en
. mamma, he came to her father's housn_to visit her as
an accepted relator. The visit WaS in her full of disap
, pointntent. Ilia appearance was so strange, moody and
unaccountable, and his treatment of her so peculiar,
that she came to thee conclusion that ho did not love her.
and sought an opportnnity to converse, with him alone.
She told him that she saw from his manner that their
ertgegeinent did•not give him pleasure ; that she would
never blame him if he wisht-i to dissolve It ; nett his
nature was exceptional ; and if. on a nearer view of the
situation. he shrank from it, she would release him,
and remain no less then ever his friend.
Upon this, she said, he fainted entirely away.
She stopped a Moment, and then. as if speaking with
great effort, added," Then I Wait sure he Must love me."
" And did he not ?" said I. " What other GUANO could
have led to this emotion ?"
Site looked at me very sadly, and said," Fear of de.
teethe).
" What ?" said I. " Did that cause then exist ?"
" Yeti." she said, "it did. " And she explained that
sho now tel Lord Byron's great agitation to fear
that, iii NOIIIO way, suspicion of the creme had been
aroused in her reind,..and that on this eccount She was
Seeking break the engagement. She said 'that from
that moment her sympathies were aroused for him, to
soothe the remorse tend anguish which seemed prey
ing on his mind, and which site then re
garded as the sensibility of an unusually
exacting moral - nature, which judged itself by
higher standards, end condemned itself nnspitringly
for what most young men of his time regarded as venial
!Pulls. She lead every hope for his finure,and all the
• entlunottem of belief that. so meant men and women of
"those times mid ours leave hall ill him intrinsic nobleuese.
She said the gloom, however, seemed to he even (lever
witeu he came to the marriage ; but she looked at it
ae the suffering of some peculiar being, to wllOlll
She was called to minister. I steed to leer,
that • even in "the 'days. of sly child clad; I
bad heard of something very painful that had pesSed ne
they, were in the carriage, immediately after marriage.
She then said that it ]vas so ; that almost his first words,
when they. were elope, were, that elle !night once hey°
saved him ; that, if she had accepted him when he first
offered. she might have made him anythingshe pleased;;
but that, as it was, she would find she lied married a
devil.
The conversation, RR recordml in Lady Anne tiarnard's
Diary.seetne only a continuation of the foregoing, and
just what might have followed upon it.
I then asked hbw die 'became certain of the true
She said that. from the outset of their married life, his
conduct towards her Malli strange and unaccountable.
even during the first weeks utter the wedding, while they
were visiting her friends and outwardly on good terms.
He seemed resolved to shake and combat both her . re
litflous principles and her views of the family. state. - lie
tried to undermine nor faith in ChristmuitY as a
rule of life by argument and by ridicule. lie set be
fore her thecontinental idea of the liberty of marriage ;
it being a simple partnership of friendship and property,
the parties to which were allowed by ono another to
pursue thtir own separate individual tastes. He told
het tbat,.as he could not be expected to confine himself
to her, neither should be expect or wish that She should
confine herself to bim ; that .she was young and pretty,
and could have her lovers and he should never object ;
and that she must allow him the same freoulom,
. .
She bal,l that she did not comprehend to what Mien - se
tending till after they came to London and his Oster
came to stay with them.
At what precise time the idea of an improper connec
tion between her ho' baud and his sister wits lirst forced
upon her she did nut eity, but -she -told m e how was
done.- She' said that one night. in her presence, he
treated his Mater x ith a liberty which both shocked and
astonished her. Seeing tier amazement and alarm, Its
eatne'up to her and said. in a sneering tone," I suppose
you perceive you are not wanted here. GO to your own
room, and 'unveil!' alone. We can amuse ourselves bet
ter Without you . 1 '
She said, "'I went to my room trembling. i fell
down on my knees and prayed to' my Heavenly
Father to have mere on them. 1 thought, ' What
shall I do ?'"
I remember after this a pause in the conversation,
during which she seeme.l struggling with thoughts and
ensotiops ; anq,for my part,l was unable to utter a wort
or ask a question.
She did not tell me what followed immediately upon
this, nor how soon after she spoke on the subject with
either of the parties. She first began to speak of con
versations afterward held with Lord Byron, In which
he boldly a vowed ft o connection as haying existed in
time pest. and as °tie that was to continue lu time to
came ; unci implied that she must submit to it. Shy put.
it !o his c ,, m.eioncy as
i concerning his sister's soul, and
he eaia es Mlthat ; t woe the way the world was
tirst peopled. The script urea taught that all the world
-retch .t Icon) one pair :and how could that be unless
hrot het s married their sisters' that, if not a sin then, it
conld ie a Diu now.
inoucdia tely ; " Why, Lady Byron, those are the
e uan •uts given in the drama of ' " .
" The , saine."Mail I 'es reply " o could reagon
,pceiotudy on thhystibject.' She went ou to say
that e /1,11 she pressed him hard with the universal smith
mem ot maiikimi as to the horror and the Crime, he took
• . • -
anal her turn, and said that the horror and the crime
were the very attraction; that he had worn out ail or
dinary forms of sin, and that he longed for the Hann
ins el II new kind, of-rice.'' She Oct before hint the
'PTO of detection, titi4 then, he became furious.
She siMuld never be the 1111;i%Llii iirliiiVileteCtiiM; he said.
She should leave him :that he was resolved upon : but
she should always bear all the blame of times' paration.
In the sneering tone which was common with him, 11 , 1
said," The world will believe me, and it will not believe
you. The world has made up its mind that' By' is a
glorious t o y . ; and the world will go for right or
wrong. espies, I shall make It toy life's Dl6ect to dis
credit you. I shall use, all my powers. Read' eater,
wilt him,' mid you will ace diet I shall do by you just as
Falkland did 1,1 Caleb." W
I said that all this seemeil to me like insanity. Site
raid that she was for a time led to think that it was in
sanity, and excused and pitied him ; that hit treatment
of her expressed such hatred and malignity 'that she
know not what else to think of it ; that he seemed re
solved to drive her out of the house at all hazards, and
threatened her, if she should remain, in a way to alarm
the heart of any yet, thinking him insane, she
left him at last with the sorrow with which anyone
alight boys a dear friend whose reason was - wholly over
thrown, and to whom ID title desolation else was no
longer permitted to administer:
-I inquired in one of the pauses of the conversation
-whether Airs. Leigh Was is peculiarly beautiful-or uttrae-.
five woman,
" No, my dear, she was Oath."
" Wise elle, then, diiitinoished for genius sir talent or
1111 Y kind ?' •
• no. i'smr wonittil. She wa s weak, re int ively, t
been. anal wind!) . under his control.''-.
lend what became of her? •' •
" Sias afterward 4 rol:twat ,bccanie a truly good
onotit. — I thitdc it Crud bora athlitioned that ow
11:ot I n•quentl, 1,00111 itild corivert:ol with 31t14. Leigh to
j u tter part, oilier life, and i4he tletWled t() dra icy
ii u t frcAa the I,•eollecti , l,
I 11,1;... , t, WI. thEre a " I had been told by
M that there vtie it daughter, wit had lived cite
Icon,
:•• f;o11 thArt. wag. olio.(l,tiglit,.:•, who mud, hoc
II feud. 11111( . 4 1 rOuille, lfeifi4 . t
;t curt difficult nal ury to
, • 1111 under, 0 d ha at a e inv. 14 •
THE DAILY EVENiIi BVIILBTOrritIL
to entaned from her friends to the. Continent„inttlia
Lady Byron astnatedin efforts to recover her. of 4:1 1 1'
boiltte Dirs. Leigh And .thq;Plgolt I
had before lietiriyvem who gave ,niti'MY.
inforrnation,
Wl , ' WO etreetttlY invDreesed , on My. mind $ 1 14 , 4;a0,
idy run, in mum er Ao some question of mint, as to whothoi
there Vi . 84.4 ever any meeting ,between (MO hi
elder after he left England, =lowered- that`she .hal, , fin
Meted upon it; or:mhdc • A condition ; that 111re: , /icifill
should not go abroad to him. , • , -,.1
r When the ;Conversation:29 .tie °yenta. Will ever., as
,stood .musing, said,;", Have You, no evidence teat: e
repented ?" and alluded to the mystery of his death and
thorn/midges kid endeavored to utter.
She .answered quickly, Mid with: great iletialMil that
:whateror mighthave been his meaning at thatleur, she
felt sureho lad finallyrepented;:andadded ' 'wrtUgreat
galuntrietisi LL. I no not , believe,that any pal or tbO
eavenly Fatherls ever, left to eternal sin.
Itiald that such hope,was most delightful tq my leel
Mire* but that Iliad alwaYs regarded ,the ° indulgent° of
it as a dangerous one.
-Her look, voice and' manner at that Monientrewo in -
delibly fixed in my'mind. - She looked at me Et EWA y; so
/kW/y.4=4omM
"Danger, Mrs. Stowe! What danger can -come from
'indulging thatAtmelike the danger that comes from not
I said in nty. turn, "What danger tomes , from not
" The danger of losing all faith in God, she said," all
hope for others, all strength to try - OndJstivti them., I
once knew a lady," she added, " whb was in a state of
Scepticism and despair from belief In that dectrine. I
think I saved her by giving her my faith."
I was silent and she continued : " Lord Byron believed
in eternal punishment fully ;. for 'though he reasoned
against Oluistkinityas it is commonly received, he
could not reason himselt hut of it, and I think it made
him desperate. , housed to say, The worst of it is, I
!. do believe.' Hatt he seen God as I seellim am sure
his heart would have relented." • - •
. . . .
She went on to say that his MDR, great as they were,
'admitted of much palliation and excuse; that he was the
child of singular and ill matchedparents ; that ho had
an organization originolly tine, but one capable equally
ofgreat good or great evil ; that in his childhood he had
only the worst and meet fatal influences ; that he grew
up into manhood with no guide ; that there was every
thing ill the classical course of the schools to
develop an unhealthy growth of passion, and' no
moral influence of tiny kind to restrain it; that the
manners of Ida day were cprrupt ; that what were now
considered vices in society wore then spoken of as mat
ters of course among young noblemen.; that drinking,
gaining and licentiousness overywnere abounded, and
that hp to a certain time, he was no worse than multi
tudes of other youhg men of hip day', only that the vices
of Ids day were worse for him., The excesses of passion,
the disregard of physical laws in eating, drinking and
living, wrought effects on him that they. did not on lees
sensitively organized frames, and prepared hint for the
• evil hens when lie fell . into the sin which shaded his
whole life. All the rest was n struggle with its contie
queuces--sinning more and more, to conceal the of
the past: But she bettered he never outlived remorse ,*
that he always suffered, and that this shoWed that 'God
had not utterly forsaken him, 'Remorse,' she said: al
waysshowed moral sensibility, and while that remained
.there was always hope,'
She now began tee speak of her grounds for thinking
it might be her duty fully to publish Oda story befilre
she loft the world.' ' ' '
Viret She said that through the' hole coarso,of her
life she had felt the eternal value of truth and seen how
dreadful a thing was falsehood, and how fearful it 'wad
to he en accomplice in it, even by silence. Lord Byron
had demoralized the moral souse of England and he hod
done it in R:greet degree by the sympath excited by falsoi
hood. This had licenpleaded in extenuation of all his
crimes and, vices,. and ledlo a lowering of standard
of morals in the literary world. Now it was proposal td
print cheap. e . Weris of his works, and sell them among
the ceninieurpimple,'and interest,them in bin; by the cirl
culation of this MM. story. : •
Slic then said to this effett, that she believed in tart;
butiou and suffering in the future life, and that the cent
sequences of sins here follow us there, and it was stroug
ly impressed upon her mind that Lord Wren nanSt fi
for in looking on the evil consequences of what he In
done in this life; and in seeing , the thither extension 4
that evil.,
" It bee sometimes strongly appeared te, inn,"
said," that ho cannot be at peace until this injustice has
been righted. Such is the strong feeling that Ettore
when 1 think of going . here ho hi. ..
These things , she said, had ledher to inquire whether
it might not be her duty to make a fall and clear dis ,
closure before she left .the world.
Of et arse I did not listen to this story ns ono who ,was
investigating its worth. I 'received it as truth, and' ,the
purpose for which it was communicated was not to old
able me to prove it to the World, but to ask my (Minton
whether she would show it to the world before leaving
it. The whole consultation was UPOU the .nosumptioq
that she hattat her commend such proofs as cutildnot LA
questioned. .
,
• Concerning what they wereldid not minutely inquire;
only, answer to a general question , sho.said that she
had letters and documents in proof of her story. Know.
lug Lady Byron's strength of, mind, her clear-headed
.ziess, her ;accurate habits ,and her perfect knowledge of
the matter, I considered leer Judgment on this point de-
• I told her that I would take the subject into conslderal
tion and dye my opinion in a few days.. That night
after my sister and myself Lad retired to our own apart
ment I related to her , tho whole histoiy, and we spent
the nightiutalkingoflt..l was powerfully impressed
with the justice and propriety of an immediate die
closure, while she, on the, contrary, represented the
painful consequences that would probably collie upon
Lady Byron from taking such a stop.
Before mo parted the next day!l requested Lady :Byron
to give me some memoranda of such dates and outlines
of the general story as would enable um better to keep
it in Its connection, Which she did. On giving me the
PLady ceased requested me to return it to her
when it had to be of use to me for tho purpose
indicated.
This Mrs. Stowe did.. She also wrote a hasty note td
Lady Byron expressing her astonishment at the facts
narrated, and Mquiring if she had ever subjected them
" to the judgment of a medical man learned in nervous
pathology. ' 1 'Subsequently silo wrote saying that" Con ,
!Miming the peculiar circumstances of the ease I could
wish that. the sacred veil of silence, so bravely
thrown over the past, should never be with
drawn during the tints that you remain
with us. " Then follows a letter written by G. IL
Aird to the editor of Macmillan's Magazine in Septem:
bar last, relative to the conduct of Lord Byron mimc.
diately after his nutrringe. And this is really all that
Mrs. Stowe has to say in substantiation of her charges.
It is true that she•takes up. forty pages with a " Citrons,
logical Summary of Events," but in these she further
weakens an already weak case. Mrs. Stowe
asserts • that. Lady Byron told her Lord
Byron had been guilty of incest with lilt sister,
Bite further said that Byron" had taken shocking Tiber,
ties v ith Mrs. Leigh in her presence, and that in reply
to her remonstrance lie had told her to leave the room;
as she was 110 t wanted. In all this Mrs. Leigh is made
to appear at least a passive if not an active partner in the
offence. Intim" summary" referred to Mrs. Stowe en
deavors to explain away the letters from Lady Byron to
Mrs. Leigh, while the separation was pending t published
in the London Quarterly, and, given in these columns. It
will be remembered that they are most affectionately
worded. Mrs. Leigh is addressed:As "My dearest
Augusta," and Is referred to as the best of - friends and
sisters. Mrs. Stowe cannot get over these letters. She
quotes them in full and explains them away no fob
lows:— •
-We are hero to consider that Mrs. Leigh has stood to
Ladyßyron in all this longagony go her only confidante
and friend; that she has denied the charges her brother
has made, and referred them to insanity, admitting in
sane attempts upon herself which she has been obliged
to watch over and control. Lady Byron has come tollib
conclusion that Augusta is mistaken as to insanity; that
there len real Wicked purpose and desire on the part of
the brother, not as yet believed in by, the sister. She re
gards the slater as ono who, though deceived and blinded,
is , still worthy of confidence and consideration; and so
says to her," You will be of my opinion hereafter." ' !
She says," You haVeconsidered me more than a thou
sand would have done." Mrs. Leigh is,in Ludy Byron's
eyee,a most abused and innOccit woman, who, to spare
her sister in her delicate initiation, has taken on herself
the whole charge of a maniacal brother,although suffer
ing from him langunge and actions of the most injurious
kind.• 'That lilts. Leigh did• not flee the house at once
under such circumstances, and wholly tdecline the
management of the case,seents to Lady Byran considera
tion and self-east ificogreater than tato can acknowledge.
The knowledge of the whole extent of the truth came to
Lady Byron's mind at a later period.
The Ilerabi, commenting upon this, says
This is the very evenconf absurdity. We repeat that
Nes. Stowe asserts that Lady Byron told her she had .
witnessed Lord Byron's improper netions toward. Mrs.
Leigh, tshe was in the emu room with them—more, ahe
was ordered. to leave the Teem beeline° her presence was
not wanted. What. was Mrs. igllgh doing
this time? . Was she rehuking her
brother, or was - she passively . anomitting
to the improper liberties, or wee she actively partict
eating in his guilt? .Mrs. Stowe must explain away her
Inconsistency in,th,ls respect. As it stands her explana
tion is unentisfactory . We are compelled to absolutely
and unqualifiedly,. reject it. As regards what Dr.
Luskin tots said there is 1101.11111 Z to prove incest, Ito
declaredofter, hearing Lady Byron's story, that a ra•
conciliation sins impossiele. • Only this and nothing
more." What the:offence was he left to conjee 4 nre.
We shall not take up the time of the reader a groat deal
more on this book. Mrs. Stowe compares the characters
of Lord and Lady Byron, and aims ut the conclusion
that the story of the wife Is the most worthy of credence.
She next goes into "the direct argument to prove the
crime," which she bases Oh what sue claims to be foots=
that "there is direct evidence that Lord Byron Was guilty
of sonie unueual immorality." Where is It? Next,that he
agreed to the separation candor then comma to a public
investigation. Third, that he did net return to England
and enter a snit. Fourth, that at the time the charge of
incest was made, to which Shelley refers In a letter
dated Bath, September' VJ, ISIS, when he states
that Lady Byron was then living with Mrs. Leigh
Fifth, in Manfred. Sixth, in a letter of Lord Byron, in
which be says, " Besides my little legitimate, I have
DISIIe unto myself en illegitimate sillte, 1.0 city nothing
of inie before"—thie" one before" being Modora Leigh.
We have neither the space nor the inclination to further
summarize his "direct argiuntnt," which merely collects
a manlier of facte and fancied' and weaves of them
certein theories tending to show incest. The" phyeio •
logkal argument" is really laughable. Orantiog
that • Lord Byron was so constituted as to lie capable
of the crime he is charged with, it does not follow,
by any iusans, that he was glinty of incest. Tile
idea of connecting ais life with his poetry is nothing ,
new, Ile has before been charged with being the
reality of every mato character he over conceived.
When Mrs. Stowe writes gravely about the " fearfully
monaural atate " of his mind and iibout hie " suffering
.singular end inexplicable,sl2ollloo 01 remorse, we Vallnyt
resist this temptetion to smile. All who - knew Byron
well were mare how be doh sited to make himself ap
peur mysterious and explicable.. We ! ehall not however,
refer further to what Is so weIMIIOWII. It 11113 been our
purpose rather to summarize Mrs. Stowe'a hook than to
review it. From What is given hero the reader eau form
a just eatimate of the value of the work. For our part we
do not hesitate to pronounce it bane and impotent. As a
v indention ef Lady Byron it is poor US a vindication
of Mrs. Stowe it is poorer. Ant. notwithstanding this
fact, we acres with Mrs Stowe lu what she says in the
following sentence. If she writes Ole truth, if Byron did
commit the crime of incest, and If the proof of his guilt
exists, it is the duty.of those who hold the evidence to
clear up the doubts and uneertnintiee that hang nround
the fame of Lord Byron and the memory of his wife. In
ticlndine her narrative Mrs. Stowe says: , •
And now 1 have ono word to say to those In England
who, with nil the facts 111111 110C.111111..111S In their hands
which could at once have cleared Lady Byron'e fcetci il
hoe of the barbarous assault of the BlarOvocul to go °tor
Ihe civilized T Odd WMIOIIIII reply. I speak to those
who, knowing that I am speahunt the truthaitand client;
tether, who be% o now the ability to pi-intim. the fitil(s
and documents by Yiliich lies Cauca might be instantl y settled. and who de not produce them. A de not" judge
them ; but 1 remind them that a day is coining AV/11)11
I.llil I must stand tide br side let the greet iudgmeot
sent-1 to elle an account fer lid ap , eaking, - they for
their silence, , •
•
• •
Othera may l• able to fttAtm the -crime of inreat urth
Lord Il rent : but certainly Mrs.t•itowe luta not anceett led
here. As!tin from the t uhject. ' her work it: very poor.
•Ab a literary production it I, verbose mut tireamna. II •E
principal object to view 'MN to hart lo•en the writing
of a - volume atilliciently hula, to 1011. To thia end sit •
dwellt, upon a little point at imuteme lengthr and rep , '"
the ' , MeV thing 11111113' lied, over. Altogether, whotlr , r
considered 'tor lie bearing elb.:l the Byron Onntr..trory
r roeierdrd 7116 ti ijtolltn prwle,tim). Lally ityree
Ylll.lfrefrd - leebt be held a conaplete and wretched
vivit • oinicitts.. •
.
Im mainnixrioN tro i ln , aunburni and thg
flesirennsed blithe wind and • nit, lio'retnediod 146 PP'
of BURNETVO RALLIOTON.' ' '
Tan mawsar wonder of age is Dr. Ntirtna-'
'Lowe I..rvaa•ilia atom Ads talks Kos.. D01101611[4 to th, - ;
,titete, thrift inti losiniess in na ()aeration ,-, perfect anti.;
dote to dyepeosia,4 hohlthroF inxerY, a 'genial totilo
certain etiro foreOlie oaloriond appetizer; it stidge
'foremost among the nmt discoveries,, the do. Sold Y
•all DrOggiste. ' '
WATER, F rvriena fors, purifying muddyy orator:
' • • ' :KitChen 'Furittohlog Itoottle,
Dock street; peloveWat#ut.
LADIES' EfAi'BlZ—Laditiii BMA of the
bdantlful styltse, it #keloiyetit prices in the city.
, ,
FItEXCE Alll3 o .Etio4llkt r CASSIIVtratE PAXTH.
. ' M ,
]trade to Order '
•
ed
A. Mintier ritett i1 e12 14 14.
Clotting at ( i an, a- 1.5 0 1 8-red And Ready made
01414.11 LES &TIMES'S,
„No. 821 Chestnut otreet,
liinder Continental Hotel.
HOLIDAY CONFECTION/3.
Tho largest assortment, in neat boxes,
for Prosents t ut
wurraraN & Co.'s,
916 Chestnut, below Fourth street,
GENTrA , AND,YOI7TH'S 'ASTRACHAN CAPS of
the beet makes. The cheapest in the city.
OAKFORD'aj •
Contiitoutal
,
. CORNS, Bunions , Inverted Italia, skillfully
treated by Dr. J. Davidson , No. 915 Chestnut, stretit.
iCharges moderate. • • .
J11E4010178 MOTHERS and noxses use for
children a safe and pleasant medicine in Bovair's infant
Cordial.
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTO and druggists' Sun
dries. •
• , BNOWDBN & BROTHER,
29 South Eighth street.
DEAFNESEi t BLINDNESS AND CATARRIL
J. Isaacs,_lll. D.,.Professor of the Eye and Ear, treats
all diseases appertaining to the above members with the
utmost success.. Testimonials from the most reliable
sources 'in the 'city can be seen at his office, No. 805
Arch street. The medical faculty are invited to ac
company their patients, as he has no secrets in his prac
tice. Artificial eyes inserted. Nb charge made for ex-
MISCELLANEOUS.
EDWIN 11. FriLDR & CO.,
Cordlike Manufacturers and Dealers in
Hemp,
23 N: Water Street 'and 22 N.,Deictware ilvenux, •
PIIILADELPRIti.
EDWIN 11. riTLEtt. ' CONE. nP. CLOTEII2II.
AL MARSHALL
DEUGGIST AND CHEMIST t
AND WHODEBA.LE DEALER IN
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS AND
PATENT MEDICINES,
Nos. 1301 and 1303 MARKET STREETI
0030-g to th 3mra
OPERA GLASSES
For New Year's Presents
At JAMES W. QUEEN & 'CO.'S,
OPTICIANS, - '
, i No. ft 4. CIVESTNITT STREET. ,
de2o-1m
FRED. SYLVEST*R;
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
208 SOUTH le OffitTH STREET,
dell-ly .§
PRINTING-.
, • _
The Pocket-Book Calendar and
Directory for MO, in
a neat style of
PRINTING
is now ready and may be had.
FOR
NOTHING,
which Is as near as possible the rates
at which work generally is done •
BY
A. C.' BRYSON & CO.,
Steam-power Printers,
No. 607 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Bulletin Building.)
INSURANCE;
OFFICE ANTHRAOITE MSURAN(SE
COMPANY. , .
Pitits,batcio,t, January 3,1876.
State Mont of buainebs and condition of the , Company
for year ending Deceitiber 31, 1869:
14HOEIVED FROM JANUARY 1, 1869, TO DECEM
BER 31, 1869. ,
On Marine and Inland Risks .1176.69 I 94
Cu Fire Risks .
18,012 66
Premiums not determined Dec. 311868 ' ' 14.914 05
PREMIUMS EARNED DURING THE YEAR. .
'On Marine and Inland Risks - • • 835479 05
On •Tiro 'Oaks 10,862 69
interest, Salvage, itc., roceivedduring the' ,I,
year 16,1a2 , 89
LOSnES i EXPENSES, MI., DURING, THE YEAR..
Marine Losses. . 465,489 79
'lire Losame. ... 23,164 32
Return Premiums and `lie-insurance' 7,966 54
Cenunissions...., ' ' 3,524 28
State and City Taxes; Salaries, Rent, Print
ing, dry 14 ) 705 7
United States Taxes . , 1,656 78
ASSETS, JANUARY 1,1870. ' . •
Bills Receivable • 676,092 41 '
Premiums Outstanding and Interest
Accrued ' 0,302 OR' '
Union Bank of Reading rue 00
City 6 per cent. Loan (new), 35,000 00
Philadelphia and Beading Railroad
let Mortgage Bonds2o,ooo 00
O. S. 6 per cent. Bonds 031's/.. r „. .. ... 10,465 90'
Pennsylvania Railroad, Ist Hort-
gage Bonds ' 4.875 00 '
U. S. Loan, 5-2IPs ' 10.000 00 '
Cash in Bank 'mil on hand 18,770 24
-•Steek-...%:c.., held by Company • - • 2,850 00 - • - .
Stock Liabilities 59,730 00
- . 7'4523301 73
At an eleetion by the Stockholders of the Anthrticita.„
Insurance Company, held Jaiiiiiii•y 3, 1870, to elect ten
Directors to serve.the ensuing year,, following gen
tlemen were elected : ,
Wm. Esher. I” Peter Sieger,
Lewis Audanried. - Wm. F. Dean,
John R. Blakistoii. Johu.Ketcliam,
J. E. Banni, John'll. lloy 1;
Samuel 11. Bothehnel, Wm. 311, Baird.
At a meeting of the Board of 'Directors, held on the
sumo day, the following °Dicers were elected :
WM. ESHER. President,
WM. F. (LEAN, Vice President. • • ,
WM.' AL SMITH',
Secretary.
TO ItgNT.
FOll RENT—THE SEUOND,TFILRDN.6 - A
Fourth Ilocire of store R. W. corner Sixth Mid Nar
liot streets, — Apply - onfbe prembee. - Portqlt,—
. 1 1 0
30 nerve, on
,North Pennsylvania Railroad,. 7 tullee
from city, etAO Ater lumina; Apply to KEYSER
KING , next depot, Germantown. 2t"
WANTS.
17. .
T ANTED—AI L
AS OD MAN
vif on 1111 Corps. Addross " Rodman," Itt,
this °Moe. . ' ja.472t
14)1 Aisz
BONUS—A (r J A. • ( 1P
e I iuest ('Xperfellel,, and furnishing first daSEI
ref . ..rein,. or Tenuity , wild! .14 it po s it 011
StPatoslup,Lino tu on Railroad Line, in office. Addross o
" unnantown 0., mint. a t, t,
DELPIIIA; Vtit§6AY, JAN
••
• (~ 1 3 .1 3 33,,
TWO:. WEniii'S MOUE
TW" 4 4 mr,43lvinks moun,
TN() 410 RE
$ W 'WErslifi' MOAB
TWO , WEERSIVIORE
WANAMAKER 41; BROWN
I WANAMAIKBR:A lato*N
r. , wA I I 4I Y/4,4,1g0wN
ez - 13nowi4 ,
WANA MAKER BROWN
TWO wEtlics wrost.:
TWO' WhiaiS MORE
= i TWO ivilr,ifs-kortE.
TWO WEF.AiS MORE,
TWO WEEKS MOUE
WANANI.AKER Re BROWN
yVANAMAKER & ]BLOWN
WANANIAKEIt lac • DROWN
WANAMARER 411; BROW N
WANAMAILER 'A; lIIROWN
TWO WEEKS MORE
TWO WEEKS MORE
TWO WEEKS MORE
TWO WEEKS MORE
TWO WEEKS MORE
MEWS OVERCOATS..
At' .5'7 50 Cost Elsewhere'. 510 0 0
At 510 00 * Cost Elsewhere. 15 00
At $1? 50:, Cost Elsqwhere 18 00
At $l5 00 n post RElsowbere 2'2 00
At 520 00 Cost Elsewhere., 30 00
BIEN'S CEI/14717EAFIELI)S.
At 68 00 Cost Elsewhere Sll 00
At $lO 00 Cost Elsewhere. 14 00
At $O - }Agewhere. - - 17 00
At Sll 00..... ..Cost Elsewhere....... 20 00
At §lB 00 Cost I.lllserere. • ,95 00
ALEN'S SACK COATS.
At $5 00 — Cost ElAewhere
At $8 00 Cost ELsewhere
At $lO 00 ' Cost Elsewhere
At $l3 00 Cost Elsewhere
At $l6 00. Cost Elsewhere
GENTS': FURNISHING GOOPIS x.
AiSORTMENI( :AND CORRESPONDING REDUCTIONS.
~' .~;j .
Now, then, one visit will convince yon -of every fact stated lbsve.
.Many of the articles have been made up witiiin the last ten days; and aro, :purchased since the low rates of gold, and durinethe'de
presoed,istate of the market.. -, - • • •
. •
kiv the accommodation of the public, we will keep open evcry evening until 9,o'clock, and tiatunlaym tt1111) o'clock.
WANA.MAKER & BROWN,
OAK HALL, , OAK HALL,
S. E. COIZISTErt. SIX'IIII AND MARKET wr]Er.-Birs.
DRY GOODS.
V IJL &6 )
••7 LINEN STORE, tf).
828 Arch street.
New Store, 1128 CHESTNUT STA
New Departme.nt,---Bed Clothing.
Best Blankets, Fresh - from the Mill% ;
Marseilles Bed Quilts.
Honeycomb Quilts; all sizes.'
Allendale and Lancaster Quilts..
Linen Sheetings, every width.
Cotton Sheetinge, " "
Pillow Caaings. ,
We mean to do a large trade n this dopartmetittb y
offering cheap and reliable goods.
187:0;, -- kHAPyr*W:YER;':1810:
COOPER-'-'i-k;CONAMi
llavo4orne groat Bargains among tho
Silk Poplins,
Wool Poplins,
_lliac& Silks,
Fine Plaids,
Rich - Shawls
Silk. Velvets!
,Cloakings,
Velveteens.
..Cassinieres.,
• OvercoatingS,
Blankets, .
" Quiffs;
Roinan. Scarfs.
Ci - lov : es, Ties. A:0. '
COOPER & CONA,RD..
S. E. corner Ninth' ait.litarket Sts.
ja 1 3trps
'USEFUL' PRESENTS
FOR TILE
inc•T_ADA:vtif: ' •
Pointe, Real Valenoienne LACES
Thread and Guipure
7r0313#8 O4LARS, RiR.FS. and 14 theyard.
TRIMMED and EMB'D. SETTS: , - .
ROMatj!3 atl S
e i toyiokcvyicrAio
n.
iNDIAandOA
_MERE SCARFS. '
Together with our elegant Stock of BIKS, , POPiaNk :
and ovary variety o
,
Dress Gwds,Shswls,Cleths l casslnieres,ete
JOHN ' :W. THOMAS ,
• '
Nos. 405 an 4 4071 . fieeond !S h eet,'
COPARTNERSHIPS. :
TAMES LlENity woRKwAN HAS
eJ been admitted tO au interest ip nur Mitt from thui dato.
" ' '' • - WORKEAVii-dc , (JO.'
JANUARY ' • :
•
HASiTIT-JSIDAY•
,been !Admitted M iiitert4iit,fim firm fif4.8 . 41.5.0
) ' 11.d...fA111.8 & Zit., 723 .41,urkeif!strec t., ,
J. . , , 'tot 6t*
er2i21111Y67 - 0701 ,- FrONT 7 i IPICIrg B
Engglieu Shoathin_gi Pe t i for csa.i.i , .bg.)P TIC* ,
RTOWT gONR. 40,1! •
RIOE.—GO CASKS RICE NOW LAND
hot from steamer Promothoup, from Ctuirloatoo, S.
U. and for Nolo' by COCHRAN, RUSSELL ..k; CO., 111
lot street.
js7,o
. y,..1;11 Ct" .kll
..,-1 1 oori
:, 0 ...: ....
A L
. R .„). 8
..,,,. p , i _ . ,
• • - • 1 , ,i' ~ •
, a, c, ti . ~ .. t. (1
SINPE 1 liitSit D vi.i3Elt -''
4 Jg
' ' ' ' ;' , L , ' ''‘' . 4
' ../ ' ' . 1 ,'. :,' ~..,( l''; I N.
- ',
A, t' •:y. , i ,) 0 ' ' ' '.. : '
'Amount - -to , ' $lOB. - 00 a 04
AND...,,t . 1 , , ~ ; ~.,.:„ ; 1 . • r'. '
'rr !Tie' siieri*riiiiii''irif our
, . . wee open, role , tlie • Illitspe'etien 4W:tile:"
,•, 04441q446:0441411 "Wine 'ere Are, ^, . ~ ,
Erati400,441114 'taw, -""' , ' ..• '
tcliiiB li (..
lotlifilE mi, O F OUR, DIAJMUIt lOVIL. .ttilt L•
yet;r*4ol.ll:l6 iitAilt; by Actirtur.'osoarti,•
,i,ol4 : 7lloo"„fuvare,okuh.. 2 , , - I
, , ,- - ,f 911,11 efeek's tlitemiektle*;.'
MEE
At $3 00, (all wl)Cost, Elsewhere $5 00
At $4, 00 Cost Elsewhere...—. 600
At $5 00 Cost Elsewhere...—. 7 00
At. $8 50 Cost' Elsewhere 9 00
At $7 50 Cost Elsewhere 10.00
At *8 50.......C05t Else Where 'l2lOO
At $1 .50 (all wl) Cost Ehke7here....... 'Op
At S2'so Cost Else Where 4 00.
At $3 50.:..C05t ElseWhere'. Of)
At $4 25 Cost Elsewhere— 0 00
At $5 00. Cost Elsewhere:....... 750
BOYS' OVERCOATS.
..'0 00
.. 12 00
.. 14 00
.. 17 00
. • 2'2 00
At 'Z , .k.5 00.
At $.6 50.
At $7 50..
Atslo 00..
At ,513 50;
IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT OUR IDEA
DRESS GOODS STOCK
SPRING IMPORTATIONS,
~ '1
HOMEIt i t, COLLADAY&CO.,
1412 AND ' 1414 CHESTNUT STREET.
in 4 td the St
rill LIINERY GOODS
Bridal, Birthday and Holiday Presents.
Department
/VIAROHE..
The One Dollar Department contains a large assortmeat
- Of 'Fine FrtantiiiGoods,
Embracing Desks, Work, Glove, Handkerchief -sand
Dressing Boxes great , :variety: Dolls, Mechanical
Toys and Tree Trimmings, 811 k Fens Leather Bags,'
Pocket Books; China Vases and ornaments, to., •••
pltOM 41 00 to $150.00.
Calland examine mar Paris Goods. Party and Orening
:howled made and. Trimmed from French and. English'
Fashion Plates. • -
Fancy Costumes for Plasqueradbo,Balls, made to
order in Forty-eight Hbuts , , Notice, at
. MRS. AW, A. ' BI NDER'S ,
, ,
Ladies' liresaTrisinatingb '
Pap,er,Eatterti,Dyess and , Cloak Making
Establishment,
N. W. Cor. EpEVENTII and CHESTNUT Streoto.
OEN IN Tilti EVENING.
'f X IE; s.,
molg-oki NROVGRIT, IRON.
Ca l iable of holding 'from' 360 — t0 1,0 . 09 'bottles.:
W would.oalYtliß attfintion brgontlemoli to tilVtlow
i,7 l Ccop , i9iopt hylieb;.
ROBERT WOOL 4. CO,.
1.136 Itidg:e AVAnp4p.'
de29 18trpL
011.'ON .-157 1.7 - A - Kir-
I.Jing from stoomer Tonawanda, for solo by 00011-
A liC• CO. 1 011.0 :tree • •
=MEM
.4 116 9•Mesee• 0 8eks.'
2,870 'poiliB Stenos Sots,
3,2lo•Xen's
118 goys' ikiteTOMAS.
678 1107 e Joakets,
1,481 pairs Boys' Pants,
394 Being' TOON,
73 Mire lindlemeosits.
This is too much to keep, and we
WELL NACHITTOS IT
TO GET NEXT SEANON'S STOCK READY:
SO. rOp. Tar. WEXT TWO WEEKS,
WE • WILL ACOEPIC 011DLPILS
FOR xors or
SINGLIE GARMENTS.
AT RATES LOWER THAN ANY ONE ELSE
WILL DARE TO SELL AT,
311 EN'S PANTS.
...Cost Elsewhere., v.s4 00
.Cost Elsewherd......... 10 00
IlLqewhere::....'.. 11 00
..Cost 10 00
Ei3eWhere 4.. ?0 .00
CLOSING OUT
FIFTEENTH OF JANUARY,
To make room for
We have made
LARGE R E DUCTIONS
In, the balance of the Goods.
PURCHASERS DESIROUS OF OBTAINING
GREAT BARGAINS
Are advised to examine the stock.
=ME
BOYS' • IrSDIENSCOAM
'At $ 5 00......1:b0w1:ter° $
At $ 6 00, Coot ElsewheTe 9
At $ 8 00 Cost Elsewhere 11 .
At .$lO 00 Cost Elsewhere 13
At $ll 50 Cost Elsewhere 15
11011ffr JA
At $2 50 Cost Elsewhere.. .... . $3
At 's3 50.......C05t' Elsewhere. 4
At $4 00 Cost 5
At $5 00 Cost ELsewher'o........ . 7
BOYS' PANTS.
,
At S 2 50 ... ...Cost "Elsewliere. 33
At w 3 5O .Cost Elsewhere .. $4
A 84 00....'....C05t ELsevriero. 5
At 1.35 00.. Cost, Elsewhere.. 7
At $1 '25.. Cost ELsewhere.. $2
At $l. 75.. Cost Elsewhere...—. 2
At . Elsowbere....t.. 3
OUR
BY. THE
FURNITURE, &C.
p' 4
GEO. J. HENKELS
CABINET; MAKER.
Inland 1303 CHESTNUT STREET.
Et/WAHL/MUM) 1814.•
000 4 Fhwnlture pt the lowest
price. 1 , 3
nol6,9mrp§
FOR - SIA - LEc --,l*
For Sale ietteaP• t,
A FIRST-CLAss ytftE FROOF SAFE.
-Adtiresa,"LlK)li," this office.
do9o.tfra
U ASKS sntroTrx - PRINIE
Cliarlogton lllc o landing and for sale by EDW. H.
0 x 16 South b'rost duet.,
trie
=Ell
BOYS' TESTS.