Show secured redl OV JOSEPH i r 1 1843 44 3 VW vil sunda 12 seven or eight young men cama came to sea me part of them from the city of X lawyor w york K they treated me with the greatest rV hec bec pec t 1 I showed them the fallacy of mr air millers data concerning the coming of christ and ill ine q end or the tile world or as is commonly called Al I 1 1 and preached them quite a sermon h that q 1 t error was in the bible or ornie oruie the translation of tho iho bitley dible bible that shat miller was in want wint of correct in formation upon the subject and that he was not a so 0 much to blame as the translators I 1 told them thip ana prophecies must all bo be fulfilled the sun must be and the moon turned ento into blood and many more things before christ would come monday 13 elder eider il egdon came cime in it early in the mopping and gave a brief history of our voitto visit to jackson county missouri ithen I 1 then reaba while white in german and walked talked out iii hi he city with elder nde returning at 12 br dr join jolin tannis banals C TA anni annl nals 3 called for fon council tile tike marshal called and informed me that mr roil hison lison was fhe trying to 0 o get the post office and that dr R D loser foser was he the first to sign the pele pelf pet pel flon rion lion fion I 1 gave about a bond bon for a part of or a lot to br lohn john oakley A burter qu arter before 4 went to the tile prin kinling ling fahse w ith br W W phelps I 1 spent the evening at E der 0 glydes II fl ydes ii ia the course of conversation I 1 remarked that those brethren who wild came here having money and purchased without the church an aud dud without counsel must bo ba cut oft this tilis with other aroused the tile re elings feelings of br dixon froin from salem massachusetts who wiio was then present and he ap spurred tiered in great wrath I 1 received the following comina communication ni cation catlon to tiie the lion flon mr bryant 2nd and abst P al G general we your petitioners petition ers respectfully beg leave to submit that as an attempt is now how by certain individuals being made nude to place the he post office ili ill this place into the hands of william 11 Ro filson ft stranger stronger gr in our place and one whose conduct since lie c came arne here has been such as 0 to o forbid our luvirn confidence in him and we do lio iio hope a and pray both for ours ourselves elves elvea rind and that of the alti public that lie he may not receive the appointment of postmaster in nancoo illinois but that the present postmaster may continue to hold the office 11 L br 1 I J smith if the alie foregoing call can have llave a number of respectable I 1 believe belleve Rolli rollison cannot gat got the office I 1 should like to have it so sd as to send it on Stin sundays days mail respectfully fully SIDNEY rigdon A letter from the ilia united states army dated at fort leavenworth missouri states slates that on the lelh of february at 3 am a m the tile moon which had been obscured i by a cloud for some florae hours lion rs burst forth in a deep blood red color with a black cross crosa of equal proportions over the doling beyond tile lle ile lie rim while on oil tile tiie two side sides small email pieces of rainbow were aible ji ble after continuing ill bis his this way for about all an hour the color odthe of the moon changed to its ita ordinary hue line and the cross became a silvery white hite with the edges adges extending beyond the rim arld and toti touching ching the rainbows wc wo it continued so for laif idof an hour and heavy clouds then intervening obscured the anoon which set unseen tuesday 11 14 S nt William WilIiam clayton to quincy and by him hini deposited five hund hundred red dollars with general leach for mr walsh for fur land lies between my farm and the cly cir cly clr agreeable to my letter to judge young read proof of tho iho Dic doctrine trine and aid covenants with br phelps read in german grman from 94 9 to 11 forenoon had tho the stove removed from the large r room oin in in my housa into a small brick build ins uz which was erected fora for a smoke holtse hoase designing to use it for a mayors office effice until I 1 cond coul build a bew one had find much conversation with ith mr cowan and rind various individuals sold dr richards a cow wednesday IS 15 this morning I 1 spent some time ill in changing the top plate of the ot office ice stove which had been put together wrong read a li 11 bellans bellons letter ill in the alton telegraph written to mr basett bassett of quincy concerning judge pope mr butterfield and the lada lad iada a attending my late trial at springfield and published tile the fol ful following lowin 9 letter in the times and seasons mr afir editor sir ever fince I 1 gave up tile the editorial department of uld uia times and seasons j I 1 have thought of writing a piece for publication by byway way of or valedictory us is 13 isaaf when editors resign ha the chair editorial edit orul my aly principal remarks 1 I intend to apply to the gentlemen of the quill or ifju if you please that numerous bod of respectable gentlemen who profess to regulate the tha tone of odthe the public mind in regard to politics morality religion literature the arts and sciences ac ilc viz the editors of the ho public journals or if you please I 1 will mil designate them the thelious theli lions ons ors or the forest this tins latter cognomen sir I 1 consider to be more apar appropriate because of the tremendous noise that they muke huke m uke when they utter their voice it came to pass that as I 1 went forth like a young yo ting ling fawn one da day to feed upon the green goss in my pasture an ess saw me and brayed braced tild mid made madu a great noise wa which I 1 icil fell a neighboring lion hearing roared even as a lion when he beholds his prey pre at the sound of his voice the tile beasts of the field were alarmed and tile tiie lions in the adjoining jungles pricked their ears and roared altheir iii lit their thein turn and behold b hold hoid all the lions of the forest foret alar ahrmed ined by their noise roise opened their and all ali d uttered forth their voice which was ss Gs the roaring of a cataract or as the voice of thunder so tremendous was their roaring that the trees of the forest shook as if they the were shaken by a mighty vind wind and all the beasts of tiie tha forest trembled ai a if a id were passing I 1 lifted up mine eeb eyes with astonishment when J heard tie tre voice of thi tha lions and saw the thie fury fur of their rage I 1 asked is is it possible that so many lords fords of tile the forest such nolle noble beasts should condescend to notice one ona poli roli gitary solitary oi tary fawn that is feeding deeding alone upon his pastures pasture res rev without attempting mg to excite either their jealousy jeh jen lousy or angera ange I 1 have not strayed from the fold told n nor 0 r injured I 1 1 tile tiie trees of the lorest nor hurt the tha beasts of tile llie field nor trampled ulion uton nor cor drunk of their streams why hv then their rage against me when lo 10 iol lol and behold they again uttered their voices voice as the voice of great ny as and there was pien given unto the poleg voiced of men but it was difficult for me to distinguish what vh at was said among so many mily voices but eer ever and anon I 1 hecard heard he ard a few broken incoherent sentences like tile the follow in ine ing g mu ilu ader desolation bloodshed arson treason joe smith nid and the mor alor mons our nation ration allbe il be overturned the impostor should be drove mm from tw state thin tile fawn rawn will ba into a lion will devour all the tile beasts of the field destroy bil nil tile the trees of the tiie forest and tread underfoot ander auder root rort all ell tile the rest of the lions I 1 then lifted up my voice and sad hear bear me ye e beasts of the forest and all ye 5 a great lions pay attention I 1 lain iain am innocent of tiie ilia things whereof yle ye accuse me I 1 have not dot been guilty of violating bour t our oun laws nor of trespassing tres passing upon ulon your rights my hands are clean from the file blood of all men andl and andi I 1 am at the defiance of or the world to hate the crimes whereof J 1 am accused wherefore ore then should animals of 5 your our noble mien stoop to such little such vulgar language and lay jay su suh such h unfounded charges at tile tiie thedoor door of the innocent it is is true that I 1 once fuffered huft lufT dred ered an all ass to dee ree geed feed d in in my pasture lie ha ate at my m y crib and drank at my waters but possessing the ilia true nature of all an ass he began to foul the water with willi his hia feet arld and to trample under foot the green grass and destroy it I 1 therefore put him film out of my pasture and he began to bray lany many A of the tie I 1 lions ions I 1 in tile the adjoining jungles mistaking mii taking his hia braying for tha tho roaring of a lion commenced roaring W wilen hen I 1 proclaimed tins tilla abroad many man of tho ilia lions hegan began to enquire into the matter a few posses ing a more noble nature than many of their fe furrows flows drew near and viewing the animal found that he ile was nothing more thau than a decrepit decre pid broken down worn out asi ass that had scarcely anything left but his ears aud voice whereupon many of or the lions felt indignant at the lion of warsaw the lion of quincy the lion of San gimo tila the lion of alton aiton and several other lions for giving a false alarm aarm for dishonor ing ill lil their race mid for responding to the voice of so bise an nn animal as an tuss and they felt ashamed of themselves for bearg decoyed decayed into such base ribaldry and foul mo mouthed u thed slander but there were mivy miny inary that lost sight of their dignity und and continued to roar although alth altU ough they knew well that they tiley were following follow ing log the tile braying of so despicable a creature among these was a great lion whose den wa 1 I on oil the tiie borders of the eastern sea lie llad lied waxed great treat in strength he lie had terrible teeth and his ins eyes were like balls of fire liis his head bead was large and terrific and itis IMS shaggy inane rolled with i majestic grandeur over llis liia terri terrible Ie neck his ilia claws were like the tho claws of a dragon and his ribs were like those of the tile leviathan Levid than when chii lie lifted gifted himself up all tile he beasts of the tile field bowed with respectful deference and when lie the whole universe listene listened dand and the tile cinders ol 01 his ills power ower cover coyer creation his m his influence were felt to the ends of the earth m when lien llen he lie lashed ine ins gil tail tiie the beasts of the forest tr embed trembled and when he roared all the great lions and the young i hous lions crouched down at hh feet fret this great lion lifting up himself ard and beholding the tile fawn afar afaro afano fr he opened his lna mouth and join ing ng in the tile common roar uttered tile the following great bertt swelling yelp JO jon JOE E SMITH IN TROUBLE by a letter which i we published on sunday from springfield ill hiir noi nol noi it appears that joe smith the great mormon prophet has at last given himself liim self geif up to the authorities of illinois lie ile ii Is charged with fomenting or conspiring to assassinate governor j boggs of missouri and is demanded by t te e t of that state of or the governor of or illinois joe has taken out a writ of habeas corpus denying the fucci fact and is now waiting hir nir tile the decision of the court at sprino Spring springfield fiela this thid will bring joe s troubles I 1 to 0 a crisis la tiie tile ie meantime wily why does not joe try his pow power erat at working a miracle or two tile tiie time to prove his mission besides being very con for myself when I 1 heard it I 1 said poor fellow flow has tir dignity failen fallen S and how has hns thy thyl glory lory departed thou that once ranked among the tiie foremost of the tile beasts of the fhe fie fio fid fi d as the lord of the forest even thou iliou llast liast condescended descended con to degrade thyself by bv uniting with the tiie b isell of animals and tied to join in with the tiie braying of an ase as F 41 and now friend B alow allow me rne to w whisper a word in time ear dost dast t thou not know that there is a god in tha heavens that zetteth up one and down another accord ing to 0 o tiie ilia counsel of his own will that if thou posses sest any influence wisdom dominion or power it comes from god and to him thou art indebted for it that lie he holds the tile destinies of or men in his power and canas can as easily put down as ho he has raised up tell me when hast bast thou treated a surjeet t of religious and eternal eternal truth with that seriousness and that the importance of the saili et deu den demands ands from a man ma n in ill thy standing possessing thy calling and influence As you seem to bo be quitta quite quitt a ideologist allow ma me to i ask a few questions otis olis wily why did not god deliver micaiah from the hands of hig his persecutors why did not Jeremi jeremiah dh mori wore work a miracle or two to help him out of the dungeon diun riun geon seon it would have hava been i very convenient wll wil why did not zachariah ariah arlah by a I 1 miracle prevent the tho people from slaying him wily why did dij not our savior come down from tile the cross the people asked him to do it and besides he had saved others and could lot not save himself so said sald the people wily why did he not prove his maion mission by working worling a miracle and coming down 7 why did not paul by a miracle prevent the ha people from stoning and whipping him it would have been leea very 1 or why lly liy fly did the tiie saints of god in every age have to wonder about in sheep skills skins and goat skins shins beina bein tempted tried arid arld W awn asunder of whom the I 1 world was no not t wor worthy hy I 1 would here hare advise m my wor worthy aliv friend before lie talks of proving missions working miracles or any convenience of that kind to read his hia bible lle a little more and the garbled g stories of political demagogues less I 1 listened and lo 10 I 1 heard a voice and it was I 1 tila the voice of my shepherd s lying listen all allye aliye ye i lions of tile the forit and all ye beasts of the field I 1 give ear ye have sought fought to injure lle ile lie the innocent I 1 and your brinds have been lifted against the weak the tha injured and arid the tiie oppressed ye hive have pampered pamper rd the libertine the tile calumniator and the base ye idva winked at vice and trodden under foot the virtuous and the tile pur pars therefore hear all ye lions of the forest the tile lord god will wi 1 l take from vou your teeth so that you shall no longer louger devour lle eie will pluck out your claws so that yoa you can ho lia longer angen anger seize upon your prey youn your stien strength gih will fail yo xou you it inti anti e day of trouble and your voice will rd lill fill I 1 1 and arid not ba be heard afar off hit blit mine elect will I 1 uphold with mine arm and my chosen shall shail be supported by my power and when mine nine anointed shtil shail be e exalted and all the lion how of f the forest shall have lost their st renvil then filen hall they remember member ru that tits lord ile lie h I 1 god JOSEPH josepn 11 1 I 11 1 I tile the ro lowing mowing from the public prints an english officer writing to his friend in fit england from ching keang foo says 1 I never raw saw such loss of or ilfe life and property as took place here we lost officers and men enough but 1 I it t is impossible even to compute the loss of the chinese for when they found they could stand no longer against us tiby tiny y cut the throats rf cf their wives and children or drove |