with me and he related some of The Last Words of Joseph the Prophet Brother Bernhisel had lived in the family of President Joseph Smith for years and was with him in prison on the morning of the day of his martyrdom. He informed me that Brother Joseph addressed his remarks to him alone when he said "I am going as a Lamb to the slaughter yet I shall die with a conscience void of offence towards God and man. I feel as calm as a summer's morning" and the expression of his countenance showed that he was so. He added "It will yet be said of me that he was murdered in cold blood" Elders Little and Hardy called upon me and spent the evening. The papers at this time wasere stirred up and devoted considerable attention to the affairs of the Latter-day Saints their organizing a state government and the election of Brigham Young as Governor.