Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-11-30
Daily Evening e..r,.
81. Louis. Txarsday, Noe 8. Iss .'.
THE MORMON wan rSnr zoo

VI .ue mormon lead.,..
the troops under Gen. Atcbin.os S'ueI,
happened on Sunday, Oct 2s,h I'm
day. about Three thousand men H.; ~ iAs
Of the army Of 5000. ordered on, ag pm
Clark. comprising Gen. Atchiosou,. S', uA
made their appearance, before tho , ,'ea
Far West the county sea, Of CT <
county, where the Mormons had S"ustl
white flag. which was shot dow, hI.''''a'
Bogard. but was Immediately ~. :. OaE
Gen. Atkinson then sent in ur''a
with view to learn their wishes a., nS' g
lions, when si1 ofthe leaders ayowsS 'S %r
willingness to surrender, in the e,ns.,' 'e'
that the Mormons should be enh ,s.'''a
The surrender was accepted and H. aus
yiduals put under guard.-Their nan, rs 'O0'
Joseph Smith, Sidney Riedou 'S C.
Hinkle, Lyman Wight, Perley p Pa, or''s,
Mr.. knight The Mormons sssen I,I 'na
Far West, comprised 700 men unds, W.
Of this number. small body Of $50 , s'
ted and pursued their way to The pouS Ss
frontier
The reports vary as TO what hanna,
after the surrender 10 fact, our iD,,II;ru
does not come down clearly to = 0s'.1
later than the day Of the capilnlstion r'
On the day after, Gen. Alchiusop re,.;.,
the orders OF the Governor, which l.,
| ready been mentioned in this paper a,
reciing the expulsion or eztsrmiaaiio, ma.
Mofmons. 1t is said that, shocked and 4.
gusted with the severity OF the command /.
retired and went home. Alter that ereu,
is stated that several-some account, .,v a
OF the Mormons-were put TO death n.
version Of this statement il, that the NJ,
mons killed, at this time, were such a M
not come into Far West. We need ho-
ever. more certain and authentic ipIorma,io,
than we now have, on this head
Gen. CLARK, with the remainder Of II.
troops, collected from the couh,ies Bib,
Caldwell. was on the Friday after The ,p,.
render encamped 10 Ray County. and had
not then reached Far West.
1t is stated that, abou, the time of.he sui,
render. company OF men-2OO 10 uunt5
fell upon body OF the Mormuns n
Splawn's settlement, on Shoal Greek, abcu
30 miles from Far West The MormOm
IL is said. were SO in number and the sorv
runs that all but fur were put 10 desii
Some OF the names OF the killed. as revOn.d
10 us. are David Evans, from Ohio, Jacob
Fox. from Pennsylvania, Thomas NJ Bid,
and his father, Mr. DAILY. NJ Menl nd
his son-in-Iaw, Mr. White. all from Ohio
The facts about Bogard's fight are lha
fleo Of his men were killed-one ourigk
and one died OF bis wounds,-Ai the sans
time four Mormons ieli- among them d.
captain of their band. Bogards COmrry
were stationed on the line Of Ray Co 10 II
,ercept communication betu cen Ray sa
Caldwell They had captured MOrmOns
and to rescue these the attack was made
upon them by the Mormons. BOgad'
Company is said to have been 40 in NUMBER
and the Mormons 10
As to the Mormon ranges in Davies
County-,he plundering and burning Il
which so much has been said--we ale lrr|
formed that, before those hostile operalOni
the Mormons held a consultation. at whsa
the pro prieiy OF the steps afterwards taxa
were debated at large Some Of their NUM-
; Der were averse to the pan and nearly oHI
third dissented from il. The reasons y
signed for these measures, were ALLEGED
ouirages By their enemies IN Carroli 40
! Daviess Counties, According 10 the M''|
mon statement their houses and bulldlnSI
near Dewitt, in Carroll County, had odI
DESTROYED BY their enemies and they then
: selves expelled from the County and an''
wards pursued, on their retreat INTO Ds'l,aI
Ii was. therefore, as they allege. IN relaIp
ton for previous unprovoked ou'rages '0l
they executed their system oil violence 'a
terror in the County OF Davies Ev'dsnus
they could not have adopted more sun,
dial policy-allowing their own sla'eme''
10 be wholly true.
We have no time now-ano Wou'u
!. more space than we can spare '0l -
,, with knowledge ofall the facts 70 eu'''
,, 10 a history OF the origin and p'ogle',
this difficulty But there Isl sia'ea's@
connection. which we have heard hO' ls''.
ly, and which we sincerely hope y n0' w
That statement is as follows
About the 9th or 10Th oflast mon'u s~
obou, so Mormon families had O ecu s &
led from Carroll county, ana u'r.'
Daviess, a message was sent Oy .nt ;a'.,,o,
State Executive, praying for his l ~, n
l ton in their behalf The reply 70 s.S Ss
sage was, tina, already the S'ale va
put 10 grea, deal Of expense On 1t's 'ss
these difficulties, and that he cOu y. , u,rtr
, cause to interpose, thus leaving 'D'
to fight il out v,,mor
! The disposition Of the captured "' m,
: presents a case oil great d'neuD!t ave
are generally pOOr-a' least me, h'.yas a' lhd
!, little money and few means us''G from 81,
, stock and crops to preserve lne% ,h, ' neal
! walton. AS j, is, we suspect 'u 'a...ce
! are very much abridged, Inc III. PHI; rcnf
, several thousand troops VI '"' II
> mus, have reduced them sfs'" ,emsI