Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-10-09
Anti.MOrmOn Troubles,

The latest accounts are from Warsaw the 18th and
Quincy the 10Th from which learn that the war of
fire and blood still continues. The st. Louis Gazette
reports the death of another anti-Mormon while on
burning excursion. His name is OBratney. Up to
the l7h the Gazette reports about hundred houses
burned 1t is further reported that the Momons have
made propositions to the Ants to remove from the
try in the spring, the Ants will their hoses
and suits against them.
The following Proclamation by the Sheriff of Han
cock County reveals fearful state of things
PROCLAMATION.
To the Citizens Of Hancock COunty.-Whereas, mob
of from to two hundred men, under arms have gath
cred themselves together in the southwest part of
Hancock county, and at this time destroying the
dwellings and other buildings stacks of grain and 9TH
er property, of portion of our citizens in the most in
human manner, compelling defenceless children and
women to leave their sick beds, and exposing them to
the parching sum- there to lay and suffer without the
aid assistance Oft friendly hand to minister to their
wants, in their suffering condition.
The rioters spare not the widow nor the orphan and
even while am writing this proclamation the smoke is
rising to the Clouds and the flames devouring four
buildings which have just been set fire by the riot
ers Thousands of dollars worth of property has already
been consumed, entire settlement of about sixty or
seventy families laid waste, the inhabitants thereof fired
upon, narrowly escaping with their lives and forced to
flee before the ravages Of the mob.
AFTER CHUNG the law the PROCLAMATION thus con-
cudes !
hereby call upon the law abiding citizens, as a
pOSSee cOnGtuS of Hancock county to give their uni
ted aid in suppressing the rioters and maintain the
premacy of the law. j. B. BACKENTOS,
Sheriff of Hancock CO. III.
P.S. 1t is part of my policy that the citizens Of
Nauvoo remain quiet, and not a man from that city
leave posse until it be made manifest that the law
and order citizens without the city will not have force
sufficient to suppress the rioters of this dsgracefu out
rage, but that 1900 effective men hold themselves in
readiness to march at moments warning to any point
in Hancock county. ]. B. B. Sheriff,
Green Plains, Hancock CO., ILL.,
Sept 13th 1645.
The manifest of the Boreas steamer says" The
Mormons have now quiet possession of all the towns il
Hancock county, and the citizens are principally il
Churchville Mo-" The army which Sheriff Backen
tos took Warsaw, numbered from to hundred.
LATER.-The st Louis Republican Sept. 25, says
Gov. Ford seems to have abandoned his fist intention
to let the Mornons and anti-Mormons fight it out, in
different which whipped and has issued two procla
nations.
Exaggerated statements received at Springfield, pro
badly produced this change of purpose, and induced
him to make call for five hundred men, from the citizens
of Sangamon, Menard, Cass Scott, Pike, Morgan ant
Greene counties
He also calls upon Gen. Hardin, Coils Baker, Wea
therford, Merrman and Bovec, to aid in raising thi
force.
He says, in one of these papers, that this time Their
is no mistake but that instruction does exist" HI
appoints Beardstown as the place of rendezvous an,
this day as the tme for the gallant militia to make thei
appearance.