Lorenzo Snow spoke to the people first & was followed by presid[ent]
Young. Brother Snow spoke upon the subject of obeying council
& following their leaders without inquiring why they are
called to do it
Dominicus Carter Preached to the people in the Afternoon
a Discourse upon the subject of the potter with his clay
& vessels of honor & dishonor [Romans 9:21] he spoke well. He was followed
by J. C. Wright. He bore testimony that the Lord has been
with this people from the beginning up to this day the gifts &
graces were manifest. He spoke of many of the sick being healed
even the dead had been raised to life. He spoke of the Law of
God a woman was under the Law of her husband & no other if
she obeyed his Law she was under no transgression because
her husband was her head & evry man & woman had a
head the Presidency of the Church is the head of the Church on
Earth & if we obey them we shall be saved. Elder Felshaw
followed & gave an Exertation to the Saints & spoke of the privilege
the Saints were now enjoying in fillmore in hearing from
so many of their brethren.
The people Assembled again at candlelight & were addressed by
O. Pratt ^spok^ upon the Law of consecration he made many good
remarks concerning the benefits of the Law of consecration
He was followed J. C. Little who spoke well bore a strong
testimony of the work of God & He was followed by
~ Monday
7th I met in Joint session. A discussion took place
{Some American whores}
~ Tuesday
8th
I Attended court & took minutes of the proceedings
of the trial of Judge Drummond for Murder
~ Wednesday
9th I attended council or the Joint session of the Legislature
In the forenoon & the court in the afternoon on the trial
of Judge Drummond On an accusation of Murder it
was first brought Before the Probate Court then Judge Drumm[ond]
got out a rit of Hebeus Corpus given by Judge Kenny the
case then of the right of writ was tried before Judge Kenny
yesterday. Mr Miner & Mr Kelting plead in behalf
of the prisioner they both took a strong stand against the
Probate Court, against the Legislature & the Laws of Utah
Kelting made a fool of himself it was thought by some
that He was insane and knew not what he said. J. C. Little
T. Williams & Wm Hickman plead in behalf of the state
& sustained the probate court & Utah Laws to day as
soon as the court opened, Judge Drummond informed
the court that He wished to withdraw the whole suit from
before him the Judge informed him that He would have to be
remanded back to the probate court. He said He knew that
but He wished to withdraw the suit without Malace it was then
withdrawn & the court closed
Lorenzo Snow spoke to the people first & was followed by president Young. Brother Snow spoke upon the subject of obeying council & following their leaders without inquiring why they are called to do it
Dominicus Carter Preached to the people in the Afternoon a Discourse upon the subject of the potter with his clay & vessels of honor & dishonor he spoke well. He was followed by J. C. Wright. He bore testimony that the Lord has been with this people from the beginning up to this day the gifts & graces were manifest. He spoke of many of the sick being healed even the dead had been raised to life. He spoke of the Law of God a woman was under the Law of her husband & no other if she obeyed his Law she was under no transgression because her husband was her head & evry man & woman had a head the Presidency of the Church is the head of the Church on Earth & if we obey them we shall be saved. Elder Felshaw followed & gave an Exertation to the Saints & spoke of the privilege the saints were now enjoying in fillmore in hearing from so many of their brethren.
The people Assembled again at candlelight & were addressed by O. Pratt spok upon the Law of consecration he made many good remarks concerning the benefits of the Law of consecration
~ Monday
7th I met in Joint session. A discussion took place {Some American whores}
~ Tuesday
8th [FIGURE] I Attended court & took minutes of the proceedings of the trial of Judge Drummond for Murder
~ Wednesday
9th I attended council of the Joint session of the Legislature In the forenoon & the court in the afternoon on the trial of Judge Drummond On an accusation of Murder it was first brought Before the Probate Court then Judge Drummond got out a rit of Hebeus Corpus given by Judge Kenny the case then of the right of writ was tried before Judge Kenny yesterday. Mr Miner & Mr Kelting plead in behalf of the prisioner they both took a strong stand against the Probate Court, against the Legislature & the Laws of Utah Kelting made a fool of himself it was thought by some that He was insane and knew not what he said. J. C. Little T. Williams & Wm Hickman Plead in behalf of the State & sustained the probate court & Utah Laws to day as soon as the court opened, Judge Drummond informed the court that He wished to withdraw the whole suit from before him the Judge informed him that He would have to be remanded back to the probate court. He said He knew that but He wished to withdraw the suit without Malace it was then withdrawn & the court closed [rest of page blank
