New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02

From the Meaningless Uni0nlof the23d and 9th,
we extract the following oaietAl intelligence 5s
| RspEMPrIoN or ii CArrryE.1 ne indian Burean
received information yesterday Ssing that The son
| OF Mr.. sSchukeudal, recently rOde6 IA fI0m tie
| Cheyennes, has been sent q Ne Pettowatomie q
/ Shawnee mission school, where II VIII aWait n
arrival Of his father. His mother was murdered 81
the Indians in October, 1855, at The time he w
| taken prisoner. 1900 Fl ~ h v q
] FoRr KKARNEY, sourH Pass IND HosKY LAxr
RoAD--We learn that the Interior Department have
received additional adviees from superintendent
Magraw, in charge of the eastern divisions Of this
road dated near Independence Rock, September 18Th
which are Of peculiarly interesting character The
engineer, F. ". Lander, who some time ago went IN
advance Of the main body Of the expedition to ex.
from the summit Of the SoutIrPas % Beer or Soda
Springs, Bear river, and it is confidently expected
by member Of his party, who had returned to the
main body with the above information, that Mr. Lander
had been quite as fortunate in bis explorations west
Of these springs, toward City FSteepse Rocks Upon
the discovery Of good road between the points first
mentioned depended the main success Of this portion
Of the parties engaged in the construction Of this
great thoroughfare from Fort Kearhey 70 lie State
line Of California at Honey Lake, and the opening o.
this new route will save many miles Of travel to the
California emigTant by avoiding, as it does the old
and Bear river, and by way Of salt Lake City. Il
will also be of infinite advantage, for the same res
sons, to the Oregon emigrant. This new read avoids
the Green river desert and affords to the traveller IN
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fuel three elements essestial to the comfort Of 0vef
| land travel. q Ss.t.saef rgsas 49,
Should no unforeseen contingency arise, Mr.. Mar
graw will probably go through to California, as con
templated by the Department. by the LIST or 18th Of
| December next.
The last advices from Superintendent Kirk, who
has charge Of the western division of this road are
favorable and it is expected that his portion Of the
ronte from City or Steeple Rocks 70 Honey lake, will
| be completed this fall. $isss q
| THE UTAH ExPEDrrIoN.-Inte ligence reached the
10th infantry and Phpss battery of light artillery
had left Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory, on the
9th Of September, en- route for Utah.
! Colonel E. B. Alexander, in letter to the Depart
ment dated at his camp near Fort Laramie Sepfem-
Der 3d. describes the march of these troops from Fort
| Leavenworth to Fort Laramie-a distance of 625
miles. The battalion marched from the former place
on the 18th of July, and being mainly composed Of
recruits the length of the marches for the first four
or five days was ncOnsderabe, not exceeding ten or
twelve miles. The men, however, became accustomed
to marching very soon, and unless the heat was pow
erful very few left the ranks. The march the
prairie country from Fort Leavenworth to the Platte
river was made within the time allowed by General
Harney's orders, and was, perhaps the most exempt
from loss and accident ever known. With train Of
81 wagons and over 600 animals, but five mules had
been Iost-one by straying and four by DEATH Not q
wagon had been broken. The journey along the
Platte one Of great ease as the road was good
and grass abundant Men and animals improved in
health and strength remarkably. b &G5
The sick report had never exceeded co. and had
averaged but IL. This in a command of 500 Colonel
Alexander regarded as very small. No serious sick
ness had prevailed though four of bilious fever
produced by great alterations of temperature the
Platte bottom, had occurred, which the assistant
surgeon had recommended to be left at Fort Laramie
Col Hoffman having kindly consented, Col. Alexan
der determined to leave them until the two COM
panes of the regiment under COL Smith came up,
when they could be brought on. n
The order of march had been strictly preserved,
and the column marched by platoon points, with re-
gular intervals at the rate of 96 100 steps per
minute. The camping arrangements had also been
as regular as the ground would admit, the Colonel
having in view proper guard over the mules and
wagons. He had adopted the plan of detailing q
company for guard, and posting it in the most con
| yenent places. The commander was enabled to post
pckes and sentinels so as to guard every approach
This plan saved many details, lessened labor, and
excited q spirit Of emulation which insured great
vigilance. salsl;8 y5q4 sclE st.234lI
The officers of the command had attended faithfully
to their several duties, and many had shown great
powers of enduring fatigue, being on foot all the
time. Brevet Lieut.. Col Candy had ably assisted in
conducting the march and much of the good fortune
was due to his constant attention to the duties mme
dately devolying upon him.
On the 9Th the march to Utah would be resumed
and although the accounts of the road made it much
more difficult than anything the expedition had yet
experienced, Col Alexander hoped to give as avora
BILE report upon his arrival at Salt Lake City. eai
Col Alexander, in conclusion, stated that he might
be excused from expressing the pride which he felt in
the successful accomplishment by his regiment of
denty express the belief that unless some very un
foreseen accident occurred, it would reach the Terri
tory of Utah in condition of perfect efficiency and
discipline. - q