Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-11-26

Important from the Plains and
+ Utah Mormon Resistance
Snow Scant Supplies-U. S.
Train Destroyed-Prospect of a
Fight-Ead Condition Of .. s.
Fore, s-Where are the Civil
AppOintees!
The news from the Plains and Utah, we
doubt not. is but the precursor of the COM
plete rout, il not annihalation, of The small
force sent by the Administration to make
war upon the Mormon citizens OF this Re-
public. The element will aid the .perse.
cuted Saints,'' who, the war once begcn,
/ will fight with desperation under the fanat
! ical banner of the "Lion of the Lord'' for
/ their wives, their children, their homes, and
their religion. The Mormon women will
! emulate the Mormon men in defence OF
their chosen possessions in the great VIII
deTneSs Valleys, and 10 doubt Gov. Young
has employed his office OF U. S Indian
! Agent to conciiate and secure savage allies
/ in the conflict SO long threatened. Ever
. SluIC JSEdiCA DOul pIuS Wal Oil
/ the Mormons in his brutal Springfield
Speech, Brigham Young and lis adv-
sers have been busy gathering in the Saints
to Salt Lake City, and preparing FOR the
worst. They have been strengthening
themselves in men and the munitions of
war, and while protesting entire willingness
to yield 10 The L. s. civil authority when
good men should be appointed to rule over
them, they have expressed fixed determi-
nation not to surrender a single right of an
American citizen to force. but to resist at
tempted military despotism TO the death.
The news to-day shows they were in ear
nest.
The intelligence comes from the ARMY
for UIaq," direct. A letter from Fort Lara
mie, October Odd, says:
An express from the army on Haw's Fork,
reports thai the Mormons have destroyed
three government trains, (burnt them up)
Brigham Young informed Colonel A.exan-
der, bv express, that he must not advance
further into the Territory. Colonel John
ston is collecting the trains all together, at
th5 South Pass, to escort them in. The I'd
Dragons will be here Tomorrow.
The St. Louis Republican of the 1lth has
the following:
Highly important intelligence has just
been received at Fort Leavenwurth, by en-
press from Fort Laramie, with advices of
October 22d. Lieut.. Colonel Cooks COM
mand of I'd dragons were four miles this
side. and had encountered snow storm fi:e
&ays previously. Col. Albert S. Johnson
was last heard from two hundred and thirty
miles beyond Fort Laramie, and snow was
seven inches deep one hundred miles this
side of where the express left him Owing
10 the slim supply Of cora, aud the entire alb
Sence ol grass, the teams of the entire COM
mand aid the horses of the % Gragoons were
iuiiing rapidly.
News had reached Lara tnat the Nor
mons had burnt three government trains
(seveniy Ave wagons) near Green river,
ninety miles behind Col. Alexinder's COM
nand, G0th in!antry.) which constituted
the vanguard of The army. 1t was rumored
that the 10Th and 9th infantry and the bat
teries Of Artillery would go over and take
possession Of 4 Mormon village OH Bear
river, Tor winter quarters. l. is said tina.
the Dragons had months supply OF corn.
at half allowance, and n OF particle of
grass. Win snow Oh the ground at that,
1t seems Ike madness for them to proceed
beyond Laramie-certainIy such q step
could on y be justified in view of the pros
pect of actual hostIitieS this winter, Of
hiSh puasat tt,i- a irI,ro
There was probab never be ore, any Of
our army subjected to such prvatiuns, an4
TO whom the future presents such gloony
picture, as in the Case at pr esent with the
Army Tor Utah.
We doubt, ii Col. Johnston will be able,
when his whole force is concentrated, to
muster over one thousand men fof duty.
Such an army so far from the base line, is
too small to cope long with vigorous resis-
tance.
4 correspondent from the United States
| Camp to the Cincinnati Enquirer, under
date OF Camp on Sweet Water, Oct IL h.
writes:
Col. Smith, of the Tenth Infan'ry, with a
portion of his command, conf ssting o. about
sixty five men, rank and lie, are encamped
here Tor the night. Lieut.. J. 7. Lee, vi ith
/ fifty men, was lett at Laramie to escort Gov.
| Cumming or, when he comes that far Our
camp is thTty-fve miles east Of Pacific
| Springs, watch are the first that empty
! their waters on the west side of the South
Pass. An express has just reached us from
/ Grand River. bringing news TO US as uEex-
pected as it is important, and avail myself
I OF hait 10 give you succinct statement
! for the public. TIE Mormon problem is
SOired st last. They have seized upon the
! very first opportunity afforded them Of per-
I petrdting an act q! war. Oi the night oi
! the 9th inst, about ten o'clock, they seized
und destroyed seventy-eIGtt heavily load
I'd wagons, containing Government supplies
for the army. The wagons and leans were
the property OF MesSrs. Russell Il Waddle
Contractors. The trains were some forty
miles distau from each other. This proves
that there TeTe more than one company of
MUrmOns. My informant says that the no.
torious destroying Angel. !" Bill Hickman,
commanded one, and - Locksmith the
other party, Of about eighty men each.
One traIn OF twenty-six wagons was dcs-
:rOyed siXty-one mi es west of Us, and the
other, OF firy-two wagons, was taken near
Green river, thirty miles west OF Col. Alcx-
ander's rain. There were no soldiers with
these trains, and the teamsters offered no re-
sistance. For tleir dociiity in this respect,
the McrmouS gave them one wagon and
some provisions, It'll " h,ch TO make their
way back to the States, and burnt the res
due. They profess 10 have bt'ween the
Devils Gate, OH this river, and the Nor
mon Ford on Green river. seven hunIrcd
men under arms. On hearing of the loss OF
the trains. Col. Alexander, who was cn-
camped on Hams Fork, sent Capt Mlrcy
with four hundred men back 10 Green river,
and enabled the teamstcrs to collect their