Nov 25
I spent the evening with the regency with President Young
there were present Brigham Young D. H. WellsO. Hyde
W. Woodruff G. A. SmithE. T. BensonF. D. RichardsA.
CarringtonW. W Phelps, Hosea Stout, Samuel Richards G. D. Watt & R. L. Campbell & Joseph A Young we agreed
upon the arangment of the Alphabet to have it stand perpendicular
also to print the first Book in the Deseret Alphabet & to print
some in each Number of the Deseret News. President Young
has laboured unceseingly to esstablish the Deseret Alphabet
& have it taught in our schools. Judge Sinclair ruled
that [since] they had sit in court but 7 days instead of nearly 60
that He should not count time ownly while sitting in court
The Deseret News published the procedings of the court
which has made the Judge & his party quite mad.
~ Friday
26. We have a hard snow storm this morning I spent
the day in the office scraping
~ Saturday
27th It is a cold day I spent the day in the office scraping
& preparing matter for the deseret Alphabet. Mr Kinkade
& his party were tried before the Mayor and fined
$20 each Kirk Anderson plead their cause or
rather Pled guilty for them
~ Sunday
28th Sunday President Young was confined to his room
all day with illness. The eastern Mail arived last night
at 12 oclok a vary dry mail nothing of interest. I met
with my Quorum at 12 oclok for Prayer R L Campbell
prayed Brother Pugmire was Mouth I spent several
hours in the Presidents office looking over the mail
but found but little of interest. I met with the Twelve
in the Prayer Circle. G. A. Smith Prayed & C. C. Rich was
mouth. The subjects of our prayers were for the President
& for the Lord to overthrow the evil designs of our enemies
against us & to divide them in their Councils that they
may do us no harm
~ Monday
29th A plesant morning Brother Riser came into
the office & spoke of his mission in Jermany He had
four trials & 23 days imprisionment in Hamburgh
for preaching the fulness of the Gospel called mormonism
The court met this morning at 11 oclok Judge Sinclair
has tried to rig a purchase to take up Brigham Young &
his Council & the Twelve for treason he gave a charge
to the Jury to Bring in a charge of treason against
the leaders of this people but to day the District Attorney
has argured before the court & the Grand Jury that they
had no Jurisdiction upon treason that was committed
at any period before the peace commissioners left this Territory for washington. It is a Historical fact that
treson did exhist in this Territory it is equally a Historical
fact that all treason which exhisted in this Territory was
pardoned By James Buchanan the President of the United
States & By the Govornor of this territory and the
Nov 25
I spent the evening with the regency with President Young
there were present Brigham Young D. H. WellsO. Hyde
W. Woodruff G. A. SmithE. T. BensonF. D. RichardsA.
CarringtonW. W Phelps, Hosea Stout, Samuel RichardsG. D. Watt & R. L. Campbell & Joseph A Young we agreed
upon the arangment of the Alphabet to have it stand perpendicular
also to print the first Book in the Deseret Alphabet & to print
some in each Number of the Deseret News. President Young
has laboured unceseingly to esstablish the Deseret Alphabet
& have it taught in our schools. Judge Sinclair ruled
that since they had sit in court but 7 days instead of nearly 60
that He should not count time ownly while sitting in court
The Deseret News published the procedings of the court
which has made the Judge & his party quite mad.
~ Friday
26. We have a hard snow storm this morning I spent
the day in the office scraping
~ Saturday
27th It is a cold day I spent the day in the office scraping
& preparing matter for the deseret Alphabet. Mr Kinkade
& his party were tried before the Mayor and fined
$20 each Kirk Anderson plead their cause or
rather Pled guilty for them
~ Sunday
28th Sunday President Young was confined to his room
all day with illness. The eastern Mail arived last night
at 12 oclok a vary dry mail nothing of interest. I met
with my Quorum at 12 oclok for Prayer R L Campbell
prayed Brother Pugmire was Mouth I spent several
hours in the Presidents office looking over the mail
but found but little of interest. I met with the Twelve
in the Prayer Circle. G. A. Smith Prayed & C. C. Rich was
mouth. The subjects of our prayers were for the President
& for the Lord to overthrow the evil designs of our enemies
against us & to divide them in their Councils that they
may do us no harm
~ Monday
29th A plesant morning Brother Riser came into
the office & spoke of his mission in Jermany He had
four trials & 23 days imprisionment in Hamburgh
for preaching the fulness of the Gospel called mormonism
The court met this morning at 11 oclok Judge Sinclair
has tried to rig a purchase to take up Brigham Young &
his Council & the Twelve for treason he gave a charge
to the Jury to Bring in a charge of treason against
the leaders of this people but to day the District Attorney
has argured before the court & the Grand Jury that they
had no Jurisdiction upon treason that was committed
at any period before the peace commissioners left this
Territory for washington. It is a Historical fact that
treson did exhist in this Territory it is equally a Historical
fact that all treason which exhisted in this Territory was
pardoned By James Buchanan the President of the United
States & By the Govornor of this territory and the
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," November 26, 1858 - November 29, 1858, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/lOD5