New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-14
LETTER FROM BRIGHAM YOUNG.

y Il 1T
eitizen Il Cauandaigua has received "a autograph
l,tter from Brigham, Young. whic ", find pabA-hed
IN The ontario PepablilGA 7iuss. This letter wa
written in r.ply TO ous addressed to tie Prophet by
th, gentleman snoken of. Brigham wa requested by
his corresponden, 10 s.te a controversy relating 10
h.. own arteccdents which had sprung dp between The
latter and Alouzo Beebe Of Cananda Zla. Brigham
give, the following leaf from p,rsousl AID ,auy hl;-
tory: .,.,
GREAr S,Lr LAKE CTr, July ., lsyS.
received your letter dated Caoanlaigus, Nay .,
lsS.
horn in Wliitngham. Wndhsm Co. ity, VI. June !,
1901. Nv father aud family remOv - - Smyrna, Che
mango County. \. y, when | W. shout eighteen
months old. We lived in the p.ac. 1r:i 1913. shortly
after the commencement 0t tie Ia" wat win 6rtai
Britain my father aud his family removed To the town
of Genoa, Cayuga County, y. y. IN which county
! lived until iS-y | then moved y hendon, Monroe
County and in 1880 removed from thence To- w. :,
Canandaieua into small house owned by Jonathan
Mack situated on the west side ot the road, opposite
to where Mr.. Mack then lived. helped II tnish hi
new house 20 that he moved into II before left the
place. ,eo,
turned to Mendon. April Is, same year, | was bap-
,ized into the Church Vi Jesus Cnr-t OF Latter Day
Saints
never saw Seua tiotf Ia my knowledge. | never held
meetings in partnership with any person, nor ever
preached or pretended TO- while lived in the town OF
Cauandagua nor ever spoke IN meeting, except once
in a prayrr-Ineetlng, IN the house | hyei IN,
when probably | occupied from two 10 1--we mtn-
utes. There is u possibility OF my having -poken
III prayer-meetng ~ other t,me., bat have no
rccoilection Of H. Ii I had, | think | would have
rrueuho horcd IT, for found myself materially righten-
ed when | found myself in the meeting have men,
tened. After had joined the Church. became soine-
what accustomed TO public speaking: Once IN pas7ng
through Nc. 9, stopped and preached in the school
house north Of NJ. Mack.
| have thus far marked out my path with some
particuuri,y. Since then the events OF my life are
before the world. | will, however, state that after
my return to Mendon / removed to hir'lani' ONO,
lr1m thence to tarNyest No. from thence 10 Nauvoo,
H.. and from thence to the mountains.
There are FIVE brothers OF US in the following order:
John, Joseph, Phineas H., myself snd Lorenzo ID.
The two former never lived III Nos. Phnaas III. and
Lorenzo ID. did live there, but removed long before
came. Tie FIVE Of u, with my two living sisters II
have three dead, are here: ana although some of
them are past three score and ten yelrs Of age vet
BY living in judcious manner, and through the
blessing of the Lord, we have good health, and are
surrounded by an abundance oi the comforts of life.
Your opponent in the controversy (i}eebe [ have
recollection oi whatever. He rel. HIS fancy for
his Arguments, and his imagination for his facts.
ThrJug! the fgith and prayeIs Of the Saints and the
visible dealing Of the Almighty, We ale blessed
with peace and again delivered from the grasp of
pie in the dust and extngush that sacred light which
God through his revelations Joseph, the prophet,
has implanted in our breasts.
My heart yearns toward ny friends of bygone
years. and blessed indeed, will be the day when they
rccoi ive the light of the and everlasting covenant,
when can join hands with them aud feel That my tol
s their f.G9 ard that where worshp there also will
they oter up devotion To- ''.e Throne of Grace.
The war is ended, the troops are partly withdrawn
and We have returned to comfortable homes our
trees loaded with fruit, have the best country
in the world for Vegetables crops are most abund
ant. Wheat is our staple grain. At many times
have harvested three crops from sowing, by what
We call voluntary wheat springng up the second
third season.
Although / have been in this valley only eleven
years, have had peuches for seven years and this
year will have abundance of apples for Gniy use;
we ye aprcos, almond trees, plus cherries, and the
finest grapes have ever they grow in punches
weighing from eight ounces 10 two pounds.
| have fine family OF boys and girls, part Of
whom married. | have fifteen living aud two dead
grandchildren.
Present my warmest regards 10 your father and his
family. really desire you to LET know where they
are living, and how they are stasted