Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-02-08
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mnRMnN pOI.YG MIN.

We presume lhi't hiA"y o. ouI IeaueFs
lave glanced over the, rules of Mormon
ina. rimony, which have been extensively
published 9f late in the papers, with the
same asloniShmcnt and disgust as OAR
selves; The fact is now undeniaSle-P
lySamy is recognized nd3systemaiiz!d
thing in one of the territories of this I'M
ion. :. Lnasmuch," says the Mormon
code ,as the saints in Utah consider it
moral, virtuous and Scliptural TO practice
the plurality system, they should seek by
every means to eradicate, not only from
their own minds, but from the minds OF
their children every crront Gus, improper
nred;udice which they have formerly i'm
bibed by their associations with the ma
lions of modern Christendom." And pa.
rents are urged to instruct their daugh.
tiers that it is honorable to marry q good
man who is already husband, rs one
who is single. The sixteen rules which
follow this Introductory advice are SINH
lar 10 those which are given by piOus Ma
kUmedans te their children.
No. requires that the man intending
TO marry should first Eecome truly rel-
gious.
No. 2 advises him to select his wives,
not for their beauty and grace merely,
but for their virtue, moAesly, industry
and cleanliness.
No. reminds him that his wives are
the weaker vessels, and that he must
therefore, instruct and advise them in the
duties Of family government.
No. 4. uniuinS it upon him to regard
the secrets Of each wife as sacred trust,
by nc means to be impaired to the 9TH
ers
No forbiLs him to speak Of the i'm
perfections Of one wife TO another.
No. condemns hastiness and fault
finding.
No.7 commands the husband to govern
his household impartially.
No. forbLs him to encourage COM
p3aints Of one wife against another.
No. requires him frequently to call
all his wives together, and instruct them
IN their duties TO God, to their husband,
and one to another.
No. 10 recommends him to pray much
for, heavenly wisdom, that he may go
vcrn Instantly Alright.
No. l | commands women to submit I'M
.yliciHy TO their husbands authority.
No l2 enioins that wives should seek
to rise in their husbands esteem by good
behaviour. not by disparaging the merits
Of his other wives.
No 13 advises wives to use gentle and
persuasive language.
No. ii forbids wives to speak disre
specially of their husband in his alb
sencc.
No. Is requires that each wife should
do all in her power to help and please the
other.
No. Is we will copy entire: "Lct each
mother correct her own children, and
see that they do not dispute and quarrel
with each other, nor with any others
let her not correct the children Of the
others without liberty so :o.do, lcstit give
oGense."
Such are the matrimonial rules of Utah.
Such is the code by which in Il territory
of the United States, the faircr and bet
ter half Of the community are reduced to
Egyptian slavery, to Mahomedan noneni
ty. And in Propogating such system,
missionaries are zealo sly and most sue
cessfully engaged, at this moment in near
ly every civilized country on earth. Utah
will be, ere long, knocking at The door Of
the Union for admittance rs q sovereign
State. Will she be invited to enter p
Probably not. We apprehend that a
great deal Of curiosity and striking his
tory will be enacted in and about this
Persian Utah Of ours. The black cloud
in the southwest. until recently, no big
ger than mans hand, begins 10 assume
imposing dimensions, and to utter ominous
sounds.
WEAR AND TEAR" OF BANK NOTES.
The State Bank of Indiana recently
4 h,,. L..
of the ,untry to ascertain the gain to
banks Of issue by loss of circulating notes,
through a series of years. No Satistacto-
ry returns were made, but in two instan
ces they illicited the following facts The
Catskill Bank. in thirty years, with an av-
arage circulation of $500, 900. gained S 5.
900, as this amount has not been returned
in ten years. The Merchants Bank Of
Baltimore, with circulation ranging
from 100000 to 100000, Averages
about $4,000. OtbiIls issued between
the years 1906 and 1889. they have now
outstanding, after a lapse of at least ten
Years, $26, 1919, being an annual average
OF $500. The large average, however,
was caused by the loss, at one time, Of
$4,000, in notes. We presume the loss
es to the public by the acknowledgement
and ofLentmes positive dishonesty of banks
or bank-o~ners in some sections Of the
country, would average somewhat larger
SHIPMENT OF FELoNs TO THE UNITED
Satisfactorily two Germans were ar
rested in New York on charge Of bur
glary. When taken before a justice, on,
OF them made the following statemen
showing the systematic mode in which thu,
shipment of felons to this country is made
Congress should take this subject inIo