Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-21

llox. RALsa P. Lows.
=. Hos. Joss =. Dnlox. Judges.
Hox. G. e. Csas. wr- NJ
Thomas r. W.throw. Reporter. 3
Isaac L. Allen, Attorney General.
Lew. klnssy, Clerk.
ArRrr I Ora, 1865.
2t55. Thoebe Fre-k'ng " =. Frerking.
BENTON county; /; reversed.
p. q. Joy ". j. 4 Robinson, Fayette
county: petition for rc-hearing overruled.
1878. J. s. Wilson ". b. n. knnsn,
Page county re-hesring z antsti.
2v73 N. 4 W. Inthan vs. w. R. Janni
son. l3la -khawk county petition for ie-
hearing ovcrr,,l,d.
2ns4. Sarsh J.. Norris ". Geo. B. Sar.
gent, Jshns"n county; petition for re-hcar
ing Uvcrrulcd.
2Uv2. Hsxlctt, admr., ". Maxwell, Linn
county sili med.
2i7'. L'asni~ "a. EIudsoa, st a., Clin.
tn courty; s6ir'n 4.
3l4H. Csdwslsd.r& 4 Co. "a. Blair, et. d,
Washington county; iii, med.
2l45. Thompson W oliver, Linn county;
aiR med.
2l6O. Young 4 Sargent ". Peet, Linn
county affirmed.
2l5y. Mitchell W. Gof, Linn county
reversed.
2l4S. State W. Mckenzie, Bremen coun.
ty; affirmed.
Davis, Sax xycr 4 Co. va Strohm. Johnson
county; pet''io" for re-heAr,ng overruled.
1856. McCi,y VS.. Hedge. Polk county +;
pc itr.p for e-htaring over, uled.
1894. Revnnlds W. Griffith, Warren
cou 'ty petiti"" f'r re-hear,ng "verrulc'i.
John \. Crawford. Esq Of Davenport,
was admitted as m .A!tor Iey oi this Court.
Tho committee appointed hy the C"u't
to draft re>o. .utions expressive Of the feel
ings Of the Court and Bar. in reference IN
the la'e dcplorabe death If the President ol
the United States, respectfully report the
following
WHEREAS, The members Of this Court
and Bar have heard, during the present
'rm. with grief and horror. Of the death III
Abraham Lincols, President Of the United
States, hy the ham of al ~ >sassin; and
WnEngAs, 1t is deemed fitting that some
expression 81 the motions excited by this
unirecedentesl nnd most calamiiOms event
should be y.la I'd in per,uane u, form upon
tuV sct'""S VI sIiV IN ~
Rssofrsd, That III ne d a,h "f President
Li"c'ln. our afflicted country is deprived VI
a pure, inrorruptible and patr,ntic Ch.e
Magistrate, who has die,i . martyr tn tht
cause oC that American con ,tituti, nal iibcr
" for who's. preservat m, through yenrs o
t,pxraiiclLd d trial aud slang~r. fr.m tn,
blows Of u gigantic treason. his administrs
tion will he forever glorious.
Ia. - Nk.,A b.. rtSr1A n
Abraham Lincoln. we rer"gnize the truly
honest and uprig It man, whose life has beer
without q blot. and who, when suddenly
raised TO the highest place in the nation. ex
hibited, - . statesman, the same simplicity
Uf character, rectitu,le Of character, and rec
ritude If purpose which had ever n,Arket
his private and professional life.
Resolrsd, That the nxme Of LINCOLN
equality with those ri Clarkson, Wilberforss
and Chanting, will ever be dear 10 thu
christian philanthropist. Tor the part he ha
taken in breaking the chains Of the slave
u, letting the oppressed 70 free.
kesolced, That the life If our deceased
President, 90 striking,y illustrating tn
power Of native worth alone in this ou
happy country. to raise its possessor iron
the lowest to the highest station, il at ono
a monument to the excellence Of free repuh
: lican institutions. pnd an example for tn
emulation If every American youth.
Rssoirsd, That IN Mr. Lincoln the Bar q
tn, Nor Invest has lost one of its MIST abl
and h, nrcd ,nrm,,ers; lawyer who srorr
ed tp seek succcss by aug"t save the fai~cs
means; an advucat., who>e tnlen = wer
ever ready to u d the cause Of the weak. tn
iupocent and the dcstit. te; a man who's
whole proie S>iOnal life was m example Of .
r honorable vora,ion, honorat,ly pursued.
: Reso rsd, That history furnishes no pal
ALL 70 the atrociois crime which has ssruc
down the eminent msn. no Orcsl and helO'
I'd IN every r. lat,on <,f lf', in the zenith
!, his fame, AMI the midst Of his usefulness
and that recognizing. ns n" one can fail I
do. in re wretch d assassin. the mere lo
Of tlat same hateful and mur'iero.s trras'
which, having slaughtered thousands ri o,
e best and bravcst n the hattie field. but'l
rs prisoners IN cold blood, and slarv.
them U death in losthsMne risons, has
last. with tiendish hut impctent malic
stru x its expiring blow at the life Of Il
> nation, through the pcrs"n iSs Chief Ma
's.rate. We call upon 'he torld ~ HI h.'l
flea " r, vcalea in this horrible atroci y.
in mirror. the true character of hat infe
u nal conspiracy against liberty. ch,is'iani
|. AMI civilization, known - the SOuthel
IS C"nfeirray.
Rs.olred. hat humanity, law and reli
ion. unite in dema,Aling that tkrre bc Wis
el upon the heads Of the vi 4 d leaders
} this INST want"n aud inexcuS,)t,le rrbelli,,
is which has tih.d up the mensh,e " its il
e. qn'tv bv the mar cr % onr President,
;. s,~n as the arm Of the Government can L
y h"l.l If them. the swift and terrible pnni-
: ment justly due to their enormous Grim,
% c. BALDWIN,
e J. W. DauaY,
J. n. RocrRs, Committ,
= d. ). TKUE.
I'D J. I. LANE,
.e| COxT4xPriBLR.-In nur exchanges we Q
le ticc several cases where individuals ha
, been roughly han He'd f~ expressions
in j,y ut the news Of the murder Of the Pre-
/. dent of thr United states. Such expire.
Z iona indicate most inc,nate spirit, |
Il vultin4 to the >ensibil,ties Of every rig
i. minded person. ard re cannot wonder Il
. they meet with punishment on the sp"t.
: Because Z man has been opposed to .he /
n litical eol11yies of the late President II do