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Show , to Santa Fe, grain to subsist upon but th that glorious day arrives in which the point across theFecountry change came a degeneration, which of to beroute The United States made winter of deSanta from years. the and Constitution agnew of preceding continued until the times generally severe, of whole the NEWS. law and Ban comes the EVENING THE the supreme delivered nominated by Protestants the'Re formland, great many cattle jonrney being very Diego, JJy rre. GEO. A. SJMTir. Latter-da- y some as 2050 miles. It was one of the ished on the range, the result the is Luas men such, such respected when Waldo, Late ation," City, in the New Tatxrnacte,SaU and again inhabit most remarkable marches of infantry ther, Calvin and others came, denounc- Saints can return 1S60. 23, in Missouri, for on record; it is declared by some that homes and their July enjoy OEOIIGK Q. CAXXOX, ing the errors, follies and corruptions Jackson Missouri is the place history may be searched in vain for its which had crept Into the Church, which County, EDITOR AND PUBUSirKR. Stake equal. These men were discharged ir ne could get them ana in order to Centre selected for the RKrORTEH BY DAVID W. EVANS. God which work to reform. This undertook they come when after one years' service 2,000 miles from vent anybody from suffering mom' was continued by subeequentReformers of Zlon, and the day will come out a forth rod shall ever built the place of enlistment without rations lasts were proeiaimea m an the cv.n there And most the magnificent temple in the English Church, and from them fUUarUay. July 31. name of or means of transportation to take gations of the Saints throughout e to of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall down to the on earth face the of the the present day. erow out of his roots: it will them to their families. Their services, Territory, and the people were calln I remember in my childhood inquir- Jehovah will be built there; and Latter-daa to wlon contribute y were And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest ing of my father where blessed day's the Presbyteri- be the however, every way satisfactory was distributed to thoseprovisions privilege of the unhad" ana or who of influence In and due to was wisdom the to the a he this their of which member, upon him, an Saints, time, perform country, spirit "Oil wav nn rmrcA GENERAL ELECTION. derstanding, the anirit of counsel and hadChurch, conduct on the people of Califor- snH in thin their Us origin. He said it originated work. for want of food or The death of the Dronhet and natri nia, where they were stationed,, did perished spirit of knowledge and of with the Apostles. I then inquired might, the to his constitution. as AUGUSTS. 1 869. to character Injure arch time to had their the fear or tne ixrd; after of a the much in Methodists was, course, great blow give the origin. where on is record that during these And shall make blni of quick under He told me they originated with Mr. reelings or the people; ana it .was be credit to the American people. This ana the were remark J Juora: commenced fear also of the in volunteers the hand in generally of hundred a i lieved ago theople standing not TERRITORY OF UTAH. years Wesley, nearly throughout the world, i that after the sight of his England. he shall led me to inquire why would put an end to the . organization manufacture of brick there. The first healthy. But the question is iff This Judge could hold them together und& 1 Himtoriax' OrncE, Halt .Lake City. eyes, neither reprove after the hearing it was that they did not all Join the of the church. Men In high places sent brick kiln ever burned In California circumstances? It was the love,, o one or his ear: Colton. July 28, was Philander who burned on their had their each other by origin gifts Presbyterians, congratulating he shall of citizens Judge with the Apostles. "Well," said my aeatn; thanks were returned in tne this bod v of men., who furnished brick truth. While this scarcity was C Rut with righteousness At a Convention of the leading Wai-lacwith the poor, and reprove equity for father, "they all think they nave their pulpit that these false prophets had fnr a nubile buildine In San Diego. At gold was being developed in CalifoJ Salt Lake County and City, Geo. B. ana he snail meek of the earth: the affording great inducements for our tj and origin from the Apostles." been destroyed. Many acknowledged the request of the Commander-in-chie- f Esq., ww called to the Chair, and smite the earth with the rod of his authority a pie mere a . , anda:.:make their fortuLT I found out by this that it was . to go there that their murder was an outrage upon of tne American lorces in , ur. Alderman S. W. RicnARM ww elected mouth, and with the breath of his Hps question of opinion. I felt very anx- the laws of the country, and discredit com Dan v of this battalion Secretary. shall he Slav the wicked. ious In my youth to become acquainted able to the State, but then it was a good for six months; when peace was restor thrown into the California market J Ths following Ticket wai unanimously And righteousness shall be the girdle with the neeueu. low rates, and every kind of induce! plan of salvation, and I at- thing they were dead. It however ed their services were no longer of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle tended religious return ment to go there was held out to tto chosen to that the death of individuals While making preparations meetings for that pur- proved his of reins. Saints; but rather than a. and discovered was home was not the death of an organization opened Latter-danative town, in There gold, pose. they my CVm m issioners to locate University Lands: few exceptions, they r,rt. the with with so, The wolf also shall dwell, of field new a to very a world or the enterprise a of The the destruction State New of the in York, people. Potsdam, to JOHN ROWBERRY, He ferred outhere down shall and live on ration aud the lamb, leopard stay number of what were called work which Joseph had commenced and adventure. They made their JOHN VAN COTT, was of but with the kid; and the calf and the young great the religion of Ju It a small nothing and returned, portion "protracted meetings," at which many was continued by his followers. Pre fit LEWIS S. HILLS. Christ that enabled them to abide h u lion and the fatllog together; ana a lit very at families this their eloquent sermons were delivered vious to his death it had been revealed them meetlug and battle! lead them. shall child tie had of them unitedly but to the against the diffi.' to make known to us the way of life and him. and he had told the brethren, in place; great body For Salt Lake, Tooele, Summit and Green a of sterile cullies And the cow and the bear shall feed; salvation, or the certain I in to enlistment of him country. to the so back to was befall IUver Counties. destruction place words, what go their fruits ye shall know them their voune ones shall lie down togeth that awaited the wicked, and the great Hemany men to bear off order to find their famll's and gather "By had the designated ChuTtcilort for tAs Territorial Legislature: er: and the lion shall eat straw like the necessity of repenting and obtaining a the work. He had completed the or them up here. it Is said; and again, JJo men gather WILFORD WOODRUFF, ox. the with of winter 1846, grapes from thorns or figs from thk. ordi The all the the these Lord. heard of administered Saints, ties?' I ganization, knowledge GEO. Q. CANNON, on The fruits which the Mormon ti' Aud the sucking child shall play discourses for days. One of these meet- nances, had borne testimony to the was one of privation and suffering. JOSEPH A. YOUNG. is unity peace, and good or. bears weaned hole of and the the asp, the lasted twelve days, three meetings Saints, and thousands were witnesses Tney were located on the Missouri ligion WILLIAM JENNINGS. ings a Our on cock der his hand tbo child shall put cities, tof ns and settlemeuts' a day; another lasted seventeen days, that upon the head of Brigham Young River, both on the east and west side, of our first commencfrom the atr ice's den. now a For Salt Lake County. at days most of which I attended very zealous and the Twelve Apostles was laid the the main body being place to the preseut ement in all Jackson nor in not we shall hurt which called County Of on of destroy to a They to and forth obtain Nebraska, Florence, go carry 'Representatives: endeavoring responsibility change ly earth models been have shall heart; but I could not feel as many felt, the work which he had commenced denominated Winter Quarters." The time peace, good my holy mountain: for the ORSON PRATT, be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as and In consequence of that I was sealed and the foundation of which he had so scarcity of provisions and the exposure order and harmony; I doubt whether JOHN TAYLOR, the waters cover theses. Iaiah,Lhap. up by the minister to eternal damna- gloriously laid. His death rendered which they had endured, together with any. other people but the Latter-daALBERT P. ROCKWOOD. . A , ( to 9th verses. ENOCH REESE, tion in the name of Jesus Christ, being him a martyr, for it was well known the want of vegetable food caused much Saints could have reclaimed this Ik YOUNO, JUN., The irrigation system requires the' was v vouth or childhood, while at the only sinner in the gallery, the that he was arrested on a trumped up suffering and many deaths. In It in JOSEPH F. SMITH. was one of minister pointing his finger directly at fictitious charge, one on which his ac really at times a camp of mourning. utmost unity and forbearance, for li tending Sunday School, this was oue me. and using the singular number, cusers dared not risk an Investigation, But all seemed to have the spirit of times of scarcity of water it has tot my lessons and which, I taught Selectmen: exto to to the occasion. In the nicely divided out by the hour, or m a believe, required, very great repeating it over three times, and then knowing that he would be discharged. God equal1847 ISAAC M. STEWART, for 3 Year, be to to be in order three times, and The result was that thousands and tens Spring of tent, spiritualised they were ready to re- long to each particular person; aui repeating it again WILLIAM NEAL, for 1 Year. understood. It has been in accordance again three times more. I came to the of thousands who had before looked on new their efforts to seek a home in the when a man sees his grain burning upto water lie has got with the traditions of the various reli- conclusion that if auy authority existed with the idea that he was a master mountains where they, could have a through scarcity of Latter-da- y a be Saint if lit a sects to for believe 14th was could of good in and he of About the doc the Church pretty that it long time, prospect peace. very spirit, preach STATE OF DISERET. gious Presbyterian over it. I tf from that a large portion of the scriptures little use for me to trouble myself any trines and principles in a wonderful April 143 men, led by BrighamJYoung, refrains quarrelling these d under believe that Gentilei, JPor Governor: and sometimes a further on the subject or religion. possessed a manner, now began to feel that there started In this direction, to seek out a three-fol- d would hive killed each cy. BRIO HAM YOUNO. spiritual meaning, and it Is That brought me to investigate the was a sanctity connected with him, road and find a locality where the er hoes over the sv with their to a denomiare belief could this settle. They where did the Itev. Frederick and from being simply lookers on many Saints gave rise, probable that question, teaches JXr nated the "Pioneers." There was no ditches. Our experience E. Canon, who had sealed me up to became believers. great extent, to the system of text of a EDWARD nUNTEK. settlement the in that to which has been reduced earlyis eternal damnation obtain his author grass along the Platte River at that preaching, his of the time death the Saints At for the first more Water required an art, that is, a certain rule is applied ity to do so? I learned that the Pro were JPVr Member to Cbnpres-period, it being too early in the Spring; a In the engaged building temple, thau few subsequently; aa the to any portion of scripture taken as a testants were apostates from theChurch years the grain we WM. II. HOOPER. was given by revela we fed our animals with which of pattern aud bettled, aud becomes land packed and text,accordlngto which rule the sermon of Rome, aud the Church of Itome.they tion, and wnieh tney were commanded carried with us, and on the barksome to settled their ditches Smmton: the places, Jets trees for or discourse must be Just so long or said, was the "Mother of harlots and to build. to complete this twigs of the cottonwood labored is They water thesp consequently we could WILFORD WOODRUFF, required, short as prescribed by the rule. It mutt the abominations of the earth." The temple, and when it was discovered two hundred miles before get difficulties also is less. ifrour It JOSEPH A. YOUNO, grow to road be divided and subdivided, each divis question immediately arose, "Can a that the make, grass. We had the were not broken up af- anywe WM. JENNINGS. never been experience that floods are very destrucroute a had that took ion being devoted to one of the several stream rise higher than its fountain?" ter their people for as been had prophet's death, were traveled. We had no ptlof; no mail ative to dams and ditches, necessitating subjects treated upon by the preacher. Can a corrupt tree brine forth eood anticipated, Representatives. again organizations in repairing heavy yearly utiUisy, To such an extent has this system of fruit? I was told that the Savior sent formed for their destruction. ' These who had ever been over the road was ORSON PRATT. hiis his farm or th&n a when but our them; We continued us. been carried In the Chris- His Apostles to all the world to preach organizations commenced their attacks with journey JOHN TAYLOR. preaching on a that heads situated stream, tian world that published skeletons of the gospel to every creature, and they on the scattered settlements, burning until the 24th of July, at which date garden ALBERT P. ROCKWOOD. sure that feels he eternal in snow, very were led nermons are necessary, and have become took their authority from that. The the houses of the we arrived at this point. We and On motion, meeting adjourned sine die. people inflicting he cau water control is and his at the or the an appendage with almost every minis- reflections that would then arise were personal violence upon them. In one here by the hand the Almighty; th : Latter-dato y crop; through this were though, Is Saints produces a text selected perhaps like this: "If I should present myself week they burned about 175 dwelling ter. When guided of other the we reached ravages grasaboppers'and revelation. of When certain learned the divines a at the Court of at. James with copy of houses with their stacks, barns ana point by opinions the 1ICKHGM AT COALVILLE. have to be consulted, in order to throw a commission issued by the President of other property. While here the place looked very much like a causes', we are eomrielied ta:en dorse and this doing they Paul may plant Increased light upon the subject under the united States, to John Adams, and sent abroad to the world the in tell I desert. The ground was bare, dry and doctrine, though We hear there are several cases of consideration; God that gives the it water, is; was for it has been a feeling ask to be accredited as agent to that Apollos there that appeared nothing dusty; that the "Mormons" had made Small Pox at Coalville and vicinity; among ministers that they must ex- nation, would I not subject myself to gence but we had the hope that it increase. an attack on the other citizens. There inviting, our enemies some time to As I said before, By their fruits ye would take of the as in are a ridicule?" matter this of with down course. passage plain meaning Then, among other who noreslatanceorXered every the being by Saints, know them." A religion which 'Bible, and to be unable to do so is if I present myself as an Apostle of or course tne truth or tne matter soon come here to trouble us. We could shall loathsome disease we hear the names of the will make of considered derogatory to their profes- Jesus good meU under such trying have the privilege building claiming my authority by become known and the sheriff of the certainly and Which will enable before Judge Ana Illnkley and BherUT Steph- sion. This, I presume, has given rise virtueChrist, awhile them and circumstances, in houses to of a commsaion given the living unty issued orders calling forth be to them in meeting the diffeunited come to en Taylor mentioned. The disease was to the great variety of opinions which Twelve Apostles by the Saviour, could disturb a for mob it us, would posaee to put a stop to these burnings. rent difficulties and , dangers has arisen concerning the meaning of I not place myself In the same position.' No sooner was this done tnan an army would take them as long to cross the trials, brought first to that neighborhood by a certain which have us. sod as encounter, had taken it jto they passages in the Bible; and this I certainly would. If a man preaches was marched into the neighborhood: sage plains young man who had been to Corlnne. same cause them the which will enforce luto or upon the have while All contributed tne must way liere, have but no attempt was made to arrest the may journeying. strictest gospel Jesus Christ he He was so lightly affected by it that it cre as 3 the number most the and were we route the of religious sects. temperance, so. to to do him examining critically, authority given directly house burners. A sham trial was held wm not recognized until several of his About the year 1820, there was In the Ask these various denominations if over four or five of the men en eared in for the purpose of seeing where a rail morality and good order is certainly i built. We then expected true religion. We eay to our friendi sister's children, at whose house he western portion of New York State con- iheyhave had revelations for them the murder of Joseph and Hyrum road could beten visit us, See fir yourselves; judge siderable excitement upon the subject selves, and they will unanimously say Smith, but tney were acquitted. In that within years the work which- who resldejl, exhibited unmistakable signs of religion, and what are see the fruits or our for to be of has "reviwllL work the rev yourselves; termed and tell you that twentyproved "No," fact during the time that intervened two would they of small pox. A young lady who visit- vals" were quite common. Joseph elations labors Travel from north land. in this have been accomplished, and ceased with the writings of between their examination and trial to to from east disease ATan a would Cheswest, visiting our at contracted the have railroad built been ed the house south, John the Divine. This is the general they were allowed to go at large on that Smith, that time, lived In. absence of cor settlements! Witness the we were across Ontario this In the continent. county, in thattitate, and opinion amongst them. The result is their own recognizance, only a thousbefore its nature was known. Her ter, idleness and attended mistaken. motion, dishonesty, and meetings. The testimo- that a new source must be opened ud. and dollars being required; and at the about twelve years father was a major in the militia, and ny whichthese v seven-huwitness the 1847 fall: from the pulpit of and It was on this account that Joseph time of the he heard of about In the uniform",temperance andis termed. dred when the three days' drill was recently the actual necessity of men preparing Smith, by calling upon the Lord with they were HONORABLY trial, as it wasacquitted. This wagons, laden with families and morality of the inhabitants. held at RhoauV Valley she accompanied themselves for a future state had more all his might and faith, received this although it was very well understood provisions arrived at this place. The the work of the "Mormon" religion. have been him and Was seized with the fever in or less influence upon him in awaken-- f authority by special revelation, a spe- by jury, witnesses, court aud spectators commencement of Salt Lake City was While the Territories around their vast ten a to cial revelation those of of solemn holv the reflections his the busily, in engaged mind developing priesthood fort, enclosing these men were guilty of the mur building that the camp. By this means the conta- ing which they were designed to awaken. organize the Church and to administer ders, and had taken a leading part In all acres with buildings with the doors mineral resources, here agriculture has soon as As was became it chief pursuit of the people.and spread. In its ordinances. gion These religious meetings were by the been the but tne acts or violence, oppression and in opening inwards; then'enlarging on acres the faith of the Latter-da- y the about The church was organized on the Cth justice against of known that small pox was in the settleaddition nothing , Latter-daytwenty by several Protestant sects, the Saints, nas Is tne m to remain. now tsainta ones of included inaucea the in whom the was were This of 1830, six south. It point in Illinois: but not one of them. nor anv April principal composed ment, houses were prepared on Chalk among a few months past as the within and is no tin was sooner aud Methodists. Sixth up and it Ward, or. organ who ever took part in any members, Presbyterians, Baptists these out "Old Fort Block." designated Creek, three miles above Coalville, to These The planting of a everything brought here had to be denominations united together to ized than a persecution was commenced rages we re punished. which' the tick were removed. At last a certain extent during the excitement, against It, in the shape of vexatious few potatoes was the commencement of brought with ox or mule teams from After this house burning had been our advices Judge Illnkley had taken steps but at its close there arose a kind of lawsuits and mob violence; and a great they matured so navigation in the east for a thousand or agriculturalrorlabors; a nine stopped convention, representing seea serve as to as tne next season; twelve hundred miles: and from the to was of abuse who should variety wrangle among them heaped upon the counties, was Held at Cartnage at which far our to have the select men meet to devise have west It was a greater labor thaa from to be had converts. all Jos. the of head his fellow A labor Smith and considerable provisions brought in the measures for the protection of the citi- number of persons had been converted ers. it was resolved that the Latter-da- v east on account of the desertcbsrac-tero- f Missouri and from the it continued to bear Saints river, wagons However, tney could not remain In Illinois, and had to be handled with the greatest zens against the spread of the disease. and had obtained what was termed a testimony and administered the ordithe country We have no w greyThomas Ford, then Governor of the economy: the people roamed over the er nances was and of to the a Is small to and the be mild form of "Which advantages thau we have had heretoothers, gospel It i apposed hope," question informed- them through Hon. hills and State, food for which we certainly rejoice In. and so ordained shall was fore, and work Considerable the up gathered them, society they join?" I A. Douglass and Gen. John J. such rootsplains pox. ',V. '. Stephen the as While also to and out Indians the of Increase. nronaeated continued this used; excitement country belonged to and they grew that it was impossible for them ate thistles and anything and everything Republicthia came we .'Mexico Stringent means should be taken im- or wrangle over the divisions of the and he continued the mission with Harding of here to remain in the State. We then wrote that would afford the least sustenance. which he was Intrusted for some four- letters mediately by the officers of that county spoils. brought the flag of our country and ud to the Governors of every State The furled desti was almost it; we planted her institutions and to check, this disease. Persons 'who entirely country Joseph Smith had reflected much dur- teen years after the organization of in the Union, to also Missouri., except sea or ana this period, especially at its close, the church, when he was slain, while' tute game; in tne ioiiowing organized a Provisional; ritate under have been exposed to it should cot be ing of the United States, ask- son a Constitution adopted by us; and were or about when he saw these Christian people get under the protection of the State of the President half the when crops ing for protection 1n these States. The black extended permitted to spread the contagion. up feelings of vlndictlveness towards Illinois, with the faith of the State letters the protection of a very rigid in crickets, were no doubt received; an ans- immense grown large came We heard yesterday of a man. ovr there, each other in relation to the converts. pledged by the Governor for hi safety wer was from down the the entire country for police numbers, through received from Governor only ot hundreds them. devoured He The Lord fasta and sides and the was fair miles. hill peotrial. He murdered by Thomas Drew of with the fever upon hlm,being In astore sought by prayer and Arkansas, recom- ple tried to fence them out with water , We had influence- over, the Indians to know which one of these several a mob of one hundred and fifty men ing his with hands Latter-day acquaintances, denominations It would bo proper for with blackened faces who surrounded mending the Saints to settl) ditches, but their labors were in vain, by which" wecould shaking preserve peace; and , in same at time An them the that Oregon Territory arrangement and a great many gave It up: finally the protection to lire Informing him to join. Ills mother two of his the prison where he was detained. wag maae haseen 'greater with the mob that the Saints when all seemed to be lost, God, in His through the Mountains, he expected he was going to have the brothers and one of his- - sisters had They killed him and his brother Hy rum, should leave tne and danger Nauvoo and vicinltv in a mercy, came : to the rescue; and sent from for a small pox. lie was not mistaken, for joined the Presbyterian Church; but he iiuer jonn rayior wnowas with them, reasonable time, on condition less, large portion that mob flocks of gulls from the Lake which, de of theinterruption remained undecided. While In this receiving four wounds. time;, than in some of the streets violence he now has the disease. It is better for state and vexatious law suits should of mind be read In the of Prior to his death Joseph had been cease and that assistance should be voured the crickets. They would fill of New York.r Oo4, gave us Influence n a few persons, or, if necessary, an entire the Apostle James: "If anyepistle of you brought before themselves with crickets, and vomit to Wingifabout thUBtate,of things witb tribunals. their pro- them settlement to be quarantine!, and en lack wisdom, let him ask of Qod, who charged with a variety of crimes; but rendered them to dispose ofthis up again, and fill themselves the Indians. We have acted toward perty. Notwithstanding agree- again until: men liberally, and in every Instance he had proved his ment not a cricket was left; and them in a spirit of justice and have been dare all the .Inconveniences thereof, giveth to all and mob violence was renewed. It shall be given Innocence, and butonoe was he brought were saved. AVe have suffered enabled to xereisw-ove- r the a" large extent crops than that such a disease aa am alt pox him." Henot; In the midst of about 6th the was wax winter, a Lord the from oeiore time little not with iriounai of that that aooordlogly kind' sought this of spevery sway, although, should be spread through our cities and for a knowledge of thesa things, and to him religiously. Throueh theopposed the grand exodus, cies of crickets, though at times our crops it country labors of February,-1846- , been frequently interrupted by has settlements. 4 Who would not endure when about fifteen years of age he re- of himself aud his brethren a great num which brought us to this place, began. have Buffered severely through the rava- persons'; passing through, who had yery a vision from the Almighty. An ber or persons had been brought into The people commenced crossing the ges of the flying grasshopper. WHen little interestin save in Jeafirj any amount of Inconvenience father ceivedmade him a visit, and of him he the church; a number of settlements MIssissIppiRlver with ferry boats; but In we came here, we 'found that we were hosUIeTdeiTon-ourliaadsi- r anything angel than be the means of spreading1 made the inquiry as to which of the had been established, which had as a rew a ay a tne river was frozen so that compelled to adopt a system of irrigation On Sept. 9th 1850, an act of Congress aad perhaps, death around? If sects he should Join." Tie was ome often been broken up, and at the time hundreds and perhaps thousands of in order to raise crops of any kind. None was paasedVextendin g . over thia Teu1' thorough and .energetic measures be what astonished at being told that they of his death there were residing in Nau- - wagons passed over on the ice. We of us were acquainted with th,e art of the laws of the .United States. Lp tory. to continued move all voo had out ana us of the He some settle the had thousgone westward, came way. the disease "hero can twenty with the to that period we had been a Provisional adopted Immediately, concluded that some oue of and persons.vicinity The people were remark- ments at that timei extending about st settlers ever having had anvthinc to zed be kept under control and It will soon naturally coined, them must be right, but the angel in- able for their industry, good order and fifty miles west of the Mississippi river; do witbritni Wa3necessayftherefore,, to a legislature and j udiciary, also die out; but nothing short of these will formed him that they had all gone out civility, and nothlne had been Droved from that point Iowa was an uninhabi go i to -- work. In- - the dark as It: were. counties and ail the measures strict in of the way; they all had some , truth, against them In any court, either civil, ted wilderness.' No road through It, However we did as well as we could. branches and municipalities answer j Half-wa-y .for carrying on .necessary I not one came up to the standard and ecclesiastic or military. Tne records of no trail except Indian trails.- - We went Much of tne grain raised the1 first Season State one thing and lax In another will not but 1852, through it was not his duty'to attach himself to tne oiaie. so rar as our people were to work to make a road, and in doinc had to bo pulled, the straw was so short the government.o In we had orBcers, do. Especial care should be taken of the any appointment of them; but that It was the design concerned were clean, and the whole so, during the latter half of the winter, that it couia not be cut.. It was three Territorial government in clothing of the sick that the contagion of the Al mtghty to reveal the princi- persecution was an outrage upon the uu uiv spring, we oriagea more tnan years before a good crop was raised, and and have had It from that day 10 be not spread through 1L It lswlth ples of the gospel In their original puri- laws of the State and the Constltntion thirty streams and made more than 300 during' that time .everything that could thlsi ... -miles of road, arriving on the Missouri be used for food had to be used, small-po- x as with other diseases, "an ty for the salvation of the human of the United States. has been said that had it not been It including not river r and roots "and far from was Council to He humFrom Bluffs. be the instructs! of We church the family. organisation rawhide We "even'theh for our we should nave been aIs better than a ble aud to seek the Iord ounce of prevention religion built boats to and a death established the of near and the were up by prayer to have recourse to a dmitted into the Union. If our religi ferry Joseph people of Omaha about the systemcompelled pound of cure." There Is no occasion he would receive instructions from had purchased a great quantity of land; the present City of in "order td eke out keeps usjout of.theHnionVl suppoae w rationing for alarm; but there Is a necessity for time to time as he might be prepared. In the State of Missouri thev Dald the first or July, 1848. On our journey from our scanty- supplies. In 1850. we had an shall have to stay out. But we hep Iowa we had made settlements at ttrn abundant harvest, which These visions were repeated unto him an to end is not far distant when the i"' care, energy and vigilance. the put day occasionally, commencing when be was 000 dollars for land, the most of, which different points, broke a thousand acres tne necessity or serving out rations. .vf " tolerant" feenngsof;onr'countryiDeD near fifteen years old, and remaining they still own. They were driven from of prairie land and planted it to grain It is .well known that CohFremont. will he so modified that they will be with him more or less until the day of this land because it was said that they for the benefit of those who should in traveling across this, country, would Will tne toh.lVft rfelfblrtti mm'havSPrl historical The Discoubse. Historical u ": his death. follow after, and a reli practiced preached men stiange starve his sometimes to death. In . affairs let the of the government as discourse by President GeoJ A. Smith, The question which naturally arose gion. The leaders of the mobs, them was at this notnt that wa wai nUi There was no necessity for this, it was others. Bo far as this It is which appears in issue, will be In the mind of Joseph at this time of selves, acknowledged that thete was no by CaDL James Allan, a. TTnltjwl fluto. the result of recklessness and careless- cerned,, however, we' principle um f our await found one of the most Interest! ag yet pub- religious excitements was Which of the legal grounds for their persecutions; officer, by whom a requisition was ness on hla part. . Had he taken the We love the Constitution of the Vaii Is right: and that question was and JJanl. Dunklin, the Governor of made upon us for 500 volunteers. The mines to estimate the extent of States and all laws made f in VuTsj lished. It contains a complete epitome of sects as I have 1 n d Icated. answered ; i Missouri, . declared in one of his. com- companies furnished the volunteers his Journeys, and hadprobable issued his provi CtLa leading events of the various stages of "After the death of the ancient Apos- munications that the Constitution and although they could be illy spared sions in rations there would have been 1 bur ownlcountry tt tomj, la government tles were State laws the of Church the had for the the and under, circumstances. gone ample no astray -. were men for need to of his isailon in 1S30 until the formation of a Ter- had wandered Into darkness. In the protection of the "Mormons," but the made up In four or five dava They perish. the best on theface of the earth; and ant nnf This was the any course bv the in requires to be lived up to. Whefl ritortal Government In Utah. All, either course of four hundred pursued or tne people or tne state a,the,IJ line of march on the lGthJof habitants of this It became prejudices yean are Interested out. who in or Church the la until t the origin and development of what the the dominant religion, and was estab- were so great that it was useless to at- July, 1846, to aid the United States in numbered twelve thousand. Territory they day. somes we can re turn :U &' c"Qt f ... ishedi homes in Missouri ana world terms "MormonUm" will find this lished through the Roman empire. The tempt to enforce the laws. There Is tne war with Mexico. They marched lfcSS. the pracshorjners; or the In year rrer temple Jin Jackson County' t discourse temples were transformed into one oomfort,however,tn reflecting upon to arctveuwonn ana received th replete wUh information on iMs heathen came PW locusts down is and my flying God destroyed the hasten May: day arms Christian ana churches. tnas is mat whenever But with this these things, and then marched from that the crops, and left the Inhabitants little in the name of Jeeusl Amen. 1 subject. DISCOURSE a !. - It i 1. , k, 1 1 re-enlist- ed y y 1 coon-try- a two-fol- Lieutenant-Governo- r: couu-tr- y : I j I . con-duct- ed , - "- ill-feeli- - ng . two-thir- ds , -- : forty-seve- -- up-brald- eth , -- t, slck-nea- sv 4 -- Statl;ha4 . money-organi- -- full-operatio- n, . ' ; ; 1 5 - -- ' j aa-H- :rsiizi.l' to-da- y's - . I ; T ; . -- f ' ; v-'.'- i,. I .1 |