The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-16

had adjourned recess The Receiver Generals
statement Of the finances OF the colony shows deficit
on ordinary expenditures OF $4,000. The Bank Of
Kingston had refused to receive American silver the
Receiver General compelled TO follow suit The
shopkeepes thereupon refused to receive except at
discount Of twenty Ave per cent This creating
great CONSERVATION among the people, there being
large amount Of American silver in their hands BUSH
was duller than usual unparalleled stagnaton pre-
vailing In all departments OF trade.
The Chief Of Police in Toronto, Canada has demanded
an increase OF force on account ia said OF appre-
hended riots owing to tho high price of provisions
Bishop Lynch OF that CITY, refused to accept donations
from Colonel Roberts for the use of the condemned
Fenians The New York mail 10 St. Adams Of Decem.
was found recently cut pieces and the contents
stolen s.s.'. - ssts' 70 1899 =
Our correspondent at Montreal says It is known there
that c. c. Clay and JC Breckinridge advised suatt to
go 10 England after the execution Of his mother and
that was At meeting Of tho rebel leaders in city,
at which surratt present. that the assassination Of
the President was determined upon. stet
The lower House Of the South Carolina Legislature
yesterday indefinitely postponed the resolutions ex-
pressing sympathy for JefE Davis The Committee on
the Constitutional Amendment recommended in their
report thar be rejected The committee the
biy Of calling national convention or States to
slider the question Of admitting the South report that
1t is questionable whether such would be
sstsnt with the serespect Of the State and that It
would ct least be undignifcd
The North Carolina Legislature passed bill yesterday
granting general pardons and amnesties to all officers
and soldiers Of the United States and Confederate
armies for offences against the criminal laws while In
the discharge Of their duly
force Of bushwhackers under Pool and Clemens,
entered Lexington, Mo-, ON Friday. Colonel Mont :
gomery and his troops engaged In fight with them,
and Clemens was killed and other bushwhaoken were
mortaly wounded Several Of the most prominent
sionias In the town then seized by Montgomery
and held a. hostages FOR the safety Of loyal c,zons
Congressional Legislation for the Mormons-
Blow at Polygamy.
Our claim to be . nation has been vindi-
Gated, and 1t must be confirmed by the energy
with which, from new point Of departure,
we shall swiftly advance along the path Of
empire. Without wasting time In attempting
petty and spiteful encroachments upon the ex-
ecutive powers Of the President, Congress will
now have ample scope for the exercise of Its
own legitimate constitutional functions. Ter
ritorial Legislation, for instance, will open .
wide and important field for this, particularly
in Utah.
An initiatory step in this direction has been
taken by Senator Howard, Of Michigan, who
offered the other day an amendment to the
amendments reported by the Committee on
Territories to the bill of last session to regu-
late the selection Of grand and petit jurors Ia
Utah, and for other purposes. The most sig
nifcant feature in this amendment is the fol.
lowing clause -" And If any person shall
presume to solemnize marriage in said Terri
tory, who is not by this act authorized so to do,
he shall be deemed guilty of misdemcanor,
and, upon conviction thereof before any court
Of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars nor
less than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned
in the Penitentiary not exceeding six
months, nor less than one month, or
both, at the discretion of the court" This
Is direct blow at polygamy as practised
| among the Saints in Utah; for it extends to
that Territory the provisions Of common law
enforced elsewhere in this country, which pro-
hibit magistrate or minister from solemnizing
a marriage between q man and q woman wheS
either party to the contract has already Aife
or husband. II this amendment be xdopted
by Congress, and enforced by legal and mill.
tary authority, Brigham YOUNG and the Nor.
mon elders may well treriole lest they lose
even the archaeological authority which
they will plead in Opposition to IT,
OF course all the YO,mons in Salt Lake City
will groan over D.is profane interference by
1ennies WIN Wat they deem their sacred right
o. resulasfs, &. marriage by the rules Of their
own v@.fch. Nor will there be wanting, per-
-, some opponents to II among the strangers
~.ehin their gates. Certain Gentiles, there and
elsewhere, may contend that, inasmuch as mar.
riage Is legally recognized In this country lin
the State Of New York for example) only as
civil contract, and as all acts Of legislation are
ultimately dependent for their force upon pub.
lie opinion, Senator Towards amendment
would prove virtually dead letter, 90 long "A
public opinion In Utah should remain irrecon
cilably hostile to It. The change in public
opinion as to the matter Of slavery has wrought
change In the laws relating to II, cancellinr
or rendering obsolete those which, as the expo
nent Of different public opinion, formerly
sanctioned and sustained IT, A similar change
of public opinion as TO marriage might lcayer
legislation concerning II, either changing tho
laws entirely or practically multiplying them
Nay shrill voices have scarcely ceased
cchoiug In the halls OF Cooper institute
(vhcre the women's Rights Convention ha
just been held), which predicted that tho move