A History of Cooper County, Missouri: From the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876

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Perrin & Smith, steam book and job printers, 1876 - Počet stran: 231
 

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Strana 78 - States in all respects whatever upon the fundamental condition that the fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the constitution, submitted on the part of said State to Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the States in this Union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the...
Strana 97 - Government should enjoy an unrestricted right to move and station its troops throughout the State, whenever and wherever that might, in the opinion of its officers, be necessary, either for the protection of the
Strana 54 - Whereupon, the said defendant, being arraigned upon the indictment in this cause, plead not guilty, and, for his trial, put himself upon God and his country, and the circuit attorney also.
Strana 98 - They clambered over the fence into a field of wheat, and again formed in line just on the brow of the hill. They then advanced some twenty steps to meet us, and for a short time the cannons were worked with great rapidity and effect.
Strana 54 - BW , who being elected, try'd and sworn the Truth to speak, upon the Issue joined, upon their Oaths do say, That the Defendant is not Guilty in Manner and Form set forth in the Indictment.
Strana 41 - And his time for retaliation came sooner than he expected. That afternoon Cole, who was a justice of the peace, organized his court on a log in front of the fort. As Judge Barton was returning from dinner, he stopped in front of Cole and leaned against a tree, watching the proceedings of the justice, and smoking his pipe. Cole looked up and, assuming the stern look of insulted dignity, said : " Judge Barton, I fine you one dollar for contempt of my court, for smoking in its presence.
Strana 48 - It was bounded on the north by the Missouri river, on the east and south by the Osage river, and on the west by what was then called the Territorial line. "At the time of its organization, it included the Territory now embraced in the whole of the counties of Cooper, Saline, Lafayette, Jackson, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Pettis, Morgan,. Moniteau and Cole; and part of the counties of Bates, St. Clair, Benton, Camden and Miller...
Strana 35 - Benjamin, Delany and William Bolin, Hiram and William Savage, Hess and William Warden, John and William Yarnall, John and William Jolly, Joseph and William Scott, and John and William Rupe. The...
Strana 48 - The county is bounded on the north by the Missouri River, on the east and southeast by the Osage, both navigable the greater portion of each year.
Strana 41 - The town of Old Franklin was laid off opposite the present site of Boonville, during the year 1816. It was located on fifty acres of land, donated by different individuals for that...

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