The Kanzas news., 1858-10-09

an autograph letter from Brigham Young,
which we find in the Ontario Repxblicoa,
Times. This letter was written in reply to
one addressed to the "Prophet'' by the gem
| tleman spoken of. Brigham was requested
by bis correspondent to settle controversy
relating to his own antecedents, existing
between the latter and Alonzo Beebe, Of
Canandaigua. Brigham gives the follow
ing leaf from personal and family history:
- te7R GREAT SALT LAKE CRY,
July %, 1883.
10 10 = =: ..z a. .s.s-fa a--
received your letter dated Canandai-
qua, May s, 1855
I will give you short sketch of my his
tory. 1 was born in Whittingham, Wind
ham county, Vt, June /, 1901 NV ia
ther and family removed to Smyrna, Che
mango county, n Y, when was about
until 1913. Shortly after the commence
ment of the late war with Great Britain,
my father and his family removed to the
town of Genoa. Cayuga county, N. Y. in
which county lived until 1899. 1 then
moved to Mendon, Monroe county, NY,
and in 1880 removed from thence to No. 9,
Canandaigua, into a small house owned by
Jonathan Mack, situated on the west side of
the road, opposite to where MFR Mack then
lived. L helped to finish his new house,
so that he moved into it before left the
place. r.. ,..-,...tF 3, .-t,,-.
left Canandaigua in the. first part of
1882, and returned to Mendon. April ID,
same year, was baptized into the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
1 did not live in any other house during
my residence in Canandaigua. than the one
before, mentioned. never saw Sena Goff
to my knowledge. I never held meetings
in partnership with any person, nor ever
preached or pretended to, while lived in
the town of Canandaigua, nor ever spoke
in meeting except once in prayer meeting,
in the house I lived in, when probably I
occupied from two to five minutes. There
is possibility of my having spoken in
prayer meeting at other times, but have
no recollection of it. If I had. think I
would have remembered it. for found my
self materially frightened when I found my
self in the meeting I have mentioned. Aft
er had joined the church became some
what accustomed to public speaking.
Once, in passing through No. g. stopped
and preached in the school-heuse north of
Mr.. Mack's. -.e .,s:-.a..... .,..-. l...-.
I have thus far marked out my path with
some Particularly Since then, the events
of my life are before the world will,
however, state that after nay return to Men
don removed to Kirkland, Ohio, from
thence to Farwest, Mo-; from thence to
Nauvoo. ILL.,, and thence to the mountains.
There are FIVE brothers of us, in the fol-
lowing order: John. Joseph, Phineas H.
myself and Lorenzo D. The two former
never lived in No.9.y Phineas H. and Lo-
renzo D. did live there, but removed long
before I came. The FIVE of US, with my
two living sisters l have three dead, are
here; and although some of them are past
three score and ten years of age, vet by
living in a judicious manner, and through
the blessing of the Lord, we have good
health, and are surrounded by an abun-
dance of the comforts of life
Your opponent in the controversy (Beebe)
/ have no recollection of whatever. He re-
lies on his fancy for his arguments, and his
Imagination for his facts. ..-.. 50. ...
Through the faith and prayers of the
Saints, and the visible dealing of the Al
mighty, we are blessed with peace, and
again delivered from the grasp Of our ene-
mics who have sought all the day long to
trample in the dust and extinguish that sa-
cred light which God. through his revela-
tions to Joseph, the prophet, has implanted
in our breasts. - =
My heart yearns toward my friends of
bygone years, and blessed indeed will be
the day when they receive the light of the
new and everlasting covenant, when I can
join hands with them and feel that my God
is their God, and that where I worship
there also will they offer up devotion to the
Throne of Grace. 7..s...s... -.,...
The war is ended, the troops are partly
withdrawn, and we have returned to our
comfortable homes; our trees are loaded
with fruit, we have the best country in the
world for vegetables; our crops are most
abundant. Wheat is our staple grain. At
many times we have harvested three crops
from one sowing, by what we call voluntary
wheat sprlBging up the second or third
Although / have been in this valley only
eleven years. I have had peaches for seven
years, and this year viii have an abundance
OF apples for family use; we have apricets.
almond trees, plums. cherries, and the fin
est grapes have ever seen; they grow in
punches weighing from eight ounces to
two pounds. - as-aa ~8aiTs i
L have fine family of boys and girls, q
part OF whom are married. j have fifteen
living and two dead grandchildren
Present my warmest regards to your IA
ther and his family. Irealiy desire you to
let me know where they are living, and
how they are situated. e.ea 5g
5-l, hr BRIGHAM YOUNG.