The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-05-01

In few days the sharp edges Of the ilol
band around his les, bad broken The skin and
wore lDlo The raw flesh; but still, with this
painful and excruiiaiIng ~appendage he was
compelled to laber.
Nor did the malicious vengeance Of his
6endish prosecutor stop mere. Hearing tha
Bullard had a bed which he had By SOU
means saved from The wreck Of his property
on which he slept, at the shantee near tbs
Temple quarry, Hyrum Smith had even b.
comfort takenfrom him, and his poor. b.
ken hearted wretch, aftef being made 10
Dor in pain throughout The day. was comp
led 10 rest on naked boards at night. I'll
treatment soon proved loo mpeb Tor Billiard
intellect and he became evidently derangea
Soon after the second term Of his inpriI
onment had expired, Hyrum Smith sill E
ding it convenient TO have bullard ont of L
way, had him arrested and sent 10 Garth
Jail, He was now so evidently derane
that the iailor did not attempt 10 confr
him; but suffered bun to run at large thFS
the "
His mind had so completely ssvans
from lis dwelling place. that he could
no Ineligible history Of bis wrongs; b.
ten have the people of Carthage been inie.-
~tesested by this wreck Of a man, when ia
his insane soliIoqueq he recaptulated in dig
connected sentences, the Outragez that mad
been heaped upon hin.
In addition ii contains another article hea
ded 'soutsage on DR.. Chayles, at Naugoo
apd a communication calling upon fhe zee
pies TO resist. The writer of tie LEI asks:
Can the citizens Of his ana tbs adjoining
counties look quiefly On and feel no inter-
es1? Have they nothing at stake or are they
not the people mostly concerned? and If so
viii they lamely submit TO see then interests
bartefed away by a hgpocHtical band2 Is it
not enough that our cattle can no longer
roam he prairies in securiiy-our stables are
plundered-our barns ragaged-and If we
complain, injurious and unjust law suits in
siituted against usi but that we must also be-
hold our rights and security, offered as the
price forth power o~fcontinuing such wrongs
How long will we continue TO bear such ag-
gressions? We have peaceably borne them
for years. We have submitted unHl submis-
! sion is a crime; and what prospect Of relief
{ have we now2 can we reasonably expect the
; MoFmons will reform? They have shawr
= that power incFease. their tyranny! Should
J we peaeeably foabeaT? FoIbearance but in
~creases their aggressiousi What remains
We appeaito our brethren around $50
are enjoying The blessings Of peace, libert,
L and security-~you hold your possessions i
safety; but what would your feelings dietat
to you were you deprived of these-wes
4 you subject 10 the power of a body Of fanai
les, SO utterly reckless, as 10 set all laws q
d~eiance--io tratnple on The liberty of th'
u pfess--lo violate chartered powers--to gran
/: protection to thieves and fobbers-to reve
in li-ceniiousness and vice-and finally to in
s@uitriIo uuuur OF our State. By Offering &c
bribe or iniindate her Legislators, and this
too under cloak of religion? We ask whai
; shall we do? what allerna tiVes have we--tc
sacrifice our possessions, or live under OPP
i pression? Is either of these The mode an
L American bosom uoald dictate2
The spirit or purpose of this communities
ton cannot be mistaken, and it is likely that
it will be responded to-. The two noticesb be
low would indicate, at least, that the people
e are Ia fighting mood;--
A New PRoHET.-It Is rumored, that Or
i sou Hyde is TO become the prophet and head
: ofthe Mormon Church. 1t is not said by
what process he is to. derive bis authority.-
a ]. b.. Backensios, the Mormon Representa-
tive in the last Legislature from Hancock
5 county, H., has been waited upon by the
citizens of Carthage, and notified TO leave the
county within a week. In the event of his
refusal, they promise him a visit moi of so pa
cifc a character. The ca use OF this pro-
ceeding, on the part of the citizens, was an
attack made by Baekenstos upon the old citi-
zens, in a speech he delivered in the Legs
lalure.-St. Louis Repu6.
]. B. Backenslos was The bravest man in
the county, all last week--he'd die before he
would leave Carthage; but when his allotted
time run Out he suddenly became possessed
with the idea that discretion was the better
part of valor-and he was taken with a leay-
ing Warsau Signal.
Mexico AND THE UNITED STATEs-The.
N. Y. Commercial says:
"The facts, as we understand, have this
extent, no more.' Mr.. Pakenham, the Bit
ish minister at Washington, has received in
formation from the British Minister at Mexi-
ca that, soon after the passage of the annex
ing resolutions through the House was known
in mat city, The Mexican Government for
mdlly notified the representatives of foreign