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vnT TTMF. VIÏT.-NÍTMRER 1170. CHARLESTON, S. C;, WEDINESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1869. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR BY TELEGRAPH. BUBOBB. THE ENGLISH PBE83 OS THE SPANISH SITUA¬ TION-THE BTBON SCANDAL-BIOT TN LOXDON- DXBST-CBTTICISlf OT MB. 8IOKLE8, AC, AC. LOUDON, September 30.-The Bpectator says : "War between Spain and the United States appears like a moral impossibility, bat it is universally believed in just now in Spain. War enthusiasm there is gather- *~ ¡BR fast. Minister Sickles* proposition is in¬ consistent with the precedent furnished by the conduct of the United States in 1866. What with Spanish pride »od American sympathies, the situation is very critical. It is difficult to believe that Spain, with a divided people, a bankrupt treasury, in revolt, with all to lose and nothing to win, caa seriously -contemplate war with one of the greatest pewers on the * earth. The Saturday Review holde that if- the proposals of General Sickles is accurately re¬ ported, there is no ground for complaint agahtat America for making an offer to Spain io the character of a disinterested mediator. It is possible that some of the people in Spain who urge the sending of reinforcements to Cuba desire the absence of the army... With military force only can. the Regent maintain the power and authority of the Coans against the Republicans and Carliste. The friends of Ic. jolla might be formidable in the absence .of the anny. The government most see that to . sacrifice the army Will not not save Cuba. Al- roding to the desire to possess Cuba, the writer thinks the argument of Buchanan in favor of annexation must be more agreeable to their ears now that slavery has been sup¬ pressed, but whether it is their trae interest to include an alien and uncongenial population in the Union is a question for future history. The Times, in sn article on Byron, says: s x "Mrs. Stowe admits that she was consulted with by Lady Byron only on the expediency of publishing the true account of the separation, and owes that she dissuaded her from doing so. She omita to produce adequate authority for her statement. Whatever there may be believed of this revelation, Mrs. Stowe was wrong in publishing information which was supplied in order that she might give the opinion as to what action should be taken upon it." M. Schlessenger, in a letter to the Cologne Gazette, states that Mr. Wentworth repeatedly assured him that Lady Byron desired the un¬ happy story of her marriage to die with her, and that the family papers contained no se¬ crets. ZEELAND. Loir^oKDBBET, September 18.-À riot oc¬ curred yesterday between porters on a strike and others who refused to join them. Both sides were strengthened by their friends, and the riot threatened to become formidable, when the military appeared, and, .charging into the crowd, dispersed them. Several persons were injured, but none were killed. SPAIN. MADBXD, September 18.-The Spanish press has been in a ferment of excitement and indig¬ nation since the presentation of General Sickles' note. Some of the journals abase the American Minister sadly. They say he was sent here solely because he was known to be a strong partisan of Caban annexation. General Sickles emphatically denies the assertion that his mission refers owly to Cuba. He insists that he has never broached tbe question of the cession of the island to the United States, but merely hip ted that the American Government is willing to interpose its friendly offices for tho settlement of Spain's difficulties with Cuba. A decree proclaiming liberty of worship in Cuba will appear in the Official Gazette to¬ morrow. It is probable Becerna or Romero will be sent to Cuba to resolve, on the spot, all questions of administration. The embarka¬ tion of reinforcements for Cuba hat comme .ic ed. It is confidently asserted that Admiral Topete will command the fleet. MADRID, September 21.-The4 cfiy journals are still violant against the presumed ucrriend- lintss of the American government, and some arge aa immediate declaration of war if the Cuban»* are recognized as belligerents. The Ministry, after discussing the propriety of re¬ turning 810x100' note unanswered, decided to postpone a reply until the arrival of Prim. TEAKex. PARIS, September 21.-The papers publish a letter from father Hyacinthe, address¬ ed to the Father General of his order at Borne, announcing that he abandons his con¬ vent and ceases to preach in the church of Notre Dame de Paris. The reason for this step he declares to be that he cannot obey the orders of the Holy See. He protests before the Pope and Council against the doctrine and practice of the Roman Church, which he coû¬ te ada are not in accordance with the princi¬ ples of Christianity. The bodies of six murdered persons, worn'rn and children, were fonod ia a field near Paris. The police have discovered no trace of the as¬ sassin. .Prince Metternich was received by the Em¬ peror yesterday. The Biron von Beast has aot yet arrived. NBWB PBOX WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, September 21.-The impres- | sion is gaining ground that Commissioner De¬ lano will urge in bis report the continuance of the present tax laws for further trial, though it is known that he favors some kind of tsx on cotton. Captain Sanderson is relieved from duty in tbe Department of the South, anl ordered to report to General Can by. The President will positively arrive at noon to-morrow. - The Virginia Banks have over ninety-four thousand dollars in specie, those of North Carolina over fifty-four thousand, South Caro¬ lina over fifteen thousand, Georgia over thirty¬ nine thousand, Alabama thirty-four thousand, New Orleans nineteen thousand, and Tex .s four hundred thoasand. THE OLD DOMINION. RICHMOND, September 21.-Governor Walker «as installed as Provisional Governor at the gubernatorial mansion to-day a.t noon, General Canby being present. Governor Wells turned over the office to the new incum jent, who took the iron clad and other of.ths of office. There were no ceremonies and 'io demonstration save the gathering of a considerable crowd of white and colored people to congratulate the new Governor, wbo shook hauls with them. Governor Walker's first appointment, m.* Je after his assuming the duties of bis office to¬ day, was that cf Captain Wm. E. Cameron, editor of the Petersburg Index, as his secretary. Captain Cameron was an officer in the Confed¬ erate crmy, and one of the first and most de¬ termined supporters of Walker and the Con¬ servative tickst in tbe late campaign. I A PIOUS FRAUD. NEW YOBK, Septembar 21.-The Methodist Book Concorn, No. 505 Broadway, is the loser of several hundred thousand dollars by cor¬ ruption and fraud. The deficit was discovered by the Rev. Dr. Lañaban, tbe uew agent. The frauds have been going on for eight or nine years, and seems to lie i J the fact that Dr. Porter allowed bis son", who was a paper bro¬ ker, to charge heavy commissions on the pur¬ chase of paper used by tbe establishment. Ir¬ regularities aie also reported in the bindiup department. The investigation is still in pro¬ gress. _ SPARKS TROX THE WIRES. Colonel J. H. Powell, the Colorado River explorer, bas returned to Chicago, having traversed the entire ground. There is a cc al miner's strike at Port Henry, New York. The strikers are continually at¬ tacking those employed. Several persons have been severely beaten. The danger to life and property is imminent. Tbe Pacific Express Company commences operations October lat. It is rerorted that tbe Central Pacific Railroad Company bas noti¬ fied other express companies^ hat they will not carry their fast freight a ft er that date. The officers of the Grand Lodge of Od'l Fellows in San francisco yesterday presented their reports, Which exhibit a gratifying con¬ dition of the Order, except in interior Southern States, where it is particularly bad. Tbe ex¬ tension of the Order in Australia bas been very successful. PERSONAL. GOSSIP. -Dr. Charles Mackay accompanied Jefferson Davis to Edinburgh. -John Morrissey ii going to build a, club¬ house near Congress Spnng, Saratoga. -A. T. Stewart will be ready to receive in his Fifth-avenue palace, New York, next New Year. -Dr. John Lynch has declined accepting the position of demonstrator of anatomy, tendered him by the trustees of the South Carolina Uni¬ versity. -Mr. Henry Sedley, tho editor of the late Bound Table, has accepted tbe position of liter¬ ary, art and dramatic reviewer on the New York Times. -Válese, who arranged the betrayal of Maxi¬ milian, has leen appointed Governor of the Puebla district, ic which it is feared an ol ber rebellion is brewing. -One of Brigham Young's daughters recent¬ ly i'ell in love with a handsome young Gentile, and an elopement to a land of liberty was plan¬ ned. Relays of horses were stationed along the road, and late one night th9 lover pro¬ ceeded in a buggy tor. place near the premises of Brigham, wbere ll J lady wao to meet him, and they were to begin their flight. The old man bad got wind of tbe affair, however, and just as the damsel was about to join ber wait¬ ing lover, several policemen seized ber, and putting her into Brigham's family carriage, which was promptly at hand, she was driven back to the paternal home, to await there tbe destiny that Mormonism has in store for ber. -Mr. Joseph Jefferson, the actor, has already made a great many improvements upon tho country seat recently purchase ï by him in Hoboken, New Jersey. The house is an old- fashioned brown stone mansion, surrounded by beautiful grounds which run down to the shores ot Meadow-Mere Lake and Saddle River. The buildings, grounds and shrubbery have all bean redressed, the lake and river have been .tocked with bass and tiout, and Mr. Jefferson hts collected here all his books and pictures, bis splendid stud of horses, and his souvenirs of play and travel in all parte of the world. Here he will make his permanent home, and, surrounded by bis charming family, he will enjoy the fruits of bis labors and dispense an elegant hospitality to his troops of friend«. -Céspedes, the leader of the Cuban revolu¬ tion, is thus described by an American gentle» man who has returned from the island : "He is a man about forty-five years of age; is a middling stout gentleman, ot agreeable tem¬ per, and is quite mild mannered. His com¬ plexion is fair, though of dark brown bair and eyes. There is no pretence atÄ'ut him. He is no talker, yet when he speaks it is to (he pur¬ pose. He reads English well and speaks it, though not fluent!}*. At first view one would take him for a plain, quiet, unpretending gen¬ tleman; but on acquaintance he discovers sa¬ gacity and a profound knowledge ot men and of the world. It may be said that hs is a man of eminently practical ideas. He is unmoved at reverses, and bas a high, undoubting confi¬ dence in the success of the revolution. There ie u) gentleman more amiable than be, and one more beloved by everybody. Céspedes is a Urge property owner; was at the opening of the war the first lawyer at the Bayamo bar, and has been eminently successful in all his efforts and undertakings. ^ He can endure much, for his phyeique is well adapted to labor, either mental or physical. Perhaps be would weigh one hundred and fi (ty pounds." A COTTON PRESS IN BALTIMORE. The Baltimore Suo of Monday says: During the past few years tbe cotton trade of Baltimore has increased to such an extent that a press for the exclusive use of compres¬ sing the srreat S J ut hern product has become a matter of actual necessity here. It is well koo rn that much of the cotton landed here is in such a condition, from the bursting of the bales, that both the European steamers and sailing vessels refuse to receive it as freight, in consequence of its occupying too much room in the hold. In order to remedy the evil in this matter. Mr. Jerome S. Busk some time since leased tbe large warehouse at tho head Flannigan's wharf, fronting on the long dock and extending back to Mill-street, just at tbe point where the Charleston, Savannah, Wil¬ mington and Norfolk steamers land their car¬ goes, and has erected therein a cotton press of the most improved pattern, moved by hy¬ draulic power, with a thirty-horse power engine, at a cost, in all, of some twenty thor sand dollars. Ibis press is represented as being an improvement on the celebrated hy¬ draulic piesses now in ase in the principal Southern ports. The engine and machinery are certainly very fine, and it is claimed that the press, when in full operation, will be able to press a bale of cotton in two minóles. Having a water iront, tbe cotton as soon as Dressed can be placed lu scows and carried to tbe Eu¬ ropean steamers at Locust Point, or to stiling vessels at Fell's Point, with but little handling, and placed in tbe hole in as compressed a con¬ dition as it is possible to effect with cotton. The adjusting of tbe machinery is nearly com¬ pleted, and <t is understood that a public exhi¬ bit on will be given to merchants and shippers early in the coming week. Those interested in the cotton trade appear to be much pleased with the enterprise, affording facilities, as it does, to the trade of Baltimore in the grea t Southern staple. -Apropos of the Ooumenical Council that is to be, the following arrangements for the comfort of the loreign prelates invited are cnannteed by a writer in La Liberte to be correct: " lue bishops are to receive a dailv allowance for expensen, (frais desejour). rang¬ ing from ten to fl'teen france, say two or three dollars m gold, according to their rank. Be¬ sides wDich carriages will be provided, at the expense of tbe pontifical treasury, to take the prelalcj to the sessions of tbe council and to the ccramonies thev mav be required to attend aid to bring them back." LOBB AXD BABY BYRO*. NEW EVIDENCE PRODUCED BT LORD LINDSAY. Unpublished Letters from Lady Byron and landy Anne Barnard. The London Times, of the 7th instant, con¬ tains the following letter from Lord Lindsay, giving new evidence in relation to the Byron scandal, in the torm of unpublished letters from Lady Byron and Lady Anne Barnard: I'TO the Editor of (he Times: "SIE-Í have waited in expectation of a cate¬ gorical denial of the horrible chargé brought by Mrs. Beecher Stowe against Lord Byron aud his sister, on the alleged, authority of the late Lady Byron. Such denial has been only indirectly given by the letter of Messrs. Whar¬ ton and Fords in your impression of yesterday. That letter is sufficient to prove that Lady Byron never contemplated the u?e made of ber name, and tbat her descendants and represen¬ tatives disclaim any conntenance of Mrs, Beecher Stowe's article; but it does not specifi¬ cally meet Mrs. Stowe's allegation that Lady Bvron in conversing with her thirteen years ago affirmed the charge now bafbre us. It re- maina open, therefore, to a scandal-loving world to credit tho calumny through the ad¬ vantage of this flaw, involuntary, I believe, in the answer produced against it. "My object in addressing you is to supply that deficiency by proving that what is now stated JU Lady Byron's supposed authority is at variance in all respects with what she stated immediately after the separation, when every¬ thing was fresh io her memory in relation to the time during whiyb, according to Mrs. Beecher Stowe, she believed that Byron and bi3 sister were living together iu guilt. 1 publish this evidence with reluctance, but in obedience ta that higbor obligation of justice to the voiceless and defenceless dead which bids mo break through a reserve that other¬ wise I should-have held sacred. The Lady Byron ot 1818 would, I am certain, have sane, tioned my doing so had she foreseen the pres¬ ent unparalleled occasion, and thc bar that the conditions of ber will present (as I infer from Moosra. WliaUuu and Pord'a lotter) against any fuller communication. Calumnies such as the present sink deep and with rapidity into the public mind, and are not easily eradicated. The fame of one of our greatest poets, and that of the kindest and truest and most constant friend that Byron ever bad, is at stake; and it will not do to wait f ir revenions from the fountain-head, which are not prom¬ ised, and possibly may never reach us. "Thc late Anne Barjard, who died in 1*2 J, a contemporary and friend of Burke, Windham, DuQdas, and a host of the wise and good of that generation, and remembered in letters as the authoress of 'Auld Hobin Gray,' had known tho late Lady Byron from infancy, and,took a warm interest in her, holding Lord Byron in corresponding repugnance, not to say preju¬ dice, in consequence of what she believed to be his harsh and cruel treatment of her young friend. I transcribe the following passages and a letter from Lady Byron herself (written in 1818) from ricordi, or private family me¬ moirs, in Lady Anne's autograph, now before me. I include the letter, because, although treating only iu general terms of the matter and the causes of the separation, it affords col¬ lateral evidence beating strictly upon the point of the credibility of the charge now in ques¬ tion : «« «The separation of Lord and Lady Byron astonished the world, which believed bim a re- foimedmana8 to bis habits, anda becalmed man as to his remorses. He had written noth¬ ing that appeared after his marriage till the famous 'Fare thee well,' which had the power of compelling those to pity the writer who were not well aware that he was not the un¬ happy person he affected to be. Lady Byron's misery was whispered soon after her marriage and his ill-usage, bot no word transpired, no sign escaped from her. She gave birth shortly to a daughter, and when she went as soon as she was recovered on a visit to ber tether's, taking her little Ada with her, co one knew that it was to return to her lord no more. " 'At that period a severe fit of illness had confined me to bed for two months. I beard of Lady Byron's distress; of the pains he took to give'a harsh impression of her character to the world. I wrote to her, and entreated her to come and let me see and bear ber, if she conceived my sympathy or counsel could be any comfort to ber. She came -but what a tale was unfolded by this interesting young creature who bad so fondly boped to have made a young man of genius and romance (as she supposed) happy ! They had not been an hour in the carnage which conveyed them from the church, wheo, breaking into a malignant sneer. 'Oh ! what a dupe you have been to your imagination. How is it possible a woman of your sense could form the wild hope of re- torm'ng me? Many aro the tears yon will have to shed ere that plan is accomplished. It is enough for me that yon are my wife for me to hate yon; if you were the wife of any other man I own yon might have charms,' ¿c. "I. «ho listened, was astonished. 'How could you go on after this,' said I 'my dear? Why did you not return to your father's?' 'Be- causè I bad not a conception he was in earnest; because I reckoned it a bad jest, and told bim so-that my opinions of bim were very dif¬ ferent from bis of himself, otherwise he would not find me by bis side, He laughed it over when he saw mo appear hurt, and I forgot what had passed till forced to remember it. I nelieve he was pleased with rn?, too, for a lit¬ tle while. I suppose it had escaped his memory that I was bis wife.' But she described the happiness they enjoyed to have been unequal and perturbed. Her situation in a short time might have entitled her to some tenderness, but she made no claim on him for any. He sometimes reproached her for the motives that had induced her to marry him-all was 'vanity, the *anity of Miss Milbanke cirrving the point of reforming Lord Byron. He always knew her inducements; her pride shut her eves to bis; be wished to build up his charac¬ ter and his fortunes; both were somewhat de¬ ranged; she bada high name and would have a fortune worth his attention-let her look to that for bis motives.' *0, Byron, Byron,' she said, 'bow you desolate me 1" ".He would then accuse himself of being mad. aud throw himself on the ground in a frenzy, which she believed was affected to con¬ ceal the coldness and malignity of his hetrt- an affectation which at that time never failed to m"et with the tenderest commiseration. 1 could find by sonio implications, not followed up by me lest she might have condemned her¬ self afterwards for her involuntary disclosures, that he soon attempted to corrupt her princi- Eles. both with respect to ber own conduct and er latitude for his. She saw tho precipice on which she stood, and kept bis sister with her as much as possible. He returned in thc even¬ ings from the haunts of vice, where he made her understand he bad been, with manners so profligate ! 'Oh, the wretch !' said I, 'and had he no momenta of remoree?' 'Sometimes he appeared to bavo them.' " 'One night, coming home from one of bis lawless parties, he saw me so indignantly col¬ lected, and bearine all with such a determined calmness, that a rush of remorse seemed to come over him; he called himself a munster, tbo.ugb his sister was present, and threw him¬ self in agony at my feet. 'I could not-20-I CL did not forgive him such injune-. He had lost me forever.' Astonished at the return of virtue, mt tears, I believe, flowed over his lace, and I said, 'Byron, all is forgotten; never, never shall you hear of it more !' He started up, and, folding his arms while he looked at me. burst into laughter. 'What do you mean?' said I. 'Only a philosophical experiment, that's all,' 6aid he; 'I wished to ascertain the valU9 of vonr resolutions.' " 'I neednot say more of this prince of du¬ plicity, except that varied were his methods of reudericg Ler wretched, even to the last. When her lovely little child was bore? and it was laid beside its mother on the bed, and he wes :nrcrmed Le might see his daughter,' al- ter gazing at it witb an exulting emile, tl was the ejaculation that broke from him: "C what an implement of torture have I a equi r in you I" 8nch be rendered it by bis eyes a manner, keeping her in a perpetual alarm its safety when in bis presence. All this rea madder than I believe he was; but she bad r then made up her mind to disbelieve his pi tended insanity, and conceived it best to trust her secret with the excellent Dr. Baili; telling bim all that seemed to regard the st: of her husband's mind, and letting his advi regulate her conduct. " 'Baillie doubted of his derangement, bi as he did not reckon his own opinion infallib be wished her to lake precautions as if fa husband was so. He recommended ber coi; to the country, but to give lim no suspicion ber intentions of remainise there, and foi short time to show no coldness in her lette till she could better ascertain his Btate. S "went-regretting, ae she told me, lo wear a semblance bnt the truth. A shurt time d closed the story to the world, fie acted t part of a man driven to despair by ber infle: ble resentment and by the arts of a govefne (once a servant in the family) wbo bated bil 'I will give you,' proceeds .Lady Anne. *afi Daragraphs transcribed from one of La Byron's own letters to me. Z " 'It is sorrowful to think that in a very lill time thia young and amiable creature, wit patient and feeling, «ill have her cbaract ca istaken by every one who reads Byrot works. To reecue her from this I preserv her letters, and when she afterwards express a fear that anything of ber writing should ev fall into hands to injure him (1 suppose s! meant hy publication,) I solemnly assured h that it never should. But here this letter eh: be placed, a sacred record in her favor, u known to herself: LADT BSBON'l) LETTEB. "'I am a very incompétent judge of the ii pression which the last canto of Childe Haro may produce on the minds of indifferent rea era. It contains the usual trace of a conecien restlessly awake, thoogfa bis object has bei too long lo aggravate its burden, as if it con be thus oppressed into eternal stupor. I w hope as yon do, tbat it survives his ultima good. It was the acuteness of his remore impenitent in its character, which so lor seemed to demand from my compassion Bpare every semblance of reproach, every loc of grief, which might have said to his coi science, "You have made me wretched I am decidedly of opinion that be is reapons ble. Be has «¡shed to be' thought partial deraoged, or ou the brink of it, to perplc observers and prevent them from tracing e fects to their real causes through all the ii tricicies of his conduct. " 'I was. as 1 told yon, it one time the dup of his acted ineanity, and cluog to the forme delusions in regard to the motives that cot cerned me personally, till the whole eyelet waylaid bare. He is tbe absolute monarch c words, .m I uses them, as Bonaparte did lives for conquest, without more regard for their ir trinsic value, considering them only as cipher which must derive all their import from th situation in which lie places them, and th ends to which he adapts thom with such con eummate skill. Why, then, you will say, doe he not employ them to give a better color ti his own character ? Because he is toogood ai actor to overact, or to aesume a moral carl which it would be easy to strip off. In regor, to his poetry, egotism is the vital principle o his imagination, which it is difficult for him ti kindle on any subject with which his own char acter and interests are not identified; but b< the introduction of fictitious ^cidents. bj change of scene or time, he hasT veloped hi) "poetical disclosures m a system impenetrabli except to a very few, and his constant desiri of creating a sensation makes him not avérai to bethe object of wonder and cariosity, ever though accompanied by some dark and vague suspicions. '-Nothing has contributed more to the misun¬ derstanding of bis real character than the lonely grandeur in which bo shrouds it, und his affectai ion of being above mankind, when he exists almost io their voice. The romance of bis sentiments is another feature of this mask of state. 1 know no one more habitually destitute of that enthusiasm he so beautifully expresses, and to which bo can work up hie fancy chiefly by contagion. I had heard he was the best of brothers, the most gênerons of friends, and I thought such feelings on>v re¬ quired to be warmed and cherished into more diffusive benevolence. Though these opinions are eradicated, and oould never retnrn but with the decay of my memory, yon will not wonder if there aro still moments when the associations of feelings which arose from them soften and sadden my thoughts. " 'Bnt I have not thanked you, dearest Lad.v Annie, for your kindness in regard to a princi¬ pal object-that of rectifying false impressions. I trust you understand my wishes, which never were toinjure Lord Byron in any way; for, though be would not suffer me to remain his wife, he cannot prevent me from continuing his friend; and it was considering myself as such that I silenced the acensations by which my own conduct might have been more fully justified. It is not necessary to speak ill of bis heart in general; it is sufficient Lhat to me it was hard and impenetrable-that my own must have been broken before bis could have been touched. I would rather represent this as mr misfortune than as bis guilt; bat, sure¬ ly, that misfortune is not to be made my crime. Such are my feelings; you will judge how to act. "Bis alludions to me in Childe Harold are crnel and cold, but with such a semblance as to make me appear so, and attract all sympa¬ thy to himself. It ie said in this poem that hatred of him wi 1 bs taught as a lesson to his child. I might appeal to all who have ever heard me speak of him, and still more to my own heart, to witness that there has been no moment when I have remembered injury oth¬ erwise than affections'ely aud sorrowfully. It is not my duty to give way to hopeless and wholly unrequited affection; but, so long as I live, my chief struggle will probably be not to remember bim too kindly. 1 do not seek thc sympathy of tbe world, but I wish to bo known by those whoso op ul on is valuable aod whose kindness is dear to me. Among such, my dear Lady Anne, you will ever be remembered by your truly affectionate A. BIRO*. "It is tho provinca ot your readers and of the world at large to judge between the two testi¬ monies now before them - Lady Byron's in 1816 and 1818, and that put forward in 1869 by Mrs. B. Stowe, as communicated by Lady Byron thirteen years ago. In the face of the evidence now given, positivo, negative and cir¬ cumstantial, there can ba but two alternatives in tbe case-either Mrs. B. Btowo most have entirely misunderstood Lady-Byron, and been thus led into error and mi£-s'.aternont, or we must conclude that, under the pressure of a lifelong and eccret Borrow, Lidy Bvron'a mind hüd become clouded with an hallucination in respects of the particular point iu question. "Toe reader will admiro the noble bnteevere character displayed in Lady Byron's letter; but those who keep in view what her first impres¬ sions were, aa above reccrd'.-d, may probably placea more lenient interpretation than hers upon some of thc incidents alleged lo Byron's discredit. I shall conclude with some remarks upon his character, written shortly after his death by a wise, virtuous and charitable judge, the late Sir Walter Scott, likewise in a letter to Lady Anne Bsr.iard: " 'FieIchera account of poor Byron is ex¬ tremely interesting, i had akvavs a strong at¬ tachment to that unfoi (unite though most richly gifted man, because I thought I saw that his virtues (and he had many) were hie own, and his eccentricities tba result ol'an ir¬ ritable temperament which sometimes ap¬ proached nearly to mental dis¿a se. Those wu o aro gifted with strong nerves, a regular tem¬ per and habitual self-commuid ore not, per¬ haps, aware how much they owe to constitu¬ tion; and such are but too jevero judges ol men like Byroo, whose mind, like a day of al¬ ternate storm and sunshine, is all dirk shades and stray gleams of light iis'ead of the twi¬ light gray whicii illuminates happier though lese distinguished mortals. I always thought that when a moral proposition was placed plainly before Lord Byron his mind Melded a pleased cud willing assent to it, but if thero was any side view given in the way of raillery or otherwise, he wan willing enough to evade conviction. » ** It augurs ill for the cause of Greece that this master-spirit should have been withdrawn from their assistance just as he was obtaining complete neceedasoy over their counsels. I lave Been several letters from the Ionian Islands, all of which nnite in speaking in the lighest praise of the wisdom and temperance >f his counsels, aud the ascandancv he was ob- aining over tbe turbulent and ferocious chiefs )f the insurgents. I have some verses written JJ bim on bis last birthday; they breathe a spirit of affection towards his wife, and a de- lire of dying in battle, which seems like an an- icipation of his approaching fate. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, Dunecht, September 3. Laos AY." THE LOST FREIGHT. rhc Late Railroad Accident-Mst of the Destroyed Merchandise Intended for the Line ofthe Greenville and Colum¬ bia Railroad. The Columbia Phoenix gives the following is a correct list of the freight destroyed by the late railroad accident intended for persons re¬ siding on tbe line of the Green vi fie and Co¬ lumbia Railroad : 0 DONALDS.-Kennedy, M. C. k Co.-4 bbls., 2 casks, 2 bbls. molasses, 7 boxes. J. P. Kenne¬ dy-bbl. .molasses. J. P. Pressley-bbl. mo¬ lasses. GREENWOOD_M. W. Coleman-box. 8. A. k W. H. Bailey-hhd. Riley k J. Bro.-ll bundles cotton toes. BELTON.-Cox k P.-bbl. oil. WILLIAMSTON.-G. W. Anderson-6 bundles cotton ties.bale bagging. G. W. Rankin-cot¬ ton gin. Donuald ¿V M.-2 boxes cheese. PENDLETON.-J. B. Adger-77 bags guano. Sloan-bag coffee, 2 sacks salt, keg nails, keg molasses. Crayton k S-12 bundles ties. P. H. E. Sloan-2 boxes. W. Perry A Co. -2 kegs nails, 2 bbls., box. J. W. Livingston-5 pack¬ ages, bag, 4 bundles cotton ties. ANDERSON.- lowers k B.-2 bbls., 4 coils rope. M. Lesser-9 bundles cotton ties, roll bagging, 8coils rope. W. H. Nardin-2 box?s. J. B. Benson k Co.-2 coils rope, bundle H. and R.. 2 bundles baskets, bundle paper, neat tubs, bundle buckets, bundle saws, 2 bundles shovels, bundle 8. and T., package, 2 boxes. W. H. Satterfield-bair coffee, 6 boxes, 2 bbls. Carter A M. -box. A. P. Heabbard-2 boxes. J. K. Cochran-60 bbls. lime. M. Lesser-20 Backe salt. SPABTASBUHO.-Coker k 8.-bale, 8 coils rope, bag coffee, 2 boxes, keg, bundle baskets, scale beam. Hicks k M.-box. T. A. Car¬ lisle-roll belting. Simpson Bob?-box soda; keg nails. Gibbes k T.-bbl. kerosene. Hen¬ dricks k M.-cask. "Brown k W.-2 boxes. Jeffries k Co.-2 kegs p. Tucker-10 bags Êuano. W. C. Harris k Co.-5 bales bagging. ». k C. Loe-2 bags coffee W. C. Harris- bale bagging. J. L. Gunbouee-4 boxes. FROG LEVEL.-H. S. Boozer-4 bars iron, bundle iron, box window glass. L. C. Kibbler -13 sacks salt. Wheeler k M.-bale bagging, bbl,, bundle twine, roil bagging. HELENA.-H. C. Store-8 bales bigging. NINETY- Six. J. Cresswell-bud. W. C. Fonsbe-bale barging, 10 bundles cotton ties. Rodgers Bro.-keg nails. 10 bundles cotton ties, balo bagging. J. M. Richardson--ll bun¬ dles cotton ties, 2 bales bagging, bbl. flour. W. B. Calhoun-tierce. COKESBOBX.-T. J. Ellis-bbl. fish. Trow¬ bridge k Co.-20 bundles cotton ties. SALUDA OLD TOWN.-J. R. Hagood-8 rolls bagging, 10 bundies cotton ties, keg. GREENVILLE.-C. B. Stewart-14 bags o'. roano. NBWBEBUÏ.-G. T. Scott-88 bigs gnano. J. Kyle-4 bundles spades, 4 bundles sticks, 4 »undies rims, 12 bundles spokes. S. R. T. -6 kegs nails. Mills k Co.-2 kogs nails. 8 boxes, L trunk. 8. P. Todd-trunk. J. Kvie-box. à. R. Todd-tfthk. J. B. Williams-box oil sloth. D. Mower-2 packages sashes. Might k C.-3 boxes. Miss E. Sill-box. L. k W.- 3 boxes cheese. J. M. Fiovd-child's carriage. Z. S. White-box J. C. Hunter-bundle pots, boiler, bundle pans, kettle, stove, box, 4 trucks. Vance k H.-2 boxes, 4 trunks. C. F. Frank¬ lin-package blinds, 2 packages sashes. A. D. Lovelace-3 bbls. flour, 4 boxes, package, box. bundle sieves. W. H. Jones-3 boxes. Lovelace k W.-box. THE CROPS IN KER-H AW.-The Camden Jour¬ nal says : During the present term of oar court we bave bad opportunities of conversing with per¬ sons from every part of our district, and learn¬ ing the prospect of the cotton crop, and from avery section the report is that the crop will be short, estimated variously at one-third to jne-half what it at one time promised. From increased acreage and the use of fertilizers, it iras expected that the crop would largely ex¬ ceed that of last year, but it is believed by many that it will not exceed, even if it reaches that amount. The corn crop, except in a few favored localities, will be very short. /nncral latir». DES PORT tS,-Died 21st september, 1869, WIL¬ LUM AUGUSTUS, eon of WILLI A. and MAUI T. DESPOSTES, «ged 7 mon'hs and 17 days. 49- i he Relatares and Friends of the 'anally are invited to attend the Funeral Service, at So 8 Amherst street, THIS AFTERNOON, at Four j'clock. . Sept 22 Spend lotir ts. »O' "COURT BE AUTIES" OF PARIS, AS grell as the elite* artists will allow no other cosmetic than thc MILE OF VIOLE TS to enter their bou¬ doir. Sold by all diupgists. V. W. BRÏNCKER- HOFF, New i ork, Agent for America. Sept 22_ 1 «»?MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS SUF¬ FERING from Diseases pertaining to the Genito Urinary Organs, will receive the latent scientific treatment by placing themselves under the care of Dr, T. REENTSJERNA. Office No. 74 HABEL- 3Tb EET. three doors east from the Postofflce. August 26_« ~~H7T~EXECUTORS' FINAL NOTICE.-No¬ tice is hereby given that on the FIRST DAT OP OCTOBER ensuing, the undersigned will apply to the Judge of Probate, of Charleston County, for a anal dis :harge as Executors of the Estate ot the late JOSEPH PATTANt. JAME9 F. SLATTERY, FBANCId POUECE, Executors of Estate of J. Puttani. Sept 1_w?8» BS-OFFIJE SAVANNAH AND CHARLES- ION RAILROAD COMPANY. CHARLESTON, AU¬ GUST 28.1853.-This Company i* now prepared lo FUND IHE INTEREST DUE, and to become due on September 1,18Ö9, on the Bonds of the CHARLtS- TON AND SAVANNAH SAILBOAT) COMPANY, en¬ dorsed by tho Stito of South Carolina, according to fae provhious of section TbirJ (SJ] of an Act to ena¬ ble the Savannah and Charlestou Railroad Company lo complete their Road, which Section reads ap fol- lollows, viz: SECTION 'J. That tue said Company is hereby further authorized and required to fund and redeem the Coupons for interest of the Boads of the Charleston aud savanush ualroad Compauy, gua¬ ranteed nv the State, now past due, and that may fall due on or before thu Crst day of September, 18C9. by issuing therefor an equal amount ol their Bonds, witli Coupons attached, for lutereat, payable Romi-auDuiliy, at the rate of seven er cent. p»r annum, au 1 tbe priucipal to becom-s due in twenty years alter the dale thereof An th; payment ot paid BonJs so t~> ne issued in substitution lor inter¬ est Consens chalí be guaranteed by the S'ate in the i-ame manner and as tully as the saul original Monds ni the uh irleston and Savannas Railroad Oompiny are now guaranteed; suujec , however, to the provi¬ sions of section 6 ol tbis Act. The Treasurer of the Company will FUND DAILY, until Saturday, 11th September, between the hours of Nine and Two o'clock, at the Office cf Messrs, CAMPBELL k SEABROOK, No. 50 1 road-street, and thereafter at Office of tue Concpacy. foot of Mi!!, street 8. W. FISHER, , Augu«t33 mwf Secretary ard Treasurer. «3- PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-A NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, delrvered at the New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing tie sub- jects : How to Live and What to Live for ; Youth, Maturity and Old Age ; Manhood generally rsview- ed ; tte Cause of Indigestion ; Flatulence ard Ner¬ vous Diseases acrcunted lor ; Marriage Philosophy cally Considered, Ac, These Lectur's will be for¬ warded on receipt of four stamps, by addressing : SECRETARY BALTIMORE MUSLUM OF ANATO¬ MY, No. 74 Wet Baltimore-street. Baltimore, Md. April 19 mwityr Special tfotirts. . ss-CONSIGNEES* NOTICE.-THE STEAM- SHIP J. W. EVER M AN, from Pblladelpbia, ia Tau DAY discharging cargo ai North Atlantic Wharf. Goods on wharf at sanfet, at rial; and expense .of Consignees. No claims allowed uniMS made before gondsTeave the wharf. **" Sept 22 1 JOHN A THEO. PETIT, Agents. AO" NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship MINN'ETONKA ia Tam DAT discharging cargo at Vanderhorafa wharf. Goods not removed by (unset will remain on the wharf at owners' risk, or bf stored, at expense and risk of owner or con¬ signee. RAVENEL A CO., Agents. Sept 20_'_3_ ttWlEE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPEST.-THE NEWS JOB OFF10E, No. U9 EAST BAT, haring replenished its Stock with a new and largs assortment of material of tbe finest quality and latest styles, is prepared to execute, at tbe shortest notice and in the best manner, JOB PBINTING ol erery description. Call and examine the scale of prices before giving your orders elsewhere. NOTICE.-I, THERESA SONNTAG, WIFE OF OTTO SONNTAG, Dyer and Scourer, residing at No. 141 Market-street, south side, do hereby gire notice that T will cany on business as a Sole Trader in one month from the date hereof. Augusts Imo THERESA SONNTAG. JW A CARD-SOUTHERN LIFE INSUR¬ ANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPABTMENT. To the PtopU 0/South Carolina: The above Company was orgon'zed in 1866, in consequence of tho wholesale forfeiture or Southern policies by Northern companies. The unparalleled success of th-* enterprise has forced several of these companies to restore their Soutuern policies, from the fact that they could not operate in our midst without the appearance, of honesty. We keep all our money at home to build up our impoverished country-every dollar of premium being safely invested in the 8tste from which it ls de¬ rived. The institution is purely Southern, and hence should sppeal with great force lo the patriotism and and sympathy of every Southern heart. -Tis not our purpose to make war on other com¬ panies, but to exhibit the special advantages offered by this purely. Southern Company-founded on patriotism and solid wealth. Its ratio of assets to liabilities-the true test of a company's strength-la second to none on this continent, bein; nearly $300 to $100. Whenever and wherever we have presented the claims of tbis Company, lt has not only enlisted the sympathies of our people, but has also secured their hearty co-operation. We hare secured 600 policies In South Carolina since the 10th of February. We number among our Directors General Wade Hamp¬ ton and Colonel Wm. Johnson, gentlemen well known to every citizen of South Carolina. We ap¬ peal personally to the people of South Carolina to 'assist in pushing forward this deservedly popular Southern institution. J. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern Life Insurance Company, No. 23 Broad-street, Augusta, Ga. 8. T. TUPPER, Agent, Charleston, 8. C. H. W. DESAUS8ÜRE, M. D., Medical Examiner. We cheerfolly recommend .the above Company to the patronage of thc citizens of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C.-J. 8. Preston, J. P. Carroll, C. D, Melton, 8. W. Melton, J. D. Pope. Camden.-J. B. Kershaw, Wm. M. Shannon, W. E. Johnson. Sumter_John B. Moore. Winnsboro'.-W. B, Robertson, J. B. McCents, James H. Rion. York ville.-W. B. Wilson, A. Coward, James Ma¬ son, L D. Witherspoon, J. R. Bratton. J. T. Lowry, B. G. McCaw. * Anderson.-J. L. Orr. Barnwell.-Jos. A. Lawton, James Patterson, John¬ son Hagood. , Clarendon.-Jno. I. Manning, T. C. Richardson, Browne Manning. HEFEBZNCE3 IN CHARLESTON. General JAME! CONNER, Messrs. PELZER, RODGERS A CO , JAMES H. WILSON, Esq., GEO. H. WALTER, Esq., LEWIS D. MOWRY. Esq. August 19 '-'mo? 49" MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY ON THE CAUSE AND CURE OF PREMATURE DE¬ CLINE IN MAN, the treatment of Nervous and Ph: sical Debility, Ac. "There is no member of society by waom tbis book will not be found useful, whether such person holds the relation of Parent, Preceptor or Clergy¬ man."- Sftdieal Times and Gazette. Sent by mail on receipt of fifty cents. Address the Author, Dr. E. DEF. CURTIS, Beptl_lyr_Washington, D. C. ta- BATCHELORS HAIR DYE-THIS splendid Hair Dye is tbe best in the world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instauta* neous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; rem« edies the ill effects of bad dyes; invigorates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers; and properly applied at Batchelor'* Wi Factory, No. Bond, street. New York. Ivr Mar IS ta- KEEP THE BODY IN GOOD REPAIR. It is much easier to keep tbs ty-tcm io good condi¬ tion than to restore lt to that condition when shat¬ tered by disease. The "House of Life," like other bouses, should bc prompt y propped up and sus¬ tained whenever it shows any sign of giving wjy. The first symptoms of physic.! debility should be taken as a hint that a stimulant is required. The next question is, "what shall the stimulant be?" A wholesome vegetable tonic, tbe mlmalatin? properties of which are modifie ! by the juices and extracts of anti-febrile and laxative roots and herbs- something whi:b will regulate, soothe and purify, as well as invigorate-ls the medicine required by tbe debilitated. There are rr ./preparations which are claimed to bc of this description, but fi O STET- TER'3 STOMACH BICTERS, the groat vegetable preventive and restorative, that has won its way to the confidence of thepuMlc and the medical profes¬ sion, by a quarter of a century of unvarying success, stands pre-eminent amen; them all. To expatiate on its popularity would bc to repeat a twice-tol I tale. It is only necessary lo consult the records of tho Cnitcd States Revenue Department to leam that its consumption is greater than that of any otb»r proprietary remedy of either native or f'ireijrn origin. Asa means of sustaining thc health and strength under a fiery temperature, the BITTERS have a paramount claim toco isideration. It has th-) effect of fortifying and bracing thc nervous and muscular systems against the ordinary eonsequenc-.-a of sud¬ den and violent changes of temperature,, and i?, therefore, peculiarly useful ot this season, wlien bot sunshine by div, and ice-cold d ws by night, alter¬ nately heat and chill thc blood of tb oswho a*e ex posed to them. HOSTETTKR'o STOMACH BITTERS are fold in bottles only. To avoid being deceived by counter¬ feits, sec that thc name of thc- article is on the tabel, and embossed ou the class of the bottles, »nd our revenue stamp over the cork. Sept IB_pac_6 49-PRETTY WOMEN.-A COMPARATIVE¬ LY lew ladies monopolize the beauty as well as tbe attention of society. This ought not to be so. but it is, and will be while men aie foolish ond single out pretty faces for companions. This can all be changed by u«ing HAGAN'3 MAG¬ NOLIA BALM, which gives the bloom of youth and a refined i-parkling beauty to the complexion, pleas¬ ing, powerful and natural. No lady need complain of a red, tanned, freckled or rustic complexion who will invest 75 cents in Ha¬ gan's Magnolia Balm. Its effects are truly wonder¬ ful. To preserve and dress the Hair use Lyon's Aa- tbatron, nae wimlmo August 25 FOR PHIL.ADBl.PHIa. 1HE PACKET SCHOONEK JON ATHAN MAT. NB*L Master, will sail ta a lew days. For engagement«, apply to ELF. B»KEE A CO., - Sept 22 x No. 30 Cumberiaod-atreet. EXCURSIONS TO Alil> POINTS OF IBU TEBEST ABOUND TBE H&RBOB. THE FAST SAILING AND COSLFOBTA- BLT appointed Yacht ELEANOR will now presume her trips to all points ta the har "bor, starting EYKBY atoaimo, at Tea o clock, from 8outh Commercial Wharf. For Passage or Charter, apply to THOMAS YOUNG, ., pep"3_Captain, on hoard» EXCURSION S1 EXCURSIONS X THE FETE FAST 8AILING YACHT ELLA ANNA, the Champion of the Sooth, is now ready and prepared to make regular tripe, thus affording an opparttrairy to all who may wish to visit points of interest ta our beau¬ tiful harbor. For passage, apply to the Captaba on Union Wharf, June 31 NEW YORK. AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NEW YORK. . THE STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN, 'M. Si WOODHULL Commander, will "sall from Adirer'» Wharf on 8ASUB- SAT, September 25th, at V o'clock. A. V. tar Liverpool -Through Bate on- Cotton one pennv. j SW Through Bates to Boston and ProTidence. For Freight or Pásele, apply to .«* JAME« ADcrhK & CO.. Agents, Corner Adder's Wharf and East Bay (up-«talrs.) 49> Tb« Steamship JAMES ADOEB will follow on TUESDAY, September 33, at U o'clockA. M. Sept 32 é ri FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BO St TON. THE STEAMSHIP J, W. EVEB- ! MAN, Captain J. N. HrxcxLZT, wlD JIta%e North Atlantic Wharf, for -.Philadelphia and Boston, Tirtras- DAT, September 33d, ats o'clock-P. M. for Freight orphanage, apply to JOHN Ac IHKO. GETTY, Agenta Bept33_ North Atlantic Wharf. FOR N tb W h ORK. REO. ULAR LINE EVERT THUR8DA TV THE SPLENDID STEAMSHIP [MTNNETONKA. Captata CAHFKW- ran, will leave Fandethorst's Wharf, -^^WrTS THCB£D*T AVZZSNOON, September 23. 1869. at half-past 4 o'clock1 1 49* Through Bills Ladimr Riven on Cotton to Liv- trpooL BAV&NEL k CO.. Agente. Sept 20 _ ^ FAST FlfEIOHT LINE TO BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA AND THE CITIES OF THE ' NOB1HWEST. ac-d TUE STEAMSHIP SEA GULL, N. P. DCTTON Commander, will sau 'for Baltimore on FamiY MORNING 24th instant, at half-past 8 o'clock, from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. 49- Through Bills Lading giren to PHILADEL¬ PHIA, NEW YOBS, BOSTON sud the Cit IES of the NORTHWEST. . For Freight engagements, apbly to COURTENAY & TREN HOLM, Sept 20_3_Union Waarre«. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMFY"* THBOUOH LIN* 70 CALLFOBNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGS OF SAILING DATS! STEAMERS OF THE ABO Y line leave Pier No. 43, North Birex, foot of Canal-street. New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of theist, 11th and 21st of every month (except when these dates fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 31st connect at Panama witt steamers for South Pacific and Central America]) perta. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th cn each month connects witt the new steam line from Panama to Australia an* NiW Zealand- Steamshlp CHINA leaves Ban Francisco for Chin» snd Japan October 4. 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, bat ge direct from New Yrrk to AspfnwaU. One hundred PCB ads baggage free u escb ada)', Medicine and attendance free. For Paastgb Tickets or farther information apply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whar* foot of Canal-street, North.Elver. New York. March 12_tyr F. B. BABY, Ageit FOR W HI GUT'S BLUFF, AND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON SANTES RIVER. . .-g-»a» THE Í" t'EAMER MARION, CAPT. ¿¿¿¡JffSMgfZALEXANDER ROBERTSON, ls now re¬ ceiving Freight st Accommodation Wharf, and will leave on SATUBDAT Nioar, the 25th instant. For Freight engagements apply at THE OFFICE OF TH«; AGENOY, Sept 32_4 Accommodation Wharf. FOR OARDNEH'S BLUFF AND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PEE¬ DEE RIVER. r^aCÑ raB STEAMER PLANTER. CAPT. m£SSiäES53m J T. FOBTRB. now being throughly re- paired snd rrfltt*d, will leave for the above points about the 1st October next. For eng- gements apply to HAVrNEL k HOLMES, No 177 E«st Bay. N. B.-All trei^ht consigned to agents will be for¬ warded free of commission and storage. 12 Sept 17 CHANVE OF SCHEDULE. FOR PAL ATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH. FERNANDINA AND JACKSÜ VILLE. THE ELEGANT AND FIRST-CLASS 'STEAMER DICTATOR, Cáptalr , W. T. MONZLTX. will sall irom Charleston every Tr EH DAT EVENTNO, at Nine o'clock, tor the above points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannal for Mobile and New Orleans, and with the Florid: Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at whiot point beamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Key West and Hivsna. Through Billa Lading sigued to New Orleans and ?.Ml«. All freight payable on thewb«ir?. Good* not removed at cuntet » i'l be etored at rle and expense of owners. J. D. AIEE\ k CO., Agenta. May 27 mw S JUth Atlantic Wharf. Spmol totnes. ißt SOLOMON'S 'iii CTEB8.-THIS PRE¬ PARATION, compound ed by one of our oldeat sud most esteemed diuggit is, bas, during the short time in which it bas been o fered to the public, attained a reputation which ha i almost entirely driven out of nurka the various toole sud stimulant* which, for a fewmon'hs. by exorbitant puffing and heavy ad¬ vertising, succeeded In building a profitable busi¬ ness for their projector*. So'omon's Bitters sro not of the flashy style, de¬ pending upon lai ge advertising, bought puffs and fictitious recommendations for a sale to a gullible public. Their composition is well known ta and ap¬ proved by many of our best physician?, and the pro¬ prietors depend upon the in'rinsic merita of their medicine to make lt as popular it U curative. They do net pretend t i oner a medicinal prepara¬ tion that will cu.-e all the ilia that flesh is heir to, but they do contend that the judicious use of these Hitters will greatly alleviate human suffering, and bring very mauy to a state of comparative health who have long been strangers to that gre a1 blessing. One eopd gf nnine recommendation o' any pro- fessed curative is worth dozens or h mdreds of bought certificates, and the Messrs. .SOLOMON9 have only published a few out of the hundreds of un¬ solicited testimonies which the have received. We this morning give a copy of a letter from Hon. ALEX. H. STFPHKNS, whose recuiiariy enfeebled condition for the past six months has been known to the whole country. His few earnest words will go much fur¬ ther to confirm the good opinion already existing as to the bénéficiai quail tie J of thia medicine than would columns of stereotyped recommendstiona from unknown parties: LIBERTY HALL, ) CHAWP JRDTVUXE GA , August 14.1869.1 Uetsri. A. A. Solomons é Co., Druggists, Savannah, Ga.: GENTLEMEN-Plea«e »end me half a dozen bottles of your Bitters. I have be?n using them lately upon the recommendation of a friend, wilh decided becefit, in giving tone lo tbe dbjestive organs and general strength to my system. Send by Express, with value endorsed, C. O. D. Yours respectfully, 'Signed) ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, ango* 24 LM0

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Page 1: chroniclingamerica.loc.govchroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026994/1869-09-22/… ·  · 2010-11-29vnTTTMF. VIÏT.-NÍTMRER 1170. CHARLESTON, S. C;, WEDINESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER

vnT TTMF. VIÏT.-NÍTMRER 1170. CHARLESTON, S. C;, WEDINESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1869. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR

BY TELEGRAPH.BUBOBB.

THE ENGLISH PBE83 OS THE SPANISH SITUA¬

TION-THE BTBON SCANDAL-BIOT TN LOXDON-

DXBST-CBTTICISlf OT MB. 8IOKLE8, AC, AC.

LOUDON, September 30.-The Bpectator says :

"War between Spain and the UnitedStates appears like a moral impossibility,bat it is universally believed in justnow in Spain. War enthusiasm there is gather-

*~ ¡BR fast. Minister Sickles* proposition is in¬

consistent with the precedent furnished by theconduct of the United States in 1866. Whatwith Spanish pride »od American sympathies,the situation is very critical. It is difficult tobelieve that Spain, with a divided people, a

bankrupt treasury, in revolt, with all to loseand nothing to win, caa seriously -contemplatewar with one of the greatest pewers on the *

earth.The Saturday Review holde that if- the

proposals of General Sickles is accurately re¬

ported, there is no ground for complaintagahtat America for making an offer to Spainio the character of a disinterested mediator.It is possible that some of the people in Spainwho urge the sending of reinforcements toCuba desire the absence of the army... Withmilitary force only can. the Regent maintainthe power and authority of the Coans againstthe Republicans and Carliste. The friends ofIc. jolla might be formidable in the absence .ofthe anny. The government most see that to

. sacrifice the army Will not not save Cuba. Al-roding to the desire to possess Cuba, thewriter thinks the argument of Buchanan infavor of annexation must be more agreeable totheir ears now that slavery has been sup¬pressed, but whether it is their trae interest to

include an alien and uncongenial population inthe Union is a question for future history.The Times, in sn article on Byron, says:

s

x "Mrs. Stowe admits that she was consultedwith by Lady Byron only on the expediency ofpublishing the true account of the separation,and owes that she dissuaded her from doingso. She omita to produce adequate authorityfor her statement. Whatever there may bebelieved of this revelation, Mrs. Stowe was

wrong in publishing information which was

supplied in order that she might give theopinion as to what action should be takenuponit."M. Schlessenger, in a letter to the Cologne

Gazette, states that Mr. Wentworth repeatedlyassured him that Lady Byron desired the un¬

happy story of her marriage to die with her,and that the family papers contained no se¬

crets.ZEELAND.

Loir^oKDBBET, September 18.-À riot oc¬

curred yesterday between porters on a strikeand others who refused to join them. Bothsides were strengthened by their friends, andthe riot threatened to become formidable,when the military appeared, and, .charginginto the crowd, dispersed them. Severalpersons were injured, but none were killed.

SPAIN.

MADBXD, September 18.-The Spanish presshas been in a ferment of excitement and indig¬nation since the presentation of GeneralSickles' note. Some of the journals abase theAmerican Minister sadly. They say he was

sent here solely because he was known to be a

strong partisan of Caban annexation. GeneralSickles emphatically denies the assertion thathis mission refers owly to Cuba. He insiststhat he has never broached tbe question of thecession of the island to the United States, butmerely hipted that the American Governmentis willing to interpose its friendly offices fortho settlement of Spain's difficulties with Cuba.A decree proclaiming liberty of worship in

Cuba will appear in the Official Gazette to¬morrow. It is probable Becerna or Romerowill be sent to Cuba to resolve, on the spot, allquestions of administration. The embarka¬tion of reinforcements for Cuba hat comme.ic

ed. It is confidently asserted that AdmiralTopete will command the fleet.MADRID, September 21.-The4 cfiy journals

are still violant against the presumed ucrriend-lintss of the American government, and somearge aa immediate declaration of war if theCuban»*are recognized as belligerents. TheMinistry, after discussing the propriety of re¬

turning 810x100' note unanswered, decided to

postpone a reply until the arrival of Prim.TEAKex.

PARIS, September 21.-The papers publisha letter from father Hyacinthe, address¬ed to the Father General of his order atBorne, announcing that he abandons his con¬

vent and ceases to preach in the church ofNotre Dame de Paris. The reason for thisstep he declares to be that he cannot obey theorders of the Holy See. He protests before thePope and Council against the doctrine andpractice of the Roman Church, which he coû¬

teada are not in accordance with the princi¬ples of Christianity.The bodies of six murdered persons, worn'rn

and children, were fonod ia a field near Paris.The police have discovered no trace of the as¬

sassin..Prince Metternich was received by the Em¬

peror yesterday. The Biron von Beast hasaot yet arrived.

NBWB PBOX WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, September 21.-The impres- |sion is gaining ground that Commissioner De¬lano will urge in bis report the continuance ofthe present tax laws for further trial, thoughit is known that he favors some kind of tsx on

cotton.Captain Sanderson is relieved from duty in

tbe Department of the South, anl ordered to

report to General Canby.The President will positively arrive at noon

to-morrow. -

The Virginia Banks have over ninety-fourthousand dollars in specie, those of NorthCarolina over fifty-four thousand, South Caro¬lina over fifteen thousand, Georgia over thirty¬nine thousand, Alabama thirty-four thousand,New Orleans nineteen thousand, and Tex .s

four hundred thoasand.

THE OLD DOMINION.

RICHMOND, September 21.-Governor Walker«as installed as Provisional Governor at thegubernatorial mansion to-day a.t noon, GeneralCanby being present. Governor Wells turnedover the office to the new incum jent, who tookthe iron clad and other of.ths of office. Therewere no ceremonies and 'io demonstration save

the gathering of a considerable crowd of whiteand colored people to congratulate the new

Governor, wbo shook hauls with them.Governor Walker's first appointment, m.* Je

after his assuming the duties of bis office to¬

day, was that cf Captain Wm. E. Cameron,editor of the Petersburg Index, as his secretary.Captain Cameron was an officer in the Confed¬erate crmy, and one of the first and most de¬termined supporters of Walker and the Con¬

servative tickst in tbe late campaign.

IA PIOUS FRAUD.

NEW YOBK, Septembar 21.-The MethodistBook Concorn, No. 505 Broadway, is the loser

of several hundred thousand dollars by cor¬

ruption and fraud. The deficit was discoveredby the Rev. Dr. Lañaban, tbe uew agent. Thefrauds have been going on for eight or nine

years, and seems to lie i J the fact that Dr.Porter allowed bis son", who was a paper bro¬

ker, to charge heavy commissions on the pur¬chase of paper used by tbe establishment. Ir¬

regularities aie also reported in the bindiupdepartment. The investigation is still in pro¬

gress. _

SPARKS TROX THE WIRES.

Colonel J. H. Powell, the Colorado Riverexplorer, bas returned to Chicago, havingtraversed the entire ground.

There is a cc al miner's strike at Port Henry,New York. The strikers are continually at¬

tacking those employed. Several persons havebeen severely beaten. The danger to life and

property is imminent.Tbe Pacific Express Company commences

operations October lat. It is rerorted thattbe Central Pacific Railroad Company bas noti¬fied other express companies^ hat they will notcarry their fast freight a ft er that date.The officers of the Grand Lodge of Od'l

Fellows in San francisco yesterday presentedtheir reports, Which exhibit a gratifying con¬

dition of the Order, except in interior SouthernStates, where it is particularly bad. Tbe ex¬

tension of the Order in Australia bas been verysuccessful.

PERSONAL. GOSSIP.

-Dr. Charles Mackay accompanied JeffersonDavis to Edinburgh.-John Morrissey ii going to build a, club¬

house near Congress Spnng, Saratoga.-A. T. Stewart will be ready to receive in

his Fifth-avenue palace, New York, next NewYear.-Dr. John Lynch has declined accepting the

position of demonstrator of anatomy, tenderedhim by the trustees of the South Carolina Uni¬versity.-Mr. Henry Sedley, tho editor of the late

Bound Table, has accepted tbe position of liter¬

ary, art and dramatic revieweron the New YorkTimes.-Válese, who arranged the betrayal of Maxi¬

milian, has leen appointed Governor of the

Puebla district, ic which it is feared an ol berrebellion is brewing.-One of Brigham Young's daughters recent¬

ly i'ell in love with a handsome young Gentile,and an elopement to a land of liberty was plan¬ned. Relays of horses were stationed alongthe road, and late one night th9 lover pro¬

ceeded in a buggy tor. place near the premisesof Brigham, wbere ll J lady wao to meet him,and they were to begin their flight. The oldman bad got wind of tbe affair, however, and

just as the damsel was about to join ber wait¬ing lover, several policemen seized ber, and

putting her into Brigham's family carriage,which was promptly at hand, she was drivenback to the paternal home, to await there tbedestiny that Mormonism has in store for ber.-Mr. Joseph Jefferson, the actor, has already

made a great many improvements upon thocountry seat recently purchase ï by him in

Hoboken, New Jersey. The house is an old-fashioned brown stone mansion, surroundedby beautiful grounds which run down to theshores ot Meadow-Mere Lake and Saddle River.The buildings, grounds and shrubbery have allbean redressed, the lake and river have been

.tocked with bass and tiout, and Mr. Jeffersonhts collected here all his books and pictures,bis splendid stud of horses, and his souvenirsof play and travel in all parte of the world.Here he will make his permanent home, and,surrounded by bis charming family, he will

enjoy the fruits of bis labors and dispense an

elegant hospitality to his troops of friend«.-Céspedes, the leader of the Cuban revolu¬

tion, is thus described by an American gentle»man who has returned from the island : "Heis a man about forty-five years of age; is a

middling stout gentleman, ot agreeable tem¬

per, and is quite mild mannered. His com¬

plexion is fair, though of dark brown bair and

eyes. There is no pretence atÄ'ut him. He isno talker, yet when he speaks it is to (he pur¬pose. He reads English well and speaks it,though not fluent!}*. At first view one wouldtake him for a plain, quiet, unpretending gen¬tleman; but on acquaintance he discovers sa¬

gacity and a profound knowledge ot men andof the world. It may be said that hs is a man

of eminently practical ideas. He is unmovedat reverses, and bas a high, undoubting confi¬dence in the success of the revolution. Thereie u) gentleman more amiable than be, andone more beloved by everybody. Céspedes isa Urge property owner; was at the opening ofthe war the first lawyer at the Bayamo bar,and has been eminently successful in all hisefforts and undertakings. ^ He can endure

much, for his phyeique is well adapted to labor,either mental or physical. Perhaps be would

weigh one hundred and fi (ty pounds."

A COTTON PRESS IN BALTIMORE.

The Baltimore Suo of Monday says:During the past few years tbe cotton trade

of Baltimore has increased to such an extentthat a press for the exclusive use of compres¬sing the srreat S J ut hern product has become amatter of actual necessity here. It is wellkoo rn that much of the cotton landed here isin such a condition, from the bursting of thebales, that both the European steamers andsailing vessels refuse to receive it as freight,in consequence of its occupying toomuch roomin the hold. In order to remedy the evil inthis matter. Mr. Jerome S. Busk some timesince leased tbe large warehouse at tho headFlannigan's wharf, fronting on the long dockand extending back to Mill-street, just at tbepoint where the Charleston, Savannah, Wil¬mington and Norfolk steamers land their car¬goes, and has erected therein a cotton pressof the most improved pattern, moved by hy¬draulic power, with a thirty-horse powerengine, at a cost, in all, of some twentythor sand dollars. Ibis press is representedas being an improvement on the celebrated hy¬draulic piesses now in ase in the principalSouthern ports. The engine and machineryare certainly very fine, and it is claimed thatthe press, when in full operation, will be ableto press a bale of cotton in two minóles. Havinga water iront, tbe cotton as soon as Dressedcan be placed lu scows and carried to tbe Eu¬ropean steamers at Locust Point, or to stilingvessels at Fell's Point, with but little handling,and placed in tbe hole in as compressed a con¬dition as it is possible to effect with cotton.The adjusting of tbe machinery is nearly com¬

pleted, and <t is understood that a public exhi¬bit on will be given to merchants and shippersearly in the coming week. Those interestedin the cotton trade appear to be much pleasedwith the enterprise, affording facilities, as itdoes, to the trade of Baltimore in the grea tSouthern staple.

-Apropos of the Ooumenical Council thatis to be, the following arrangements for thecomfort of the loreign prelates invited arecnannteed by a writer in La Liberte to becorrect: " lue bishops are to receive a dailvallowance for expensen, (frais desejour). rang¬ing from ten to fl'teen france, say two or threedollars m gold, according to their rank. Be¬sides wDich carriages will be provided, at theexpense of tbe pontifical treasury, to take theprelalcj to the sessions of tbe council and tothe ccramonies thev mav be required to attendaid to bring them back."

LOBB AXD BABY BYRO*.

NEW EVIDENCE PRODUCED BT LORD LINDSAY.

Unpublished Letters from Lady Byronand landy Anne Barnard.

The London Times, of the 7th instant, con¬

tains the following letter from Lord Lindsay,giving new evidence in relation to the Byronscandal, in the torm of unpublished lettersfrom Lady Byron and Lady Anne Barnard:I'TO the Editor of (he Times:"SIE-Í have waited in expectation of a cate¬

gorical denial of the horrible chargé broughtby Mrs. Beecher Stowe against Lord Byronaud his sister, on the alleged, authority of thelate Lady Byron. Such denial has been onlyindirectly given by the letter of Messrs. Whar¬ton and Fords in your impression of yesterday.That letter is sufficient to prove that LadyByron never contemplated the u?e made of ber

name, and tbat her descendants and represen¬tatives disclaim any conntenance of Mrs,Beecher Stowe's article; but it does not specifi¬cally meet Mrs. Stowe's allegation that LadyBvron in conversing with her thirteen yearsago affirmed the charge now bafbre us. It re-

maina open, therefore, to a scandal-lovingworld to credit tho calumny through the ad¬vantage of this flaw, involuntary, I believe, inthe answer produced against it."My object in addressing you is to supply

that deficiency by proving that what is now

stated JU Lady Byron's supposed authority isat variance in all respects with what she statedimmediately after the separation, when every¬thing was fresh io her memory in relation tothe time during whiyb, according to Mrs.Beecher Stowe, she believed that Byron andbi3 sister were living together iu guilt. 1publish this evidence with reluctance, but inobedience ta that higbor obligation of justiceto the voiceless and defenceless dead whichbids mo break through a reserve that other¬wise I should-have held sacred. The LadyByron ot 1818 would, I am certain, have sane,

tioned my doing so had she foreseen the pres¬ent unparalleled occasion, and thc bar that theconditions of ber will present (as I infer fromMoosra. WliaUuu and Pord'a lotter) againstany fuller communication. Calumnies such as

the present sink deep and with rapidity intothe public mind, and are not easily eradicated.The fame of one of our greatest poets, andthat of the kindest and truest and most

constant friend that Byron ever bad, is atstake; and it will not do to wait f ir revenionsfrom the fountain-head, which are not prom¬ised, and possibly may never reach us.

"Thc late Anne Barjard, who died in 1*2 J, a

contemporary and friend of Burke, Windham,DuQdas, and a host of the wise and good ofthat generation, and remembered in letters as

the authoress of 'Auld Hobin Gray,' had knowntho late Lady Byron from infancy, and,took a

warm interest in her, holding Lord Byron incorresponding repugnance, not to say preju¬dice, in consequence of what she believed to

be his harsh and cruel treatment of her youngfriend. I transcribe the following passagesand a letter from Lady Byron herself (writtenin 1818) from ricordi, or private family me¬

moirs, in Lady Anne's autograph, now beforeme. I include the letter, because, althoughtreating only iu general terms of the matterand the causes of the separation, it affords col¬lateral evidence beating strictly upon the pointof the credibility of the charge now in ques¬tion :

«« «The separation of Lord and Lady Byronastonished the world, which believed bim a re-

foimedmana8 to bis habits, anda becalmedman as to his remorses. He had written noth¬ing that appeared after his marriage till thefamous 'Fare thee well,' which had the powerof compelling those to pity the writer whowere not well aware that he was not the un¬

happy person he affected to be. Lady Byron'smisery was whispered soon after her marriageand his ill-usage, bot no word transpired, no

sign escaped from her. She gave birth shortlyto a daughter, and when she went as soon as

she was recovered on a visit to ber tether's,taking her little Ada with her, co one knewthat it was to return to her lord no more." 'At that period a severe fit of illness had

confined me to bed for two months. I beardof Lady Byron's distress; of the pains he tookto give'a harsh impression of her character tothe world. I wrote to her, and entreated herto come and let me see and bear ber, if sheconceived my sympathy or counsel could beany comfort to ber. She came -but what atale was unfolded by this interesting youngcreature who bad so fondly boped to have madea young man of genius and romance (as shesupposed) happy ! They had not been an hourin the carnage which conveyed them from thechurch, wheo, breaking into a malignantsneer. 'Oh ! what a dupe you have been to yourimagination. How is it possible a woman ofyour sense could form the wild hope of re-torm'ng me? Many aro the tears yon willhave to shed ere that plan is accomplished. Itis enough for me that yon are my wife forme to hate yon; if you were the wife of anyother man I own yon might have charms,' ¿c.

"I. «ho listened, was astonished. 'Howcould you go on after this,' said I 'my dear?Why did you not return to your father's?' 'Be-causè I bad not a conception he was in earnest;because I reckoned it a bad jest, and told bimso-that my opinions of bim were very dif¬ferent from bis of himself, otherwise he wouldnot find me by bis side, He laughed it overwhen he saw mo appear hurt, and I forgotwhat had passed till forced to remember it. Inelieve he was pleased with rn?, too, for a lit¬tle while. I suppose it had escaped his memorythat I was bis wife.' But she described thehappiness they enjoyed to have been unequaland perturbed. Her situation in a short timemight have entitled her to some tenderness,but she made no claim on him for any. Hesometimes reproached her for the motivesthat had induced her to marry him-all was'vanity, the *anity of Miss Milbanke cirrvingthe point of reforming Lord Byron. He alwaysknew her inducements; her pride shut hereves to bis; be wished to build up his charac¬ter and his fortunes; both were somewhat de¬ranged; she bada high name and would havea fortune worth his attention-let her look tothat for bis motives.' *0, Byron, Byron,' shesaid, 'bow you desolate me 1"".He would then accuse himself of being

mad. aud throw himself on the ground in afrenzy, which she believed was affected to con¬ceal the coldness and malignity of his hetrt-an affectation which at that time never failedto m"et with the tenderest commiseration. 1could find by sonio implications, not followedup by me lest she might have condemned her¬self afterwards for her involuntary disclosures,that he soon attempted to corrupt her princi-Eles. both with respect to ber own conduct ander latitude for his. She saw tho precipice on

which she stood, and kept bis sister with heras much as possible. He returned in thc even¬ings from the haunts of vice, where he madeher understand he bad been, with manners soprofligate ! 'Oh, the wretch !' said I, 'and hadhe no momenta of remoree?' 'Sometimes heappeared to bavo them.'" 'One night, coming home from one of bis

lawless parties, he saw me so indignantly col¬lected, and bearine all with such a determinedcalmness, that a rush of remorse seemed tocome over him; he called himself a munster,tbo.ugb his sister was present, and threw him¬self in agony at my feet. 'I could not-20-ICL did not forgive him such injune-. He hadlost me forever.' Astonished at the return ofvirtue, mt tears, I believe, flowed over his lace,and I said, 'Byron, all is forgotten; never, nevershall you hear of it more !' He started up,and, folding his arms while he looked at me.burst into laughter. 'What do you mean?'said I. 'Only a philosophical experiment,that's all,' 6aid he; 'I wished to ascertain thevalU9 of vonr resolutions.'" 'I neednot say more of this prince of du¬

plicity, except that varied were his methods ofreudericg Ler wretched, even to the last.When her lovely little child was bore? and itwas laid beside its mother on the bed, and hewes :nrcrmed Le might see his daughter,' al-

ter gazing at it witb an exulting emile, tlwas the ejaculation that broke from him: "Cwhat an implement of torture have I a equi r

in you I" 8nch be rendered it by bis eyes a

manner, keeping her in a perpetual alarmits safety when in bis presence. All this rea

madder than I believe he was; but she bad r

then made up her mind to disbelieve his pitended insanity, and conceived it best totrust her secret with the excellent Dr. Baili;telling bim all that seemed to regard the st:of her husband's mind, and letting his adviregulate her conduct." 'Baillie doubted of his derangement, bi

as he did not reckon his own opinion infallibbe wished her to lake precautions as if fahusband was so. He recommended ber coi;to the country, but to give lim no suspicionber intentions of remainise there, and foishort time to show no coldness in her lettetill she could better ascertain his Btate. S"went-regretting, ae she told me, lo wear a

semblance bnt the truth. A shurt time dclosed the story to the world, fie acted tpart of a man driven to despair by ber infle:ble resentment and by the arts of a govefne(once a servant in the family) wbo bated bil'I will give you,' proceeds .Lady Anne. *afiDaragraphs transcribed from one of LaByron's own letters to me.Z " 'It is sorrowful to think that in a very lilltime thia young and amiable creature, witpatient and feeling, «ill have her cbaractca istaken by every one who reads Byrotworks. To reecue her from this I preservher letters, and when she afterwards expressa fear that anything of ber writing should evfall into hands to injure him (1 suppose s!meant hy publication,) I solemnly assured hthat it never should. But here this letter eh:be placed, a sacred record in her favor, uknown to herself:

LADT BSBON'l) LETTEB.

"'I am a very incompétent judge of the ii

pression which the last canto of Childe Haromay produce on the minds of indifferent rea

era. It contains the usual trace of a conecienrestlessly awake, thoogfa bis object has beitoo long lo aggravate its burden, as if it con

be thus oppressed into eternal stupor. I whope as yon do, tbat it survives his ultimagood. It was the acuteness of his remore

impenitent in its character, which so lorseemed to demand from my compassion

Bpare every semblance of reproach, every locof grief, which might have said to his coi

science, "You have made me wretchedI am decidedly of opinion that be is reaponsble. Be has «¡shed to be' thought partialderaoged, or ou the brink of it, to perplcobservers and prevent them from tracing efects to their real causes through all the iitricicies of his conduct." 'I was. as 1 told yon, it one time the dup

of his acted ineanity, and cluog to the formedelusions in regard to the motives that cotcerned me personally, till the whole eyeletwaylaid bare. He is tbe absolute monarch cwords, .m I uses them, as Bonaparte did livesfor conquest, without more regard for their irtrinsic value, considering them only as cipherwhich must derive all their import from thsituation in which lie places them, and thends to which he adapts thom with such coneummate skill. Why, then, you will say, doehe not employ them to give a better color tihis own character ? Because he is toogood aiactor to overact, or to aesume a moral carlwhich it would be easy to strip off. In regor,to his poetry, egotism is the vital principle ohis imagination, which it is difficult for him tikindle on any subject with which his own character and interests are not identified; but b<the introduction of fictitious ^cidents. bjchange of scene or time, he hasT veloped hi)"poetical disclosures m a system impenetrabliexcept to a very few, and his constant desiriof creating a sensation makes him not avéraito bethe object of wonder and cariosity, everthough accompanied by some dark and vaguesuspicions.

'-Nothing has contributed more to the misun¬derstanding of bis real character than thelonely grandeur in which bo shrouds it, undhis affectai ion of being above mankind, whenhe exists almost io their voice. The romanceof bis sentiments is another feature of thismask of state. 1 know no one more habituallydestitute of that enthusiasm he so beautifullyexpresses, and to which bo can work up hiefancy chiefly by contagion. I had heard hewas the best of brothers, the most gênerons offriends, and I thought such feelings on>v re¬

quired to be warmed and cherished into morediffusive benevolence. Though these opinionsare eradicated, and oould never retnrnbut with the decay of my memory, yon will notwonder if there aro still moments when theassociations of feelings which arose from themsoften and sadden my thoughts." 'Bnt I have not thanked you, dearest Lad.v

Annie, for your kindness in regard to a princi¬pal object-that of rectifying false impressions.I trust you understand my wishes, which neverwere toinjure Lord Byron in any way; for,though be would not suffer me to remain hiswife, he cannot prevent me from continuinghis friend; and it was considering myself assuch that I silenced the acensations by whichmy own conduct might have been more fullyjustified. It is not necessary to speak ill of bisheart in general; it is sufficient Lhat to me itwas hard and impenetrable-that my ownmust have been broken before bis could havebeen touched. I would rather represent thisas mr misfortune than as bis guilt; bat, sure¬

ly, that misfortune is not to be made mycrime. Such are my feelings; you will judgehow to act."Bis alludions to me in Childe Harold are

crnel and cold, but with such a semblance asto make me appear so, and attract all sympa¬thy to himself. It ie said in this poem thathatred of him wi 1 bs taught as a lesson to hischild. I might appeal to all who have everheard me speak of him, and still more to myown heart, to witness that there has been nomoment when I have remembered injury oth¬erwise than affections'ely aud sorrowfully. Itis not my duty to give way to hopeless andwholly unrequited affection; but, so long as Ilive, my chief struggle will probably be not toremember bim too kindly. 1 do not seek thcsympathy of tbe world, but I wish to bo knownby those whoso op ul on is valuable aod whosekindness is dear to me. Among such, mydear Lady Anne, you will ever be rememberedby your truly affectionate A. BIRO*."It is tho provinca ot your readers and of the

world at large to judge between the two testi¬monies now before them - Lady Byron's in1816 and 1818, and that put forward in 1869 byMrs. B. Stowe, as communicated by LadyByron thirteen years ago. In the face of theevidence now given, positivo, negative and cir¬cumstantial, there can ba but two alternativesin tbe case-either Mrs. B. Btowo most haveentirely misunderstood Lady-Byron, and beenthus led into error and mi£-s'.aternont, or we

must conclude that, under the pressure of a

lifelong and eccret Borrow, Lidy Bvron'a mindhüd become clouded with an hallucination inrespects of the particular point iu question."Toe reader will admiro the noble bnteevere

character displayed in Lady Byron's letter; butthose who keep in view what her first impres¬sions were, aa above reccrd'.-d, may probablyplacea more lenient interpretation than hersupon some of thc incidents alleged lo Byron'sdiscredit. I shall conclude with some remarksupon his character, written shortly after hisdeath by a wise, virtuous and charitable judge,the late Sir Walter Scott, likewise in a letterto Lady Anne Bsr.iard:" 'FieIchera account of poor Byron is ex¬

tremely interesting, i had akvavs a strong at¬tachment to that unfoi (unite though mostrichly gifted man, because I thought I sawthat his virtues (and he had many) were hieown, and his eccentricities tba result ol'an ir¬ritable temperament which sometimes ap¬proached nearly to mental dis¿a se. Those wu oaro gifted with strong nerves, a regular tem¬per and habitual self-commuid ore not, per¬haps, aware how much they owe to constitu¬tion; and such are but too jevero judges olmen like Byroo, whose mind, like a day of al¬ternate storm and sunshine, is all dirk shadesand stray gleams of light iis'ead of the twi¬light gray whicii illuminates happier thoughlese distinguished mortals. I always thoughtthat when a moral proposition was placedplainly before Lord Byron his mindMelded a pleased cud willing assent toit, but if thero was any side view givenin the way of raillery or otherwise, hewan willing enough to evade conviction. »

* * It augurs ill for the cause of Greece thatthis master-spirit should have been withdrawnfrom their assistance just as he was obtainingcomplete neceedasoy over their counsels. I

lave Been several letters from the IonianIslands, all of which nnite in speaking in thelighest praise of the wisdom and temperance>f his counsels, aud the ascandancv he was ob-aining over tbe turbulent and ferocious chiefs)f the insurgents. I have some verses writtenJJ bim on bis last birthday; they breathe a

spirit of affection towards his wife, and a de-lire of dying in battle, which seems like an an-icipation of his approaching fate.

I remain, sir, your obedient servant,Dunecht, September 3. LaosAY."

THE LOST FREIGHT.

rhc Late Railroad Accident-Mst oftheDestroyed Merchandise Intended forthe Line ofthe Greenville and Colum¬bia Railroad.

The Columbia Phoenix gives the followingis a correct list of the freight destroyed by thelate railroad accident intended for persons re¬

siding on tbe line of the Greenvi fie and Co¬lumbia Railroad :

0

DONALDS.-Kennedy, M. C. k Co.-4 bbls., 2casks, 2 bbls. molasses, 7 boxes. J. P. Kenne¬dy-bbl. .molasses. J. P. Pressley-bbl. mo¬lasses.GREENWOOD_M. W. Coleman-box. 8. A.

k W. H. Bailey-hhd. Riley k J. Bro.-llbundles cotton toes.BELTON.-Cox k P.-bbl. oil.WILLIAMSTON.-G. W. Anderson-6 bundles

cotton ties.bale bagging. G. W. Rankin-cot¬ton gin. Donuald ¿V M.-2 boxes cheese.PENDLETON.-J. B. Adger-77 bags guano.

Sloan-bag coffee, 2 sacks salt, keg nails, kegmolasses. Crayton k S-12 bundles ties. P.H. E. Sloan-2 boxes. W. Perry A Co. -2 kegsnails, 2 bbls., box. J. W. Livingston-5 pack¬ages, bag, 4 bundles cotton ties.ANDERSON.- lowers k B.-2 bbls., 4 coils

rope. M. Lesser-9 bundles cotton ties, rollbagging, 8coils rope. W. H. Nardin-2 box?s.J. B. Benson k Co.-2 coils rope, bundle H.and R.. 2 bundles baskets, bundle paper, neattubs, bundle buckets, bundle saws, 2 bundlesshovels, bundle 8. and T., package, 2 boxes.W. H. Satterfield-bair coffee, 6 boxes, 2 bbls.Carter A M. -box. A. P. Heabbard-2 boxes.J. K. Cochran-60 bbls. lime. M. Lesser-20Backe salt.SPABTASBUHO.-Coker k 8.-bale, 8 coils

rope, bag coffee, 2 boxes, keg, bundle baskets,scale beam. Hicks k M.-box. T. A. Car¬lisle-roll belting. Simpson Bob?-box soda;keg nails. Gibbes k T.-bbl. kerosene. Hen¬dricks k M.-cask. "Brown k W.-2 boxes.Jeffries k Co.-2 kegs p. Tucker-10 bagsÊuano. W. C. Harris k Co.-5 bales bagging.

». k C. Loe-2 bags coffee W. C. Harris-bale bagging. J. L. Gunbouee-4 boxes.FROG LEVEL.-H. S. Boozer-4 bars iron,

bundle iron, box window glass. L. C. Kibbler-13 sacks salt. Wheeler k M.-bale bagging,bbl,, bundle twine, roil bagging.HELENA.-H. C. Store-8 bales bigging.NINETY- Six. J. Cresswell-bud. W. C.

Fonsbe-bale barging, 10 bundles cotton ties.Rodgers Bro.-keg nails. 10 bundles cottonties, balo bagging. J. M. Richardson--ll bun¬dles cotton ties, 2 bales bagging, bbl. flour. W.B. Calhoun-tierce.COKESBOBX.-T. J. Ellis-bbl. fish. Trow¬

bridge k Co.-20 bundles cotton ties.SALUDA OLD TOWN.-J. R. Hagood-8 rolls

bagging, 10 bundies cotton ties, keg.GREENVILLE.-C. B. Stewart-14 bags o'.

roano.NBWBEBUÏ.-G. T. Scott-88 bigs gnano.

J. Kyle-4 bundles spades, 4 bundles sticks, 4»undies rims, 12 bundles spokes. S. R. T. -6kegs nails. Mills k Co.-2 kogs nails. 8 boxes,L trunk. 8. P. Todd-trunk. J. Kvie-box.à. R. Todd-tfthk. J. B. Williams-box oilsloth. D. Mower-2 packages sashes. Mightk C.-3 boxes. Miss E. Sill-box. L. k W.-3 boxes cheese. J. M. Fiovd-child's carriage.Z. S. White-box J. C. Hunter-bundle pots,boiler, bundle pans, kettle, stove, box, 4 trucks.Vance k H.-2 boxes, 4 trunks. C. F. Frank¬lin-package blinds, 2 packages sashes. A.D. Lovelace-3 bbls. flour, 4 boxes, package,box. bundle sieves. W. H. Jones-3 boxes.Lovelace k W.-box.

THE CROPS IN KER-HAW.-The Camden Jour¬nal says :

During the present term of oar court we

bave bad opportunities of conversing with per¬sons from every part of our district, and learn¬ing the prospect of the cotton crop, and fromavery section the report is that the crop willbe short, estimated variously at one-third tojne-half what it at one time promised. Fromincreased acreage and the use of fertilizers, itiras expected that the crop would largely ex¬ceed that of last year, but it is believed bymany that it will not exceed, even if it reachesthat amount. The corn crop, except in a fewfavored localities, will be very short.

/nncral latir».DES PORT tS,-Died 21st september, 1869, WIL¬LUM AUGUSTUS, eon of WILLI A. and MAUI T.DESPOSTES, «ged 7 mon'hs and 17 days.49- i he Relatares and Friends of the

'anally are invited to attend the Funeral Service, atSo 8 Amherst street, THIS AFTERNOON, at Fourj'clock. .Sept 22

Spend lotir ts.

»O' "COURT BE AUTIES" OF PARIS, ASgrell as the elite* artists will allow no other cosmeticthan thc MILE OF VIOLE TS to enter their bou¬doir. Sold by all diupgists. V. W. BRÏNCKER-HOFF, New i ork, Agent for America.Sept 22_ 1

«»?MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS SUF¬FERING from Diseases pertaining to the Genito

Urinary Organs, will receive the latent scientifictreatment by placing themselves under the care ofDr, T. REENTSJERNA. Office No. 74 HABEL-3Tb EET. three doors east from the Postofflce.August 26_«

~~H7T~EXECUTORS' FINAL NOTICE.-No¬tice is hereby given that on the FIRST DAT OP

OCTOBER ensuing, the undersigned will applyto the Judge of Probate, of Charleston County, for a

anal dis :harge as Executors of the Estate ot the lateJOSEPH PATTANt.

JAME9 F. SLATTERY,FBANCId POUECE,

Executors of Estate of J. Puttani.

Sept 1_w?8»BS-OFFIJE SAVANNAH AND CHARLES-

ION RAILROAD COMPANY. CHARLESTON, AU¬GUST 28.1853.-This Company i* now prepared lo

FUND IHE INTEREST DUE, and to become due on

September 1,18Ö9, on the Bonds of the CHARLtS-TON AND SAVANNAH SAILBOAT) COMPANY, en¬

dorsed by tho Stito of South Carolina, according to

fae provhious of section TbirJ (SJ] of an Act to ena¬

ble the Savannah and Charlestou Railroad Companylo complete their Road, which Section reads ap fol-

lollows, viz:SECTION 'J. That tue said Company is hereby

further authorized and required to fund and redeemthe Coupons for interest of the Boads of theCharleston aud savanush ualroad Compauy, gua¬ranteed nv the State, now past due, and that mayfall due on or before thu Crst day of September,18C9. by issuing therefor an equal amount ol theirBonds, witli Coupons attached, for lutereat, payableRomi-auDuiliy, at the rate of seven er cent. p»rannum, au 1 tbe priucipal to becom-s due in twentyyears alter the dale thereof An th; payment otpaid BonJs so t~> ne issued in substitution lor inter¬est Consens chalí be guaranteed by the S'ate in thei-ame manner and as tully as the saul original Mondsni the uh irleston and Savannas Railroad Oompinyare now guaranteed; suujec , however, to the provi¬sions of section 6 ol tbis Act.The Treasurer of the Company will FUND DAILY,

until Saturday, 11th September, between the hoursof Nine and Two o'clock, at the Office cf Messrs,CAMPBELL k SEABROOK, No. 50 1 road-street,and thereafter at Office of tue Concpacy. foot of Mi!!,street 8. W. FISHER, ,Augu«t33 mwf Secretary ard Treasurer.

«3- PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-ANEW COURSE OF LECTURES, a« delrvered at theNew York Museum of Anatomy, embracing tie sub-jects : How to Live and What to Live for ; Youth,Maturity and Old Age ; Manhood generally rsview-ed ; tte Cause of Indigestion ; Flatulence ard Ner¬vous Diseases acrcunted lor ; Marriage Philosophycally Considered, Ac, These Lectur's will be for¬warded on receipt of four stamps, by addressing :

SECRETARY BALTIMORE MUSLUM OF ANATO¬MY, No. 74 Wet Baltimore-street. Baltimore, Md.

April 19 mwityr

Special tfotirts.. ss-CONSIGNEES* NOTICE.-THE STEAM-SHIP J. W. EVERMAN, from Pblladelpbia, ia TauDAY discharging cargo ai North Atlantic Wharf.Goods on wharf at sanfet, at rial; and expense .ofConsignees. No claims allowed uniMS made before

gondsTeave the wharf. **"Sept 22 1 JOHN A THEO. PETIT, Agents.AO" NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE

Steamship MINN'ETONKA ia Tam DAT dischargingcargo at Vanderhorafa wharf. Goods not removedby (unset will remain on the wharf at owners' risk,or bf stored, at expense and risk of owner or con¬

signee. RAVENEL A CO., Agents.Sept 20_'_3_ttWlEE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND

THE CHEAPEST.-THE NEWS JOB OFF10E, No.U9 EAST BAT, haring replenished its Stock with a

new and largs assortment of material of tbe finestquality and latest styles, is prepared to execute, attbe shortest notice and in the best manner, JOBPBINTING ol erery description.

Call and examine the scale of prices before givingyour orders elsewhere.

NOTICE.-I, THERESA SONNTAG, WIFEOF OTTO SONNTAG, Dyer and Scourer, residing atNo. 141 Market-street, south side, do hereby girenotice that T will canyon business as a Sole Traderin one month from the date hereof.Augusts Imo THERESA SONNTAG.

JW A CARD-SOUTHERN LIFE INSUR¬ANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPABTMENT.To the PtopU 0/South Carolina:The above Company was orgon'zed in 1866, in

consequence of tho wholesale forfeiture or Southernpolicies by Northern companies. The unparalleledsuccess of th-* enterprise has forced several of thesecompanies to restore their Soutuern policies, fromthe fact that they could not operate in our midstwithout the appearance, of honesty.We keep all our money at home to build up our

impoverished country-every dollar of premiumbeing safely invested in the 8tste from which it ls de¬rived. The institution is purely Southern, and henceshould sppeal with great force lo the patriotism andand sympathy of every Southern heart.-Tis not our purpose to make war on other com¬

panies, but to exhibit the special advantages offered

by this purely. Southern Company-founded on

patriotism and solid wealth. Its ratio of assets toliabilities-the true test of a company's strength-lasecond to none on this continent, bein; nearly $300to $100.Whenever and wherever we have presented the

claims of tbis Company, lt has not only enlisted thesympathies of our people, but has also secured theirhearty co-operation. We hare secured 600 policiesIn South Carolina since the 10th of February. Wenumber among our Directors General Wade Hamp¬ton and Colonel Wm. Johnson, gentlemen wellknown to every citizen of South Carolina. We ap¬peal personally to the people of South Carolina to'assist in pushing forward this deservedly popularSouthern institution. J. H. MILLER,General Agent Southern Life Insurance Company,

No. 23 Broad-street, Augusta, Ga.8. T. TUPPER,

Agent, Charleston, 8. C.H. W. DESAUS8ÜRE, M. D.,

Medical Examiner.

We cheerfolly recommend .the above Company tothe patronage of thc citizens of South Carolina.Columbia, S. C.-J. 8. Preston, J. P. Carroll, C. D,

Melton, 8. W. Melton, J. D. Pope.Camden.-J. B. Kershaw, Wm. M. Shannon, W. E.

Johnson.Sumter_John B. Moore.Winnsboro'.-W. B, Robertson, J. B. McCents,

James H. Rion.Yorkville.-W. B. Wilson, A. Coward, James Ma¬

son, L D. Witherspoon, J. R. Bratton. J. T. Lowry,B. G. McCaw. *Anderson.-J. L. Orr.Barnwell.-Jos. A. Lawton, James Patterson, John¬

son Hagood. ,

Clarendon.-Jno. I. Manning, T. C. Richardson,Browne Manning.

HEFEBZNCE3 IN CHARLESTON.

General JAME! CONNER, Messrs. PELZER,RODGERS A CO , JAMES H. WILSON, Esq., GEO.H. WALTER, Esq., LEWIS D. MOWRY. Esq.

August 19 '-'mo?

49" MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY ONTHE CAUSE AND CURE OF PREMATURE DE¬CLINE IN MAN, the treatment of Nervous andPh: sical Debility, Ac."There is no member of society by waom tbis

book will not be found useful, whether such personholds the relation of Parent, Preceptor or Clergy¬man."- Sftdieal Times and Gazette.Sent by mail on receipt of fifty cents. Address

the Author, Dr. E. DEF. CURTIS,Beptl_lyr_Washington, D. C.

ta-BATCHELORS HAIR DYE-THISsplendid Hair Dye is tbe best in the world; the onlytrue and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instauta*neous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; rem«edies the ill effects of bad dyes; invigorates andleaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown.Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers; and properlyapplied at Batchelor'* Wi Factory, No. Bond,street. New York. IvrMar IS

ta- KEEP THE BODY IN GOOD REPAIR.It is much easier to keep tbs ty-tcm io good condi¬tion than to restore lt to that condition when shat¬tered by disease. The "House of Life," like otherbouses, should bc prompt y propped up and sus¬

tained whenever it shows any sign of giving wjy.The first symptoms of physic.! debility should betaken as a hint that a stimulant is required. Thenext question is, "what shall the stimulant be?"A wholesome vegetable tonic, tbe mlmalatin?

properties of which are modifie ! by the juices andextracts of anti-febrile and laxative roots and herbs-

something whi:b will regulate, soothe and purify,as well as invigorate-ls the medicine required bytbe debilitated. There are rr ./preparations whichare claimed to bc of this description, but fiOSTET-TER'3 STOMACH BICTERS, the groat vegetablepreventive and restorative, that has won its way tothe confidence of thepuMlc and the medical profes¬sion, by a quarter of a century of unvarying success,stands pre-eminent amen; them all. To expatiateon its popularity would bc to repeat a twice-tol Itale. It is only necessary lo consult the records oftho Cnitcd States Revenue Department to leam thatits consumption is greater than that of any otb»rproprietary remedy of either native or f'ireijrnorigin.Asa means of sustaining thc health and strength

under a fiery temperature, the BITTERS have a

paramount claim toco isideration. It has th-) effectof fortifying and bracing thc nervous and muscularsystems against the ordinary eonsequenc-.-a of sud¬den and violent changes of temperature,, and i?,therefore, peculiarly useful ot this season, wlien botsunshine by div, and ice-cold d ws by night, alter¬

nately heat and chill thc blood of tboswho a*e ex

posed to them.HOSTETTKR'o STOMACH BITTERS are fold in

bottles only. To avoid being deceived by counter¬feits, sec that thc name of thc- article is on the tabel,and embossed ou the class of the bottles, »nd our

revenue stamp over the cork.SeptIB_pac_6

49-PRETTY WOMEN.-A COMPARATIVE¬LY lew ladies monopolize the beauty as well as tbe

attention of society. This ought not to be so. but it

is, and will be while men aie foolish ond single out

pretty faces for companions.This can all be changed by u«ing HAGAN'3 MAG¬

NOLIA BALM, which gives the bloom of youth anda refined i-parkling beauty to the complexion, pleas¬ing, powerful and natural.No lady need complain of a red, tanned, freckled

or rustic complexion who will invest 75 cents in Ha¬gan's Magnolia Balm. Its effects are truly wonder¬ful.

To preserve and dress the Hair use Lyon's Aa-tbatron, nae wimlmo August 25

FOR PHIL.ADBl.PHIa.1HE PACKET SCHOONEK JON ATHAN

MAT. NB*L Master, will sail ta a lew days.For engagement«, apply to

ELF. B»KEE A CO., -

Sept 22 x No. 30 Cumberiaod-atreet.EXCURSIONS TO Alil> POINTS OF IBU

TEBEST ABOUND TBE H&RBOB.THE FAST SAILING AND COSLFOBTA-

BLT appointed Yacht ELEANOR will nowpresume her trips to all points ta the har"bor, starting EYKBY atoaimo, at Tea

o clock, from 8outh Commercial Wharf.For Passage or Charter, apply to

THOMAS YOUNG, .,

pep"3_Captain, on hoard»EXCURSION S1 EXCURSIONS X

THE FETE FAST 8AILING YACHTELLA ANNA, the Champion of the Sooth,is now ready and prepared to make regulartripe, thus affording an opparttrairy to all

who may wish to visit points of interest ta our beau¬tiful harbor.For passage, apply to the Captaba on Union Wharf,June 31

NEW YORK. AND CHARLESTONSTEAMSHIP LINE.

FOR NEW YORK.

. THE STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN,'M. Si WOODHULL Commander, will"sall from Adirer'» Wharf on 8ASUB-SAT, September 25th, at V o'clock.

A. V.tar Liverpool -Through Bate on- Cotton one

pennv. jSW Through Bates to Boston and ProTidence.For Freight or Pásele, apply to .«*

JAME« ADcrhK & CO.. Agents,Corner Adder's Wharf and East Bay (up-«talrs.)49> Tb« Steamship JAMES ADOEB will follow

on TUESDAY, September 33, at U o'clockA. M.Sept 32 é ri

FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BO St TON.

THE STEAMSHIP J, W. EVEB-! MAN, Captain J. N. HrxcxLZT, wlDJIta%e North Atlantic Wharf, for

-.Philadelphia and Boston, Tirtras-DAT, September 33d, ats o'clock-P. M.

for Freight orphanage, apply toJOHN Ac IHKO. GETTY, Agenta

Bept33_ North Atlantic Wharf.

FOR N tbW hORK.

REO.ULAR LINE EVERT THUR8DA TV

THE SPLENDID STEAMSHIP[MTNNETONKA. Captata CAHFKW-ran, will leave Fandethorst's Wharf,

-^^WrTS THCB£D*T AVZZSNOON, September23. 1869. at half-past 4 o'clock1 1

49* Through Bills Ladimr Riven on Cotton to Liv-trpooL BAV&NEL k CO.. Agente.Sept 20

_^

FAST FlfEIOHT LINE TO BALTIMORE,PHILADELPHIA AND THE CITIES OF THE '

NOB1HWEST. ac-d

TUE STEAMSHIP SEA GULL,N. P. DCTTON Commander, will sau

'for Baltimore on FamiY MORNING24th instant, at half-past 8 o'clock,

from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves.49- Through Bills Lading giren to PHILADEL¬

PHIA, NEW YOBS, BOSTON sud the CitIES of theNORTHWEST. .

For Freight engagements, apbly toCOURTENAY & TRENHOLM,

Sept 20_3_Union Waarre«.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMFY"*THBOUOH LIN* 70

CALLFOBNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.CHANGS OF SAILING DATS!

STEAMERS OF THE ABOYline leave Pier No. 43, North Birex,foot of Canal-street. New York, at12 o'clock noon, of theist, 11th and

21st of every month (except when these dates fallen Sunday, then the Saturday preceding).Departure of 1st and 31st connect at Panama witt

steamers for South Pacific and Central America])perta. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo.

Departure of 11th cn each month connects wittthe new steam line from Panama to Australia an*NiW Zealand-Steamshlp CHINA leaves Ban Francisco for Chin»

snd Japan October 4. 1869.No California steamers touch at Havana, bat ge

direct from New Yrrk to AspfnwaU.One hundred PCB ads baggage free u escb ada)',

Medicine and attendance free.For Paastgb Tickets or farther information apply

at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whar*foot of Canal-street, North.Elver. New York.March 12_tyr F. B. BABY, Ageit

FOR W HIGUT'S BLUFF,AND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON SANTES

RIVER.. .-g-»a» THE Í" t'EAMER MARION, CAPT.¿¿¿¡JffSMgfZALEXANDER ROBERTSON, ls now re¬

ceiving Freight st Accommodation Wharf, and willleave on SATUBDAT Nioar, the 25th instant.For Freight engagements apply at

THE OFFICE OF TH«; AGENOY,Sept32_4 Accommodation Wharf.

FOR OARDNEH'S BLUFFAND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PEE¬

DEE RIVER.

r^aCÑ raB STEAMER PLANTER. CAPT.m£SSiäES53m J T. FOBTRB. now being throughly re-

paired snd rrfltt*d, will leave for the above pointsabout the 1st October next.For eng- gements apply to

HAVrNEL k HOLMES,No 177 E«st Bay.

N. B.-All trei^ht consigned to agents will be for¬warded free ofcommission and storage. 12 Sept 17

CHANVE OF SCHEDULE.

FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA,VIA SAVANNAH. FERNANDINA AND JACKSÜ

VILLE.THE ELEGANT AND FIRST-CLASS

'STEAMER DICTATOR, Cáptalr ,W. T. MONZLTX. will sall irom Charleston everyTr EHDAT EVENTNO, at Nine o'clock, tor the abovepoints.Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannal

for Mobile and New Orleans, and with the Florid:Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at whiotpoint beamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile,Pensacola, Key West and Hivsna.Through Billa Lading sigued to New Orleans and

?.Ml«.All freight payable on thewb«ir?.Good* not removed at cuntet » i'l be etored at rle

and expense of owners.J. D. AIEE\ k CO., Agenta.

May 27 mw S JUth Atlantic Wharf.

Spmol totnes.ißt SOLOMON'S 'iii CTEB8.-THIS PRE¬

PARATION, compound ed by one of our oldeat sudmost esteemed diuggit is, bas, during the short timein which it bas been o fered to the public, attaineda reputation which ha i almost entirely driven out ofnurka the various toole sud stimulant* which, fora fewmon'hs. by exorbitant puffing and heavy ad¬vertising, succeeded In building a profitable busi¬ness for their projector*.So'omon's Bitters sro not of the flashy style, de¬

pending upon lai ge advertising, bought puffs andfictitious recommendations for a sale to a gulliblepublic. Their composition is well known ta and ap¬proved by many of our best physician?, and the pro¬

prietors depend upon the in'rinsic merita of theirmedicine to make lt as popular a» it U curative.

They do net pretend t i oner a medicinal prepara¬tion that will cu.-e all the ilia that flesh is heir to,but they do contend that the judicious use of theseHitters will greatly alleviate human suffering, and

bring very mauy to a state of comparative healthwho have long been strangers to that gre a1 blessing.One eopd gfnnine recommendation o' any pro-

fessed curative is worth dozens or h mdreds of

bought certificates, and the Messrs. .SOLOMON9have only published a few out of the hundreds ofun¬

solicited testimonies which the have received. Wethis morning give a copy of a letter from Hon. ALEX.H. STFPHKNS, whose recuiiariy enfeebled conditionfor the past six months has been known to the wholecountry. His few earnest words will go much fur¬ther to confirm the good opinion already existing asto the bénéficiai quail tie J of thia medicine thanwould columns of stereotyped recommendstionafrom unknown parties:

LIBERTY HALL, )CHAWP JRDTVUXE GA , August 14.1869.1

Uetsri. A. A. Solomons é Co., Druggists, Savannah,Ga.:

GENTLEMEN-Plea«e »end me half a dozen bottles

of your Bitters. I have be?n using them latelyupon the recommendation of a friend, wilh decided

becefit, in giving tone lo tbe dbjestive organs and

general strength to my system. Send by Express,with value endorsed, C. O. D.

Yours respectfully,'Signed) ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS,

ango* 24 LM0