The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-07-18


/. purpose of taking possession of the
2 'Nauvoo Legion and their arms. They
e arrived at NauYoo about noon, and cal.
/. led tor the assembling of the Legion.
g About 1000 men with arms immedi-
/ ately responded to its call. These troops
r were put under the command of Col.
= Singleton, of Brown county, who acorn
panied Gov Ford to Nauvoo.
; The Governor finding all quiet, left
, Nauvoo about s O'Clock P. Nj with
a company of 60 men for the purpose oil
encampng about 7 miles from the city.
At about the same time that Governor
Ford left Nauvoo the Prophet and his
brother were killed at Carthage, under
the following circumstances, as near as
we can ascertain them:
Joe and Hiram were confined in the
debtors room of the Carthage jail, await,
ing ttial on charge of treason. The
Jail was strongly guarded by soldiers and
autonomous, who had been placed there
by the governor.
A Mormon attempted to rush by the
guard for the purpose offorcing his way
into the jail He was opposed by the
guard, and fred a pistol at one of the
guard, giving him slight wound.
A general confusion ensued IN the
crowd around the jail. Joe and his
Mormon fellow prisoners it seems had
provided themselves with pistols, and
commenced firing upon the guard within
He attempted to escape from the window
when hundred balls entered his body,
and he fell lifeless corpse.
His brother Hiram was badly wounded
There our intelligence ends-what took
place after that, God only knows. Nor
mons Immediately left for Nauvoo to car
riy the news of the death of the prophet.
1t is feared that the Mormons at Nauvoo
will be so exasperated as 10 exterminate
the Governor and his small force.
The Boreas brought down most of the
women and children from Warsaw. 1t
is feared that their town is in ashes before
this
Our citizens were aroused this morning
by THE ringing of bells and call TO
arms. Our three independent companies
are already in marching order. Maj
Flood has ordered out the militia of this
regiment, and the steamer Boreas is
waiting to convey them to the scene of
action.
There is no knowing where this dread
full affair will end Many have express
ed fears that our city is in danger, be-
cause most ofthe Warsaw families have
taken refuge here-but we believe there
is no danger, we are too far from the
scene Of action.
Messengers have just left for Hannibal
and the towns below for the purpose of
arousing the Missourians The excite
ment in our city is intense and the AK
iety to hear the fate Of Gov. Ford and
his men is very great.
GREAT STORM AND FREsHET. On
Wednesday morning our town was WIS.,
tied by severe rain with violent thun-
der and lightning. The lightning struck
the conductor of the WinooskI Church,
and The sidewalk near Mr.. Catlin's on
the hill.
About one o'clock the rain and thun-
der again came on and lasted for an hour
or more.
But the evening brought the severest
and most violent rain which has occurred
here for fourteen years. 1t ralned tor
rents for taoo hours, flooding the streets
and carrying away bridges and huge
masses of earth, almost in an instant
An Extra Stage coach from the South
coming toward this village about one O.
clock at night, was precipitated into a
deep gully across the road made by the
carrying away of bridge, and one of
the passengers, Mrs. Whitney the moth
err of our townsmen, Messrs Henry and
Stephen Whitney, was drowned before
she could be eXtricated from the coach.
The other passengers four In number,
were rescued. Two horses were also
lost.
This melancholy accident is the only
one which has yet come to our knowledge
but we fear there are more to come. -
Burlington Free Press.
LATEST FROM CUBA. Everything is
now quiet in Cuba There are above .
one thousand persons confined in the !
different prisons, under conviction or sus-
picion Of having been engaged in the
late attempt at Revolution, among the
negroes. The most active and energet-
ic measures have been taken by the Cap
tain General, CDonneIl Every free
black in the Island is said to have been
engaged in the plot, which has been
growing ever since General aeon left
the island. A vast number, no one seems
to know how many have been shot.
If all known to have been engaged, were
to be executed, there would not be enough
left to cultivate the soil The Governor
however, shoots some Of the leaders oc-
casionally by way of example. There