The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-09-24

a messenger arrived at Warsaw about ii o.
clock on Friday evening" few minutes be-
fore she left. who staledthat battle had Ia
ken place about O'Clock that afternoon near
Nauvoo, which lasted hours, and in which
from II TO 5 men were killed and wounded. |
The particulars so far as he had ascertaned,
are that on Friday, the Narcotics, hearing
that the an,i-Mormons were on the march
10 their civ, marched out 10 the number OF
from 800 10 500, and posted themselves at
the distance of about one mile east oil the
Temple, having an open plain in front, and
an extensive corn field in the rear, their line
being formed near and parallel with The fence.
Here they waited the approach OF The Ahues
who arrived a. 3 O'Clock in the afternoon.
said TO be eight hundred in number, with
or six pieces Of cannon. The latter was
posted on an eminence, and opened their
fire on the Mormons, but 100 great distance
to be effective. Soon after the action was
continued with small aims, and lasted till
five o'clock, when tue Antics either retreat
ed or withdrew. Their loss is stated 10 be
from eightto fifteen killed, but that is uncer.
tain, and the Nauyooites had one man killed
and t,co wounded; the latter had no cannon.
1t was expected that the battle would be re-
sumed the same evening, or on the following
morning
| The Reveille of the 18Th, has the follow
/ ing:
LATER ANOTHER BATTLE.
/ The steamer Alverado arrived down last
evening from Warsaw, and from her officers
we learn that the Mormons and Anti-Mor
mons had a second battle on Saturday aIler-
noon, which ended, as before, in the Antics,
retreating 10 their camp.
An eve witness, who watched the battle
from the Top of the Mormon temple in Nau-
VOC, describes it as very spirited engage
ment, in which the new citizens and Nor
mons prevented the advance Of their foes at
every point.
The Nauvooiles have thrown mp breast
works, at about one and hal miles from the
city, towards the road leading 10 Carthage,
and behind these the defending forces are
posted, with five pieces of artillery. At a.
bout IL O'Clock, NJ, the new citizens fred
two six pound shot into the Antics camp,
upon which the latter sent out a fig of truce,
with a request TO hold another "lalk," but
the citizens of Nauyoo returned for answer,
that they were done talking with them, and
that hereafter they should fight until the
others became DESTROYS OF peace. The &C
lion now commenced from the artillery on
both sides--over eighty discharges oil cannon
were heard from both parties during the
course of an hour and half. They now
closed in and common Led discharges OF musk
elry at each other A movement was then
made by the Antics to outflank the Nauvoo
right, and pass their breaswork, which was
here defended by the Sparton band Of Nor
mons, with "sixicen chamber rifes;'' the
latter drew out from the breastworE TO repcl
the advancing force, and succeeded in beat
inc them back.
The fight continued for two hours and a
halt, and every attempt the Antics made TO
pass the position of The Narcotics, they
were successfully beaten back until at length
I they were forced 10 retire to their camp, leav-
ing the field in possession ofthe new citizens
aud Mormons.
During The progress of The fight an invalid
Mormon was posted upon the top Of the TEN
pie, with spy-glass in hand, watching lis pro-
gress; and the wives of the citizens with
their children, were gathered al the base OF
the building, with upturned eyes and pain
, FULLY anxious faces listening TO his report oil
the battle, which, from time TO time he rela-
ted 10 them from above. Oar informant saws
that he heard many Of the poor Mormon
7 mothers declare shat they would perish in
The streets of Nousoo, defending it against
this mob, if it should drive their husbands in
from the field where they were posted.
The number Of killed on The part Of the
Anti Mormon force is unknown. AT Car
S image they only acknowledged to six badly
wounded--Capl. Smith, one of The number
MORALLY. Every preparation was making OF
Il both sides for another battle