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irrespective of raoo or color, voluntarily eekin^ a 

 LU <>ur ini.Ui ; uiul that nil the rights and ]>rivi- 

 logo which wo, as citizens, demand for ournelvos, 

 we will fre-'ly accord t<> them. 

 Jlenolted) That wo aro in fuvor of amending our 

 .uizutioulawB by striking out tho word " white " 

 I'r -in the same wherever it occurs. 



The election took place on the llth of Oc- 

 . and resulted in the choice of theRepub- 

 candidates by largo majorities. Tho to- 

 tul v<>to lor Secretary of State was 164,265, of 

 which Wright received 103,877, and Dorr 

 60,888, making tho majority of tho former 

 'i. Tho proposition for a convention to 

 the State constitution was voted down, 

 82,039 to 24,846. The following members of 

 Congress were elected in the six districts, all 

 Republicans : first district, Georgo W. McCrary, 

 ivrleetod; second, Aylett R. Cotton; third, 

 William P. Wolf, to fill vacancy; fourth, Wil- 

 liam G. Donnan ; fifth, Madison M. Walden ; 

 sixth, Francis W. Palmer, reflected; seventh, 

 Jackson Orr. 



Tho State institutions of Iowa are well or- 

 ganized and in a flourishing condition, but no 

 statistics have been reported for the year 1870. 



ITALY, a kingdom in Southern Europe. 

 King, Victor Emmanuel, born March 14, 

 1820; succeeded his father, as King of Sar- 

 dinia, on March 23, 1849 ; assumed the title 

 of King of Italy on March 17, 1861. Ileir- 

 npparent to the throne, Prince Humbert, born 

 March 14, 1844; married April 22, 1868, to 

 Princess Marguerita of Savoy, daughter of 

 the late Duke of Genoa, brother of King Vic- 

 tor Emmanuel. The ministry (December, 1869) 



was composed as follows : E. Visconti-Venosta, 

 President and Minister of Foreign Ailairs; J. 

 Lanza, Minister of the Interior ; M. Racli, Min- 

 i-t i-r of Justice and of Public Worship ; G. Sclla, 

 Minister of Finances; Licutenant-General J. 

 Govono, Minister of War; Rear- Admiral G. 

 Acton, Minister of Marino ; 0. Correnti, Min- 

 ister of Public Instruction ; J. Gadda, Minister 

 of Public Works ; A. Castagnola, Minister of 

 Commerce and Agriculture. The Government 

 of the United States is represented by G. P. 

 Marsh, envoy extraordinary and minister plen- 

 ipotentiary at Florence (June 23, 1861). 

 Count L. Corti was accredited Italian minister 

 at Washington in May, 1870. Tho area of tho 

 kingdom is 109,743 square miles. The popula- 

 tion, according to the census of January 1, 

 1870, 25,766,217, is as follows: * Province of 

 Piedmont, 2,933,247; Liguria, 835,727; Lom- 

 bardy, 3,296,610; Venetia, 2,718,633; Emilia, 

 2,121,653; TJmbria, 545,017; Marca, 934,004; 

 Tuscany, 2,118,401; Abruzzo Mountains, etc., 

 1,280,440 ; Campagna, 2,753,555 ; Apulia, 

 1,885,911; Basilicata, 514,765; Calabria, 

 1,198,279; Sicily, 2,512,124; Sardinia, 617,851. 

 The census of 1861, which did not include Ve- 

 netia (annexed 1866), contains the following 

 report of the population as to nationality : 



The entire population of the kingdom of Italy 



was at that time 21,777,334 



Among these there were foreigners 88,639 



Foreigners permanently residing In the king- 

 dom 71,205 



The division of the population, according to 

 the languages spoken (census of 1861) was as 

 follows : 



Among those languages not specified in the 

 above table, about 56,000 were Albanians and 

 some 21,000 Greeks. The 33,000 inhabitants 

 of Venotia, who speak neither Italian nor Ger- 

 man, are of Slavonian extraction. The popu- 

 lation was divided,' according to sexes, as fol- 

 lows : 



penditures at $212,219,034, showing a deficit 

 of $31,617,974. The interest on the public 

 debt, payable in 1870, amounted to $88,789,814. 

 The army, in 1869, according to the budget of 

 the Ministry of War, consisted of 183,441 on a 

 peace footing, and of 573,721 on a war footing. 

 On January 1, 1870, there were: 



In the budget for the year 1870 the total 

 revenue was estimated at $180,596,160; ex- 



* Since the occupation of the Papal States and the city 

 of Rome, in September, 1870, they must be regarded as 

 annexed to the kingdom of Italy. The area of the Papal 

 States is 4.552 square miles; population, according to the 

 census of January 1, 1863, 723,121. 



