66 66 of the kind with me again, I will make a full disclosure to Mr. Pratt on his return home. Depend upon it, I will certainly do it." Joe replied, "Sister Pratt, I hope you will not expose me, for if I suffer, all must suffer; so do not expose me. Will you promise me that you will not do it?" If," said she, you will never insult me again, I will not expose you, unless strong circumstances should require it." "If you should tell," said he, "I will ruin your reputation; remember that; and as you have repulsed me, it becomes sin, unless sacrifice is offered." He then desired that a lamb should be procured and slain, and the door-posts and the gate sprinkled with its blood, and the kidneys and entrails taken and offered upon an altar of twelve stones that had not been touched with a hammer, as a burnt sin-offering, for the purpose of saving him and his priesthood. His desire was complied with, and the lamb procured from Captain Barnett, and slain by Lieutenant Stephen H. Goddard; and the kidneys and entrails were offered in sacrifice, as Joe desired; and he observed, "All is now safe; the Destroying Angel will pass over without harming any of us." About this time, Mrs. Pratt, in a conversation with Mrs. Goddard, observed, "Sister Goddard, Joseph is a corrupt man; I know it, for he made an attempt upon me, in the name of the Lord. I now detest the man." Time passed on without further molestation, until one day, after Mr. Pratt's return from Europe, Joe called at her new house, and, looking at Mrs. Pratt, thought, "And, O! how often in these eyes, Which melting beamed like azure skies In dewy vernal weather How often have I raptured read The burning glance, that silent said, Now, love, we feel together,' and grossly insulted her again, by stealthily approaching and kissing her. This highly offended her, and she told her husband, Colonel Orson Pratt, who was highly incensed, and gave Joe a SEVERE REBUKE. Joe observed, "I did not desire to kiss her; Bennett made me do it!" Joe couldn't come the "extreme unction". over that intelligent lady; she was far above his polluted breath, his ribaldry, low vituperation, calumny, and detraction. He lied to her in the name of Israel's God. Let the base blasphemer remember that, and weep! Let him look at his black catalogue of crimes his seductions and attempted seductions, in the name of the Lord - his thefts - his robberies and his murders! Why, Satan blushes to behold so corrupt and loathsome a mortal, -one whose daring deeds of crime so far surpass hell's darkest counsels, as to hide the sable Prince in impenetrable darkness forever! If Joe Smith is not destined for the Devil, all I can say is, that the duties of a devil have not been clearly understood. "I've had a dream that bodes no good It seems to me extremely awful." Joe lied to Colonel Pratt afterwards, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. This shook his faith, and he told the Prophet to his face that he was a liar, AN INFAMOUS LIAR; and his noble voice has since been heard thundering against that Uncircumcised Philistine, the fell Monster of Iniquity, and that at the very portals of the Temple. Deploy column, Colonel Pratt, and let your heavy ordnance and batteringrams ply upon the ramparts of General Joe's imperial fortifications! Demolish the bastions and curtains of his fortresses! Open your artillery upon his concealed recesses, and storm his strong-holds! Let loose the dogs of war upon his gathering hosts of Tartarean fugitives and refugees, and secure to yourself an imperishable reputation as a moral victor, and a servant of your God; and Mormonism will soon be numbered with the things that were, the glory of which is now in the sear and yellow leaf. "Your friends are anxiously awaiting your return to the west. If it is possible, be here by the 1st of September. You can avert a great calamity, and add greatly to the amount of human happiness by so doing. I dare not write you to what I allude, but would gladly tell you. I called on Mrs. Pratt this morning, in order to learn where to address you; and she and Mr. Pratt dined at father's to-day. We had a long talk with them about the troubled waters, the present attitude in which they are placed, and the ultimate issue or final result of the exposé. was much pleased to see them so happy, and firm in the advocacy of truth. Mr. Pratt has publicly defended her, from the stand, against the foul aspersions attempted to be cast upon her irreproachable reputation by her interested persecutors. She is certainly one of the best of women, above reproach, of noble bearing, and great moral excellence; and Mr. Pratt will ever sustain her in exposing corruption and fraud. They request me to say to you that you must excuse them for not writing, as their time has hitherto been so completely engrossed. They are your unwavering friends, and cannot be driven from the truth by your enemies. Some here have dealt very treacherously with you, and they shall reap their reward hereafter; the curses of Heaven will fall upon their heads, for God will protect you in a virtuous cause. May all your undertakings prosper, and may God bless, and guardian angels watch over and hover around you, in this your time of danger and peril! Your friends here are firm as the adamantine rocks, and will ever sustain you in defending virtue and exposing vice. Father and mother join me in their respects to you. Please to write circumstantially at your earliest convenience "Respectfully, yours, "EMELINE WHITE." The following affidavit of Messrs. Carter, Whiting, and Leland, though unexpected by me, is quite opportune : "To THE PUBLIC: "BOSTON, September 17, 1842. "Without solicitation or the previous knowledge of any one, we would respectfully state that we have seen letters from four individuals, residing in and near Nauvoo, addressed to and received by different gentlemen in the States of New York and Massachusetts, through the post-office department, tending fully and unequivocally to confirm the truth of the disclosures of General Bennett, in relation to Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, and his followers, especially so far as regards the Seraglio and Order Lodge, and the cases of Mrs. Sarah M. Pratt, Miss Nancy Rigdon, and Mrs. Emeline White. The writers of these letters are persons of great respectability, holding high official stations. They request that their names shall not be made public, for fear of secret murder by the Mormon Destroying Angel, or the Daughter of Zion. "ROBERT CARTER, "WILLARD J. WHITING, "EMERSON LELAND." "SUFFOLK, Ss. September 17, 1842. "Then personally appeared the above-named Robert Carter, Willard J. Whiting, and Emerson Leland, and made oath that the above affidavit, by them subscribed, is true. "Before me, BRADFORD SUMNER, "Justice of the Peace." The Sangamo Journal, of July 22, 1842, in commenting on the Prophet's amours and secret abominations, says, "In this community, we verily believe that there is not a man, disconnected with the Mormons, who does not place implicit confidence in the disclosures of General Bennett. These disclosures show that the rulers of this Mormon confederacy are steeped in pollutions of the blackest dye - pollutions and crimes violatory of all laws, human and divine- and for which we can hardly find a parallel, without going back to the ingulfed 'cities of the plain.' It will be seen that the affidavit of Messrs. Carter, Whiting, and Leland, unequivocally sustains various other matters disclosed in this Exposé; and the whole testimony places Mrs. Pratt high on the vantage-ground, and far above reproach. Thus, by the assistance of a most powerful intellect, and the great God, has this noble lady signally triumphed over her insidiously persecuting enemies, and placed her foot upon the neck of the Monster of Iniquity, the Beast and the False Prophet; and her noble husband, too, has done himself immortal honor in battering down the bulwarks of prophetic security, behind which the Mormon Pontiff screened himself from merited infamy and disgrace. The course of the Prophet has been very singular in its inception, its prosecution, and its termination. MRS. EMELINE WHITE. Mrs. White is no Mormon. Her father, General Davison Hibard, resided at Nauvoo before the Mormons located themselves there. She is, however, what is much better, one of the most beautiful and accomplished women in the Holy City. Her form is noble, yet exquisitely proportioned; her features regular, and glowing with a thousand charms, not the least attractive of which is the amiable gayety that beams from every line of her countenance. She possesses fine musical talent, and realizes, in every way, the description of the poet, — "She sung of love - while o'er her lyre The rosy rays of evening fell, As if to feed with their soft fire The soul within that trembling shell. The fine intellect and superior intelligence of this lovely woman secured her effectually from falling into the Mormon delusion. She rejected, with decision and contempt, their base and absurd belief; and, so far as I am aware, rose triumphant above the libertine arts and temptations of the Prophet himself, though those arts and those temptations were put forth with all his strength. The following letter was addressed to her by Joe, who was, when he wrote it, in Springfield, Illinois : "MY SWEET EMELINE: - "You know that my love for you, as David said to Jonathan, is wonderful, passing the love of women.' And how can that be? You know it is only figurative. I mean you have my most supreme affections. O that I had yours as truly! May I not hope that it will be so? At all events, be my friend, my best friend. If you want any thing while I am gone, call upon either of the Bishops, Vinson Knight or Alanson Ripley, and show them the signature of Old White Hat,' and they will provide for you. Do not be afraid to receive any thing from me, and these men are con fidential. You need not fear to write me; and I do assure you that a few lines would be very consoling on a journey. Sign it 'Ro"Your humble servant, sanna. "OLD WHITE HAT." This letter had no other effect upon this virtuous lady, than to excite her scorn and indignation. She saw through the Monster and his detestable doctrines, and could not be persuaded, by any offers, to participate in his vileness. I am informed by General Robinson and Colonel Higbee, that the brother of Dr. John F. Weld has in his possession two other letters from this Old White Hat Prophet to Mrs. White, which are said to be exceedingly rich specimens of rigmarole, abounding in the warmest protestations of love, interlarded with quotations from Scripture. The Mormon Don Juan failed again in the application of the "extreme unction," and virtue once more triumphed over the insidious arts and machinations of a malevolent |