THE MORMON TRIALS.—On the 21st ult. the trial of persons charged with the murder of Hiram and Joe Smith, commenced at Carthage, Illinois. The prisoners, J. C. Davis, late an Illinois Senator, T. C. Sharp, editor of the Warsaw Signal, Mark Aldrich, Wm. N. Grover, and Col. Levi Williams, complained by affidavit of the par-tial manner in which the jurors had been selected, and prayed the court that Elisors be appointed to select a jury, which the court granted. The jury was not en-tirely empanneled at the last accounts. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican says :
Everything thus far has been entirely quiet and peace-able, yet there is a deep and intense anxiety felt, which pervades all classes—the characters of the accused, the nature of the charge against them, and the peculiar state of the relations existing between the Mormons and Anti-Mormons, all conspire to make the present trials of deep interest to the old citizens of this country. Every body almost attending Court comes armed to the teeth, and frequently mukets and rifles will be seen taken out of wagons with as much deliberation as if they were attend-ing a militia muster instead of attending a court of justice. This is a bad state of things, but extraordinary cases de-mand extraordinary remedies.
The Mormons are said to have expressed a determi-nation to take revenge, in case the defendants should not be convicted, but it is hoped that more discreet counsels will prevail.
