18 NOVEMBER 1871, Page 3

The American papers allege that Brigham Young is in con-

nerilment in South Utah, fearing arrest on a charge of murder. He has, they Bay, made a proposal to President Grant to prohibit polygamy in future, which he can only do by forging a revela- tion, on condition of general amnesty. The President, however, is advised to refuse, on the ground that there is danger in Brig- ham Young's theocratic power, as well as in polygamy. The Mormon chief is also in treaty with President Juarez, who wants to colonize Lower California, which the Mormons would very speedily rescue from the Indians who now overrun it. Lower California is well out of the way, but even there they will have toabandon polygamy, which could not be openly tolerated in a Catholic State.