The Shasta courier., 1858-03-20
The Son Of : Prephet--the Smith Family
1T Nauvoo.

correspondent Of the Missouri Republican
writes nat last simmer lie was at Nauvoo, and
conversed with Ar. Ottoman, who is married to
Joe Smiths widow. He says:
/ sat at the table with the family, consisting
of Bitoman and bis wife, and three sons of Joe
Smith, the eldest about twenty three or twenty
four; the second about twenty the third a lad
Of some twelve or thirteen years. From Mr..
ottoman learned that not one of the family be-
'eved in Mormonism, and that his wife, form
ny Mrs. Smith-had always been opposed to
I'm, as well as tie boys. l was told that Joe
propfecieds some two years before this
lac was BON, that SON was to be born to hi H.
at or about a. certain time; that at the time
stated his wife did give birth to a son. At that
time, he also stated that his sons name would
be David mot joe, and that is the name of the
/ lad, for heard him answer to it Joe also said
that his mantel ofgreatness and prophecy would
fall upon his son and lineal heir David who he
stated would be as wise and powerful as David
of old. The fact of the birth of this child, fol-
lowing according TO Joe's prophecy, strengthened
the belief that had already so strong hold
upon his followers Mrs Bitoman is a mascu-
line, intelligent looking lady, of forty-five or
forty-seven years. She is a native of New
York.
| She has a splendid farm some four miles from
Nauvoo, which is managed by her two eldest
sons, while David goes to school, About the
two eldest there is nothing remarkable to be
seen. They intelligent men, of large size,
but have nothing in their appearance betoken-
ing them to be prophets, ssons of prophet"
| To their mother they are said to be very kind,
| and much attached.
David is an uncomonly intelligent lad, of mas
sive eyes, His step-father intimated that he
| cares little about Mormons and Mormonism
as one that never heard the names, notwithstan-
ding that thousands of the followers of his fa-
ther believe him to be the great high priest
prophet and seer, lin embryo,) &C. He knows
that they worship his name equal to that of Je-
sus Christ; and yet, l am told the lad is too in
telligent to allow it to make any impression upon
| him. Probably the fact of all the family being
unbeievers in it is the cause
The following incident learned from q gen.
tleman residing at Nauvoo: That when Joe was
killed in the Jail, some fifteen miles from his
home, his wife and son took possession of his
body, and to prevent the rabble from getting it,
they raised the floor of the dining room, and,
digging grave, buried his remains there, where
they still remain. The story, whether true or
not, is generally believed in Nauvoo.
|
PERPETUAL MOTION AT LAsT.-The New York
Journal of Commerce, of late date gives an ac-
count of an invention of one Mr. Hendrickson.
OF New Jersey which is claimed to be self
moving machine, or perpetual motion. The Jour
| nal of Commerce was the first to make public
mention of this discovery several years ago,
which then went the rounds of the newspapers,
since which time Mr.. Hendrickson has met with
a series of prosecutions on its account from his
incredulous neghbors. He was induced SAYS
the Journal, to exhibit his machine at an agri-
cultural fair at Raritan N. j., and was ridculed
and accused of trickery and juggling, and final
ly arrested under act to suppress vice and
immortality, charging him with moving his ma
chine with a secret spring. He tried for
this offence aud the wise ones, mechanics and
engineers testified to the impC ssibility of such
machine as he claimed. He could only reply,
that you see the machine does move" Finally
the machine demolished in court, and no
secret spring or concealed power was discovered.
The men of science were disappointed, and Mr..
1endrickson discharged. Mr.. Ii. has re-created
his machine, and recently took it once more to
the office of the Journal of Commerce, and that
paper reiterates the assertion that it will go of
itself" Now in this discovery, twice announced
by reliable authority, there is either some truth,
or it is very deep joke which that paper is
anxious to perpetrate. 1t is stated that the
! power of the machine is very slight, but it mat
ters not if the fact be established that self
/ moving machine can be constructed at all, it is
"a new thing under the sun, and a surprising
y wonderful acquisition to scicnce.-North Cal
yornian.