The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-02

The erection Of Fort Marcy the hill overlooking
the town, and completed, with the AID Of Willard
r. Hall, the "organie law and constitution" for The
government OF the Territory. A small printing
press was found at Santa Fe, which was used fol
printing public laws &c; but il is said that Genera
heaIpy will be under the necessity OF sending
manuscript copy of the constitution and laws Of the
Territory TO the States for publication. This wa
TO be done by the next express, which was TO leave
In about fifteen days
Six dragons and one volunteer had deserted fron
the army, bat il was not known whittier they had
fed. The health Of the army had greatly improved
DR.. Vaughan, who had been left at Bent's Fort with
twenty-one sick men, arrived at Santa Re on the
lOih In company with Lieut.. lnges Of the LIST dra
goons. Six Of the men had died-four at the fort
and two on the route.
Second Lieut. James s. Oldham, Of the company
from Jackson, had been tried by a court-martia
and sentenced to be dismissed from the service,
with disability TO in the armies of the Uni
ted States for the period of twelve months"
Col Doniphan expected to be ordered TO Cbihua-
hua. Gen. Armio was in Chihuahua. Nothing
had been heard from Col. Price and his regiment Of
volunteers.
LATER FROM THE CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTs.
A letter from young man of this city, one Of the
party that left for California last spring. receiy-
ed by his friends yesterday, and kindly placed in
our hands, from which we have extracted the fol-
Of July, at Fort Bidger, which is near the head of
Blacks fork Of Green river, not far from Bear river
mountains, and was brought in Ey Capt Walker
who was returning from California with Lieut.. Frs
mont. AT Fort Laramie, Col Russell, and many
others OF the emgranls, sold off their wagons, and
with pack containing few articles, pursued their
journey on horseback. The grass on the route
from Port Laramie was deficient, and the animals
Jared badly. For ooe hundred miles west Of the States
The country Is represented as being miserably poor
and barren, though fifty TO one hundred miles fur
ther the valleys Of the Platte and other al
forded very good grazing. The soil, however, is
sandy and full Of salt. The parties were in the
south pass Of the Rocky mountains on the 18th Of
July, and had then no Indians after leaving Fort
Laramie and considered themselves beyond their dan
ger Gus vicinity, and only few Of the emigranls
kept night guard. From Fort Laramie, they had
pleasant weather, with cool nights and warm days.
though very dusty roads, ill they reached Fort
Bndgeri and during the whole route they had not
seen more than dozen buffalo. ~ +.
Col. Russell and his party, by hard travelling,
reached Fort Bridger two or three days before the
others; but his horses had their backs badly worn,
and he remained there four days to recruit At that
place they were met by Mr.. Hastings, from Cali
fonia, who came out to conduct them in by the
new route, by the foot Of Salt Lake discoyere by
Col. Fremont, which Is said TO be two hundred
miles nearer than the old one, by Fon Hall. The
distance 10 California was said 10 be six hundred
and fifty miles, through fine farming country, with
plenty Of gross for the cattle. o.
Companies OF from one 10 a dozen wagons, says
the writer, are continually arriving, and several
have already started on with Hastings at their head
who would conduct them TO near where the road
ons the old route, and there leave them, and push
with his party Russell had also started, guided
by man who came through with Hastings He
s said to be very sick OF the journey, and anxious
10 complete IL. Instead Of entering California as the
commander of a half military caravan, he had been