Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-04
FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

A leesrff Great Salt Like City, dated De.
eembsr 4ta which we fad in the New York ri
bEae contains The slbjoined interesting news:
The Mormon church hiss lost one OF its main oij-
lar oy zee sudden death Of Jsdediah NJ Grant. So
c9ricouassilor Of Bdehsm Young, mayor Of his
cityi anu member elect Of the legislature. He disj
On ne nigat of December and was buried his
m5rnifg wiki oil the hcnors OF the church.
DIT. Grant was q native Of New Hampshire, ana
vas scout 40 years of age at tho tims Of MS de-
desc VI moderate literary stlAinmeRts, 10 Wleh
lie etJJyed somewha. tie Gdeantage Of his assoc
ats 10 the presidency, be vas ons Of tie most
talented men am)1g the III lrmons. Very sarcas
TIC and a6us " Ia bis discourse sad pecsc5 sdept
10 the s3hoo Of bilingsgsts lie vas always no.ed a.
t-e most bitter rsvaer Of ths Gsltl.e5. L was
only fsV Slnia7s ago that ne denounced them
mos violently ard said that he was ready 10 tsks
bis bowie knife ia baud an casse han out Of the
Territory; bus he hiss row gone to MS last aceJut,
leaving several d,scJas0late widows, and s,veral
Children, four OF Wlom are uude. elgh. weeks of
age, e. mourn bis loss.
Ii Is not known who viii succeed Grant, b sue.
ces5or teing appointed By Brigham.
Alo,hsr Of tue hand cart tIaiLs arrived mere
las Sunday IL q condition which eggs-s oil DIS
c,lg.i0n Winter caught TIE Ia tn m1u tai1s
cesiItue OF clothing aad provisions, aud lad not
the relief Woich was sent from here reac1ei them,
every Oae OF hem would IaVe perlsl-G As 1t ~,
OUT Of the 500 which started, On5-fJ4rtl have
died, ard more tlau 100 Of tne remainder have
lost heir hands or fee. from the Ell Ct CT cold
Wen they reached here there were rot 30 Ia thu
tain Sho could LeIp themselves; tie rest were
stoEed 10 the bottoms OF tLe wagons which lad
beel sent Tor them, ragged and hllhy b=y0Gd con-
c-pLOr; helpless aad despsirlng they could or Juld
nos get Out Of The W .gOns to attend the calls o.
uasure, and II the weather had not been intensely
cold 10 world hsVe bred a pestIi5ucc. l Lever
una inec such scene. Heaven preserve me irym
witness. g such auother. and yet the D e ct
Noas MS tie eGron.ery 10 tell me world thai they
Cane JGr-ugh well
l. sad tina. there are yet Hundreds Of these
poor, dolJd9d wTetches in tae nouutsias a t57
d@ys ago sc express reached nsrs lon "a OK TIA IL
winch Is Csupei On Green riVer.-IheIr cattle had
given cut, and they were bare of provisions, being
Obliged to feed on taeir dead cattle. Some forty
wagons, with provisions, have gon5 ID their eJef,
70 eld,avcr If possible, b gel them into Fo-t
Bryce
TIE weather has been very e3ld for month
Psst. aud a great deal OF sasw has fallen. The
winter set in ct Least month earlier tnan IA year,
ard has been as YET, more severe. l /. { 5n.lares
so there VII not be muc- stock cit IL these
Valleys next spring.
There have o5ea a5ezdy mere than fifty spEl
cations made to Brigham for divorce uy W-man
gno arrived in the hts, emigrsat trans L seems
that on their arrival here, when they were yet
lgnaTalt Of the ways o! zlou, great many Of the
M0mol gentlemen cams to them, and picking gu.
those OF me Womsa which suited tneIn immediate
y ma them their "spT,uas; but these poor
girls so-n found out what it wa to live with the
saints IS slaves aud nov endeaVor to obtain d.
vorces This viii simply be Jumping ''out Of he
fTyIugpan into the FIRE, for sley will be compelled
u take, OF be taken by, some other man, and their
condition viii not be Jet.erel.