Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-11-26
PROGRESS OF TEE rfAu EXPEDITION.
THE MORMON Rebellion CONFIRMED.
The I. :. Forces in Great D.aicul,ies.
From the y Y. Tribune> Special CORRESPONDENT
CAMP, 260 miles west from Fort }
Laramie, Oct. l3, 1851.

From the y l. tribune Speclal correspondent !
CAMP, 260 miles west from Fort
Laramie, Oct. Is. 1857.
During Capt. Van Yliet's stay in Salt
Lake CITY last month, he overheard but one
remark which induced him to believe that
the declarations by the Mormons were not
earnest. That was an observation by Brig
ham Young to the effect that his intention
was unatered; unless he should get
another revelation to the contrary, which
he was sure that he should not J."
The result has certainly justified the
Prophets confidence. No such revelation
had been received by him up to October
9TH, on which date acts were committed
under his direction, which cannot fail To
end in blood>he,l. On that day the two
regiments of infantry and the artillery ana
ordnance batteries were encampcd on
Hams Fork, which branches from Black )
Fork, which is a fork of Green River The
two mean. st supply trains were but a few
miles distant from Green river, on the east
bank. and about thirty miles from Col. AL
exan1er's camp. The next on the road had
advanced about twenty miles west from Pa
cIfic Springs, which rise at a short dis
tance beyond South Pass. About / |
o'clock at night, these three trains were
surprised ami siezed by parties of Mormons
their contents examined, and what was
worth pilagng was stolen, and the remain
der destroyed by fire. Each train consist
e.l Of twentv-six wagons. ami belonged f.
the number sent out hv Messrs. Russell d
Waldell. of leavenworth CITY. contractor
for the transportation of stores for the army
anl for the supply of beef cattle. The
teamsterS made no resistance ani were un
harmed These Mormon bands are under
stood to he under the ccnfnani of Bill
Hickman. although it is Iumored that
lls5er c Kimball attends them. They AT,
AL well mounted and armed, each man be
ing provided with 1 California horse. am
with rife and from one to three reyolvers
Hickman is supposed to have directed th'
proceeding near Pacific Springs, while :
man named Locksmitl commanncl nea
Green River.
Immediately upon the receipt ofthe new
al this attack. Col. Alexander sent Capt
Marcy of the 9TH inlantry with five compa
uies. hack t. Green river H arrived
however. only III season to take charge o
the cattle of the trains which the Mormout
hal left, with the polite request ;hat til,
troops would fttten them this winter, whel
they would bc in good condition for Nor
mon eating in the spring Another of thei
jep.c q eSpraS va, "a remark to the tealnstar
that they 'ba only burned tllc wagons thi
time, hut would be likely to burn the wag
oner, the next Col Alexander also sen
,li>patch., IL Brcvct Col. Smith, iron
whose eainp am writing. aud Capt Mar
cy sent by another messenger a circula
letter 10 trains on tlic road advising them
for the sake oi safety, To place themSelve
un,cr Col. smiths protection. Both ex
pressmcn were intercepted by the Mormon,
but a. nothing suspicious was found o
their persons. and it did not appear ol
what errard> they were bound. they wer
released The one from Col Alexandei
percevinc that it was impossible 10 avoi'
arrest. DESTROYED the dispatches to Colone
Smith. accordin. To hi, instructions, an,
We are ignorant of their contents. Th
other brought Capt Marcy's circular safe
lv through in the toe of his moccasin.
The season. which hal been uncommon
" favorable up to the beginning of Octo
Der, has resumed its natural severity Ic
has formed in our buckets every mornin:
but once since we eft Fort Laramie. Th
mort hern slopes o. the mountains are com
l 4 ..,l. Ii. IL
will not melt until 1888. and even tn
southern slopes are powdered scantllv will
snow, of which there was fall on Satur
day night that chilled our road on Sunda,
and Monday, and has muddled it to-day
The Mormon, have probably burned tn
grass along that entire route, and obstruct
cd the ,leiies ia which it ahounds. in sucI
a manner tha, only artillery could clea
them. But if the army concentrates a
Soda Springs. il viii have befure it a roa'
along a valley, it is said, even at mid
winter, direct to Salt Lake City.
The entire force of lighting men in tn
expedition does not probably excee,. ten o
eleven hundred. 1t includes the cntir
Tcntl Regiment of Infantry. eight compa
nies of the Fifth Infantry, detachment 0
the Fourth Artillery. with six light piece,
anl about sixty men. and an ordnanc
train with heavy pieces, OF aboat the sam
strength. The tcamster> and other labor
cr> attached 10 the expedition might swell
the ehire force to sixteen hundred or more
but these last woull have their hands ful
in taking care of their cattle From III
South Pass To- Fort Bridgcr is. as we hav
stated, hundred ani thirty-one miles. u
which more than third part l. perlcc
desert, and the whole a difficult country
with very little grass. What little thcr
is. the same parties of Mormons cmployc'
in interccpting the trains will doubtless
set on fire and DESTROY.
From Fort Bridger to Salt Lake City
the direct road is one hundred and thirteel
miles, but this is very difficult route
with many narrow passes, liable To b
blocked with snow. hardly practicable 81
late IN the season at any rate. and still les
50 with the prospcc: of active Resistance
on the part of the Mormons. There
another road. following the valley of th
Bear river north to Soda Springs, whcr
the Oregon road forks OIL aud then turn
ing south by the same valley and easter
shore Of the Great Salt Lake This rout
nearly doubles the distance. but it i, muc
more practicable, and should the ESpedi
l.. a. III l..