Jan 16

He had petitioned to Congress to make an approprition to purchase
his Edition & circulation it gratis to the people. I felt to rejoice
that the Gentiles had commenced to published the Book of mormon
that the word might be circulated among the people if it is done
through Evnvy President Young said that he wanted O Pratt [to] take the
Book of Mormon to the Historians office which the Gentiles had
published & compare it with the third Edition American, & see if they
were correct I met with the Twelve in the prayer circle O Hyde
prayed J. Taylor was mouth. I went with O. Hyde O. Prat
J Taylor G. A. Smith & L. Snow to President Youngs and spent
one hour with him in conversing upon the subject of the Book of
mormon and News by the mail

January 17, 1859 ~ Monday

17^th I called upon Governor Cummings & secretary Hartnett
in the morning to get a list of his expendatures to put in the appro-
priateion Bill I attended the Legislature I called at the secretaris
office to get the Items of the expenditures to make out the appropriation
Bill I spent the evening at Brother Horns it being his birth day He
made a feast for his friends. Elder John Taylor read the New York
Herrald of Dec 17^th 1858 which is full of war the British Government
has boarded our steamers & Blockaded the mexican
ports stoped the American transit routt & war with England
& France is inevitable

January 18, 1859 ~ Tuesday

18^th I attended the Legislature and spent a short time in
the evening at the Presidents office the subject of the Allied
fleet in the gulf & on the Mexican Co[a]st was the subject of
conversation President Young said they were vary anxious
to shoot & they would have the privilege of doing all they
would want. D. H. Wells A Carrington & others were presnt

January 19, 1859 ~ Wednesday

19^th I attended the Legislature I spent the evening at President
Young W Woodruff J Taylor O Hyde & C. C. Rich of the Twelve
President Young conversed upon the subject of the present
position of the United States in connexion with England
& France in relation to the South American Question He
said If I had been President of the United States 7 years ago
I would have disbanded all of the armey, and expended
the same amount of money in building a Navy of armed
steamers I would have setled the Southern Mexico with
americans & bought out the Mexicans & finally annexed it
to the United States. And now if we have war with England
the United States will have to send their armies by Land.
He also said I have found out of Late what I have said
before that the British Government sent four regiments
to Lake superior to stop the mormons from going into
the British possessions & told the Govornor that England
would support him with all the British force if necessary
to keep the mormons from entering the British possessions
President Young said we are here in these valley whare we
shall stay untill the Lord shall lead us we shall never be
driven from these Mountains I do not believe. Elder Hyde
told a dream which He had a short time since, thought that
He was riding on a horse through a vast water like a roaring
[page torn] terock his horse had to wade in deep water one narrow strip

Jan 16 He had petitioned to Congress to make an appropriation to purchase his Edition & circulat it gratis to the people. I felt to rejoice that the Gentiles had commenced to published the Book of mormon that the word might be circulated among the people if it is done through Envy President Young said that he wanted O Pratt to take the Book of Mormon to the Historians office which the Gentiles had published & compare it with the third Edition American, & see if they were correct I met with the Twelve in the prayer circle O Hyde prayed J. Taylor was mouth. I went with O. Hyde O. Pratt J Taylor G. A. Smith & L. Snow to President Youngs and spent one hour with him in conversing upon the subject of the Book of mormon and News by the mail

January 17, 1859 ~ Monday

17th I called upon Governor Cummings & secretary Hartnett in the morning to get a list of his expendatures to put in the appropriation Bill I attended the Legislature I called at the secretaris office to get the Items of the expenditures to make out the appropriation Bill I spent the evening at Brother Horns it being his birth day He made a feast for his friends. Elder John Taylor read the New York Herrald of Dec 17th 1858 which is full of war the British Government [FIGURE] has boarded our steamers & Blockaded the mexican ports stoped the American transit routt & war with England & France is inevitable

January 18, 1859 ~ Tuesday

18th I attended the Legislature and spent a short time in the evening at the Presidents office the subject of the Allied fleet in the gulf & on the Mexican Coast was the subject of conversation President Young said they were vary anxious to shoot & they would have the privilege of doing all they would want. D. H. Wells A Carrington & others were presnt

January 19, 1859 ~ Wednesday

19th I attended the Legislature I spent the evening at President Young W Woodruff J Taylor O Hyde & C. C. Rich of the Twelve President Young conversed upon the subject of the present position of the United States in connexion with England & France in relation to the South American Question He said If I had been President of the United States 7 years ago I would have disbanded all of the armey and expended the same amount of money in building a Navy of armed steamers I would have setled the Southern Mexico with americans & bought out the Mexicans & finally annexed it to the United States. And now if we have war with England the United States will have to send their armies by Land He also said I have found out of Late what I have said before that the British Government sent four regiments to Lake superior to stop the mormons from going into the British possessions & told the Govornor that England would support him with all the British force if necessary to keep the mormons from entering the British possessions President Young said we are here in these valley whare we shall stay untill the Lord shall lead us we shall never be driven from these Mountains I do not believe. Elder Hyde told a dream which He had a short time since, thought that He was riding on a horse through a vast water like a roaring page torn terock his horse had to wade in deep water one narrow strip