The New York herald., 1844-09-07
NEW YORK, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER T. 1914

in st. Louis gave me the same statement in regard
treatment OF her Mrs. Mgsn and Of has wife, which
gan had always thwared Joe, and she always would and
the why Joe had him he had was
assassination believe that william is too honorable
man, TO deny this statement indeed at one time wsud
have taken but little provocaon to have induced him to
have exposed Joe, and all his schemes Of villany.
have now given brief sketch Of some Of the damna-
Bile practices carried on, in the Of religion in Maui
VOC but to avoid an interruption have omitted to mar
rate several matters that passed before my
The world generally aware Of the fact that Joe Smith
versai contempt and merriment for no one conceived
that Joe had any idea OF his success but he had his
object even IN this, which more reasonable and
deeper laid than person unacquaned with HIM could
imagine His object was simply this There was MIR.
Brown, formerly OF Rushvie ILL.,, with whom became
acquainted in Nauvoo soon after my arrival there This
man has wonderful genius for invention and has plan
ned sub marine battery and steam fire ship which, to
all appearance capable Of great execution He stated
to that he had been operating for 81 years. in perfect
Ing this work. but had not the to bring the matter
before the nation and that Joe had made him proposition
proposition was to furnish the to take him,
together with G. A. Adams and Orson HYDE to Russia,
where the invention would be laid before the Emperor
and Joe had great faith in its success he expected
large for the secret which Brown and Joe to
divide This was Palmed Of on Brown but was far from
II TO me, this he would first for President, and
thus be able to prove to heEmperor Russia his strength
in the Union. He would then send G. A. Adams, Orson
Hyde and Brown to ussa and after tho utility Of the
invention had been fairly proved to the Emperor,
JOes prOpOeltlOn 10 MIN was 10 Do suDmlteu--
which was to form league for the overhrown Of the
powers that be. Now this may too ridiculous for
any man to imagine possible nevertheless, one
quanted with the excessive vanity Of Joe Smith, will
doub. but that he in reality, believed that he
could iorm even 50 preposteious unioa. Joe's
idea was, that by the aid of Browns invention he
could introduce himself to the Emperor and having the
strongest faith in the efficiency Of the new dscov
cry an instrument OF warfare he imagined that IL His
Majesty could once the wonderful work, that he
would be willing to take him partner in the
benefits for the sake of its advantages Az wild this
scheme may seem, it is wilder than many that have
characterised Mormonism from its infancy.
deem proper here to mention, that told Gov Fori,
after his arrival at Carthage Of the substance of what
have disclosed in these pages and that would
pledge myself If posse sufficient for protectionlwere
furnished that would to Nauvoo and show the secret
passages and hiding places in the city, and furnish evil
dence strongest to substantate the truth Of
what had stated to him in relation to the Bogus opera
TONS spiritual wife niquity plans Of assassinations tam
perng with the Indians sc. An order given at
to march the forces to Nauvoo supposed for that pur
pose but after the arrival Of certain politician things
took turn; the order countermanded and portion
Of the troops were disbanded the prairie while on
their march, The world is OF what resulted from
their evaporation in thereof The limits Of
these pages preclude any further remarks on this subject