THE MORMONS.—The St. Louis Republican, of the 24th ult, says:
Gov. Ford, of Illinois, is at Carthage, to negotiate with Jo Smith, just as he did prior to the last Congressional election—when he, or his agents, visited St. Louis, contrived a plan to get a writ against Jo, held it in terrorem over him until he had agreed to transfer the whole Mor-mon vote to Hodge, the Locofoco candidate, and then let him loose. It will be done. The Locofocos cannot dispense with the three or four thousand votes controlled by Jo Smith.
The Reporter, of the same date, says:
Nauvoo is said to be destitute of an adequate supply of provisions. An order for a large quantity of flour was sent to this city on Friday, and the steamer Osprey took up 250 bbls. Satur-day was the day appointed for an advance upon the "Holy City."—Hancock county is under martial law, one portion being ocupied by the Mormons, and the other by the anti-Mormons.—No doubt many of the rumors from that neigh-borhood are highly exaggerated; but what the result of the excitement there may be, we cannot predict, although we are inclined to believe that there will be no serious conflict between the parties.
