Mr. , and ;

Dear friends:—

It is a long time since I have written you, and I should now much desire to see you, but I leave to-night for to meet the messenger charged with the arrest of Joseph Smith, , , and others, for murder, burglary, treason, &c. &c., who will be demanded in a few days on new indictments, found by the grand jury of a called court, on the original evidence, and in relation to which a was entered by the District Attorney. New proceedings have been gotten up on the old charges— and no can then save them. We shall try Smith on the case when we get him into . The war goes bravely on, and altho’ Smith thinks he is now safe— the enemy is near, even at the door. He has awoke the wrong [p. [1]]