New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-06
ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE.

We have interesting and important Army news from
the West by the late mails. The soldiers IN every de-
parment were busly employed protecting citizens sno
Government property from hostile Indians Some
officers tsy, however, that in hall the lua ooes
the whites were more to blame than the red skins'
6eputation Of citizens from Sonora, In MEXICO, had
made an unreasonable application to Capt Hoyman' OF
the 9Th InfaH'ry commanding at Fort Buchanan, 70
redIess several alleged grievances under which they
were sniff ring but the officer Of course could not In
tsrfete OF bic own responsibility.
ISeut Col. P Morrison, with Companies G. and b.,
Seventh Infantry arrived a. Fort Buchanan, l44 days
out from Salt Lake City, having marched ,oVo miles,
Two Con psnes Of the Seventh were left on the march
900 miles east of the Fort and the remainder Of the
regiment attached to the Navajo expedi ion IN New
Mexico. The officers were beside Col. Morrison,
Lieuts Evans Sivers, Ingraham, and Bascomo, ana
Capt. Hayman: Col. Morrison was absent from the
Fort accommodating the country looking for suitable
locality for post 10 case he sbandons Fort Buchanan
The court marital of Col. Howe had concluded Its
business at Camp Floyd aud the next mail VIII Drlng
the Department the report Of its decson The troops
from MOI thern California had al arrived at Floyd.
The officers were Iieuts Morris in command; Cor
dou, Company F. Sanders, Conoany II surgeon
Moore They left Portueuf on the Path OF September
end arrived in camp on the sd ult. They had with
them about twenty men, women and children, whom
they Rad saved from the tomahawks OF the Northern
sayagss 80 head of cattle, and feS horsee' Lieut.
Sanoers, with detachment Of troops from tempo
rary camp on the Poneu had gone to the rehe OF an
emierant train which had been attacked near
On their march they met the women ana Gnu ifen
alrost in a perishiug condition, having Travelled TWO
days al half without food, most OF them without
sboes, with no more clothing for day or night thsn
they had when they fed at the crack oil the
rife, from their camp-fres at the place OF attack.
The cause Of the nonarriva at Panama Of the steam
gunboat Earragsnsett is explained ia slstter from e
Pacific feet. That vessel hsd been ordered TO Guay
quill with the American Consul Cassaouovaj on board
whom her officers 70 zee installed peaceabiy in
bis Office before they left. The Lancasters departure
from Calico flying ru nor stated WAS occasioned by
,be dame ged state Of her machinery. A correspond
snt whom we do not know personally believes that
the Wyoming and another man-of-war would be
plscea at the disposal Of hr. Clay
ASyiees from the African squadron say that court
o,.;al had been in session on board the steam rga'e
San Jacn,o at Porto Grande for the sl OF prisoners
-, Mcnonou0h was on the stand when the vessels
- h,;,oS the advicss sailed. Tho LATEST reports
f,o,0 the ,stc. Sumpter, Constellation, ana Ports-
nth convey the intelligence that slaves were either
becoming very scarce or exoeeunsy -
COAT as cruiging abors for moptuf mao 00,n
TIE armament Of the Brooklyn Navy Afu az Pe'oI
IA a. folOwf: Serviceable ll'inch gun iV',u.H
Old % stern; 70 10 Told pattern "a Linen aS" P 'oT
tern; G. g, 60 cwt 80 50 cwti oiP0 y, ,. g.,
cwti 2O3 32poundes, 81 ewt.i I2'%si q w" IT,,
32s, AZ cwt; SO 32si 33cwt.i HE'S q o"~ 10.
59 good UDssryicssbIs old modeis 81 ,b'
longer gund 42s ranged to inchssi o. - SNO
sdes); Is, 8 1928 (greDsdes)i l%s sh'sunsi
Total 225 bad. Altogether $40 guns on board MOTH
Carolina; about 30 guns and csrOnades.