Show I 1 copyright secured or OF JOSEPH SMITH MARCH 1843 thursday 2 1 I was encased ed in in the court room sitting on the cas cabe case e oia charles charies jl dana s william B brink all day daf in the evening examining blackstone and phillips phil Fhil lips on evidence elders B young and 0 hyde llyde with their wives stelder 11 C kimballs Kim balls bails the legislature of illinois took up the bill to repeal the nauvoo city charter mr davis of bond moved to take up the bill to repeal a part of the nauvoo charter objections being 0 made by several members it was maa decided in the affirmative and placed on the orders of the day the question being on ordering the bill to a third reading v mr simms I 1 moved the previous question mr logan hoped the previous question would not be sustained some of the provisions proposed to be repealed are very innocent ones hd he thought the house would fould be willing to them themie he wanted to repeal the provisions allowing the writ of habeas corpus and antt some others the ale previous quest question ign was then lost mr air I 1 logan ogan denied that any arfy discussion had been bein had on the provisions of the charter proposed to be ie repealed pealed lie ile wanted the gentlemen interested to have an opportunity to be heard beard mr Th thomas thomaas oraAs B owen of hancock went into the subject at some length ile he compared the charter of nauvoo with any other city in the state and showed that the bill repealed the same powers in the nauvoo charter which others contained and are aloe permitted to retain ile he thought this unjust and was opposed to the principle ciple of making such distinctions ile he principle irin Erin ore testimony to the good order and industry of the mormons cormons Mor mons and he fie had hadano no doubt but that they were much abused lie alluded to the course couise of the whigs digs durina duning during the canvass for the last election and appealed to his party to sustain the mormons cormons Mor mons althey as they had so nobly carried the last election he cautioned ti them against taking the other course and predicted if they did that they would be the means of electing a whig to congress in that district and ana nd at the next gubernatorial election would elect the governor also that the arms of the whigs were open to receive them friday 3 1 I was again sitting on the case of dana vs brink until lol iol 10 i pm many witnesses were examined many lawyers pleas made and much law read it was a very tedious suit and excited much feeling among amone among the people when I 1 returned home ti I 1 fauna found rny my mothers health improving I 1 visited sister durphy who was sick in company with dr Ri richards charys bishop N K whitney returned from ramus this e evening enang with five teams loaded with provisions ant and grain as a present to me which afforded me verv very v ery seasonable relief I 1 pray the lord to bless biess them abundantly and may it be returned L u upon 0 n their heads an hundred fold foid mr val vai william smithy smith of hancock ancock II moved a call of the house some members leaving the bill passed by yeas and nays as follows yeas aldrich aidrich bailhache Bail ball lachey lache bell blakeman bone brinkley 9 brown of sanga inon ilion burclow BurL bure burklow low busey caldwell gloud cloud cochran compton courtright danner dollins douglas edwards epler ewin ewing ficklin flanders fowler fowier glass gobble haley hambar hambaugh by hick ickman hickman II hinton II inton horns horny homey ll oward howard y er I 1 kearner Ke orner kuykendal kuykenda Kuyken dan daH 1 lawler loy mcclarnand ernand marshall menard mitchell murphy N nesbit norris renn penn shurley simms 1 thomson turner van vance e vinyard ir weatherford eatherford wheat white whitten wilson and arid woodworth 58 kays nays Aless rs adams ames andrus ar noid nold brown fai mai jai of pike browning collins cushman dougherty dubois graves hanniford ri hanson harper hatch jackson of mcinenry jackson of whiteside jonas lendall kendall langworthy lockhart logan jogan mcdonald donald of calhoun mcdonald of joe dav davis is ea S Smi lith of crawford sin smith I 1 th of tk I 1 II ancock lacoc sp spicer i ra st ste stewart wart ta tack c eb carbury vandever nde cry ery 11 itc ditc b a and nd ir mr speaker sealer 33 the S speaker eaker the bill is 13 passed the title of the bip bill iii lii the speaker recited the fhe title of the bill mr smith of hancock ancock II I 1 wish to amend the title of the bill profound silence the speaker the ile title has passed by several members in time in time mr air smith sent his amendment to the chair the speaker the amendment is not respectful and not in order great sensation several members called for a reading of the amendment the amendment was read aa A blit bill for sor an act to humbug the citizens cf of Natt nauvoo doo 1 profound sensation mr smith said he considered the amendment as perfectly describing the contents of the bill ile he was anxious that things should be called by their right names the chair decided that the amon amendment dment was not in order A member I 1 wish a vote to ascertain if the house does not sustain the decision of the chair mr smith withdrew his amendment the title of the bill then passed english pa papers ers report an eruption of mount considerable lerable etna consi considerable torrents of ofa lava flowing towards bronte doing immense dama damage e saturday 4 in council with brother bon don benjamin F johnson and others from ramus on t the he subject of building a meeting house there out of church property ro perty I 1 told them the property of the jurch church should be dis dit disposed posed of by the direction of the trustee in trust a appointed p hinted by the voice of the whole church ant ani and made the following compa comparison risom there is a wheel nauvoo is the hub we ve will drive the first spoke in ramus second in la harpe third in shoko quon fourth in lima that is laif balf half the wheel ine the the other half is is over the river we will let that alone at present we will call the saints from iowa to these spokes then send elders over and convert the whole people I 1 agreed to go to ramus this day week at 10 I 1 attended the city council prayer by geo goo A smith when a bill regulating the currency was read and as the legislature of illinois have long been tr trying ing to repeal the charter of nauvoo I 1 maze made some remarks aa as I 1 had frequently done on former foger occasions to shew show the council and others that the legislature can not constitutionally repeal a charter where there is no repealing clause after which I 1 read re ad a letter from james arlington bennett dated feb 1 1843 which confirms my decision in debate geo goo A smith daid eaid imprisonment was better than hanging I 1 replied I 1 was opposed to hanging even if a man kill another I 1 will shoot him or cut off his head spill his alood on the ground and let the smoke e thereof ascend up to god and if ever I 1 have the privilege of making a law on en that subject I 1 will have it so in reply to some of the councilors councillors counci lors who thought it impolitic to stop circulating bank notes as currency at once I 1 replied I 1 would use ube use ube a figure and talk like some foolish fathers do to their children if you want to kill a serpent dont cut off his head for tor fear he will bite you but cut off his tail yit piece e e by piece and perhaps you wont get bit it is t lie the same with this bill I 1 say if paper a er currency is is an evil put it down at once men when councilors councillors counci lors get up here I 1 want them to speak sense great god where is common sense arid alid reason Is there none on the earth why have the canker remaining any longer bonger to sap our life if you get hold of a 5 bill bibi you can get nothing with it there is no one dare touch it fearing it to be a counterfeit or the note of a broken bank ban I 1 wish you had my soul boul ion lon long iong enough to know how good it feels I 1 say it i is s expedient when shen you strike at an enemy to strike the most deadly blow possible councilor 11 llyde de asked me what an editor should do I 1 toad toil toll him advertise advert ize in your our next paper to your agents to send sen you gold d and silver very vers as paper will be no longer lon ion taken as pay the ordinance regulating currency in the city passed by a unanimous vote as follows sec 1 be it ordained by the city council of the city of nauvoo that from and after the passage of this bill gold and co coin coln in only can be received recel recci ved as lawful tender in payment of city taxes and of debts and also aho of eines fines imposed under the ordinances of the city sec 2 that city scrip shall not hereafter be emitted as moneyed curren currency provided ded however that nothing in currency tb this bill cT shall provided all ail be so construed as to prevent the redemption of previous emissions sec see 3 that any person passing 0 counterfeit gold or silver or copper coin or counterfeit or spurious paper currency or aiding or abetting therein herein or holding the same same with intent to pass it kno knowing winer t it to be such shall be liable to a fine not ex exceeding c bedin is five thousand dollars or to imprisonment or hard I 1 labor abor in the city for a term erin exceeding not fourteen years or all these penalties at the discretion of the court sec 4 that any person passing a paper currency or aiding and abetting therein orhild ing the same with intent to pass it within the bounds of this city corporation shall be liable to a fine of one dollar for every doll arthus offered or passed to be recovered as in action artioli of debt one half of said fine to be paid to the complainant the other half halt to said corporation a JOSEPH SMITH mayor af I 1 was rc re elected electea registrar of deeds for the city dr samuel Bennet chosen alderman and albert P rockwood elijah Ford fordham hanl hant and charles C rich fire wardens in the city B by my suggestion the committee on public wor works s were instructed to prepare an ordinance to provide for the erection of a city prison on returning to my office after dinner I 1 spoke the following proverb for a man to be great he must not dwell on small things though he may enjoy them showing that a prophet cannot well weli 1 I 1 be his own scribe but must have some one to write for him I 1 told dr richards that there was one thing he failed in as a historian and that was noting surrounding objects weather ac the battle of go gog and magog will be after the millennium ie the remnant of all nations that fight against jerusalem were commanded to go up to jerusalem jerusalem ae to worship in the millennium I 1 dictated to my scribe my decision in the case of brink vs dana until 41 4 pm this ills day mr warren in the state senate moved to take from the table the bill to repeal the charter of the city of nauvoo but the senate refused to repeal it nays 17 ayes 16 0 P rockwell was taken prisoner in st louis louls by the missourians Missour ians on an advertis advertisement elent a accusing accusing hi him tin irn with rith v shooting ex governor boggs on the ath 6 th day of may 1842 sunday 5 1 I staid at home all lay day to take 1 care of my mother who was still sick I 1 A severe shock of an earthquake felt at memphis tenn monday 0 I 1 read in the boston bee dee a letter from elder G J adams and also ar another lother com communication munica tion showing the progress of the truth in boston and vicinity at 9 called in my office and requested dr richards to write to the bee after which I 1 recited in german until dinner and in the evening rode out to visit the sick the municipal court was v as in session to hear any complaint complain 6 s against the city assessment 1 but pone appeared inthe in the evening a grand display y of burning 0 prairie on the iowa side of the river tuesday 71 7 I 1 was in my office at 9 am and reviewed my decision in the case of brink vs dana and conversing with it dr r richards to ar s on 01 11 the subject of medicine after dinner I 1 executed 1 several deeds for city lots and settled with the purchasers assisted by william clayton brother david manhard of lee county iowa brought me two loads of corn and one hog for which may the lord bless him hirn E east ast wind through the day commenced I 1 raining at 3 pm wednesday 8 in office at 8 am and signed some documents in relation to the nauvoo legion 1110 0 n and also settling with william ford rode de out with mr john B cowan in the evening in the evening a meeting meet was held in the house of elder eider E aldr II 11 C kimball ba which was crowded he preached from jeremiah clia cila chapter ter 2nd and to ath verses on the figure of clay in Z thi hands of the potter 41 0 the ship yorkshire left liverpool england englad with 83 saints on board under the supervision of elders thomas bullock and richard rushton A terrible earthquake occurred at guadaloupe and other west india islands thousands of persons buried under the ruins of the fallen houdes houses thursday 9 mr john B cowan took the decision of judge pope in the united states district court on the ath of january last and other papers relating thereto also mr butter fields opinion to lay before the governor of iowa in order to induce him to recall a writ issued on the requisition of the governor of missouri for my arrest in case I 1 should visit my mv friends in iowa 1 I told brother phelps that lie should be a lawyer and understand law and the time will come when nhen I 1 shall not need sav say to you thus I 1 and thus is the law for you know it ft E II 11 mower wrote me from clinton county indiana that he had recently baptized Vs 32 and a great many were enquiring after truth william cr 0 clark dark gave me a load of corr corp and sanford porter gave me a hog rain and sleet the whole of the day INDIAN TROUBLES thus writes the wash ington correspondent of the philadelphia north american ile he says that cuttlers gutt lers and brutal black blackguards guards bards who hang about a military force have ione gone done more than all other causes to fo ment difficulties with the indian indians reckless reck Eeck less drunken and degraded and by their accursed liquors making the poor indians as bad as themselves they bring about many collisions that would never occur when so sob berand crand sensible menbere men were present FREE COUNT corwray coc Coi wraY t jefferson was a great man and an undoubted patriot but a southern editor would expose himself to the tiie danger of a mob I 1 violence if he were to use at this time such i language langaar e as mr jefferson used loul louisville Loui aville journal BE DILIGENT diligence the hand handmaid maia mala of providence is the parent of intelligence and the noble dispenser of excel en anceal ceal I 1 arts an and 1 sciences are at her command she crowns all h her r sons and lovers with riches a and honor |