_Sunday, September 10, 1843_.--Cold, and considerable rain. Kindled a fire in the office for the first time this fall. This is the first rain of any consequence since the first of June. There have been occasional--say three or four slight showers, but not enough to wet the potato hills, and the vegetables in the gardens have generally stopped growing, on account of the drought. Even corn is seriously injured,--much of it by a worm in the ear. Early potatoes are scarcely worth digging. _Monday, 11_.--Early in the morning a petition was presented to me, as Lieut.-General, to devise means to get the public arms of the State for the Legion; whereupon I appointed William W. Phelps, Henry Miller, and Hosea Stout a committee to wait on Governor Ford on the subject. Election for probate justice; weather cold; people cold. Greenleaf received most of the votes in Nauvoo--say seven hundred votes. Six, p.m., I met with my Brother Hyrum, William Law, Newel K. Whitney, and Willard Richards in my private room, where we had a season of prayer for Brother Law's little daughter, who was sick, and Emma, who was somewhat better. _Tuesday, 12.--_Rainy day. [Sidenote: Woodruff in a Train Wreck.] {32} Elder Woodruff left Boston for Portland by railroad and while passing through Chester woods, the engine was thrown off the tracks, and with the baggage cars smashed to pieces. Several of the passenger cars mounted the ruins, but none of the passengers were injured, except two very slightly. The engineer, however, was killed instantaneously. Elder Woodruff, with most of the passengers, remained all night in the woods, and found it very cold. _Wednesday, 13_.--I attended a lecture at the Grove, by Mr. John Finch, a Socialist, from England, and said a few words in reply. The following article appears [this day] in the _Neighbor_, copied from The New Haven, Conn., _Herald_.-- NAUVOO AND JOSEPH SMITH.