American Republican And Baltimore Daily Clipper

LATER FROM NAUVOO.
ANOTHER BATTLE FOUGHT—THE ANTI-MORMONS AGAIN DRIVEN FROM THE FIELD WITH ONE KILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED—THREE MORMONS SLAIN—THE MORMONS DETERMINED TO FIGHT IT OUT.

The scenes now enacting at Nauvoo should call forth the deep indignation of every friend of order in the country. We have already published an account of one battle, (which we are glad to learn was exaggerated,) and now subjoin another, by which it will be seen that the Anti-Mormons, or rather the lawless mob, have again been routed. The following are the particulars of the second conflict, copied from the St. Louis Reveille of the 15th inst:

The steamer Alvarado arrived down last evening from Warsaw, and from her officers we learn that the Mormons and Anti-Mormons had a second battle on Saturday afternoon, which ended, as before, in the Antis retreating to their camp.

An eye-witness, who watched the progress of the second battle from the top of the Mormon temple in Nauvoo, describes it as a very spirited engagement, in which the new citizens and Mormons prevented the advance of their foes at every point.

The Nauvooites have thrown up three breastworks, at about one and a half miles from the city, towards the road leading to Carthage, and behind these the defending forces are posted, with five pieces of artillery. At about 12 o'clock, M., the new citizens fired two six-pound shot into the Antis' camp, upon which the latter sent out a flag of truce, with a request to hold another 'talk;' but the citizens of Nauvoo returned for answer, that they were done talking with them, and that hereafter they should fight until the others became desirous of a peace.—The action now commenced from artillery on both sides—over eighty discharges of cannon were heard from both parties during the course of an hour and a half. They now closed in and commenced discharges of musketry at each other. A movement was then made by the Antis to outflank the Nauvoo right, and pass their breastwork, which was here defended by the Spartan band of Mormons, with 'sixteen chamber rifles;' the latter drew out from the breastwork to repel the advancing force, and succeeded in beating them back. During this skirmish on the right a man, named Anderson, the leader of the Mormon Spartans, fell, shot through the lungs by a rifle ball, and almost instantly expired.' About the same moment, his son, a boy of about 15 years of age, who was engaged in another portion of the ranks, was struck by a six-pound shot on the right shoulder, and his body made a crushed mass of bones, the whole breast being torn to pieces.—Another Mormon was struck during this part of the fight with a cannon shot, and killed instantly. His name was Norris, a blacksmith.

The fight continued for two hours a half, and every attempt the Antis made to pass the position of the Nauvooites, they were successfully beaten back, until, at length, they were forced to retire to their camp, leaving the field in possession of the new citizens and Mormons.

During the progress of the fight an invalid Mormon was posted upon the top of the temple, with spy glass in hand, watching its progress; and the wives of the citizens, with their children, were gathered at the base of the building, with upturned eyes and painfully anxious faces, listening to his report of the battle, which, from time to time, he related to them from above. Our informant says that he heard many of these poor Mormon mothers declare that they would perish in the streets of Nauvoo, 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 Carthage they only acknowledge to six badly wounded—Capt. Smith, one of the 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 women and children of the new citizens are in the city, without the power or opportunity to leave; their husbands are in the field battling against an unreasonable mob; they are left a prey to the worst of fears.

The report of the first fight was a wildly exaggerated rumor, only one Mormon having been wounded in the heel, and several Antis badly frightened—the main bodies of the opposing forces not having ventured within musket-shot range.

The St. Louis New Era has the following in relation to affairs at Nauvoo:

The report of the last battle at Nauvoo states that the engagement lasted over four hours, and that during this time, more than eighty cannon shots were fired. How they managed to kill and wound so few is to us a mystery. Only three of the Mormons were shot dead, and some five or six wounded; and on the other side, the loss is said to be even less. The fight must have been carried on at a considerable distance, and out of the reach of small arms. The artillery appears to have done but little execution and the gunners must have been poor marksmen, or so terribly frightened at the smell of gunpowder that they could not take aim with any degree of precision. It is to be hoped that the little brush at murdering each other which they have had, will satisfy both sides, and that the civil authorities of the State will see the necessity of doing something towards putting a stop to these outrageous proceedings.

Mormondom is represented as bearing all the features of a citadel; every man within its limits is under arms, and many of the boys are bearing huge pistols and knives upon their persons—numbers of the women, it is said, are keen for the fight, and express themselves ready to bear arms should it become necessary for the protection of the temple and the city.—There appears to be but one feeling among the Jack-Mormons, and that is, to die before they will suffer the force, which threatens their city, to invade it: having repulsed their foes twice, they begin to increase in the confidence of their ability to protect themselves; and twice have they refused offers of peace. Should the Antis receive no reinforcements, they will have to exercise more skill and bravery before they can succeed in bringing the Mormons to terms. The fight will be renewed, no doubt, but it is more than probable that the Mormons will maintain possession of the city.