Show ELDERS IN TENNESSEE RELEASED GEN THORNBURG FURNISHES SECURITY FOR THEIR appearance chattanooga tenn may editor deseret News our last communication left elders christensen and garner in the county jail of carter county at elizabethton Elizabeth ton A number of their friends offered to go on their bond even telegraphing into the county seat from eighteen miles in the county making the offer but none were acceptable to the sheriff after a little delay gen benj J al thornburg of knoxville was communicated munica ted with who willingly stepped forward forward and signed the bond and the brethren were once more free from their loathsome place of confinement f feeling e e I 1 I 1 ng inexpressibly pleased at the change made in their surroundings gen thornburg their bondsman is a well known citizen of east tennessee a representative in congress for six years a brother to major thornburg killed in colorado by the white river utes has visited utah a number of times and is acquainted with many of our leading citizens Js kis a liberal minded gentleman and possesses unlimited influence in his part of the state the jailor mr cani caul canier canler er and his good wife treated treated the brethren with unexceptional kindness extending eve ese every ry favor and courtesy possible under t the e circumstances for which the elders feel very thankful to them thera especially w was as this true trail after a day daye or twos acquaintance when the brethren first entered the jail they explained to the other prisoners e rs their custom of having morning and evening devotions and asking a blessing on their food which they carefully followed while incarcerated it seemingly making quite an impression on their fellow prisoners who parted from them with regret but were rejoiced at their release rhey remained in Eliza ellza elizabethton Elizabeth bete beti iton aton ton over thursday night and would leave on the mornin train to return to their former nield field of labor some twenty or t hirty thirty miles away with the sympathies p private private and public of very many people p ae who previous to this persecution k knew new and cared little about the mormon elders the already evident result of this unconstitutional law and inhuman persecution of the elders is that it will simply simply spread the gospel make friends for or the truth and cause the honest in heart to investigate steps have been taken to protect the rest of the eiders elders laboring in the state which wd we trust will prove effectual although a number of them are isolated from quick mail mall and telegraphic communication muni cation one of aft the most prominent men and leading politicians in the state who las visited our territory remarked publicly on hearing of the law that preaching poly polygamy amy was not necessary in preaching mormonism ll 11 and that the act would never attain the object aimed at but on the contrary would make friends to the cause more anon missionary |