Show I 1 secured HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH MARCH 1843 thursday IG in rn the office reading closter Tl papers pers ard and giving counsel to bro hyrum dr foster fosten oster and many others friday 17 part of the day in my office remainder at home settled with father perry gave him a deed for 80 acres of land and city lot and prophesied that it would not be siamon six mon months before he could sell it for cash at 4 pm N K whitney brou broucht ht in a letter from it S esq st louis dated date ath instant concerning porter rockwell which I 1 immediately answered re reports orts oris reached us that new indictments had been reen found against myself bro hyrum and some others on the old missouri trouble troubles q and J C bennett was making desperate threats the island of ceded to great britain by the emperor of ot chira china who opened ks lse alve live e ports to the english trade by treaty saturday 18 1 I was most of the forenoon jn in the office in cheerful conversation with wilh dr richards and others finished writing a cettei letter ietter to arlington bennett about noon 1 laid down on lle ile lie he writing table with my headon head on abile a pile of law boole booke saying write and tell the world I 1 acknowledge m my pelf belf a very great lawyer I 1 am going to st study 1 ay law and this is the way I 1 study it and then fell asleep rode out in the afternoon with IV W clayton looking at lots for bishop N K and afterwards played ball with the boys koys the french seized upon the society group of pacific igles sunday 19 rode out with emma and visit sited ed my farm tarn returned about 11 am and spent the remainder of the day at home D B huntington started for chicago with a lette letter to mr justin butterfield U S attorney ney concerning orrin porter rockwell received a letter from elder P P pratt iving giving a synopsis of his mission to england since rince august 1839 in which I 1 find he has published since april 1841 when the remainder er of the twelve returned home 1500 thymn books 2500 voice of warning tracts entitled heaven on earth copies of elder hydes mission to Jeni jerusalem salem yle zie to copies kopies yie a of A letter to the queen and some other cr works and anti continued the star monthly ile he left england oct 20 1842 and after a voyage 41 e of ten weeks arrived in new orleans being leing ice bound on the river and having a dislike to 0 the outlaws who govern missouri he wintered at chester illinois on the news of his hia arrival he was warmly pressed to preach which he did several times and baptized two men in that place sir james south sir john erschel herschel II and other astronomers in europe have published notices of the sword seen in the heavens on the eve of the loth and several swe sye e even angst ggs they represent it as the stray tail of a com comet romet as no nucleus could be discovered with powerful instruments 5 at paris paria M arago caru to the academy academy my of sciences on the subject of the comet that the observations of the a mers were not cot complete the nucleus not being t disi discovered dion blon monday day 20 1 I rode out to see hiram niram kim ball bal ballich lith bith mith mrs butterfield about a deed for the L lswrence am awrence rence estate settled with robert D foiter voster Fost erand gave pave him a note to balance ali all all ail demand demands and aft afterward aften erard varda acknowledged about 4 20 deed deeds to diffie different rent individuals which mccu ted pred fed myllie until about 3 pm in aier A ietter letter appears in the nii nil millennial nial hial star a giving i ving particulars of the passage of the ship swan tony jion tonj from liverpool and arrival at new or heans jeans loaded with saints in which the power the he holy priesthood is manifested in the Ee eling aling fil ell of the sick the steward of this ael el was so injured by a blow froni from one of larew i crevy cresy that his hia life was de despaired red of and I 1 so over him for sometime some atme and thought rid that th tt hf as gone the captain had administered to biall hamall all ali that he could think of in the way of i ned nea but to n no 0 effect and after they gave up bipes of his recovery at twelve at nig ni gu he sent seat for elder eider lorenzo snowa snow and ara by anointing with oil and the lavingon laving on gt hands handa shin sAin in the name of the lord he wag waa there and then raised up and perfectly healed for this token of the divine favor we wiit wilt praise the god of israel tuesday 21 was in the office about 9 writing orders about noon started with william clayton for Shoko quon dined at bro broi russells and then resumed our journey to libeus T coons 16 miles when I 1 wonderful kigns signs have been seen in the heavens during the week this night right about 12 the pilot and officers of the steamer william penn on the ohio river between aurora and the rising sun tin indiana observed a great light in the sky shy in the form of a serpent pen t it turned to a livid bright red deep and awful and remained stationary among the stars for two nr or three minutes and then in itt a gradual manner formed formea a distinct roman romin G in about I 1 it I 1 minutes it turned into a distinct 0 and afterwards changed to a plain D when it turned into an oblong shape and gradually disa disappeared feared 7 A wednesday 22 0 was spent in visiting my py friends elder bider 1 E D woolley writes from westfield wesfield that he has his baptized twenty and organized a branch in little river village ig I g elder james burnham lied died in richmond aged 46 he had been on a mission to england rn gland giand and wales about 2 years and was then on a mission in the eastern states ard through excessive labor and exposure brought on quick consumption lie ile left a wife and several beveral children to lament his loss 10 Thu thursday 23 spent the day in visiting my friends at 71 am the heavens exhibited a splendid appearance of circles accompanied by mock suns for further particulars see times and seamons Sea rons page the sword has been seen for several nights pas past also aiso on the opposite side of the horizon a black streak about the size of the light on conr r while the one is aa as black as darkness the other has considerable of the appearance of the blaze of a commer corner but it is not a comet for it appears about 7 and disappears about 9 friday 24 I 1 took a ride to camp creek met bro claytor returned to libens libeus T co coons on T where we ure warmed for an hour and ih then n r returned home horne in the evenin evening two teams arrived from lima loaded with pr provisions ovi also one load from angusta An custa the st louis republican sars at point a pitre guadaloupe guada Gnada loupe ioupe one of the west india islands 2000 persons ran together in the pub lic lie s square aare m ullen when lien llen the earth opened and swallowed lowel the whole mass the p apers papers report that gen napier with 7 00 english 1 glish troops gained a brilliant victo victorya 7 over the Bel army of men oa on the tilt uit Satur saturday day dav 25 in tn the office at 8 am heard a report from hyrum concerning thieves whereupon I 1 issued the following proclamation to the citizens of wheres s it appears by the republication of the foregoing proceedings and di declaration ecla ration that I 1 have not net altered my views on the subject of and whereas it is reported that there now exists a band of desperadoes bound by oaths of secrecy tinder under severe penalties in case any mem ber her of the combination divulges thir plans of st stealing ealin and conveying pro properties petties from station to station up and down the mississippi and mothr rou routes es and whereas it is a reported that the fear of or the execution of the pains and penalties of their secret oath on their persons prevents ids some ni abers of said secret association who have through falsehood and deceit been drawn into their snares from divulging the sime to the legally constituted authorities of the land know ye therefore that 1 I josph jos ph smith mayor of the city rity of nauvoo will grant and insure protection against all personal mob violence to ea chand every citizen of this city who will freely and voluntarily come before me and truly make known the names of all stich such abominable characters as are enca enza engaged ed in said secret combination for stealing stoa lingor v or are access arv ary thereto in any manner mander and I 1 would respectfully solicit the cooperation operation co of all ministers of justice fustice in this and and ind the neighboring states to ferret out a b band and of thievish outlaws from our midat midst given un under dermy my hand band at nauvoo city this day of march AD JOSEPH SMITH mayor of said city I 1 received a letter from grand grard master mister A jo nag requesting the loan of cannon to celebrate the organization I 1 of the new county of mar quette which I 1 granted also received a letter from V U S senator I 1 young with a bond for a quarter section of land I 1 baptized mr mifflin migg Miff linof of philadelphia issard a writ for the arrest of A fields for 1 disorderly conduct he was waa brought in drunk I 1 about noon and abused the court I 1 ordered hl him t to 0 b be pat t in in irons irous irons till he was wag so sober ker ter the ne caan high council with my brother livrud presiding sat on an appeal of benjamin boyr hoyta orom from tho the decision of ot da dadd david 64 eliw bisho bishor which was that bro lloyt cease to call certain chiric characters witches or wizard wizards cease to work with the divining rod roo roc and cea cease at b burning arnin i 1 board or boards to heal those whom he SA saia slid were bewitched on hearing the case the council decided to confirm the decision of bishop evans the st louis louia gazette reports an awful gale sale within the last six weeks vessels were wrecked grecke d on the coast of england and lives ilves e los lost on the coast of ireland 5 vessels and lives on the boist of scotland 17 vessels 39 lives and on the coast of france 4 vessels and lives value of vessels and cars cari cargoes roes roughly estimated lon zon the tiie thames tunnel completed opened for foot passengers when persons persona passed through h the first da dav v I 1 eiler elyer elder elfer william I 1 lenshaw henshaw who has encountered considerable opposition since he commenced preaching in south wales organized the pen y darran branch and ord ordained alved william rees nees davis priest who commenced prea chinar chine in the welsh language which caused opposition to increase and a considerable number to receive the gospel gospe while he established that branch of the charch bro supported himself by work in the coal mines sunday 26 at home the weather being too severe for meetings |