New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-11
From the Plains.
yrca tl,s St. Lou, Republican

Srca ~ St Lous Republican
INDEPENDENCE. Mo, Friday. Oct ., Ia5o.
Yesterday. at noon, the mail from Salt Lake,
after unavoidable delays arrived here in charge OF
Mr. Scroggins accompanied by tour others. Tins
is the first return trip that has been made, and
when we take into consideration the tact that not
until the first stage left here the propretors were
able to have relays OF animals at the different
uOsts along the route, we are ast0nlshed that IL
was effected in such good time as it was-two
months and twenty days. The greatest consump-
ton of time is in the route beyond Fort Bndger TO
Salt / axe, being through the mountainous region,
and no possible opportunity OF achan5eo OF animals.
with the present manner of conveyance there can
be no certainty of making the trip IN less tha4
thirty five to forty days The mail party arrived
Mt Desert Citv on the 10th of September, and lett
for this place on the llth they reached sort
Bridger on the 10Th, Laramie 29th, ana Rear
ms sth October at which place, on account Of sicA
ness and loss Of mules, they were aeIalheu Nv =
days There was not much news Of interest IN
the valley when our iniormants left The harvest
iug-seasCn was INST over; crops OF wheat aud oats
,.er, abundant business brisk health good
rroceries in slemand-sugar zoe, coffee SOC, wheat
81 ner busheI flour 81 70 $40 per c"tl potatoes
; per bushel, oats -
f4,,. Cgli0rnians were Just starting out-the
l5ntIerp route. Thompsons and Browns and
V,adfIe,s lots OF cattle, for California, inst start
81 TIE company saw three parties OF Indians
tba Snakes and >iOuXs, oil friendly nat the last
~ tHe Mormon emigration going on well At Pa
ejfc Springs met September mail slXty.tiYe
niles bevond Fort Laramie October mail at
Fort kearuv. and several companies O! traders
aloue tie route.
The Santa Fe mail arrived early tins morning
five DAYS before j. is due, under charge Of Nj
Spratf. The party met with no distractions OF
any kind aud saw no Indians on the route 81
Santa Fe little was transpiring that proves inter-
estiLg TO US Indian difficulties and sAlFl,isne9
viii. the troops as heretofore some stgcA 4al
been recovered by our troops business Ro'9'"O'9
COED
Prem Connect Grove James lronsides was
brought prisoner for having killed as 1t is sup
posed Peter Grey, formerly OF " estpoIt. Inc
troops we're building pretty rapldly al Tue ne"
iort IN preparation Tor winter " nave hotiIL'5
of q local nature here now that IS worth report
m. delightful weather and general good health
From the Otcideatal Messenger We copy tue
following additional particulars:
From Mr. Thomas D Scroggins we get the ;o
luyying additional items OF news from suit Lahe.
On the way cat he passed 900 Mormon WAGONS OF
emierants in the Valley, recruiting their stock
and preparing to go by the Southern route. Bar
new W ard, an old mOuntaineer was going with
them as pilot Brown Thompson stock OF cat
tle numbering 300 or 400, were in the Valley. but
they expected to leave with them on the 18th ult.
by the Southern route. Their stock looked re-
markably well as did all stock that had been in
the Valley month Finest grazing country he
ever saw Can have stock kept shere by the
month al thirty cents per head. nth regard 70
grass on the Northern route to California the re-
uorts were untaycrable. 1t was Rscertalned that
there would be immense ioss Of stock and much
suffering on that route.
Alter leaving Platte River the health OF the
emigrauts was gooJ. Seldom saw any graves
Ee4ond Black HIS Tae Momons %ese yetg
as .tly on the read AID IN tina ..iles Dteh
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