All the western states and territories . has been attached to the state, the citizens of Hancock county, inwhich Nauvoo is situated, as well as other adjoining counties, for the part theyacted in driving the Mormons from among them. But it should be rememberedthey had no redress at law, for it is beyond all doubt that the Mormons wouldswear anything, true or false. They stole the stock, plundered and burned thehouses and barns of the citizens, and there is no doubt they privately murdered ILLINOIS. 243 eome of the best people in the county; and owing to the perjured evidence al-ways at their c
All the western states and territories . has been attached to the state, the citizens of Hancock county, inwhich Nauvoo is situated, as well as other adjoining counties, for the part theyacted in driving the Mormons from among them. But it should be rememberedthey had no redress at law, for it is beyond all doubt that the Mormons wouldswear anything, true or false. They stole the stock, plundered and burned thehouses and barns of the citizens, and there is no doubt they privately murdered ILLINOIS. 243 eome of the best people in the county; and owing to the perjured evidence al-ways at their command, it was impossible to have any legal redress. If it hadnot been for this state of things, Joe Smith would not have been killed, andthey would not have been driven with violence from the state. Repeated efiFurtswere made to get redress for these wrongs and outrages, but all to no purpose;and the wonder is, how the people bore as long as they did with the outrageousvillainies practiced on them, without a resort to violent Vieic of Mt. Joliet. JoLlET is a thriving town, the county seat of Will eo., situated on bothsides of the Des Plaines River, and on the Illinois and Michigan canal, 148miles N. B. by N. from Springfield, 280 from Detroit, and 40 S. W. fromChicago. It was formerly known on the maps as McGrees mill the eastern side of the river the citj extends over a plain of considerableextent, rising as it recedes from the river. Upon the western side the landis formed into bluffs, beneath which is one of the principal streets. Itis an important station on the Chicago and Rock Island, and the Chicago,Alton, and St. Louis Railroads, and is connected directly with the east byJoliet and Northern (cut-off) Railroads. The river affords valuable waterpower for mills. It is the center of considerable commerce, several manu-factories ; and in its vicinity is a rich farming country, and valuable quar-ries of building stone. The new state penitentiary is in the v
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