Show js V i cow COM copyright right secured litolff bf OF JOSEPH MITH OCTOBER 1842 1642 N tt 1 t saturday 29 about joithe 10 hi the forenoon I 1 raae eu up p i all alj and viewed the temple I 1 expressed M faction at the hie arrangements and was plea piea plese se d f with wyth the progress made in that sacred edoffice edff ece ice after conversing with several of the lita beU iren and shaking 0 hands with numbers who i w T bovery ervery much rejoiced to see their prophet again I 1 returned home homer but soon afterwards went ovel evel over to the store whre where a number of brethren aid alla ald sisters bisters were assembled who had arrived this morning from the neighborhood of new york lone long island island ac after elders taylor wood ruf fahid farid saintel sar Sai nuel bennett had address addressed td the breth teti tefa and sisters I 1 spoke to them at considerable teni ieni lengths taj showing them the proper course to pur sue sueana and how to act in regard to making purchases of abid land arid ac I 1 showed k h 0 w athe them that it was generally generall y in consequence orthe brethren disregarding L or disobeying counsel couii el thit that they became dissatisfied and mur durej mureland mure dand and many when they arrived here bete were ats dissatisfied with the conduct orsome of or the saints zei because a edse every very tiling thing was not done perfectly right rana yana they ther get mad road and thus the devil gets advant adva nt j i id S p ever syer ay 1 them to destroy them I 1 told them I 1 11 a man mail and they most not expect me to be perfect if they expected perfection from me I 1 ish s 0 u uld id expect it from them thern but if they the would bear with i my infirmities and the infirmities of the brethren I 1 would likewise bear with their infirmities I 1 told them it was likely I 1 would have again to hild fild eup tu in I 1 the woods but they mut must no be discouraged cou raged but roll on oil the city the temple ac when wilen my enemies acke vike away my rib riz ri eilts slits lits I 1 will bear ii ft and keep out of the way but if it they take away yo spur ur rig rights lits I 1 will fight for you yon I 1 blessed th theland the eean etan mand d departed 1 dr wilfird richards returned to nauvoo with his ills famus danli tanti fy baving laving iia ila having lia ving visited most of the churches in the tho eastern states slates and preached prea clied to them life the necessity of building the temple and gathering to this PT pece peace ce in obedience to the commandment og of god gol to chiq ln i people n ay 30 the saints met to worship on a te temporary 0 axy ary floor in the tile temple tile the walls of or which were about four feet high above the hie base inept telli and notwithstanding its size it was well fitted it had been expected that I 1 would address the abut 1 sent zent word that I 1 was so sick that I 1 could not meet with them consequently elder jark raylor taylor delivered a discourse in the after 1100 ii I 1 went to visit the sick ac monlay monday 31 1 I rode out to my farm with my children ildren and did not return until after ja dark tk T A es day november 1 1842 1642 1 rode with emma ma to the tern temple tempie pie for the tile benefit of herbe berbe her health alth sll sil an 6 e ta is rapidly gaining in the afternoon went to D dr willard richards who was very sick at ader eider elder woodruffs afterward afterwards accompanied by my iny children and ind william clayton rode out towards thie thre farm when going down the hill near calders Cal gal pers kert kerl the carriage got overbalanced over balanced and upset iwae iwas was abrown thrown soine dig distance tance from the carriage andall and all ail three et 0 the children almost under it I 1 aroe r and enquired if any ot of the children were killed b brut blut A t u upon p ort ott e examination x there was no one etious lyli tyli li u urt url rt frederick r r e derick G Willid willi ims tits had lind ills his lle ile libet lie et bruised which was wan the worst injury re C carved V e r vit tit s e em ed miraculous how wa we escaped serious iba iury jury f fron from borri this accident and our escape conid could notts to any other power than 40 I 1 feet feel thankful tj god tor for thIns e of ili lii hh kind hind and aud watchful care over fly fik family OT tiel TIM tin ariage ferriage was BO go much bicke we left it and ct y putting utting the children in ili br broihier oilier st studdards Stid dards wiy wis d 1 in the tile evenings even ingI rode to the ted teo cerite 1 e with two tivo or ormy my children jn r vrle inie ichards hards hada bA had a severe attick 6 cholera 1 41 4 u P dhye dyre n spent this forenoon th ip t te oak desk ac arm irm my store storey over oter to dex aix my ho hasp i te in the afternoon rode out 16 lothe the carmn carma farmland d spent the time ploughing sloughing hing ac 14 ilia S T rode out with emma to the 4 robe rode out with stith lorin walker to umbel irr irn north of orthe the city IF S 1 I I 1 1 arum sinith and hild wilson witson law re rj d iorii iorli their mission to the tile east they bang ma very ry 4 good reports concerning the public 0 and sav say that john C benn Benu bennetts etts expose rde uda no hurt but much mitch good tyes tyee ire L I 1 fd mitt fitt B brigham rig I 1 hdm him youtie 11 C Kimb allGeo chilt au and I 1 A lyman othe athe f the twelve atso also hurried Hur lied tied from their missions and brought a shihi him hta hia f the gy had visited the tha conference aci or 11 tile the fiolka which aliey tiffy th ey published on e lith a abid arid vii had 11 also visited man many mans v of or tha iha places in we 1 state tates delivered ea addresses dresses eople op leand faud atud flum ninh fee feeling lingin in most roost dae dav 51 5 I 1 tamed tarried at st home horne on an account of in fi I 1 received a visit from some rome indans indians alfe irhe jl fe wee ane ace d bv a negro neero set iet expressed great fri friendship tor lor the mormon feoli r aae ane air alf said sard hev hey were their fawns ater utia utis ui ll zoe aoe doe cr t un and rig ng of vic vie duals aney alj tip departed evidently highly gratified with their visit I 1 told dr richards the mississippi ippi river would be frozen over in less than a month altho aitho the weather was then warm and aid pleasant sunday 6 at home all day my brother H hyrum bruni preached afternoon received a cibit from D dr r willard richards monday 7 spent the forenoon in council with brother hyrum smith and some of the twelve and arid in giving instructions concerning the contemplated journey to springfield on the december next and end what course ought to be pursued in reference to the case of bankruptcy in the afternoon calvin A warren eq arrived and I 1 called railed upon the twelve and others to testify before esq warran warren what hey they knew in fit reference to the appointment of or trustee in trust ac showing also from the tile records that I 1 wa was s authorized by the church to purchase and hold property in the name of the church and that I 1 had acted in all things according to the counsel given to me tuesday 8 this afternoon called sor P lyun and others to make affidavits concerning the frauds and irregularities practised practiced in tile the post office in la nauvoo A petition was drawn and sig signed by many and sent ly by esq warren to judge young with a request that tit the latter should present the s ame same t to 0 the P post 0 s t 11 master I 1 as te r general and use his influence to have the present post I 1 master removed and a new one appoint appointed id I 1 was recommended for the appointment in ili tile the afternoon officiated in court as mayor at my house wednesday 9 paid E rhodes it being beina the amount of three notes votes due for tb the orth north west ivest quarter of sec 9 6 N 8 W and presided in city council a special meeting to investigate nie hie writ arft of habeas corpus I 1 thursday friday and saturday 10 11 II igi igl 12 pr presided at adjourned sessions of ilie tile city council at my house sunday 13 1 I was at home through tile the day ship sidney new orleans nov 13 1842 dear brother we have had a passage of fifty six days fine weather with a kind captain and crew who allowed us every reasonable privilege there have been five deaths out odthe company and one sailor who ho fil pil f 11 from the tiie yard arm and und was killed brother yates eldest child sister cannon brother brownes and two children belonging to a man not in it the church we stuck upon the bar at t the mouth of the river shirly four hours about two hours afterpe got goi off the medford came on the bar where sh she estuck stuck thirty hours we landed here on the lith instant an and 1 tile the medford arrived toddy ioddy toddy today to day she site lies lieb about ten teli yards from us they have had two deaths upon the whole a good passage we have taken one of th the e largest and best 8 steamboats team hoats boals in this port we pay 2 12 1 2 dollars per head and 25 cents per tile the weight allowed baeb person which is ibs lbs we ure are all going up toi tol together eiller ciller 1 yours truly G D WATT |