7^th [FIGURE] I returned home by cars and recieved 3 letters from Heywood & wooly
N H Felt, And A letter and an Epistle from the presidency in Zion
All of which were full of good News. The following is a portion of the
contents or substance of it "They have universal health good crops plenty to
eat No sickness or Death of late are Prospering on evry hand are laying off three
new cities one at Brownville one at Utah Valley & one at Sand pitch valley
200 miles south of Salt Lake valley from 50 to 100 families had gone to form
a settlement at Sand Pittch valley under the Presidency of Father Morley
they had organized the Nauvoo Legion in the valley and it would
have been a source of Joy to the Saints throughout the Earth could they
have witnessed its movements on the day of its great parade to see a
whole Army of mighty men in martial aray ground their arms not
by command but simply by request repair to the temple block and with pick & spade
open the foundation for a place of worship & erect the pilasters beams & roof so
that we now have a commodious edifice 100 by 60 feet with brick walls whare
we assemble with the Saints from sabbath to sabbath & almost evry evening in the
week to teach, council & defise [devise] ways and means for the prosperity of the
Kingdom of God, and we feel thankful that we have a better house
or bowery for public worship the coming winter than we have heretofore
had any winter in this dispensation. Also the walls of the Council
House are nearly completed. The baths at the warm spring house are
in progress and the foundation is laid & the brick prepaired for an
extensive store house & granary and no exheertions are wanting on our part
to push forward the public works as fast as tithing & means are put into
our hand. They spoke of their great celebration on the 24^th July as being a day
long to be remembered. 15 brethren had arived from the gold country
some had plenty of gold some were as destitute as when they went on board
of the ship Brooklin. "The true use of gold was for paving streets
covering houses & makeing culinary dishes & when the Saints shall have
preached the gospel raised grain & built up cities enough the Lord will
open up the way for a supply of gold to the perfect satisfaction of his
people.

They hadve laid the foundation for a perpetual fund for the
purpose of gathering all the poor Saints to Zion who cannot gather them
selves untill all the poor ar gatherd from Council Bluffs, the United
States and all the World And $5,500 isas the first fruits of it is sent
to Kanesvill by the hand of Brishop Hunter to buy oxen to take the
poor with him to Zion this season & then each year to return to the

states with all the money of the perpetual fund to continue to gather
the poor so that when A nation is born in a day they can be removed
the next of necessary.

Therey are also resolved to send the gospel
to all the world as soon as possible. All of the Twelve Apostles who
are in the valley with many others have their mission assigned them to
the Nations. Elder John Taylor accompanied by Curtis E Bolton and
John Pack goes to France: Elder Lorenzo Snow to Italy, & Joseph Toronto
with him. Erastus Snow to Denmark & Peter Hanson, Franklin D.
Richards goes to England accomapanied by John S. Higdy George B
Wallace, Job Smith H. W. Church, Joseph W Johnson, Joseph W Young
& Jacob Gates will all go on a mission to cooperate with President
Orson Pratt. Elder John Forsgreen will go on a mission to Sweeden
Elder P. P. Pratt will go on a western Mission to the Islands in the
spring. The abobve named Elders except P P Pratt have Just arived
in the States. The Epistle also makes the following remarks Elder Orson
Pratt is Doing a great work in England & the cause of truth is ad-
vanceing rapidly in all her home dominions & the rejoiceing of the Saints
causes satan to howl for he is compelled to be subject to the power of
the highest. "Elder Woodruff is located at Cambridgeport Mass
and has been comforting and instructing the Saints in Caniala
and the Eastern States the Past year If Elder Woodruff will gather
up all the Saints in his vicinity and come with them to this place He
will be doing a great work and will be opening a way for a visit to those
Nations who have both eyes and ears and are crying to the Elders of Israel
come tell ofus of the things of God for we have heard that God is with
you." [Zechariah 8:23] They call loudly upon me to gather up all the Saints in the eastern
country & bring them to Zion to esstablish woollen & cotton factories
& Iron founderies they say there is Iron & coal in good locations not
far distant.

The following is an item of the minutes of the conference
"On motion ^Prest^ Brigham Young was sustained as the first President of the Church
of J. C. of L. D. S. by unanimous vote of conference and also Heber C. Kimball
as first and Willard Richards as second councellors to Prest Young

Motioned that John Smith be sustained as the Patriarch of the whole Church carried
[Motioned that] Willard Richards [be sustained] Historian to this Church carried
[Motioned that] Orson Hyde [be sustained] President of the quorum of the Twelve carried
Also Parley P Pratt, Orson Pratt, Willford Woodruff, John Taylor
George A. Smith Amasa Lyman Ezra T. Benson Charles C Rich
Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, And Franklin D Richards.
And all the other Quorums were recieved in the same way. And many
other good things were communicated to me all of which filled
my soul with Joy.

Sister Huldah Frost called upon us & spent the night
I also recieved the 23rd Number of the Guardian [FIGURE] 30 m[iles]