| Show I 1 copyright secured 3 HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH MAY 1843 thursday 25 23 sent william clayton to j carthage to redeem the city lots on the gal land tract which had been sold for taxes dr imbert chastan and I 1 manian missionaries with seventy christians were be headed and one hundred and eighty i strangled in corea eastern Easter lt asia the town of tallahassee florida destroyed by fire s friday 26 at 5 pm I 1 met in council in the u upper er 1 room with vit a m my y brother hyrum B i young yoong young p I 1 II 11 1 C kim kimball ball bail W richards judge I 1 J james ames adams bishop N K whitney vy and william law and gave them their endow aindow I 1 ments and also instructions in the priesthood on the new and everlasting cove covenant ac i wrote a letter of instructions to reuben bedlock Hed lock saturday 27 in the morning received visitors I 1 at 12 2 pin m I 1 met meb brother hyrum the twelve judge adams adams bishop whitney and others in council to in investigate vesti gate the conduct of benjamin winchester charges having been preferred against him by letter ietter ietter fetter from sybella armstrong and others in philadelphia sisters jarman and adams G J adams and others gave their testimony when they ped winchester and took his license until he made satisfaction to the aggrieved parties EXTRACT W WOODRUFFS JOURNAL lra erz A rainy day in the afternoon I 1 met in council with the tv twelve eive elve and first presidency when the case casi of benjamin Bc njamin wincheste winchester was brought up tip on trials trial triai for improper conduct sian slandering Tring the saints hi in philadelphia for rejecting rejection the counsel of hyrum joseph and the twelve and tearing to pieces the saints instead of building c them up hyrum plead for mercy joseph for justice and the twelve decided according to testimony andin and in all we had an interesting time elder winchester was refractory and out of order joseph wished tile the twelve or president of the quorum to call the house to order several letters were read tou ton touching ching the subject after which elder winchester made a lengthy speech trying to justify himself was followed by president hyrum smith who plead in behalf of winchester on the side of mercy elder george J adams gave his testimony against winchester then elder winchester followed adams and both spoke times then president joseph smith arose and rebuked rebuked elder winchester in the sharpest ma manner nn er said he hada bada had a lying spirit and had lied about him and told fold him of many of his errors after hearing the testimony elder B young president of th the quorum of the twelve said safi he be had I 1 ad ma made de up his mind and his ills decision was that elder winchester should give u up his ills license and cease preaching until he louid should reform adorm president if smith said he should not like to have hivie such a decision eiven elven without another trial and give elder winchester a chance to get more testimony if he could pres president 1 ident young said lie he should then prefer to have hive the case turned over to the high council president joseph smith said it was not the bus bub business in e ss of the high council they could not tr try him it belonged belonge 3 to the twelve and them alone for it was concerning matters abroad and ana not nob in nauvoo the high council was to ti try y cases that belong to this stake and the twelve to regulate the churches and elders abroad in all the world and elder winches tess case comes und under er the jurisdiction of the twelve twelver and them alone president 11 smith ur urged ed that the case should be pat put off until R tor toi to i morriw orra y president J smith said the case might be ie put off until tomorrow to morrow at 10 if it ifould do anybody any good prot B young yount arose and spoke in the majesty of his bis calling and among other rc re maiks said his mind was made up and the remarks of brother hyrum or of brother joseph had not altered it as he would not sit bit upon tho the garp casp ano ago her lav lav lay he i A r ther AV eh chis s rr r ti d aken t an sit on yojo it 3 of off f A ati f tatt 3 e n apost ie IP WWI I 1 a d c u 8 for the rest of the twelve they might do as they the y pleased as for himself he would not submit b m it to it benjamin winchester has hag despised ind and rejected the counsel of odthe the presidency and the twelve has said they had no jurisdiction over him in philadelphia and to say where he should go ac but he and others will find there is power in the twelve we know through gli whom we have received our power and who are our benefactors and we are thankful for it benjamin winchester has never for the first time received our counsel but has gone contrary to it no one is safe in his hands he calls hyrum an old granny and slanders every body he says there is a contradiction between hyrum and the twelve there is no contradiction between hyrum and the twelve is there brother hyrum hyrum answered no after B young closed president J smith said he lie would give us a little counsel if we saw fit to accept it lie thought it proper for us to silence elder winchester take his license and have him bring his family to nauvoo and if he would not do that let him go out of tiie tile th e church it was then moved and seconded that elder winchester be silenced and give up his license and come with his f family am i t to nauvoo which was carried unni T y brother joseph then addressed the twelve and said that in all our counsels especially while on trial of any one we should see and observe all things appertaining to the subject and discern the spirit by why which ich lih either party was governed we should be in a situation to understand every spirit it and juide juldo judge ri righteous oteous judgment and not be be asleep we should keep order and not let the counsel be imposed upon by unruly conduct the saints need not think because I 1 am familiar with the them mand yand am playful and cheerful that I 1 am in ignorant orant of what is going on iniquity cannot se be retained in the church churas of any kind and it will not fare well where 1 I am in for I 1 am determined while I 1 do lead the church to lead them right bro joseph farther remarked concerning elder adams that he had given satisfaction to him concerning the thing whereof he be was accused he had bad confessed all wherein he hla hia had done wrong and had asked for mercy and lie he had taken the right course to save himself that he would now begin anew ili in the church after much instruction was given from joseph sah the council adjourned I 1 then instructed the twelve to investigate the condition of the whole philadelphia church while in council voted that hat the following persons be assisted to emigrate from england viz mrs elizabeth bet h mrs sarah taylor jeremiah taylor mrs mary greenhalgh mrs elizabeth clayton and two children hugh patrick and family mrs ann farrar and three children mana Maria barrows and children childre nAlice alice allce bail ball ey and two childen child ebil dinn rn william PI players fyer dyer 3 s family i prudence parr and six children rebecca partington A tremendous rain storm all day commencing with wit h thunder in the morning four hundred and f fifty nitty thousand persons met at ireland to petition for a repeal of the parliamentary union sunday 28 cold rainy day at 5 pm L I 1 met with bother hyrum B young 11 C kimball Kim eim bally IV W richards N K whitney and james adams in the upper room to attend to ordinances and counseling prayed that james adams im might be delivered from his enemies and that 0 P rockwell might be delivered from prison and that the twelve be prospered in collecting means to build the tiie nauvoo house of the first twelve apostles chosen in kirtland and ordained tinder under the hands of oliver cowdery david whitmer and myself there have been but two but what have lifted gifted their heel beel against me namely brigham young and heber C kimbail kimball monday 29 at 9 am I 1 met in council with brother hyrum B young 11 II C kimball AV richards N K whitney and james adams singing and prayer by dider cider B yb young u ng conversation instruction and tea teaching in concerning the things of rod tod god had a pleasant interview w two pm in mayors conr tried a case the people vs Thom thomson sony for assault fined Thom thomson sony 3 gave instructions to have the account of the lawrence estate made out judge jams ramps adams gave a deed of eleven quarter sections sections of land on the pral prairie riep to the trustee in trus trust 6 pm the twelve apostles met and directed the following to be shel shei in ia tle tl times and seasons cc MESSAGE to the church in philadelphia all the members mem klees liess of that branch of the church of jesus lesis christ of latter day saints will willchris ciris located in philadelphia nia who are desirous of aning d aing the wiil will of heaven and of working ont out their own salvation by keeping the laws lawa of the celestial kin hin kingdom are hereby instructed ani and counse IP J to remove from thence wi thoi thol eliy i hav bay Liy a i 1 lok lf i themselves in tho tb af iv v f r N where G d has a work fr I 1 te e r r r p sli ili die dib pie P 1 ie a M 4 I agreeable to the instructions of the first presidency by order of the quorum of the twelve BRIGHAM YOUNG president of the quorum AV RICHARDS clerk 11 appointments by the quorum of the twelve elder jame james s sloan to ireland elder benjamin brown accompanied by elder jesse W crosby to the province of nova scotia elder elwin AV webb to galena elder isaac chase to the eastern states elder stephen Ab abbott Ablott bottand yand charles E spencer to wisconsin territory elder isaac thompson to acco accompany in any them 17 W RICHARDS clerk y pleasant but cool after the rain tuesday 30 in the office from 9 till noon examining nauvoo stock transacting transacting business with the twelve apostles and taking bonds from B young H C G kimball 0 hyde 0 pratt AV woodruff and geo A smith smithy of which I 1 insert one as follows follos know all men by these presents that we bri dri brigham harn young and and john 51 Bern bernhisel hisel bisel are held heid and ando firmly bound unto joseph smith as sole trustee in in trust for the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in the penal sum of two thousand dollars lawful money vioney of the united states for the payment of the which sum well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs assigns and administrators firmly by these presents dated at NAUVOO this day of may 1843 the condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden bounded bril brigham oham young who has been appointed an agent to collect funds for the nauvoo house hoube association and for now bu building I 1 in the city of nauvoo shall falt fait truthfully heully pay to tho the said trustee in frust as aforesaid all ail al moneys that be he may collect fir either kouse louse house then this obligation to be null and anti void otherwise to remain of full fall force and virtue signed sealed and dd livered delivered J th a day and year arst first above writ written teri teil BRIGHAM YOUNG ils ins LS JOHN AL BERNHISEL in the presence of john snider and directed that receipts be also written for the nauvoo stock as follows received may 1843 of joseph smith sole trustee in ili trust for the church of jesu jesus christ of later latter day saints three hundred stock certificates of nauvoo house assoria sion ilon numbering a as follows numb ring rine I 1 to inclusive dated feb reb 8 1811 1841 38 c to IT igo 44 1 16 61 6 41 30 to 4 1 it t cc 10 28 cc 6 5 to 32 cc 6 it shares value BRIGHAM YOUNG afterwards superintending super intending the preparation i of papers to the tho lawrence busl busi bubines s wednesday 31 called at the office and court room hoori before breakfast and conferred with dr richards on business ct city 1 cl council met at 10 am and gave instructions at ru ions lons to a committee to draft an ordinance in relation to the ferry rode rods out in the afternoon on the pr prairie birle hirle with mr houston the speaker of the house of representative representatives for missouri judge S emmons lawyers marr and 0 C isi skinner iki and william clayton at 6 pm met with the tite city council eoln eoin cil cli when ihen the ordinance in relation to the ferry perry passed its second read reading inc inz sig signed ened letters of f recommendation to james jarnes brown and peter haws laws g to td collect funds in mississippi and alabama elder 11 youn young moved out of his log cabin into a new brick house rouse small but comfor comfortable tabe and convenient the steamer amaranth landed at nauvoo the saints nho who had left liverpool in theyan shire 11 under the care of elders thomas bullock and richard rushton all weli wel and also some saints who had lert left there more recently in the I swanton ay news arrived that general charles napier g gained apter after ined a brilliant victory near Hyder abad after a desperate combat of three hours the Bel bei army of men were completely overthrown oyer over thrown by 2700 E english ng olish troops who sustained a loss of only 25 killed and wounded including inc including ludin iudin IS 18 officers fou four undred hundred and fifty clergymen have lately seceded fram the church of scotland being nearly one ha half if 0 of f ta tile I 1 e IV whole whore ho ae nu number M ber ben thursday june I 1 presided in the city co council uncil ancil which passed an ordinance to establish estabi I 1 a ferry perry across the mississippi river atthe at the city of nauvoo as follows section abe 1 be it ordained by the city council ff the city of nauvoo Niu that joseph smith or his successor is authorized and licensed to keep a ferry perry for or the term cf of p succession slon sion across the mi mississippi sissi op i ri river riser er wi liin ilin t the limies of said sald eity rity d dwor boarded nort hort north nr dr ar the norh west w st conor bunor of section no 31 township 7 nordi norb norh of ridge ringe 8 west of the ath principal meridian iri and anti south near the south east coi col coiner colner net ner of f fractional section no 12 township tj ditori nor hor i of f rny ran rne p 9 west of the ah grm cadi 1 0 ci 11 u ng ing to the charter i s d iv V 1 or ov wh ch h c ci tir tin ar was wms gri tri 1 e fl I 1 1 tolore authorized by the state of illinois if any there be within the aforesaid limits section 2 and be I 1 it further ordained tb that thab at the said sald Smith shall furnish said ferry with a good flat boat boaty or a good boat to be worked by steam or horse power and skiff or yawl in such case sufficient for the speedy and safe trans portion of all passengers together with their teams animals goods and effects and further that said boat or boats shall be furnished with a suitable number of men to manage them with skill and ability section 3 and be it further ordained that if any person or persons except those whoa ferry is established and confirmed by this ordinance shall at any time thrle run any boat or boats or other craft for the purpose of con conveying convell passengers or their property across said rivea niver river r as aforesaid within said boundaries as aforesaid he she or they so offending shall forfeit every such boat or boats or other crafty to the owner owner or proprietor of the ferry and the owner or proprietor of the ferry aforesaid may at any time after such forfeiture shall have accrued enter upon and jake lake possession of such boat or other craft to his ills or her own use without precept and such offender shall moreover pay to the tha owner or proprietor of the ferry aforesaid whom whoa may be a aggrieved deved as aforesaid the surn sum of felteen do dollars ars f for or each ach e person who may be thus unlawfully tarried carried or conveyed across said ferry as aforesaid to be |
