New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-30
Later from Us.h,

The following intelligence y extsacted from tbs
Valley Tam Of the 18th us, pub.Iahed d eaIt Lake
City,:
Eighteen little children, from Two Is etel,s ~.
old, the survivors Of the Mountain Meadows massacre.
left here on Tuesday for the States Ths 6st aange
with OK teams, but Gen. Johnston kindly and
promptly responded to- request from DR.. Forney.
and has furnished for their better accommodation
three spring ambulances and one baggage wagon,
with teams Of six mules each. a-sas
The change In the mode Of transportation win, We
think, contribute greatly to the comfort OF the child
rem and those in charge 81 them. From the circam-
stances connected with their orphanage, they arc
peculiarly objects Of sympathy and We are pleased
to see the efforts Of Dr. Forney to make the road ON
which they travel in search Of relatives friends As
smooth as possible. s5 II % as M
They viii travel with, and Ire under ths sprctec-
tioD Of Capt. B. Anderson, I'd dragons, who il
en- route to IT. Kearny with his command.
Mrs. Worley. Mrs. Nash and two other ladies, have
been engaged as matrons to attend to the Wauts Of
the little ones, and three men also accompany the
party as camp assistants.
The Of the children, SO far a. can be learned,
are as follows:
John Calvin, Lewis and Mary sorrel, their father
being held in remembrance as " Joen Sorrel) Ann
brose Miriam and William Taggett Francis Horn,
Charles and Annie Francher, Betsey and Jane Baker;
Rebecca, Louisa and Sarah Dunlap; Sophronia or
Mary and Ephraim W. Huff; Angeline and Annie,
lsurname unknown,) and 2 little boy of whom there
~ Ho aSCoulL, snS pooYe Will WAVA ne WAa iOunus
called him William. The children are supposed 70
have resided in the same neighborhood and in Johns
ton county, Arkansas.
These children have been In charge OF Dr.. Forney
ever since last fall, and know that be has given
his interested and personal supervision In order that
they might be properly and comfortably cared for.
We learn, moreover, that Dr.. Forney has obtained
the guardianship ofthese children.
There was a large amount OF property In the pos
session Of the party massacred 6 the Mountain
Meadows, and the children have now an agent here.
who will undoubtedly use his best endeavors to re-
cover the property Of which they have been despoed
merchant train Of ninety Chicago mule wagons
| for @. A. Perry b Co., had arrived The average
freight of the wagons about twenty-five hundred.
Col. F.W. Lander was at Laramie on the l1th inst
Capt. R. H. Anderson, with two companies Of q. s.
I'd dragoous left Camp Floyd on the 26th inst, for
Fort Kearney. Another company will also join his
| command at Fort Bridger.
In answer to q charge brought by the correspond
ent of leading California paper that forcing mea-
had been used BY the Governor and Secretary,
with regard to the Valley Tan, Mr. Hartnett writea
to Mr.. Adams, the new editor Of the paper, as fol
| lows
The Gentle Press, as termed The Valley Tan
was never suppressed or coerced by me or Gov.
Cumming. was the sole owner Of the press and
materials brought to this city Mr.. Anderson having
its entire control. To make matters short will an
swer in the only manner which an anonymous writer
can be answered when he tells not the truth-that
he utters falsehoods-ttat be is liar. The origin Of
the transfer Of the Valley Tan came through Mr.. An
derson.
shall write to Mr.. Anderson and request his Ger.
tifcate to an article Of like nature 70 my commu
nicatiOn.