The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

..saval and illilitary Intelligence.

The following circular has been issued, dated Horse
Guards, Jan. 3:—

"The General Commanding-in-Chief, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of State for War, directs it to
be notified that the circular memorandum from this de-
partment dated the 15th of February, 1855, allowing
soldiers who re-enlist within two years after their die-
charge to reckon their former service, is hereby can-
celled ; and that the rule as laid down in article 27,
page 232, of toe War-office Regulations of 1848, whereby
soldiers are required to re-enlist within six months of
their discharge to entitle them to reckon their .previona
service, is to be considered as again in force.—.By com-
mand of the General Commanding-in-Chief.
"G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."

The board of commissioners from Chelsea Hospital,
consisting of Dr. D. Maclachlan, Deputy-Inspector-
General of Hospitals, and Mr. A. Moorhead, assisted by
Drs. J. R. Taylor and J. C. G. Tice, who have bees
engaged for two days at Chatham in inspecting sick and
wounded troops who were unfit for further service, con-
cluded their labows yesterday. The number of troops
of all ranks ordered to be discharged was 130 on Wed-
neslay and 70 yesterday.
The steam troopship Vulcan, Commander Furneaux,
we learn by a private letter, made a splendid passage to
Sierra Leone of only 16 days from Spithead, and ex-
pected to be at the Cape of Good Rope by Christmas-
day. Baron von Stutterheim and the officers of the
British German Legion on passage to the Cape were all
well.

Her Majesty's steam blockship Pembroke, 60, Capt.
Fraser, lett Spithead yesterday for Leith Roads. These
ships h.►ve only a complement at present of 233, but it
is supp sled to be part of the intended system to fill up
to 500 from the raw material of the coast, and work it
into the perfect seaman. The whole of th►s Coastguard
squadron will be under the command of Capt. Charles
E'en, 0.8., who will hoist a pendant as commodore of
the first clas,, which gives him the pay, table money,
and powers of a rear-admiral.
The steam troopship Urgent, Commander Phillips,
went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to
refit.

Her Majesty's steam blockship Hastings, 60, will be
removed from the ordinary in Portsmouth harbour on
Monday and taken into the steam basin for repairs and
to be brought forward for re-commission.

The Arctic ship Resolute remains moored off Chatham
dockyard in nearly the same state as when handed over
by the American Government, the only persons allowed
to go on board being those connected with the dock-
yard. Yesterday preparations were commenced for
removing her stores into Chatham dockyard.

ADVENTURES OF A MORMON SETTLER.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
Six years ago a gentleman holding a responsible and
lucrative situation on the Midland Railway voluntarily
resigned office, against the earnest advice of a directory
who valued his services, and, after disposing of houses
and other property in Leeds, set out with his wife and
family on the :ong ocean and land journey to the Salt
Lake, Utah, in company with a large number of Mor-
mon settlers. Six years' experience brought to a sensitive
and intelligent mind a thorough disgust of the Mormons
and £f their doctrines and ceremonies. Before pollution
had reached the bosom of his own family he resolved to
hazard everything and beat a retreat. The difficulties
of an escape, even from the wicked scene itself, are
many, to say nothing of the perils of the overland jour-
ney. Money was sent from England ; fortunately, in this
instance, it arrived i❑ safe hands, eluding the grasp of
the Mormon ohiefs—fiends of the wort description.
The journey was commenced, and the following extract
gives a fearful picture of the dangers with which it was
attended :

" St. Louis, United States, Nov. 11, 1856.
"My dear Brother—l know it will be joyful news for
you to learn that we have all arrived here in safety. Has
not the kind providence of Almighty God watched over
us in an especial manner t I left England now nearly six
years ago, with five children, and encountered inflame-
able perils by sea, rivers, and land, and not only have all
the five children, as well as my dear wife and I, been
mercifully spared to return and arrive in a civilised coun-
try, but we have two more children who were born in
the mountains, and who are spared to remind us of our
banishment, as it were, or rather transportation from
everything we held dear, and that was calculated to
smooth the rugged path of life. It is true this penance
was self-imposed, but I have confidence that He in
whose hands we are, and who leads His shildrer by a
way which they knew not, will overrule even this afflic-
tion, not only for our good, but for the good of all con.
Dented with us. That we are His children lam confi-
dent ; His marvellous loving-kindness and watchful care
He has exercised over us abundantly prove it, and I ant
determined to trust in Him.

" Your prayers have been answered. We have seen
perilous tines since I wrote to you from Fort Loramie
on the 9th of Sept. We started from there on the morn-
ing of the 10th ; the c mapany consisted of 3 waggons,
with 8 men, 3 women, and 16 children—only mustering
3 guns and a worthless pistol among us. We travelled 5
days and a half making about 125 miles in the time when
we met a train of 7 waggons with goods for Salt Lake.
The drivers told us that the Chegenne Indians, a very
savage tribe, were on the road killing all the whites they
could find travelling in small companies or other wise de-
fenceless, andcommitting all kinds of depredations ; that
they had killed A. W. Babitt, the United States Secretary
fur Utah', on his way from Washington home, as a'so two
men who were travelling with him—viz. Thos. Suther-
land, once a clerk in the Bank of Ireland, Dablin, and
with whom I was particularly intimate (be, like myself,
having changed his views with regard to Mormonism,
and intending to remove hiJ family as soon aci circum-
stances would permit), and another man whose name
was Nowland. We also learned that they had killed
two men named Thomas Margetts and Cowdy, with
their wives, and Cowdy's child. These families started
from Salt Lake three or four days before us, having
joined in the purchase of a light waggon with mules and
horses.

"I saw Cowdy the day before they Warted grinding
coffee for the journey, be and Margetts regretting that
my means would not allow me to purchase a horse-team,
so that I could travel along with them. They met with
a family (or overtook them) travelling from California to
the States, with a horse-team, and the two waggons kept
companions together until the Indians pounced upon
them. This family consisted of a man and his wife and
infant, with a young single man as passenger, who
happened to be out at the time hunting buffalo, and
who finally e‘caped to Fort Kearney. The Indians took
the poor infant by the feet and dash-d its brains ou
against the ground, after having killed its parents.
"They had also attacked the waggons we had just me
in the dead of the night, but all the drivers except one
(who was killed) managed to escape to Kearney ; a
woman, who was travelling with them, having been
either killed or taken prisoner. They found blood,
however, in the waggon (which we saw), but no traces
of her body.
"And we were travelling unconcernedly, because un-
aware of our imminent peril, right into the very thick of
the danger ; and had we not providentially met our
informants, two or three days would most probably have
brought us to the end of our journey through life.
Perhaps the fiends might have spared the lives of some
of our children for purposes much worse than death to
them. I tremble to think of it, and so will you ; but
your emotions and mine are mixed with unfeigned
gratitude to our heavenly Father for the wonderful pre-
serving care which He exercised towards us.
"Atter consultation, we concluded that our course
was to turn back to Loramie in company with the seven
waggons, and claim protection from the United States
force at Loratnis. We accordingly did so, and it took
us seven days to go over the same ground we had pre-
viously done in five days and a half. When w 3 arrived
at Loramie we found seven waggons, with families re-
moving from Salt Lake, pretty touch under the same
circumstances as we were. They had heard of the hos-
tility of the Chegenne Indians through a friendly Indian
of the Sioux tribe, who brought the news to Fort Loramie,
and they were waiting for an opportunity to proceed id
safety. This Indian came up to our little camp on the
second or third night after we had left Fort Loramie, on
the 10th of September, and stayed with us all night.
He told them on his arrival at, the fort through an inter-
preter that he had tried to make us aware of our danger,
but was unable, because of our utter ignorance of his
language. He certainly did try to make us understand
sometbiug of importance, but it was all Greek to us,
and worse. We tang round the fire—l think it was
Christians, awake,' and tried several times to induce
him to sing in the uncouth manner of hie nation, but he
invariably shook his head and sighed, we little knew
why at tbat time, but were enabled to interpret all some
few days afterwards.
"On our arrival at the fort, the comn ending officer
(Colonel Hoffman) told us that we had acted wisely in
turning back ; that the Indian in question (` Black
Heart's Son') had come ahead of a company of United
States Dragoons, who were escorting some Indians (pri-
soners) home that bad been taken in the war with the
Sioux tribe last year, Black-Heart's Son being of the
number, but when within a few days' journey of his
tribe he had pushed on alone.
"It appears that in the treaty of peace with the general
Government, it was stipulated that the prisoners should
be escorted from Fort Leavensworth, where they were
confined, through the country belonging to other tribes,
who were enemies, to Fort Loramie, in their own coun-
try, and this was being carried into eff, ct. Col. Hoff-
man told us that the said Dragoons would be in in a few
days, and would have to return almost immediately to
Leavensworth, and that they would accommodate their
speed to ours, if we would stretch out all we could and
travel with us for our protection. We accordingly waited
and everything turned out as the colonel anticipated.
It was the Ist aegiment of United States cavalry, under
Capt. Stuart, a perfect gentleman. He behaved very
kindly, often relieving the necessities of some of our com-
pany who were destitute, and when we came to Ash
Hollow, where there is a mountain to ascend nearly as
steep as a house side, he ordered his men to dismount and
assist us up with ropes, and even literally put his-own
shoulder to the wheels. The troops travelled with us
They then
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about 450 miles, warded off the Indian.,
blerou&li all danger on that score.
to Leavensworth.
ave us 250 miles extra
ahead the remaining 150 miles, and beat us by two days
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