Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-11-26
| WHOLE NO 1905.

each up with Col. Aexander-ore few
miles in advance OF US, and t@o behind Us
lGd the road is lined with merchants anc
suiier9' goods for o,e hundred miles in our
ssst
i Colorel Alexander has broken up his
camp on Hams Fork, and changed his
course for the Bear River route, and we are
expected to collect al d guard these trains to
his camp rear Soda Springs. There is yet
plenty OF provisions for us until spring, ex-
cept forage We have no corn, hay or oats
for our animals, and must rely upon grass
This the dead saints may burn, unless the
snow prevents it, and then sur mules car
profit little by it. Oar force, rank ard file,
is about s:xty-fve mea; But | am informed
that the tedmsters will be srmed tomorrow
wiki rifles, and made 10 stand guard over
their trains by night. Our expressman be-
/ Iieves we shall have to fight for our trains
! in day or two more, and II may be so. 1t
attacked, Colonel Smith will fight TO the
last. There will be no surrender. One
feeling pervades officers and men. Colonel
} Chapman, an old veteran in war, Lieutel-
ants ElwUod aud kinsel, and Judge Eckels,
Mr.. Brown and Mr.. NJ ;Cormick, are with
US, and will all use the fl, If Necessary.
We shall do our duty. Will the people
Of the States 60 theirs! believe they will
send US men and supplies soon. California
could give Us soldiers even in winter.
| think the MormoAs will attempt to emf
crate in the spring II the Sandwich Islands
or Vancouver. Let close look out be kept
for them.
This is no camp news. 1t is re liable,
believe. regret Cannot write more par
ticuIarly.
No civil authorities, except Morel, Post
master, and Judge Eckles, of Indiana, have
come On thus far, as yet. When General
Harney and Governor Cummings will come,
no une knoas. We shall go on Tomorrow,
Come what may; and with or without, il any
party attacks Colonel Smith, you will hear
a good report of him and his gallant little
band. He uW .fght.
1t seems strange that The army supplies
shoull be left in charge Of teamsters with
out protection from troops marching on the
same expedition, but the management is in
keeping with all the arrangements for
!oray into Utah. A large force, at ali enor-
NOUS expense, was concentra ed at Fort
Leavenvorth and vicinity early in the sea-
son for the ostensi5ie destination of Utah
under tine command OF the veteran Narnev.
But the freemen of Kansas had to be subju-
gated first, and late in the fall only moie.y
OF the troops we're pos ed for the plains,
mountains an wilderness, TO escort, as it
turns out. Postmaster and single Judge.
to Utah. As II to cap the climax OF wicked
ness and folly, dispatch from Washington
stltes tha; the AdminrStra has ordered
Gen. Harney 10 remlin at Fort Laaven-
worth, as, in case the MDTmOns resist the
small force sent against them, larger one,
.undsr. Harnsy, viii he despatched Ia their.l
ass stance. The wisdom of this policy,
wei remarks the ST. Louis Iateliigencer, will
be appreciated when i; is reelected
that the Mormons eau destroy the last
man Of the present Expedition, eve N
before inte ligence of The peril can reach US.
To send Gen. Harvey rc the succor Of u
little army DESTROYED 5y the Mormons dnt
Indians, and devoured by wolves, vii! be a.
piece cf strategy whose bril.iarcy dazzleS
us to perception + lis propEiety.