28th I returned to the city with my family I there
learned that some brethren had arived from Calafornia
bringing a mail with them bearing the news that Brigham
Young was appointed our Governor L. W. Heywood state
Marshall the Judges to be sent from the states. There was great
rejoiceing in the valley that the Government had given us our
choice in a Governor President Young had gone North on
a mission was within 15 miles of the City the Band of
Music & an Escort went out to meet him & on ourtheir
arival in the City a salute of 10 guns was given & fire
works &c I shook hands with the Govornor at his house
& spent the evening with him & council at his house
the News brought is that the people are holding large mass
Meeting in the states against slavery that the gold digers
were dying 20 per day
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many have arisen in these last days professing to be Elijah the prophet but they have bro- ught forth Nothing of interest to the people will any one tell me what the office of Elijah the prophet was to be to the Earth when he come the answer is to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers & the fathers to the children lest I come & smite the whole Earth with a curse the answer
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