Trouble Brewing in Utah

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 31, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 21, No. 18.

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Trouble Brewing in Utah

Trouble is brewing in Utah. On the 10th of March, Judge Kinney issued a writ against Brigham Young, under the Polygamy act of Congress. It was placed in the hands of United States Marshal Gibbs, who served it. It was responded to, and the defendant personally appeared in court, and, upon investigation, the judge held him to bail in the sum of $2,000, which was promptly given. In a meeting of the Cabinet at Washington, March 12, it is said that Gen. Nye, Governor of Nevada, after narrating the condition of affairs there, expressed the belief that nothing short of the arrest and execution of some of the leaders, including Brigham Young, will bring peace and order to that section.—Sel.