The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-29

10 the 0Ovof00ouS U0SO0Se
to-day will that Il ahall b 20. We may viii
someshing else tomorrow, and whafevss we
vill-that 10 the Government. I'VE, he
people Of the United States do ordain md
establish this Government. Not -. hs
free white male citizens ofthe - q tvsnsy-
one and upwards" Tho former is the prin.
chile and the latter tho fact. First heEe
~ the Government Of the King. Thss The
I0ovsrsnsst 81 . olieArehy. Nov, u
America ~ have the Government OF the en-
fruchised class. Despite orr generalitss,
ed .oss Dsslaeatioa Of 1ndspsn-
dence that il al this Government
81 he United States is-ths government Of
those Who vote. Yet every soul 10 i, old
md young, black and white, native and for.
sign born, male and female, are governed BY
ii. To every soul, then, under this democ-
racy, suffrage belongs - right.
This is the logical argument from the
genius Of our institutions. In history no the
DRY il perfectly worked ont.
In this Government universal suffrage, a.
right, not as privilege, must be the rule or
principle Of voting to which We must approx.
innate - rapidly as the people will.
PERSONAL ITEMS.
John jackson was brought before the
Mayor OF Richmond, Va, on Monday,
chsrsed with stealing bottle Of whisky, and,
Is I punishment, was ordered to clean ont
the station house.
-Berszowski, Who mot at tho Car, and
is working - convict ct New Caledonia,
has applied for permission to marry young
Bretenne, sentenced TO twenty years trans-
pcetntion, but generally believed to BE- IN.
nocsnt of the charge on which she was con.
victsd.
John N. Genin, who became celebrated
q the pure haser Of the FIRST ticket for the
Jenny Lind concerts, and who has made and
lost half dozen fortunes, has recently
BY the death Of IN uncle, come into poser
sion Of nearly half million Of dollars.
g. P. Rowell L Co., the New York cd
vertising agent, are about issuing COM
ple.e American Newspaper Directory. It 10
a compilation much needed, since nothing
of the kind having any claims to complete.
ness has ever been published.
"A Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia hess says: "Senator Hem
derson, Of Missouri does not hesitate to say
publicly that if he 10 not re-. elstectsd he will
forthwith announce himself % An independ-
emit candidate for the next 0overnship Of
that State
Victor Hugo writes to his publisher that
his novel, "By the Kings Command" may
extend to FIVE volumes, and that being OF
the time Of the reign Of Queen Anne hs
thinks there twill be revelations in the book
even fss England" Macauley, N. Hugo OBJ.
serves, il but superficial writer, and hs
himself has endeavored to sound his subject
to greater depth.
One Of the most brilliant and accom-
plished stars ofthe Austrian theatrical world
Nine. St. Dennis, has committed suicide.
Possessed Of singular beauty, high prom
iss in her profession, beloved BY large
circle Of friends the announcement that she
had died BY her own hand was very startling.
In some letters she wrote on the day she
took poison, she states that the motive for
destroying herself was an unrequitted pas
sion for gentleman whose name has not
been made public.
A card from Commodore Meade is pub
lished, thanking the public and the press for
aiding to secure his release from living
tomb. He refers to the domestic trouble
which was the occasion Of his incarceration
| As lunatic, only 70 say: "As to the pieces Of
silver given TO Judas explained the motives
for the betrayed of the Saviour Of mankind,
so did the marriage Of my daughter, the
morning after my entrapment, shed oil the
light needed upon this atrocity.'
In order to Keep his private fortune Sc
cret, even from his family, Baron Roths-
child opened accounts for false debtors IN
der false names, unto whom he would pay
in millions and millions regularly. There
| was book for certain Petro at ConstAn
tinopie, another for . Prince x. At Moscow,
another for Q nsbob Mani Sysb NJ Bombay,
and twenty others or more, while he would
personate those supposed individuals, thus
paying the sums they gained, to oil appear
ance, to himself.