Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-10
suaerinr. Of the Mormon ExpeditiOnists-


At the latest account from Messrs- Po'Sell
and McCuIloch, the Utah Peace COmmis AiOners'
they were pushing abeld in their comfortable
ambulapces with plenty to eat, drink, and a
gallant escort
Not so .xith the common soldiers who make
up the grand army pushing through storms Oh
rain and snow into the mountain wilderness TO
e,uouer men, women, and children, who are
pursuing the peaceful avOcatiOns OF life IN san
Lake Valley. The sufferings Of the men oil
the Utah expedition who have wintered IN the
Rocky Mountains-Of the parties sent on peri-
ous expeditions to New Mexico and elsewhere
for succOr-Of the troops hurried in early spring
across the bleak plains and into the still more
inhostitabIc mountain kanyons-when truth
fully recorded, will form terrible appendix to
the wretehed blunderings of the Administration
in the inception and management OF the most
useless, expensive, and disgraceiul iUTay Of the
present century.
A correspondent of the Missouri DemOe at
writing from Fort LeavenWOrth on the 4th,
gives the following summary of the news re-
eeived at that point from all sources, BY the
!a.e arrival Of the Express from Camp Scott;
Cant Stewart, of Col Hofman's escort,
writes from a point nearly one hundred miles
hevond Fort Laramie on the l4th of May
Hoifman's train had in fourteen days (irom the
lst to the I4th of May) advanced net more
than 40 miles. They had encountered severe
and prOtraeted snow storm, which swelled the
streams and rendered the country almost I'M
nassable. Large numbers Of the animals per-
ished. They had no hopes of being able to
ioin Col Johnston before the 10th or 18th OF
June.
An officer about Col JohnstOn's head quar-
ters, who writes on the 9th Of May, says that
they were 10 have struck their tents on the 5Oth,
and march on Salt Lake. The same authority
states that they had "small rations to last
them until about the lst of June. The meat
ration had almost disappeared, but herd OF two
or three hundred fat oxen was expected IN
day or two.
il would appear that this expectation was
not fulfilled, for Gov. Powell, at a later date,
writing to Captain McCOwn, commander OF
Fort Kearney, saws that Johnston's men would
be feeding on mule meat on the 2Oth OF May
Powell had not reached the Camp when he
wrote thus, but he had learned probably OF the
non arrival of the oxen.
We give extracts from the letter Of Captain
Stewart mentioned above.
"CAMP ON La BONTIs' CREEK,
90 MILEs WEST OF LAEAMIE-
This evening, Mr.. Ficklin, gentleman
who went out with Landers' Engineers party,
and who remained there with the army, came in
from Camp Scott by express in eight days, TO
this point, with important dispatches, which are
to be forwarded from Fort Laramie, post haste.
/ believe they are from Gov Cumming, and I'll
not be surprised to hear that in consequence
the further movements of troops in this direc-
ton is suspended OF countermanted.
DAY before yesterday, soon after we got
into Camp, it commenced 10 snow till sometime
last night; and this morning we found ourselves
in about two feet Of snow. or course, we were
compelled to lie by yesterday and to day, and
may have to remain here two or three days long
er-certainly tomorrow, and when we can
move the roads will be in such a condition that
we will have to travel very slow. 1t will be
very hard on our animals, which up to this time
have kept in very fine condition with few ex-
eeptions Fifteen mules died last night.