September 13, 1858 ~ Monday Sept 13. I met at the office at 1/2 past 10 ock & spent the day compiling History September 14, 1858 ~ Tuesday 14th At half past 8 oclok Col Morrison passed through our City at 9 oclok with 4 companies of the 7th Ridgment & one company of recruits & 32 draggoons with abut 50 vary poor Horses the Animals looked worn out they went through in vary good order. Col Morrison admired the City much I ...

Sept 26 are going to do sumthing but I will show you he then threw his saw knife at Clarkson & Just as it was about to enter his body Brigham Young reached out his hand caught it so that it did not hurt him saying at the same time you now see what I can do. Clarkson said I see that my life is in your power at the same time he plunged his knife into his own breast & split it open then handed the handle of the knife all ...

October 25, 1858 ~ Monday Oct 25 I went to the Church stray pen to get a Durham Bull calf which Brother Wm Rydalch let me have he had never been halter broak & we put a lariet on his neck & he nearly choaked to death before we could do any thing with him he faught us with great force I got him home & shut him up & fed him I then assisted in cleaning out four hog pens whare the Hogs was belly deep in mud ...

Oct 31 Col Johnson has done as Judge Eckles advised him this its the Indians Statement President Young wrote a Letter to Arrowpene by Brother Hatch & told him it was not good to shed blood This places President Young in a vary singular position while President Buchannan with the congress and Armies of the United States are all laying plans to take the Life of President Young and the Indian Agents are trying to stir up ...

Nov 20th A writ upon Brigham Young sen Brigham Young jr Joseph A Young, Hiram Clawson, & James Ferguson at hal President Young sent word for him to leave a copy & He would acknowledge the serving of the writ at half past 5. One Gilbert came again to serve the same writs & was Determined to go in but they did not let him but acknowledged the writ. The Gentiles are trying to make a Fuss with the Saints in ...

Nov 22nd I called upon the President Young in the evening with E. T. Benson & Erastus Snow & Wm C. Stains & conversed till 9 oclok upon the affairs of the court & the present excited state of the people I set up with my child till 1 oclok during the night the men & clerks at Kinkades store came out & kicked the police & stoned them then the police turned upon them & knocked ...

Nov 24 The Mayor A. O. Smoot had an interview with Govornor Cummings who thoroughly sustained the poliece in their course with the mob on Monday night he told Brother Smoot that the ownly fault he found in the whole affair was that they did not notify him that He might be on the ground to met the mob & head the battle Himself for it was better for the responsibility to come upon him than upon the mayor & poliece of the City. He said ...

Nov 25 I spent the evening with the regency with President Young there were present Brigham Young D. H. Wells O. Hyde W. Woodruff G. A. Smith E. T. Benson F. D. Richards A. Carrington W. W Phelps, Hosea Stout, Samuel Richards G. D. Watt & R. L. Campbell & Joseph A Young we agreed upon ...

Nov 29 Grand Jury have no business to enquire into any thing before the leaving of the pease commissioners left this territory neither the Judge or Jery has nothing to do with any thing that transpired before that event so this ends the matter of trying to bring up Brigham Young on treason Judge Sinclair ruled that Green river county was not in his Jurisdiction. I spent the evening with President Young & the committee on the Deseret Alphabet ...

Dec 1st Read David H. Burr and was done before Judge G. P. Stiles Furgeson then asked if the court intended to open & exam[ine] the Records of Judge Stiles He said he should as far as was necessary to try his case. The court then sent for the records & red some in them. Mr Smith then spoke and said that as it was a personal nature he wished the two Atturneys to manage the matter themselves without any assistance from either side ...