The New York herald., 1844-07-18
Another Splendid Weekly Herald,
ILLUsTRATED WITH
NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS
Scenes of the Mormon Riots, III.
MURDER OF THE PROPHET.

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MURDER OF THE PROPHET.
The remark able success OF our lest illustrated
IfeeSfy Iieraid mas induced us 10 make another
attempt Of similar description for next Saturday,
which will, we think, surpass an, thlngswe have
yer done. Our designers and artists five or SIX IN
nj nb-r, have been engaged IN preparing series
OF graphic and elegant engravings, Illustrative OF
the recent terrible rios in Illinois, which ended III
tn assassination of Joe Smith aud his brother. the
Mormon leaders. These illustrations will com
prise all The principal incidents in the dsplorable
events which have almost dlsgraced Illinois as
deeply The recent outbreaks have d.gracvd Phil
a u phia-
Tar hgst engraving will be a correct representa-
ton Of the scene presented on ,he des ruction OF
the Office oi the Nanpoo Erpoitor, under ihe au-
thor;ty Of joe Smith, the Mayor of the Holy City
Tnis, 1t will be reco!lected, was the leading cause
of the subsequent proceedings which resulted u
the murder Of The Prophet, and which may yet
lie I'd 10 the expulsion OF the Mormons from Illinois,
IN the same manner as they were driven from Mis-
sour. The second engraving will represent the
assassination, presenting the crowd ronnd the jail,
and the Prophet in the act Of falling from the win
dow, after receiving the bullets Of his enemies.
The third illustrated will be the arrival of the
dead bodies on the high ground at Nauvoo, the
procession winding rouad the Holy City, with that
in the back ground in perspective. The fourth en-
craving will represent the imposing presented
the delivery of the funeral Grafton and the burial
OF the slain, at the Holy Temple.
All these illustrations have been designed by our
artists from accurate sketches taken on the spot by
persons familiar with the localities, and who were
witnesses of the scenes represented. They will
be accompanied by full and accurate historical
account Of all the incidents connected with these
events, from the first debate in the Council Nau-
VOC relative to the ordinance against the Erpostor,
down to the burial Of the Prophet. This descrp-
ton has been compiled from the accounts of papers
OF all parties in that region, so that the impartial
reader will be able to form correct opiuion OF
these barbarous and atrocious proceedings in the
halt.clvilized State of Illinois.
This magnificent illustrated Weekly Herald will
be ready at o'clock on Saturday mornng next, in
order to be in readiness for all who desire to trans
init it to their friends in all parts of Europe, by the
"Great Western" There will be other engravings
besides those we have enumerated, but the price
for the whole will be only 6i cents for single copy
The Presidential EIection-AbsurtlIties of
Politics.
We have already noticed some of the disreputa-
BILE and demoralizng features OF the present contest
going on for the Presidency, between the advocates
of Clay on the one hand, and Polk on the other.
We have noticed the violence-the ferocity-the
gross indecencies with which the adheients Of the
two candidates have assaed each other and in
their turn accused each of those distinguished men
OF being guilty of all the crimes prohibited in the
decalogue. And we have not done with this eryosf.
In short time we shall give additional illustrations
OF the utterly reckless and degraded conduct If the
mere politicians and their igans of the press But
at present we intend only to occupy few para
graphs on one Of the gross absurdtes of the party
men in relation to one important mater-the tariff
II is astonishing to with what zeal and eager
ness and perseverance, men will promuge and ac-
yocate the grossest absurdties, when by any
chance selfish motives and views mpel them 10
such course. In the South, all the politicians,
and all the newspapers. attribute to the tariff
every evil, imaginary or otherwise, with
which they represent the county at
present aiilictei In the North, The great
m ,ss of the whig policans attribute all the good,
a The prosperity, AMI everything comfortable it.
The national condition To the same cause, the
tariff aud its "principle OF protection," as they
call il.
Now, these uliras are about as silly and absurd
in their opinions and b-liei az are the MoImons,
or the Fpurerltes or the Grahamites, or any Other
class Of ridiculous fanatics, who believe them.
ssyes nalible, and think that all the world a e
gong to destruction because they won't ADOPT
their notions Men Of this stamp appear 10 lie
utterly incapable OF taking common sense
via nj htf ma t.v han
one asp Ct The ultra tariff men appear 10
study that question as Dr. Lardier studies go-
bule Of muddy water-tney are microscopic OIL
servers, looking at the question only in some little
petty detail, but entirely inadequate to the task OF
grasp,ng It's whole bearing, and pronounclng q
just judgment of its operations in the aggregate
Tnus Ia SOM of the wing prints, and particularly
in the Fibuae,we see column after column devol-
ed tn the annunciation of the magnificent discove
ny that the price of sheeting has advanced half q
cent over the price of last year, and that some
other articles are two cents higher than in 1910
But o'tdke an enlarged and philosophc view,
common sense view, practical business view o
the general operation OF the tariff IS beyond ths
power OF the vision Of such phi osopher as he O
the Tribune. And it would appear that the sam,
narrow, clrcumscrbed and bgotted view is take
by some of the higher order Of the political lea
ders, and even by The candidates themselves. w,
have letter issued by Mr. Clay from Ashland
last June, in which he declares with all the gravl
ty imaginabe-"I have every where maintained
that IN adjusting tariff for revenues, discrimina
tons ought to be made for protection that the ia
rff OF 1872 has operated most benefcialy, and tina
am utterly opposed 10 its repeal" And this il
just equal IN absurd.iy to the declaration of thu
Fourlerltes, that the present system OF society is al
wrong, and only 10 be rectlfed by the heacooy
system OF organization, that they are right aLc