Two keel boats, sloop-rigged, and laden with provisions and apparatus necessary for the occasion, and manned with fifty of the brethren, started this morning on an expedition to the upper Mississippi, among the pineries, where they can join those already {58} there, and erect mills, saw boards and plank, make shingles, hew timber, and return next spring with rafts, for the Temple of God, Nauvoo House, &c., to beautify the city of Nauvoo, according to the Prophets. _Thursday, 7_.--Weather very cool at Nauvoo, thermometer at six degrees. _Saturday, 9_.--I rode on the prairie with Brothers Clayton and Gheen to look at some land. Dined on my farm; hoed potatoes, &c., and in the afternoon returned to the city and transacted a variety of business. I find the following phrenological chart of my clerk, Elder Willard Richards, of the quorum of the Twelve, by A. Crane, M.D.:-- _Phrenological Chart of Willard Richards_. _Propensities_. Amitiveness--8, F. Very partial to the opposite sex; generally reciprocated by them. Philoprogenitiveness--7, F. Interested in the happiness of children; fond of their company. Inhabitiveness--7, F. Attached to place of long residence; no desire to change residence. Adhesiveness--11, V. L. Passionately and devotedly attached to lovers and friends. Combativeness--7, F. Great powers of exertion and sustaining under opposition and difficulties. Destructiveness--6, M. Ability to control the passions, and is not disposed to extreme measures. Secretiveness--10, L. Great propensity and ability to conceal feelings, plans, &c. Acquisitiveness--8, F. Frugality and industry, without much of the miserly, penurious, or stingy feeling. Alimentativeness--8, F. A good appetite, but not excessive, partiality for a variety of rich hearty dishes. Vitativeness--7, L. Strong desire to exist; contemplates death as the greatest misfortune. _Feelings_. Cautiousness--Discretion, carefulness, anxiety, apprehension, &c. Approbativeness--10, L. Ambition for distinction; sense of character, sensibility to reproach, fear of scandal. {59}Self-esteem--10, L. High-mindedness, independence, self-confidence, dignity; aspiration for greatness. Concentrativeness--7, F. Can dwell on a subject without fatigue, and control the imagination. _Sentiments_. Benevolence--9, L. Kindness, goodness, tenderness, sympathy. Veneration, 7, F. Religion without great awe or enthusiasm; reasonable deference to superiority. Firmness--9, L. Stability and decision of character and purpose. Conscientiousness--8, L. High regard for duty, integrity, moral principle, justice, obligation, truth, &c. Hope--7, F. Reasonable hopes, a fine flow of spirits; anticipation of what is to be realized. Marvelousness--6, F. Openness to conviction without blind credulity; tolerably good degree of faith.