The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-10
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Tuesday Morning. October 10. 1871.

Three OF the most important elections
will be held to-day. the 10th Of October,
viz: Ohio. Pennsylvania and Iowa. Ohio
elects Governor. State officers and Le-
gislature; the Legislature will elect o
United States Senator, to succeed Sena-
tor Sherman. Pennsylvania elects an
Auditor. Surveyo General and members
of the Legislature. Iowa will elect q
Governor, State officers and Legisla.
ture, which will choose United States
Senator, in place of Mr.. Harlan.
Prince Bismarck does not succeed very
we'll, apparently, in his attempts to Ger
manize his new acquisitions OF Alsace
and Lorraine. The municipality Of
Strasbourg has quite recently elected, by
vote of twenty five to three, q Mayor,
whose popularity consists solely in his
opposition to German annexation.
Worse than this, the officials. elected by
the Germnns, are compelled in their
dealings with the people to use French
coin.. ..as no other is offered them nor will
any other be accepted in return. Again,
when the German generals, in order to
conciliate the Inhabitants. decided that
their officers should no longer be quar-
tered on the citizens. and advertised for
oil the apartments that were to be let,
they received no answers whatever, but
upon application the officera were in
formed they were not wanted as dodgers.
Every indication points to strong de-
termination on the part Of the people Of
she two annexed provinces not to submit
quietly to- German annexation; and if
Prince Bismarck wants Alsace and I1or-
raine. he has got TO fold them just us lie.
got them force or arms. 64'.u'
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The CR1s1s IN MoRMoNDoM. Joe
Smith, the founder; Of Motmonism. was
killed in'ls44, and Brigham Young was
then chosen first President ofthe Church.
This was while the Mormons were in H.
linois. Salt Lake City was founded in
1848. Congress organized the country
occupied by the Mormons into the Ter
ritory OF Utah, of which Brigham Young
was appointed Governor by Psesident
Fillmore, but was soon removed, in con
sequence Of his forcing the Federal
Judges, by threats OF violence, to leave
Utah. Brigham. however. refused to
give up his position, and various ont
RACES which followed determined Presi-
dent Buchanan to send q military force
there. The expedition ended in COM
promise. by which the rebellioua Nor
mons who submitted to the Federal au-
thority were pardoned, md the troops
entered Salt Lake Valley. Brigham has
continued chief President of the Church.
1t appears from late dispatches that he
has been arrested. as we'll as Mayor Da-
niel 81. Wells. and will be held to trial
for bigamy, or ''lewdly and licentionsly
oohabiting with different women," and,
also, it is reported, for murder. The
Mormons, as yet, show no Indications Of
resistance. It is possible that they have
learned enough by this time OF tho mill
tary power of the United States not to
repeat the insurrectionary experiment
made under President Buchanan. It is
noteworthy fact that the fret proceed
ings. against Brigham are in pursuance
Of q law enacted by the Motmons them
selves. In all the statutes of that Ter
ritory, there are but two brief sections
that in any way refer to the subject of
marriage, and both OF them are evident
ly intended to encompass the Gentiles
only. It is for the violation of section
33, of an .'Aot in relation to crimes and
punishments, that Brigham is arrested,
TO wit:
"If any man or woman, not being.
married to each other. lewdly aud Iasci-
viously associate nnd cohabit together;
or if any man or woman, married or un-
married, is guilty Of open and gross
lewdness. every person 30 offending
shall be punished by imprisonment not
exceeding ton years and not less than
six months, and fined not more than
81 600 md NOT leaa than Sst00 0r hnth