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Extraordinary EIopement.

The wife of Clayton Thompson of War
ren county, Ohio, recently eloped with
James Bates, aged sixteen years, who has
for some time been living on Thompsou's s
sfarm. They went to Cincinnati, and stop
ped at the Hame House, whittier they
were followed by the deserted husband.
The Gazette says:
He inquired for his wife, and after
promising that he would do no personal
violence to either her or the boy, .he was
led to the parlor, and rushed without
warning into the presence of the guilty
pair. Upon seeing her he broke out with
the exclamation "My God, Lucy, is this
so ?" She replied /: "Yes, it is so. l mar
ried you because my friends wanted me to.
I never loved you, and like James, here,
and l am never going to live with you
again."
The three then sat down 10 the parlor,
and conversation ensued, which lasted
until midnight, in which, however, the
boy took little part, except to protest, now
and then, that "she did it all.7 Mrs.
Thompson acknowledged that during their
married life of nine years, her husband
had always treated her well, and been a
good husband to her. She persisted, how
ever, that she did not love him, and would
not again live with him; and she clung
to the lad with a singular tenacity. They
finally separated for the night, going to
separate rooms.
In the morning the conversation was
renewed, and Mrs. Thompson finally cor
sented to return home with her husband,
stipulating, however, that the boy, Bates,
should be allowed to return with them.
Thompson consented that he should go
back and stay until March, but he asseve-
rated, with great oath, that longer than
March he should not stay.
And so the two departed for their homes
again, but the last thing Mrs Thompson
was heard to say to her husband was, "If
you knew all, you wouldn't ask me to go
back with you"
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LegisIatiye summarx

The public debt occupied the attention
of the Senate to-day. A communication
was received from the House, informing
the Senate that that body had passed
Senate joint resolution, providing for an
adjustment of the public debt with West
Virginia by arbitration, with amendments
as follows:
1st. Strike out in the preamble the words
''and whereas, this State has made repeat
ed efforts to procure said settlement with
West Virginia, all of which have proved
unavailng," and strike out in 34th and
Both lines g for their ratification and" and
$50 ratified" which appear in the follow
ing come ction:
Said app0rti0Dment, when ascertained and
made to be reported by said arbitrators to the
legislatures of said States for their ratification
and to enable them to carry utsuch award or
apportionment go ratified by appropriate legis-
lation.
The proposed amendment to the pre-
amble was agreed to.
The two last amendments were rejected
by the Senate, after lengthy debate.
In the House, bill was reported to in
corporate the town of Dublin, in Pulaski
county.
The committee on schools and colleges,
in obedience to a resolution directing them
to inquire what amounts of money have
been appropriated by the State to the
University of Virginia and the Virginia
Military Institute, the number Of students
educated free of charge, and the value of
the property of the State at each insttu-
tion, submitted reports of the auditor of
public accounts, second auditor, chairman
of the faculty of the University, and the
superintendent of the Virginia Military
Institute, embracing the desired informa-
tion. The reports, which are quito volu-
minous, were ordered to be printed.
Senate bill for the relief of the sureties
of G. w. Watkins, late sergeant of the
town of Danville, was rejected.
House bill to repeal amend and re-enact
certain sections Of the code, in relation to
the public guard was, on motion of Mr..
Cochran, taken up out of its order. II was
amended and discussed for some time, and
then passed by.
House bill fixing the salary Of the Gov
ernor and certain other State officers, was
taken up, amended and ordered to en-
grossment.
On motion of Mr. McCaull, House bill
to incorporate the Amherst and Lynch
burg bridge company, was taken up and
passed
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The Relief Of the French.

With the fall of Paris, the war in
France may be considered at an end. Be-
fore the armistice expires, terms of peace
will have been settled, and the Prussian
soldiers, who, from our own experience, we
know'must be quite as tired of the war as
the French, will be on their way back to
Fatherland. Our patrons have read the
particulars of the surrender, and the specu-
latious of the press of this country and Of
Europe, in regard to the future.
We do not feel in humor to add any
thing to these speculations, nor is it pro6ta-
bic, since history is made SO rapidly that
tomorrow might prove the stupidity Of
what would seem to-day the cleverest pro-
phccy. But there is something we can do,
and that we do most heartily. We can join
the NewYork Tribune in the subjoined sug-
gestiop, and trust measures will be taken
to carry it into speedy operation
Now that the war in France is virtually, il
not formally closed, it is high time for a cor
certed effort to mitigate the sufferings of its
surviving victims. Great Britain and other
European countries will doubtless do noby
but we, too, should promptly send several car
goes of food to the famishing millions of
French. In their best estate, the peasantry
and urban laborers of France have little sur
plus beyond the hours needs in their coun.
try's present downfall and humiliation, they
have nothing. Hundreds of thousands must
perish of want unless saved by voluntary
contributions Of bread and seed from
abroad.
We venture to suggest prompt organza-
tion in this city for systematic and vigorous
efforts to bring the needs of the wounded, the
sick, the houseless, the foodless myriads home
to every American hearth. If the movement
be properly inaugurated here, almost every
city and village in our broad land will genes
rously respond to it. Bear in mind that mo-
ments are precious, and that many must die of
diseases induced by want and exposure before
any help can reach them, and that European
charity will have been exhausted by the time
our first contributions can reach French port
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In the House of Representatives yester-
day, Gen. B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts,,
asked leave to introduce the following joint
resolution
Resolved, That the Congress of the United
States, in the name and on behalf of the peo-
pie of the United States, give to J. O'Donavan
Rosa, Thomas Clarke Luby, John 0'Leary,
Thomas F. Burke, Charles Underwood O'Con-
nell and their associates, Irish exiles and pat
riots, cordial welcome to the Capital and to
the country, and that copy Of this resolution
be transmitted to them by the President of the
United States.
Mr.. Benjamin, Of Missouri, objected.
Mr.. Butler moved to suspend the rules,
and said that the resolution was copied
from the Kossuth resolution.
The rules were suspended and the joint
resolution passed yeas. 172; nays, 81.
This is--well, we don't know exactly
what it is.
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Washington, January S1.-The recon-
struction committee of the House agreed
to report favorably on back bills relieving
from iron-clad oath all citizens OF the
Southern States, not laboring under disa-
bilities imposed by the fourteenth amend
ment.
In the House, Mr.. Maynard offered q
resolution authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to take such legal steps as may be
necessary for recovering damages for the
destruction Of the "Oneida" Passed.
There was nothing else of importance
done.
In the Senate, the Vice-P President laid
before the body message from the House
returning the bill repeating the income
tax. Senator Scott moved non-concur-
renee with the House, and asked COM
mittee of conference. A long debate en-.
sued
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Grsmitta State Sonrnat.
The Test-Oath,

The subcommittee Of the Committee Of
Reconstruction in Congress, of which Hon.
Charles II. Porter is member, we see by
this mornings dispatches, have reported
unanimously in favor of the repeal of the
test-oath. We are glad of this, for we
were the first paper in the country to
advocate that greatest measure of amnesty.
In goodly number of articles during the
past two years, we have asked Congress to
repeal that oath, and relieve the more
humble citizens of the South--those who
bore arms in the ranks--from their dis
abilities.
We rejoice. too, that Mr. Porter has
taken this liberal course, which is in keep
ing with the declarations made by him
during the last canvass, and which re-
ceived bis concurrence when adopted as a
principle of the Republican party of Vir-
ginia by the last State Convention We
hope there will be no difficulty experienced
in passing it through Congress. 1t will
place ninety-fve- hundredths of the dis
qualified class in the South on an equal
footing with their other fellow-citzens in
the country, and cannot but have the hap
piest effect in restoring good feeling, by
removing the cause of much complaint,
hatred, and unfriendliness.
The few who will still remain under the
ban of the fourteenth amendment, can
AFFORD to await the action of Congress in
their cases as necessitated by the require
ments of the constitution, unless, as we
think the best course a law shall be passed
authorizing the United States, courts to re-
ceive and consider applications for relief
With the test-oath repealed, and a law
passed which shall give to every citizen
charged with an offence against the State,
to the right to trial before United States
court and another to amend. the civil
rights bill so that citizens Of the same
State may claim damages for wrongs in-
flicted under 1.-THE work of recon-
struction will be about ended
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VIRGINIA TOBACCO MEMoRIAL.--The
Virginia tobacco dealers have sent me-
mortal to the ways and means committee,
praying that manufactured tobacco, snuff
and cigars, having paid the internal rev.
enue tax as manufactured goods, should,
Including leaf tobacco, be treated as gene
raj merchandise and not subject to tax
on sales, and that the special tax and
license OF retail dealers who sell cigars,
snuff AID tobacco, but who do not make it
their whole business, such as retail liquor
dealers or keepers of hotels, inns, drug
gists, taverns or eating houses, grocers and
all of that class, shall be abolished.
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SHIpwREcK ON raE JERSEY CoAsr-

SHIPwREoK ON THE JERSEY CoAsT-
Fearful Loss Of Life.--The British bark
Kate Smith, Captain William Hamilton,
of Yarmouth, n S., from Les Passages,
Spain, for New York, went ashore Wed :
nesday night near Little Egg Harbor, New
Jersey, and eight of those on board were
lost, including the captain, 1--WE seamen,
the steward and wife, and Joseph Hussey,
pilot. Mates Mcdonald, of Picton, N. S.,
and Thomas Newcomb, of Cayuga county,
New York, with two seamen, were the
only survivors Of the wreck. Captain
Hamilton leaves wife and three children
at Yarmouth, N. S.; pilot Hussey wife
and four children in Brooklyn, aud among
the lost sailors were II. Mcconnell, son-in-
law of Captain Hamilton, and William
Gordon, of Medford, Massachusetts,.
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ANOTHER Mississippi HoRRoR--EIeHry.

ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI HORROR EIGHTY-
SEVEN LIVES Lest BY A STEAMBOAT Ex-
PLosIoN The steamboat w. r. Arthur,
from New Orleans for Louisville, exploded
her boiler IA miles below Memphis on
Saturday morning. She then burned till
her bow sunk. In the confusion many
passengers jumped overheard and were
drowned. Captain Brolaski, assisted by
Captain Frazier, a passenger, saved many
of the passengers. Several tugs subse-
quently repaired to the scene of the
disaster aud rendered assistance. The
second engineer, who was on duty at the
time, says everything was workiog we'll at
the time of the explosion. The boat was
carrying less than 120 pounds of steam,
and was allowed l26 pounds. He had
just tried the water and found it all right.
One boiler was blown aft the rudder post
and smashed the yawl, while another is
believed to have teen driven through the
hull, causing her to sink.
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France--The OrIeanists and Legitt-
mtsts at Work for the Throne.
ported EeclusipeLy for he STATE Journal.

Reported Exclusively for he State Journal.
London, Jan. 91.--The Oreanists and
Legitimists have formed powerful coali-
ton, the two principal headquarters of the
movement being London and Paris. The
movement has been secretly advanced, and
is rapidly gaining strength throughout the
whole of France. Many individuals of
power and influence have been attached to
the cause.
The majority have endorsed the proposl-
tion of restoration of the Orleanist
dynasty to the throne of France, rather
than having to submit to the recall of the
house Of Napoleon, or to endure the danger
and internal strife which must shake the
country to its foundation during the for
nation and establishment of Republic.
Agents have been appointed in every de-
partment of France for the purpose Of
disseminating the principles of the move
msnt and proselyting for the cause.
A Gordon Around Paris-Favre and
Bismarck
london, January 31.--A Gordon has
been drawn around Paris and no one al
lowed to enter or come out of the city,
except by permission OF the German mill
tary authorities.
Favro and Bismarck dined together at
their first interview The latter remarked
playfully at the close, Provisions. must
have been very scarce in Paris"
Bourball Crossed Into Switzerland.
London, January S1--An official dis
patch to the Baden Ministry states that
General Bourbaki has crossed into Swtz-
erland on the border near Bruntrout. His
troops are all armed. The report that he
attempted suicide IS confirmed.
Hon, John Bright,
London, Jan. 31.--Hon.' John Bright
has addressed letter to his constituents,
in which he states that he trusts to enter
again upon public life and to resume the
duties attaching to his former political
position in few months hence.
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The Oyster business.

General D. B. White, the indefatigablo
Republican member of the House Of Dele
gates, from Elizabeth City county, offered 1,
yesterday, the following bill to regulate
the tax on oysters" which we publish for
the information of those concerned in the
business
l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly,
that any person who takes or catches oysters
for sale from their natural beds, in the waters
of this Commonwealth, shall keep in q suitable
book, kept exclusively for such purpose, an
account of the quantity of oysters sold by him
each day, and the price obtained for the same !;
and on the first day of February of each year
he shalt give in to the assessor of his town or
corporation the amount of said sales for the
previous year, when and in the same manner
he gives in list ofhis other taxable property,
and the same shall be entered by the asses
sor upon his books; and the tax assessed
thereon shall be at the same rate Aud in the
same manner as upon other taxable property !;
and said tax shall be collected in the same
manner as other taxes are collected. Any
person failing to comply with the provisions of
this section, shall be fined not less than twenty
FIVE nor more than three hundred dollars.
2. All existing laws imposing a tax upon
oysters, oystermen, or upon vessels engaged in
Jne oyster trdue, OF IN any Otnar way Otner
than as provided for in this act, are hereby
repealed: provided, this section shall not be
construed as exempting persons, property or
capital employed in the oyster business from
being assessed and taxed in the same manner
and at the same rate as other property and
persons are assessed and taxed.
3. All existing laws prohibiting non-resi-
dents, or citizens of the State in partnership
with non-residents, from purchasing, planting,
or in any way dealing in oysters 10 this State,
excepting taking or catching them from the
natural bed, are hereby repealed.
4. This act shall be in force from its passage.
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TN ruE DISTRICT COURT OF THE uNIrEp

TN TUE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, for the District of Virginia.
In the matter Of +. W. Anderson, bankrupt-in
bankruptcy.
District of Virginia, ss.
Notice IL hereby given that general meeting of the
creditors of the said r. w. Anderson, bankrupt will
be held ut Farmvne, at tho Office of W. W. Forbes
Esq one of the Registers in Bankruptcy, in said
district, Saturday, the lth day of February 1871
at II O'clock NJ, for the purposes named IN the Q tn
section OF the bankruptcy act of March I'd, 1867.
Dated at Farmville, the 18th day of January, 1871
ia 30-2t On. M0SELEY, Assignee. .
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Mr.. JAMES BARBOUR, the retiring editor
of the Enquirer, gave the employees of
that establishment banquet last evening,
at his rooms, corner Of Twelfth and Main
streets. The entertainment was gotten up
in Johnson's best style, and the reunion,
we learn, was very pleasant and agree
able one.
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END OF THE CUBAN IEsURREorIoN BE-
LIEvED TO BE NEAR.--A Havana telegram
says:
Gen. Comelio Pedro has availed himself
of the clemency Of the Captain -
He came into Puerto Principe with thirty
armed men and number of officers This
is the most important result yet obtained
by Valmaseda's generous policy. Parro's
surrender is regarded as taniamount to the
end of the insurrection. 1t is rumored
that Gen. Bernabe de Varona, better
known as Bambetta, will soon follow
Parro's example. DR.. Jostidel Risco and
family, Mrs. Risco being an American
lady, have also surrendered. Gen. Pauo
is most kindly dealt with by the Spanish
authorities. His liberty is in no way re-
strained. The same enient policy has also
been manifested towards the prisoners cap
tured from the Hornet, the court-martial
which tried them sentencing only two of
them to be imprisoned for six years. The
other six (all of them Columbians) were
allowed to leave the island.
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MEDICAL.
THE BRIDAL CHAMBER.
OFFICE I441 FRANKLIN STREET.

If your Horse is sick--send for DR.. FREEMAN.
If your Cow is sicl1--send for DIR. FREEMAN
If your Dog is sick--send for DIR. FREEMAN, the
only Veterinary Surgeon In the city.
H3- Beware of uneducated Quacks and Imposters
whose assumption is ignorance and practice fraud.
j. X. FREEMAN, VS..
and Member Of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur
geons, London.
n3- slate left on the office door and at Mr.
Clarke's stable for orders--which will be promptly
attended to. ia Sim
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I'm THE pIsTRIor AcSsTR' oouRT oF TIE uN1rEr

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
4 STAIRS, for the District Of Virginia
la the matter of Fisher, Matthews & Roberts va.
John Cox, hankrupt--in bankruptcy
To Whom il May Concern:-Ths undersigned, T..
III. Brooke, OF Caroline county, Va, hereby gives
notice Of his appointment assignee of the estate Of
John L Cox, of Henrico county, in said district,
who was, on the 1st day OF Doc. 1870, adjudged n
bankrupt his creditors petition by the Dist let
Court of said district.
Dated Milford Va, January o. 1871.
ia 20-Fsw 7, u. BROOKE, Assignee.
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WE LEARN from the Missouri Republi-
can that Nat. Claiborne, once a leading
member of the Virginia Legislature, has
within the last few days been nominated as
the Democratic candidate for the Legisla-
ture of Missouri from the sixth district of
the county of st. Louis. Colonel Claiborne
is very shrewd, very bright, full of wit and
one of the best popular speakers of the
day Wing.
What; Virginian turned rpet-bag-
ger Whittier are we drifting2
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Supreme Court Of Appeals. - To-day
all the Judges, save Joynes, were present.
Daniel vs.. Bond-appeal allowed from a
decree of the Circuit Court of Orange county.
Rhodes administrator vs. Williamson and
others-appeal allowed from decree of the
Circuit Court of Nelson county.
The court was engaged in hearing arguments
in the case of Miller Il Franklin vs. the Corr
Poration of Lynchburg. The question involved
is the validity of the Lynchburg small notes,
issued in May, 1852, as an Offset for taxes now
Levied. hirkpatrick for the appellant; Dam
lei, Cabel Il Daniel for the appellee.
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Oysters. Some very fue specimens OF
this popular she'll fish have lately been brought
to this city. We notice that the pretentious
up town restaurants always charge 40 cents per
dozen, some few 80 cents Down tewn the best
brought to the city can be gotten from any
public house shueked to order at the counter
for 25 cents per dozen. There is decided
difference in the price in different parts of the
city. "Why is this thus 2'
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a change in the weather has converted
the sleet, snow and ice into mud and slush.--
Locomotion, on the pavements, even, is not
agreeable. On the unpayed streets and
country roads it is a positive nuisance. Com
municati0n between town and country is very
much restricted in consequence Of the state of
the roads. Our supply of vegetables is sensiby
diminished.
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EDITORIAL ScRAPE IN THE WEST -
Wright Lancaster, who assaulted Isaac
Julian, editor of the Radical, in Rich
mond, Indiana, was fined Friday for as-
sault At the close officer Mcdowell I'M
dertook to arrest lancaster for violation
of city ordinance, wbereupon the latter
resisted, and was shot by the officer in the
side, iatlicting serious wound. Lancas-
ter's brother undertook to interfere, and
was also shot in the arm. Mcdowell has
the reputation of being good officer.
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Lectwe.--Allen B. Magruder, late of
Virginia, but now member Of the Baltimore
par, is announced for lecture tonight at the
Hall of the House of Delegates on the war in
Europe, entitled 'The Beginning of the End
and what shall come to pass hereafter" The
lecture, which is free, will commence at 8
o'clock.
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The Asylum for Manned and Disabled
Soldiers. near Hampton, Virginia, is rapid
ly approaching completion. The building
was formerly the Chesapeake Female Col
lege, and is of brick, five stories high.
Hereafter no one will be received into
good society in New York whose wedding
cards are not sealed with wax and stamped
with the family crest. Engrayers keep
family crests on hand.
The Pittsburg tPa) Opera House, just
completed at cost Of $l65.000 and seat
ing 2,lO0 persons, will be opened Monday
night by Fechter.
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The Pubic Guard-A bill for the re-
establishment of the Public Guard was called
up in the House of Delegates to-day By very
large majority. From this indication, 1t IS
judged that majority of the House is favor
able to its passage. The Public Guard was
formed in 1900, about the time of Gabrieps
insurrection, and stood till disbanded by Gov
ernor Wells. He was under the impression
that the Guard was more ornamental than
usefui