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went want ata sta pr6ume4 ia a stats either wants the power whirlwind storm and te m pest 60 tempest fifiumod that stais CV 4 oil i ros dos wrongs disi oii tion to rodross sandcha sandchu rc he a or lacks tho disposition io re aos s the wrong bda ts were stini houses and churchea laces sunk iio6se boats 300 of its own citizens committed within her blown to atoms and more than big own territory whether thoy proceed from persons killed owd territ oij own territoij oli oii they or wag orni orri cors officers the lawless acts of her orrl cers or any other wa the destruction of property was persons dollars estimated at five million of do liars tho committee therefore report that they ahi yhi tbo mississippi Mississipl mississipi the infississsipii river was overflowzrms recommend the passage of the following re- ing cities and arms within its reach a farms solution I for the distance of 1 and 1100 miles up al id 100 resolved that the committee on the ju- down its banks Fears were entertears cars fears diciary be discharged from the further con- tained for the safety of new orleans de aeration sideration of the memoriallin this case and hali hall bail storin hail storm memoria in A hailstorm had visited a section hao td withdraw been heen memori&usts hae memoria lists havo that the memorialists have leave to tdwithdraw of carolina such as had never be C il some of the stone ibe the papers which accompany their memorial witnessed before stones he since this decision was given the were said to measure 9 inches in circumference cum ference ilas lias lord has begun to vex that nation cu gerence this swept their growao ile lle he and lie will continue to do so except ing crops killed some of their cattle ac they repent for they now stand broke their windows &c tile tlle floods were rising in some of the guilty of murder robbery and plunsonie guilty whole cities dr der as it nation because they have the southern states 0o refused to protect their citizens and to were under water and the destruction meuse immense execute justice according to their own of life and property was ini mense tiie tlle tile the property amounting to several constitution the late news from that country millions devouring abn ti s d etails of destructions by ais the insects were devo urie their bn brings d ta als urle uric oogs chirilils which ibo bogs whirilwinds iho the &c f whirl whirlwinds 9loods whirlwindy tempests ac to a crops on the high grounds which the flood could not reach and great hood remarkable extent ilas has the city of natchez lias been commercial distress prevailed everynearly destroyed in a moment by where in their towns

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A general conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints gab 6th was heid vas held in the carpenters hall manchester on the gtb day of july 1840 was juli when 1I f st day of the 4th month of the I 1 th year of the church wh c a ath chuoc lith churc it being the i the fol lowin officers of the travelling high council were present viz elders foi sollowin followin following tra velling 13 13 young P P pratt wd woodruff J taylor wd richards H C Ki mhall kimball and G A smith other officers viz high priests 5 elders 19 1I I1 priests 16 teachers 1 1 and deacons 3 the meeting being called to order a little after ten oclock by elder W clayton it was moved by elder young seconded by elder woodruff that eider elder pratt be chosen president of the conference which was carried unani nimously elder W clayton was chosen clerk the meeting was opened by singing and prayer by the president tgreer reer yount elder B young then proceeded to prefer charges against elder ogreer T oieeii TG reen firgt firpt condi ror secondly rov abusing aang for lor viz firgo for giving way to a false spirit se condl fl gemale by a accusing her jn a public meeting of things which ha cotha n ot d emalee female he cothd 0 t ccusing in

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tile tlle prov i and thirdly for abuse to the house and con g re a don at Dukin nold noid congregation dukinneld mailificid dulin neld rokv roka brov K ne 28th 184 6 june 1840 1846 the president then proceeded to ask elder green whether lie was gu ht guilty acknowledged of these charges or not he immediately pleaded guilty and acano ackno ite lle ile bad after elder young had made considerable remarks to the meeting present touching the conduct of elder green he proposed that elder green go to those characters whom he had abused and insulted and make confession to them as far as die of ole oie the fience extended and then to be suspended trq M tra slon from office for a season yle president then made remarks to the same efrece and put it to tile efrect effect tlle tilc the vote of the meeting viz that he shall make confession as stated above and be suspended from office for a season carried ile lle he the president asked elder green if lie was willing to make confession who immediately agreed to do it the first opportunity opportunit oppor tunit mcloy ae meeting adjourned a little after twelve ocloy oclock 1e the sin i n two oclock business commenced by singing and prayer when the tile tlle a c president called upon the officers to represent t nc different branches of the tnc ferent church which was done in the following order viz

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tery terp branch manchester clayton the brandh at manches represented by elder W claaton 280 clajton preston ditto fidlding fielding ditto eider elder jos Fidl ding 351 elderjosficlding354 fidi elders kington and browett presented the minutes of the conHereford shirel herefordshire shiro shire feren ces ferences held in herefordshirel which were read by elder willford woodruff representing 33 branches of the church 534 read elder alfred cordon acad the minutes of the conference held at rcad hanley staffordshire representing 7 branches of tho church 168 the II anley 78 the branch at liverpool represented by elder john tay lor taylor tho eider elder jos fielding read the minutes of the thornley conference eldr chaigbley the branches at chaighley and thornley represented by elder Yllliam william kay 39 111behester iho tho branch at ilibchester represented by elder francis clark 22 the john ellison 68. 58. as waddington ditto ditto 68 58 ditto 35. clithero ditto 35 brother lofthouse Chatbum ditto chatburn ditto 91 elder john bond downham ditto ditto di tto 25 J spencer grind ae ton 1e grindleton ditto leton ditto elderjoseph eider elder joseph Elde rJoseph fielding 5 eide ditto whitemore ditto 3. J spencer 3 ditto burnley ditto 27 elder 11 C kimball 27. ir ditto blackburn ditto elder 11 C kimball 17 II M elder reuben hadlock read the minutes of tho conference held II tilo adlock the raisley cotland paisey at paisley scotland representing 5 branches of the church 106. paisiy log 106 6 the branch at alston represented by elder john sanders 36 ier ler eider john sanders brampton ditto ditto 061 214 114 longton n ditto ditto longto 51 elder bradshaw
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1 1 1 77 4 melting elder P melling 1 0 16 0 .0 4 elder rd withnall whittle I Q 1 a 00 19 2 .0 IL mbride Southport southport southwort 1 0 42 3 .0 eccleston bid kid itd eld ela eia branches at daubers lane and eccleton by eid ltd withnall 42. 0 1 18. 1 .0 1 18 0 hillp iiuntersnill the branch at hunters fillp represented by richard benson 8. Q 8 0 0 Q odd Bl oda embers oad members 2 61. I gi 1 a. 3 .0 61 2 2 0 elder D wilding ditto nolton dolton bolton ditto 12. 0 .0 12 0 0. 0. 0 0 elder D wilding buryn elton ditto bury & ditto 11 .0 elder amos fielding 11. 0. 0 0 0 ditto ii li il 0 ratcliff ratclix ditto 0 40 ac elder willard richards 40. 1 1 0 .0 bedford &c ditto ditto 85. 2 1 85 2. 2 1 elder M littlewood ditto stockport ditto 1 1 41. 0 41 royle 0 .0 ditto dukinfield elder henry royie ditto 0 14 0 0. 3 0 .0 2 samuel heath macclesfield ditto aitta Mac clesfield aitto ditto 0 1 I ditto 20 0. 1 L 1 middlewick middlewich ditto Middle wich ditto 0. I pover 21 0 L k 1 ditto ditto 2 rover ditto 0 14 01 i 1 OS 0 .0 wlch william berry ditto northwick northwich northwkh Northwich ditto 1 . 0 40 0. ditto 0 0 ditto altrlncham altrincham ditto 1000 soll soli .0 14 0 waiker waiten John suii walten johnsen walker johnsun ditto walter johnsuii 4 whitefield L 0 .0 WhItefiel mitto ditto 1 13 .0 0 I .0 elder IV clayton pendlebury ditto 0 1 ditto 0 .0 0 ditto ditto 5 0. 0. 0 0 eccles ditto 0 I westbromwich ditto 0 West Bromwich westbromwichditto elder theodore turley 16 0 1 1 .O ditto turies the after tilo officers had got through with the representations the president tadie sul taole sui tadle tile introduced tiie new hymn book and after suitable remarks had been made the the askel by him and elders young and kington tho president asked the conference 1i I bad they if tl T wero satisfied with the laboure of those who had made the selection kd if they received the book labours tile the a nd the unanimous approbation of tiie meeting ani was immediately manifested

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moved by elder young that T kington be ordained moved high priest carried mqved by elder young seconded by elder G A smith i that aldred aifred alfred cordon be ordained high priest carried I1moved by elder young seconded Kiroball smithio by elder 11 C kimball that thomas smithbo ordained high priest carried moved smith be young by elder richards seconded by elder B xoung that john albiston bo ordained el der ca Tried also by tho same that john blezard be ordained elder carried and the carried carried that william berry be ordained elder car ried moved by elder woodruff seconded tied moved by eider by elder richards that joseph sliugerbeordained priest carried movedbxelder slinger be ordained elder elier aed carried woodruff seconded by elder kimball that george walker be ordained priest carrjed be druie seconded moved by elder Woo druIT seronde 1 by elder young that john smith bo ordained woodruff se4onde williami lod priestcarried led priest carriod also by the same that robert william be ordained priest carried i carried fp eider woodruff ae be and that william black bo ordained priest carried moved by elder Woodruf se be bonded conded by elder kimball that john melling bo ordained priest carried moved by X eiden elden be elde eide elder young seconded by elder richards that john sanders bo ordained elder eider eldor carried moved by elder kimball seconded by elder young that john parkinson eider elder kimball be ordained elder carried moved by elder richards seconded by elderkimball thatj4ohn thaijJohn thatdjohn that thal james worsley be ordained eider carried aiso by the same thatjjohn allan elder carriea also eldcrcarriedt niso bo ordained elder carried and that john swindlehurst be ordained priest carried Swindle burst be swindleburst

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hule those hose called upon hole officers whose circumstance would permit ulem to devote themselves entirely to the work of the ministry and would volunteer so to do to stand up when the following names were tilo tile taken viz of the travelling high council B young if C kimball john taylor willford woodruff willard richards and geo A smith other officers viz wm clayton reuben hadlock 11 clark theodore turley

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liavc tiley they liberty from the charge which they have sustained as a presidency that tlley may have the privilege of more fully entering into the field of labour and laboure that their labours were accepted carried elders young and richards then proceeded to ordain those who had been nominated to their respective offices after which the president called upon the clerk to read over the minutes which being done they were accepted by the unanimous voice of the conference moved by elder kimball seconded by elder young that this confeyounte held in the car ath rence be adjourned to the 6th day of october next to be heid pen terss pentercs penterss hall manchester at ten oclock am carried tile tiie pursuant to previous notice a general council of the church officers 7lh ath tile the was held in tlle council room at the star office manchester on the 7th meeting hlee day of july 1840 the Alec ting being opened by prayer by elder kimball elder young began to speak concerning those officers who had

joseph fielding thos richardson amos fielding john parkinson john john charles necdham wytch john needham H royle jolin blezard D wilding parr pnce joseph knowles william kay samuel heath william parri R ance mcbride and james morgan P by moved hy elder richards seconded by elder kimball that elder 1 hinted ointed melling be appointed to preside over the following branches of the church prestonip nip preston longton Pen wortham South port liport meals soutliport Sout southwort viz prestonialongton penwortham north meols and southport carried Presto moved by elder kimball seconded by elder young that elder richbrandies ard withnall be appointed to preside over the branches of the church at euxtonburgb Cho riey diey cliorley chociey choriey cil orley whittle dauber s lane Cli ordey hunters hill and euxtonburgh carried moved by elder kimball seconded by elder young that elder thos Clith ero cro smith be appointed to preside over the branches of the church at clithero findleton rind leton ilam llam ham bam Down liam chaigbley g rindleton whitemore chatburn downham chaighley Grindletonwhitemore burnley blackribchcstcr burn ribcbester and thornley carried moyed and seconded that president fielding and his councillors be set at moved alov ed

volunteered to devote themselves wholly to the ministry when it was moved and seconded that brothers wm kay and T richardson carried Carri edi carrl edv herefordshire go to Hereford shire to labour in that region with eld kington vy oark dark moved by elder kimball seconded by elder young that brother clark S cotlan d carried catlan avith with go nvith elder hadlock to scotland moved by elder kimball seconded by elder young that brother fielding go to bedford carried lder eider e ider moved by elder richards seconded by Elder kimball that brother carried amos i AM os fielding go to newcastle upon tyne j3rotliq lder eider e ider moved by elder kimball seconded by Elder woodruff hatbiothpr grrway Hereford shire D wilding go to garway herefordshire carried darway
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lT woodruft Woodru eljer eitler eider moved by elder young seconded by elder woodruff that brother IV carrle go clayton jo to birmingham carried claytonjo claytonjr elder richards carrie by elder Woodrul that brother f woodruff seconded move by moveably moveaby am airm fiani clayton birm john Need ghani go with brother cl1a t 0 n to birmingham carried necdham needham seconded by elder young that brother H seconled led N oung secon ged seconded moved by elder richards royle go to sheffield carried brother john cia cla ton moved by elder clayton seconded by elder young that brotlierjobn ovthe tile tlle llie of the albiston take charge orthe following branches of the church viz dukinfield hyde woolley hill ashton and staley bridge carried moved by elder kimball seconded by elder young that brother accompany joseph knowles accomran elder hadlock to scotland carried moved by elder richards seconded by elder young that brother john ric ar s carried cal W tch go with elder amos fielding to newcastle upon tyne Cairied wytch eved by elder pratt seconded by elder woodruff that brother wm win woodrit moved parr go to sandbacli and congleton carried samlbach Saml bach sami saalbach moved by elder richards seconded by elder pratt that brother heath macclesficld alacclesfield laboure Alac continue his labours in diac clesfield carried brother moved by elder richards seconded by elder woodruff that brothel Corns liaw shaw hornshaw cornsliaw Corn ilaw john blezard go to cornshaw carried moved by elder kimball seconded by elder richards that brother robert mcbride go to lancaster carried thai moved by elder richards seconded by elder woodruff that brother lder bood eider e ider neighbourbood neighbourhood james morgan abide in his own neighbourhood to labour with Elder D Carri Wildi Dg carried wilding carrl cd moved by elder pratt seconded by elder woodruff that brother price give up his business and labour under the advice of elder kington as the 0 way opens carried moved by elder richards seconded by elder kimball that brother loved tile tlle william black go to lisbourne ireland as the way opens carried iler ller Brot lier moved by elder richards seconded by elder smith that brother john par kinson have a roving commission so long as ho keeps busy and doing he parkinson Pai carried good bad after elder young had addressed the meeting upon several important items it was moved by elder young seconded by elder kimball that this meeting be adjourned to the next conference tilen the meeting then dismissed by blessing from elder young
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PRATT P P PRAIT PRESIDENT clenic W CLAYTON CLERK cleric

correspondence stan TO THE EDITOR OF THE MIL STAR tae tar brother

beloved i hise s rise that a bistor of the rdse feeling history voz work lord lora vork and progress of the woz of the urd tile tiie in Hereford shire and the regions herefordshire be round about would he interesting to the saints 1 proceed to lay before I

you a brief sketch of the same and laboure of my labours and those of my brethren in that region 1 arrived at frooms hill castle I ath herefordshire froom Hereford shire on the 4th of march and was kindly entertained benhow by for the night hy mr john benbow who received my testimony and opened his door for meeting and