_May 23_.--Conference met to take into consideration the redemption of Zion. After addresses by five of the council, the church expressed their determination to put into practice the teachings we had given, when the conference adjourned. _May 25_.--The Twelve met in council to pray for one another until they should meet again; and, Resolved--That we recommend and counsel Elders John Murdock and Lloyd Lewis to go to the churches at Chenango Point, New York, and Springville, Pennsylvania (among whom we understand there is some difficulty), and set in order the things that are wanting in those branches. Resolved--That Elder Brigham Young go immediately from this place to an adjacent tribe of the remnants of Joseph, and open the door {225} of salvation to that long dejected and afflicted people. The council, according to his request, laid their hands upon him, that he might have their faith and prayers, to fill, with humility and power, that very important mission. They also laid hands on Elders John P. Greene and Amos Orton, for the same purpose, as they expected to accompany him. Orson Hyde, Clerk. _On the 5th of June_, nine of the Twelve met in council at Rose, or Lyonstown, New York. There being so few of the brethren in that region, it was resolved that it was not necessary to establish a conference, after which council adjourned. After they had preached several sermons in the vicinity, Elders Brigham Young, Orson Hyde and William Smith returned to Kirtland, as witnesses in a certain case wherein President Joseph Smith, Jun., was concerned before the county court, in which he righteously triumphed over his enemies. [5] Orson Hyde, Clerk. _On the 19th of June_, nine of the traveling High Council met with the church in conference at Pillow Point, New York, and resolved that the limits of the conference embrace all the northern part of the State, to be called the "Black River Conference." The Elders of the conference had been diligent in their callings. Their manner of teaching in some respects needed correction, which they gladly received. The church at Pillow Point numbered twenty-one, but did not generally observe the Word of Wisdom. The church at Sackets Harbor numbered nineteen; Burville, seven; Champion, six; Ellesburg, thirty-three; Henderson, four; Alexandria, four; Lyme, four; and two in Orleans, three in Potsdam, and six in Stockholm.