Brigham Young, the Mormon ruler, has been arrested at Utah,
and held to bail to answer the charge of " living lewdly and lascivi- -ously " with sixteen women, —a few of those whom he calls his wives. The penalty for the offence is a term of imprisonment not weeding seven years, and the idea of the " Gentiles " is, that if found guilty and sentenced, polygamy will end in Utah. Polygamy of the Mormon kind, being confined to the rich and directly an- noying the poor, has never a very strong popular hold, and Brig- ham Young apparently is not prepared for overt resistance to the United States. It is quite possible that he may submit, pension off his wives, and direct the discontinuance of the practice, as being forbidden by infidels too powerful for the Church to resist, but it is also possible that he may be relying on bribery. He must be tried before a jury, and he is one of the wealthiest persons in the world, wealthier even than Mr. Tweed.
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