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On the 15th of August, 1799, Radetzky led the
Austrian attack in the battle of Novi. This was
one of the' fiercest actions fought during the cam-
paign. It asted for 12 hours, from Bin the morn-
ing till Bin the evening. At first the French were
successful, led by Joiibert, who fell mortally
wounded, leaving behind him a reputation which
still lives in the annals of his country. The battle
terminated, in a complete defeat of the French.
In Baron Melas's despatches the name of Radetzky
is again most honourably mentioned. After
quoting the names of various officers who bad
distinguished themselves at the battle of Novi,
Baron Mtlas saya,„--" I beg especially to bring to
the notice of his Majesty for promotion, Lieutenant-
Colonel Count Radetzky; the more so as I have had
so many occasions of admiring his great bravery,
dec.sion, and unceasing zeal and activity; to-day
it was he who arranged the columns for the attack,.
heading the men in person on various points, and
contributing thereby considerably to the victory."
The result of this campaign was that nearly the
whole of Upper Italy fell into the hands of the
A. ustriang.

Napoleon returned from Egypt towards the end
of 1799, and stood as First Consul at the head of

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the French Republic. He made proposals of peace.
The allies were not duped by his proposals ; war
was decided upon. Napoleon sent Moreau with
an army of 140,000 men into Germany, and ap-
pointed Massena commander-in-claief in Italy.
Melas commanded the Austrians. 12,000 English
were landed at Minorca, and Admiral Keith was
ordered to Wockade Genoa. Napoleon joined the
army in Italy in person in May. On the sth of
June (1800) the sanguinary battle of Marengo was
fought. Napoleon's star was again in the ascendant.
Melas had two horses shot under him, and was
wounded tlj a bullet in the arm. He was parried
from the field under the impression that the battle
was won. " This battle is lost," exclaimed Des-
saix to Napoleon ; " but there is time to win an-
other." A few moments later he fell mortally
wounded. The battle of Marengo, which ended
in a victory for the French, is one of the most san-
guinary on record. A truce was concluded on the
16th June. The Austrians had to hand over to the
French the fortified places of Tortona, Alessandria,
Turin, Milan, Pizzighettone, Arena, and Piacenza
within four days, and within the month the towns
Cuneo, Ceva, Savona, Genoa, and Urbane ; the
Austrian troops were to evacute Piedmont, Liguria,
Savoy, and Lombardy, and to withdraw beyond the
Mincio. In other words, the whole of Northern
Italy was handed over to the French. Radetsky,
who greatly distinguished himself on the field of
Marengo, was appointed to the command of the
Archduke Albert's Cuirassiers.

We will rapidly pass over the next 10 years of
Radetzky's career. As a recompense for his ser-
vices against the French during Napoleon's Ger-
man campaign, he received the Order of Maria
Theresa. After the peace of Luneville (1801—
18 05) he ef
hostilitiesenjoyed
in temporarylBoswe
raegpaoisne n
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in
on active service, with the rank of Major-General.
Radetzky
re-
newalzk yThe chief command was given to Archduke Charles
of Austria. The battle of Austerlitz lad to negotia-
tions ; on the 26th of December peace vas con-
cluded at Presburg, and Radetzky, with the rank
of Brigadier, enjoyed a few years' repose at Vienna.
Hostilities were renewed in 1809, and Radetzky
was appointed to the command of the avant-garde
of the sth corps d'armoe. Prussia was humiliated
at Jena and Friedland, and shortly afterwards
Napoleon dated his despatches from the Palace of
Schonbrunn. From the opening of the campaign
on the Danube until the memorable battle of
Aspern (21st and 22d of May)Radetzky was scarcely
a day without fighting the enemy. During this
campaign he was opposed by Napoleon, Devout,
Oudinot, Massena, Molitor, Lefebvre, andLannes.
Vienna capitulated on the 13th of May. Then
came the bat le of Aspern. Six times was Aspern
taken and re-taken on that day, and on the night
between the 21st and 22d the sentinels of the hot
tile armies were in sight of each other. On the
22d Napoleon beat a retreat. This was the first
time he had been beaten in the open field, and the
sensation was immense throughout Germany.
Radetzky was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
Field-Marshal in June, 1809. On the 4tb, sth,
and 6th of July following was fought the battle of,
Wagram. In that sanguinary contest Radetzky
commanded the cavalry. He was rewarded with
the colonelcy of the sth Hussars, and made Chief
of the Staff. Peeve was signed at Vienna on the
14th of October. In April, 1810, Radetzky was
appointed Commander of the Military Order of
Maria Theresa. Inspired by the lays of Korner,
and sick of French dominion, theyouth of Germany
rose in 1813. Austria joined. Napoleon offered
Silesia as a bribe for neutrality, which Metternich
declined. He proposed a European Congress to
settle the affairs of Europe. It met at Prague, but
led to no result. On the 12th of August Austria
declared war against France. During the whole of
the campaign which followed Radetzky acted as
Chief of the Staff under the immediate orders of
Prince Charles Schwarzenberg. After the battle of
Kulm the Emperor of Russia presented Radetzky
with the Order of St. Anne of the first class, and
Schwarzenberg in his despatches attributes the vic-
tory mainly to Radetzky.
The great battle of Leipsic (18th of October,
1813) sealed the fate of Napoleon m Germany. In
this battle Radetzky, who commanded the Austrian
cavalry, was wounded, but he took a very leading
part in the campaign in France during the follow-
ing spring. On the 21st of March, 1814, Lieut.
Field-Marshal Radetzky entered Paris, riding by
the side of the Emperor Alexander of Russia,
Frederick William of Prussia, and Prince Schwar-
zenberg. On the 20th of April Napoleon left for
Elba, and on the 4th of May Louis XVIII. entered
Paris. On the escape of Napoleon from Elba,
Radetzky again took the field, but he was not pre-
sent at Waterloo.

The peace of 1815, concluded at the Congress of
Vienna, is a resting point in R.adetzsky's career.
We next find him combining administrative
with military command in the Lombardo-Venetian
territory, enjoying in the highest degree the esteem
of his linpetial master, whose successor, the pre-
sent Emperor, is indebted to him for the preserva-
tion of his Italian possessions. The first half of.

Radetzky's career was chiefly on the battle-field,,
and the second half, if we except ,the last few years
of his honourable life, was equally stormy.
In 1831 Radetzky was appointed Commander-in-
Chief in Austrian Italy. In the intervening period
he had resided partly at Vienna, partly in Hungary,
I where he held the appointment of Inspector-Gene-
ral of the Army. In 1836 he received the baton
of Field-Marshal. It is only those who have lived
in Italy, more especially at Milan, the capital of
Lombardy, who can fully understand the feeling
the Lombards entertain towards Austria. It is
one of sullen but intense hatred, Radetzky's office
was no sinecure. When Mastai Ferretti succeeded
to the chair of St. Peter as Pius IX„ and initiated
his rule by liberal reforms, a thrill of nationality
ran, like the electric fluid, through Italy. This
was in 1846. In the following year the movenieht
was almost brought to a crisis by the Austrians
placing a garrison in. Ferrara. A. " Guardia Ci-
vics," or National Guard, was formed in nearly
every State, and then Caine, like a thunderbolt, the
Revolution of 1848 at Paris. Revolution succeeded
revolution. On the 17th of March (1848) the news
of the events at Vienna reached Milan. On the
same night the Archduke Rainier, the Viceroy,
with his family, left Milan for Verona. On the next
morning barricades were erected in every street of
Milan ; the revolution had commenced. After 3
days' fighting Radetzky
retired in good order to
Verona. This is a sad chapter in the history of Italy.
The descendants of t':o men who seven times re-
pulsed Frederick Barbarossa, instead of acting
hand and heart together against the common foe,
lost the golden opportunity in frivolities, banquets,
and speeches about Italian liberty. Moreover, it
seemed as if the galvanised corpse of Italy had
suddenly become imbued with all the old feelings
and fears of Guelph and Ghibelline, Bianchi and
Neri. The Italian League, nevertheless, for a
moment triumphed. The red, white, and green
tricolour waved from the towers of every city, except
Verona, Mantua, Legnane and .P.eschiera. The
number of Austrian troupe at Radetzky's ocreritatitici•
at this period was about 75,0J0 men. This includes
the garrisons of the fortresses. Austria was too
much occupied at home to send reinforcements.
Charles Albert declared himself, and on the 25th of
Marcia a Sardinian army crossed the Ticino in two
columns. On the Bth of April he advanced against
Radetzky. Skirmishing commenced on the 9th with
the Austrian outposts at Goito, about six miles from
Mantua. After some severe fighting, Charles Albert
forced the passage, and Rade zky fell back, first on
Mantua, then on Verona. The Italians were elated
with success ; reinforcements poured in from Tus-
cany, Rome, and Naples. Radetzky concentrated
his main force at Verona, leaving a strong division
at Pastrengo to keep open his communications with
the Tyrol. Charles Albert, resolved to attack this
division. On the 23d he carried the heights, and the
Austrians fell back beyond the Ezsch. The Pied.mon-
tese Monarch then gave battle. His army was about
45,000 strong, that of Radetzky 30,000, with Verona
to fall back upon. On the 6th of May, Charles
Albert gave orders to advance, and a general battle
ensued. The Austrians were driven from St. Lucia.
The resistance was, however, so firm that the Sar-
dinians had to fall back to the position they held
in the morning. The present Emperor of Austria
and his brother, the Archduke Albrecht, were pre-
sent at this engagement. The Lombards became
alarmed. They had fancied that they could drive
everything before them. A panic seized' upon
them. In vain did Charles Albert exhort them to
be firm. A retreat was resolved upon. The re-
treat became a flight. Cremona fell on the 31st.
A miserable attempt was made to defend the Adda.
On the 3d of August Radetzky was at Lodi close
on their heels. On the 4th he was before Milan.
Charles Albert endeavoured to defend the city. He
met with no support. The town surrendered, and
Radetzky en'ered in triumph on the 6th. The
capitulation was honourable. The lives and pro-
perties of the citizens were to be respected, and
the Sardinians were to evacuate Lombardy on the
7th. Venice alone held out. Garibaldi and some
other desperate men, knowing they had no mercy
to expect, crossed the Swiss frontier. The Italian
revolution was not yet over. The internal state of
Austria was deplorable. The Hungarian revolution
broke out, and Vienna was in danger. The Tulin
Chambers petitioned Charles Albert to renew the

war, and public feeling rah so high that, had he re-
fused, he would in all probability have lost his
crown. He sent a declaration of war to Radetzky
at Milan. The result of the short but brilliant
campaign which followed is too well known and too
recent to need mentioning in detail hero. It may
be said to have commenced and ended with the
battle of Novara. That battle was fought on the
23d of March, and la,ted till nightfall. The Pied-
mouteso fought--as they fought at the Tchernaya—
with the greatest bravery. Charles Albert and his

gallant sons were everyw
here-in the hottest of t .
' fight, and the old Maishal for the last time led on Ins
e
Austrians. At seven o'clock in the evening the
King still lingered on the field, in hope of retrieving
the fortunes of the day. The faubourgs of Novara
were taken by the Austrians at the point of the
bayonet. General Durand() seized Charles Albert
by the arm, and removed him from a post of
danger. " Let me die, General," said the broken-
hearted monarch, "my task is done." He abdi-
cated that night in favour of Victor Emmanuel,
the present King, and died shortly afterwards in a
foreign land. The new King sent General Cossato
to Radetzky, asking for a truce. The Marshal's re-
ply was severe. He said the past conduct of the Pied-
montese Government was not of a nature to in-
spire him with confidence, and he must have gua-
rantees before any truce could be concluded. Victor
Emmanuel then asked for a personal interview.
The interview took place. A truce was signed on
the 26th of March between Radetzky and Victor
Emmanuel. The terms for a victor were mild, for
had Radetzky thought fit he might have marched
on Turin. Tbis short and brilliant campaign of
1849, which lasted only one week, added
a fresh
lustre to the honours of the Marshal. The young
Emperor Francis Joseph sent the Archduke
William of Austria expressly to Milan to thank
Radetzky and present him with the Order of the
Golden Fleece. The Emperor, moreover, ordered
a medal to be struck in his honour, of which one of
gold, one of silver, and one of copper were
of
pre-
sented to him. All the sovereigi.s of Europe
showered honours upon him. The Emperor
Russia conferred upon him the honorary title of
a Russian Field-Marshal, and sent him a marshal's
baton one foot and a-half long and one and a-half
inches in diameter, entirely of gold, with a wreath
of enamelled laurel and oak-leaves, and set for two
inches above and below with diamonds. King
Louis of Bavaria ordered his bust to be placed in
the Walhalla. Vienna presented him with the
freedom of the city, which was conveyed to him by
a deputation at Novara. Twenty-six other cities
followed the example of the capital. Venice still
hell out, but the news of Gorgey's submission in
Hungary, and the treaty of peace with Sardinia,
concluded on the 14th of August, made the proud
Queen of the Adriatic submit. On the 30th of
August Radetzky made his solemn entry into the
city of the Doges.
An attempt at insurrection was made at Milan in
February, 1853. Radetzky put it down with a
hand of iron, and confiscated the property of those
Lombards who had become Sardinian subjects.
This was not only unwise, but illegal. It nearly led
to a new outbreak with Sardinia. All diplomatic
relations between the two count riesvvere interrupted.
This obnoxious decree has at length been revoked.
It is one of the acts of justice rendered by the
young
Radetzky, tendered.his
Emperor in his recent visit to Lombardy.
The decree banishing the Swiss from Lombardy has
also been justly censured.
In. his 90th year Radetzky still maintained a
clear intellect. At the visit of the Emperor last
then no longer able
resignation to his
Imperial master on the plea of failing health.
to
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mount(lBs
Hereupon the Emperor wrote hire the following
letter :
(1857)
)is t o Milan
horse,

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"Dear Field-Marshal Count Radetzky,—That strong
feeling of duty and faithful devotion which, during a
period of 72 years of service has afforded such a match.
less example to the arm!, induced you on your arrival
in my Lombardo-Venetian kingdom to represent with
noble candour that your years weighed heavily on you,
and
t o
of
the
petition
Armyto b
andremoved
G ove r
ri fromorTGeneral. your post as Com-
mander
" With the greatest regret I accede to your request,
but I do so only because your release from each a great
weight of business affordi me the hope that you may for
a series of years, and in perfect health, enjoy elite which
is so dear to me and so giorions. At the same time with
this I issue orders concerning everything relating to
your future personal position. You will always be a
heartily welcome guest in any of my castles, as well at
Stra, Morz3, and in the Ville Reale at Milan, as at
Vienna, in the Barg, in the Palace in the Augarton,
and at Hetzendorf. Your presence will afford me an
opportunity of learning your wise views and of taking
your approved counsel whenever it may be required.
May you long live, loved and honoured by me and by
all true Austrian heartQ, to serve my army as a living
proof of its glory ! Your reward for the eventful past
you will find in the grateful remembrance of your Sove-
reign and in your own glorious reminiscences.
"Milan, Feb. 28, 1857." ', FRANCIS JOSEPH."
At the same time he offered to give him the title and

It is with something like a sense of relief that we
feel ourselves out of 1857. It would he better
still if we could feel ourselves well rid of it. But
its consequences will not disappear as fast as its
months have gone, to be numbered with times past.
Historically, a peculiarly English year—passing in
a commonplace tenor over other nation 4, while
fraught with the most unlooked-for and startling
turns of fortune for England and the English race,
and those millions out of the pale of Christendom
who are dependent on the English race—the year
1857 marks the beginning of a new and difficult
and critical period of our national existence. Athens
after Salamis, Spain after the discovery of America,
the United States after the Treaty of Independ-
ence, France in 1789 and 1848, were scarcely more
on the brink of a future full of the loftiest and
most glorious promise, with the alternative, in
case of failure in wisdom, energy, or honesty, of
disgraceful and irreparable disaster, than we are
now—the re-conquerors, through what narrow
chances we hardly yet fully know, of an empire
which we had nearly lost ; whose eyes are at last,
though late, opened to the value of the most mag-
nificent of earthly heritages, which we hal held for
one hundred years without caring about its great-
ness. From this time England must begin to rule
India with deeper interest, with a closer connection,
with more direct influence. On the manner in
which she acquits herself of her untried and perilous
task will depend in no small degree her own domes-
tic fortunes. Our Indian empire has been hitherto
a kind of tour de force on the part of a few brave
and energetic men, on whom the nation at large
looked on with the careless admiration of specta-
tors. From henceforth the nation at large, through
Ministers and Parliament, is to become, directly
responsible for India.

We pass out of a year which has brought us t•
this without our being in the least prepared for it,
with the feeling that we have passed through one
of the most eventful years of our history. It is
strange to remember how tamely and without in-
torest it began. An Administration living on a
questionable credit did not seem to have anything
that it cared about to submit to discussion or to
carry through Parliament. It had nob much to
propose, and that was proposed with little zeal and
much vacillation, and there was not much more
spirit or clear-sightedness in the criticism called
forth. All was sleepy and flat till a debate arose
on the proceedings at Canton. Then feeling, argu-
ment, resource, were called up and strained in
earnest, and the struggle that followed was a re-
markable one. It was not one to make us proud
of Parliamentary Government, or to inaugurate the
year with credit. Never was tli're a clearer and
more indefensible case against Ministers; never was
the honour of the country, if its honour depends
enjustice and fair dealing, more at stake ; never
was a more remarkable and more earnest agree-
ment of opinion among the leaders awl chiefs of
every party in Parliament except one ; never was
there a debate where the victory in argument was
so overwhelmingly triumphant. But Lord Pal-
merston, beaten:in debate and condemned in Parlia-
ment, appealed to the country; and a result followed
as remarkable as the discussion which had occa-
sioned it. Without a policy, without promises,
without measures, claimed alike by Liberals and
Conservatives, Lord Palmerston was as signally
victorious at the hustings as he had ignominiously
succumbed in the debate. He even contrived to
inflict personal punishment on some of the ablest
and most popular Liberal chiefs, who had opposed
his China policy, by excluding them for a time
from Parliament. Never was there such a sin-
gular ostracism. And it was all done on the suppo-
sition that Lord Palmerston was a true represen-
tative of British pluck, or a trustworthy guardian
of British honour. It was all done by an appeal to the
coarsest, vulgarest, most unscrupulous, most hollow
instincts of national selfishnessand raw ional boastful-
ness. Lord Palmerston's admirers, iu speaking of
his triumph in the spring, now drop the patriotism
and the statesmanship of it, and celebrate its
adroitness. Yes, adroit is the word ; there can be
no dispute how adroit lie showed himself. But
when adroitness is the first virtue and chief stock-
in-trade of a favourite premier, it is difficult to
avoid thinking of the days when there was no man
to govern England except Sir Robert Walpole and
Lord North.

The results of Lord Palmerston's confirmation in
power have been much on a par with the t vie ory
itself. The quarrel in which he involved us with
China has dragged on ißgloriously and fruitlessly,
interrupted by more serious matters ; and the
stoutest advocates of unscrupulous and high-handed
force are beginning to be tired of a war once de-
clared to be imperatively necessary, and would be
only too glad to have it off their hands. From
domestic contests, in which the year seemed to be
consuming itself—there was little to divert us but
some remarkable crimes. In the steps of Sir John
Dean Paul followed a series of criminals from the
respectable classes—men whom any of us might
have sat next to at dinner, and whose names
appeared as munificent benefactors in the lists of
charitable societies. There were various gradations
of guilt, from the bold frauds of Robson and
Leopold Redpath, to the dishonesties and com-
mercial tricks of the Royal British Bank ; but
they were the crimes of persons whom we had not
been wont to seo in such a character before the
public—of persons, too, who as a body had lately
held themselves up as foils and rebukes to the
bunglers and defaulters of the public service. In
the midst of all this came the first telegraphic mes-
sage from Meerut. We seemed to have lived many
years, instead of only the last six months of the
year of the Chinese debate and the general elt ction,
since that messfige woke up the whole country to
sense of the horrors of an Indian revolt. For since
then we have gone through a trial such as no civi-
lised nation had gone through since the settlement
of Europe. Other nations had gone through bloody
wars and bloody revolutions. It was reserved
for us to see within our own borders a hate and a
revenge against us such as that which Mithridates
roused against the Romans in Asia, or the Saxons
wreaked upon the Danes on St. Brice s Day. W 0
have ourselves passed through one of those terrible
accesses of the thirst for wholesale vengeance which,
a short time ago, we should have thought impossible
in days like ours. We have seen something of the
old Heathen fashion of warfare, and we have our-
selves felt something of that enthusiasm of retribu-
tion which has often seemed Bo unintelligible to us

Indeed, at home the autumn has been in all its
leading features rather a painful contrast to the rare
beauty of the season itself. It has been a time of
failures. TTiere have been strange and remarkable
failures of criminal justice in the detection of fright-
ful crimes. 'There has been a failure of our vaunted
currency system. There has been a shameful break-
down and collapse of mercantile character in a
number of establishments of vast credit and lofty
pretensions, which have sunk, not from the ordinary
losses of a crisis, but froni the exposure of the fraud
and gambling which formed their regular mode of
business. Almost all our great boasts have had
their rebuke. Science, which has lately dared such
gigantic attempts, and with somewhat overweening
confidence,,has had her share. Her mon,tcr enter-
prises have had at least to wait. The telegraphic
message hag not yet flashed beneath the Atlantic.
The Greli Emstern, after the misapplication of
enormous mechanical power, and the squandering
of money equivalent to a large fortune, is still un-
launched. Big Ben has to be recast. There is a
ludicrous congruity in adding to the list of failures
—Lord Palmerston's monster mortar.
To us atlome who have sat still in security and
ease, the retrospect of 1857 is not a very gratifying
or satisfactory one. Thera is, indeed, a strong re-
lief to this but we must look abroad for it. We
must look for something to set against levity and
feebleness in the Government, against extravagance.
boastfulnesS, and dishonesty in our domestic enter-
prises—we must look for the proofs that the nobler
elements of our national character are yet strong
and uudecayed—to where danger and difficulty has
elicited them abroad. There have not failed—
whether in, the wonderful display both of silent for-
titude and of resolution, helpfulness and the spirit
of command, which has saved us India, or in the
wise and leving, enthusiasm with which the mis-
sionary has, opened up new regions, and won to
himself the wild wills of savage men—or where
rough soltiiPrs have shown the crowning and most
touching glory of their discipline, when they stood
on the deck of the burning Sarah Sands, as their
comrades-ialas, not so fortunate—had done on
that of the sinking Birkenhead, calmly and obe-
diently giving up their chance of life to the weak
and helpleSs, or plunging down, volunteer after
volunteer, into the smoking hold to empty the
powder magazine. It cannot be for nothing
that we fetil ourselvesio be kith and kin with such
men as these. And one effect the events of 1857
seem to have already produced at home. They
have awakened in the country a sense of our re-
sponsibilities, not only as men, but in a most re-
markable—we had almost said unaccountable—
manner, as. Christians. The Indian revolt seems to
have brought home to men's minds, with a vivid-
ness perfectly new to numbers, the difference be-
tween Christianity and no Christianity ' • and to
have drawn forth from stern men of action,
hardened in the business of the world, bold and
earnest expressions of their regret and shame at the
cowardice, the disgrace, the mischief, of the indif-
ference which we have shown among the heathens
of the East towards the religion which we professed,
and which has now been proved by so many to be
their strength and comfort. What there may be in
this feeling, and how it is to be directed, are further
questions ; but the feature itself is a very notice-
able one in the public writing and public speaking
of the time. And it is an encouraging one to mark
the beginning of 1858.

THE UNITED STATES' EXPEDITION
TO UTAH.

The special correspondent of the New York Times
writing from "Gimp of the Army of Utah, Ham's
Fork of Green River," on October 9, says :
" The game is settled. Brigham Young ha 3 de-
cided the question that so many persons have so
long speculated upon—that is, what the Mormons
intended doing, and what would be the best policy
for the Government to pursue with regard to them.
Col. Alexander received to-day a copy of Brigham's
proclamation, which he issued to the Mormons.
" On the sth inst. the sth Infantry reached
Black's Fork. On the way the guides found a trail
of some 400 Mormons. The colonel sent back that
night an express to Green River, to warn the
trains of the danger. Early the next morning
three teamsters arrived in camp, and reported that
two trains of 58 waggons were burnt up. It seems
the train reached the river the same day we left. In
the night these three men were about three miles
from the camp, herding the cattle, when they sud-
denly heard a great noise at the trains, and imme-
diately the waggons commenced burning. The
men immediately fled, leaving the catetittelhl.ienrgiTyhteoer
colonel felt very uneasy at this intelligence, but
feared to send men to look after them. We reached
the camp of the 10th Infantry and of Phelps's
Battery of Artillery on the evening of the 6th.
Captain Reno's Battery of Artillery overtook the
sth Infantry, and came up with it. ln even-
ingthenigh
the express man who had been sent to warn
the trains came in. He says he reached the trains
between eleven and twelve o'clock at
The two trains were encamped some 400
yards apart. He found all the men asleep. IL
awoke the waggon masterthaen:viilhloadwssoomi
eat. Just as he had finished eating a body of
bank Mormonsand surroundedcame
ca,intedouoaft
lvtflarikoeueise.
ed train. ,
.thfte
e;
m tehn they
then went to
and then set
aetgvhgeery°Yllgave the teamsters Brix daywsa'gpgio,onvsiswioeures
abefinaure:rihntiteo7t them go. They took from the waggons all
the arms and ammunition, and provisions enough
for the men. Everything else was destroyed.
They also took the mules an horses. The team-
sters say that the party which surrounded the wag-
gons consisted of about 80 men, but that there were
from 300 to 400 around the camp a short distance
off. They had mules with them that belonged to
the rear train, and the probability is that it was
burnt up first. The Mormons inquired particu-
larly about Magraw, and swore they would catch
and kill him. We fear that all tho provision trains
between this and the South Pass are destroyed, and
that all the trains now on the road, and perhaps
the Governor and other officers, will fall into the
hands of the Mormons, ,for we are not apprised of
there being but two companies of infantry between

the city without saying how. Mr. Simpson,
waggon-master of the rear train, which was burnt
on the Sandy, arrived in camp on the evening of the
7th. He reports that cn the morning of the 6th his
train was corraled' at the last crossing of the Big
Sandy, about 5 miles from Green River ; that about
9 o'clock in the morning, just ashe had sent his cattle
into the hills for grass, a band of Mormons sur-
rounded the train,; disarmed the men, burning up all
but two of the waggons, with their contents ; these
two waggons were saved through the firmness of
Mr. Simpson, who insisted that they should leave
provisions for his men to return to the States.
After the burning of the train the teamsters were
released and the Mormons went up the road.
Simpson says that Lot Smith, who was in command
of the party, had come to his camp while the train
was on the Sweet Water, and remained all night,
representing that he was from California on his way
to the. States; that he had wintered in Salt Lake
City. He cursed and -- the Mormons up and
down, and when he went off begged provisions
enough to last him to Laramie. In this way the
Mormons have been collecting information about
the trains all the summer. Smith said that the
party under his command numbered 800 men; that
they were going back on the road to burn and de-
stroy every train from there to Laramie. He said
that Livingston and Kinkead's train of 65 waggons
, was only 30 mites back, and that they would burn it
up that night, and also that a special party had
gone to capture Magraw, dead or alive."
Another communication from the same correspon-
dent, dated the 28th October says :
"On the 10th inst., Mr. Perry, who has a train
of merchandise en route for Salt Lake City cameinto
camp from below. He left a party of Magraw's
train on the Sweet Water waiting for provisions.
Morrell, the P.M., with his train, was with them.
Mr. Ficklin, the agent of Magraw's, passed down
and canveyed the news of the burning of the trains
by the Mormons. The trains below will, therefore,
be on their guard. Mr. Perry was accompanied by
two men. They were stopped by the Mormons, and
closely questioned, but finally suffered to pass on.
" On the same day (the 10th inst.) an express
from Brigham Young came into camp. They
brought with them a full file of the Deseret News
and other papers, with a note from Col. Alexander,
saying that he sent them, hoping that in the ab-
sence of news from the States, they would tend to
rolieve the monotony of camp life. I learn that the
object of the express was to make a proposal that
the mail which is on the way should be delivered to
Brigham's agent at the Territorial line, and lot
him carry it into the city.
"On the 11th the whole command left their
camp and proceeded up Ham's Fork 19 mil, s.
The grass had been burnt nearly all the way.
We camped en a small spot which the fire
had spared. George and Jefferson Hickman,
brothers of Bill Hickman, came to the train while
on its march this day, with a note from Bill to Mr.
Perry, requesting an interview on Green River to
settle some business matters which he had left in
Hickman's hands for settlement when he was a
merchant in Salt Lake city. After consulting with
Mr. Perry, the commandant had them arrested as
spies. It snowed nearly all day, but melted
as it fell. On the 12th we continued our
march up Ham's Fork. After camping for the
night we were surprised by the intelligence that
the Mormons, under the lead of Lot Smith and
Porter Rockwell, had taken some 800 head of
cattle, being principally those that belonged to the
trains lately burnt, together with a large number
of beef cattle, within three miles of camp. The
men in charge of the cattle were allowed to come
in. Bill Hickman sent word by them that if his
brothers were not released within five days he
would scalp a dozen soldiers for it ; and Smith and
Porter declared that if the command persisted in
advancing they should all be slaughterd.
" The prisoners were searched, and a belt was
found on one of them which was identified as be-
longing to an artilleryman who had been missing
for several days. The prisoners stated that the
man passed Fort Bridger on his way to Salt Lake,
and there exchanged belts with him.
" Oct. 15.—Continued up Ham's Fork for the
last three days ; route very rough ; and camped
about four miles below the California-road
(Babbitt's Cut-off.r Yesterday Jefferson Hickman
was released, and sent with an express to Brigham.
An express was also sent to Col. Johnson, inform-
ing him of our movements. The advance party
this morning nearly captured some Mormons, who
were setting fire to the grass in this bottom. It has
been decided to remain here until we receive some
intelligence from Col. Johnson and the trains on
the road.

"Oct. 16.—A party of about 100 mounted volun-
teers (soldiers and teamsters), under the command
of Capt. Marcy, of the sth Infantry, left camp this
morning at daylight for the purpose of exploring
the country between this and Muddy Creek (a
stream midway between this point and Fort
Bridger) ; Capt. Neal and Lieuts. Bantchard,
Lewis, and Lynde, of the sth, and Lieut. Gore,_ of
the 10th Infantry, ac e oai :at
atpnyaiiielesiclnu
det(dihiee ;lit, y
ly uTpho
formedenyt
hheaomdn
not gone more than two miles from camp before a
tfiplriaoemtlYlitliorfsirds3sea,r3a. inodrOn Our
rne
sr)
Mormons drew up in a line,
two deep, within about 150 yard s. Their captain
then advanced halt-way,
i
b held
cthe purpose
to a talk w i with h
h Capt.te
AT o Marcy.m Ons to of He
declared
resist any attempt on the part of the
was
sitie)y ,
United troops to advance, and also that it
s order that the trains had been
burnt.
" After this parley they were permitted to move
off unmolested. They had not gone far before they
commenced shaking their blankets, yelling loud
curses and shouts of defiance. The animals of our
party were so weak that pursuit would have been
useless.

" Soon after some men of our party, headed by
Jim Baker, an old mountaineer and guide, for the
command, rode to the top of a hiil and discovered
the Mormons at the foot, on the bank of a creek.
The Mormons no sooner saw them than one of
them fired, whereupon our party returned the fire,
wounding one, and putting them all to flight, they
no doubt supposing that our whole party were upon
them. Biker pursued them more than a mile, and
found scattered along the route several packages
of provisions which had been dropped in their hasty
flight.
" Our party arrived at Lower Springs, about 12
miles from Ham's Fork-. Soon after starting on our
return to camp we surprised a party of five Mor-
mons, who were carrying supplies to the party seen
iu the morning, two of whom were captured, and
proved to be the leaders and important personages.
They gave their names as Col. Taylor and Adjutsr
Stowell. Their pack animals (3 mules and 2jioc3bre.
of
were captured, with their loading, some 6
flour and other provisions.
“ important despatches:lvor° found upon the

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