Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
4 Sunday Capt Walter M. Gibson arived home in this city on
the 3rd. I called upon him at President Youngs House this morning to
give us an account of his travels in the Tabernacle today I met
with my Prayer circle in the morning E. F. Sheets prayed W Woodrff
was mouth I attended meeting in the Tabernacle John Pack spoke in
the morning followed by Phineas Young in the afternoon Capt Gibson
spoke two hours & gave a vary interesting account of his missin
the dealings of the Lord with him the Lord opened the door before
him in a marvelous manner. He Baptized some Noted men He was in
Broad way at the visitation of the Prince of Wales thought there were
one million of people in 3 miles in Broadway New York as the prince
went through. He had a view of the Prince. He had an interview with
the Jappaneese Embassay and was the ownly man in America who
saw them that could communicate with them without interpeters and
one vary remarkable incident occured ie while the Jappaneese Gove[rn]m[en]t
utterly refused to admit of any American missionaries to visit their
realm they vary warmly invited Capt Gibson to pay them a
visit at Jappan that they would be his Friends & raise up other
friends for him in that land He spoke to them of the people in Utah
he ownly had an hour with them before they set sail
they wished to learn more about the people in the great valleys
of the mountains. I spent the evening with Capt Gibson at Lorenzo
youngs and had a plesant interview
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