The same paper contains the following letter from the murderer of Judge Dougherty.

“Murder of Judge Dougherty.—­The St. Louis Republican received the following mysterious letter, unsealed, regarding this brutal murder:”—­

“NATCHEZ, Miss., Sept. 24.

“Messrs. Editors:—­Revenge is sweet.  On the night of the 11th, 12th, and 13th, I made preparations, and did, on the 14th July kill a rascal, and only regret that I have not the privilege of telling the circumstance.  I have so placed it that I can never be identified; and further, I have no compunctions of conscience for the death of Thomas M. Dougherty.”

But instead of presenting individual affrays and single atrocities, however numerous, (and the Missouri papers abound with them,) in order to exhibit the true state of society there, we refer to the fact now universally notorious, that for months during the last fall and winter, some hundreds of inoffensive Mormons, occupying a considerable tract of land; and a flourishing village in the interior of the state, have suffered every species of inhuman outrage from the inhabitants of the surrounding counties—­that for weeks together, mobs consisting of hundreds and thousands, kept them in a state of constant siege, laying waste their lands, destroying their cattle and provisions, tearing down their houses, ravishing the females, seizing and dragging off and killing the men.  Not one of the thousands engaged in these horrible outrages and butcheries has, so far as we can learn, been indicted.  The following extract of a letter from a military officer of one of the brigades ordered out by the Governor of Missouri, to terminate the matter, is taken from the North Alabamian of December 22, 1838.

Correspondence of the Nashville Whig.

THE MORMON WAR.

“MILLERSBURG, Mo.  November 8.

“Dear Sir—­A lawless mob had organized themselves for the express purpose of driving the Mormons from the country, or exterminating them, for no other reason, that I can perceive, than that these poor deluded creatures owned a large and fertile body of land in their neighborhood, and would not let them (the Mobocrats) have it for their own price.  I have just returned from the seat of difficulty, and am perfectly conversant with all the facts in relation to it.  The mob meeting with resistance altogether unanticipated, called loudly upon the kindred spirits of adjacent counties for help.  The Mormons determined to die in defence of their rights, set about fortifying their town “Far West,” with a resolution and energy that kept the mob (who all the time were extending their cries of help to all parts of Missouri) at bay.  The Governor, from exaggerated accounts of the Mormon depredations, issued orders for the raising of several thousand mounted riflemen, of which this division raised five hundred, and the writer of this was honored with the appointment of ——­ to the Brigade.