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in Carson county, Judge DIummond chvrged
the Grand Jury very foreibly and earnestly
upon the following among other sections Of
the criminal code
"And now, gentlemen Of tie Grand Jury, il
becomes my duty to call your special a,len-
ton with strict care, to the following section.
viz: Sec. 50 found on pnge 2s7, o. the revis-
ed Statutes Of the United States for A. D. 1855
which reads as follow.
II any man or woman, not being married 10
each other, lewdly and audaciously associate
and cohab! together; or II any man or woman,
married or unmarried, is guilty of open or
gross lewdness. and designedy make any open
or indecent! exposures Of his or her person
every such person so offending shall be pun
ished by imprisonment, not exceeding ten years
and not less than six months, and a fne Of not
more than thousand dollars. or both, al the
discretion Of the court" You VIII now re-
member that you have each taken solemn
oath before God AMI those witnesses that you
would true presentment make all such mat
tsrs and things as sbould bs given you in
charge, or Otherwise come to your knowledge
touching the present service"
'Tbis section, therefore. give you in
charge, with an arden: desire that you will
cast off all prisstly yOkes Of oppression, and
studiously and honestly do your duty, with
out fear, favor or affection; wholly unbiased
AS there is no statute law in the territory reg
ulating marriage, or touching the subject d.
rectly or indirectly, it only remains for me to
say that all these ceremonies by the people Of
this Territory called sealing are anything
other in the eyes ofthe law than legal mar
riage cerimony, In the foregoing section; tie
Legislature has thought proper to pass a
stringent Law ofa criminal character for the
punishment Of open levdness; this, indeed,
was wise and humane on the part OF those
Legislators, and to us Il seems that the Legis-
ature thereby intended to provide remedy
for the correction ofthat crying aud most loath
some, bsrbarous. cruel, black and degrading
evil, which seem TO be one Of the cardinal
doctrines Of the church prominent in power
in this territory, Polygamy; or at least, If they
did not intend it, they have virtually done
what should have been done many years since
The law is found in the book, and you as well
as am soemnly bound 10 give it force and
utility.
"It is wholly useless and MONDAY madness
for the Legislature to pass laws, and for the
Federal Government TO send judges and at
torneys here to execute those laws, if the
mandate of one man clothed with priestly
power, and wholly unlearned in the science Of
the law is to be permitted to thwart not only
the action Of the Legislature of the terrtory,
but boldly and openly bid open defiance and
sportiye rebellion against the federal authority
of the United States, aud dictate to Grand Ju-
ries when to find bills Of indictment and when
not. These things cannot be endured in a
Republican government. All these men there
fore, who have multiplicity OF women
residiug with them, at the same house, or at
the same harem, are subjects for your inVssti-
CATION. have already instructed you, that
there is no law iu this territory authorizing the
Issuing of marriage licenses, either in or out
Of ths Church; and much as you may regret
to do so, it is nevertheless your duty to res
pect the law ofthe land, and prefer bills ofin-
dictment agains! al such as have not been le-
gally married in some other country and par
ticularly when tSo or more women are cohab-
4 ting with the same man. These instances
are too often seen and too much encouraged by
the Church here, to insure respect from the
civilized world, either at home or abroad and
even barbaious minds in your own country re-
volt at the sickening aud truly heart,rending
spectacle of the masses Of the territory. Duty
follows you. gentlemen, in all the walks Of
life. at homa and abroad, in the family circle,
at the ballot box, at your daily christian de-
votious. and prominently here, where the in
terest Of the crushed and down.trodden appeal
in thunder tones, for relief at the hands Of the
aw,
A PLACE TO ESTABLISH MISSIONARY SRA.
TIoH.--We have had doubts about the propiety
aud have qusstiOne' the obligation resting up
on US. to pay moneys for establishing foreign
missions. AeEding the gospel among hsatheOs
in distant countries, so long, as there are so
much destitution within our own Territorial
John Randolph, 10 taking leave OF a party of
Ladies, at wealthy Shareholders residence ia
Virginia, who were making up clothing for
Greek Soldiers, during their late struggle for
freedom, aud in observing scores of half.elad
and half-fei negroes about the house, shouted
out, to the great surprise Of the party-and, in
that shrill piercing voics, for which he was SO