| 776 the country, with a writ, and have searched every house suspected, till the person was satisfied, and till I was satisfied myself that no such property, as claimed, was in the city.
I have good reason to believe that scoundrels stay in Nauvoo, and when stolen property comes into the city, they are ready to pass it on to the Territory, and screen themselves under the cloak of Mormonism, in order that the Mormons may bear the blame. If people will satisfy themselves as I have done, they may find a "Depot" in the regions of Iowa, containing the greater part of the property charged to the Mormons.
I would state further, that the Mormons had no agency in the searches I made, but that I made them, at the instance of men from the country, and that I spent three days in the Territory of Iowa, searching in to the facts and matters, and my statements are made up from personal observation.
JOSEPH A. KELTING,
Dep. Sheriff of Hancock Co.
TIMES AND SEASONS.
CITY OF NAUVOO.
JANUARY 15, 1845.
VOLUME VI.
This number commences volume sixth, and as the Lord has seen fit in his infinite wisdom to bless our labors thus far, we pray, and we earnestly solicit the saints to pray, that the same blessings, and success may crown our labors throughout the current year. From six members, we have almost miraculously grown to a kingdom of Latter-Day saints. In the midst of persecution, false brethren, perils and death, we have kept the faith delivered to us; and, notwithstanding, after we had built an house to the most high, and were compelled to abandon the enjoyment of it, and now gone on to build another in Nauvoo, (which we hope and pray may be ready for the service of God, in the course of this year, or early in the next;) and notwithstanding wicked men have martyred our Prophet and Patriarch; and notwithstanding some of our numbers have turned away, and left the gathering and the 'patterns' yet we are determined to press on towards the mark of the prize of our high calling, knowing that united we prosper, divided they perish!
We make no special promises in the Times and Seasons, because we mean it shall be its own witness of its utility among the saints.-We have the revelations, we have the principal authorities, and we have some experience, all of which combined, will enable us to publish sound doctrine, correct principles, and what is more valuable than diamonds,-'truth.' With this intention and a heart beating constant for eternal life, we expect the patronage and confidence of such as wish to be saved, if not the good will of all honest men.
ANOTHER MORMON EXPOSE.
"Mormonism.-The Springfield (Ill.) correspondent of the St. Louis Republican says: 'It is mentioned here that Wood, who acted as one of Joe Smith' counsel at the time of his death, is endeavoring to prevail on the "prophets" wife to make a full exposure of Mormonism, and to allow him to publish it, and that she has about consented so to do."
(->) We clipt [clipped] the above out of the "Washington Globe," and are not surprised to find it there; but we must admit that the desire of many people to swallow 'expositions of Mormonism' greatly exceeds the virtue and honesty of the age.
If Wood had wit enough to prevail upon the prophet's wife, what has she to expose? Booth, Howe, the Spalding story, old Brother Himes of Boston, Sunderland of Zion's Watchman, Dr. Bennett with great pomp, the Laws, Sidney Rigdon, Esq. and perhaps, an hundred others, have exposed Mormonism to an iota; and yet the Globe chimes in with a malevolent sacerdotal, phalanx to re-expose Mormonism!-or at least, the prophet's wife, has ABOUT consented so to do, and allow Wood to publish it! "When the sky falls we shall catch larks."
Wonder if these men mean to gull this generation with a continual exposure of Mormonism, and yet it will not stay exposed! Have the community of discerning men lost their reason? or do the blind lead the blind? Exposure has followed exposure, in quick succession, and now we are gravely informed that a little "blurred brief" from Blackstone, endeavoring to make a full exposure, through the prophet's wife!
Suppose we say a word concerning the "prophet's wife," Mrs. Emma Smith; she honored her husband while living, and she will never knowingly dishonor his good name while his martyred blood mingles with mother earth! Mrs. Smith is an honorable woman, and if we are not deceived, is as far from the corrupt insinuations in this ninety-ninth expose of Mormonism, as a fixed star is from a gambler's lamp at midnight. The very idea that so valuable and beloved a lady, could be coaxed into a fame of disgrace like the above, is as cruel and bloody as the assassination of her husband
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