, 1862-02-18
4 Son Of Lord Byron In the Army.
A correspondent Of the New York Ers,iRs

Isst, writing from st. Louis says:
The war has had the effect Of bringing many
strange characters into notice who were not
before supposed to exist, and presenting hu-
light 4 queer one, calling himself Captain
George Gordon de Luna Byron, who is said,
and believed By many Of his acquaintance
though he docs not claim it hinself-to be the
son Of the noble English poet. THIS Captain
informs those who question him on tue sub
Manfred" but refuses to enter into any
particulars respecting the connection. Some
Of. his friends insist upon it that the Cap-
tain's head. eyes,, hair, brow, and nose
his putatiye father. Byron has been repre-
scntea as an etfeninate Apollo in appearance,
though suppose his pictures are greatly ideal
lzyd; indeed. two or three, said to hare been
taken from life, which hare seen, prove That
copclusive1y. Il he were half as handsome as
he is painted, the Captain has deteriorated;
hut still there is resemblance enough between
them to build belief upon; and those who
know the bard's liberal views, and not less
liberal practice, in what are sentimentally
termed affairs Of the heart--porhaps because
the heart has very little to do with thcm-win
not wonder that he has son almost any where,
even in tho army OF the United States.
The Captain las thorough acquaintance
with all the details Of Bsron's life, rs well as
Of Shelley, Keats, Moore, and most of the
AA0<ASAA t@14A AG4akG1 l14GEANo LIZ
a1lnccdotcs that have never appeared in print.
He declares that Byron, while in Spain, was
clandestinely married to a noble lady Of the
old family Of De Luna, and that the product
Of this marriage was an only son, the Captain
himself, though be does not say So The dis
coycry Of this union, through certain letters,
BY Lady Byron in England, caused tile separa-
ton, about which SO much mystery has eyer
rested, between the poet and his second
spouse; the true reason or which the proud
and injured woman pertinaciously refused to
diyu1gc.
| The subject Of this sketch went, when =
| youth. TO sEngland, and obtained a position
| in the British army, and served Is major for
some time in India He afterwards visited
Persia, and filled some official position there :;
| returned to England, aud after the breaking
/ out of the rebellion concluded to enlist in tho
| cause Of the Union having Inherited the same
love for liberty that characterized his distiu-
| guishcd father, and sent him, il the full bios
sonling Of his fame, to die at Missolonghi.
The Captain, who is about forty-fye years Of
age, modest, nnassu1ning, intellectual, and
| highly cultivated. hut rather bizarre in naau-
ners, began to write The " History Of the By
ron Family" some years ago hut; after com
the poets grandfather, he suspended his laners
| for tho adoption OF an abbreviated account,
| which is to be given to the world at some fu-
ture day.
So much for the Captain, his statements, aud
!
plausible enough, aud may be true. al those
who know him believe they are. I give the
brief history as have heard 1t from various
sources, thinking it would not be without in,
te1cst to many Of your readers. JUNIUs.
TEXTS PROM JEREMIAH FOB SERMON To
THE REBELS. By UNION PREACHER AT RoA
NONE BLAND Thy way and thy doings have
prscu1cd these things unto thea"
Destruction upon distractions cried; fol
! the whole land is spoiled; suddenly are MI
"How long shall see the standard and hea,
the sound Of the trumpetS"
"For my people is Foolish: they have no
known me; they are scottish children, ant
| they Exve none understanding; they are vi
to DO evtl, hutto DO good they haEe no knoR1
aHow shall IspArdon thee for this9 th,
children have fos.:ksa ma, q. md awota by thea
that arc no gods ~. = -: