The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-01
Mormon observation-disclosures burners q
observation-disclosures Mt Fort Madison.


We have received an Extra from the Nauvoo
Eagle, dated the 18th ult, from which we clip the
folowing:-
nishes the intelligence that Moses Fire Insuran
Company" Is again in the field and that large stack
cut grsiu together with two or three out houses
onged to Mr.. Marsh who, although an Anti Mormon
has become obnoxious to some Of the Regulator
perty Mr. Marsh resides near Col williams neghbor
hood and about Is miles south Of this city.
The posse despatched by the legal authorities to
tain the fate of the kidnapped citizens, and watch the
movements of the Regulators are still at Pontoosuc
They have yet been enabled to get any information
conce rnng tbs fate of abducted by the mob,
and many fear that they have been brually murdered
Finch against whom sundry processes are out) secre
ted himself at Pontoosuc the arrival of the posse and
fed to Fort Madison they left Many Of the
mobocrats from the northern part Of the county have
utmost get up excitement against the New Citizens
Of Hancock by circulating the most abominable false
law in this city in denger"is entirely false, well
the stories that the New Citizens intend to destroy
property and annoy innocent persons"
mapped citizens should be sent down to HoavoO last
Wednesday, provided they would suffer him to go at
liberty This sacred pledge he has violated, and has
slands up the river. While at Fort Madison, this
ing he made proposition to Capt Clifford to exchange
the Kidnapped men for those who are in laws Gus
tody at Nauvoo As the citizens were sezsi without
the pretext Of legal authority and as the lynchers
in Nauvoo In the custody Of the State, this
position secuted at In fact Finch has proved him.
self man upon whom no reliance whatever can be
tentions of himse and the land pirates under him. are
to sacrifice the kidnapped men:
A note purportng to come from the latter HIS been
received the citizens committee which proposes that
the prisoners in the hands OF the consables at
should be released the only means Of saving the men
in custody of the mob. The affair has c,used great
excitement in this city and expedition is talked OF to
scour the s..ud in search of the missing men. Tho
Sheriff of Lee county Iowa. has promised the assistance
Of posse for furthsrng this humane design by watch
ing the Iowa shore.
Mrs Nsedhsm the wife of one of the men arrested by
understood that the who fell into the hands
Of the mob was so badly that they were obliged
to send for ply stefan his Life This corresponds
with the information received from other by the
posse on their arrival at Pontoosuc
reported that the mob leaders in the South part
Of the county, have charged the burning Of Marshes
wheat upon the Mormons and that they have called
Point on Monday next The charge Of the burning upon
the Mormons is stale trick and one that can no longer
be pracsed with
The scene of the confagration is in Col. Williams
neghborhood at least Is miles distant and no person
from this city has been in that direction OF the few
Mormons left in Nauvoo not could be induced to go
into this region any consideration. That the wheat
and buildings fred by some of the mob party is
certain; but whether injure Mr. Marsh get up
excitement against this city remains to be As some
device of this kind generally precedes gathering Is
no. that the was .c Iased
made for this purpose and sham thefts have
been committed to produce similar result As some Of
not at all improbable that rising is contemplated and
that the ncendary has been set to work to give color
classification to conteu plated movement against this
city.
While writing, dense smoke may be seen in
the direction OF Montabeo, and 1t is feared that Moses
Fire Company is at work again in that quar-
ter.
We have just extra printed at Warsaw which,
from beginning to end, 10 a tissue of falsehood The
statements put into the mouth of Jemima Lotion wife
Of the Lotion who scourged the citizen at the lynch
ing Saturday last utterly false, as can be proven
by at least dozen witnesses who not MormOns.