26. I follow the typing and punctuation from the _Signal_ as given by the late John Hay, secretary of state, _Atlantic Monthly_ of December, 1869. 27. This is the late Secretary of State John Hay, in the _Atlantic Monthly_ for December, 1869; "Joe Smith died bravely, he stood by the jam of the door and fired four shots, bringing his man down every time. He shot an Irishman named Wills, who was in the affair from his congenital love of a brawl, in the arm; Gallaghor, a Southerner from the Mississippi bottom, in the face; Voorhees, a half-grown hobbledehoy from Bear Creek, in the shoulder; and another gentleman, whose name I will not mention, as he in prepared to prove an _alibi_, and besides stands six feet two in his moccasins." In a later paragraph he refers to "the handsome fight in the jail." HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. PERIOD I. HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET. CHAPTER I. AN ESTIMATE OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH AS A RELIGIOUS LEADER--ANTI-MORMON MEETING AT CARTHAGE--HISTORICAL SKETCH--IMPORTANT CONFERENCE OF THE TWELVE HELD IN BOSTON. _Friday, September 1, 1843._--A conference was held in Buffalo, New York, Elder John P. Greene presiding; Wm. H. Folsom, [1] clerk: 13 branches, 1 High Priest, 58 {2} Elders, 2 Teachers, 1 Deacon, and 247 members were represented. I attended the meeting of the High Council as a witness in the case of Cowles [2] vs. George J. Adams. Charges not sustained. _Saturday, 2._--I was not well, and therefore adjourned Mayor's Court. _Sunday, 3._--I attended council with my brother Hyrum, Newel B. Whitney, Willard Richards, William Law and William Marks, and gave instructions to the brethren in relation to things in futurity. A tremendous storm at Chester, Penn. The creek rose twenty-three feet in two hours, and swept away all the bridges, many factories and houses, and upwards of twenty persons drowned. A conference was held at Hayward's Hotel, Manchester, England. _Minutes of the Manchester Conference, held 3rd of September, 1843._ Charles Miller, President; William Walker, Clerk. Present: 1 Patriarch, 1 High Priest, 25 Elders, 40 Priests, 21 Teachers, and 4 Deacons. Total number of members represented was as follows: 1,549 members, including 44 Elders, 99 Priests, 56 Teachers, 22 Deacons. Baptized since last general conference, 80; cut off, 29; emigrated, 18; removed, 26; died, 4. _Monday, 4._--Attended mayor's court and tried three cases--viz., City _versus_ A. Dodge, S. Dodge, and Luther Purtelow. The two first I fined five dollars, and the last one dollar and costs. One, p.m., called and gave licence for {3} a circus performance, which I attended with my family until five, p.m. I copy from the_ New York Sun_ as follows:-- "JOE SMITH, THE MORMON PROPHET." [3]