and wicked man, and had the Church and myself been less long suffering and merciful, it would have saved the Church much loss, and, perhaps, saved some souls which were corrupted in California, and led astray and plundered by him. I have always regretted having taken any measures to have him restored to fellowship after he was published in Nauvoo as cut off from the Church. However, if I erred, it was on the side of mercy. I devoted the winter in the presidency of the eastern churches, to writing for the _Prophet_ and in visiting the churches in Boston, Lowell, Philadelphia, Long Island and various other places, and preaching the gospel among them. The following pieces from my pen are found in the above periodical, under their appropriate dates and titles: "Materiality;" "New Proverbs." I continued writing for this periodical in New York, which had, however, changed its name, and was now published as the _New York Messenger_. From my numerous editorials and communications in that paper, I select the following as worthy of record: "Heaven." _July 20th, 1845_, I published an address to those under my charge. Soon after the publication of the foregoing, I took leave of the Saints and friends in the Eastern States, and returned to Nauvoo by way of the Erie Canal and the lakes, journeying from Chicago to Nauvoo by land, by private conveyance, accompanied by a few of the Saints from the East. We arrived in Nauvoo sometime in August. I found my family mostly in health, and was rejoiced to meet them. From the time of my arrival home until the end of the year, I was engaged in the cares of my family, in finishing my house, and in my official duties. In autumn the mobs recommenced their murders, robbings, house and grain burnings, and driving families away from their lands and homes in the borders of our county, and elsewhere. The sheriff of the County called out several _posses_ and dispersed them, killing some and arresting others.