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Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
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At his residence In York, on the lSIh inst
JACOB Cook. Esq. aged a.
Mr.. Cook was one of the earliest settlers in
that town, and was Their efore universally
known and will be as universally lamenied-
His frank. open and generous friendship.
his unbending integrity. and general bsnero-
lence united to all the virtues tina: most sdo-n
the Christian and patriot, commanded the o..
TEEN of all who knew him. The affecting
tribute paid to his remains, by his immedi ate
neIghbors who must have known him best, :sli
more than volumes of the most burning clo-
quence could. of the irreparable lose they have
sus tanned.
After an intercourse Of more than ten yssrs,
cannot recall single word of his that
could wish unseid, or 81 rcs tha. CHRIS
,ian could wish undone. Transformations ia
all his Intercourse with men; no pompous
schemes Of benevolencs were his.
But lsdby hope, by charity constrained.
By fa;.i supported. he, with love unfeisnsd.
From It's deep vel.spring of christisa's
heart.
Sought sa7 the .friendless, tha. he might i'm.
pat
Some portions OF bis blessing. and hi. bliss.
Esteemed TOO raj w, i. a word TX i'.s.
Ga The i7th, inst VILLAS WOODRUFF, .r.s
70 years s.,1 3 months, after long and pain
iui illness which he sustained with christi,u
fortudo.
hark the bell tolls. alss my friend i, gone.
No NOR, his voice will echo through On.
grove,
Where we SO oft have siraysd by night sai
morn,
Chsered by the bonds offriendship and oflers.
And many night. on Huron's murmuriur
stream,
Our little bark we've pushed across the vs.e.
When l reflect, the past is like dream
But now with tears wet poor Williams srars.
@, could [ but recallthc days,
And hours we've spent together here,
AND could now call from the gravs
The friend tina; was 10 me so dear.
Ah! no. fell deaths untinely frost, -
That now bedinls the sun 4. noon,
Has in obliyion's ocean los,
My friend, and left me in The darkest sIcsas
But sill, one cheering thought is ieft,
His friendship and his he art yTers pure.
And with his God. his souls at rest.
In prayer he spent his lates. breath
For those il bondage here.
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large honor "for 80 much trash as may
be grlsped thus"
This ACT which you are now about to
reverse. was the GROWING glory of that
great mans brilliant career, who won for
himself at New Orleans immortal honor,
ard for his country imperishable renown.
Ills military fame is the pride of The ma
ton. Is il not shame that j, should.
by poii.Icai fnanonvering, be placed in
the scale, against few dollars and cents !
In all time 10 come our children could
have pointed back with pride and exulia-
ton TO this nuhle. this god-like sacrifice !;
The conquering General. surrounded by
his victorious soldiers fresh from the field
If his glory, bowling in dignificd su0mis-
sion &c the laws aud civil tribunals of his
country. What spectacle Worthy
of The admiration Of mankind to the end of
time. This act stands out above all 9th
ers in his egenrful life. 1t is the Andes
Of his glory, upon which posterity will
gaze in after ages, when all the rest Of
his renowned feats shall have been for.
gotten or eclipsed. IS it not humiliatiDg
that this brightest flower in the wreath of
! bis fame, which should be cherished as
one Of The priceless jewels Of the nation.
should thus be furnished for the sake of a
few votes for an unworthy and ambitious
aspirant 10 power, from which be has
been once so signalIv and justly elected
BY an indignant people? But. in Gods
name, if they want the money, let them
have it.
Mr.. Weller moved, that the committee
rise; which motion prevailing, the COM
mitiee rose and reported progress.
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time il is perfectly well known to all we'll
informed merchants. that either coarse or
fine woollen goods, could be purchased
quite as low, or even lower than last
year, and il is matter Of some consola-
lion to know, a,at none but locofoco mer-
chants, who acent there stuffed Tuh such
slang as that Message is made of, were
duped by such pretence; and that some Of
them did pay dearly for their political
creed, being charged there for goods. as
IF 1t arere tr,le. These jobbers "know
H. cir men.
Blu, how is it with our farmersf Do
they pay mere this year for either broad
cloth or Sleeps grey, than they did before
that "act of abomination," the present Ia
riff, became law? Nay, verify: and
this they know right reH. As for cotton
goods, they never could buy ltcking, yarn,
or shirting of the same qnality. for less
money; while cotton prints can be pur-
chased in market for IA to Is l2 cents,
equal in value to those which before the
present tariff act, cost % to % cents per
yard. o, that arful tariff why in fact
our farmers have now to pay almost t,ro
thirds.
Iron has never been cheaper to the
farmer, or mechanic and all the WORLD
is now we'll advised, that the British Iron
merchants have sent their customers in
the u: States circular, in which they
pledge themselves TO sell at their former
prices, and deduct from the bill the duties
charged by our Government so that we
have one instance at least, in which the
consumer does not pay The duty. Then
again, Wood screws are furnished fifty
per cen, less than before the presen, du-
ty was laid, and of better quality $50
Of glass tumblers And Cutlery was
purchased this fall in n. Y. thirty per
cent less than | ever knew it before
Your correspondent having shown that
our farmers are now getting &c per cent
more for their Wheat, than our miilers
could give them if;hey had to market
their -four in Lii verpool, i, follows conciu.
siveIy, if the preceding positions are cor
rect, that our farmers are more benefited
by the tariff, than our manufacturers; for
no one preiends that their fabrics have in
any considerable degree advanced.
U. p. S.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
For the Sentinel.
MORE HOT BLOCKS.

"The Agricultural products. of the II
States SO greatly exceed any domestic
demacdfor consumption, that the very idea
of creating home market is absurd" III
would be idle to talk of an increase oil
manufacturers sufficient TO consume the
surplus produce OF the country"
The above quotations from Gov. Bar
rvs Message, furnish matter for candid
enquiry and reflection. Ever since the
passage of The present tariff &C. when.
ever a political anti tariff demagogue il
ousled from every other citadel, he uni.
formly takes his final refuge in this. And
we may reasonably suppose that Cover.
nor Barry in SO important document,
would embody what at least he thought
the most weigh;y and important argu-
nents. Now / trust that little candid
investigation will satisfy Gov. b., or any
one else, that the idea of creating home
market is neither '.adte,' or absurd"
Let US examine our statistics on this
subject.
The whole Wheat crop grown in the
UnIed States, in 1912, is estimated by
the Commissioner of Patents at lO2, OOO,-
600 bushels Worth S76.73s,O05 or
about 76 IA cents per bushel. OF this
amount we had a surplus according to
the Secretary OF the Treasury, which we
exported OF 1876, 1856.
Now let US took to the present year.
"We find thai during the season Of nayi-
CATION for the year 1913, there arrived at
lIde water about $4,000, barrels of -four
more than during the same period for
1912; while the exports were 10000
barrels less in lS43 than in 1912: which
would go TO increase the stock on hand
TO 533, coo barrels; while in fact the stock
on hand is only 100000 more than in the
same period in 1912 30 that there must
have entered into home consumption $780,
900 barrels more in ] S4S than IN 1872"
Now estimating 1--WE bushels of Wheat
10 make barrel Of -four; we find that
our home consumption increased the las.
year 500, 000, BUSH, which, at the price
estimated b. the Commissioner of Patents
as above, amounts to sl ,269,o60: an IN.
creased consumption Of more than one
sixth of the wonderful surplus" The first
3 ear efleT the passage Of the present Ia
riff act !: and that year toe. one in which
every thing possible. by way of threaten
ing repeal and otherwise, was done to
deter manufacturers from extending their
business, and prevent capitalists from en-
gaging in IT,
Now if we take the present unfavora-
bic year as an average Of the next five
we find the increased consumption will
more than use up the whole of the above
boosted surplus. But we are not 10 arrive
at this result in this slow and gradual
manner. Let the principle of protection
to manufacturers be ever fllly established
IN our country, aud capitalists and manu-.
-ssscisreTs will 10 longer hesitate to en-
bark in the business. The idea therefore
Of home market, is neither side" or
"absurj." Y.P. S.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
For the Sentinel.

ifr. EDITOR:
have noticed with some care the
letter from your friend in Buffalo, which
was published in the last Sentinel, and
however humilia,ing it may be 10 have il
demonstrated that our Governor is either
! knaue or fool; ! think the public are
Inder obligations to him for having so
ably demonstrated the folly or falsehood
Of the Ex-Governor main position. / could
nave wished your correspondent should
nave extended his structures to some 9th
err points, The folly of which could be e.
qualify demonstrated. The Governor
-..-s-s ,ss, ssthe excess of price obtained by
reason of protective tariff, is = tax upon
other classes" which appears to smbody
the proposition as clearly as he was ca.
pabe of stating il, shat the duties laid
upon foreign goods, increase by so much.
the price of such goods to the consumer"
especially to the farmers"
Now | will venture the assertion, that
cure Governor cannot name any one I'M
portant item, either of necessity or con-
yenience, which now costs the farmer
more than it did before the passage of
that act. In examining this subject. as
| cannot refer to everything in detail |
will only call your attention to some of
the most useful and necessary articles !:
such as woolIeu, and cotton goods, iron,
cutlery, wood sore VS., and glass ware.
Now, it will be conceded that in regard
r woollen goods, some N. Y. merchants
knowing the imposition which has been
praciised upon the public by newspa-
per paragraphs, and such documents as
the Gorernof's Message, may have ask
ed. and perhaps obtained of some oftheir
customers, higher prices for coarse s0ool>
lens than they obtained last year. upon
pretence that they cost more in conse.
quence of the tariff: but at the same
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
AWFUL CALAMITY.

The dwelling house of Emery Church
In Flint, Geuesee co., Michigan, was
consumed by fire. on Friday morning,
Jan. 10, 1874. Ii is supposed that the
house took fire soon after midnight
The b0dy of Mr.. Church was found a.
nong the RUNS at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. Mr.. Church was formerly from
Albion, Ontario Co., New York, and
has two sisters married and living in this
viciniiy,-the one 10 Mr.. Fox, and the
other 10 Mr. Brewer.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
NAMES AND PRINCIPLES.
NO Ell,

NO Ell.
In our last number we noticed the pro.
minent events connected with, and prov.
ing the fact, of the dissolution Of the old
Federal, or anti War party as it had ex'
listed from l79S to 1915 -he consequen!
divisions that took place in the Democratic
ranks, Immediately after the reorganiza-
ton of parties under this new order oil
things in .ne State of New York, and the
lee que catered into between Martin Van
Buren, and ...or :, ...hieh.minded federal
lists" as they were subsequently called)
te oppose and defeat the Administration of
Dewitt Clinton. This party, made up,
as we have stated of the few disappointed
Republicans that opposed Mr.. Clinton's
election in 1917. and such recruits as
could be gathered from the disbanded
fragments of federalism, with Van Buren,
for their leader, commenced that system
of caucus discipline and party tactics that
has marked its career to the present time.
Aware of the charm and influence that
the name of democracy had acquired, and
the uncouth manner In which its mantle
sat on the shoulders of his un annealeG
federal allies, no pains were spared or ef-
forts omitted, TO overwhelm & drown the
senses of the public, with the cry of dem
ocracy set up by every new federal recrun
and in proportion to the violence done to
the principles, the noise and clamor about
the name was increased, and the charge
of federalism vociferaied against Mr..
Clinton. by these scape goats from the
wreck of the Hartford Convention. The
liberal and. sagacious policy of Mr.. Gin
ton as statesman, and the zeal and en-
ergy with which he directed the powers
ofhis gigantic mind TO the Development
of the latent resources of the State, and
the promotion of its>ya rious interests, are
matters of familiar history to every read
err. And while the Hudson and Erie
Canal, and the system of common School,
Academic, and Collegiate Education OF
his native State shall be remembered in
history, the name of Dewitt Clinton,
needs no other monument to perpetuate
its fame or carry it down to future gene
rations associated with the most distin-
guished statesmen, patriots and benefac-
tors of the age 10 which he lived. And
while those exalted qualifications and as'
pirations of Dir. Clinton, and the intrinsic
merits Of his measures, called to his sup
port the honest, patriotic, and unaspiripg
portion ofall parties; theyafforded but little
ground of hope 10 the ambitious and IN
principled demsgogue whose aim was
po,cer and the "spoils Of official plumber"
these rallied 10 the Van Buren, stan dard,
and this was the true ground on which
parties were reorgaDized unde, the Van
Buren, opposition 10 Mr.. Clinton and his
Administration. The evidence of the
ruth of this position is to be found in The
following facrs,--(viz } Tha. all the
prominent measures Of Mr.. CIinton's pol
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
MARI

On the 22d inst. by the Rev. ii. P. Powers.
Dir. Joseph Wood to Mrs. Ana Freebcrn, aid
OF this village.
A tale of woman turned to salt,
On ancient record long hath stood.
But modern art alone has thought
To turn Free60rn maid to Wood.
On 18th inst. by john Burbank. Esq. Zolva
Bowen to Lydia Preston.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24

GIVE have had presented one of Mr..
Petiibone's corrected maps of Washte.
nav county, and have no hesitation in
pronouncing i. the best and most useful
article in ito line tina, &c have seen.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
YPSILANTI SENTINEL
JOHN VAN FossEN, EDITOR.
YPSILANTI. JANUARY "a, 1914
Public Meeting.

A meeting of the Ypsilanti Clay Club, will
be held at the house of ]. w. Putnam, on Wed
nesday, the Oath inst, at o'clock, P. M. at
which an address will be delivered.
A general attendance is solicited.
Ypsilanti. January 18th, 1914.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24

THE TARIFF.-Three direct PROPOSE
lions have been made in the House OF
Representatives for the repeal ofthe pres
ent tariff, and for the substitution Of one
founded on free trade principles. Each
of these has been voted down in the
House, two-thirds of whose members are
Locofocos.
On the last trial, the vote stood-yeas
"a; nays I02, showing the decisive ma
jority Of 15 against the proposition. Ofthe
yeas 2 are Wings, and 80 Locofocos; of
the nays, go are Wings, and AZ Locofo-
cos.
1t is generally thought that nothing
will be done at the present session. The
Van Buren, men are very anxious that
the whole subject should be postponed
I'LL the nextsession, after the Presidential
election. They dare not 60 before the
people in that campaign on the free trade
issue. Mr McCIelland's game in this dis
trict last fall is sought to be pursued ihro'-
out the approaching canvass. 1t IS indeed
genuine Van Observation-Disclosures.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24

Mr.. CALHoUN.--lt is stated, that Mr..
Calhoun has written letter, intended for
publication, in which he denounces the
Baltimore Convention in the strongest
terms. and wilhdraws his name from any
participation 10 i..-Adoertiser
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24
From the Providence Chronicle.
A MOST BOLD AND BLOODY
MIJRDER.

Our citizens were horror stricken yes
terday afternoon, by the news of the
murder of one well known among the
business men of this city, although resi-.
dent of Crans.on, the adjoining town, MIR.
Amasa Sprague. 1t seems that he left
his house at about 3 O'Clock in the at
,ernoon, for the purpose ofgoing to barn
about niie distant, lying in the town OF
Johnston, in order, as he stated to his
ien.ii I'll. .slv.zg., e ehal.ss h;s 1s:.acshA
He took foot path, very generally fire.
quented, and in which, at almos, any ten
minutes in the day. ard especially on Sun
day there was passing.
About an hour after he. left home, ne
was found about one mile from his house,
lying in the footpath perfectly dead, with
such marks upon his body as left no
doubt but he had been most brutality MUIR
dered.
Mr.. Sprague was the senior partner of
the house of Messrs A. & w. Sprague,
a large manufacturing firm. The other
partner is the Hon. Vim. Sprague, one of
our Senators IN Congress.
FURTHER PARTICgLARs.-The Prov
idence papers are of opinion that this
was a premeditated act. The person of
Mr.. S. was not robbed. Nicholas s.
Gordon and bis brother John Gordon,
Irishmep, have been arrested. The
grounds of arrest is as follows: Nicholas
s. Gordon had frequently petitioned the
town council of Cranstonsfor license for
the sale of ardent spirits, but through
the opposition Of Mr.. Sprague, his petit
lions have been refused. At The last time
his application was rejected. he threaten.
ed Mr.. Sprague and said he would settle
with him elsewhere A rev ard of one
thousand dollars has been offered by the
family Of the deceased for the apprehen.
sion Of the murderer. A town meeting
was held upon the subject in -Cranstnn at
which an additional reward Of $1,000
was offered.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-09
HOLE NO. 9O5.

Committee OF tie Senate-ii it IS parliamentary
TO allude TO the proceedings Of that body-have
reported that the prisons viii fal! short this year
of paving their expenses some 10000 or $4,000,
and that the State viii be called upon TO supply
that sum. Suppose then does require the exPcn-
Giture OF S50,GG0 this year towards this new
prison. it viii be no more than you Wi! otherwise
be called upon to supply the deficiency of income
in the present prisons. Ii given as this bill pro-
vides. II viii prove a productive investment
eventually returning an ample income to tRe State
But this consideration is only incident. You
Will by such action afford 10 mechanics that re-
lief which they ask for, which is the great end
to be attained
New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-09
TIME MUTUAL LIFE INSURANE COM
saNY GE NEW-YORX No 4i Wal.strest II his

l. fANY OF NEW-EORK, No, a. Wailstigrrebmi IN" "''
snce organization on the lFAt DAY OF
Iai2 (onr year ards OF four nundfed ana
eoy uolici-s: the aggregate amount ci premiums on "
give capital of thar double what IT'S charter 20
Commend. pi'h greatly exceeding ue requisite euoin'
10 meet apy probable annual losses this number OF
snces as n tested oy the most approved tabs giSnS m r.
Of mortality and by the experience OF The Oldest aao
she'd Life Offices Tins country and Ia oI.dt
liz /, now ady 3ugm ntng By the secona year pr
miulns becoming due and By the dali accession =" "
hers Thus far Il has sustained rD toss .l. .,,o,,
The uaexsmprd of ,iiS Company anot uo.s .y
evidence that the Sutoa principle OF LGe Iasnf
ing in urbc favor and con6dnc and that The inpgisGn
benefits resulting need only 10 bs Know" 10 e'S
cT-sss its busres. aud e1tead IT'S useful ness
To illustrate the ADVANTAGES y! the Mutual plan oi iS IN
,ra1ce e cite from ts Equitable Society OF LoH
doc vIz-An insurance o IS 900 OF 81 yrifs con
tnuaacr commencing the Of Is, and rernans 81 %
m. accumulated profits thereon 90 II Sli
h the sum insured total amount Of $40 go pa'aoe U e
.uryyors-more Lfisr three times the insurance.
This Company will grant insurance. lives upon the VI
,ual Prucple their Office No 3 Wa-seet Persons nay
.ect insurance lives the lives of otheI"i
he whols du farlon OF life or for limited period
The favorable those Of similar @ 81
,ion In thr Uuited States. The profits Of tbe
this Company viii De divided among the Insgsd ~ Of
10 the pf.mufnE paid By thr Inc ~ "o.c-
the members extend no farther than the amount OF 'e
| i've preniurat paid. y, n u,,, ~, n SIM
TIE Rates Of hlstirance One 4nnfTef D'''A'' " = ~
II
New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-09

Ry ,hs above abatement very great business Is snow" lar
exceeding that any Company durias It's fa years progress
,,hr IN This country Great Britain. ltwill also D. sern
tt neatly one half the policies for the hole
OF life giving much larger pyopot1n whole lie fonc.s
tban e exr.Ience # other Life Office this country th
bbi,Eihis bsng about 10th Of the whole number ! ne
ysrv are. nunbrf with this ln'ttuoh o s
whole d of ARISES from the specta ad'aHaxfs eo
iug 0ut OF The mutual plan such policies, "hch me stScS
compsny principlr does UtgIVe -. mn Ios
New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-09

'EsEE .JUNgUS TRACES.
No. |. The TEST or Parties Tried by their Acts
No. II. The CCsRENcY.
No ILL., THE TARIFF.
No. " LIFE OF Henry CLAY.
No. V. Political ABoLIrIoS
No. VI. DEMocKAcy.
No. VII LABOR AND CAPITAL.
These te pamphlets WORKING infnlte sooo 70 i'e b
Wing and . observe with pleasure that they are De-
~ > New Orleans Bee
3" The JUNIrs TRAcrs are becoming the stahdaia ms
publications for the present campaign"
~ This Series of Political Tracts, from the we'll known
author Ttr CRISIS e the Country" IN 1870 unl'9us Or N
air. and price published and for sale AZ the Tribune oih'e
T-wYori NJ s2 80 cents hundred copies s20 !hou
sand Orders from any part the Union supplied with des;
patch Remtces BY mail post pad OF hee al te fk %
h proneto and None seat ont out on conmis-
=, .lL
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p,h Tor IN. Author