named counties, and in the county of Sangamon, will hold themselves in readiness in like

manner.

THOMAS FORD, Governor, and Commander-in-chief.

Soon after the murder of the two Smiths, Doctor Richards, a prominent Mormon, who had accompanied the accused to jail, transmitted to Nauvoo the following note, undersigned by Governor Ford.

Twelve o'clock at night, June 27,
CARTHAGE, Hamilton's tavern.

To MRS. EMMA SMITH, and

MAJOR-GENERAL DUNHAM, etc.

The governor has just arrived, and says that all things shall be inquired into, and all right measures taken. I say to all the citizens of Nauvoo: My brethren, be still, and know that God reigns-don't rush out of the city-don't rush to Carthage-stay at home, and be prepared for an attack from Missouri mobbers. The governor will render every assistance possible. He has sent out orders for troops. Joseph and Hyrum are deadbut not by the Carthage people. The guards were there, as I believe. We will prepare to remove the bodies as soon as possible. The people of the county are greatly excited; and fear that the Mormons will come out and take vengeance. I have pledged my word

that the Mormons will stay at home, (as soon as they can be informed,) and no violence will be done on their part. Say to my brethren in Nauvoo, In the name of the Lord, be still -be patient-only let such friends as choose, come here to see the bodies. Mr. Taylor's wounds are dressed, and not serious-I am sound.

Defend yourselves until protection can be furnished.
June 27, 1844.

WILLARD RICHARDS,
JOHN TAYLOR,

SAMUEL H. SMITH.

THOMAS FORD,

Governor, and Commander-in-chief.

On the next day, June 28th, the Nauvoo legion was called out, at 10, a. M., and addressed by Judge Phelps, a Mormon, and Colonel Buckmaster, of Alton, one of the aids to Governor Ford. All excitement was at once allayed, and preparations were immediately commenced for receiving the remains of the deceased. At three o'clock in the afternoon, several thousands assembled, and the bodies of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, followed by Samuel H. Smith, a brother of the deceased, Dr. Richards, Mr. Hamilton of Carthage, and others, in a wagon, guarded by eight men, were escorted into the city, and "taken out" at the Nauvoo House. The people were then addressed by Dr. Richards and Judge Phelps, by Mr. Woods and Mr. Reed of lowa, and by Colonel Markham. The bodies of the deceased were then buried with military honors.

"The prophet," it is said, has left a will or revelation appointing a successor; and, among other things, it is stated that his son, a lad of twelve years, is named therein as his successor. Of this, however, there is no certainty.

Public tranquillity is apparently restored-at least for the present-and prepararations are making "to call home the absent apostles and members of the council of seventy," to appoint a successor. Labor upon the temple, yet unfinished, which for a few days was suspended, is now resumed, and peace and harmony, it is said, “prevails throughout Nauvoo.

Religious fanaticism, when directed by a master spirit, has, in every age, been a

stepping-stone to power. Whether it will be so at this time remains to be seen. Mammon, at present. is the god of this world. If it can be shown that the interest of any considerable portion of its population wil be promoted by sending in their adhesion to the successor of " the prophet," " the Caliph of Nauvoo," there can be no doubt of a rapid increase in the number of Mormons. The circumstances under which the prophet" has been slain are calculated to multiply his followers. No matter how ridiculous or dangerous the doctrine, converts are everywhere easily obtained. Mammon and Mormon are alike almost in sound, and their principles and their creeds are not, it is presumed. dissimilar.

Smith, by the violence of his passions, and the multitude of his debaucheries, had incurred the displeasure of several leading Mormons. Many, therefore, we have no doubt, rejoice in his fall; and so far as the progress of Mormonism is concerned, it is more than probable that the event will be regarded, by many of his followers, as a Providential dispensation. Smith, in his lifetime, courted persecution, but not "unto death.” If his assassins intended by his murder to subvert Mormonism, they have greatly erred. No religion, however ridiculous, has yet been crushed by violence. Should the Mormons, under the guidance of prudent leaders, submit themselves to the laws and institutions of the State, which has foolishly and imprudently nurtured them in its bosom, their doctrines, however absurd, may yet obtain currency where neither friends nor foes have believed it possible.

In 1842, General Bennett, an influential Mormon, once Mayor of Nauvoo, published a book in which he exposed the iniquities of Smith. Making due allowance for his hostility to "the prophet," and conceding, as we are constrained to do, that it bears mark of authenticity, we subjoin from his work, without vouching for correctness, the following description of the Holy City—its temple—its "prophet, priest and king:"

DESCRIPTION OF NAUVOO.

Nauvoo, the Holy City of the Mormons, and present capital of their empire, is situated on the northwestern part of Illinois, on the east bank of the Mississippi, in latitude N. 40° 35', and longitude W. 14°, 23'. It is bounded on the north, south, and west, by the river, which there forms a large curve, and is nearly two miles wide. Eastward of the city, is a beautiful undulating prairie. It is distant ten miles from Fort Madison, in Iowa, is fifty-five miles above Quincy, Illinois, and more than two hundred above St. Louis.

Before the Mormons gathered there, the place was named Commerce, and was but a small and obscure village of some twenty houses. So rapidly, however, have they accumulated, that they are now, within three years of their first settlement, upward of seven thousand inhabitants in the city, and three thousand more of the Saints, in its immediate vicinity.

The surface of the ground upon which Nauvoo is built, is very uneven, though there are no great elevations. A few feet below the soil is a vast bed of limestone, from which excellent building material can be quarried, to almost any extent. A number of tumuli, or

ancient mounds, are found within the limits of the city, proving it to have been a place of some importance with the extinct inhabitants of this Continent.

The space comprised within the city limits, is about four miles in its greatest length, and three in its greatest breadth; but is very irregular in its outline, and does not cover so much ground as the above measurement would seem to indicate.

The city is regularly laid out-the streets crossing each other at right angles, and being generally of considerable length, and of convenient width. The majority of the houses are as yet merely whitewashed log-cabins, but latterly, quite a number of frame and brick houses have been erected.

The chief edifices of Nauvoo are the Temple, and a hotel, called the Nauvoo House,

neither of which is yet finished. The latter is of brick, upon a stone foundation, and presents a front on two streets, of one hundred and twenty feet each, by forty feet deep, and is to be three stories high, exclusive of the basement; and, though intended chiefly for the reception and entertainment of strangers and travellers, contains, or rather, when completed is to contain a special suite of apartments, for the especial accommodation of the Prophet Joe Smith, and his heirs and descendants for ever.

The privilege of this accommodation he pretends was granted him by the Lord, in a special revelation, on account of his services to the church. It is most extraordinary that Americans, imbued with democratic sentiments and an utter aversion to hereditary privileges of any kind, could for a moment be blinded to the selfishness of the scoundrel, who thus coolly provided for himself and his latest posterity a palace and a maintenance. We may, however, safely predict that his Imperial Majesty will not continue long in the enjoyment of his palace, and that, if he escapes the fate of Haman, it will only be to wander, like Cain, a vagabond on the face of the earth.

The Mormon Temple is a splendid structure of stone, quarried within the bounds of the city. Its breadth is eighty feet, and its length one hundred and twenty, besides an outer court of thirty feet, making the length of the whole structure one hundred and fifty feet.*

In the basement of the Temple is the baptismal font, constructed in imitation of the famous brazen sea of Solomon. It is upborne by twelve oxen, handsomely carved, and overlaid with gold. Upon the surface of it, in panels, are represented various scenes, handsomely painted. This font is used for baptism of various kinds, viz: baptism for admission into the church, baptism for the healing of the sick, baptism for the remission of sins, and lastly, which is the most singular of all, baptism for the dead. By this latter rite, living persons, selected as the representatives of the deceased, are baptized for them, and thus the dead are released from the penalty of their sins! This baptism was performed, I recollect, for General Washington among others.

It is known that Joe had established a Sisterhood of Saints, for the vilest purposes. A Miss Brotherton makes an affidavit, that Joe wished to have her marry one of his confederated allies, by the name of Young, already a married man, and locked her up with Young, to talk over the proposition. The young lady, in spite of the holy appeal, had strong doubts of the correctness of marrying a man who had a wife already; but Young, to remove her scruples, introduced the prophet to back his suit, which the lady describes as follows:

'Well," said Young, "sister Martha would be willing, if she knew it was lawful and right, before God."

"Well, Martha," said Joseph, "it is lawful and right before God-I know it is. here, sis: don't you believe in me?"

I did not answer.

Look

Well, Martha," said Joseph, "just go ahead, and do as Brigham wants you to―he is the best man in the world except me."

* A writer from St. Louis, in speaking of the Temple, says: The system upon which this temple has been building, is the exaction of labor every tenth day from every man who cannot purchase his exemption from the task with money. It will be, if ever finished, a very imposing-looking edifice. It stands in a high and commanding position, a prominent object, riveting the stranger's eye at once, and upon near inspection, the style of architecture is found to be more than commonly attractive from its singularity. It is like nothing else, and, unless we be allowed to designate it as the Mormonic order, it certainly has no name at all. The stone is of excellent quality, quarried in the neighborhood, and very good mechanics have been at work upon it.

The massive caps of the columns are already carved from huge blocks, showing a gigantic round human face, like the broad full moon. The columns are made to rest upon crescent moons, sculptured on the face of the stone, resting with the horns down, with a profile of eyes, nose, and mouth, upon the inner curve. What idea this is meant to convey, we could not larr, though the impression is irresistible that the church is built up upon moonshine.

Well," said Young, "we believe Joseph to be a prophet. I have known him near eight years, and have always found him the same."

"Yes," said Joseph; “and I know that this is lawful and right before God, and if there is any sin in it, I will answer for it before God. And I have the keys of the kingdom, and whatever I bind on earth, is bound in heaven; and whatever I loose on earth, is loosed in heaven. And if you will accept of Brigham, you shall be blessed-God shall bless you, and my blessing shall rest upon you; and if you will be led by him you will do well-for I know he will take care of you-and if he don't do his duty to you, come to me and I will make him. And if you do not like it in a month or two, come to me, and I will make you free again; and if he turns you off, I will take you on."

In relation to the Mormon creed we have nothing to say. We leave that to the consciences of its votaries. That many worthy citizens have been duped by the arch deceiver-whose untimely end, in common with others, we deplore-no doubt remains. Still we are not conscious that his followers, his friends, or his country, have much to regret on account of his death.

We had intended to say something in relation to the late Mississippi flood. Our information, however, is yet too limited to do it justice. The damages are estimated at from twelve to fifteen millions of dollars, and by some as high as twenty. We fear the latter falls short of the reality.

The State of Illinois borders on the Mississippi river for about three hundred and fifty miles. Its population, of course must participate, to a considerable extent, in the above calamity. However much an event of this nature is always to be deplored, its effects at the present time are exceedingly alarming. It may, and in all probability will-among other things, at least for a while depress our credit lower than ever. It may also furnish an excuse-if an excuse be necessary-for not levying a tax to replenish an exhausted treasury; the imposing of additional burdens upon a people ruined by "an act of God," to pay interest on a debt contracted for the benefit only of a few, being at all times, and especially now, too preposterous to be endured. We hope, however, that our forebodings are merely imaginary, and that "all will yet be well."

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