New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-28
Junction Of CO. Johnston With the Main FoNe.
PROBABLE DEFAMATION OF MARTIAL nw.
Escape Of IN InAan Agent frss stsA.
pzspsRArE payrAxsa 'OSs AZ SAT- LAKE,

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Fort Bridger In that vicinity il VA await
arrival Of Col. Johnston, Col SmithsM ttalcs, -.
supply trains and the dragons. II pro baNs tAs
depst will BE- formed ia the neghborioof OF Fo~
Brdcer (ofwhch possession could readily b tskenI.
from which future operations viii be direehA A.
that date the assumption of the commafd-n "cssc'
by Col. Johnston aud his arrival at Col Ssn'sns
camp. were not known to Col. Alexander. but ~
express besrins the information reached him proc
ably on the 10Th.
A party of MormOns, with which was PerASs
RcckwelL-the same man who is accused o. tn
attempt to sssassnste Gov Boggs Of Missonr-csf
of 200 more head Of cattle few days before, sct
" from the rear of the army.
The Mormons have Entrusted the COMMANDED.
chief Of their forces TO Daniel II. Wells, whssa
they style Lieutenant General. He dstes his orSss
from Fort Bridger but is in reality posted with AS
forces on Bear River. have heard no estimste -
their strength.
Two more prisoners were made BY Col Ale T.
! snders command. on whose persons were -four =
documents issued by Wells enjoinng them 10 ntss d
the progress Of the army by burning grass steslis
cattle, destroying trans or any other means shes
Of taking life. One of them is named Taylor enc
the other Stowell. The two prisoners taken pre-
vously prove to be brothers Of the notrious Biu
Hickman. The younger Of them has been cent -
Salt Lake City with a message or letter OF the
contents Of which am uniformed, the elder beiue
retained a. surety for his return. A prisoner haS
also been made to-day in Col. Smiths camp, va
coufesses that the Mormon band which burned 10
trains on Green River endesvored ~ employ bin -
steal cattle, sc.
Brigham Young has sent . lengthy document V
Col Alexander covering several pages Of fcolscAe
paper, which seems to be- a protest against the
| progress Of the troops and defense Of his Own
| attitude. no further account OF its cOnssots hss
! reached -.
An order was issued By Col. Johnston seversi
days since prohibiting any one from passingor senA-
ing any message scross Green River westward
without special authorization. The object, Pre-
sumo, ia to prevent the Momons from gaining
information Of the movements of the supply trains
and Of the troops which will act as their escort
To those conductors Of trains who had entered int
bonds TO deliver their goods in Salt Lake CiV
before certain dnte he has given official copies Of
their detention. Mr. Irwin, for instance, tho sgeuk
'of Livingston, Kincaide 4 Co, suffers to tho -
Dragons hss in his trains goods which he Is undse
bonds of go, 900 10 deliver there before January,
1883
There is Mormon train between us and Fort
Laramie which is said TO belong to the church aad
to be freighted with private property OF BTghsa
Young Col Johnston passed il at the beginning.
of this month, day or two before be arrived ~
Laramie. During his stay there it caught up and
its conductor, o man named GrOesbeck, called on
him 10 request passport 10 enable his train to pro-
coed to Salt Lake City. The Colonel had not at
that time heard of the burning Of the three supply
trains on October (althougb, from his request, 1t
seems probable that Mr. Groesbeck had receivef
news OF the affair.", and answered thai he knew % D
reason Why he should grant anything Of tho kind !
that If state Of peace existed in Utah the tra h
would Of course be- able to go on. passport % -
passport but if state Of armed hostility eTi0tsn.
nothing would probably be allowed to reach ahs
Mornoas in the natare Of supplies. mr. Groesbeh
and his train then proceeded bat hs has probably
drawn Of from the road and laid spfor the Winter,
or el.e he is endesyorng 10 reach Salt Lake City
by some intricate route far from the rnSin road.
All trace Of him further than seventy or eighty
miles beyond Laramie seems TO be lost; but Il will
be impossible for hs train il ever seen agsin, tcS
escape recognition II consisted Of sixteen wagons
all qandily painted and each drawn By six rnaiss.
1t has been reported in Col. Aieaanders camp
that DIR. Hurt, the United STATES Indsn Aept, hs<
been seized and hanged by tho Mornons. He wa
almost the only exception in the gsleral exoduso o.
Government officials 'lsst Spring. and renained o.
his post. on Spanish Fors, at the sdthem ex-
,remity Of Lake Utah, about sixty miles from Salt
Lake CITY. But Mr.. DsYdsoa, risfnber Of the
firm of Perry & Co.. cutters 10 the loth Infantry,
who retained to-day from . josr~y to Gresa
| River where he had gone TO pusoAase cattle, re-
norris that he was stopped on his way by French
man. who asked him to resd etter which be bsf
hesn unable 10 understand on recount a his mper
| feet knowledge Of English. IL proved to bes 'et-
ter fr,m DIR. Hurt stating tat he had escaped IN
| do, sbe protection Of bard Of Utah IAtians, and
asking where he might find the troops. This letter,
the Frenchman said had been brought 10 hin BY q
Utah Indian, who was present. Mr., Davidson. Of
| course. sen. directioGs BY means Of Which tho
doctor can reach our camp, sud be is expected 70
! arrive daily,
Three Of the tesmsters belonging b the suppb
trains which were burnt on tho 5th were frosen W
death in the storm On the 10th. They hsd travelled
baet 70 the South Pass with their flIow transfer
svd after camping, on the night Of the storm, n
become intoxicated with whisky, aud wandered. on
; into the SNOW.