Liberty advocate., 1844-07-06

Ibao NauyoY Nmght1G' sas dangerous
.y tnunIni .n lhu high lIwu hal noiI
b.ab lhH slightest allvmp 81 rescue of
fpH.
ctp HaiIy iti been about Siiyo1,I
tHi upti iu4 .ruHpIg lba pa1p'o we're
HfrbIy aIlfmai, fearing fufIh0f yip'Hn10
Goy fou, vim had boon cbeampei
butf iha fIty, bal intercepted lha iuH5san
GER with the naws ol Smiths death AID
haFonei iolba ap1l, sending wnJi 10 lis
poop.U of Ntuyoa t1 koep within lhof
ety buf 10 dulnd themselves, " attacked
Ne lho Heniolu wbs about lu leave, lhe
body Of Smith was brought into Nauyoo.
auIl there was Hg sigug whatever el aH
outbreak for vengeance, The people, M
.aiI Che towns, wore 6lI Of alambuI TAB
.uc1ung lunrlul mm1rs,
ur. %. G. Field, ol this papnr, loft ON
tho lIoreas yesterday afternoon, for lhc
scano Of violence, and will sond us lul
aud true details OF the matter
Tho ST. Louis Now Era Of tho evening
of the Goth ul, after mentioning tht
death Of loo Smith aud his brother, lhet
goes on 10 say
The killing Of these men is altributou
to an attempt at rescue. Under the cir
|cumsOances this tale is not yet probable
I The CONSERVATION among the Mormon
was so great that it is not probabI
that they would make such an atlemp
after they were disarmed and when the,
knew that the jail was surrounded by
military force. 1t is still more improba
Die that Joe aud Ilyrum drew pistols ant
attempted to fire on the citizens wheI
they were still in jail, and it is even very
improbable that they were permitted t,
retain arms after they were imprisoned
| The probability is that there was such &
deep and determined hostility in the
minds Of the surrounding inhabitants
against the Mormons, that they were De
Itermined to kill Joe at all events, and tha
they were ready to seize on any outbreak
or imprudent act on the part Of the NOR
mons as preteXt for carrying their de-
signs into execution. In the excitement
that prevailed, it is probable that any lit.
tie disturbance would be called an at,
tempt at rescue. The worst of conse-
quences are to be apprehended
The same paper, announcing the arri
val of the steamer MENDOZA with the la
test news from Nauvoo, has the follow
ing:
THE MENDOZA left yesterday afternoon,
the 28th, at 4 o'clock. The Captain says
he staid at Nauvoo several hours and talk
cd with a number Of the Mormons; that
whilst there body of Mormons came
in bearing the dead bodies OF Joe Smith
and Hyram Smith. Mr. Phelps was not
killed but was in Nauvoo when the Men
dota left, maxim G a speech to the Mormons
and advising them to peace. No MOT
mons were killed except Joe and Hy
rum Smith. The Mormons all expressed
a determination to keep the peace, and
not TO resort TO arms except in necessa
Try SELF defence. They state that at Car
thage the MormonS were confined; that
about fifty or one hundred men disguise d
suddenly rushed on the Jail house, that
the guard fired on them and wounded
three of them; that the men in disguise
fired into the Jail and killed Hyrum Smith
before the door was opened. Joe Smith
had a revolving pistol, and fired two or
three times without effect, but was him,
self soon killed by the assaiIants; that
Taylor, the editor Of the Nauvoo Neigh
Dor, was in Jail, and was shot through
the thigh, but not serlousI y injured; Rich
ards was not inj ured. After the assault
the disguised mob retreated, and it was
not even known who they were. The
guard consisted of fifty men, left by the
Governor, Of whom eightor ten were on
duty when the attack was made on the
Jail house.