The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-01-30
SUPPRESSION OF PoLYGAMY.

| SUPPRESSION OF POLYGAMY.
Senator Howard. Of Michigan, has intro.
uuced the copy ofa bill in Congress for the
suppression OF polygamy, The following
ass.. arc ns chlef features: 1t goes directly
ABOUT the abolition Of poygamy in Mormon. !.
dom ~ annulling and making criminal All
so-caiied marriages, spiritual or other. be.
yond the legal union with one wife. II
prohibits, under severe penalty tho soi.
emn'zation OF marriages by any other than
me magistrates authorized 10 do SO. II
punlshes, with hard labor for two years in
the Penitentiary, every person, male or fe-
male, who shall assist or be present at the
Mormon rite known as :. sealing" or snirii-
ual marriage. Il provides that : sealed
women, not lawfully married by the terms
OF the bill, shall in all courts and places be
deemed femme sole; and it provides that
'hey may sue their spiritual husbands for
compensation for their services while they
were spiritual wives; and it further pro-
viues that all children of sealed women
shaii De deemed as heirs of the mother. but
not OF the father. The bill reaches the We
~ heart OF the evil by prohibiting, under
penalty OF hard labor 10 the penitentiary for
nve years, any man from claiming or pre-
tending to possess marital rights over any
woman by reason Of her having been seal
ed, devoted or consecrated to him by any
ceremony, rite, or sacrament, form or order
decree, sentence, vote or direction of the So
called Mormon Church, or OF any prophet,
bishop, or priest, whether with or with
out the consent of the woman The bill.
moreover, makes the extraordinary pro-
vision that all criminal cases arising under
It shall be heard. tried, and determined
by the District Courts without a jury The
object OF this last provision is, Of course, to
prevent the acquittals that would be very
sure 20 be granted uuder the auspices OF
such Jurles as would be empanneled among
the MormOns of Utah. Ii the law itself IS
demanded, this provision is necessary
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HoLLOw.HEARTED SENTIMESTALIsx.-The
following incident shows the difference be-
tween practical beneicence and maudlln
sentimentalism.
Eugene Sue used to visit, almost daily,
one OF the most fashionable ladies of Paris,
Madame de -, and hold forth in her
richly furnished bOudoir on the condition of
the pour.
DO you ever relieve their distress 2"
asked Madame de -, at the close of one
Of these harangues.
u To a :rifling extent" answered Sue !;
/" but though ny gifts are always small,
they are always cheerfolly bestowed.
give one fourth of my income in aims"
That afternoon, as he left the Cafe de
Paris. where he had been eating a costly
dinner, an apparently old woman, clad in
rags, prayed for charity.
30 away" was the stern reply.
But am starying-giye me a single
copper to purchase bread with"
Il will give you in charge to police
officer, If you thus annoy me-"
You will ?" said the beggar; /" and yet,
Monsieur Eugene Sue, you are the man
who writes about the misery Of the poor
you are the workiDgnan's champion-you
are."-
Who are you !" exclaimed Sue.
Madame de -" vas the reply, and
the disguised lady left the novelist to his
reflections.
Washington, Jan lS.-The Conservatory
Of the Presidents Mansion was burned this
morning. The timely arrival Of engines
saved the buildings. II is estimated that
the plants cannot be replaced for short OF
half million Of dollars. The furniture Of
the mansion was damaged by smoke.