New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-10
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1857

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train from California is lying sers, N"cu
passed through Utah, leaving Salt Lake C'h ~
July %. Its passengers report that the Norms's
were much excited By the news o. the stoPpsge OF
the Utah mail. They learned on July % that 1t
had been discontinued On July "a. they held their
annual celebration of the anniversary Of their ar.
rival at Salt Lake and, as on the previous yesr not
10 the city, but at Cottonwood kaayoa, about -
miles distant The whole Mormon population
trooped out thither, men, women aud chlldren but,
contrary to previous practice, GentLes were care
fully excluded. am therefore unable TO obtain any
account of their proceedings further than tast Pont'
cal speeches were made by Brigham Young, Heber
c. Kimban. and others and two original songs sung
the chorus of one Of which ran:
"We'l serve the Lord to day;
The Prophet wen obey;
You may mind JUS, whom you pea
We viii mind y hat Brigham says'
Several of these passengers give accounts of
Brigham IOuDgs sermon on July III, from which IL
appears to have been the most singular harang,e
which he had delivered up TO that date. IL was de-
voted to discussion OF the relations Of the Morn0ns
to the General Government Pointing TO the women
present be declared that the Utah expedition wss
sent To make them all whores, through the inter
ference of the troops Then, laying b, hand upon
his coat. he SAID that he had there "a reastpin
eighteen inches long which he intended to SET in the
I" shirt Of that squaw. killer, Gen. Hsrney, if he
should interfere with his ioung's) plans and send
" him to he'll cross-ots." This "sendins to hell
cross lots" appears to be an expression peculiar to
Utah" cross-lots" being equivalent in meaning TO
"by short cut" He alluded again to the instru-
L hay Fxpth hIah I
was his intention " to pepper the General
The enmity Of the M0rmccs to all persons con.
nected with the Office of the Surveyor General was
undated, and German named Mogo, who held
contract for executing surveys, joined the train
its passage from the Territory. being apprehensve
of an attempt on his life, having been accused of
hOr.e- stealing and consigned to "heil crossots IN
a sermon delivered in the Bowery July 10. They
LETT him at Fort Laramie. IN this same sermon, on
July 10, they report that Young said that various
Gentle letter writers from Salt Lake City had writ
ten 10 the States that il unsatetor Gentles TO
- live there and he relied his young men to justify
their assertion; otherwise he should see that was
justified bimsef" Another of the employees Of the
Survey or. General taken from his bed about ID
o'clock on the night of July %, gagged and kept IN
custody TILL between and o'clock In the morning.
Among the most noted pioneers on the Plains Is
the old guide Bridger, who was dispOssessed some
Years since, by the Mormons of the little fort
which he had erected in a valley about 100 miles
from Salt Lake City. The Momons claim to have
bought him out fairly. He claims, l understand,
to have been driven away by force lie Is now
with the 10th Infantry, employed as guide on the
expedition There is u Mormon settlement IN the
valley, and when the train passed about twenty
wOrkmen were employed on the fort, around which
they had erected stone wall fifeeH feet in hight,
between three and four feet thick st the ground but
tspering to fifteen inches in thickness at its summit.
With what intentions they are at work on such
fertilization cannot imagine tor they must be IN.
sane to suppose that it can Withstand the playot
artillery for ten minutes especially IS IT is built OF
cUbbe-stOnes loosely cenented with mortar.
But whatever they may mean by thus building. 1t
is certain that they are receiving constantly large
quantities Of ammunition. Three trains have passed
ever the road within month, which are believed to
have been loaded with military stores, and mu!e
train of forty wagons is six seyen days III advance
Of us, several of which are suspected to contain
powder All these trains haze quilted the road
when nearing Fort Kearney, and have passed along
the north bank OF the Platte. They have also
avoided encountering Government trains or those
Of Government contractors, camping IN unusual
places and travelling late into the aight. They nave
taken Mormon passengers at the rate Of $50 for
the trip, supplying all their provisions, but requiring
az sistance from them III work when needed
The grass along our route has been short ard
scanty although refreshed by the recent rains. 1t
is Injured by myriads of grasshoppers, some Of
which are mOnstrOus in size. : have noticed seN-
eraI between three and four inches an' many nearly
three inches long. Last Friday swarm passed
over the Fort which darkened the sun SO ~ to re-
der it possible to gaze ut II with the naked eye.
We saw this swarm at distance OF ten or twesye
miles, ut which il resembled cloud OF lnose