[Brigham Young] --24-- William Smith preached: the passengers treated us respectfully: good captain and mate. (1)
Telegraph introduced by Samuel Morse with first telegraphed message on ―lightening line from Baltimore, Maryland, to Congress in Washington, D. C. saying ―What hath God wrought? The introduction of the telegraph, was the first time in human history messages could travel faster than the fastest form of transportation. (2)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph H. Jackson also swears out a writ against Joseph. Rockwell and Johnson reach Carthage to find that a jury has already been called for Joseph's case, and it is too late to change the warrant. (3)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Friday, May 24th 1844 With my family. Aaron Johnson, and O[rrin] P[orter] Rockwell went to Carthage to get R[obert] D. Foster indicted but they returned as the grand jury had risen [to consider charges of adultery and perjury]. Joseph Jackson was there and swore vs. me.
Tarried with my family till 6 [P.M.]. Eve went into Dr. Bernhisels room. Had council with Bro[thers] Phelps and Richards. Ordered City council called tomorrow and protective ordinance passed on habeus Corpus.
Returned to my family. In about 1 hour central committee [of Council of Fifty] wrote to Hugh Clark Alderman, corner of 4th and Martin Streets, Phil[adelphia], P[ennslyvani]a on election.
Rain this eve. It has been very pleasant for some days. (4)
-- May 25, 1844
Anointed Quorum "council" meeting at Joseph Smith's house in the afternoon . (5)
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 25th We rode to Bertrand township, Berrian Co State of Michigan & spent the night with Br Gideon Brownell. Distance 20 miles.
Notes of the Country
From Ottaway to Newark is a fine prarie country with a mixture of timber, good improvements set-telled mostly with eastern people. 9 miles west of Ottaway is a Norwegian Settlement (about 50 Saints among them). From Newark to Juliett is a fine country well improved. Mount Joylett stands about 3 miles from Juliett a splendid work of art. Canal passes through Juliett. It is a fine town. From Juliett east the land is not so good on to Indiana line. More wet & swampy.
As we Come near the Indiana line we struk a sand ridge with a large swamp or swail on the North, a miserable country not worth paying taxes for except the timber. Many dwellings we passed all empty.
We passed this kind of country to woods mills which is in Lake Co most of which is poor even on to Valperazo in Porter Co Ia. About 12 miles west of Laport the land begins to improve for several miles. Their is a great forest of shugar maple beach oak & a great variety of timber which is Joined on the east by a most splendid prairie under a high state of improvement to Laport which is the beauty of the State of Indian.
The land was poor about 5 miles to Niles. Niles is a flourishing town. We soon come to a forest of heavy timber of beach maple, Ash, Oak, & untill we reached little prairie round which is a fine prairie. Their is much good timber between little prairie round & Kallamazoo yet the land is mostly poor, many oak barrens, sandy, & stoney land. We pronounced Kalamazoo the best town we had seen since we left Nauvoo. The town of Comstock north of Calamazoo River is heavy timberd. The Country is ordinary ever [Â…] of land. (6)
Joseph Smith Jr.: Indicted for perjury and polygamy 25 May 1844, released on bail and case postponed (7)
While Joseph Smith keeps "out of the way of expected arrests from Carthage" for perjury and polygamy, the Council of Fifty "made arrangements to have" Joseph installed as postmaster for Nauvoo "and have control of the post office." (8)
Joseph learns that two indictments have been sworn out against him. William Law has charged Joseph with polygamy; Robert D. Foster and Joseph H. Jackson have charged him with false swearing. The high council in Nauvoo begins its counterattack against those attacking the character of Joseph Smith. They publish the sworn testimony of four Nauvoo women who claim that "Chauncey L. Higbee had brought about their ruin by deceit" by seducing them with the supposed approval and authorization of Joseph Smith. "The character of Chauncey L. Higbee is so infamous, and his exertions such as to destroy every principle of righteousness, that forbearance is no longer a virtue." (History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (7 volumes) 6:407.)Sidney Rigdon resigns the office of postmaster of Nauvoo and recommends Joseph Smith as his successor. (Apparently Joseph had been pressuring Sidney to resign ever since their disagreement the previous year in which Joseph charged him with
corresponding and conspiring with John C. Bennett against Joseph. He had also suspected Sidney, as postmaster, of readingâ€"and not deliveringâ€"some of Joseph's personal mail.) (3)
Footnotes:
1 - Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844, ed. Elden Jay Watson (Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968).
2 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
3 - Conklin, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology
4 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1844, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries
5 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Signature Books, 1994, Appendex: Meetings and Initiations of the Anointed Quorum, 1842-45, http://amzn.to/origins-power
6 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
7 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power
8 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
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