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Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15
divorce from a Women who had
become the Spiritual Wife of a
Mormon leader.

Henry Cobb vs.. Augusta Cobb. This was a
libel alleging Grim. CON. on the part of the res
pendent with Brigham Young, in Nauvoo, i'll
August, 1874, and December, 1915. After liv-
ing 81 years in good repute with her lawful
husband, the respondent became led away with
Mormonism, and, leaving her husband, went to
Nauyoo, and joined the church there. After
years trial ofthe system she returned to Bos
ton, but not being able to content herself here,
she made another trip to Nalvoo /: returned to
Boston again, and again went off, and she is
now supposed to be in California with Young.
Her conduct in Nauvoo was fully described
in the deposition of Geo. J. Adams, better known
under the name of "Elder Adams" who test
fed that he knew Mrs. Cobb, when she lived in
the house of Bri CHAM Young at Nauvoo. We
give the following extracts from the deposit
tion:-
In the fall of 1914, after her return FROM
Nauvoo to Boston, Mrs. Cobb said she loved
Brigham Young better than she did Mr.. Cobb,
and, live or die, she was going to live with him
at all hazards. This was in the course of a
conversation in which she used extrayagant
language in favor of Mr.. Young, and against
Mr.. Cobb. Mrs. Cobb went out again to Nau-
VOC, the second time, and lived with Mr.. Young,
and their living together, and their conduct,
The subject OF conversation, to which | hav
alluded, was that persons had right to live
together in unlawful intercourse, and that Mr..
Cobb avowed her belief in this doctrine, and
said it was right"
SIN conversation with Mrs. Cobb on the sub
ject of spiritual wives, told her such doctrine
would lead to the devil /; and she said if it did
she would go there with Brigham Young. The
Mormons were SO incensed with me for my OPP
position to this doctrine that they attempted to
take my life in various ways. / think Mrs.
Cobb was originally woman of good feeling
and good principles, but do not think so of her
now. think she was led away by religious
frenzy
"She said, never will forsake brother Young
come life or death. She said that the doctrine
taught by Brigham Young, was glorious doc
trine; for if she did not love her husband,t gave
her man she did love-
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15

Owe publish gratis the following item of
information, with the request that every parent,
under whose eye it may fall, will impress it up
on the memory of his children as he values
their safety:-
Top, event harm from the burning Of Cot
ton Ciothiag.-Let the person whose clothing
NAV take tire, instantly lie dOirn. In that po-
sition should help be at hand the fire may be in
stantly extingushed by throwing woIlen cloth
over it, or even by stamping it with the feet, or
pressing the burning garment with the hands.
Should help not be near, the burning will pro-
coed SO slowly that the person may herself ex-
tinguish the fire with hei hands if of sufficient
age and possessing presence of mind. In proof
of this, let any one suspend a piece of cotton
9th perpenIicularly and set fire to the lower
end. In one-tifth of minute the fire will as
eend yard with an intense blaze, rising, at
least two feet above the burning edge of the
cloth. Then let him stretch piece of the
same size horizontally and ignite one edge;-
The blaze will not advance more than a yard
In i've minutes, or rise more than an inch IN
height, never being so fierce that it cannot be
extinguished without harm with the hands,
0FRemember to act upon this suggestion,and
no life need be lost by the burning OF clothing.
1t may be added that if the under clothing be
flannel, this measure being adopted, death or
serious injury, by the burning of cotton cloth
ing is absolutely impossible, even though the
fire should not be extinguished until the cloth
ing was entirely burned from the person. We
claim nothing for this valuable information ex-
cept that those to whom we impart it will re-
member it and use it when occasion requires.
O. Our Townsman, 1t. Rosencrantz, arrived
from Mexico ay-before-yesterday. He has
been in most of the battles since the commence
ment of the war, but is fortunately unhurt.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15

GFMR. CLAF's SPEECH.-The N'e,c Y orl
Herald, paper by the way fully and almos
fiercely in favor of the war, thu speaks of the
position of Mr.. Clay's speech, opposing the
Annexation of more Mexican territory:
"On this point, Mr.. Clay's views are expires.
sed with the greatest Freedom, and in the most
burning eloquence. He is against all annexa-
ton, except it is the mere harbor of st. Fran
DISCO. He gives his reasons in strong language
in most forcible style. and in most convin-
cling shape. He assumes a moral attitude,-
which, were it to be adopted by the nation,
would as much astonish the countries of En-
ripe by its sublime maenanimity, its almost
heavenly, its saint-fke fOrbearance, as they
have been thnnderstruck BY the brllianev of on
campaigns, the wonderful skill of our generals,
and the terrible energy of the troops under their
command"
But what is It, let US ask, that constitutes
the sublimity, the heavenly, saint like forbear-
ance of the course advised by Mr.. Chy!-
What is that peculiar quality of the course OF
action prescribed by Mr.. Clay, which is so
wonderfully to astonish other nations?-Whch
is in itself equal to military glory, skill and val
orr We answer: simply truth and JUSTICE
Were it not for these qualities, where would
be the ''sublime magnanimity of this course OF
actionlr Truth is always eloquent, by, whomso
ever spoken, but not even Clay can gild
falsehood, and raise it to sublimity. We dc
not believe there are hundred or even ten well
informed men, within the limits of the United
States, that do not feel to some degree the in
Justice or to say the least the needlessness oi
the present contest. Nor are there more than
that who do not really coincide with Mr.. Clay.
and who are not, in moments of better feeling
when no "Mexican Wing" is by, and party
is for a moment forgotten-warmed by his
eloquence and moved to honorable, patriotic
thoughts and wishes for the good Of both com
munties, and the restoration of peaceful rela'
tions.
But the Herald need not have selected sin
gle passage in Mr.. Clay's speech: there is /;
a simple grandeur, the gift rather of its truth
fulness, than Of the genius of its author, which
will carry it down 10 the remotest generation
of American Freemen; and when the public
liberty as restored-the broken constitution re-
paired, by return to the prestne purity o
our Institutions; or when freedom is finally los
in the glare of military glory: his syeech vii
be remembered, as the potent charm which
broke the spell of the demagogue, or the truth
fuI YET neglected prophesy, which might have
saved nation, but was suffered to pass unhee
ded.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15

The MEssAGE.-We are enabled, by tele-
graph, to lay before our readers, synopsis of
that part of the message which relates to the
war. Of course the President must repeat the
oft rCfuted assertions that the war was COM
menced by Mexico-that I" the blood of our cit
lzens was first shed on our own SOIL" &C.; and
if the people are disposed to believe lie flung
in the face of history, there can he but little use
in a simple contradiction. The facts remain,
however, the property of future time. Along
with the Presidents messages will 90 the or
ders for the advance of our army upon terrific
ry which had always been under Mexican rule,
but which we chose to claim territory the in
habitants of hich fled at the approach of our
soldiers and upon which had the Mexicans ad-
vanced we should have called it invasion, and
repealed it by arms. When they did cross the
Rio Grande we did so. The President unwise-
y aims to fix the commencement of the war on
the day of Palo Alto. Now the ground upon
which that battle was fought, was either Mex
lean or Texan. If it was Mexican, we had no
business there previous to declaration of war,
and by marching our army there, we became
the aggressors. If it was Texan, the holding
possession of it by Mexico, was legitimate
consequence of the war in which she was en-
gagged in against Texas, and which we, by ad-
hitting Texas on an equality with other States
agreed to assume. In the first case we COM
menced the war in the second, we voluntarily
assumed it, as we found it existing.
We shall give the message entire, as soon as
we can put into type. We will only mention,
for the reflection of our readers, that the Presi-
deut calls loudly for another loan of eighteen
millions Eve hundred thousand, unless some
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15

sYou have played the duce with my heart
remarked young gentleman to young lady
who was partner in game of whist. Be-
cause you played the knaye,' replied the lady.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15

thing can be raised from the Mexcans, and the
people will submit to pay tax on tea and cof-
fee, in which casa seventeen millions only need
be raised by loan.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15
TIL K
S E n Il In Ell.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1877.
YPSILANTI.

"PFNsIoSED PREssEs.-This term we often
use because we wish to warn the people against
their influence. With regard TO the party they
may be hired 10 support, we care net. They
are as much the object Of contempt and abhor-
renee in one as the other. They are, however,
at present. chiefly confined to the Democratic
party. since all the spoils are in the possession
that party. Politicians out of power cannot at
ford to pay, much less pension presses.
A pensioned Editor can be induced to occu-
pen to possess some stubbornness and indcpen-
dence, he will ask pretty high price, to be
sure, for very bad place, and if his terms are
refused, he may set up for himself, and under
to the highest bidder, either to attack an opuo-
sing party openly, as James Gordon Bennett,
of the .N'e,o York Herald, or to hang on its
skirts, and betray it by his friendship as James
Watson Webb of the Courier and Inquirer.
Others can be flattered into the idea that the
low comedy characters, in which they are cast,
are the most valorous heroes of deep Tragedy,
and with comfortable salaries, they strut about
the stage indescribaby heghthening the ludi-
crousness Of their position by their utter igno-
rance of of it. Such is poor " Old Father Ritch-
e," of the Union. PtiabIe old man He had
a great reputation in Virginia. and was vety
vain of it. The latter enabled the Administra-
ton to atter him to the utterance of all the fol-
lies, designed the better to con ceal its plans,
which he has uttered, and the former secured
their belief. Ever since his transplanting to
Washington, the old veteran has supposed him
self the particular confident of the Admnistra-
ton. To secure the permanence Of this delu-
sion he has been pensioned as though he were,
and that is all. Perhaps the old man, after
all knows what he is about, and is more knaye
than fool But there he sits; at one time he
cracks his whip over Congress, as pompously
as a boy astride Of stick, for fear they won't
do his masters bidding, and drive the British
Beyond "a 40. The next day his master him
self comes in, and humbly submits the whole
matter TO Congress, begging them to take it off
thing which all the world suppose is by author
| ity but it never comes to pass. And again
he positively, authortativey, contradcts the
statements of some poor penny-a-liner whose
intrepidity,' in search of an item has flched a
secret from the keeping of cabinet councils, &,
as sure as gun, the announcement of the fore
told event, and the old mans contradiction of
its possibility, come laundering along in the
same mail. To hear him tell the story, our
soldiers in Mexico beat Falstaff's men in
buckram," in the faculty of redupIication. and
the inertness of our administration in supply
ing the means of carrying on the war, beats all
NapoIeon's master strokes of energy and activ-
ity.
We meant to say something about few PEN
stoned Presses in the different States, but this
article is long enough already.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15

It's common observation that any fool can
get money,but they are not wise that think so /.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-12-15
The late Earthquake in Mexico.

Mr.. Kendall, thus writes from the city of
Mexico concerning the earthquake of the ID
October, which appears to have been much the
severest of three several shocks that were felt
within two or three days of thattime:
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-07

on the person or persons in whose name
or names such land LOT is taxed, SINH.
lar written notice, if such person or persons
shall reside in the county where such
land or lot shall be situated; and in the
event that the person or persons in whose
name or names the land or lot is taxed do
not reside in the county, such purchaser
shall publish such notice in some news.
paper printed in such county; and if no
newspaper is printed in the county, then
In The nearest newspaper that is published
IN this state, to the county in which such
,ot or land is situated; which notice shall
be inserted three times. the last time not
less than three months before the time of
redemption shall expire. Every such
purchaser, by himself or agent, shall. be
fore he shall be entitled to deed. make
an affidavit OF his having complied with
conditions of this section. stating particu.
larly the facts relied on as such commit.
ance; which affidavit shall be delivered to
the person authorized by law TO execute
such tax deed, and which shall by him be
flled with the officer having custody ofthe
records oflands and lots sold for taxes,and
entries of redemption in the county where
such land or lot shall lie, to be, by such
officer entered on the records of his Office
and carefully preserved among the files
OF his office; and which record or affidavit
shall be prima .facie evidence that such
notice has been given. And any person
swearing falsely in such affidavit shall be
deemed guilty of perjury and punished
accordingly. In case any person shall be
compelled under this section to- publish a
notice in newspaper, then, before any
person who may have right to redeem
such land or lot from such tax sale, shall
be permitted to redeem, he or she shall
Pay.the officer or person who by law is
authorized to receive such redemption
money, the printers fee for publishing
such notice and the expenses of swearing
or affirming to the affidavit, and filing the
same.
Sec. 5. The corporate authorities of
counties. townships, school district,cities.
towns, and villages may be vested with
power to assess and collect taxes for cor
porate purposes; within jurisdiction of the
body imposing the same. And the general
assembly shall require that all the prop
erty within the limits of municipal cor
porations belonging to individuals shall
be taxed for the payment of debts con-
tracted under authority of law.
SEC. 6. The specification of the objects
and subjects of taxation shall not deprive
the general assembly of the power to re.
quire otter objects or subjects to be taxed
in such manner as may be consistentwlh
the principles of taxation fixed in this
constitution.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-07
ARTICLE V.
OF THE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.

Sec. 1. The judicial power of this state,
shall be, and is hereby vested in one su-
preme court, in circuit courts, in county
courts, and in justices of the peace; Pro
rifed, that inferior local courts, of civil
and criminal jurisdiction, may be establish
ed by the general assembly in the cities of
this state, but such states shall have an
uniform organization and jurisdiction in
such cities.
Sec. 2 The supreme court shall con-
sist of three judges, two of whom shall
form quorum; and the concurrence of
two of said judges shall in all cases be
necessary to decision.
SEC. 8. The state shall be divided into
three grand divisions, as nearly equal as
may be, and the qualified electors Of each
division shall elect one of the said Judges
for the term of nine years; Prorided, that
after the first election of such Judges, the
general assembly may have the power to
provide by law for their election by the
whole state, or by divisions, as may deem
most expedient-
SEC. A. The Office of one ofsaid Judges
shall be vacated after the first election he'd
under this article, in three years; of one,
in six years; and of one in nine years;
to be decided by lot, so that one of said
Judges shall be elected once in every three
years. The judge having the longest term
to serve shall be the first chief justice, af-
ter which, the judge having the oldest com
mission shall be chiefjustice.
SEC 5. The supreme court may have
original jurisdiction in cases relating tothe
revenue, in cases of mdnddmus, ha5eas
co1T'ss, and in such cases ofimpeachment
as may be by law directed to be tried be-
fore il, and shall have appellatiye iurisdic-
ton in all ether cases.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-07
ARTICLE XII.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
SEC. l. WhereVertwo thirds of ali the
members elected to each branch of the
general assembly shall think it necessa-
ry to alter or amend this constitution, they
shall recommend to the electors at the
next election ofthe members of the gem
eral assembly, to vote for or againsta
convention; and if it shall appear that a
majority Of all the electors of the state
voting for representatives have voted for
convention, the general assembly shall
at their next session call a convention, to
consist of as many members as the house
ofrepresentatiyes at the time of making
said call, to be chosen in the same man.
ner, at the same place, and by the same
electors, in the same districts that choose
the members of the house of representa-,
tivcs: and which convention shall meet
within three months after the said cleo
ton tor the purpose of revising, altering
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-07
ARTICLE XII.
COMMONS.

SECTION /. All lands which have
been granted as common" to the in.
habitants of any town, hamlet, village or
corporation, by any person, body polite
or corporate, or by any government hav-
ing power to make such grant, shall for.
ever remain common TO The inhabitants
of such town, hamlet, village, or corpora
ton; but the said commons, or any of
them, or any part thereof may be divid.
ed, leased, or granted, in such manner as
may hereafter be provided by law, on
petition ola majority of the qualified voter
interested in ouch commons. OF any of
them,
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-07
ARTICLE X.

SECTION l. Corporations, not posses.
sing banking powers or privileges, may be
formed under general laws, but shall not
be created by special acts, except for
municipal purposes, and, in cases where,
in the judgment of the general assembly,
the objects of the corporation cannot be
attained under general laws.
Sec. 2. Dues from corporations, not
possessing banking powers or privileges,
shall be secured by such individual La
bilities Of the corporators,or other means,
as may De prescribed By law.
Sec. B. No state bank shall hereafter
be created, nor shall the state own or be
liable for, any stock in any corporation
or joint stock association for banking
purposes, to be hereafter created.
SEC. 4. The stockholders in every
corporation, OF joint stock association for
banking purposes, issuing bank notes. or
any kind of paper credits to circulate as
money, shall be individually responsible
TO the amount of their respective share or
shares ofsiock in any such corporation or
association, for all its debts and liabilities
Of every kind.
Sec. 5. No act of the general assem-
bly, authorizing corporations or associa-
tons with banking powers, shall 60 into
efiect,or in any manner be in force, unless
the same shall be submitted to the people
at the general election next succeeding
the passage of the same, and be approved
by majority of all the votes cast at such
election for and against such law.
SEC. 6. The general assembly shall
encourage internal improvements, by
passing liberal laws of incorporation for
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-07

SECTION /. Non county shall be form
ed or established by the general assembly,
which will reduce the county or counties: or
Democratic banner., 1847-11-15
THINK OF BALTIMORE.

Baltimore has given her hundreds, If not
her thousands, to the cause Of, the country.
Her gallant Rijgeley and Watson ,ore the
additional sacrifices which she has given
her country. OF, the privates in the bat.
tallions she contributed to the war;, more
than three fourths were Democrats; and YET
when the canvass for Governor and Con-
gress approaches, with the full conscious
ness that the war Is Che great issue, the vast
majority of the people decide in favor Of
Democratic banner., 1847-11-15
HABIT N DISCIPLINE.

Accustom the body to scbriety and tenn
perance, and it will presently cease to make
the impIortunate demands upon US, which
lead to the subversion Of these qualities
The wsll-ordered frame will no longer re-
quire any improper stimulants, the palate
will lose its taste for the glowing liquor,
and the luscious dainty, and tho stomach
will positively, refuse an, inordinats quaint
ty either of fopd or beverage.--J J. Cur
1ey.