Sir, All is life at Nauvoo. This in is the third <​sucessive​> week in succession, that some part of the . has impoved one day in each<​,​> week in their annual exercise, by companies Cohorts, or Something of the kind.— Yesterday was their officer drill <​parade​>. when all the commissiond and non-comissiond officers of the Legion were under<​went a thorough discplinery​> a close drill drilling <​exercise​>, from their <​under command of​> drill Master General Col. , who appears to <​be​> understand <​be quite an expert at​> his business quite well for a “back woodsman”; and would not do <​do​> honore even to a New England. Master; and A. nobler looking set of officers <​fellows​> could <​can​> not be found in the market, than were presnt at <​in​> the drill yesterday.—

After the order of the day had passed, all had become quiet & still in the . & night had spread her dark mantle <​curtain​> over the , the “Maid of Iowa” hove, to, opposite the proph[e]t’s house, having on board another cargo of these “poor, deluded Saints” from <​of​> the “,” direct from ; whither she had started for at the date of my last,— The was very ob[l]iging, and “lay by” till morning till light & while I am writing, the Steamer is unloding, & at the same time every street is lined with horsemen & foot men, and the sound of the drum, the fife, the bugle & all kinds of martial music is chereing the feats of the multitudedd.

It is a day of general parade for the Legion <​City troops​> & I expect to see the prophet, the “Leutenant General” of the day for all , in his militay costume, At the head of his Legion, [p. [1]]