The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-15
Correspondence ofMe ". Y Herald
THE UTAH ARMY.
LEAyESwonru Cry March %

Seven men arrived here last night from Camp
scott ihry lett there on the 10Th ult. and report
Col Johnstons command in good health and
spirits. Col. Johnston told them to report that if
provisions were advanced to him in time he had
no fear of the MOrrnons. They think he will baye
some skIrtnlshIny with the hlornons during the
early summer, but that he will not attcmpt anv
serious operations until the arrival OF reiuforee
ments from this place. 1Io does not propose to
make any attempt to enter Salt Lnke City win
Echo tanon' but will march north and see if he
can obtain entrance through the Bear river val.
ley. These men express tile opinion that the
.d"rInons will pursue mn active. persevcrinp and
determined guerilla warfare, and that il will lake
tw" or three years to completely subdue them
II wall not be very difficult for our army TO adj
vance INTO Great Salt Lake City. but all their
provisions will have TO be advanced from the
States TO them at that place. while the Mormons
enjoying perfect knowledge Of the country,
VIII, with innutic desperation, fall upon their
trains stampede their cattle, and by every mesns
OF irregular warfare, exhaust and denoralizc the
troops. Nor will attempts 10 seducc tho soldiers
from their duty be wanting.
Col. Johnston's command bears itself cour,pe.
ously. thougl,it is subjected TO some dcpryations:
the men are eating animals. which, if fat would
weigh from ten 10 twelve hundred pounds, but
at present only weigh from three to four hundred
pounds. These catlie (oxen) hnve sometimes T.,
be lifted up in order TO be killed The oDlv nm.
prchensions OF Col. Johnston appear to be in
regard to his supplies. The men who arrived
last night atnte that the Con missary General at
Fort Laramie told them Col. Johnston had writ.
ten him that no (Col Johnston) had supplies
sufficient to last his command till the lst of NAV.
and not day longer. Upon the basis of thai
letter, an attempt was being made to send on
train of supplies to Col. Johnston as early az pos.
slble. Said train will probuby have started be-
tore this time. There are nt Laramie four months
supplies for command of 5000. Three COM
panics (two companies of the 9th infantry, aud
one of tho 7th) will probably leave there to escolt
the earliest train or trains OIL to Camp Scott
The four companies Companies + and X Of the
lst cavalry and two companies of the 9Th infan.
try which left here on the 18th instant expected
to arrive at Fort Laramie in time to accompany
the three companies then mt that place, in escort
ing tho lirst supplies Oh to Camp Scott, but will
probnby arrive too late to do so though they ex.
pect to make Laramie in twenty mine days They
took along with them l56 government wagons Of
!oragc and provisions. Col. Hoffman command
cd the expedition. He intends to feed full ra-
| ticns of corn until he arrives ut Fort Laramie.
and thence to Camp Scott one.,hird rations-
There are two trains of corn and other stores for
the troops laying on Tho road between Fort Kear
ney and Fort Laramie; they could not be rot up
to Laramie last fall, and it is expected that Cap
tam Marcy, with his supply of salt and animals
from New Mexico, will arrive at Fort Laramie
about the timc that Col. EIoffnan's four compa-
nies do, and that they will then advance togoth-
er to Camp Scott. -
Russell & Waddle will start their trains now as
soon as possible. Four of their OK truns will
probably start tomorrow. The grass is quite
green on tho prairie, the spring being more than
one month earlier than it was last year, SO in two
or threesgeeks there will be abundant grass for
Ethe animals oE,our army. Cattle who do not
work chnnow live on the prairie very we'll. By
the middle orend of Aprii tho reinforcements Of
The Utah army may leave hero without him
drance, so far as the grass is concerned. 1t will
not. however. in all probity, start before May.