Burlington Free Press

The Mormons.-The St. Louis Republican of the 19th ult. and the Boonville Emigrant of the 13th, publish some accounts of the state of excitement which exists between the Mormons, and the neighboring inhabitants, from which it appears that there is a prospect of actual hostilities of a most ferocious kind. The following is from the Republican :

Below we give an extract from a letter written by a respectable gentleman in Lexington, and addressed to a citizen of this city. This account of the state of affairs is truly alarming. The writer says :-

"Great excitement prevails on the other side of the river against the Mormons- they are all up in arms and have, we understand. had some fighting this morning, which resulted in killing a few of both parties. The citizens of Ray county sent a wagon load of arms and ammunition to the citizens of Daviess, for the purpose of defending themselves. On their way out they were captured by a company of Mormons and taken to the Far West. A committee arrived this morning from the other side asking for men to assist them in the protection of their property." We learn from the clerk of the steamboat Howard. which came down yesterday that a report was circulating along the Missouri river that the Mormons had fortified their town, (Far West) and were determined to hold it. They were stated to be about one thousand strong and well supplied with arms and ammunition.