On Monday I sued out a writ of habeas corpus; and after a fair hearing of the matter, I received the following order:-- STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF CLARK. ss. December, 25, 1843. Ordered by the Clark County Court that Samuel Musgrove, sheriff of Clark county, discharge Daniel Avery from imprisonment, on an indictment found against him for the alleged crime of stealing a mare of Joseph McCoy. By order of Court. [Sidenote: [L. S.]] Witness--Willis Curd, Clerk of said court, and seal of office this 25th of December, 1843. Done at office in Waterloo, date above. WILLIS CURD, Clerk. HONS. JOHN W. DEWELLIN, HENRY SNIVELY, Judges. Very early on Tuesday morning your affiant started for Nauvoo and arrived the same evening about sundown, a distance of nearly twenty miles so crippled from the iron bondage and hard usage of Missouri, that he is hardly able to walk. To those who assisted your said affiant to obtain his release from bondage, he tenders his grateful acknowledgements; and further your affiant saith not. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 28th day of December, 1843. DANIEL AVERY. W. W. PHELPS, Clerk, M. C. [Sidenote: Joseph H. Jackson--Prophet's Interview with.] {149} _Friday, 29.--_At home. In the forenoon, W. W. Phelps called and gave us a lesson on eloquence, and read my Appeal to the Green Mountain Boys, and also a New Year's hymn without rhyme. Three p.m., I related to Dr. Bernhisel and Joseph H. Jackson [2] my commencement in receiving revelations. Mr. Jackson said he was almost persuaded to be one with me. I replied, I would that he were not only almost, but altogether. At four p.m., I met with the City Council. [Sidenote: Police Force of Nauvoo Increased.] Having selected forty men to act as city policemen, they met with the Council, and were sworn into office to support the Constitution of the United States and the State of Illinois, and obey the ordinances of this city and the instructions of the Mayor, according to the best of their ability. Names of police called by Captain Jonathan Dunham: