Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-10-16

Battle Expected. illinois State Regis
ter, extra, dated Sunday, Sept. 21st, con-
tains the following important news from
Hancock:
cit appears that The Anti-Mormons con
tinued their work Of destruction until up
wards of 100 houses have been consumed.
Sheriff Backenstos failed in raising posse
strong enough to stop these movements
without resorting to Nauvoo, owing to the
fear of all we'll disposed persons in The
country, that their own houses mghNBe
consumed. We learn that he has raised
about 500 men, from Nauvoo, all we'll arm
ed, with which he had dispersed the riota
commanded by Col. Williams, at Gre
Plains.
In this affair no lives were lost, as The
"Antes" run and took shelter in corn
field, before the posse came within firing
distance.
Backenstos had been driven swav from
Carthage, and returned with about 500 men,
to remove his family; he fell in with large
body of Anti-Mormons, when battle en-
sued. 1t is said that eighteen Autonomous
and three Mormons acre killed. 1t appears
that Williams, Sharp, Davis, and other lead
ers, escaped large number Of the Anti
Mormons were taken prisoners and are now
confined and guarded in the court house al
Carthage.
The people had all fled from Carthage.
Augusta, and other Ant-Mormon towns, and
carried their families into the counties of
Adams, Marquette, Schuyler, and McDo-
nough, and are beating up for volunteers in
those counties 10 recruit their forces, with
which TO renew the war. 1t is unknown
how many men they will be able to raise;
but it is believed that they have so disgrace
ed themselves by the incendiary mode in
which they have carried on the war, that
their success will not be very great But if
they succeed, another bloody battle may be
expected, in the course of this week
Before this news arrived the Governor had
issued call for five hundred men to quell
the disturbances.
We are advised that it is fact that no
letters have been received at this place from
any of the Mormon party since the com
mencement Of these troubles, except one
from very obscure man in Nauvoo, and
another from McDonough county, and no
newspapers. 1t is rumored that the mails
have been stopped, and there is astory afoal
that one mail carrier has been murdered
No messenger has arrived from all that sec
ton of country until to-day, when a COM
mittee arrived from Mount Sterling''
A slip from the Nauvco Neighbor office,
dated September Oath, contains the reply
of the Mormons TO proposition of the
Antics, relative to their removal from Han
cock county. After having expressed their
"desa live in peace with all men," and.
EMU led their grievances, they say
"Wd8ffopose to leave this county next
spring for some point so remote that there.
will need to be no difficulty with the people.
and ourselves, provided certain propositions
necessary for the accomplishment of our
removal shall be observed"
The propositions relate to the disposal
of their property.
They wished 10 be let alone, and releas-
ed from ''all vexatious law SUITS" and say
in conclusion, "That it is a mistaken idea
that we hare proposed to remove in six.
MONTHS for that would be so early in the.
spring, that grass might not grow nor wa
ter run, both of which would be necessary
for our removal, but we propose to use our
influence, to have no more seed time nor,
harvest among our people in this county,
after gathering our present crop"