The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-28
DEPARTURES OF mn. DICKEss.

DEfAmEQEA& W -
Boz" came and has gone again. He
lss notseen The United States, for he didn't
sis;t IL Srdst Wea. BE should have done
4hsts, tat BE ID nasiSder an snEsgement y
sill : psogrampemsds by others, and be has
kept his engagement. 1t was an unworthy
and petty spleen on the part Of the Chicago
papers that prompted them to denounce Mr..
Dicksus - cantinghypoerita, Who preathed
] much better charity than hspnsticed. Asd
TO charge him with deliberately kespirE
away from Chicago because there lived there
,hs INDECENT widow and childrenofh hi brother.
whose unrelieved poverty rebuked his -abun,
dance and cold-blooded avarice. For it turns
out now, that his brothers family are not in
Chicago ct all; but that they are in England,
maintained and we'll provided for by the gen
crosby Of Charles Dickens.
There was the Dickens Press Supper, where
he spoke n good, generous, tender, manly
words as ever any he has written; words that
were such tribute to this country, u the
most sensitive guardians Of its fair repute
should desire none better.
he gave Ais LAST reading in New York
few svenAssr 20. snd u The conclssion Of il
he spoAksth<ss hearty, graceful words:
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN: The shadow Of
one word has impended over me all this even
ing. and the time hiss come ct last when the
shadow must fall. 1t is but very short one.
but the weight Of snch things is not measured
by their length end two much shorter words
express the whole realm of our human ex>
istence. Whom ! vas reading g David Cop.
perfeld "here last Thursday night, feitthat
there was more than useful significance for
me in Mr. Peggotty b declaration (. Ny fu-
closed this book just now, felt keenly that
] was shortly to establish such an glibi as
would have sssia6ed even the elder Mr.. We'll
Ter himself. lLaughter.1 The relations that
have been set up between Us in this place
relations sustained on my side, at least, by the
most earnest devotion Of myselfto my task; sus.
tanned BY yourselves, on your side, BY the
readiest sympathy and kindlest acknovledg
ment-nnst GOV be broken forever. But
entreat you 70 believe that in passing from
my sight You viii not pass from my memory.
shall often, often recall you as see you
now, equally by my winter ERE, and in the
green, English, snmmef weather. shall
never recall you - mere public audience.
busrather n host Of personal friends, and
ever with the greatest gratitude, tenderness
and consideration. Ladies aud gentlemen.
beg to bid you farewell. And | pray God
have met yon. Great applause, thu audi
ence rising and with waving handkefchiefs
and loud Voices cheering the distinguished
reader till he had passed from the room.l
Then the Russia sailed from New York
the other day, and took Charles Dick
ems away from american shores. And the
New York Tribune tells how the msnnes o.
h,ssoing was this:
The Russia left her wharf early yesterday
morning and steamed down the bay. When
near Staten Island she rounded top and
waited for mails and passengers to arrive By
the tug boat from Jersey City. When the
boat came alongside, bearing, among others.
Mr.. Paul Dn Chaillu and Mr.. George W.
Childs, the passengers crowded to the side to
catch glimpse OF Mr.. Dickens, who, leaning
over the rails on the quarterback Of the
Russia, smiled and nodded to hia friends be-
low. Two hours before he had left the West
minister Hotel amid the cheers OF those who
had gathered to bid him farewell, and ss he
entered the carriage, bouquets tossed by fair
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