Elder Palmer stated that when he was presiding in a conference, several of the brethren spoke out of order, and Elder J. B. Bosworth refused to submit to order according to his request; and he wished instructions on this point, whether he or some one else should preside over this branch of the Church; and also whether such conduct could be approved in conferences. Brother Gordon made some remarks on the same subject. President Smith said, relative to the first question, that Brother Gordon's tongue in the end did operate as testimony, as, by his remarks in tongues, the former decision was set aside and his [given in tongues] taken; that it was his [President Smith's] decision that Brother {163} Gordon's manifestation was incorrect, and from a suspicious mind. He approved the first decision, but discarded the second. Brother Joseph Keeler acknowledged that in the former decision he had acted hastily himself in urging Brother Carpenter to make acknowledgment without having time to reflect; and asked forgiveness wherein he had erred. Brother Gordon said he discovered that he was in error, and was satisfied with the counsel, and was willing to ask forgiveness of the brethren and of the Lord. Decision was then given on the second question, that Elder Bosworth was out of his place in opposing Elder Palmer when the latter presided in the conference. The two decisions were confirmed by unanimous vote of the conference. A motion was then made and passed by unanimous vote that a letter be written to Brother J.D. Bosworth, informing him of the last decision--that he acted out of place in opposing Elder Palmer in a former conference when requested to take his seat that the business might proceed according to order--and that such letter be signed by the clerk of this conference. The case of Elder Milton Stow was then presented, when it was proven that he had delivered prophecies at two different times that were not true; at one time in saying that Zion was already redeemed, and at another in saying that Brother Carpenter was cut off forever and also in saying that Sister Carpenter was dead. It was decided by vote, that Brother Milton Stow be and by the decision of this conference is, suspended from the privileges of this Church of Latter-day Saints, and from acting in the authority of an Elder in said Church of the Latter-day Saints, till he appear before the Bishop's council in Kirtland and make proper satisfaction. Conferences closed by prayer. Oliver Cowdery, Clerk of Conference. The following letter was written according to the instruction of the conference, as recorded in the foregoing minutes:-- _To Joseph B. Bosworth, a High Priest in the Church of Latter-day Saints_. NEW PORTAGE, OHIO, September 8, 1834.