The Arkansas advocate., 1833-12-04

alton would be fltted out agalnst the ISI- and. Ii must puzzle the negroes, We h1a- zine, to gather twenty millions of dollars.
 From the Missouri Repablieol'.
 CIVIL WARN JACKSON couNrY.-Ne lament to say that the following account, ill it's most essential features, Is confirmed by other passengers in the steamboat GharEeston
 Oa 5oegd sfeaa-boat Charleston,
 ST. LOUIS, 9th Nov, 1883.
 .Hcssrs. Editors-I take the opportunity to give you and your readers a brief sketch of the most fragrant and outrageous viola tion of the Constitution of our country that has taken place since 1t was framed.
 l ana member of the church of Christ fz1.eproaebtallf called Rounons or Nor menites4, and am directly from Indepen- dence, the scat of VAR and BLooDsHED in the United States.
 On Thursday night, Oct. 3Ists some forty or fifty of the citizens of Jackson county, Mo, assembled above the Blue, (a river about eight or ten miles west of Independeuce1, !, and in part, demolished twelve of the dwelling houses Of our peo- pie who occupied them at the time. The inhabitants were obliged to escape to the woods, women and children running Tn every direction, hallooing and screaming; and the men, being taken at surprise, in the dead hour of the night, were unprepared 10 defend thenaseieesr if fhey had been dis posed. They took two of our men and beat them with stones and clubs, leaving only ! breath oi fife Iii them. After this, the mob dispersed. 1t being about 5 o'clock iii the morning.
 Friday night, Nov. isf, the mob broke open the store of Gilbert & Whitney, and scattered their goods through the streets.- They demolished Mr. Gilbert's brick dwell ling-house, and broke in the doors and windows of all the dwellings in Indepcnd- enee belonging to our people. Saturday, our people left their dwellings and took their most valuable articles of furniture, clothing, &c., and gathered together, that they might be better prepared for self de- fence. Nighi came on, and the mob came along with 1t, and commenced their rayaqes. again above the Blue; and after they had fired five or SIX guns upon our people with. out effect, our people fired upon them, and one of their number exclaimed, 70 my God, am shot" The mob then dispers- etl, taking their wounded companion along with them, who was shot throuq qh the thigh.
 On Monday last, the mob collected again, ii tie town of Independence. to the number of two or three hundred, aeeH at7a- cd, they called t, "cALLiNG our TIE M1- LIrIA." They undoubtedly thought that the above appellation would sound better than Its real and legitimate name, which is MoB, and if they could lessen the magni- tnde of their crime in the eyes of the con- munity by so doing, they, no doubt. would ! be highly gfatified.. But this cunning plot to deceive. covers their iniquity no more than the fig leaves covered our first parents ! Tn the garden, from the piercing. eye of jehovah. At night, a part of the number that had collected i'll town, went above blue, to drive our people away, and des- troy our property; but they were met by q E party of our people, and being prepared, they poured deadly fire upon them. Two or three of their number fen dead on the ground, and number mortally wounded. Among the former, was Hugh l.. Brea- zeale, Attorney at Law. Thursday mor- nlng, there were number of the mob mis- sin9, and could moi De accounted for, I was told.
 Left Independence and came down the 1vef to Lsherty landing, where we stopped | Q take in freight, and while we were there. Wednesday, II o'clock, 4. M. a mes 'enger rode up, saying that he had just 'ome from the seat of war;, and that the nght before, another battle was fought, in which MT. Hicks, Attorney at Law, fell, ]; lavlng three balls and some buck-shot trough bis body; and about twenty more If J the mob, shared a similar fate. RIr. H. II vas one of the heads of the moo. Report aid also, that one or two of our men were l. tiled, and as many wounded. The can a ionading in the last engagement, was heard r n board the boat very distinctly. IT
 l was an eye witness of a part of the Ir bOVe Statanapfc h,,f ti,,,, 1~, ',