New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-18

10, ,osk Of soothing and pleasing and calming INC
Young and gifted, with peculiar air OF L snnSff
and spiritual beauty; graceful IN every NOV ~ biS
mind In All the higher walks literary culture ana MN
that Infinite pliability 70 al MS varying her
princely fortune. which, with a wonans m no wonder
generosity thrown at his feet-theI9 cnUd enter
that she might feel for awhile as !, and fght with
the lists with the very devil himself anu bor bnsband
Nv, WoS are Ind{eatops scattered through the let,
tiers OF Lord Byron. which though Drsl ert 70 accom-
modafe herself 70 him and TO give him cheerful home
Ono OF the poems that nc sehus 10 n,S 10 II "a
ms time he snesl Ia of as being copied by her de hau
always the highest regard for her literary ndgmens and
opinions and this little incident, SHOWS nas sne Eas az
ready assocating herself In Wfeiy rasnon WIN lib
Tow SSys before she left him forever, Lord By
ron sent Murray manuscripts, IN Lady Byrons manu-.
writing OF tho Siege OF COriDth and Parlsnla ana ~IT
al very glad that the handwrung was iaNyiS rUsI
that, for my copyst would write out angInns Ss
Ted N al s9e gb ITd Byron fes the charm Of
wifes mind the strength OF her powers bell you
could be poet too il you only thought So he would say
There were Summer hours in her stormy life. the memory
OF which never left her when Byron was as m
by good angel, and then for little tne az To ot
possibilities Of his nature stood reNeaeS s aItornsfs
Set%eeD angel and devil The buds Of hope and love
called out by day or twoof sunshine aio i'VA'" "eA
But there came An hour Of revelationan hour when,
which left no kind OF room LOT aouDt hsu
Byron the full depth OF the abyss OF lnaIy %n mon
her marriage was expected TO cover ana ha
she expected TO be the CLOAK ana tue ty
crushed by such disclosure; some would have fed from
Lady Byron did neither When all the hope OF woman
hood died out of her heart, there
brighter. that immortal kind OF love such as God
feels for the snnerthe love OF which Jesus SPOKE anu
ninety and nine that went not astray She would neither
leave her husband nor betray him, nor would enc iof
conyusive struggle which sometimes, for while,
the good angel seemed to gain, ground, ana theh
Lord Byron argued his with himself ana Win heI,
with all the sophstnes Of his powerful mind He Iepa;
every human being to follow out what he called the
impulses Of nature" subsequently ne nrodnee6d b Tc
In the drama Of "Cain" Adah the sister and the wife
Oh Gam 'iiu' "u'' Gam vail not with th, spirit
Bear with what we have borne. and love mel
ISe,sy More than thy mother and thy sirsi
4dah do. Is that SIM tool
lone tsy Jay will be in your children. 49,
Must Ssq DS, ny daughter love her brother BnOebI
LHeiter. Not as thou lowest Cain c.,
shall dG hey not love and bring is.,lcs.
Out Of SsT Sys hI We. they TS, 1 b.. d S
% RR %. e. %. ' So SSs: each oS: .': and
Thing which will love each other ss We love
Tbe4i-And as il love thee, my CANT 60 not
Forth with this spirit, he Is not Of our'- III,
u S5., The I1 Pss1 o G.' ct nv making
L seems in those who viii replace yein
%saG what's the sin which is not ,
Sin ip tsefI can circumstances make sin
OF Iruoi II il DOTH we are the slaves
lady Byron though slight and almost infantne in her
bodily presence, had the SOUL not only OF an anReHo
writer's lot to her period when she formed the
personal acquaintance OF many Of the very first minds OF
England; but, among all with whom this experience
brought her in connection there was none who impressed
her strongly Lady Byron There was an almost SUI
very highest and most comprehensive things that
made her ightest opinions sngqaPy Impressive save
degree the anguish and conflict OF these two years
when with TO help counsel her but Almighty
cod She wresed and struggled with ends Of darkness
for the redemption OF her husbands SOUL she Followed
him through ali his sophstical reasoniDgs with keener
reason she besought and impOred in the name Of his
was CAPABLE OF being and doing; and had Just power
enough convulse aud shake and agonze butnot power
enough TO suooue'.
These two years in which Lady Byron with all her
soul struggling bring her husband back to his better
ss ss MSee such wss the and desperate state
his worldly aalrs that there were ten executions for
Lady Byron's fortune each time which settled the
saw less and less Of each other, and he came
| more and more decidedly under eyil influences
Lady Byron once said significantly to q friend
who spoke Of some causeless dislike IN another Ny
dear have known people TO be hated for other
son than because they impersonated conscience" The
hiographers Of Lord Byron and all ms are care
was everybody who approached him and the saying
Of Fletcher his manseTyant, that anybody could do
anything with my Lord except my Lady, has often been
onoted Tho reason Of al this will now be evident my
and dreadful secrets Of his lie who had tie courage reso
utely and persistenty and nfexby TO plant herself in
is Should Be in spite Of her best efforts
He had tried his strength with her fully The first q
! tempt had been 10 make her an acc0mplce by
sophstry; by destroying her faith in Christianity and
confusing her sege OF right and %TGng 70 Pps heT INTO
marriage tie only as friendly alliance to cover license
! on both sides. When her husband described 70 her
the continental atitude-the odhumored marriage,
/ in which complaisant couples mutually agreed TO
gave her to understand hat in this way alone she could
have peaceful and friendly life with him. she answered
When Lord Byron found that he had to do with one
would not YIELD who kneT MN fpiy WHO e9nd not Pe
II was when the State OF affairs between herself ana
her husband seemed darkest and most hopeless that the
only child Of this union born. Lord Byrons treat
nent Of his wife during the sensitive period that pre-
ceded the birth this child, and during her confinement,
was marked by paT0xysms OF unInanly brutality, for
position Of insanity Moore sheds Significant light on
this period by telling us that about this time Byron
often drunk day after day with Sheridan There had
which Lady Byron's love put IN for him She regarded
him as III not insane at least 80 nearly approach
ing tho boundaries Of insanity TO be subec Of for
bearance aud tender pity and She loved him with that
when they have lost ali faith their husbands prine
pies, and an hopes of their affections. sth she IN
which he himself could not shake In the verses adj
dressed to hs daughter Lord Byron speaks Of her
And nat,[sd in, u eGSy L, .; ,b. china Ton,
suddenly into Lady Byrons room aud told her that
her mother dead TWAS utter alsehOod but II
only of the many naneess injuries aud cruetes by
which he expressed his hatred time after
her confinement, she was Informed by him. In note,
that as she able to travel she gothRt
he could not and would not longer have her about him.
and her child was only five weeks old he carried
this threat OF expulsion into effect. Id ..| .I
Here we will insert briefly Lady ByroDs account
1.-The only one she ever gave to the pubcOf this separa
The circumstances under which this brief story
written are affecting. Lord Byron was dead. The whole
account between HIM and her was closed forever IN this
had
simply and solely Lord BYTOn's own version OF their
story. Moore sent tins version to Lady byron. and