Dr being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth, that on the 10th of June he, in company with two others, went on the hill in the city of and in the neighborhood of the printing press of the ‘Nauvoo Expositor,’ when a company of men approached, headed by the of the , , some armed, but not many. After marching in front of the printing office, the demanded the keys of the office, in behalf of the Mayor and Municipal Court of , to destroy the press, type and appurtenances of said press, and burn them in the street. replied, in behalf of the whole of the editors of said newspaper, that he would not give up the key— that he set the Court and at defiance, and should hold them and the responsible for their acts in this affair. Accordingly orders were given to an officer of the company to forcibly take from the building the press, and destroy it according to order. It was done without any noise, or confusion, shouting or riotous proceedings; and further saith not.

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