New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-12
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WASHINGTON, Fr.dsy, Dec. Al, j


49, ov, O,r. Cs,,esroaSsas ~
~ !, ststsd in confd. ptsl circles that tho Demo
..,t;. aesN. ion from Iodsns have nsd o io's III.
serv;.- .ssh President Buchanan 10 tho course .,
wi a shsy ssid that on full consultation ''e? 0Os1
not support the LecomptOn Constitution "'"' '11
.rpo,S o. senator Dousls There c'n DC no 'ou"'
tss each consultation was held
The report or ruror rather tor II seems 70 n''e
40 dednt. risin, that Governor Walker hsd Son'
n .ls,ssr was dispatched over TIE metropolis TINS
,oorpjns With electric speed. 1t produced sn eA.
t,.ords ary sensation. for there is general behei
nat sAs President will endesyOr to head him Oh
with In telegraph, and bebeed him oi 'l'ly' after
u. manner J, Stanton, before he Can F'a'n 'n'
Territory.
nu TO be hoped tina. Gov. Walker ha' really
zone; Tor lis presence In Kansas ana h' prompt
srs;ou 1. concert With the Legislature may prevent
.c;v;l xg.r which Otherwise seems slnost newt
able. He will do well while IN Kanss' to Keep out
Of the wsy Of dispatches aud letters ffca the East
at least for few days.
Tho president is highly elatod with the actoa o
The Senate 10 confirming Gen Dsnyer, AID with
What he considers the general success Of bis receas
K.usss policy He il surrounded solely BY South
am advisers, or by Northern men inca sble from
hsbiiud .ubservency to'tne South Of understanding
he present state Of Northern feeling; and, unable
from long absence abroad and from the natural 10
uctance of old sge 10 receive new ideas to judge 70
himself, and to realize the immense stride which the
country has made IN az Anti Slavery direction
Mr. Buchanan is lamentabIy deceived as to the
true .tate Of the Kansas difficulty. There is ,ason
10 feM that he will cOnplica!e tie matter beyond
sxtricaton If be carries into execution bis present
purpose toward Gov. Walker.
TIE breach between Senator DOIgas and the
South is hourly widening. There is much violent
talk sgsin,t him, even to the extent of threatening
10 hang him, or ct least to tar and feather him. These
menaces are of course idle, and will como to moth
ing, bat they indicate the depth of tho blew he has
dealt the Slave Power. He will resume the fight
on Monday, wbea Senator Green Of Missouri is 70
begin the crushing process.
yrssn 14aothe~ Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. IL, 1857.
Letters were received this morning ftom Gen.
Scott, inclosiIg q dispatch from Col Johnston,
pmmmsudnE the Utah army, dated South Pass, en-
route TO Salt Lake City, Oct Is. Col. JobnBton's
di,pstAes include several letters from Col. Alex
ander. He, it appears, questions, By the heslta-
ton with which he assumes it, his right to execute
fully al the duties of commander, but Col. John
ston thinks that his authority TO exor,ise them
without restriction is clearly granted. After set
linz this point, Col Johnston says;
at appears by the ipclosed letter from Coi. Alex
der. dated Oct Ia, that he had advanced 20 IL AUS
Eorf ON Green River, thirty.fve Hslles above tne
cros.ipr and there directed the movements 10 De
made bv his own immediate command, and ordered
the troops in his rear to form junction Win hlin,
which would be wholly impisorosoo. CT, 3.
"Ffrst lie ey;dently believes that Col on:ta ~
escortrg the remainder Of the supply traios, 10 al
about uioe Including three sdt ers trslns' IL: 10, IN
fact advancing en- the Kinney road or cut OIL WIN 'ne
force named 10 Gen Hsrneys order OF aug. 10. vi
course he has not received TIE coanternsno Oh n@s
order. :, 4, .
"He assumes that the command IN the rear is cape
BE of more rapid movement than his own, anu tnere'
fore. alter waiting one dty 81 the point INDICATED
viii resume bis march. In this $50 he Woaid nave
btn dsapuoined as the trains in his rear are suffer
mo from "a IL ue and scarcity OF saskeSnce ana are
without rest They could no., II they were where ne
supposed them to be, over'ase him.
hThese are facts, and if known By Col, Alexander
Ma 5;snosition A determined in his letter OF Oct
would have been wholly olfererl -, ~.
"Colopel Smith is sttbs camp with ffty men OF h's
regiment. overlook him day before yesterday the
l6ihl about twenty miles cas-. OF this point, and have
added NV escort Of fifteen mounted dragons 10 MS
force. Lieut. Smith, 10 cOmma and OF the squadron oi
dragons and OF fifty OF the IUth infsairy force
OF about 200 men, may be expected here In .leS "
four dave. He Ia aware OF the necessity Of PfomPF
ness ana am sure will lose no time.
Col Graw, Superintendent of the SOUTH Pass
wagor-rosd places such Of bis employees as WI yoiun
teer at the oipoition Of the Govsinneot' ne tnnAs
mat so or GO men vid organize. have agreed 10 &C.
c,nt THAR aeryioe and muster them for three to SIX
moths.
He hss slso rendered fifteen teams, mules and
wagons which bave accepted sHo 1s0.,a rtO
eothipg ordnance medical and subsistence stores are
D my re r, and ale expected In two or three dsys
Eleven mules of Col. Smths team persisted from
cold last night The theImother this morning ID 10 oeg
above aero at o'clock; the weather modersi5og snd
the snow melting. The mercury stands at 81 deg.
Our most potent enemy at present Il sncT.
"1he intended movement OF Coi. Aie1anGer, 10,
ressors OF which he could Dot be sQpneo, would
have separated Iim from supplies, indispensable -
the comfort and safety Of the az NY aud deprived him
of force which will be concentrated heIe Ia lew
days and which, though small, beng party OF cavalry
"In ordering Col Alexander TO the mouth OF Fon'
t4nelIe Creek position about thirty miles from hs
camp on Hams Fork, i acted win ue ues'9s y.
making iuIc tion piac,ic Able. That point Is sDou.
.eyertS miles hence, and he can resch IL oy Sooo
road and without danger Of surprise. There /, an
sbundsnce Of grass there and il ID point from when
can reach the region which L intend occupyiog ths
Winer Without rskrg he loss Of our army AZ soon
as snow falls Sufficiently Green River TO prevent
burning the grass, will msrch TO Henry FORK sno
occupy that va ey d1iug ID. Winter. ~ Is a com
manding posidon and is accessible two months ear Ter
for reehforcemens and supplies by Cheyenne PAS
than any other, and will enable ne 20 march near ori
BIGGER and on the mes. direc. route TO Sall LsSe
City Is sooa practicable in the Spring At th's po-
sitiop Col. Cooke can JOIN me, wbi5h still hope be
will do.
al greatly regret that the impossiblity of cOncsn-
tratp9 the troops destined for this service aud the