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The Mormon War-A Battle Fought, and
Iboenty-one Persons K1LLed-Another Battle EG-
pecked. An extra from the Office of the Illinois
State Register, dated Sunday, September 2lst, con-
tains the latest and most important news from the
Mormon country:


sit appears that the antiMormons continued
their work of destruction until upwards of 100
houses have been consumed. Sheriff Backenstos
failed in raising posse strong enough to stop these
movements, without resortng to Nauvoo, owing


to the fear of all we'll disposed persons in the
try, that their own houses might be consumed.
We learn that he has raised about 500 men from
Nauvoo, all we'll armed, with which he had dis
persed the rioters commanded by Colonel Will
liams, at Green Plains.


In this affair no lives were lost, as the "Anties'
ran and took shelter in corn field, before the pos
Sc came within firing distance
BackenstoS had been driven away from Car
thage, and returned with about 500 men. to re-
move his family; he fell in with a large body of
anti -Mormons, when battle ensued. 1t is said
that eighteen anti. Mormons and three Mormons
acerc killed. It appears that Williams, Sharp,
Davis, and other leaders, escaped. A large mum.
Der ofthe anti -Mormons were taken prisoners, and
are now confined and guarded in the Court House
at Carthage.


The people had all fcdfrom Carthage, Angus
ia, ond other anti Mormon towns, and carried their
families into the counties of Adams Marquette,
Schuyler and Nc Donough: and are beating up
for volunteers in those counties, to recruit their
forces, with which to renew the war. II IS un-
known how many men they will be able TO raise !;
but it is believed that they have disgraccd them
selves by the nccndiary mode in which they havo
carried on the war, that their success will not be
very great. But if they succeed, another bloody
battle may be expected in the course of this week


Before this news arrived, the Governor had is
sued a call for five hundred men to qucll the dis
turbances


We are advised that it is fact, that no letters
have been received at this place from any of the
Mormon party since the commencement of these
troubles, except one from very obscure man in
Nauvoo, and another from Nc Donough county,
and no newspapers 1t is rumorcd that the mails
have been stopped, and there is story aaoat that
one mail carrier has been murdered. No messen-
ger has arrived from all that section of country,
until to-day when committee arrived from
Mount Sterling"