March 20, 1859 ~ Sunday 20th Sunday I met with my quorum at 1 oclok I prayed & Bishop Hunter was Mouth. The Eastern Mail came in in the afternoon I spent some time in the Presidents office looking over the news of the day. A Land Bill passed the senate House giving to evry American citizen a quarter section of Land if they ocupied it 5 years the majority was 44 if it Passes the senate it will become a Law. I met with the Quorum of the Twelve

24th they be not at the controll of the Judges and he will not make the same report the next mail he says their was no necessity for calling out the Military at Provo He wasked [was asked] if he would required the citizens to be taken to Camp Floyd to be tryed he said He should not say that He should require it He was told the circumstances of the attack upon Howard Spencer He said he would immediately have that subject investigated these questions were asked Govornor

March 30, 1859 ~ Wednesday March 30th Brother Meeks got in from Provo last night reported that the Judges & Armey were vary mad at the Extra. The proc- lamation had Just arived but not circulated when he left. They had privately examined Durfee and he had tried to implicate President Young and this is what our Enemies have been triying to hier some one to do a long time. But their is not a man in the world who can sware in ...

June 13th wisth water some person had raised the gate & let the whole stream of water run onto my field of wheat & flooded it like a lake for 2 days & nights which damaged it much my corn & sugar cane is up well all my crops look well except whare it was damaged by flooding two hundred U.S. Draggoons returned from Origon & went into the South East part of the City & turned all their animals into a 10 acre lot of ...

June 27, 1859 ~ Monday June 27th {I spent most of the day in the office. The eastern mail came in today Not much news not much fighting yet the Pikes Peak gold mines mostly proves a failure and a humbug it has deceived many thousands and caused great distress. Many are passing through this city daily for California|Deseret Alphabet} June 28, 1859 ~ Tuesday 28th {I spent the forenoon watering my garden Brother Watt said I must ...

July 11 by any law to go to that camp & he should not do it & if He was his Lawyier he should advise him to let the Judges do as they pleased at the examination & if I was in his place I would Neither Deny nor Confess any thing but would remain silent. if he is guity he ought to be Cuffed for I have employed him for 2 years & paid him & helped his family & for such a man to ingaged in such a business I feel ...

16 thirty years. He commenced by saying Mr President Gent- lemen & Ladies I am happy to meet with you here to night esspecially to see so many females I havent seen a woman before since I have come into this ere place not that belong to this people & I dident expect to see one while I was here well I do declair I am glad to see so many women here to night I thought I was ownly going to meet a few poor printers. I dident expect to see any women at ...

July 23, 1859 ~ Saturday 23rd I called at Presidents Youngs office & herd 2 letters read to him from Joseph W. Young & Coward from St Louis. Brother Busby will start with a train on the 5 of June. The Hand cart train on the 10 with 200 men 52 cart, ^s^ & 8 waggons. The Church train on the 15 with 59 waggons for the Church & 11 of other men in the charge of Brother ...

November 29, 1859 ~ Tuesday Nov 29 29 It is still vary Heavy weather. I walked out into East Temple Street. The Dains finished husking my corn. I had 112 bushels of shelled corn. One half of my corn was destroyed in my Field by unruly cattle after it was shucked up I had half of a Beef sent me to day from the tithing office November 30, 1859 ~ Wednesday 30th I spent the day at home December 1, 1859 ~ Thursday to December 2, 1859 ~ ...

1861 who are so corrupt that they are a Hiss & bye word and a stink in the Norstrills of all people in the streets. John W. Dawson was sent By President Lincoln to Utah as there Governor He arived in Great Salt Lake City on the 7 of Dec. Delivered his miessage on the 10th to the Utah Legislature and immediately commenced a scene of debauchery and insulted women untill the widow of Thomas Williams ...