S L City, . My Dear President W Woodruff— I received your letter of congratulation yesterday but was too crowded to be able to answer in time for the messenger Monday the 8th was indeed an eventful day for you and Br. Erastus—for it has since appeard and been stated that one of the Deputies had papers for both of you. Truly it was the good hand of the Lord that kept the one who had them a respectable distance from both of you. My anxiety was greatly relieved when I saw the Buggies that carried both of you going out of sight unmolested but I did not rest till I heard from both of you that you were safe among your friends. The Lord be praised—What ^an^ effort on the part of 20 U. States officers for a whole day & not an arrest made of any man, nor a single subpoe- na served on any person and the only papers needed were the search warrants that admitted them onto the various premises. The same night Williams was at his post and the next night Fairbanks was with me at the office on auditing business.