State journal & flag., 1846-10-02
NUMBER 46
From the Louisville Morning Courier. Ba tile at NauyOO..-16 Men Killed

to Friday evening last.
 On afternoon of that day the Anti Nor. mons and Mcrmons had a battle and report says, fifteen Anti,Mormons and one Mor. mon were killed.
 The Antics, who had been encamped near Nauvoo for some time, marched for that holy city for lhe purpose of driving out or exterminating the remaining Mormons. They were led by Col. Brockman Colonel Singletone who had been in command hay. ing resigned on last Wednesday, and mum. bered about SOU men, and were armed with muskets.-They had also six field pieces.
 The MorInons numbered only about 300. but were in much better discipline than the Antics, having been under arms and con. slantly training for weeks. They formed on the La Harpe road, about mile from the Temple under Col. Ben. Clifford. and quiet. ly awaited the approch of their invaders.
 As soon as the Antics approached with. in musket range, they commenced firing, as also did the Mormohs. The firing was kept up from three to five o'clock, when the Antics retreated, leaving their opponents in undisputed possession of the field.
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 mons again Wctorious-Great Er-
 citement-Preparatious.f for Anoth-
 er Battle.
 We copy from the St. Louis ReveilIe of Tuesday, the following very interesting ac, count ofthe second battle between the Nor. mons and the Anti. Mormons at Nauyoo. The description is evidently written by one whose sympathies and bias are en irely with the Mormons:
 The steamer Alyarado arrived down last evening from Warsaw, and from her officers we learn that the Mormons and Anti. Nor mons had second battle on Saturday after. noon, whic ended, as before, in the Antics retrealing to their camp.
 An eyewitness, who watched the pro- gress of the second battle from the top of the Mormon temple in Nauvoo, describes i. as very spirited engagement in which the new citizens and Mormons prevented the advance of their foes at every point. The Nauyooi!es have thrown up three breast works, al about one and half miles from the city, towards the road leading to Cartha ge. and behind these the defending forces are posted, win five pieces of art- lery. Al about twelve o'clock, M., the new citizens fired two six pound shot into the Antics camp, at which the latter sent out flag Of truce, with request to hold ano,her 'taIk," but the citizens of Nouyoo returned for answer, that they were done talking with them, and that hereafter they should fight until the others became desirOus of peace. The action now commenced from the Ar. tillery on both sldes--over eighty dischar- ges of cannon were heard from both parties during the course of an hour and half. They now closed in and commenced dis. charges of muskelry ut each other. A move. ment was then made by the Antics to outs flank the Nauvoo right, and pass their breast work, which was here defended by the Spar tan band of Mormons, with "sixtcen cham bcr rfes," the latter drew out from the breast work to repel the advancing force, and succeeding in beating them back.
 The number of killed on the part of the Anti. Mormon force is unknown. At Car lhage they only acknowledged to six badly wounded-Capt. Smith, one of tho number, mortally. Every preparation was making on both sides for another battle.
 All capable of bearing arms in Nauvoo are engaged in the fight. Many of the wo- men and children of the new citizens are in the city, withou, the power of opportunity to leave their husbands are in the field bat. ding against an unreasonable mob, and they are Jeff prey to the worst of fears.
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 The Cotton Crop.
 About the lst of August the "bole worm'' made is appearance in this section, and so general and destructive were it's ravages, that there was scarcely cotton field to be found that escaped entirely, whilst much the larg. CT proportion were, in the Course of three weeks cut off nearly one half. The boil w"rms' however about this time measurably disaPpeared,-leaving the planters with some hope that, should the balance of the season prove propi.ious, they might possibly make hafa crop ;-but even this hope has been sadly blighted,-for scarcely had the boil worm disappeared, before the caierpiI. lar made Its appearance and commenced destroying the leaves and the few young bolls that had been Jeff. This work of destruc. ton would probably have lasted only few days, had the rains ceased but during the latter part of the last week two or tffree heavy rains fell, which had the effect of ads ding myriads to the enemy's forces. And by Monday lust many of the cotton fields were left 'cithom single leaf and but few bolls. A planter in whose statements we place the fullest reliance, assures us that he saw numerous cotton stalks on that day with at least 300 worms to the stalk, and the ground literally covered with them. Many cotton fields, we understand, are now as bare of leaves as ifihey had been visited by heavy irosts. In short, such complete and thor. ough destruction to the cotton has never been known in this section. The planter who gets two-thirds of a crop will consider himself peculiarly fortunate,-whilst many cannot possibly make one. third of what tbev did last year. And after the most care6,l inquiry, We feel thoroughly convinced thai the crop of this section--and our informa- tion justifies the opinion that the most of South Alabama has suffered as badly-can- not, even with an unusually late fall, much if any, erceed huE Aiat of last year.
 Making reasonable allowa nces, then. for fairs crops Tn few of the counties above We.