After <​From​> this awful, bloody, and inhuman expulsion from <​by​> the government, and people of <​from​> , we found an asylum and friends in the state of . Here, in the fall of 1839, we commenced a city called , in , which, in 1840, recei in December 1840, recived an act of incorporation from the legislature of , and is endowed with as liberal powers as any city in the , upon every point connected with increase and prosperity, has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of thousands. It now contains near 1500 houses and more than 15,000 inhabitants: The charter contains, besides among its important powers, privileges or immunities, the <​A​> grant for “the University of ,” with the same liberal powers of the ; where all the arts and sciences will grow with the growth, and strengthen the strength of this beloved of the saints of the last days. Another very commendatory pr[o]vision of the charter, is that that portion of the citizens subject to Military duty, are organized into a body of independent military men, styled the “Nauvoo Legion,” whose highest officer had <​has​> the rank, and is commissioned Lieutenant General. This Legion, like other independant bodies of troops in this Republican government, is at the disposal of the Govern [p. 1[b]]