The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-02
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"hM an Outrage, not only upon unfor
tunass debtors and upon the community
at large, is constantly perpefrated by
Sheriff Hedges in advertising Keokuk
property for sale in Fort Madison ra.h
er than a keokuk PAPER.
The man who would thus violate com.
mon honesty and common fairness and
outrage The rights of individuals and the
public sense Of justice shows himself DG
Tor treason, sirstagems and spoils.''
lie nigh. with equal justice and as
strict compliance with the law knock Of
property hastily TO favorite bidder a,
three hundred dollars, knowing at the
same time there was another man stand
'rg BY ready to bid thrce thousand. He
would plead that the law simply lequir.
ed him 70 sell at the highest bid, and the
three huDdrcd dollar bid was the highest
made. The Statute an't expressly re-
quire him to give u.an time to utter
bid; all that il says is that he shall sell
the property TO the man who actually
does make the highest bid. Don't you
see he has just as good right to cheat
the Judgment debtor out Of the fair value
oil his property by striking it of to a ia
vorite bidder, as he has to cheat him out
OF fair advertisement or bis property by
giving it to favorite paper twenty miles
away. Our experience with him ius.tes
in the opinion that be j, not a bit too
good to do that thing, if be can do it
with legal impunity. Persons Interested
will therefore do well TO see 20 thci, IN
tercsts on the day of sale.
sYNoSYMors.--The Burlington Argus
IN commenting on some remarks in th
Tribune very naturally betrsys its own
understanding, that the slaveho d.n- tr,i.
tors and the Democratic party is synony.
nous, and that the restoration of the
traitors to power is simply the insugura-
| tion Of a Democratic Administration. II
says of Greely:
And in the future as in the past he
sees the phantom of q Democratic 4tInlia.
/ tstrdtoH looming nr before him, and seeks
to prcIare for hiding place from the
storm thst is approa.liy.. IIe thus bit.
terly whlnes out his dread Of the result /;
Were the ddpeholdtng ,etcls 10 Law
down their arms and return frankly and
thoroughly to loyalty to-morrgw, belis 10
they might resume tie Government of the
country at the next Presidential election
Md then | would very much prefer that
there should be some State rights left
and so, think, would many of those
now blatant for extreme consolidation :"
~ Gov. Seymour has vetoed bin
providing FOR taking the vote If lie sol,
diers
/ Coy. Seymour ass ign variety of shau
reasons for his yteo but ignores the true
one. stii all the world knows ii just as
well as ii he had said gentlemen of the
Legislature, l was elected Governor only
by disiranehising the soldiers, and know
that # they are now permitted to vote my
friends can't be elected 10 Office.
fE Our blockaders in the Gulf o.
Mexico are doing fine business. On
the 2lst inst. there were thirty naval pri
yes lying at Key West, that bad beer
captured by the blockaders, and more
were being added daily. The gunbos
Sycamore had destroyed two blockade
runners, loaded with cotton and grain.
ETThey have an Irish Mayor up in
Des Moines, who, in fit of folly and
spite, fined one of the Smith laalily one
hundred dollars and ordered him impris,
oned thirty-three days for getting drunk.
or in the words Of bis mittimus, "ior tho
crime Of Drunkenness
CRY OF DIS MONIES, STATE OF Iowa,
POLK COUNTY S'
| To tAe gerit Of fPoN Co, fora:
You are hereby commanded 10 receive
into your custody the body of Vim. Smith,
who has been this day convicted before
me. Thomas Kavanah, Mayor of the city
of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, of the
crime of drunkenness, and sentenced to
pay 6ne of one hundred dollars, and the
costs of prosecution, taxed at - dol.
lars and - cents, and TO stand commits
ted for the term of lbirty-three days, un-
less said fine and Costs are sooner paid
and detain him in the Jail Of said couaty
until discharged BY due course Of law.
Given under my hand at Des Moincs
City, this 18th day of April, A. d. 1858.
Seal Of the City(
lof Des Moinss.
THos. KAvANAeH,
Mayor Of pes Moines.
The Mayor soon discovered that he had
got his foot in it, however, and discharged