Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-15

ANA Fpllt~IA rfNNX tHt IIaNAt
BRING grievous charges sgsinss Lieut.. Col. Col
Inns. late commandsnt Of The Laramie District. in
this conDecnon. They say he might have pa,
The troubles BY e~0ergetic action, bot tha'
bis chief ambition seemed TO be to snrvey and
open ~ A new route from Laramie 70 Halleck.
IBIS feat be accomplished. taking the road over
q range OF mountains. thereby, shortening the
route. as be claimed, fifteen miles. After be bad
completed IL he assembled his forces and pro
ceeded 10 travel over bis darling road. In the
at:einp, 4 number OF his men and hons es and
mules we're frozen TO death, and all were more or
less frozen. The redoabted Colonel vas himself
badly frozen, and his life and that OF most OF
his men sasec By the prudence ana vigOr OF a
Corporal who assumed command and took the
expedition on TO Halleck. IL j. further said that
me Colonel, when be recovered, sas with diff
Guilty dissuaded from returning by the SAINT road
not1 outstanding the savage Demonstration OF It's
impractcability he had witnessed.
IL is further said that whisky and Iadian girls
cites p~redoninated at Laramie during the Colo
nel's command, and nothing but the fact that be
vas = brother n-lav Of Secretary Chase pre-
vented bis removal.
The approach to the South Pass ard the pas.
sage over the summit. ia so gradual that you do
not realize the fact that YOU are passing through
A gap beta cen two ranges OF snow clad NOM
tains. and 81 an altitude or TOSS feet.
All descriptions Of the South Pass fail 10 con
vey a true picture; and / shall not attempt it
IL IL not grand or sublime, but Il so common
place that every one has 20 be told, when frs
passing through il. that he is crossing 10 the west
side OF the mountains. Al the Pass the Lfnder.
Cutoff. over which mos, Of the Idaho and Ore
gon travel goes. takes OF 10 the right. liz passes
over mountains now covered with snow Here
part Of our train left a.. under the escort of Capt
Crawford. Who, under orders from the War De
partment, BIZ virtue Of en- act Of Congress. pro
ceeded in the rear of the emigration from Oma-
ha with an escort Of fifty men, eight or ten wag
ons drawn by mules q surgeon and provisions
to pick up siragglers and take them through u
Western Idaho, on tie borders OF Oregon, wheI
he sells out and disbauds- This is the fourth
year Of the experiment, aud il has thus far re
lieTed about fifty persons, az a cost OF q quartz
OF e million Of dollars The escort travels too
fast for OK teams. and wo to the luckless wigh
who undertakes 10 whip his bullocks up TO TIL
gait Of the e0cort mules The Captain "a a yer,
clever gentleman, and ia accompanied by DR.
storrer, en- accomplished surgeon Of amiabl
manners and polished address. We were over
taken by this escort wenty five miles west o
Fort Laramie. and continued with il 10 the SoG,l
Pass, which fact contributed much to save on
train from Indian attacks.
At the upper crossing OF the Platte a companl
has constructed a substantial bridge e. e coat o
GIT 600. The toll az tie commencement Of tn
season was S. per wagon. and when the river be
came forbade. 81. Over five thousand wagon
have already crossed this season, so the tridg
has paid for Itself, and left a "handsome mar
gin"
On tie 2ed and 23d OF Lugust IL vs. ye-
cold Ut the South Pass, and snow was visible n
The bills twenty miles to the north. The wea,hs
L,.ro - 49, l.,~..kIo 49, .f.- -. II
and very warm on the same day-the nights al
ways cool. The wind bowls fercely over th
plains, scattering the sand in every direction. bu
having especial malice against ones eyes.
Crossing the SUNNI, three miles beyond. W
came 70 the Pacific Springs. the water OF whic
was cool and refreshing. From thence the ros
makes q perceptible descent, and every day
journey brought ms to warmer weather until "
reached Green river, from whence We ascend I
Port Bridges. the altitude OF which il near 25
feet higher than the South Pass. Here it
colder. and every day !, has rained a short Will
in the valleys. while it hss showed IN the mour
taips. This atmosphere i 80 pure that we Sc
distinctly snow clad mountains to our rear ovs
one hundred miles distant, and 10 our front &
least eighty miles. So rare is the atmospher
that one can scarcely run the slightest distanc
without putting like a victim OF asthma of fort
years standing.
Settlers ia this vicinity report anticipate
troubles with the Mormons. growing out of n
cent military orders prohibiting the immigratio
Of Mormons into Utah. Thus tar Brigham hl
outwitted the authorities in REFRESHING polygam,
but the order referred to is expected to Great
trouble, "a large Mormon trains are now en- rou'
for Salt Lake.
Ii Is said that a soldier dressed himself in cit
zens clothes and mingled among the Aormont
pretending 10 DC one Of them, and learned froI
them that they were bringing on to Salt Lax
guns of different calibre IN hogsheads marke
sugar. and that three detachments of troops az
now out on as many Different roads to intercer
these guns.
All the necessities OF life are here cxirays
gantly high. Flour is worth $50 per barrel, br
con 40 TO 30 cents per pound. sugar 81 per poun
aud coffee 81 per pound. This great rise 10 IN
price ofstaples is attributed to The large emigrs
ton and the depreciation of the currency.
The road is crowded with returning victims 0
the Idaho fever, all of whom give deplorable az
counts of the mines, saying that there are fort
persons TO one claim and no prospect of an il
creased area in the mining districts. Whstevt
is the truth about the gold of Idaho, there can b
no question that a stampede has. commenced an
dreams Of suddenly acquired wealth in it's rc
plscers are dissipatej. The future, ~contsolle
by soberness and prudence. may yetdevelop gre.
mining and agricultural resources within b,
borders, but for the present she is pronounced b
the returning wave OF fortune-seekers a humbu:
FAB WEsT.