Show beath of n patriarch in israel adilor deseret ims aws wa father jarnes jamea allred son of william wliilam llam liam and elizabeth allred died tiled at spring city cout county ity U UT T P jan 10 1876 father allred was born in north carolina randolph county jan 12 2 A AD dj 1784 he wa was married to elizabeth warren nov 14 1803 and moved to kentucky warren county two years afterwards moved to the olito river near yellow banks in 1811 they moved to teri Toti tennessee bedford county lu in 1830 they moved to mi guri euri rooi 4 county which was aft erwardi afterwards divided into two counties they living in monroe county nud and on the day of sep 1832 he and the most mont of his family were bap sized into the church of jesus chrit christ of latter day Saint saints fr at which place a large branch of the church was bult built up by 0 M kie antl anil others and anti called mait sait nit ait biver river branch in it june 1834 hf he went up in the tha zions camp the prophet and others to redeem zion in sep sen 1835 he moved to clay county nio nin M and in the spring of to camwell caldwell oi county tinty where ae he wa wat t elected county judge nod and alo aio alo president of tile the firm pinn when the church left uis his missouri in the spring of 1839 he lie moved to pitt nield pike county ills in the fall of the same year he moved to commerce afterward called where hewak he wa ord ond ordained alneda alDeda a arligh priest and a member arnom ber of tile tiie hi it connell council and wik was one olie of the pro ileta let iet life guards iti in the nauvoo legion he also held several other re pon uble ubie po positions helped to build the nauvoo assisted in giving endowments therein oil on the gih geh of februarys February JS 1816 16 he crossed the river to go west with the heads of the church and others he ar ived at the missouri river july of same year and here he be wai Pre president Adent of the high council and acting bishop at council point in the Spring 0 1851 he started to the mountains arriving in salt halt lake in october of br s me year arld and went to manti city sanpete county in march 1852 he moved to canal now known as spring city and was called to preside overt over thin this branch of the church churell chur ell cli at the spring C conference of or 1 1853 he was ordained a patriarch in to the chu church ach of christ ot of latter day saint 4 in july the same fame year the indians drove the most of the cattle and horses off belonging to the settlement and on the last of or the month the settlers moved to manti in fit october they moved back to anil with a company of 61 I 1 anish brethren about forty families and ten famines of his own relatives on thu thy day of december of the same year sear he was called to vacate and again move to manti in february 1854 1851 in company with fifty families lie he commenced to build a fort on cottonwood ton wood now called ephraim of stone stane ten feet high which lie he finished and presided over for some time in 1860 he moved back to canal or what is now called spring city where he resided until his bia deach death he was a faithful member of the charch church and strict in relation to the word of wisdom for over forty sears years he fully endorsed all the principles of the gospel as far aa as he knew them was waa a t very early riser always on hand to obey the counsel of tb the ie servants of god was bis his whole theme for many mapy years he was a regular attendant of quorum and aud public meetings and always ready to donate to the poor a friend to the widows and orphan orphans and exemplary in his family taught them to be honest indue industrious trustworthy and confidential he told the bishop that lie by was ready to join the 0 himself and all that he had was on hand hatla for the building up of the kingdom god ho he raised twelve childr children enof of his own and eight orphan children all live jive I 1 to have helve children of their th air own he leaves the wife of his youth after living together near 73 years and a n posterity of souls viz 12 children grandchildren grandt grandi hildren great grandchildren 29 great great grandchildren who apran from the two fly of his sons were present at nie his death who are the only ones ours living 0 he laid his hit hands on the head of his bis old oldest st son the nay before hin hix death and arid binned him who now is near TA 7 ye rill rily ra of agh age MI ali of bio his children lived to embrace shenew the new now and everlasting covenant and biose hore bore who n are ie dead kad cad died strong iu in b he t r faith frh rih the mot most of his hia posterity live in utah and are members of the church A large number of them have bave been baptized ed into the U 0 ho he wan wai 92 brears ears old jacking lacking 12 days his alfejs near 90 years old but has been blind for six years and is healthy and strong at present the funeral took place on the alth and waa the largest that thab has ever been in this PI place a ce 39 wagons and sleighs loaded with people followed him to his last resting place arva 0 hyde preached his funeral sermon and made some pertinent remarks touching the ilfe life labors and faithfulness a of or the patriarch which were satisfactory to his numerous family and friends healed he died as he be bad lived faithful to the gospel of the son of god J T S AILRED the australasian east fast nud stud slow sailing accident and Co consequent I 1 error among he the pas lost 1059 appetites arrival at Au auckland ealand by courtey courtesy courte y of brother george swan we are enabled to publish the following extract from a letter ro to him from his son elder douglas A swan dated on board the S 8 S colima off Auck auckland iana lana lec bee 1875 we the pa pacific c mail mall S S cos wharf 1 in san francisco harbor at 1044 am on wednesday november IM loth 1 being two days later than advertised advert date of mailing ing lug owing lonon dg ki ip the detention of the loudon london lonon louon on in mail mall a 1 although we vve did not carry the mail as was expected on oli account of a telegram from the department part ment which arrived at the jash last moment ordering it be delivered to the other company whose contract did not expire until the thie next trip it wag waa a beautiful morn lug ing and at 1140 we passed out of tile the golden gate into the pacific lc ocean with the prospect of a plea ant aut voyage and in the full hpe hope of beating the other steamer through although it had bad left about 4 oh ot the afternoon previous but this was the ibe first trip for this com corn pany and they were determined to make the beat best possible time relying on the lor lur sailing qualities of their vessel to make up the dif re ference rence and some more besides nothing of particular interest happ happened ned until we arrived off houy Huny lulu luiu after 8 ap p in nov having made an average of about miles per day A V e had to wait outside the harbor it jong along time for the pilot and by the time tune we got fairly alongside the wharf it was 1130 p in there we found that the macgregor the other steamer had arrived th there ere about 8 and left again at 4 p in so that we had bad gained some on hen ler ber her hen but we labored under a great disadvantage in being too lightly loaded and the captain set to work to remedy that by hav lug ing a large amount of rock hauled from trow the hills close by ou on the ox or carts of or the place and kept a big aug ang gang of natives at work all night unloading what freight we had for honolulu and loading up the rock awl wiett lett left honolulu Hon olula shortly after 10 0 clock on the morning of the end nd at noon we were 20 miles offard off and the next day noon we had made miles or miles in the 24 21 hours hourd we went along splendidly averaging over miles aud and one day lanking as high as ai until friday november at 11 ii clock a m the engine slacked then started up again ank ant and then suddenly stopped altogether vve me found on enquiry that the main crank of the great shaft which drives dg the screw had brohen broken short jurtin IT in one of the tho arnas arms and the captains report at noon read us follows I 1 latitude 8 S longitude 1670 asly 94 distance run during last 24 hours miles it will be detained five days 11 it fortunately happened that we had bad on board an nin old crank which had been taken out and alid replaced by the idne brie that bad just uro oro broken ken so the chief and his assistants and und nii alt the moen toen that could work at it handily immediately iset feet to work ii to bil anke w out lh tb V 1 broken one and aud put J i i thib this old one oue rhe next day at noon we had bad trav elied tilled 40 mile milt only the next win nad oad dolid w winds winda d 4 M aud and went 80 miles aud und abid and at on ube ibe morning of the third day iho the engine started up again aud and we went ahead abbad the next mor morning ning ping nov we sighted ole oie oi ole e of the navigator islands which we passed leaving it t to ma the west of us and we steamed on south all going well until thursday december at pin on that day as we sat cat in the lower saloon at dinner we noticed the engine slow up tip and in half a minute there came a great noise followed by a tremendous pounding which shook the ship from stem to stern it sounding as if a hundred ton steam hammer was striking the bottom of the vessel making it reel at every blow consternation seized everybody for we all thought we were going to the bottom add aud in a moment the utmost con eon confusion rudon prevailed there was a general rush for the deck but before hair half tile the people got get to the stairs the pounding ceased and the word was passed that there was waa no danger Aft after ersome some bome little delay most of them sat down and attempted to finish their dinner but either owing g to thesta the state teof of their stomachs lae Lac bs or the shakiness of their hands or both I 1 noticed that the steward was net kept very busy during the remainder of the meal I 1 did not see a face around me that looked as if it had bad not been and I 1 suppose my own was no exception to the rule this thia time the crank had broken in both arms arras and huret burst the head bead out of the cylinder and anci it seemed like a ho hopeless case at noon our position tion tiou bad had been latitude 21 63 S rf longitude av V W therefore we were between 1000 and 1 1100 loo miley from auck auckland ian lan 1 I r between miles from uhe the fiji islands and they lay jay to the north wert of us true we were only about miles mlle from rom the bodga islands but there was no hope of any help if we went there if it it had been a sailing salling vessel it would have been better but our ship goes very slowly unless she has haa a very strong wind win da so there was the prospect of a good long voyage before us on the ath we went 38 miles on the ath 53 and 0 o we kept creeping along but the chief edg eug ineer went to work again and with hand drills and cold chisels cut double dove tails put of each aoh of the four sides ot of the arm of the broken crank crank and B spliced I 1 it by putting plates of q 1 in inch cl steel in the dove tails and banding it round by this me means although he could not use the cylinder he be connected the shaft so he be could work it with the other cylinder and by this means at attained bained i L speed d of four or live five knots an huir hoar they h started up aln at 8 SS on the evening of 1 december esth and having some wand 11 we le made about a hundred milea by the next day noon about four on ibe the geh we crossed the meridian of longitude and gained a day so that while here today to dault day it is monday day december with you it is oni sunday we wa have kept along making about miles per day otay aid aid this borni morning we passed the northernmost part of now I 1 zealand ealan dand and we are now coasting it and expect to get into auckland about 4 I 1 will finish this and mall maii it there eo goodbye good bye for this time AucI AUCKLAND MAND december 1875 we arri arrived ived here yesterday at t and cast anchor in the bay opposite the town you will see by the map that the bay on the thi east side of the north island of N Z which Is the entrance to this arbor harbor ii is Is very tery large and long it is filled with islands large and email small which ard art mostly rocky and very bold affording some of the finest linest scenery I 1 iha have eyer ever been seen further farther in the hilliare hill hills sare are covered with green grass and ery cry and iud finally when fairly inside you round a point and the whole city comes into view leore leoro you yon it Is simpy gimpy in fact as a we sailed balled in it was jt just like a gorgeous gor geons pano panorama rAula moving before us n every minute opening out some new beauty we went ashore lat last night and again this and I 1 have been rambling bround the town all day joday today to dlly illy day auckland on the slopes blo alo pelto ora I 1 a number of small hills and aud la their thein ing hollow which are generally filled inith trees and shrubbery ont out of the midst of which tie the houses bouses peep like kall dren drou playing hide bide and seek seer the principal I 1 pai pal street queen st SL has a large number of very firle fine buildings the tho architecture of pome some ome of which reminded 1 me of the edinburgh style though on a very tery much smaller cale idale everything and everybody every body hody is thoroughly english or rather I 1 might acay british forth for there ere vre appears to be nearly as mady many many scotch as there are english but now I 1 thin think ic ot of it ita d dont 0 nt recollect seeing one face that looked irish ute forthe the first time we have bait to deal with english money kundit and it would amuse amme you yon to see the puzzled expression that steals over the countenances ot dorne doine bome some of the boys when IS the toe price of anything and are jare told fold it Is one fand and r sir pix ir or half haifa a crown but they will boon eoon get used wed tolt to it U at least puff melt leli nelv I 1 guers to si spend ld ali alt they wilf will get of IE it there are several papers published in the town one of which in noticing the arrival of our hll hil ahli this morning hed bed a portion 01 ol a notice of dr our party from the san tan francisco ran chronicle another pi paper pee pei the southern cross has a short abort sketch deb des the be calima fredk and find charles hurst john T B R ch and wm win mclachlan leave the party at this point they start south bouth ly 1 y the steamer to morrow morning we sail ball to t morrow afternoon at 4 and expect to reach sydney ID in 5 to 7 days we hate have all ih studied some borne while on board but not half as air much a as we need ed to we have hed very little conversation with our onn fellow passengers on religions topics but we have always been treated with the utmost kindness and respect though I 1 was waa told that a mr who Is going to christchurch Christ church new zealand and is the editor of a paper there threatened that if any of them coul come e to christchurch Christ church ill havo yein lein cm arrested as f r vagrancy and imprisoned for three months however we arc are not afraid a tit hit bit hit 3 arrival ol 01 missionaries MI adnew zealand AUCKLAND new NOW zealand dec 14 1875 prea pres brigham young dear brother knowing your anxiety for the welfare and prosperity of the elders of israel whether at home or abroad I 1 therefore avail myself of this my earliest opportunity port unity to inform you of our safe arrival in IL this city after artera a pleasant voyage of 33 days from san sau francisco we are all in excellent health and so far aa oilcan I 1 can judge in good spirits four of the brethren brenn breff iren will remain here and the rest of us proceed at once to sidney where we expect to find bros |