New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-10
SITUATION OF THE TROOPS.

COuetpondence vi The 81. LOUIS DefDJ,feI
LEAvEswoRH CITY, June 4. 1853.
Iproceedto give you the authentic information from
Camp Scott which was brought TO Fort Leavenworta
by the last mail.
writes TO an officer at Fort Leavepworth, under dae
Of the 5th Of May stating that the MoTmons would
acced Terms which the United States author,
ties could accept. The former had virtually proposed
an utrlatum and evinced every disposition TO I'D
here 70 il under all circumstances and to the last e1-
tremty The men VINO had accompanied the wagons
which Gilbert met going South toward the Wnts
Mountains bad returned or were returning. 10 tne
opnion Of the officer who writes and Whose position
gives him every opportunity for obtaining correct
knowledge of the facts from which the opinion s de-
rived, collision was nlmlrent.
Captain Stewart, of Col II ilman's escort WHITES
ffcIn a point nearly 100 miles beyond Fort Laramie on
the Iith of May. II will be seen by an extract OF
letter published below, that H1tfInans train had IN
fourteen DAYS from the let 10 the lith Of May ad-
yapced not more than 10 miles They had eLcoun-
teled severe and protracted sroy.storm which
sweled the stresms and rendered the country almost
iupassable Large numbers of the animals perished.
Trey bad no hopes If being able u JON CO johnston
before the 10Th or 10Th of June.
An officer about Col Johns;nrs's headquarters, who
writes on the 9Th Of May, says that they were TO have
struck their tents on the 5oth ana msioa On 70 PSI;
Lake The same authority states that they had
email ration g. TO last them until about the Let oil
Jure The meat ration had almost disappeared, but
herd of two three hundred at oxen Was expected IN
q day or two. -,
II would appear that this expectation was not full
filled for Gov. Powell at later date writing to Capt
NcCowD commander of Fort kearny, says that
Johpsns men would Dc teoipg oh h'ale n'eat Oh sne
9Oth Of May. Powell had rot reached tue camp when
be wrote thus but he had learned probably OF toe
ror arrival oi the oxen.
TIE following is the extract from the letter om CD.
lltfpan camp siludedto above:
"C.ap oS l., BoNris's CRTER,
Silty-.wO Niles Wet of Laramie.
THIS evening, Mr.. Fickliu, gentleman VINO
went out With Laniers Engineers psrty and who re-
NAMED thee With the army came in from Camp
Scott by express IN eight days to this point With I'M
poriant dspet he's which to be forwarded from
Font Lsrsue, post haste. l believe they are from
Gov. Cumming snd I'll not b. surprised 10 hear that
in consequence the iuTtheT movements OF troops IN
this directicu is suspended OF coontsrmaniet We
have heard that the Goverror had gone on visit %
Brigham Young and these dispatches doubtless an
nounce the rsult OF bis negotiations lie has not yet
returned from Camp Scott. After heariDg OF the ar
tiyal of The Envoy Kane q. hesdquaTtcr gave up AL
expeots,ion Of the army having anything more than
To- be spscts.ors Of the settemeft
The dsy before yesterday, soon after we CIT into
camp il CONNIE need 70 snow TIL sometime last night,
ard this moTDog found ourselves IN about two eet
Cf STOW. OF course, were compelled t. lie by yes-
t.rday aud TO day. and may have y reOsla here Two
or three days longer certainly 10 morrow, ana when
we esd move the roads w be IN sucn con 1lnOn mat
We will have to travel very SLOW. |: will be very hard
uu our anicals, which up o this time, have KEEP III
very iue cspoi,ion with e| exceptions. Fifteen mules
died las; ri ,ht. Rat il the SUM- comes not hne TO-
D morrow, Ne II PROMISES 10 "'-N, o."
as To carry On the rapidly, the horses shd mules
will soon recover from their draw back the grass !.
very ne ar as the animals get at 1t they vi
revive. Butter this very unreasonable sno" We would
have got aloIg admirably we'll aud We dO not despair
yet.
" Five days ago Lieut.. Bell With psr'y, was sent
ont TO the Platte Bridge, 10 nieIcep.s pirty OF Nor
MONS who it accidentally discovered, were tray
epg up the opposite eide OF the river, carrying an ex-
pIess probably; but taey lthe Mormohs) were too
duck for bp having passed the day before he arrived
! there slthough ne Travelled 30 miles dsy "
The writer o, the letter evidently disapp United
in his expectation Of good weather for Csptu stu AT
writes fourteen days ia.er sid but thirty or forty
miles further; and bot1 letters arrived simutane-
ously it may be inferred that the dispatches brought
by Eckln and the later news, including dates from
Camp Scot. Of the 1th ult., also came In together
The advices per Fickln are doubtless of pc scoiu
character and as sucb rendered nugstory by the
less formal though equsy authentic Intelligence OF
later date The verbal message ttnst Gov. Cum
ming had been driven out Of Sst Lake ctyl sent
~ yo,ph the me dunn OF the carrier by Capt hcCown
60 Co, Monroe and Gen. Harvey. lie, think, entitled
=, r.Sibitv for it aooords with the several letters OF
the 9Th and 7th of May from the Camp, although sone
Of them expressly verifss IT.
lrlY HoyLEfSTS.
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