The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-06-11

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Scott, up to the 9Th of May, has been
received, two days later than that pre-
viously reported. An express had reach
ed there from Gov. Cummings, stating
that he was well received, and that
Brigham Young was willing to transfer
all authority, and enjoined his followers
to aid Gov. Cummings in the discharge
of his duties, and recognize him as their
future Governor. All the families Of the
Mormons are moved out to Provost Riv-
er. Col. johnson was anxious to start
for Salt Lake City, and stated that he
must either do so soon or starve, and
rather than starve he would go regard
less of consequences. Col. Hoffman was
400 miles from Camp Scott, snow bound,
and fifteen or twenty Of his animals dy-
ing daily.
Capt. Marcy had not been heard from
since he took the Cherokee trail, but it
was supposed from the time he was out
that he had either lost all his animals,
or was frozen up in some of the noun
tains Businesses. II he gets through with
his men, without his stock, he will do
well. He had large number of mules,
and immense droves of sheep from New
Mexico, with him, to provision Col.
Johnson's army. The troops at Camp
Scott, and thereabouts have had harder
time Of it during the winter, than they
have themselves admitted, and it has
even been worse for them during the
spring. Col. Cookies regiment seems to
have had the most severe duty to do
wandering in snow storms to protect the
horses and mules, while the infantry
were enjoying comparatively comfortable
quarters. "our spring weather" (says
the letter. "has been worse than the
winter, except the intense night cold
Col. Cookies regiment made four marches
IN week, near the end of march, il
snow storms" Col. Johnson would i'm
mediately move upon Salt Lake City. i
he had the means Of transportation.
The accounts are gloomy, and indeed
are severe condemnation Of the reckless
improvidencs and imbecility Of the Ad
ministration. The troops were kept il
Kansas till it was too late for them t
make the entire route, and were at las
started off to spend the winter, half way
in the gorgos Of the Rocky Mountains
where barrel Of -four to feed them
costs $50; and barrel of pork $780,
and as their supplies ia ken with them o
this enormous cost, were exhausted, the
are left to starve. One account says:
Col. Johnston's command is in state
starvation, living on poor mule meat; Co
Hoffman, with supplies for the famishin
men, nearly four hundred miles from Cam
Scott, encountered SHOWS several feet deeI
and measuring his march each day by ii
mile, instead of fifteen or twenty miles, an
his horses perishing from the cold every hou
Capt. Marcy not heard from, and in pos
ton of great peril from the inclemency of Il
weather, all these things are calculated to e1
cite solicitude for their fate. They have dor
and endured all that men could do, and it
not their fault that they are now in their pre-
ent condition. The march Of Col. Cooke
Camp Scott, and his arrival there, at a peric
of the year when most men would have gi'
en- way under the difficulties hourly presen
ing themselves, while it shows the pluck
our army and its officers, seems to have bee
forgotten in the carpeted halls at Washing
ton.
There never was set Of men at Il
head Of a government so directly and Gu
pably responsible for the public disaster
as the present Cabinet is for the hardship
and miscarriage of the unfortunate WI
ter campaign in Utah. 1t is the resu
ofreckless neglect, or of the blindest il
capacity.
.@It is said that Judge Lecompte,
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