Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-04
P0LIGAMY TAKING FLIGHT.
Wholesome Effect of Enforcement OF
Law-PlnraI- Wived Saints Fleeing.

f0LIGAMY TAKING FLIGHT.
! Wholesome Effect of Enforcement OF
Law-Plurai- Wived Saints Fleeing
A correspondent of the Christian Union,
writing from Salt Lake City concerning
polygamy and The rout caused among its
devotees by the recent prosecutions and
convictions, says;
1t has come to pass at length that, from
John Taylor down, the Utah thcocracv is
smitten with panic, and is on the run to
| cover; and because of late, after lament
able and most culpabie delay. the will of
the nation has begun to make itself felt,
and Judges and juries in vigorous fashion
| have been consigning polygamous culprits
without remedy TO Penitentiary walls In
1862 the General Government uttered a
threat which proved but idle In 1874
the way was cleared OF Obstacles and it
began to be possible to bring to Justice
even Utah yioiators Of marriage law. But
get for ten years longer they sinned on.
and grew inpudent in crime and began
to believe that heaven had special guard
ianShip for such as sought by many
wives TO rise and reign in eternal
| worlds. The Edmunds bill, indeed, struck
4 savage blow when il disfranchiSed i, coo.
but III retaliation and bravado thev
plunged all the deeper into pluralitv.'
No apprehension of i'll was felt when
Judge Zane took his seat in early autumn.
But brief fortnight was enough to bring
on terrible tempest of excitement and
alarm. Nine convictions of pious polvea-
NJ -+g tpif ii
lightning strokes, and nine elder, sat
dazed in tellons' cells In Utah, in Idaho
and in Arizona the bolt descended. and
almost simultaneously First arose a cry
Of wrathful surprise hut fear and trem-
bling soon took the place of wrath. For
who was safe? ANY one Of the chiefs might
be arrested. and at any hour. and tc
doomed to fine and imprisonment. Faith
seemed to tail. Resistance was not dreamed
Of No stomach for martvrdom was found
and 50 general Bull-Run eacerness to
escape became the common impulse with
prophe,s. apostles. patriarchs and high
priests And such scattering. helter-
-kelter, The sun does not often behold.
Not les than POO of the elders of l.
rael from Salt Lake alone have. in
church parlance retired or gone on
missions TO the Old World. or to the
Islands OF the sea. John Taylor Cannon.
and J. +. smith are not. Only two of the
twelve can anywhere be found. If this
goes on. the Court mill must soon stop for
lack Of grists to grind.
Light may break from Washington ere
long and III either Of two WAYS. The Su
Prcme Court may serve these sufferer, for
the Gospel a good turn, and open the
way for them to dwell again in their homes
IN peace, by overruling some Of Judge
Ianes decisions, which so.ely perturbed
the spirits Of the Saints, and smotc them
through with terror. y pliable Governor
and Judges may be sent here Thus the
good days of old would dawn again. But
IN case the 'g3rst comes, then lool. for an
exodus Of all rabid polvgamists to Mexican
soil or elsewhere, and :! kind message from
the skies suffering such Is continue to
sQjourn in [ tab 10 cieave to one wife only, |
and bidding themrohey the law OF the land. !
TIE CALAvERAs SiiULL.-At recent !
meeting Of the Santa Barbara Natural i
History Society, Rev. Mr. Weldon ad- !
dressed the society upon the subject of the /.
late. and still pending controversy the !
Of the Calayeras skull, aad, also /
Of the human remains found, together !
with those Of extinct species Of animals, in
the auriierous gravel beneath Table |
Mountain, Iuolumnc county. Mr.. Wei !
don said that he had examined plaster |
casts Of the fossils, said to have been dis |
covered beneath Table Mountain. Some |
Of these casts. beyond question, represented /
perfect than any yet found in Europe lie /
doubted that they were of the pliocene |
age. They We're more ancient than the I
Calayeras or Whitney skull, and were,
without question, genuine. No remains |
have ever been found before to which such |
age could be attached. But ne doubted |
that drift formation, overlaid by a /
lava formation, could be said to belong to /
the pliocene age. The casts, which he re-
ferred to- are the most interesting speci- |
mems in any museum in the world.
PANAMA CANAL AGITATION IN 1780.-i
From Germany it is learned that a curious !
historical document concerning a Panama
canal exists III the archives of Venezuela
which. by the way, is not "citv. as
some Of the Continental papers say it Isl.
bearing the date of 1850. 4 canal project.
this document records, was broached in
the reign of Philip H., but Flemish engi-
neers surveyed the territory and declared
that the obstacles to the undertaking were
.usurmountable. Native Governors"
continues this record, "thereupon pointed
out to the King the enormous commercial
disadvantages likely to arise in Spain from
such an undertaking, in consequence where {
st Phillip II. issued a rescript which
threatened with death any person aIlud-
ing, by word or writing, to the project
Scientific Press.
A New DESTRUCTIVE MIssLE.-A new
,hrapnell she'll for 100 ton guns has been
invented by an Italian admiral. At so
Yards from the cannon's mouth the shell
1ursts throwing forward IS smaller proiec-
lies which in their turn burst into fan
shaped shower OF balls. and fragments Of
ne al with terribly destructive effect.
o, NY BACK That lame back is caused
" kidney disease. Stop it at once BY
Hunts kidney and Liver1 Remedy