Nebraska advertiser., 1857-11-19
News from the PIainSand Salt Lake

By the arriAal of Mr.. Morine in this
city direct from Fl. Laramie, we have
news Of the most exciting character from
Salt Lake and the plains. MI. Morine
came in with the Salt Lake mail. He re-
ports that when the mail passed Green
river nearly all the troops had marched
to that point. A portion of them had star
ted for Bridgers Fort, near which place
they intended togo into winter quarters.
He also reports that BridgerS Fort was in
possession of the Mormons, who number
ed about thirteen hundred strong. The
troops that had left Green river were ac-
c%ompanied by three Of Russel& WaddIe's
trains, freighted with government sup
plies which the Mormons had cut off and
burnt together witha all the provisions In
tended for the subsistence of the troops.
They first gave the teamsters permission
to take what was necessary to carry them
back to Green river, after which thew
piled wagons and freight together and set
fire. to them. Five hundred Mormons, in
small companies were dispersed all over
the country from Greenriver to Salt Lake
burning the grass, destroying the bridges
and placing Instructions in the road. the
object of which is to entirely stop the
further progress Of the, troops. 1t is also
reported that there are ten thousand Nor
mons in the city, under arms and drilling
preparing for determined resistance to
the United States troops, should they at
tempt to enter the valley and enforce ODE
dlence to Government authority. Jones,
who IS interested with Mr.. Miles in the
contraction earryingthe Salt Lake MALL
was taken prisoner and is now in the
hands of the Mormons. They boldly as
sert that no contractor but Mormon
will be permitted to carry the mail The
Mormons had also hung an old mountain
trader at Green river, supposed to be Ro-
.blnson, with whom they had not been on
very intimate terfnsfor the last fewyears.
Taking the whole -ofthe news together.
with what information we have heretofore
received from them, it leaves but little
doubt that another war with this people
is inevitable. But a. few weeks ago, we
learned that they had attacked the United
States Surveying party and killed one or
two of the number. They lsorefused to
permit Capt. Van Welt, quarter master
IN the U. S. Army, to enter the city with
his escort, when OH official business, under
the plea that he came there as a spy to
reconnoitre and report upon the strength
OF the works and the number and disci-
pine of their troops. 81 :. .B.r
I'VE have no doubt but Government is
fully aware of the intentions of the Nor
mons, and that the War Department is
? making every preparation to send to
Utah, early In the spring, a very large
torce. Troops are now being concentrated
a Fort Leavenworth-not less than
twenty-five hundred menbeing %encampedl
In and near the Fort, and we daily hear
OF others ontheir way to that point. The
whole number Of troops on Green river is
about thirteen hundred and the number
be at Fort Leavenworth In the
ready to march for Salt Lake, we
THINK will notexceed thirty-fve hundred,
this willmrke the whole force to operate
against the Morrnons not exceed five
thousand menAnot more than o%ne-fourth
Whatn will require to subdQe them, if
a war is once begun. We know the ma
ture of the route the troops will have toll
travel from BridgeI's Fort to reach the
Valley, and we know that fveshundred
determined men could efectually resist
the passage of ten thousand troops in
some of the passes in the mountains. In
other places the road runs through can
mons, and under perpendicular rocks, over
our hundred feet high, where a few men
could destroy a whole army by throwing