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tour. He then returned to Nau VOC. leay-
ing no garrison At Warsaw, it being liable
TO be cut off by ar attack from Missouri
before he could go fruen Naaveo to its essis-
tanee- Since that tiute parties of troops
have, BY his direction, been securing the
1country ia quest OF such personsas are OBJ
noxIous to iHm or any Of the leading Nor
smons. About @one-iourth OF the old citi-
,zens OF theeeunty have fled from Mormon
vengeance, and cannot return home with
safety to their,lives s9tber parties are out
pluFSErIng highland li&v. They hive dri-
ven al the cattle tiom aoue CT the p:airles
into Nluvoo, where rsey are slaughtered
and put up by'!he city authorities. In ma
ny instances, within the last few days,
they have "tsken whole stocks,of cattle and
horses fr5ln the stables and yards OF ther
owners before tkejreyes. One gentleman,
who resides near Warsaw, Wentin pursuit
GOi his to Nauvoo, TO try 10 recover thenl;
ahere he was insulted and ordered 10 leave
c4he city forthwith He did go, but was
lpursued by three assussins, who happened
,loovertake him JUS: as he had taIIenin with
a Mormon -ReighbOr who was friendly TO
him, and by whose means he escaped ther
knives, but with The significant warning
'nor to be caught Ggain within five miles of
,NauvOo, or he aC0uid get Il. There are
gangs OF them besettng the public roads
sand robbing travellers and moving families
'of all that is worthcaryngo They have
ealso entered houses in the day time, driven
sout the families, and rihed them OF every
rthing Of value.
The county, and particularly the villa
fges, are nearly Abandoned by the old cti-
;zens; a few OF us, how ever, who ere not
'conscions'of beiug personally objects OIL ma
lice, have remained and,walclled over our
homes, spending anxious daysand sleep
less nights in the midsL OF tnurderers, AZ tie
1sacrihceef all colnfort and censtani4sk OF
life, in die belief Jhat the Ssate would a.
grouse atlength and pat down uhe reign of
this stupendous baHditt. Nor are we, as
it appears, to be disappointed Governor
Ford has called outG portion Of the hlAjtia
tof the Stale, and given ate,conHrand, ,with
discretionary power &c settle our diflicrH-
ties as circumstance cs arSy require esOnene-
raj John,J. llGrdiH, Of Jacksonville, fornnef.
" memberol Congress, who is one ol thh
best military officers and aost trIen4pd and
esteemed men of the west. lie is now oli
the march TO thiscouniy with a detachment
tof troops from beyond the Illinois river,
;and is expected to reach Carthage e,inor-
row. IAe military tOree OF the Surround
ing counties is held in readiness to be
broug gat hercpn short notice, if needed
What measures General Hardin wIadopt
T. ia. II
but we trust there will now be'a fnalWin-
ediagupand settementof Mormon troubles
in this State. This will probably be effect |
ed Without hloOdshed, though Bpekenstos
has igst iesNed another psocIamGtion, in
which he represents ke.Governer's cali of
the militia os u "iorgcry and tIoud;" char
acterizes General lEaEdtn and his troops as
ga DSOb, lend decIaresaIis determination to
treat them macc0rdngjy. SOl This the latter
tare apprized.
SEPTEMBER 28-l O'clock, P. NJ. Gene
raj Hardin has just arrived wiIhhis detaCh-
tment Judge Douglass, member Of Con-
gress and Mr.. McDougal, Attorney Gene
,ral OF the State, are oi bis staff. Oar Nor |
mon garrison were immediately Summoned |
out OF The courthouse, deprived Of the
public arms inther possession, and direct
ed TO leHve town witbin fifteen minutes.
They did not Overstay the time.
From information which hus Just been
received, there is mo doubt that several
persons have been ntlrdered upon the
roads in tIIis county within atew days.
At the latest accounts, General Hardin
was at NauVOo, with u body OF troops un- !
der his command, and order reignod there,
as well as IN other parts OF the county. !
The proceedings of the second meeting
at Quincy recommend to the people to ac-
cept The proposition made by the NlOFnons,
10 reaoVe from the State next epHngi but
20 eptitas.an unconditional proposition
10 reo'Ove, not implying any obligation to
purchase Che Mormon property, or 10 find
purchasers for it. They declare that it s
noH loo late to attempt the settlement ot
ahe drlHclAliesNpon any other terms than
the renewal OF Ahe MarHions from the Suite.
They recommend 10 Tive people OF the cut
rounding counties TO wait with patience
the time appointed iofrenioval. They ex-
press the opinion that Che peace Of Hancock
s'coufry caRH0t bo restored while BHcken-
NAlOH IClhllilo FfF4liii ttlt tl4"N nv ONklt w
'aesign that office. They Tropose that the
.pcopLe oil NauvOo shall 'Gppoint commits
fioneH, to whom application for the pur-
chase Of rentestate may be Eladei and sug-
.gespimt ui legal prosecu.iomi for alleged
Soaenees, during the preseh. excitement,
tftr8 bcNspended. They RHcomlnend that
rOtJ9urt he'held in Hancock lhe present
EaILs nd thatR small military force be kept
up in''ue county to preserve properly from
~leprtdSsion. The proceedings OF meet
sings OF lthe odlens OF Henderson county
-snfor Warren countyspeak in equally de-
'Icided language against the continued resi-
-dence Of the Mormons in,the State.
The Cincinnati Gazette Of tbei16lh inst.
Suconiains the correspondence between Gen
NpTtr Hardin and the Council At Nouvoo the
Nonfons agree 20 leave the county in the
spring, aud the General pledges himself