“ We have had men of the most vicious and abominable habits, imposed upon us, to fill our most important county offices, by his dictum, in order, as we verily believe, that he may the more certainly control our destinies, and render himself, through the instrumentality of these base creatures of his ill-directed power as absolute as a despot over the citizens of this county, as he now is, over the serfs of his own servile clan. ”

“ Which court shall be composed of the mayor or chief justice, and the aldermen as associate justices, and from the final judgment of the municipal court to the circuit court of Hancock county, in the same manner as appeals are taken from the judgments of justices of the peace: Provided, That the parties litigant shall have a right to trial by a jury of twelve men in all cases before the municipal court. The municipal court shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus in all cases arising under the ordinances of the city council. ”

“ The inhabitants of the "City of Nauvoo" are hereby exempt from working on any road beyond the limits of the city, and for the purpose of keeping the streets, lanes, avenues, and alleys in repair, to require of the male inhabitants of said city, over the age of twenty-one and under fifty years, to labor on said streets, lanes, aveneus, and alleys, not exceeding three days in each year; any person failing to perform such labors when duly notified by the supervisor, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar per day for each day so neglected or refused. ”

“ And to crown all, he claims to merge all religion, all law, and both moral and political justice, in the knavish pretension that he receives fresh from heaven, divine instructions, in all matters pertaining to these things; thereby making his own depraved will, the rule by which he would have all men governed. ”

“ New use of the Tomato.--The Cheraw Gazette states that, in addition the advantages of the tomato for table use, the vine is of great value as food for cattle, especially cows. It is stated that cows fed on tomato vines, will give more milk, and yield butter finer flavor, and in greater abundance, than any other long fed ever tried. It is thought too that more good food for cattle, and at less expense, can be raised from a given quantity of ground planted in to tomatoes than from any other vegetable known in the southern country. ”

“ All free while male inhabitants who are of the age of twenty-one years, who are entitled to vote for State officers and who shall have been actual residents of said city sixty days next preceding said election, shall be entitled to vote for city officers. ”

“ He has caused his City Council to pass laws contrary to the laws of the state, and subversive of the rights of citizens of this State.
Citizens have been arrested, tried, and punished, for breaches of those mock laws, from time to time, in such manner that they have been compelled to the humiliating necessity of seeking an asylum elsewhere, in order to escape tho tyranny and oppression of this modern Caligula. ”

“ In evidence of the above charge, we find them yielding implicit obedience to the ostensible head and founder of this sect, who is a pretended Prophet of the Lord, and under this Heaven-daring assumption, claiming to set aside, by his vile and blasphemous lies, all these moral & religious institutions which have been established by the Bible, & which have, in all ages been cherished by men, as the only means of maintaining those social blessings, which are so indispensably necessary for our happiness. ”