| 419 State of Illinois, City of Nauvoo,}
Quarter Master General's Office,}
May 8th, A. D. 1841}
To The Militia of Illinois:-
Having an intimate acquaintance with your present organization, and supply of public arms, I am clearly of the opinion that the public service, and the best interests of the State, require that all new Independent Companies to be enrolled, and organized, during the present year, should be riflemen, either mounted or foot, (the State being pretty well supplied with swords, pistols, muskets and cannon,) and have determined, therefore, to make the designation and requisition on the Ordnance Department of the General Government, accordingly. You would do well, therefore, to organize in view of receiving arms of that description, and file your bonds, duly authenticated, with the Governor of the State, as all applications will be filled in order of date, until the distribution is consummated. I have finished the distribution for 1838, '39, and '40, excepting a few six pounder cannon which are ready for delivery to first applicants.
John C. Bennett,
Quarter Master General of Ill.
From the Belleville Advocate.
Mr. Boyd: I have read with much interest, the "Inaugural Address" of Dr. John C. Bennett, of the city of Nauvoo, which was delivered to the City Council on the 3rd of February last, as published in the "Times and Seasons."
It is a document which, I think, is entitled to the particular notice of our respectable fellow-citizens; and if it should meet your views, as it does mine, diffusing a will to promote morality and science, I would be proud to see it in its verbatum [verbatim] character, portrayed in the columns of your widely-circulating paper, the "Belleville Advocate."
I am and have been long acquainted with Dr. Bennett, both as a physician, and minister of the Gospel; and his present character in the military department of this State, is not inferior to any in existence, throughout the Union.
With this communication, you will receive the Address.
With sentiments of respect,
I have the honor to be,
Yours, respectfully, &c.
W. G. Goforth.
Belleville, Ill. March 22, 1841.
We should be happy to comply with the requst [request] of our worthy and estemed [esteemed] M. D. friend, "Old Pills" to publish the "Address," entire, which he was kind enough to furnish us; but the press of other matter prevents. We have given it an attentive perusal; and heartily concur with the sentiments contained therein. Certainly, they ought to be the guide of those who are placed in immediate authority over the morals of community, and Mayor Bennett clearly understands his duties. We shall make some extracts from his speech; and earnestly commend them to our readers. We think, our "town" Trustees might profit by the example that is set them, by the Mayor of Nauvoo.
For the Rocky Mountains.-The steamer Trapper, belonging to the American Fur Company left here yesterday for the Yellow stone river. On board were a large number of hunters, all of whom appeared in the highest spirits; and the deck was strewed with their paraphernalia. A number of the fair sex were standing on the levee, with the heart-felt tear in their eyes, as they waved their handkerchiefs and sighed an adieu, when the boat left the landing. She will be absent about four months. Our Eastern brethren expatiate on the pleasures of a trip with their Atlantic steamers; out, pshaw, it is nothing in comparison to our inland voyage. There, all is dull and monotonous, nothing to relieve the eye; nothing to attract the attention, excepting perhaps a Mother Cary's chicken, or the fin of a shark. Here, every day brings a change of scenery, each vieing [vying] with the other in grandeur. What a glorious trip for a worshipper of nature.-St. Louis Bu. April 8.th.
-> We hope to be able to lay before our readers in our next, an important revelation, given to Pres't J. Smith some time ago, which has not yet been published.
From the (Warsaw) Western World.
Sketches of Hancock County.
No. VII.-Geography and Topography,
This County is bounded on the north by the Counties of Henderson and Warren; on the South by the County of Adams; on the east by the Counties of McDonough and Schuyler: and on the west by the Mississippi river, which separates it from the State of Missouri, and the Territory of Iowa. It embraces twenty two Townships, each 6 miles square-beginning on the S. E. with Township 3 North and 5 West. and ending on the N. W. with Township. 7 North and 8 West. In shape it is nearly a perfect square-having five tiers on each boundary-abridged of three only by a magnificent bend in the Father of Waters, which increases the extent of our water communication. The face of the country is mostly level, with some beautiful undulations, and
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