Mormon History, Sep 14, 1845, Sunday

[William Clayton Writings] Sunday 14th. At the office comparing books with brother Whitehead. At 5 P.M. met at Dr Richards with Prest. B. Young, H.C. Kimball, W. Richards, J. Taylor, P.P. Pratt, A. Lyman, G. A. Smith, N.K. Whitney, Geo. Miller, L. Richards, J. Young & J. C. Kingsbury. Brother Miller reported that he went to Carthage yesterday to attend to some business. While there he was arrested on a writ got up by the mob for the grave charge of Treason. He had a kind of trial & was admitted to parole bail till next saturday. Col. William & Sharp were at Carthage with the mob. The writ is against Prest. B. Young, H.C. Kimball, O. Hyde, O. Pratt, J.E. Page, L. Wight and several others. The treason is for colleaguing with the Indians, building an arsenal, and making Cannon. The Higbees are very active with the mob, and there seems to be a desperate effort to break us up. All the families have got up from Lima and there are a great number of teams gone to fetch up grain. The
last report gives 44 buildings burned and considerable grain, furniture, clothing &c. belonging to the poor Brethren. The Sheriff J.B. Backenstos has issued his proclamation warning the mob to disperse and calling upon all the Law and order citizens to act as ``posse commitatus'' to preserve the peace. It was decided in the council to offer some of our best property in the City for sale to respectable merchants in Cincinnatti [sic], Philladelphia [sic] &c judging it better for the safety of the property to sell out to such men than to leave it to the destruction of the mob. A great many sick were prayed for an we also prayed that the Lord would preserve us from the mob till the elders can get their endowment. It was also agreed to turn more force of hands to the Temple even if it have to hinder the Nauvoo House.

[Fillerup, Robert C., compiler; William Clayton Nauvoo Diaries and Personal Writings, A chronological compilation of the personal writings of William Clayton while he was a resident of Nauvoo, Illinois. http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/clayton-diaries]