Diary of Brigham Young 1857

Diary of Brigham Young, page 056

contract from us-to Start an express&n+for ourselves. Sunday Aug 2 1857. This morning attended +nee&q Tabernackle enjoying good health, preached a discourse, and made some allu- sion to Joseph Smith the Prophets family when the meeting was over returned home and sealed some per- sons in my office. attended the afternoon meeting and was much interested with a discourse by Elder G. A. Smith. attended circle meeting +he Monday Aug 3 1857. Reading letters which arrived -from by the Cal. mail. Tuesday Aug 4 1857. preparing letters for Cal mail and .also for the express which I have concluded to send to Florence N[ebraska] T[erritory]. wrote to Br J W Cox and Bp Crosby to have the faithful saints in Sanbernardino prepare for coming home for if the U. S. was to commence hostilities with this people they would not be permitted to remain there by the Californians"' Wednesday Aug 5. Busied with the duties of the Office, and preparing letters operation. Hundreds of horses ran on the island and they wwe considered a superior animal. "GUnder this date letters were sent to church leadcrs other than in San Bernardino announcing the trorll)les in store for Utah and saying "Would you not like to conle holl~e and help us-if so release most of the old Elders in fact every one \\-hich can be spared and hasten to our lnidst." To Silas Slllith, H. I'. Richards, and Edward Partridge in Hawaii, Yolmg Letterhook, vol. 3: pp. 747751. Four days later, similar letters xvcre sent to 11'. I. A4pplehy, head of the Eastern Mission and editor of the A40wnon, telling him to suspend his publication and conic honle. Illid., p. 775.