The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-10-09

CIVIL WAR IN lLLlNOIS.-The pa
pers are filled with accounts of the doings
of the Mormons and anti Mormons in Han
cock county, Illinois. From the best infor-
nation we can get, we. think ii likely the
Morinons will be driven from the State.
The Quincy Wing says:
ave feel assured in saying, that there is
no change in the public mine of our city, or
county The feeling prevails-the same
determination exists to bring these troubles
to a close, in a manner that shall be ~salisfac-
tory to the old settlers and pre-emptioners
of The soil OF Hancock. lit is evident 10
The mind of every one who has paid the least
attention to the way things have been man
aged in Hancock for the last two or three
years, that the Mormous and old settlers can
not remain in that county, and peace and
quietness exist between them-and one or
other must leave, and for one, our voice shall
be raised in favor of the first camers-the
pioneers. We are not the advocates OF vio-
lence-but if strife must ensue, we say let
the majority and power of the Slate-tbe
peOple-show itself, and re-instate the old
citizens in the ejoyment of all tteir rights
that of property, personal liberty, and all
others. 1t is a settled thing, that the public
sentiment of the stale is against the Mormons,
and it will be in vain Tor them to contend "a
lgainst il--and 10 prevent bloodshed. and the
sacrifice of many lives on both sides, it is
their duty 10 obey the public will, and leave
the State, as speedily as possible. That
they will do this, we have a confident hope
and that too before the last extreme is re.
sorted to.--that of force.
An extra from the Warsaw Signal was re
ceiyed 0 Wednesday which gave a detail
Of the proceedings in Hancock during the
week previous. This extra contains an ex
pose Of the falsehoods of Brackenstos' Proc
lamation, in which he gives an account o
the killing of Worrell and McBralney. w,
5 copy a portion of ii:
sin Proclamation No. ?, he endeavors t.
Justify the murder of Z. A. Worrell, by say
ing he was pursued by him, and that he wa
e fired upon by his (Br~ackenstos) friends, jus
). as Mr.. w. raised his gun to shoot him. Thi
n is false. Mr.. w. did not know il was B lck
ensIos that he WIS riding towards until Jus
" at the moment the fatal shot was fred. IN
last words of Mr.. w. before being shot WI
an exclamation of surprise. He drew u
- his horse and said, "Why that is Brackenstos
Brackenstos was then 800 yards off, and NJ
w. bad his gan strapped on his back at til
time ne was shot, and Of course could n,
have raised it to shoot Bl ;kenslos. The Ia
d Ter had sixty men with him, he has since COZ
fessed, and Mr.. w. but four. 1t is therefor
{ apparent, that the murder was dictated by ma
ice and was not done from necessity.
, Proclamation No. B., he states that when h
= posse first entered Carthage, the citizens
that place, ran about with fre-brands, endea
curing to set fire to their own houses, whic
his men prevented. Thisis an infamous Ii
le got up by this notorious william, to create pre-
udices abroad against The old settlers; al
when some citizens Of Carthage contradicte
The story in his presence; some OF his CT
ID .hroals, threatened to run them through,
they PERSISTED in denying his hellish charg
In the same document, he endeavours
convey the Impression, that efforts were mae
IS to arrest the party of which M'Bratney W
one, before they were fred upon. This
F. false. No demand 10 surrender, nor effort
- arrest was made; and the first intimation Il
es party had ofthe approach of the Mormon
b. was an exclamation from Them, damn v,
we'll shoot your!' &C., at the same time ti.
fred. M'Bratney had "a slow horse, and
u could have been easily taken alive, but it
IS, not the policy ofihese cui-throals. They sh
lis him and mangIed his corpse in a most shoe
ia ing manner. The same proclamation sa
they killed another, bat we have not ct a
certained who ii is.
ID M'Brainey begged for his life, as Mormo.
IS. who were inthe posse, have since confess