The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-18
From the Deseret News OF Dec. I2.
LATER FROM DESERET.

LATER FROM DESERET.
The following is from missionary who is stationed in
the Channel islands
Ths saints in France are feeling we'll Three persons
baptized in Paris last month. There few others
who are favorable to the work.
We have only baptized III in the Channel islands the
past half year. but have done good work in cutting
off q number of dead members that stood in the way.
There are others that obliged carry back
and if they don't learn to walk alone shall be
obliged to throw them off; they have been carried long
time. l... .... 49,. ...
"a deadening influence to hang these isles ;
and careless and indifferent feeling in relation to the Cos
pei to characterize the people, the Jersey people
pecaly Even many of the saints who have been in the
church long time cannot to shake off that drowsy
feeling. The jersey saints require constant stmulant
With few worthy exceptions they are like blacksmith5
fire. that will only burn while it is blown"
President Jedediah Morgan Grant died at Great Salt
City the LIST of December aged forty He had been
socated with the Mormons for twenty-five years. and had
held several high Offices among them.
He was elected Brgadier General of the LIST brigade
cavalry in the Nauvoo Legion May 20, 1s49
In October s49 he sent to the States business
in company with several other missionaries who elected
him their captain and whose lives he greatly aided by his
genealshp in saving, when furously charged upon by
large war party of Indians in the Black Hills.
Great Salt Lake City incorporated the 10th of
January, 1851, and at the first election held under the
charter the first Monday of the April Grant was
elected mayor which Office he held uninerruptedy and by
unanimous voice to the day of his death.
In 1861 he again went to the States where he spent
much of the time in Philadelphia and Washington, and
several letters to James Bennett editor of the New
York Herald, and also published them in pamphlet form
under the title "Truth for the Mormonsn
October 49, 1857 he elected major general of the first
division of the Nauvoo Legion, which Office he still held
and always took active and efficient interest and
ton in everything pertaining to the protection of the
lives property, and rights of the red as well as the white
man.
He unanimously elected speaker of the house of rep
resenatives in the legislative assembly of the Territory of
Utah the 18th of December 1882 and three subse-
quent sessions.
In April 1854 President Brigham Young selected Grant
for his COUNSELLOR and the 9th that choice
enthusiastically sustained by the large
bled that conference and subsequently by the saints
throughout the world.
The Deseret News, which appears in mourning bis
behalf remarks of him: ....
"Durng the last six months of his sojourn with he
abored indefagably and beyond his physical endu-
rance in starting and rolling forth that reformation which
is sweeping through settlements and kndling fire in
Zion which will be joyuly felt by the saint and
sinners TO fear These preeminenty useful abors
followed by that brief though illness which
freed his spirit from its earthly tenement to join Joseph in
enlarged sphere of action and where he bring
bear greatly increased ability to aid in ushering in the
reign Of peace and righteousness upon the earth"