New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-14

have Dyovi.icba 70 1t hem for fo1r or nee ysa
Mr. Rassaharesr came through aloae . d<Ance o.
10 piIs, passed rouf seoat oss huadr4d isdses
of Iroisrs but VS. rot moIeet.d enc1untsfed m1cn
rain, slset and snow he other end Of me foeN
Use Oet two days in Q snow storm at sou0 fNs An4
laid by at Laramie three days; from there sncoah'
tered uch snow before be reached Patterson rsno1
Met Two outgoing msils, one st lndepen1 epce SCI
and the other .: Fsons Blua, on tie SJo!h NE
Mr.. X will return with oisPsehes, hesTne foi'
ksvenworth Saturday next.
Ak. la.t Summer writes letter 20 TIE Lar 6S:s
Denocref describing bis journey and the oaTaxes 10
which he and his party were subjected oy me Mo.'
nop,. We make the following e1irscs::
On reaching Salt Lake City, We found them ths
most restless and excited beings on earth. Womea
vouH run after en- gran. wagons and endeayor to pur
chase gurs AID ammunition. DC leaving me Guy ana
psssirg through their villages they tIeased Us =
though We were highway robbers or murderers. Iney
threatened our lives with the Indians. True to their
threats, the Indians did Ideed come upon us-some
twerty five 10 number, together with e,go' OF 'en
Mormors. The IndsIs attempted TO drivs on Oh,
stock tie Mormous At the same time cursug ~, and
teIrg 10 give up some Of our blankets and some Oh
"tuT cattle. or they would murder Us" We then
srcceeded in driving ttem back. but they followed 90
liz purtuit tf u.s. Near the City Rsck they came upon
smother train and az pght stole eighteen sd OF cat
Tie, and shot one Of the guards through the hand.
On the following day The emigrans traied the cattle
seven or eight miles into the mountains. A. they
were ascending psss, all OF sudden the In
oiaIs ard Mormors commenced firing upon them.
TIE allies-!noi.rs ard Mormons-nunbered shout
30; the emgrsbts eight The latter retreated jack
sen Nj holes was nortally wounded, and died 10 lev
csys. young mai from Texas, named w. hcCar-
lev vas wounded aid probably killed The Las. tn
was aes Of him ak or eight Indians were running
him into the City Rock. iourg Daniel Abot was
sbo, through the thigh.
We then sorroyfuy wended our way 10 the Hun
bodt River Gear the upper canon. There We were
shocked by fDorg the hfeess bodies Of three unfor'
tunste en- iersnts murdered by the ssvaees aDd he'll.
deserving followers of Joe Smi h. Near tiraws FORD
we found Fix mole, In graye-ouried BY other
.nieTsrts Their blood and hair we're sire IN around
the spot that marked their destruction.
fr WOODS and his wife were jus. ahesd OF their
train riding in tvo-hOrse carriage. The allies came
upon then. Woods put whip TO his mRle.; one OF bis
carriage wheels of; he then cut of the harness
Of bis t. am put his wife snd child upon one OF The
n ues AID took the other himself. The wife, chld
ard ule were all captured and massscred. Mr.. W.
got his rm broken, yet succeeded 10 making hls
escape.
We found graves daily, and Sometimes brains Of
uersors who had lust been murdered Ga aching
Carson River We met some 300 wsgons ard 5O Nor
mons on their way to the ker Jerusalen Brigham
Young has ordered Il EN- all hOme to ssss IN hghhng
ugsIst the United States army that they are Coz
During nv stay in Salt Eske City, one Of the resi-.
dent Ulcers was very deslrous to ascertain what
knew corcening Col. Harvey, and the movements OF
our Government in relation to tn am. expressed N.Y.
self 60 emphstcaly in favor Of the SAINTS that he
hestated Lot to reveal to all their plans, and de-
scibsd all their 9Th and powers. lie then eI.
hibiied 10 their batteries sui informed me that
they then had three or four Indian tribes in rea1neys
10 attack Col. Harvey as be came into their eounts
through he deep harrow raviues Of the mountains,
He also seid that If Hdmey did persist in sing
them. that they should is the British fGg and that
tis ud so stimulate their Engh rcsdsn brethren,
hst they would only yield to death. he further
stated, that the English Governnen'-wth whom
thew ire in constant secret communcatlor-had con-
fdentally assured them that she tr0ad come 10 her
rescue, if she could find any possible avenue.
The following letter was written by woman &. Salt
Lake City TO her husband, who was on visit to one
Of the Eastern cities:
SALT LAKE CRY, Sept. I, 1851.
MY DEAR HUSBAND: have jdst received yout let
ter 20 me- aud also read one you wrote to Sister =
am much die appoirted for thought you would say
positively you were con,irg home this Fall think
II YOU understood the spirit Of the times in the Valley
YOU would want to be here.
IlI the men are preparing for war, both old and
young. Some compates hsve gone out 70 NEE, the
eIen,y; more are ready TO 90 when called for
The canyrg companies are al coni1g in Whist
hey csIrot birg wlIh them hey destroy. lhey nave
bur "a hur dreCs VI TINS OF hay at the s,atlous
Brother Brigham says if the brethren will stand by
him be will rever let the Gentiles into the Val
ty4. He Gays before they shall come here he VIII
bum every Rouse fierce aud bay-sack and flee to the
moutf.hs We will make a Moscow Of the cities and
towIs in these VaIleys aad Poters Field u every
csron that our enemies come into.
Bother Kimbsll says all the women mus hav.
i
You mutt bring plenty Of powder and lead. Brother
Brigham rays il every Saint will live up to their re-
gor vii. never be driven from these valleys We
sha stay here until the time to 90 TO jackson
County. We shall be called the traitors Of
| Utah, but the fire people Of Dtseret
The letter published in The 81 Louis Republican. Of
Dc 9. the substance of which reached Us by tele
graph bear. date the Sd of November mo locality il,
given. AID was evidently written The Republican
SAYS IN great ta4tel by one with the detacamsnt
under Col Cooke. This accounts for i,s unfounded
ii at Col Johnston designed to march upon
Sat Lake City this Fall and that there bad been
battle. The correspondent Of Tie Republicans sres
a. fellows respecting the situation Of Col Cooke:
"Tfe conn and under Col Cooke, composed mainly
Of cavalry has now reached point one hundred aud
| ffy miles ~est of Fort Laramie Thus tar all has
been pls asapt ard easy travelling. We have expe-
rier eed no inconvenience from the Indians or the
Momons ard the weather Is not to be complained Oh
Bet row different state Of things is coming upon u.s.
Tie animals begin 10 fsil the prove nder giving our
| provsicrs for the army are growing scarce; the
weather Il growing colder and apparent thst great
hs6sLips ere before US. IL.
Mr. Uartptt are with Us and well. Il IL their nten-
ton TO erter upon the duties assigned them IN Sat
Lake City urless some extraordinary power 10 Lnei-
| posed to prevent them from so doing.
| Tie Se ptember and October mails Tor L AN leIrt
tory are about two days advances OF u9, as If 20
The train Of Livingston Co.. merchants OF Sat Lake
| City. The MestTs. Gsrsh merchants Of Salt Lake
Mr.. Dedson, Marshal Of the Territory; JohI Hooks.
| day, Difhict-At.orney, and the superintendent OF
IrciaI affairs are short distance behind us having
l. Il the IL at Fort Laramie.
It's row more certain than eve. thst tho AorIn'ns
are determined to resist TO me last the entry OF either
TIE Teri;oiis officers or the military i)fce under Coz
| JobL .ton into Utah. So You may eIpectto hear OF
battles ard rumos Of battles from this time FORWARD
| The troops of Urce Ssm can, no doubt, hold ueh
ovt; but up 10 this time, II is admitted tnsI they
meet Brigham Young and hi, forces under u1iaSora