, 1855-07-27
Arrival Of Col. SiepiOe'S Command at &rra
neltO,


The arrival of Col Stcptoe's command,
says the URioa, is quite a stirring event in
the history of the Levee City, ina,nuch as
these are the first of Uncle Sans soldiers
who have ever come by the overland route
directly to Sacramento. Through the court.
cSy of w. G. Rankin, Agent of the Quar-.
termaster's Department, we are enablcd to
lay before our readers a few mtcreStny par-
ticulars of the trip from Salt LAKE to this
city.
On the 9th April, Leuts. Mowry and
Chandler left Salt Lake City with detach.
ment of dragoon recruits wagons horses,
etc, by the southern route fof the Teton
Pass. This division arrived some time since,
as We have learned through advices from San
Diego, About the same time the remainder
OF the force, the entire of which numbered
some five hundred mcn in the valley. lett the
city, part for California and a part for Or
cgon. These were under the command Of
the following named officers: Col. Stcptoc,
Capt. Ingalls,, Quartcmastcr, Major John
F. Reynolds, LieutS. l.. j.. Livingston, II.
o. Tyler, and Allston
On the 18th june, the troops arrived at
LawSon's Meadows, at which point the Quar-
termaster, Capt Ingalls,, and Lieut. Allston,
together with some sixty dragoon recruits,
two hundred horses, wagons etc, left the
main force, diyerged from the main road, and
took the route TO Fort Lane, Oregon Terri
tory. The remainder of the troops came di-
rectly on to Carson Valley, which they
reached on the 26th June.
Many Indians were seen, who troubled a
number of cattle. trains in the rear of the
command, but assistance was promptly rem
dered by the latter and their dcpredatonS
speedily checked. Two or three men were
lost by drowning and accident, and the com
pany'S horses suffered conside ably by the
diStcmper, which prevailed to 50 alarming an
extent last season. Some fifteen or twenty
animals died in consequence of tremendous
swelling in the throat, which produced sufro-
cation very suddenly.
The troops were favored with au excellent
guide, and found grass and water abundant
beyond Carson Valley. In the Sierra Ne
vada feed was scarce, and the animals ac-
corl;ngly suffered severely.
The report Of there being some forty or
fifty Mormon women in camp, is greatly ex-
aggcrated. With the exception of Mrs.
Broomhead and three daughters, one of whom
only was the wife of Mormon, and two or
three others; the remainder, consisting of
ten or dozen. are and have been attached
to the officers or troops since tleir departure
FROM the other side, and have had no connec-
ton whatever with the Molmons.
Our infomant speaks in the Ii CHEST terms
of the ladies above referred to, one Of whom
was on actress of some considerable rcputa-
tiol in Salt Lake City. The daughters are
represented as intelligent and handsome, aud
it was to escape The contaminating inAuen-
ces by which they were surrounded, that
these and other females were plaoNd under
the protection Of the United States officers.
The latter, however, have fulfilled their mis-
sion, and it now remains for the charitably
disposed to protect and assist these unfort1-
nate females, who, we understand, are left
in this city penhilese, and entirely depend
eut upon public charity until they can obtain
situations suitable to their sex.