Year: 1873




We have the startling announcement from
Salt Lake City that Ann Eliza Webb Young,
the wife of Brigham Young, No. II, has
forever left him, carrying off her furniture
and personal effects; that Brigham will en-
deavor to replevin the goods; that Mrs.
Young No. II is at the Walker House, and
that in her behalf three leading lawyers are
about to institute a suit for divorce and ali
mony in large sum; that in the trial impor-
tant revelations are expected concerning the
mysteries of the Prophets harem; that Mrs.
Young No. II is enjoying the sympathies of
the Gentle ladies of Salt Lake. and that there
is considerable degree of perturbation upon
this matter among the polygamous Mormons
of their Holy City of Zion.


There can be no doubt that if the three
leading lawyers succeed in bringing the case
of Mrs. Brigham Young No. II to trial there
will be some very interesting revelations touch
ing the Mormon institution of polygamy, in
connection with the domestic life of the Mormon
Prophet All his wives, from the living Mrs.
Brigham Young No. to No. 20 or 40, as the
list may be, all Of them within reach of the
Court, should the trial be ordered, will be
called in to testify regarding the status of each
and all in the family circle, and especially the
status and treatment of No. II. They will be
required each to testify how the attentions Of
their lord and master are divided among the
members of his harem how family disputes
among them are settled how the numerous
domestic duties of the Prophets family Of
tavorites are distributed among the ladies of
his populous establishment; how his regiment
of children have been and are cared for and
kept under discipline, and what are the rela-
tons and regulations of each mothers Off
spring in the general family, and what
is the outfit of the children as they grow up
to mans or woman's estate; and how many
wives, if any, have been cast off by the
Prophet; and which of his wives, besides No.
II, if any, have deserted him from time
to time; and what provision has been
made by him for deserving or rejected wives
All these matters and many more connected
with the domestic mysteries and miseries OF
Mormon polygamy will, doubtless, be thor
oughly investigated and elucidated should this
case tor divorce of Mrs. Brigham Young No.
II be brought into Court.


And there's luck in odd numbers, says Rory


O'More.


But will the Mormon Achilles in this mat
ter so far forget his cunning as to expose his
vulnerable heel to the shafts of his enemiesp
No. If the case be brought before Terri
torial Mormon Court it will be dismissed on
the ground of no jurisdiction, and the great
revelations expected will not be made.
Brought before United States Court
the Judge, we apprehend, will be
compelled to dismiss the case, be-
cause, as he can only recognize the
living Mrs Brigham Young No. l as the
wife of the Prophet, No II can have no case
as a wife before federal court Her recogni-
ton rs a wife would be the recognition of Nor
mon polygamy. No. II, however, with her
three able lawyers, may give her much mar
ried consort considerable trouble unless
quietly reconciled to the situation through the
medium of arbitration. And we think it
probable that arbitration, as in the Geneva
Conference, will settle the difficulty and that
the negotiations will carefully provide against
any proclamation of the settlement calculated
to shake the loyalty of the remaining wives of
the Prophets home circle. Between the
Prophet, who is host in himself and three
able lawyers, there will probably be no
difficulty in adjusting the indemnity due to
Mrs. Brigham Young No. II.