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Show -- Ill WOMAN' 3 to make a small ineomejBuffice,' that her jhu3-- band might be free from the cares of poverty, that he might devoid "himself to his mission, which it seems she firmly believed in all this - was the sad reyerso of the life picture. Yet I believe it is a very common .one. Woman is a proud being,, her Creatoxibrmcd her so most wisely. I do not. believe' any woman really loves a man she does not admire even more, still I must have much love in marriage," or it cannot be an immortal union. ; "Words may be spoken, deed? may be drawn up, but if love is not there to seal and ratify, there must-ba scroll oyer 11 having ' EN T. lose anything by so dothey shall the lingbut shall have health and peace and r world. this ? I goodihings of hope to dispose of my land, then I shall be able to bring them some clothes". Tell- him "to be prudent- in all tMng3,jjsehose4hing3-that-wil- l bo for their comfort. I hope to get a line from you soon, then; 111 know what your calculations are I shall writenojnore at present, rtfiiiXthpugbtJaight reach- - there before you started I shall write to the children now and then. Tell them to write often. and direct to the citvr. of New York. . As ever vour aflfec- - lea vc ; ?.' ." -- - high-soule- d . - . i thing like'such words as, 'Held in' bondage.'1 I feel if Jane Welsh read my words she would say in the' words of Scripture, "True, O .king!" Much more might be told, but the time came , for this woman to enter her rest; she passed away from all earthly trials, and then, strange to. tell, her husband woke from his apathy,; -andat J?lL5!3pLof once might fancy a tableaux opened before him,of her' life, sacrifice for him, and it was given to him to realize all she had done and endured for his sake, her loveless and unappre-datinhusband, and then ho mourned her with all the tenderness that in life he had , portion ojljsum "andllesTres I thought were now to be gratified. This was the second time that I had anticipated a visit to the home of my birth, endeared by the fondest recollections of my infant years. I g longed to see again those dear old meadows and green woods, where my cousins and I had strolled together with our playmates, climbing denied her. . up the high fences to be able to reach the "LUco many another rare and great, nicest autumn berries; and many instances and Thou wcr't not treasured till too late." scenes I remembered distinctly, There were . Hannah T. King. . my father's first potter shop and our dwelling house, built by his own hands. There his first four children were born tho fir3t was a girl SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN NAUVOO. and the fourth a boy, who.were. buried in the ;-- little groveyard near by. And thongh last not BY HELES MAR WHITNEY. least was the old red; schoolhouse, standing upon the outskirts of the; town, near a large" TheJbllowing is from my father's last letter, swamp, where I first learned my a, b, c. :My rDelewaYe, night i and day dreams were filled with the June 12th: of future and unalloyedleasures-whi- ch hope bright the. bouse "I am at of Brother Sanders, who I imagined were in store for me. No is very kind, also his family, and free " girl, I think, ever felt more animated; or and at home here. We arrived yesterday at looked forward with a'greater desire for the two o'clock left Washington at six in the happy day to come that would see us off.. The morning; stopped one hour at Baltimore. As thought never entered my mind that the Profor Congress, they have not got it in their, phet could be murdered, causing a sudden hearts to do the first thing for us, because it is change in affairs th at would call my father -Hut the Lord not popular. home, arid thereby all, the airy castles that I ;L is our King, and He has all things in His ; had b?en building be . cruelly dashed tov the r hands; as this is the case, it is for Him to give -ground. us our inheritance, for Congress has.."violated 7" The following hastily written linestell of : all rights and claims to the earth, or anything the awful fate of the Prophet and his brother, that pertains to it. I must say, I felt indigHyrum, and describe the scene in Nauvoo, nant some of the time while-i- n Washington, aud the deep sorrow and lamentation that filled to see their indifference towards us. There the hearts of the people: ' are some three or four who seemed to be "Nauvoo, June 30, 1844.'-M- y friendly I think merely to get our support; I Dear Companion: : will give 'their names: General Sample, of "Never before did I take up my pen to adAlton, Judge Douglas and Mr. Wentworth, of dress you under so trying circumstances as we r Chicago these three men belong to Illinois, are now placed, but as Brother Adams, the we sent them. General Atchison and Hughes, bearer of thi3, can tell you more than I can from Missouri seem to be kind. Oh, the de- write,-- shall not attempt to descri be the' scene saw the life- through which we have passed. ' less bodies of our beloved brethren, when Wight and myself have presented a petition to' they get redress for our wrongs in Missouri, or for were brought to their almost distracted fami- them to give us Home land somewhere in the lies. Yea, I witnessed their tears and groans, world, either in Texas, Arizona or Iowa. The which were enough to rend the heart of bill had gone before the committee of public adamant. Every brother and sister who witlands; it was thought by some of the members nessed the soene felt deeply to sympathize with that it would go favorable. Do not think that them; yea, every heart is filled with sorrowand they can restore what they have taken from us the very streets of Nauvoo seem to mourn. that cannot be done in this world. Whereit will end the Lord only knows. We "We shall leave here for Phila;rare kept awake night after night by the alarm delphia, from thence to Boston, as the Conferof mobs.. These apostates say, "Their damnaence will be on the 29th and 30th of tion is sealed, their die is cast, their doom is then I shall return to New York. WhenJuly; you fixed," and that they are determined to do all get to Philadelphia I can get word from you .: in their power to have revenge. William Law in one or two days and come to you. I spoke he wants nine more in his quowere ,,says that to the Captain of the Otmcy to see that you sometimes I am afraid . he will get them;' rum, got on to a good boat- -. You will be treated ' have no doubt but you are one. I . for ladies are not insulted. If you kindly, "There was a , cirenmstance took strange come.tell --William to be careful of the chiI- when the first wa3 called place out to Legion -dren, and keep them out of the wet, and see defend the city. - There were several drums that they have plenty to eat. Tell hira and found with blood upon them. No one could Mary they must attend to prayers when account for it; they examined to see how you many , j . n, I-fe- . el ' . . -- . . . 1 I : rl to-morr- , allfhth Heuer 0. Kimball." Preparations had been made, and we were to start for the East on or about the 1st of July; our kindred had been notified of our coming. Sister Cobb, before returning East, had urged my father to bring me to Boston to .'spend a -- zJvhicluvas-wTitten:-at-Willmingto- . ... tionaieJinsbai e there were; they found tcnr and when' they were examining the eleventh, there came a large drop onthat one. William has seen them, and says with all that the ' drums have been used, the blood is still plain to be seen. "I try to submit all things 4nto the hands' of God. I have felt opposed to their sending for you to come home at present, and did not know ar. tey would, until Brother Adams called here a few moments ago, and told me he should start in about two hours; if I wanted to write I must send it to the Mansion within that time. I have not time to say much? neither is it nee-eryashe3can tellryou" Letter, and the children are all well. I mailed a letter to you last Monday, directed to Balti- .more. The letters you sent from Washington ' all came together last Wednesday; the mail, - -- . r E XP ON -- had not been in before for four weeks. When I read your pressing invitation for me to meet. -- 7:yourIm-tookOTTyet open for us to go, but alas! all our hopes in that, direction are blasted. My constant prayer now is for . the Lord to preserve us all to meet again. I have no doubt but your life will be sought, but may the Lord give you wisdom to escape their hands. My time is up, so "now fare you well till we meet, which may " the ' Lord soon grant,' fbr Hi3 Son's sake. ' : ' Amen. '., '. Vilate Kimball." " well remember the morning that the news I came to our city of the murder of Joseph and Hyrum. I had slept that night with Emily Partridge at Luthe house of Winsor P. Lyon. The first sound that broke upon our ears was the voice of Sister Lyon, as she opened the" door and told us that they were murdered. : Many scenes in -- Nauvoo, seme : of which are described by my mother, are still fresh in my ' memory. I stood in thejlgr asthe. procession passed our house, which had increased to several thousand, who followed the wagons bearing the martyrs as they proceeded to the Mansion. I was an eye .and ear witness to the in-- , suiting, speech delivered by Governor Ford upon the very frame of a building which stood .west of the Mansion,7 where a few days previous with thousands I had listened to Joseph's last address to the Legion, never suspecting treachery nor the awful tragedy that was being enacted at Carthage, where this cowardly Governor had pledged hi3 honor and the faith of , " the State that they should be protected. promised that the laws should be magnified and justice be meted out to their murder- era. It was the popularity of Joseph as did.atc for the Presidency, and : the power; and We-w- ere influence that the, "Mormon" people were gaining, that created a feeling of fear among the apostates and corrupt politicians, and a deeper hatred took possession of their, hearts, similar to that which was felt by the Jews towards Jesus Christ, and like them they were determined to put an end to his earthly career. It was the morning of June 24 when Joseph and Hyrum, with the City Council, the Marshal arid : a" number of others, started on ; horseback for Carthage. Joseph halted as adthey reached the Temple, and looking with miration upon it and upon the, heautiful city, he remarked: "This is the loveliest place and. the best people under the heavens; little do they know the trials that await them." Our history tells a tale of bitter woe the sufferings' of the innocent, the robbings and drivings from their home3, the wailings of the widows and the orphans, the fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, for their dead and dying, and the surrendering of their arms and submitting to all the cruelties that could be heaped upon them, rather than deny their being religionbut does it tell of any redress nation. made for the wrongs done them by thi3 No, nor do we look for any from them; but our case will be taken to a higher court, wfonce there U no vpptah -- |