| Show HISTORY OP OF JOSEPH SMITH ya juh jul JUNE NE 1844 the following 1 compilation of history from june 22 1 to august 8 1844 inclusive e was waa compiled fro from the journals of elders wili rihard 1 richards wilford woodruff and others and from the documents on file BY THE CHURCH historians saturday 22 in the evening major general dunham issued orders to all the guards and sentries on the road to la harpe to let persons pass and until further orders except they discover companies companie of me men man when they must report the same to head quarters immediately f A conference con terence was held helf held heid at alt co tennessee elder A 0 O smoot presiding during which a branch was organized of 17 members eldek lerone derone one priest lahi lahl hd one teacher were ordained sunda sundar sunday aj 23 at 5 am A P rockwood and john scott asked advice what hat to do with the cannon ac I 1 I 1 A IV clayton ca ton t got lle ile we lie public records together and buried burled the them tri irl 5 pah pm captain anderson of or the steamer osprey conversed with joseph saying sayin g the mob at warsaw threatened firlo firing a into his vessel 1 1 prest B Young attended meeting 0 at lowell I 1 1 mass I 1 elder 11 II G C kimball preached at ht wilmington di delaware el aware in the ho forenoon to an attentive congregation tion he nad had a chill after he got through 1 1 elder L wight spoke in the afternoon A conference ce wad wag h held heid did at kirtland and was addressed by elder eider lore lorenzo dorenzo n 6 slow siow and others 12 persons persona were baptised baptized sed and confirmed and 8 ordained eders bodda monday yeh 4 territory of low lowr act 0 1 hnry H hory 00 county coulty D Br brar JR R wakefield belck duly sworn de mayeth that on the tee loth of june he in company with two others went on the hill in the city of nauvoo and iri in the neighborhood of the printing press of the nail Nati nauvoo expositor when a company of men approached headed by the Bl marshal arshal of the city mr nin greene some armed but not many after marching in front of the printing office the marshal demanded the keys of the ther office in behalf of the mayor and municipal court of nauvoo to destroy the press type and appurtenances of said press and burn them in in the street T mr I 1 fr higbee replied in in behalf of the whole of the editors editor of said newspaper that be he would not give up the key that he be set the court and city at defiance and should hold them dra bra an d the marshal responsible for their acts in this affair accordingly orders were given to an officer of the thi company to forcibly take cakl e from the building inthe press and destroy it accordia according to drier y f it t was done without without any noise or conf confusion aslon shouting or riotous proceed proceeding in sAnd and ana further le saith not J it WAKEFIELD sworn to and subscribed before me this lay day of June 1841 1844 A mckinney JP tuesday 25 elder cahoon returned from carthage for s ome some i papers which were sent out by A PR P rockwood 0 P rockwell met F M higbee about 4 pm and accused him of seeking josephs life higbee made use of some very insulting language an pua gua ge in in reply when a scuffle ensued durin duning during 1 which a ietter letter dropped butof out of Hig Hill bees baes hat bat which stated that there was seventy of the mob ready teady in iowa to come aport nauvo nauvoo 0 tonight to night it is currently reported that the mob intend to make a rush on the jail tonight to night A strong guard placed in in and round the city about 9 0 pm it began beg man to rain very heavily wednesday 96 8 am capt singleton Singie ton arrived with about sixty mounted militia to protect the city in case a mob should come against it ile he was authorised authorized to take command of the police and to use such measures ds ils he e might consider necessary he read his hia orders from the governor and wanted to know if our men would obey his bis orders when the brethren responded yes whereupon notification was sent to the police polite to meet at 6 pm in the masonic hall ile he fifth further erre reported port ed that dr foster had given given him information at carthage where be he would find three presses in nauvoo for making boos bo Os money and said that he wanted to get hold of them 6 pm the police assembled i in n the tha seventies hall and entered into a temporary organization to act under capt singleton many of the regular police being officers of the legion gion glon and on active service their places were fil ledfor the time at midnight capt singleton sent a 1 tion to the major generals quarters that he wanted the nauvoo leelon legion to bs be in readiness for parade at an hours notice when notifications t were sent to the colonels of the several I 1 regiments accordingly i thursday 27 about 9 am john P greene arrived in nauvoo with subpoenas for witnesses for the expected trial on saturday the dinst at IQ 10 am orders were received from capt singleton to call out that portion of tha the na nauvoo uhe uthe legion resident within the limits of t city for review at noon general dunham immediately issued similar orders to the commandants mand ants at aft noon about two thirds of the legion turned out to parade nearly all of whom were i W well weli ell eli armed althou although 6 mh all the state arms had been taken away which caused capt singleton and his company to express their astonishment the captain made a remark to the effect that it would not do to come against such a force as this the legion was soon dismissed on account of a messenger from the governor reporting that all the troops were dismissed except a small escort which was with him 5 pm governor ford with about gifty fifty men arrived at the mansion and gave notice that he would shortly address the citizens in about half achour he ascended the frame of a building opposite osite the mansion Mansio tr and addressed the people we ive here insert the location of the twelve apostles on this memorable day prest B young ami anit eider elder W woodruff tr spent a portion of the day together in the city of boston and were sitting together in the rail rall railway tray depot at the thie time of the massacre of the they fet fejt very sorrowful and depressed in spirits without knowing the cause elders IT C kimball and laman wight traveled trav bied kled from philadelphia to new york by railway anil and steamboat boat elder kimball felt very mournful as thou though r Ii be he had bad lost some friend an ani i knew not the cause Z jeider ider lder 0 hyde was in the hall occupied by the be sain saints ts in boston examining examining maps and add designating signa signo ting or pointing out each mats mais district or field of laborin tabor labor in company with elders B you ng IV woodruff and ol others liers a part of the day dek ile he felt averyh veny very heavy and sorrowful in spirit and knew holthe nod not he cause but felt no heart to look on the maps ile he retired to the further end as 0 the ball alone and walked the floor te tears ardran ran down his face and wei wet the floor as he walked ile he never felt so before and knew no reason why he should feel so then elder P P pratt was on the canal boat between utica and buffalo N Y on his hia return to nauvoo and v was wag as much depressed in inspirit spirit his bro william pratt came on board of the same boat and parley asked him ithe had any I 1 books or pamphlets containing the gospel of christ or the words of life if so to put them under lock and key for the people were not worthy of them for said parley 1 I feel that the spirit of murder is in the hearts of the people through the land elders willard richards and john taylor were the only two of the quorum of the twelve who were not on missions and the only two men who were with the martyrs when aben they fell and sealed their testimony with their blood elder geo A smith rode with elder crandall crandal dunn from napoleon to elder noah willia willis Bartholemew barthole Bartholo mews ls ngar near jacksonburg Jack jackson co 0 michigan and felt unusual unusually tv cast down and depressed in spirits about 5 he be repaired to an oak grove and called upon the lord endeavoring to 0 o break the spell of horror which had dominion over his mind he remained there a long iong time without finding any relief and then went back to bro barthole bartholo mews and went to td bed with elder crandall dunn dann he could not but spent the night I 1 in a series of miserable thoughts and reflect eions once it seemed to him ahat that some fiend whispered in his ear I jaseph joseph and hyrum smith are dead deai aint you glad of it elder amasa lyman was in the city of cin cannatti cin and felt that depression of spirit mentioned by his bis brethren friday 28 news arrived in nauvoo at daylight that joseph and hanim were murdered yesterday white while in iii jail committed upon ali an illegal by robert F smith justice of the deac of the company stationed at the jail general deming issued the following proclamation cla mation head quarters june as 1844 4 arn am to the citizens of Cartha carthage gc and hancock county in pursuance of an arf order from gov ford instructing instruction me to the exercise of such discretionary dioz 1 ary powers as I 1 may deem necessary for the preservation of the public safety and the lives and property of our citizens I 1 hereby invite all citizens to remain at their several homes in hancock county and cooperate co operate with me in establishing tranquility and safety throughout the county the most efficient means have been put in requisition for concentrating the military force of the neighboring counties at carthage Cartha geane alne aine in twe twelve I 1 ve hours tare there will be a sufficient fored for the protection of every citizen in the I 1 confidently believe there is no just ampre hension bension of an attack upon any place by the mormon citizens of our county and I 1 hereby strictly command all citizens of hancock county to abstain from violence towards the mormon population under penalty of the severest inflictions inflections inflict ions of military law and act in no asb ase case only on on the defensive the corpses of the murdered men will be forthwith orth with removed to nauvoo under an escort from rom head quarters given iven linder under my hand this june 1844 4 am al R DEMING briggen brig gen ath brigade and ath 5 th division it is hoped and ex expected that the governor vill bill be at head quarters in a few hours at 71 7 am gen dunham issued orders for the whole of the lesion legion to meet on th the e parade ground east of the temple at 10 am they I 1 vrn met et accordingly when addresses were del dei delivered vin and exhort exhortations actions given to the sa saints in t S to keep quiet and not to let their violand violently outraged feelings get the belter better of them about noon a council of officers of the le gion was held and from irom thence they went to meet the sad procession that accompanied the bodies of the murdered prophet and patriarch at 24 21 pm the corpses arrived at land street on two wagons guarded by a few men from carthage and nearly all the citizens collected together and followed the bodies to the mansion where the multitude were addressed by dr ric Rie richards hards bards W IV W phelps and A essers woods and reid who exhorted the people to be peaceable and calm and use no lio threats we here insert the names of jis Joseph josephs ephs 3 body guard alpheus cutler 1 capt john snyder amos C hodge christian kreymer james allred lewis D wilson thomas grover william marks reynolds cahoon james emmet shat shaf shadrack irack roundy john S butler samuel 11 II smith edward hunter herald and armor bearer the following are the names of the martial band E P duzette major L W Hanco hancock ek fifo major dimick B huntington huntington drum major Elisha Everett leader william carter lyon dominicus carter aroet roe t hale james W cummings abram day joseph richards L W hardy geo IV taggart willard smith william wilber wither jesse ear earl lewis hardy J M kinz kid kin james leithead 11 B jacobs J M frink A J clothier eleazer king sylvester duzette sprague in the afternoon elders 11 C kimball lyman wight william smith and wife went by railway cars and steamboat to boston saturday 29 the legion was out all last night expecting a mob to come coale the th following extract is from a letter addressed to prest joseph smith from elders L wight and H C kimball philadelphia pa june 19 1844 to my well beloved brother and fellow prisoner prest joseph smith I 1 take this opportunity of giving you an 1 of my transactions to together ether I 1 with bro 11 C kimball my fellow traveler we the day of may amidst the acclamations of three cheers from the shore joseph smith the next president of the united states I 1 we passed smoothly down the river river there were 16 5 passengers 0 onboard inboard n board loard the boat osprey I 1 was called upon to deliver a political address and to show what right joaeph joseph smith hal bad to the presidential chair which I 1 did to the entire satisfaction of nearly all the passengers on board not forget forgetting tinz at the same time to show that the other candidates had disqualified themselves to all the right 0 and title by acts oi of meanness whilst speaking of their mean nean acts I 1 was frequently interrupted with loud laum laug laughing hing bing and anil clapp clapping ing of hands by way dav of approbation A vote be being ing taken on the presidential question joseph smith received recen ed a large majority over all the other candidates we reached st louis on the at 10 am a m here bros young and kimball called the church to together ether and an 1 instructed them s spiritually pirl piri i it ua 11 and politically we learned that the church at st louis numbered nearly souls on the we left st louis LOJIS on board the boat louis Phil phillippe lippel at half past pst 12 with about passengers on onboard inboard board many of the same at that were on the osprey together with many new passengers there were at first some little prejudices existing but prest brigham young being called upon delivered a discourse upon the principles of our doctrine which aich entirely allayed the prejudices next evening bro william smith was called upon to deliver a an n ad address d ress which h he e d did 1 d in in th the e power and demonstration demons cratton cration of tb the spirit and we were ever afterwards looked upon as their superiors on we Cincin at p m elders young and kimball went w en to 0 visit the church in that city whilst I 1 changed our luggage on board the he boat nep tune une for pittsburgh Pittsburg li all the passengers on board the louis Phill philli philepe p pe e 1 being bound for pittsburgh came with us at 8 am a m on the we held a conference with the eiders eldera in in Cincin I 1 addressed them on the subject of politics and perseverance in duty and the great necessity of reform in government I 1 was followed by bk brothers kimball and young on the same sub subjects acts we then instructed them to have 2000 copies of your views levs ieva on the powers and policy of the government printed and for the elders to scatter them with the velocity of lightning and the voice of thunder I 1 had nearly forgotten to mention an important occurrence rn i board of the louis phillippe with a mr david guard of lawrence bargh burgh I 1 indiana he is worth from 2 to he e emigrated ni grated to Cincin when there were but t three hr e lo 10 log cabins in that place lie he gave me his hia views on politics which completely corresponded mth ith yours I 1 then gave him two copies of your our views he was highly pleased with them and pledged his word lie he would have them published in both the lawrence b burgh agh papers ap er as they were both published under hip bis 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