South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-07-19
THE MORMON CONTROVERSY.

on his return home.
THE MORMON CONTROVERSY.
The Report which reached us some time
ago, in the shape Of a private letter publish
ed in an Ohio paper, of Battle between
the Mormons and the inhabitants OF jack
son county, in Missouri. turns out TO be un-
true. How near they have been to Bat
tie, and very bloody one, will appear fro M
the following information (which, as to facts.
may be relied upon) copied from Kentuc-
ky paper;
From the Maysvile (Ky.) Eagle.
The following extracts of letters. from
a young gentleman OF Missouri to his
father, in Mason county, have been polite
ly furnished US for publication. They
contain the latest and most authentic in
telligence from The seat of the Mormon
operations
'LExINeToN, Mo-, June 20, 1884.
"ln a former letter wrote at some
length abou, the Mormons, and promised
TO write again on the subject. They have
just received large reinforcement from
the East, which makes their numbers a.
mount to 500 or 1000 men-all well
armed, with guns, tomahawks, knives and
from two to four braces of pistols EACH
They went through the county on the
North OF the river, yesterday. We un-
derstood that the people of that county in
tended to stop them, and for the purpose
of assisting them, we raised about forty
men, but could not overtake them, (the
Mormons, as they raised dog trot, and
kept it up most OF the day.
"Nex! Monday is supposed to be the
day they intend crossing the river, to take
Jackson county. The whole county is
in an uproar. Volunteers, are preparing
to 60 to the scene of action. Should they
cross the river, there will be battle, and
probably much blood shed. Among ohs
ers, shall start on Saturday next, at
eight o'clock"
"Leaington, Jane %.
"From my last letter, you may possibly
be expecting to hear Of severe battle
between the Mormons and Jacksonians-
but you will not. We went up TO Jack.
son county, armed with guns, knives, &C.,
in full expectation of meeting an enemy
determined on victory or death. Moth.
ing less could have been anticipated fol-
Smith, their prophet, had promised to
raise all of them that should be slain in
/ fighting the LORDS battles.
] You may recollect that, some months
ago, the people of Jackson drove all the
Mormons out of the county, on account, as
they alleged, of improper conduct, such
as stirring up sedltious feeling in the
slaves and Indians, stealing hogs, cattle.
4 &c., and, worst of all, threatening to take
possession Of the whole oflhis upper coun-
try, either according to Smiths revela.
tion) by purchase or by blood. Some Of
them had even predicted that Indepen'
dence, the county seat of Jackson, would
flow with blood--the men should be slain
and the women become their slaves. In
addition to this, they are of odious fame
in several particulars. When driven from
Jackson, they took refuge in the adjoin-
ing counties, principally in Clay county,
where they remained in peace and mac
ton. Some time in May, there was a
great hustle among them-selling off their
little patches of corn for guns, buying
gunlocks, powder and lead, manufactur.
ing pistols and swords, and collecting
themselves into body in Clay county.
from which place they threatened to cross
over and attack their old neighbors, to
recover the New Jerusalem from the inf.
dels.
"About the same time, letters were
written from the State OF Ohio, informing
1.-The people Of Jackson OF the party that