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For II" Dispatch.
&HGtc md sitN Taxation.

The state Of Virginia ani the city Of
EieAmoAl tax the stocks and bonds of re-
-irnts here, held in banks, railroads, and
other corporate bodies, whether the cor
roralion bee situated within or without the
limits and jurisdiction Of the State.
TO not propose to discuss the question
Il taxation without protection. | propose
o''y to Illustrate the effect Of the tax.
Suri,"sc family owning $4,000 Of
s,.,l; in national bank in Balti-
aanrr, and $4,000 in cash to remove
10 "jchwoui, 70 purchase q house at Il cost
Il :Io. 900, aIl furniture for - 600 more.
With dividends at eight per cent. per
unuula-aAy S3,200-it may appear that
the family could live comfortably upon
their income. But let Us first see what the
net income will he, and then form our
judgment. The tax 10 the city Of Rich
Iu"ld will be
on house umG furniture valued 1T cost
~a} $500, J: per cent. 1850 %
"a tt;y"2 n3nk .iock i ier c"mt; 50" 90
y!ssnia >t.,v tax ;@6i sio,voo Stock, slcr "
roIai lax In lrginla........,...... $0lo 90
The Supreme Cour; Of the United States
lave decided that the stock III the banks
Say be taxed where the bank is situated.
We must, therefore, deduct for Maryland
>,ate and for Baltimore city tax
Nlryland state tax on 200 stock at
Baltimore city tax al i per cent. 500 60
Total MARYLAND ,nx.................. 500 90
Tie United States tax Of five per cent. on
income may or may not be paid by the
hank, but il il Ob!jg0t0rg on the St0chhotdT,
and therefore il is fair to deduct it-say,
five Per cent. on 50, 200 is $lGO.
The State Of Virginia eau also levy on
income tax, but that levied by the United
suites has been 80 generally complained OF
- destructive Of public morals, as inquisl-
'2rial, and as bearing hard upon the honest,
while the lc-r conscientious escape it, that
! trust Virginia Will not adopt it. ] there
'y:c leave IL oil, and SUN up az follows:
irrc uc from So, 900 stock at per cent 81, 900
hnJurt tn'ted S'"tes Income lax, per
Soct virtinia stai. aud Ticnmoni
D",:Gct Mar y!and state and i,alliinore
= Ito
balance or ne; Income. c..................s 81, 1870
propose no comment. | simply ask, Is |
!, Just Is it polite? Can families afford
10 come to Richmond to live Is it not |
taxation Of property or value in another
','atc because tho owner of the script on
lltle Is IL this State JUSTICE.
The poor as well us the wealthy can
.]lomine their dwellings with gas at the
.uiil'ng expense of 81 per 1000 cubic feet,
.ta!. the Wilmington star, by the use Of u
Ac"ly-inyen,cd machine.
l"2?cncc Muller, young man, was |
| G.Ac2 INTO the naeher at the Fair Grove |
p"pcr Millt, at Hamilton, Ohio, on Wednes-
Play nlght, by some boys with whom he was
s4uarselling, and was instantly killed.
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Call at 1900 Main street for Walking-Canes ant
Umbrellas.
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DYTHE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
~ A pROCLAMATION.--I Information having
been received by the Executive that WILLIAM
FIELDS, Of the county of Elizabeth CITY, In TINS
state, was assaulted and wounded and from the
effects or such wounds did die and that the grand
charge ANDREW PITTS JAMES BEDOUIN,
CHARLES ROWLEY, and EMMERSON ROW
LEY, and others, with his murder, and that they
are now going ut large therefore. do hereby
offer REWARD Of TWO HUNDRED DOL
LARS to any person who shall arrest the G,i sag
ROWLEY. aud EMERSON RoWLti, or F1Fii
DOLLARS to any person Who shall arrest any
one Of said parties and deliver them or him into
the Jail Of said county OF Ellz ibeth CITY ana 10
wea lth. civil and military, and request the people
generally to use their hest eNertions to procure
their arrest that they may be brought to Justice.
,~-, Given under my hand IS Governor ana
IL. :. under the Less Sell of this Common
49,, wealth at Richmond, this the lst DAY OF
G. C. WALKER Governor.
BY the Governor: JAMES MCDoSALD, secrc-
tary Of the Commonwealth.
ANDREW PITTs-Abou thirty years old; aSout
five feet seven; red hair, gray eyes, flushed face,
freckled, sandy moustache thin, generally uressed
In gray clothes.
JAMES BEDoUIS-About twenty five years old; ;
about 1--we feet nine; dark hair, little mousiaclc,
dark smooth face, gray eyes, light complexion,
generally dressed in sleeps gray.
CHARLES RowLEY-About =" years old about
moustache. generally dressed In Sleeps grey, and
Is round-shouldered.
EMERSON RowLEY--About 1s years old brother
of Charles Rowley, but sma II er; face red ana
long, sharp nose, sandy mar, no "hisAeFs or
moustache, i'ght-biue eyes, uent nalF'
p
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PERsoSAL.-General Horace Porter, pr
vate secretary to President Grant, was in
the city and dined with the Governor on
Saturday.
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mAnTNE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC, APRIL 4, 1870.
Sun rises ......,. 5.43 Moon sets. ......... o.:7
Sun sets ...,..... eli High tide. .......... 80
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ApRIL l. 1870.

CUANO. GUANO, GUANO.-100 tons
N GENUINE No. PERUVIAN GUAN0-di-
rect from the vessel in which It WAS imported from
the Chincha issndg-now landing. For sale by
ap4 ROBERT +. WILLIAMS & co.
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DOWHATAN STEAMBOATsilius /,

DOWHATAN STEAMBOATsailIIs,
L COMPANY.-Steamers STATE sEssstsss5 n
OF MARYLAND and PETERSBURG.-Chcap
reliable, and safe route to Baltimore, savannah
Boston, and the West Tri-weekly line 10 Balti.
more, making close connections with steamers TO
PHILADELPHIA. No transhipmcnt Of goods pc.
mo-e every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SA-
TURDAY. Leave Richmond every MOSDAY.
THURSDAY, and SATURDAY.
except Saturday. and on Saturday up to . O'Clock
p. NJ.
See daily advertisement for hour OF sailing.
These steamers have excellent Safoon staterooDn.
and passenger accommodations Fare, -; meals
and stateroom extra. For freight or passage, ap-
HARVEYS & WILLIAMS, Agents,
fe Is Commercial Block
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SE EAM gszg.


LOB NORFOLK, PORTs-s11c,
LANDINGS ON TIE JAMES RIVEK.-The fast
and elcean. UNITED STATES MAIL steamer
10 .e,.. q \ sYLLEE Z sIsrorn sT = h'
aay yes her wharf at Rockets for the above-nannsd
p,arpe on JGEDhya WEDNESDAYS, andFR1s
DAYS, at SIX O'CLOCK 4. NJ. and returns on
I n.s :syg gnursdays, and Saturdays.
paesengers arrive N Norfolk II time 70 cor.
nect T!th steamers 5or Baltimore aud points
Trains leave City Point 'or feserrbars on arrts
Tai OF s.eamer.
Fare to Norfolk, e2.6e.
EREIGRTS
received Tuesdays, Thursdays. and Saturdays
rom II NJ. to g. r. NJ, for Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Boston. Baltimore, and principal landings on
Chesapeake bay, and all regular landings on James
river at reasonable rates.
No WHARFAGE CHARGED:
Apply t. L. Is; 3AIOM. Agens
Sc u CHlce steamers Wnhfl
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APPOINTMENTS RY THE GovERNoR.-IIis
Exccllcncy Governor Walker has made the
following appointments
TaliaterrO Hunter, q notary public for
Hanover county.
Cou"cjImrn for tic Torn Of HaTTi-
&0nirUg.-J. NJ. Inyinc, &. s. Christie, D.
NJ. Switzcr, }. 7. Logan, Charles A. Yam
ccy, john {. Woodson, l.. IL. OFT. J. \.
l.owenhach, George |. Sherlng, A. II. Will
son, Fox nangelfcld, and Henry Shackctt.
EcSigH0!;on.-Thc resignation Of John
y. Grcaycr, justice Of the fourth magiStcrial
district OF Amelia, was accepted.
Lewis lloeti was also appointed a notary
public for Alexandria city, ana the follow
Ing justices Of the peace appointed for
Eoictourt county: District No. =, Thomas
Il. Godwyn and Edwin 3. Lu>tcr; also
Michael Graybill, first district. William
Il. Ecalc, Joseph p. Linkjnhoker, Edwin
Kyle, and James NJ. Hammond, for dis
trict No. 3. William &. Snyder, William
II. Harvey, and Jacob \. Harvey, district
No. /, J. Reese Staley and Andrew Han
nah for district No. j. Also, Thomas g..
Golwin AMI Edwin b. Lustcr, district No.
(Fincastlc). Also, Robcr: IL. Spindle u
notary public for Rockingham.
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DHILADELPFIA, RICH 4RFA
{ MoND AND NORFOLK sTEAM-SSi93
K.-Steamers RFOLK, J. w.
EvERHAN, and j. 8. GREEN, composing this
line, will leave Richmond every MONDAY and
DAY and SATURDAY, alternately, at II O'Clock
N; Freight received every day tsundays except
ed) at the Conpany's freight-house on the DOCK.
Passage TO Philadelphia, including meals and
stateroom, SO. W. ?. PORTER.
kgcn. at Richmond
Onlce 70. 2t25 Dock street.
WI. z. CLYDE q CO.,
Agents st Philadelphia,
OGiccs No. II South wharves,
Hcl5 and No. IL North wharves.
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Call at 1900 Main street.
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DUY YOUR CLOTHING from E. B. SPENCE (
SON mcrch1nt tailors. 1900 Mnin street
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RAW-BONE
DOWHATAN RAW-BONE
SUPERPHOSPHATE,
A RICH AND RELIABLE FESTILIZER
FOR
CORN, OATS TOBACCO, WHEAT,
COTTON, AND VEGETABLES.

It Is rich In AMMONIA, SOLUBLE BONE
PHOSPHATE, POTASH, and SODA, properly
propoi toned, thus forming u. complete manure
Tor all crops. Il Is reliable, as the preparation
OF tho POW aATA \ has the personal attention of
join WHANN. the originator Of WuANN'S
RaW-BONE SUPERPHDSPHATE.w who has had
twelve years experience In manufacturing Phns-
pilates, therefore not only possessing the scieni-
lie, but thorough practical knowledge. Scientific
men have examined 1t and pronounced 1t all we
cl:tIm f,r II, and scores Of our most reliable and
practical planters have used IL and arc ready to
testify - Its worth.
The POWHATAN Is prepared with especial
care for the TOBACCO CROP. and VIII give entire
satisfaction. Planters III ordering should be par
tlcular and direct their commission merchants to
send the POWHATAS RAW-BONE SUPER
PHOSPHATE, which IS better and cheaper than
northern frrilizegSr
reng manufacturers, our terms to the trade
will be LIBERAL.
Manufactured and for sale by
DOWNWARD, ANDERSON & CO.,
1891 Cary street, corner OF Fourteenth street,
ap2-om Richmond, Va.
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FOB LIVERPOOL AND EA
INMAN LIFE OF MAIL STEAMERS, SAILINd
FROM NEW YORK EVERY SATURDAY,
AND ALTERNATE TUESDAYS.
RATES Og PASSAGE BY THE STEAMER:
First Cabin, Payable in Gd56.
Liver pool or Queenstown $keo w
Steeraes, Payable in Currency.
Liverpool or Queenstown, 90 w
PASSAGE BY TUESDAY STEAMER VIA HALIFAX:
IJvor,,ool or Queenstown iyold) so 90
I.Iiraw IrnIdS ,...........,. 20 %
ST. John's N. f., by branch steamer tg0ld).. Do 90
Stesrage, Payable in Currency.
Liverpool or Queenstown.. 80 @ oo
ftalliS
81. Jolln's, n. F., By branch steamcr....... 30 90
Tickets sold to and from England Ireland, ana
the Continent, at moderate rates
For further Information aunly at the Compsny's
Offices. joins q. DALE, Agent.
10 broadway, Scw York, or TO
WILLIAM c. DlT&IIAM 4 Co. Agents.
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balance or ne: income.

propose no comment. | simply ask, Is
;, jiistt Is it polite? Can families afford
10 come to Richmond TO live! Is it not
taxation Of property or value in another
state because the owner of the script or
l!lle is IL this State JUSTICE.
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EERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS!
4 FERTILIZERS

GROUND PLASTER from best Nova Scotia
lump;
PHCSnHO-PERUVIAN GUANO, n most SUI
pcrior fertilizer rs per certificates Of many farm
cra;
TOBACCO FERTILIZER, which has been
proven from actual experience the best fer tilZcr
ever used on tobacco.
Ali gradients used by us are warranted pure.
GALLEGO FERTlLIZl&G COMPANY.
mi i I'm
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Total TAX In Yirginla........,

The Supreme Court Of the United States
lave decided that the stock III the banks
BAY be taxed where the bank is situated
We must, therefore, deduct for Maryland
>,utc anl for Baltimore city tax
f.r cent ....''.'............... sooo co
Baltimore city tax Al Il per cent. 800 90
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NATIONAL LINE.

NAHUM AL
Steamers weekly to LIVERPOOL, &xTh
calling st QUEENSTOWN, leaving sesa6 ssa,i6SzS
pier 81 North river every Saturday:
FRANCE. QUEEN, HELEETIA.
DENMARK, ERIN, PENNSYLVANIA,
ENGLAND, VIRGINIA., LOUISIANA.
CABIN pnssage. $luo and s75, csTrency.
Storage Passage. $50, currency.
Stecrage tickets from Liverpool or queenstown,
S37 In currency. ~.
Sccrage passage from Antwerp. Hamburg Bot
cer,laui, and IIavre $t5. IN currency.
For further particulars apply At the omces OF
the company, 60 Broadway, +. w. D. HURST
'' WiLLIAM-C c. DUNIIAM & CO., Agents.
STEAM 70 GLASGOW AND FS4
LONDONDERRY. &Slk&&.
THE ASCHOR LINE.
Eayorite Clyde-bullt passenger steamers are IN.
tended 10 sail EVERY SATURDAY from pier
No. 90 North river. at !? O'Clock ii.
RATES OF PASSAGE, PAYABLE IN CURRENCY:
Cabins to Liverpool, Glasgow. or Derry, $so ana
Excursion tickets, good Tor twelve months, Slco.
Steerage TO Glasgow or Derry, $50; intermediate,
sa5.
Prepaid certificates from these ports, 1877.
Passengers boOkedtO and from Hamburg HaSre,
Rotterdam, Antwerp, &c., at very low rates.
Drafts Issued payable at any bank In Great brl.
tain. .
For further information apply at the company,8
offices, No. 0 Bowling Green, New York, 10 BEN.
DERSOS BROTHERS, or to
WILLIAM e. DUNHAM j. CO, Agents.
2s
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
TFIFGRAPHIC NOTES.

The total treasure shipments from San Fran
cisco since Jan l. CO., including snoil oc TO Esvio
overland.
m huday amounted $4,000 The largest ever received In
single day.
Senator Morrill, continues very low. A consul
t,on Of held Thurday and they report that be
suffering from complete prostrAion
A meeting of ex-Rebel soldiers was held in
pmono Yesterday 10 the erection o the
i.ts Gen r. 4. Lee. Jefferson DAVIS pfe'ided
The steamship Colorado sailed from San Fran
...o Tor Panama Yesterday with $50 paenses aud t3500 in
treasure $500 600 o which in coin for callao.
The Congressional Investigating Committee
session he) National Military AsyIum for the
purpose Of examining into the management Of that nsituton
IA suit in equity has been instituted in Con-
,o,d n h, C. Fisher Hebnker Joseph Lend Of Concord
md VIM ParIe Boston against the Concord Rsosd snpu
js late election Of direeot
Ex-Gov. Seymour, yesterday, by invitation
N. Buffalo Trade matters and
Gated Of the En-, Canal n o9nteoh sih the commerce
general pube Of all shades Of political opinion The
sddrt,s a. snthlfi asuosly received
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
CRIMES AND CAsUALTIEs-BY TELEGRAPH.

VIM Richie of East Boston, was run over and
,,,d b, an ,rpr,ss wagon at Newton Mass yesterday
A report has reached San Francisco Of tho
,.,sip,tiop Of Plseido Vega Tepe by order Of LssadA
The picture frame manufactOry Of o. +. Myer
Co on square, Boston, baue1 Tbarss, Loss
$4,000 90.
Mr. Prtchard President Of the jackson Rail
,o.d "a, shot YESTERDAY by Conductor Elb~e das
ing an anerosor His wound . not considered dangerous
A. p Crittenden. leading lawyer Of San Fran-
& And m, reporter of supreme ~ California shot
~, stlspd Thursy By Mn Lsars Pair Cnuedsn
died yesterday
A collision Of freight trains took place, on
Tba,, night Central Pacific Railroad nsr Blue Canon Ols
1n vs., and three seriously Injured The locomotives sent
badly dsmsgeh I.
Augnste Curriere, convicted of obtaining 81 600
, Bo,on upon foryed escs Duncan, Sherman Co.
xs, yseray sentenced to ai mpronmfnt 10 the hsssaeLu
s.tts Prison
Galveston, Texas, was draped in mourning,
her tIsns who os sl The steamship
V.ups business sapenied fss bamAsf and btib
.ss telling throughout the ety' --l
Wm Stepson (cooredl. convicted. at the last
N ,be Raleigh IN C Superior ioa 81 committing
sgJ White htnye yesterday in the a,an OF that s
NJ. .~ sakbo~ eJgnS , guilt and expressing him
III. 4, pffpe,y hs fate He composed AM met hs late
without kbehihs
I'm the trial OF Hanlon, in PhiIadelphis, for the
,,. ~ n, child hobnsp the eeorict Debn IstuAy Dc
,.d A the confessions Of Hsnen him vt iht vsr
ioshsr eorroeosnhr
by with vhem pvss has he'd pfsb enshi
ss,lDs spd ksyf ihss bsf bsss YER, sesess'ssi
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satire In that dfrcetiou-the couversaton hetveen
Crsparkle ana the Dean. Although this bit Of satire
which H. in certain sense almost unrivaiel in Engiish
literature, almost the very last he wrote 40 trIv
his position understood that though il was satiro
upon Dean, 10 was yet Dean who said, by his grave
at Westminster, that such religion enough to live
by and TO die by.
Minor characteristics Of the humorst were dwe upou
the exubersnce freshness OF his humor which led
carcare compared to some Of the better designs
in Punch Dore In vitality His inability to draw the
sketches womany aud true to nature The Ameri,
quarrel with Dickens was shown to be nearly 1@ed
out OF by the touching scene In Ste1nway
Hail. when, after his last reading, Charles Dickens
parted with evident emotion from his thousands OF
friends and the whole audience sat silent he passed
from the stage. all feeling the same prayer In their
hearts, Present absent living dead God bless our
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
GENERAL FRENCH NEWS.

ACTIVE OPERATIONS OF THE "REDs"-ATTEMPTS
ATREvoLUTION IN VARIOUS CITIEs-ANoTHER
CIRCULAR FROM GAMBETrA-GENERALS HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDITION OF THEIR
COMMIssARIAT-A LEVY EN- MAssE ORDERED.
Tours, Friday, Nov 4. 1870.
Mines is greatly agitated by the news from Paris
and the capitulation Of Bazaine. A mob invaded
the Prefecture, but order was quickly restored.
Similar scenes occurred at Grenoble and elsewhere
dispatch from Marseilles announces that all is
quiet there The Garde Civique evacuated the Pre-
lecture, which is now protected by the National
Guard The red flag was pulled down at ST. Etienne
by the citizens and order had been restored. 1he
wound of Gent gives no uneasiness Cluseret was
named as General of the National Guard, but the
latter refused TO accept him. The election for Gen.
eral takes place on Sunday.
Letters from Marseilles state that Cluseret, when
q few turbulent persons conducted him i'll triumph
10 the prefecture, nominated George FRANCIS IRAN
as General-in- Chief of the National Guards.
NJ. Gambetta has issued another circular at Tours
urpinp on military commanders the proprety OF fre
ouent drills and reviews also requiring them to re-
mort promptly all encounters with the enemy. Cen
erals are made personally answerable for the
commissarat and ordered to take extreme precau-
tions in all recomoiters. 1t is reported that NJ.
Gambetta has gone TO the army OF the Lore
The Government has published decree, declaring
that whereas the country is in danger and IT is the
duty OF all citizens to her. duty that was never
more pressing and more sacred than now, IL is de-
creed that all able-bodied men from 20 to 40.
married or widowers with children, shall be mo-
bilized and organized by the Projects, and
nlaced at the disposition of the Min
;ster of War. The organization must
be terminated GA the 10Th Of November. All exemp-
ton based upon quail Of support OF family
il abolished. even 6or those who have hitherto re-
ceived such exemptions The Republic will provide
for all families recognized a. neces-
sitous by autL0rities duly appointed for
that purpose The Republic will adopt
.be children of those who die In her
snry;c. II ia also deereed that each De
,a,,,.nt shall within two months have as
'nanv field batteries ready a. ii has hundreds
% tbonsauds inhabitants in the Department
Th. prefeets are in>e,Isted with all the requisite
q, hasten the enforcement OF this clause or
,ho deere. The first battery in each Department
,n,,., he ,ea.Iy within month. number Of minor
a,.as and orders have also been Issued fo facilitate
and expedite military operations
An official bnlle tin has been posted up onsolVine
hodv of Franes treurs for bad behavior before the
an.,ny and ordering their officers before eourt
martial. oh.a vis
A number Of French volunteers, who reached LIS
bon by the last steamer from Brazil arrived ~ ious
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
to-day. NJ Valcour. who makes the charges Of
treachery against Basane. has been decorated with
the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

THE REPORTED ALLIANCE BETWEEN PRUSSIA
1 AND AUSTRIA DENIED-PRUssIAN RELATIONS
WITH GREAT BRITAN-THR CONCLAVB AT
WILHELMSHOHE. d
LONDON, Friday, Nov. 4, 1870. .
It ia reported that the Austrian representative at
Tours denies positively the rumos circulated by the
Prussion journals of o political alliance between
Prussia and Austria.
The tone of the communications between the
British Foreign Office and Count Bismarck has
greatly improved England having withdrawn her
opposition to the cession Of French territory to
Germany.
The Examiner notices that NJ. Bismarck assumes 0
much more friendly tone toward the United States
than toward Great Britain, and comments with Bit
terness on the contrast.
On Wednesday there were q Generals and 81 su-
perior officers with the Emperor Napoleon at Will
helmsh5he. Prince Murat and o few Others re-
maned there and the rest proceeded to Berlin. The
meeting of the Emperor and Marshal Canrobert was
very cordial. They embraced and kissed each other
several times
The Frankfort bankers have offered to advance
money to several French towns which are unable to
bear the burdens of the war. The Prussian Govern
ment has approved this project. nf
The North German Gazette to-day says that before
the capitulation Of Metz, Marshal Bazaine ordered
his men not to destroy throw away their arms and
accouterments, because II they surrendered to
the Pussans they would be restored at the close Of
the war along with all the fortresses &c. This the
Gazette Ia semi-ofhcial organl pronounoes decep-
tive and unwarranted statement"
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
4" CHARLES DICKENS.D

THE NEW LECTURE OF GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.-TO an OverfiOwing
audience in the Academy OF Music, this evening, Mr.
George william Curtis delivered his lecture the star
course upon "Charles Dickens" The genial scholar
teelingy paid his respects the works and the spirit Of
the great novelist and the thousands OF his hearers en-
pbatiesly showed their affection for his hero.
picture Of the genius the works. and the death OF
Cir waiter Scott given in the words of his biogrspher
Iockhart led TO glance at the condition OF Englsh
,torytsng with its prominent writer's as scott LETT ~
and the appearance OF s u hc M sciion Our,
a. much the great age OK English notion -,as az
2uesn, an Sseaby % positive moral force in
modern civilization They have distinct conscious Pur
pUsed Se directly addressed to the and questions Of
the fine Open the last popular novel AZ u is chares
Rsaae T. Is aeSae S5sliani II Int IL is WIie cons
nowerfu and relentless exposure OF the niay o1 the
81 he husband over the wife. II it is Disraes it is
glowing lyric Of British Torysn and poticai appear
ssgninst the Roman Catholic invasion!
Novel writing is now the tremendous pamphleteerng
Of genius It is q huge hammer that breaks visible
sansipates slaves With william Lloyd Garison 1t
tends the suffrage with John Bright The story y-toler
no longer covers in Grubt And as Government ceases
monopoly OF ,as G ana Sosa op4 aeepv and
directly affects public opinion becomes the most import
ant Of an Demosthenes has yielded 70 ms ana tas
OF tns and spirit nshsn. + the great Tspre
phy the planss Dickens is a. thorough and
that !. We aS
SE mssS sSnfssd ss sn1ou. n sSoSt pa
ns thsorH Of the Universe than he is about feeding
tbe hungry and warming the cold But great genius 70
" ses sGfd While
uscsophy Of life II practical beneyolence his pictures
Jeany the s,S. Saa hsap sSa ehannd aaS md
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