Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-23

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fun BYRON SCANDAL The New York Tri
Luue ol Wednesday, publishes the essential
turtion. Of very remarkable magazine article,
a.. ghich Mir Harriet Beccher Stowe tells
aLrw the story ot Lord Byron separation
t,.m Lil wife, one oi the SaddeSt scandals of
.lr IGodcru literature, in the light of L cJnver-
alton had with Lady Byron four years before
lrr death. The Tribune says;
th.. new facts positively established are not 50
many A. might have been expected. That
lord Byron YaS llbertlnc all the world knows.
lla, thc worst any one could say of Lady Byron
va that she was faulty iaulteSs her husband
w14 the iirSt 10 admit. The present story can.
no,. therefore, add anything to the general APP
probation of Lady Byron moral character,
nor can it DO more than add one, albeit, the
iuulest shade OF darkness, to 4 character which
the world has already accepted aS very black.
Mrs. Stowe now sets forth that tue separa-
ton between the poet and his wife was not due
Ga his brutal treatment, beginning, as she her
.clf tells us, at the very church doors, when he
exclaimed, Madam, you will ind you have
married devil. aud continuing all the years
"A their welded life, but to Lady Byron dis
,oyery ui an lnceStuOus intrigue between her
husband and his half sister, which began be
tore their marriage, and continued under her
ruOi Thus horrible otstomcnt rests simply on
Lady RyrOn's assertion that she had discover
cd evidence of 1t, although Mrs. Stowe adds
that it is now well known in England, and
leaves 1t to be inferred that the guilty sister had
herself made confessions to the aggrleved wife.
IL remains 10 say that Lady Byron reason
uy making 50 rlghttul revelation against her
dead husband wa belief urged by her
friends, that it was necessary TO exhibit his true
character to check the popular and pernlclouS
influence Of his writings and that Mrs. Stowe
reason Tor now bringing the whole matter be
tore the world is desire, since the publication
ul the Countess GulcolOhs Memoirs, to vlndi-
cate the mcmory of the wife against the siam
ders II the mistress. Resting, as the rCvela-
ton does. on the statement OF Lady Byron to
Mrs Stowe without any mention of partlcu-
lars. ur production OF coroboratOry proof, it Is
,,ultc possible that the world may be disposed
as readily tn believe that Lady Byron might
have been deceived as that her depraved aud
hcentiOus husband was 4 monster, Both on
this pOlut aud on the prOprlety OF the publca'
ton in ony event. we are likely 10 have an
abundance Of discussion in literary circles.
Gas BURNERS. An English gas engineer
sums up as follows the results dcduced from
series OF careiu, experiments with different
varieties at nas.burners. IL seems certain that
alter all the ingenuity that has been expended
ru this class Of devices, :hcre set remains ample
rJom tor Improvement The variations in
the different kinds Of burners extcnled, in
round numbers, from Ia candles To candles
iur an equal consumption Of gas. This lowest
power wa. found IA L tsh.tall burner, such a.
= lr most common use aud the faulty manu-
iAtture OF these is shown by the circumstance
that burners of the same number, which ought
therefore 10 gave IN equal light, varied IN iliu.
miuating power from II candles to candles
tdr the same consumption OF gaS. !n The ent
perhaps il may be- found advisable to give con
>umer> some guarantee for the proper cOustIuc
ton oi ga burner for it is clear that they
.,e =, present applied with articles which rob
lLom a hall the value OF the gas they pay Tor.
ro CLAIM His BRIDE Reader may rc.
A lt,t
"a Duprtl ( Benedict Mlnstrcls, who i've
years ago teug then 4 poor Young lawyer,
c.urt5d the daughter OF \ New orS million
,.r, and obtained the father consent 20 his
marriage with her on condition that he would
IA, tama>s $50, 900 lie eentered the burnt cork
u,oitssion, became part proprietor OF the troupe
named abov,., ami toiled and Scraped together
l.r five long and weary years for the prIce OF
L,~ happiness. At last he has succeeded.
After counting the receipts OF the box Once OF
the Arch Street Theatre, IN Philadelphia, ON
Thursday evening, he found that the last ltu
AAs IN hts possession. tie Immediately tele'
graphod To his intended father ln-aw the Joy
tai Intelligence, and claimed the. iuihllnent oil
L.S well earned contract. Mr.. Benedict intends
to cling to lis profession until he has made
,uough to provide his bride with handsome
ttuu,Scau. v !. S,m, 18th.
CURIOUS CHEMICAL Discovery. The New
York Express, in speaking of the peach, says
that, among other heathlul attributes, it pos
-,.,4rs lust enough of hydrOcyauie acid to make
tn most useful article OF food for the worked.
ont and eniaeb.ed poor. This is important,
Il true. and upSetS the opinions hitherto held
by chemists, viz that the hydrocyanic acid in
the peach is confined to the kernel or pit, and
that this acid commonly known as prusslc
acid is q most deadly poison. \ single drop
LACED on the tongue Of dog will cause al
most immediate death. Factitious sugared al,
monds in which peach-kernels have been used
instead OF true almonds, have been known to
poison children who have eaten them. The
S,yriau arsenic caters are sensible fellows com