Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-04-20

Defeat Of Q Republican Measure.
The Amended Charter UmCOn.
StitutiOm0l.
DECISION or THE SUPREME COURT.

The Amended Charter CMCOn.
stftutiOmal.
DECISION or THE SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court yesterday morning.
rendered its decision in the case Of the sp
plication Of Samuel Pritz for writ. Of Hab-
bas Corpus. by remanding him into Gus
tody.
1t will be remembered that Pritz was
brought upon John Johns. Police Magistrate.
on the llth of April, charged with viola
ton of the City Ordinances, by driving
over q side walk and was fined.
He refused to pay the fine, and applied
for writ Of Habbas Corpus on the ground
that by the Amended Charter the Office of
Police Magistrate was abolished, and that
therefore q conviction by that officer was
illegal.
The whole case of course turned upon
the constitutionality of the Amendment
The opinion Of the Court will be prepared
for publication ts-day. :
> s.aas - "A
The opinion was given BY Chief JUS
tice Wright, and concurred in by Judge
Woodward. Judge Stockton. ssying that he
did not concur; but had not been able to
give the question much consideration.
The following is the order en- tered in the
case
April l9 1858.
The City Of DAVENPORT Petition for
Vs. writ Of Habeas
SAMUEL PRlrz. Corpus
And now the court being sufficiently al
vlsed in the premises, it Is ordered that
the prayer Of the petitioner be dismissed
and that he be remanded to the custody Of
II. W. Mitchell. Marshal of the city of Dav-
enport, and that the Judgement and SEN
tence Of Police Magistrate be carried out
and executed, notwithstanding ANYTHING
in the said petition of the said Samuel Pritz
contained
The most universal satisfaction is express
ed in regard to the decision.
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HYDRorHoBlA.-The Dubuque Times chron-
icles the slaughter Of two mad dogs in that
city few days since, and states the fact
that there were number in the city still
alive.
AS the season is now approaching when
the dogs are subject to the rabids, we hope
that some action will be taken by our city
officers to clear the streets of the numberless
ours with which they are infested. One
mans life is worth more than all the dogs in
existence. Let every dog at large without
q muzzle be killed.
The UNION PRAYER MEETING.-
The Union Prayer Meetings, are now held
daily, from four to FIVE o'clock P. NJ, at
Metropolitan Hall. which has been gener.
ously rendered by the proprietors for that
purpose. The meeting was much larger
than could be expected, and was character
lied by an unusual degree Of earnestness
and solemnity. 1t was conducted by Hon
VIM. L. Cook, who commenced the exercises
by reading a sublime passage from the
Scriptures.
The sixth hymn of the special selection
"Come thou fount Of every blessing" etc.
was then sung
The leader then offered up prayer, reci-
ting the great and glorious attributes of the
Supreme Being and asking that the meeting
might feel u proper sense of their unworthi-
ness in his ight; returned thanks for the
blessings bestowed upon man, and
for the gospel, prayer. and for
the conversion of the world.
He was Immediately followed by cler-
gyman, who asked for enlightenment re-
turned thanks for all blessings and for the
ofgrace presented by this meet
ing; for the outpouring of the spirit upon
this city and the whole country.
The meeting then sang the 9th hymn
"There is . scene where spirits bleod, &c.
The leader then made few remarks urg-
ing the necessity of individual actions
among christians.
The Rev. Mr.. Butter6eld then made an
eloquent prayer. and was followed by Mr.
Smith in short but impressive petition
DIR. Witherwax then offered up fervent
prayer.
The leader then made some remarks re-
garding death-bed scene which he had just
left before coming to the meeting, and urg
ed the audience to prepare themselves for
death.
Rev. Mr. Butterfeld then said that at q
marriage feast mentioned in the Bible, the
servants had been commanded to 60 forth
into the highways and hedges and bring in
the lame, the halt and the blind, and that
this revival had operated on the same prin-
ciple. He then related an instance in point,
of the conversion of two abandoned charae.
ters in Oswego, N. Y.
An eloquent petition to the Throne Of
Grace was then addressed, by Rev. Mr.. Ma
goun.
The 10th hymn, commencing,
''Rock Of ages" &C.,
was then sung.
The leader then remarked that the hour
was up. A Doxology Va. then sung. and
the meeting dismissed with Benediction
by Rev. Mr.. Magoun.
Our limited space prevents Us from ma
king as full report as We intended.
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