New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-12
ON THE WAY To UTAH.
From ON Special U.sh Coues?ondeIt

CAMP IN ASH Hollow, Nay ii, looc.
When returned 10 the States last Winter, my
eomyaa non de rolGge said he, as We shook hands
at Indept nderce: Before you have been III tue
East three months you will long TO De back again
upon the Plains" | laughed incredalou'ly bur
the prophecy came true, and at the risk OF supply
ing to DR.. Holmes fact in support OF his theory
that the white settlers of America are assnlaling
b. tie red aboIigines, here | am within the periou
my friend assisXed me, sgsin upon the turf at the
foot If the hill in Ash Hollow Lying in this soft
supshile, do not envy the most luxurious Of the
Turks the cushions If his diyan or his chlb0uque
ard Latakia | challer o. the whole Orient 20 rival
the Occidental Injuries enjoy in my pile of buffalo
robes and pipe full If knnikinnlk In this Arcadia
there is an independence of starched collars and
tipht boots which is delightful after a two months
sonurn among the cOnyentiolallsms OF NeW-lork
and Boston.
If such readers of history as delight to imagine
Louis XVI clad in the leather apron OF IA lock-
smith, or Charles V. pulling his brains over the
machinery OF watch, could only eaten some
plimpses of the officials OF the Utah expedition l
am unable to say how great would be their pleasure
have seen the Governor OF the Territory walking
erayely no the road toward his tents, carrying a
piece of stoye.funuel under each arm; have seen
the Chief Justice cutting the turf for a chimney,
end punching the oxen which were drawing logs 10
build his cabin; the Secretary OF State spittng
wood; ard the United States Attorney and Marshal
pasteIing the walls of their hut with mud. Yes
ierday | saw one United States Commissioner,
stripped to the buff and riding on horseback, pilot
ing a wagon through ford across the South Platte
which he had discovered by wa1ing; while the
other Commissioner, having accomplished the
passage sat upon q cOru-snck on the opposite bank,
mendlng Il rent in his pantalOOns These pictures
nav convince you that the civil Offices at least, IN
connection with the Utah expedition, are not
snccures.
Governor Powell and Major McCulloch reached
the southern bank of the South Fork Of the Platte
on May 9, but the water was too high to permit
then to cross at the customary ford. The7accOrd
ingy followed Lieutenant Bryan road up the river
ten or twelve miles, exploring for a ford as they
went along. We arrived at the old crossing on
May II, and followed their track Oyertaking them
al fOrdIDg the river after them on the 18th. The
Quartermaster's mail for the army of Utah, which
started from Fort Kearney on May |, crossed at
the same time after having been detained on the
bank more than eight days, during which the water
had not fallen two inches.
At their present rate of travel the Commissioners
will arrive at Camp Scott about MayH. Gov.
Powell statea that no express has, to his knowledge,
been started from the States to the Army OF Utah
with orders to Gen. Johnston to await their arrival
A mount,lneer whom / met to-day, en- route from
Fort Laramie 10 the States, told me that it was re-
ported mt Laramie TINT Capt. Marcy, with his herd
If mules and train of provisions for the army, had
reached the South Platte, on the Cherokee trail,
but had stopped at the crossing, either On account
Of the high water else 10 await the arrival OF re-
enforcement OF ritlemen.