The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-14
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iUN''AY MORNING. 49, ...... DICEMBRR a las;
Progress OF the Mormon War.

Progress OF the Mormon War
An official dispatch has been receives, n, ,ha yv.r
Department. from Col Johnston. commanding tl,e
army OF Utah giving adetaiei account the sting
ton and Intentions ofthe troops A. hers,ofDre
Ied' The troops are to winter at Henry's Fork. on
oreeh river, until spring, when the entire force viii
ADVANCE on salt Lake City by the moet direct ropte
Coi "obns.on is ofopinion that. from the nature f
the country, protracted guerrilla war with The
aormobs Is ineTitsbe. unless large force ia sen.
a4ainst them. The force at present emploved Ia
entirely inadequate to- meet the requirements Of
| the contemplated campaign. 1t appears that
Cen Scott does not favor tho design .,f ordering
troops from the Pacific to Utah. but will send ALL
ihs reiaforeements aud supplies from this side
"eextraet the following from Col. Johnstons dis
patch, which is dated October IS:
As soon a., the snow falls on Green river sufficient
70 prevent the turning of the q; ass VIII ~ ~
lislry fo a ahd occupy that vale, dirins, the
~ is commanding psitioo. and acc ssible
months carrier idr reiDtorcrniens and supplies
p5 cheyenne Pass than aiiy other ard viii .p'hi
r - march oy fort brdger. and the most direct
spring At THIS position Also Col coos car, ii, in ,a
Tch hti entertain The hure he will be en- bIed 10
w. Rfeatiy regret that the i'm ,osslh lite d, con-
sung inc tro1ps destined for this service and
ner supplies vii! prevent forward movement be-
l9e 7piihg IL - now manifest that before the frce
can be uuited the antumn will be t,uo lar dys,sed
- ~ move WIN a possibility Of success, even toue Ia
. You are already appris.d nv the nroclsmotia, 90
BrIgualn \ uDg aud his letter to Col Atay,n,iar
,ca mhch ,tfansntied on tee ist instant Of the 30,
liteti ATTITUDE ASSUMED by the Mornou4 aud The r.-
sistahes they mediate to the inst h1 iry H.. v
"lIies - exercise in The territory aud the
general lilchief has TO dnabs already consider e fha
~ ces,ity OF conque,t Of those tlaltorons ,snfa
ana mas estIrlt the force necessary TO cennnli-b
the object. With full view of tn. y.bnID .niac,
elore him, his great xperience wt;ud no, he bene
| ittsh o! any suggestions nf mine | viii nention
however, that unless large fIce il so, ~ r 80
Iapfc.
part Is inevitable. I lie great distance frn,n n
sourc- Of supply makes il inrracticahis O.. . oe
mnI slali I9rce. a. IN fact requires the tlnpoy
inert OF such force TO guard the t,Iiurr,,,a
ssnpp,ieF. eavirg ut small portion il any. fr Of
ieusise opeia't'ns A Riivement of troops from Cal
iiornia ,rtgon, and by this route would arminat q
w" "ltn ne Mormon more ediIy and econoiai-
c, ~ dnan II att mpttd b iusuiiiei~nt IN ans
In 1--WE ors'x days think We viii have all tbc
available foIce for forward my-menf nv thae
be here sooner. In twelve days from tbS tirn
pect 10 JON Col Alt&and.r. at or near Funt4nrlI.
/ grade movement will b. made By III force
The N. Y. Tribune has letter dated .caron IN
the South Pass, Oct. H. which says the tlermom-
eter then stood there at only II degrees above
zero, with violent rain and storms raging We
| make the following extract from the letter:
The 'at'st news we have receiver frcrn Col A!ez-
andei command If THAT he had M we'd but litte
dis q ce i"ni iia'hs Fork the Hormons had Tl;ta
anon fstr he at his suaplies and had ran n 200 a,
ms cattle VIII h belonged TO tue tran th,y burned
oH CtouSrS. Inc JtaHl5tef- who h dt1eI in rn
tet wit 'he ZANE cowA d ce ief r., ;.rtd ga ,t
nr shot in Ibea defense. hese catII y,.re rft "a
mem ty capt MarcS to he driven up TO tta t,s,ps
hheh ne nilnse return u tn naiu u iy fr IN
IRE " river he had Ell uua Ie to co ct m re rha,
| aloT'g with his command.
| In postscript, dated October 18th, the writer
| says:
The snow has ceased although t!!n winds till n.
r'ous the 10 mnies and h rs beIongi < q ca.
| Snth command ,,riy 'ig't we're ro3 n 10 d att,
a ufcrlit
lfe All uf ol Jon st'nsst OK s'a "a ,,tti,arnled
The force Of ii. nd wa> broken by the tlulnlr OF
How along 1c stream on A. Il cti ete rncsIune,
! n,herVie ur >s uid hase been much r,a tr
| IN hu shi"e encourag 10 hop for few days
! II c,e'r e"ther. whit b VIII b'lng M mosf of lie
| Trains ana 50 iltui Smnhs squauTun ri drA 90 n.
md the etac!irne'r oi inltn,ry let ny oI M HI
| Fort Laramie u der the command uf L cut H. J
| ner, as an e'c II To 'iov unm il VIII MS adj
| vance nh six conpa leg ri drt, Oons u der C,l
| opk, With whom tie Govern travels tss utiaI. ,
| nj ei way
| MURDER OF Wo|AX IN NEW JERsEr.-The Monn,
i"lly Mirror contains the following account of the
| murder in that vicinity:
The dwelling of Mrs Cieyenger situate on the
| Did Shore road. shout half way between llounr
Misery and Cedar Bridge wa, destroyeh by IRE one
night last week. and sad TO relate. Mrs & per HI
IN the flames. She was a very old lady lived en-.
'Ifeiy alone and was known to travellers as .'Oii
Mother tlevenger" Her residences Was a une-sturv
cAbn and was well known fu perso,is in the ha hi,
| uf travelling the road.
! 1t is generally he ieved the old lady was mur-
I itred. and her cabin then set on fire. The Coal
igs are near her residence and those empi wed in
them frequently went there 10 ubtai; Iiuu0r sIis
being in the habit of keeping some for travellers
several times recently Epon refusing it to p~rsns
VINO were intoXicated, She has been severely
| beaten.
| She WAS known to be in possession Of some mo-
hey, and it ia thought that the de 5re 20 get hold
| "f it, in connection With the hatred existing
| against her in refusing TO supply the drunken
a finps Lrffh 4i,o
| pf her sad and terrible death The ruins were ex.
tmtned. but only her skull and soEre few of her
bones we're found. She about Sc years old. A
night or TWO preyious To the fire her hogs were
| poisoned AID her horses throat was cut.
| GRASpgoTHER At TWENTY NINE YEARS op AGg--
woman who was recently brought before the
magistrates of Nigan. for an assault committed
| upon neighbor, affords a striking instance Of
| recklessly early marriages. She is the wife OF Pat
rick Casey, tailor They reside il Douglas Ter
| race "igan. lie is forty years of age. and she Is
| twenty nine. They were married before she had
| attained the age of fourteen years. and was
! mother Mt the age Of fourteen years aud seven
months Since that time she has had eleven other
children Strange to say, the eldest girl. who was
fifteen years old teT days since is the mother of
| two children, the elder of whom il rcarIy two
| years of age, she having married esTlier IN life
| than her mother Mrs Casey is. therefore, at the
age of twenty nine years, the mother of twelve
ami the grandmother Of two childsen:-Literpool
paper.
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THE PEABODY INsTIruTE.-Tbe Board of Trustees
OF the Peabody Institute, on Friday, held an aI-
journed meeting, at the rooms of the Maryland
Historical Society for the purpose of selecting an
architect for the proposed building, when, after an
interchange of views, the contract awarded to
slessrs. Lind Murdoch, architects, of Baltimore
city.
TogAcoo Coon REPRLLExT.-WouId you not aYail
beTg eaten by canuihaIs2 Use tobacco use it
freely. IL is fact that canniblls III New Zealand,
who deyour human flesh, will not eat the victims
Of tobacco. Even turkey-buzZards in Mexico re-
fused the flesh of soldiers much addicted to this
indulgence IS1cis Toby.
SUICIDE IN CIscISNATI, OHIo-On Monday after
noon. we'll dressed man, passenger ON q ferry
boat in Cincinnati, Ohio, when tile middle OF
the river. went 10 the clerks desk and wrote the
name " Johnston" ON a piece of paper. which he
placed IN his hat upon the desk; then, going the
| stern ot the boat, he iumped overheard and
drowned. Nothing more known about him
nor was the body recovered up to late hour tina;
evening.
PRESIDENT MORAN. of the New York Erie Road
has addressed a circular TO the heads of every de-
partInent in the employ os the company, inform
ing them that the Board OF Directors have warned
him to reduce the wages of all persons in their
employ, and the reduction is TO be made as large
! possible. President Morap's saIa. Y is S25 0ss3
year, and is supposed to admit OF slight rcduc-
tion.
.FRsE LroUoR."-ln the Circuit Court of Dallas
county, Ala. last week the case of j. /. Burnett
against the members of the Town Councii Of Ia
hawba was tried. Burnett had disregarded the
high license" ordinance of That burgn. AID was
imprisen,ed by the "eity fathers for his eoafuaa
cy. lie brought this suit to recover damages for
the imprisonment aud the jury gaze him sSi5 da
images.
EXCITING DEER HUST.-As schooner Was enter
ing the harbor uf 81. John N. b few day since
the crew observed fine large deer swimming from
Negro lirsd towards the west point Of Partridge
isiand. A boa, was lowered, and alter vain -
foit to escape his pursuers he captured but
onIy relinquished the struggle wh his lite, for IN
being towed to the vessel he nearly upset the boat
hen h. wa dfsnsfehad Il