New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-01


intended the ladng, did not pack them in that man
ner but loaded train after train with such ireignt
| as lay most conveniently at hand.
| The Army was music red day before yesterday
the infantry regiments, the artillery batteries ana
the squadron OF Dragons at headquarters, oy MAJOR
| Porter the Assistant Adjutant-General; the reg-
meut of dragons by Col. CoOke and the battalion
of volunteers by Breyet Lieut.-Col. Chapman, OF
the 9Th Infantry The volunteers presented cred
| liable appearance considering the few weeks dur
ing which they have been subjected TO drill. SUD-
oin list If the officers of their battalion, as have
already forwarded 10 you list OF the officers on
| duty with the regular Army:
Lieut. Col. BAES.sO + BEE lGspi lrh i1tl Commanding
sssSpS Lieut. Lieut. JAZZ. .S, btnhrs ctb
Capt W. NJ M.GRAs' company a.
Capt DANIEL MCLAUGHLIN, company B.
Can't GyoRcr ". CHERRY company &.
Capt SAMUEL FOSTER company D.
| First Lies,. JAMES BENEFIT company B.
EI,, Lieut. aEssY x IL H r5 ~ S@ ompsn
| second Lieut. ". P. Cow,E, company A.
Second Lieut.. JOSEPH II. CHAUScEY Company b.
Second Lieut. BIZ = TsoMas' company g.
r my previous Of me regular Army on duty
with their corps in Utah. the name OF Second Lieut. Az
THuR s. CuNXAGHAN 10Th Infantry inadvertently omitted
A petition in the following languageshas been
signed by the entire volunteer battalion, and viii be
presented in Congress at an early day:
To he Honorable the Senate and House q Representatives
ne United States, in Cong,e" d'.emoted; -,
serving with the Army Of Utah. respectfully request from you an
early consideration the in which placed
have entered Se service Of the United State. time
hop, We xer in dy bonnd 10 do so without any spprops
ton Isyins been made for our pecunary reward
sd in peculiarly embarrassing circumstances many Of US being
fu.iD9 u. credit consequently we are deprived OF many
and indeed of Of the neceares life Such being
hf 'scs we EARLIEST isSaS 4st give 'n our '"
Very little comment, certainly, is needed on such
| petition. No wel-informed gentleman can ques-
49, Al l.. Il IL.
thOrity to enlist and organize the battalion. Ii has
afforded employment and subsistence to men whom
the mclemency Of the season and their distance
from home would otherwise have rendered pension
ers on military charity throughout the Winter; and
it's organization has contributed to the quiet, order,
and discipline of the camp. 1t has shown discre-
ton in selecting excellent all officer as Col. Bee
for its commander, and before the Summer, through
his efforts and those OF his staff, it will be IN con-
dition to render valuable service in the field. can
imagine reason why Congress shall not imme-
diatey indOrse its enlistment and organization, pro-
vide for it, pay and place its officers on the same
footing in respect TO emOuments and commissions
as those t the volunteer regiments employed in the
Mexican war.
The lunettes designed to complete the fortified.
ton of Fort Bridger, the work on which has been
superintended by Lieut.. Webb of the 9th Infantry
and Lieut.. Kensel of the 4th Artillery, are COM
pleed. This work has been attended with much
difficulty on account of the season of the year at
which il has been prosecuted, every clOd in the
frozen ground having been moved by the pickax.
A general court martial was convened to-day at
headquarters by order Of Col Johnston. Its men,
bers are:
gTeyet Lieut.. Cel; WV. ca.rS,y, 5th Intsutry.
Breyet Major H. u sIBLEY, ID Dragons
Capt. JoHS DuXsv.Sr, 10Th Infantry.
FRET Lieut.. GsIre TALLMApGr, N6 Artillery.
Second Lieut.. C. j. LyNDr, 5th Infantry
Brevet Second Lieut.. T. J. LIZ, 10th Infantry
First Lieut. WV A. WEBB, 5th Infantry, Judge Advocate
Toward the close Of last month we we're visited
by party of nearly 300 Utah Indians portion of
them delegates from the band White River, along
which Capt Marcy may be compelled to pass on his
return frcm New-MexicO. They waited on DR..
Forney, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the
Territory and received from him presents Of the
value of several thousand dollars II is matter of
satisfaction that both Or. Forney and Dr. Hurt
alive to the importance of concilatng the Utabs and
Snakes and weaving them from the control of the
Mormons; otherwise these tribes might seriously
retard the operations of the troops in the Spring and
Summer by committing depredations on our cattle.
| So FIR as can Judge, the influence exercised by
Brigham Young upon the tribes within and adjoining
the Territory has been exaggerated. 1t has I'M
doubtedly been considerable, but by no means, be-
eve so constant and universal as is supposed. All
that We want Of the Utahs and Snakes is that they
shall remain neutral. BY judiciOus management this
object can be attained and more, If desirable,
have often referred to the new road opened as
| far as TO the Pacific slope last Summer, by Lieut..
| Bryan Of the Typographical Engineers; TO the saw
| ing of distance which it would effect, and TO the
changes in the location of military poets which
would follow its adoption. Mr.. Bryans official re-
port We have, Of course, not yet received nor are
We likely to receive it for an indefinite period,
less some improvement takes place in our mail
service. But information which l have gained con-
corning the character Of the country through which
IL will be necessary TO run road TO connect his
road with any route Travelled at present toward the
Salt Lake Valley, me TO cherish far less san
guine expectations of Immediately favorable results
from his explorations than have heretofore enter.
tanned. understand that he ran his road success
| fully TO point near the head Of Bitter Greek,
where be was certain that it touched waters which
ultimately fall into the Pacihc-and no further.
| The information / receive concerning the country
extending at least one hundred and fifty miles west
from its termination, TO Green River, is authentic,
aid leads Inc to believe that that country never
be trayersed by large trains unless it becomes sup
| piled srtifeally with pure water and ample forage
| for animals. Its waters are all mpregnated to an
extraordinary extent with aka inc matter, and its
grass is very scaBty chiefly bunch grass, and grows
in patches-not blade beng visible frequently for
| eight or ten miles. know that Col johnston has
become an1iousy interested in this matter, and has
commissioned several intelligent persons, conversant
with the requisites for good military road through
this country TO traverse various trails cOmmunicat
ing with Bryans road, and TO make reports of their
observations, to be forwarded promptly posi-
bic from Fort Laramie to Camp Scott. fear
that they viii confirm the views which have adj
yanced Of the present mpracticabiity OF the route;
and believe that all the heavy trains started from
the States for Utah will be obliged for TIM year at
least TO traverse the old road up the Sweetwater
and through the South Pass.