Show 7 1 I CO C copyright O py rl gi its secured acure d 3 HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH january I 1 S 13 jan satur saturday 7 at 8 81 1 in the tile morning we left judge adams to return to to nau and arrived at captain dutcha at 4 in the evening traveling verv very bad with snow and mud and yet tot so cold as to whiten the tila horses with frost while riding this day general law and dr richards composed a jubilee song which they wrote and sung suna in the evenitz evenin eveni uz sr and dedicated to all lovers of illinois liberties as printed on an the tile first page of number of the wasp recent accounts conits ac coults from alexandria in egypt state the mortality murrain among cattle cattie sti eti s itil atil 1 l continued and it was calculated that upwards of SM oxen lind already died sunday 8 aab in the mornin we left captain and passing through geneva and bardstown Bards town and crossing the illinois river on tle tie the ice lee arrived at rushville at 4 ill in the tile evening everin evenin after kuppr I 1 went to aln air uraih browns with will several of the lie brethren and spent the tile evening very agreeably partly in examining erwa erca mining drafts of improvements in prove ments lie he had made ia im some operative and defensive machinery londay monday Al 9 at ma 81 81 in the tha morning started for plymouth roads very hard smooth and ac icv when about two miles mies west of brooklyn at 12 pm the horses of tile the large carriage slipped and au became and horses and carriage with lorin walker willber and dr richards in in it we went 1 I off the embank embankment me nt some six or eight feet per cular doing addin no damage except bre bra a fore axletree aud and top of tiie 11 ie carriage it was as a remarkable kable interposition of providence that neither of tile the brethren were injured in lle the lie leas tile the company agreed that lilburn W bogos boggs should baythe damage cut down a small email tree 6 spliced the axle drove trove on and arrived at brother samuels Simuel 3 in plymouth Pry mouth about four in in the evening after supper I 1 viAt edmy eister fi iter catherine salisbury S iii ali b r y accompanied by dr R richards yle tic hards and sister durphy r y this was the tile first time lime linal I 1 had visited her in the tile state of illinois and the circumstance brought vividly to my mind many things pertaining to my fa fathers theis house of or winch I 1 spike freely a and ll 11 d p particularly of my brother alvin alain he ile was a very ver y handsome I 1 me mail man surpassed kurp turp assed ly non but aam and seth SL eth and of or erel grel strength when two irishmen were fighting and one was about to gouge the others ol liers eyes eyes alvin took him by his collar and bre breecher breeches eclieF and threw him film over the ring which was composed of men standing around to witness the fight awhile while there said dr richards my heart w djs is pained to see a hister rister of Joi los josephs ephs almos aimos alm ost t barefoot and four lovay lovely ch children idren entirely so it in the middle of a severe winter what has not joseph and his liis fathers family suffered dred tred to b ing forth the tiie work of the lord in these last davs days we returns to brother S samuels Ps jusa just before the tile close of the meeting at the th school houge lions where elder taylor preached after passing tile the usual urual salutations with several who had llad called to aee ee me ei neing singing the tile jubilee ac retired to rest tuesday 10 at aj in ill tile tiie morning we started for nauvoo and shopping stopping ping only to water at the public well at carthage cartilage arrived at my house at ay 2 in the evening found fou ad my family well who 4 with many friends assembled to greet us on our safe return and my freedom my aly aged mother carne came caine in and arid got hold bold of my arm before I 1 saw her tier which produced a very agreeable surprise on my part and the bid lady was overjoyed to behold her tier eon free once more wednesday ill lil II 11 I 1 rode out oct with emma this morning designing to go to brother isaac russets Rus nus sels seis and mid apologize for breaking his big carriage on our return from fi oi springfield but broke a sleigh shoe siloe and returned home where I 1 received a visit from a company of or gentlemen and ladies from farmington i 0 on n the des DeR desmoines moines river who left at alt if in the evening I 1 directed letters of invitation to be written I 1 from myself and lady for a ditner party party at mv my houge house on wednesday next at 10 in th the a morning 0 rnell to bo be directed to brothers wilson law wi william iliam law hyrum smith samuel bennett john taylor william mark peter hawf orson llyde liy de henry G sherwood william clayton CI ayton jabez D dalphy ar y 11 II tate edward hunter theodore T u rill a shadrach roundy willard rich ards arthur millikin brigham young heber heben C kimball wilford woodruff Woo drutT george A smith al cutler cuter R Q enolds cahoon and lales ladles also mr levi moffitt and carlos and ladies my mother lucy nith and sisters ellra it snow and mullah ell eli eils on oil hearing hea mg of my iny invitation for dinner the twelve apo illas issued the following proclamation to THE tue SAINTS is NAUVOO feeling a deep sense of gratitude to our cleav heavenly enly eniy father for the tile great blessings which lie ha lias has conferred on us in ill the deliverance of our on r beloved president joseph smith from the oppression with which lie has so long been bound the traveling I high COUl council iciLin invite tile the brethren bretl iren in ill nauvoo in to unite with them in dedicating tuesday tiie the dakof day of january instant as a day ay of hum humiliation Mation matlon fas fa tinz praise prayer pra er and thanksgiving before the great El that he will continue tile the outpour outpouring ino of his lioy lloy flocy i 1 spirit upon this people that they lay aay may ever walk I 1 bumb humbly I 1 y before him a seek e ek out and follow the tiie councils given through his servant and ever be united heart and hand in building up tip this stake of j zion and tiie ilia temple where god will reveal 1 himself to this people that no strife or confusion may ever be found in our midst but peace and may bo be our companions and as lie he has hitherto sustained his prophet in al all the difficulties c he lias has had to encounter FO so he will continue to do until he has his finished tila the great work committed to hig his charge and that all those who have hive been called to his 1 assistance in inthe the holy ministry la t mav may may be diligent and faithful in all thines things that his Is hands may be staid on high like unto I 1 moses that our enemies if such we have llave may repent and turning awa from their enmity get forgiveness lind rind salvation and that they mav have no dominion over the servants of god or his liis saint but that zion zinn may flourish upon the mountains and ba bae exalted on the hills and that all nations shall flow unto it and be saved we will humble ours ourselves elres eires with fasting and supplication and sing praises unto our god with tile tila vo ro ca ce of melody and thanksgiving hanks hinks giving for the tile deliverance he has aroll wrought 1 t out for hi his servant joseph through the legally constituted authorities of our government the bishops of nr the several wards are requested tee to see that meetings are appointed sufficient for tiie tile of the brethren and make a report to ug u immediately of the tile same and it may be expected that some one of the brethren bretl iren who visited wilbe willbe present at the tile different meetings and give a history of their proceedings edings in our filings humiliations and thanksgivings 1 let us not foget fo get tile tiie poor and destitute to minister to their necessities and respectfully would we suggest to lle ile lie the consideration of the brethren the situation of our president who has long had all his hig business deranged ana an has been recently obliged to expend largo large su sums m of money in procuring his ilia release from unjust per persecution pere cution leaving him destitute of feces necessaries aries arles for his family and of means for prosecuting the history of or the church and lle ile the lie trail translations ll which he is anxious should be in tile the hands hanas of the brethren as speedily i as possible we therefore recommend tint flint collections be taken at the different meetings for I 1 his benefit and such as have not cash will recollect th tint thit it provisions will be all an excellent subs substitute titu te whenever it ia la convenient to bring them in and awe we hope our brethren who are farmers in li ilarae 11 arpe ramus Z irah iruh mii ac and the region around will lieve th tim tir opportunity of or reading these pew few pv hints A word to the uie ajie wase I 1 ii sufficient j the tilee lord loveth a cheerful arl all and giver and w will ill restore all an hundred foid fold for foi the laborer is worthy of hill bilt hi hire YOUNG 11 president W RICHARDS C erk 1 nauvoo jan ill II 1843 thursday 12 at hom home all day friday 13 at home till near sunset stine 1 t then went w ent to ta brother william mares maris s with dr richards richar i ds to see sophia marks who was sick beard her tier relate lafe late her tier vision or dream of a visit from liar h two brothers who wilo were dead tou ton touching ching lm the associations and relations of another world saturday 14 rode oitt out with emma in the tiie morning at 10 attended city council and find in the tiie evening called the quorum together in my I 1 chamber to oray for sophia marks who was very sick sunday 15 1 I spent at home horns with my firmly family Atol monc leay leny ay 16 I 1 wis wg wig aholt abolt home and directed a letter to le be written as fol rol follows lows nauvoo january ag 1843 J butterfield esq dear sir I 1 now sit down to fill inform orm you of our arrival home on oil tuesday last after a cold and troublesome journey of four davs we found our families well and cheerful the news of our arrival was soon generally known and when it was understood that juaice had once more mare triumphed over oppression and tile the innocent been rescued from front the tiie power of gladness filled tile the hearts of the citizens of nauvoo and gratitude to those who had so nobly nob and aud manfully defended the cause of or justice a and d T inno a V celice was universally silly and of course 1 I rip rejoiced j voiced with them and felt like a free man at h home 0 m a yesterday a lette iette was wan received by sidney rigdon esq from jolin john C bennett which was handed to me trip this morning from that letty lett Y it appears that bennett was at springfield a fe few days after we left there and tt ti at he is det r mined if possible to 10 keep up the persecution against me I 1 herewith transmit tra a copy of his letter ietter and shall rely upon your council in the event of any further attempt to oppress me and deprive me of or liberty but I 1 am in hopes that I 1 governor ford will not gratify the tha spirit of opi and so glaringly manifest in tile the conduct of or john C cbennett I lennett jennett tiie tile following is a cop copy of his letter id i illinois ja sanio ii 10 1843 mr sidney sidny sidn y rigdon and orson pratt dear diar Frie friends it is s a long time lime since ibave written to y you 0 if and I 1 should now much desire to see you bu but t I 1 leave tonight to night for missouri to meet the messenger charged with the arrest of joseph sinah li hyrum smith lyman wight and others for murder burg burglary larv treason ac ac who will be b demanded in a few days on new indictment found by the grand jury of a called court coart on th the original evidence and in relation to which a nolle pro fro prosequi segui was entered by the district attorney new proceedings have been gotten up vp on the old charges charees 7 and no habeas corpus can then save them we shall try emilli on the boggs case when we get liim him into missouri the war goes bravely on and although smith thinks he is now site safe the ibe enemy is near even at the tile door he ile cinq ha awoke the wrong passenger as S enger the governor will relinquish joe up at a once ee on tile the new requisition thre there it is but one lopinson lo opinion pinion on the ea case e C and that is nothing can cin save joe on a new r requisition e and demind pr predicated dilated on the old charges on the institution of new enis unis he must go to missouri but he shall not be harmed if he is not guilty but he lie is a murderer and must suffer the tile penalty of or the law enough on this subject I 1 hope that both bolli of your kind and arni amible ibie ible fi f milies are well and you will please to give them all my best respects I 1 hope to lo see you all soon when tile the officer arrives I 1 shall be near at hand I 1 shall see yon you all agun ag un please to write me at independence immediately yours Y 0 urs respectfully loi jol johnv 1 C bex DEX mr PS will mr rigdon please to laud land hand this letter to mr pratt after read rend reading rending J C B this tin s is his letter verbatim vet ver hatim et literatim litera tim in the foregoing tile tiie designs of dennett bennett are very verl plainly manifest and to see his risca rascality lity you have only to read reni some arti artl articles elps from his ins pen published in the times and seasons about two vears years ago on the subject of the tile missouri affair I 1 be happy to hear from you on this subject as oon as convenient also if it you yon hare have received any communication from We washington illington we are ready to execute the mortgage al at any time lime yours very respectfully JOSEPH josepn SMITH by WM MIT CLAYTON agent PS I 1 would just list remark that I 1 am not at all indebted to S R lf don dou for this letter but to orson orann pratt who aft after r lie had llad read it immedi ite ly brought it to me J S 91 the ship swanton Si vanton sailed from liverpool with ith a company of saints for new orleans led by elder lorenzo snow tuesday 17 being the time lime appointed by the twelve as a day of humiliation fastine fasting praise prayer and thanks ivenz before tile the great El I 1 attended a public meeting g I 1 in in my own house which was crowded to overflowing many other meetings were held heid in various parts of tiia tile city which were well attended and there was great iov joy among the people that I 1 had once more b ben been en delivered from tile the grasp of my enemies in I 1 lie the evening I 1 attended a reference with six other on a land lind case caso rf R D fosters wednesday 18 at 10 in the tiie morning the party chivi cited bezan to ii assemble at my house and before 12 they were nii nil present except levi moffatt monad and wire sire annd brother hyrams wife wire who was wai sick I 1 distributed cards among them printed for the occasion containing the jubilee song long of brothers law and richards also one by sister eliza R snow as printed on the page ath volume of times and seasons which were sung by tile the company with the warmest feelings I 1 then read john jolin C B annetts letter to mr sidney rizdon rigdon and orson pratt tir of th tin loth dinst list and slid told them that mr pratt showed me tile tiie he letter mr rigdon did not want to have it known knowd that he lie had hid any hand in showing the letter but wan want to keep ita it a secret as though lie were holding a private correspond correspondence ence enre with bennett but as soon as mr pratt got the thol letter lie I 1 might rought it to me which proves that mr pratt had no mo correspondence respond ence enee with bennett and had no fellow ship hii for his works of darkness I 1 told them I 1 had llad sent word to governor ford by stoss that before I 1 would be 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