Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-16

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n ID. ttehsaf, inportAncst The ~ ct
issx tuslpt IL Onssitastcee'ity Ylcee1
saWihIJ Congress March q, LESS
providing that !. spy order Of the President,
Of under 8ib sdtAofity, made at aht time
during The rebellion, shall be defense in
I'll svSfts 70 M action or prosssutioh, Al
q cr,mins,, plndins ~ = = ssnpsnced
n anv search, seissre, arrest or imprison-
mean ~. II ~ By tittas q fltsgp
that al The "asbitrasy arrests" wore ueds,
during the rebellion, 10 ths non. Rebel States.
aha L NJ that which shielded The sbthofv
ofsush arrests ltsa Ne civil law. Thsds.
cisach Of ~ eotFl III che esss rsesF.s6 u
was that - cid ssactnsnt "was 10 yio-
lstsoa II ~ Censltstiss of The United
States, and afforded ~ projections usdsr
it," According 70 the decision. eli ths vic
Tins Of Arbitrary arrests would now be
entitled te.rdlpaes agstaat ths Govern
mont or it, officers, and the whole cats
losus Of acts done BY virtue Of this import.
ant ~ sssld y ilkgl. The TereoetSs-
cision, however, is far from being finally
upon this point. The Attorney General
he's pronounced the ct constitutional. ana
asveval decisions have been made to differ
sst courts which were hypothsestsd upon
the constitutionality Of the act. "a #iFr
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LORD PALxEnsseB was the fourth English
pgYNler who hes died In hasuess within The
list hundred ysars. The other thtss were
Pitt, Caains, and PsfcsvJ ! Dol while
ossuiosS "a Hdnsrston sstsisla thvie
activity - the end, and breathed their last.
the former in the Duke Of Devssshirs,s vii.
10 At Chsswiek, and the lattse h. sus Of his
own country seats, surrounded BY his own
relaites, Pitt vas tome dowu b. ipor-
mites. and died from the effect II aA1pclet-
ic. At that overcaine him Aurine kiItaAt par
liancntasy effort Psreevsl wss assassinstsd
in the lobby Of the house Of comupns; and
their fifty.fifth contemporary. Csstlsragh
comg'ittsd suicide Pitt was only ~ when
he died Perceval 60; Castlersagh 90:
Cauuing 81 and Palmerston ovtlivsd them
fsr up~srd ofs generation.
TIE wife Of Maximilan, of Mexico, recent.
y reviewed the Mexican troops in car
rage that cost 100000 II was construct
ed entirely Of glass and silver, and the in
side was lined with satin and gold lace. This
Austrian princess should take warning from
the tragical fate o. one Of her relatives, the
late Marie Antoinettc. Why should the
Mexican people be supposed 10 b less impa-
tient Of this infamous squandcrink Of their
resources by a foreign princess than the
French?
The United States treasurer's monthly
statement shows that on Saturday last
there were over 434, OOO, 900 in gold in The
trsssery. Of this amount e22, 900. 900 are
IN New York, $4,000, 900 in San Francisco,
s2.oO0.00o in Philadelphia and about $500 ]
600 distributed At Chicago, st. Louis Gin
einnatti and Pittsburg. The remainder is |
in Washington and at other repositories
The receipts for customs during October
were 81. 100000 in gold.
Death 81 an Ex.FOst snaster Gen.
eral.
From the Chicago Tribuse.
Hon. Jacob Collamer, United States Sen
ator from Vermont; and Postmaster Gen |
eral under Gen. Taylor, died ut his resi- |
dence In Woodstock. w., on the 9th inst.
Judge Collamer was born at Troy, N. T.,
IN 1872. and was consequently seventy
three years OF age at the time Of his death. |
HIS father WAS Samuel Collamer, who WAS
. native Of Scituate, Mass, and . soldier Of |
the Revolution. In childhood, Judge Col |
iamer removed TO Burlington, VT, and Was
graduated at the Vermont University in
1910. He studied law at St. Adams, and
WAS Admitted to the practice in 1919, after
ne made the frontier campaign as Lieut.
Giant Of artillery on tho detached militia Of
tho United States service. He accomplish
ed his course Of preparatory collegiate and
professional studies without any other pc
cuniary means than such as his own indus
Try supplied. Until 1889 he practiced Law
in Washington, Windsor and Orange c0un-
ties. In 1921. '22, '27 and '2s he repre-
sentcd the town of Royalton in the General
Assembly. In 1888 he was elected an As
sociatc Justice of the Supreme Court Of
Vermont, until 1873, when he declined q
re election. In the following year he was
elected to Congress. and remained in the |
House until lS4S, when he declined a re |
election. In lsi9 Judge Colamer was an
pointed Postmaster General by President |
Taylor, an office which he continued to I'll |
with excellent capacity, until succeeded Nv |
Hon. Nathan X. Hall, in 1859. In the
same year he was elected Judge of the Su-
premc Court and was annually 70 elected |
enta 1884. when he was elected U. 8. Sen. |
ator, and reelected in 1860. Judge Cola. |
mer WAS ripe scholar, a statesman Of more
than ordinary ability, and marked honessy. |
ana an honorable Christian gentleman.
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