Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-10
From 81, Louis Republican, March %.
The Utah Expedition.

DcolV, TeDfuary D, lS0S, and have been
permitted to make some extracts thcrefrom.
The Colonel had received no communi-
cation from tho Government of a later date,
than the 22d of October, 1857, and Justly
complains that the mail contractors take
more than three months to carr the mails to
| Utah, when their contract requires them to
deliver it there monthly; and he adds: Il
send nothing by this mail, nor should any
thing of a public nature be sent otherwise
than by express"
! Notwithstanding the destruction of a part
OF the train which was loaded with pro9is-
ions and other supplies necessary for his
troops, and in spite of the obstacles, which
tiilpresented themselves, Colonel Johnston
did not abandon the nope of marching to
/ Salt Lake City without halt, until after
the terrific storm of the 9th of November.
We quote from his letter: "On the 9th of
November the march was resumed, and
then commenced the storm of snow, and
wintry cold, racking the bones of our men,
and starving our oxen, and mules and hor-
ses, already half starved They died on
the road and Mt our camps, by hundreds,
and so diminished were their numbers that
from camp to camp, only four or five miles,
as many days were required to bring them
all up, as 1t was necessary to give time to
rrsC the ANIMALS, now inGap,3si~ or c.atroct-
Ell efforts, and to hunt for food In thi;
way fifteen days were consumed in making
thirty-five miles to this place, the nearest
and best place of shelter and fuel for the
troops, and for shelter and grass for the an
imals. The struggle, then, amidst snow
and Arctic cold, (thc thermometer was at
sixteen below zero, was for place of safe
! ty. III any doubt existed before this storm
OF the propriety of rsking the troops on the
mountains before us before spring, or of the
ability to accomplish the march, the des
truction amongst our drOught animals, the
necessity of saving all the oxen left for food,
even if capable of further exertion, now dis
PEELED that doubtand solved the question.
The storm which Col. Cook encountered
on the Sweet Water, and on through the
South Pass, destroyed more than half of
his horses, and large number of his mules.
although they had corn for them. In that
/ hiSh region, much higher than Where ne
were, the cold must have been much more
intense than experienced by us, and his an
imaIs, presume, perished mainly from cold.
have the satisfaction to say that the
privations of the march were endured by
oihcers and men without complaint, or, per-
haps, L might more justly say, with cheer
fulness. The troops are i'll fine health and
condition. The Winter thus far has not
been so rigorous as to prevent often the
daily instruction of the troops They have
/ proved themselves to be hardy enough for
any service, few only-as many as thirty
or lcss-haYe been frost-bitten; but now
our scouts bivouac, when necessary, in the
passes without suffering.
| The Mormons have declared as fully as
words and actions can manifest intentions,
that they will no longer submit to the Gov
ernmcnt, or to any Government but their
own. The people of the Union must now
submit to usurpation of their Territory
to have government erected in their midst,
! not loyal to, on rather not acknowledging
any dependence upon, or allegiance to, the
I Federal Government--and what is not less
impoitc, and entirely incompatible with
our institutions, to allow them to engraft
part of our system, or act with the vigor
and force to compel them to submit. This
is due to the dignity and honor of the Gov
ernment.
hope every effort will be made to for
ward the Spring supplies early, under a
sufficient guard of mounted men, for the
guard will be needed, and also to forward
the supplies for the rest of the year"
CHARLES MAcKAY writes from Wash
ington toLondon as follows:
''Thcre is no man in the United States
who has such quantity Of hand-shaking
to get through as the President. Through-
out the whole country everybody shakes
hands with everybody else, though the la
dies are far more chary of the privilege than
the ruder sex. If the gentlemen would but
shake hands less, and the ladies would shake
hands little more, America would be per
fectly delightful to the nan of many friends
and acquaintances. Perhaps inc + resident
If not happier, would be better satisfied
chiefmagistrate. thought when present
ed to Mr.. Buchanan, that he seemed reliev-
ed tofnd that | was an Englislnman, and
had nothing to ask him for mo little place
for sell, or cousin, or friend, or son, for
which TO beg llis all-powerful patronage. -
"Gentlemenp he said, when the crowd was
ushercd into his presence, pell-mel, Nth
out the intervention of any stick, (gold or
silver, } In waiting, 81 mnst take you by the
miller'srule first conc frstseryed. Have
the goodness to state your business asshort-
ly as possible, as [ have much to do, aud
l.sti4 s;naa to do it in.0
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Now look-ee yer, Sambo, Jim mout be
an honest niger, and then agin he mout-
ent; but if / was a cliicken, and lcnowcd
dok ha xOoo sIo.,t 10 ,;arI Il sLlffeIs. .elI