29th Sunday Early in the morning G. A. Smith & myself was
called upon to go to the Governors office as an expressed had
arived forom the Enemy when we arived at the office
we found Brother Young & Carrington at the office soon
Brother Heber C Kimball A O Smoot Lorenzo Young & others
came & Brother Carrington read a Proclamation from
A Cumming called himself Govornor of Utah & said
that the President Appointed him Govornor of Utah
but did not say what President appointed him whether
it was President Young or Buchannan. He commands
all armed people to dispersed to their Homes & said all
that opposed them would be treated as traitors He also
wrote a Letter to Governor Young accusing him of
treason & said that He should Esstablish his
quarters in gGreen river county & organize a tempora-
ry Government that all will be tried for treason
that oppose them, we went to the Tabernacle &
G A Smith Preached followed By Erastus Snow then
Brother Carrington read the Proclamation & the letters
to Governor Young from A. Cummings. In the Afternoon
President B. Young and H. C. Kimball spoke. President Young
spoke upon the subject of our disiplineing our minds & bringing
them into subjection to our own will & the law of God & our union
in Prayer. His subject was vary interesting. I attended
the prayer circle in the Evening then Preached in the 12th ward
with Bishop Hardy nearly evry member of my family
went to the 14 ward meeting in the evening G A S[mith] goes to Provo starts at 1 oclok
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