UTAH.
[By Telegraph.]
ST. LOUIS, Friday, June 18, 1858,
Additional details by the Salt Lake mail say that seventy Mormon families had arrived at Fort Scott asking protection, which was given.
Capt. Harris, with two hundred and fifty head of beef cattle, was met at Harris Fork, fifteen miles this side of Camp Scott.
For two weeks the troops had been living on eight ounces of flour and a half pound of beef per day.
Lieut. Smith was met on Green River, traveling forty-eight miles per day. The mail party averaged sixty-five miles per day for the whole trip.
GOV. CUMMING'S ADVENTURES.
From The St. Louis Democrat, June 16.
The party of Col. Kane, from Camp Scott, arrived here yesterday morning on the steamer Emigrant. The Colonel remained but a few hours, leaving for Washington on the Ohio and Mississippi afternoon train. The information brought by his party, of whom we may give the rams of Maj. Howard Egan as au-thority, repeats, with additional interesting details, that telegraphed to us from Boonville on Monday night.
The party left Camp Scott on the 16th of May. Gov. Cumming had returned there from Salt Lake City. He stated that almost instantly upon his arri-val at the Momon city he found the population moving off. The movement had indeed commenced, and shortly increased till the entire people of the Northern settlements were in motion, Brigham Young formally delivered into his hands the "great seal," and all State records. The Mormon chiefs appeared particu-larly solicitious that Gov. Cumming should take pos-session of these momentous documents, relying upon this measure as the only one for their preservation. They were urgent that the Governor should at once deposit them in a fire-proof safe. The reason of this soon transpired with the discovery that extensive preparations had been skillfully made to give the city to the flames, à la the Russians at Moscow. Large quantities of dried fence-wood had been arranged in many houses, which a match would have kindled to conflagration. Happily, better councils prevailed among the leaders, and strenuous endeavors were suc-cessfully made by the major part of the population to prevent the catastrophe.
Having received the capitulation of Brigham, and taken efficient means to prevent the still dreaded burning of the city, Gov. Cumming deemed it proper, if pos-sible, peacefully to prevent the migration south-ward, and set off after the trains. The whole popu-lation of the northern settlements were on the road—a few guards alone being left in the villages. The num-ber of men. women and children could scarcely be less than 35,000. Many were far advanced, so that it was useless to pursue them. The forward trains were three hundred miles southward down the valley. The Governor counted seven hundred and fifty wagons laden with families. They were abundantly provis-ioned. Many hundreds had "hutted" by they way, i. e , had built adobe houses of the road mud. The cold and heavy rains had disappointed their expecta-tions of the dry weather necessary to the permanency of such structures, and bad washed away their walls. They were thus left exposed to the winds and rains. But there appeared no very serious suffering, though much and trying inconvence. The attempt to procure a general abandonment of the march was of course futile.
There is uncertainty about the destination whish the Mormon leaders now propose to themselves. They keep their own counsel in this report with remarkable closeness. The suggestion that they were bound for Cedar City is rather discredited by the fact that they have driven large herds of their cattle much south-ward of that point. It is feared that they may coalesce with some of the Indian tribes of the South, which are already sufficiently vexatious, and thus give much trouble to the Government. They themselves com-plain bitterly of the treatment of roving parties of Indians, who, finding them defenseless on the road, cannot resist the temptation presented by so much booty. The Indians ridicule the Mormons, saying they are squaws, and can't fight.
The departure of the Mormons appears to be con-ceived by their leaders, and those in the American camp, as probably the best course feasible. The cool-ness, address and firmness of Gov. Cumming in secur-ing the adoption of this alternative to war are strong-ly attested by the eye witnesses of his conduct. His management of the army in its critical circumstances also elicits, and we doubt not deserves, warm enco-miums.
From The St. Louis Republican.
By the politeness of Mr. Fay Worthen, late from Salt Lake City, we are in possession of full dates from that place to the 13th ult. Mr. Worthen came in with Col. Kane's company to Florence, N. T., and passes through this city on his way to Springfield, the resi-dence of his father, Dr. Worthen, State Geologist of Illinois. Mr. Worthen volunteered, with only one companion, to carry Gov. Cumming's first dispatches to Col. Johnston—though the road between Camp Scott and Salt Lake City was, for a long distance, beset by hostile Indians—for which service he received the Governor's thanks. Although the snow was still deep upon the mountains, he accomplished the jour-ney in 48 hours. Mr. Worthen’s conversation pos-sesses much interest from the fact of his having passed the whole of last Winter at Salt Lake City. He re-ports a higher degree of efficiency in the Mormon mil-itary than was generally supposed—indeed, would im-ply that our gallant little army under Johnston was exposed to greater danger than they were aware of.
With respect to the movement of the 1st of March, it was not known in Salt Lake City whether it was to be an attack on Gen. Johnston's position, or that oc-cupied by Col. Cooke at Henry's Folk, alone. The first regiment (horse) of the new levy had marched before Col. Kane's arrival in February. Shortly after that event, orders went to Bear River to stop their advance, and the military organization was restored to the same state as last Fall, reducing the effective force under orders to little over 2,000. The entire force between Salt Lake City and Bridger had been called in, in obedience to orders from Gov. Gumming, except a company of 50, who professed to be out with his approval.
Gov. Cumming's adventures had been the general theme of conversation in the Valley when Mr. W. left. Evading a predatory band of the Ban-acks and Shoshonees, by taking off the road to the north, he succeeded also in keeping out of the way of the Mor-mon videttes and stragglers until close upon one of their principal outposts. The first trooper discovered him by a spring near Bear River, and made off, but soon returned, followed by 28 others, who, closing 14 before and 14 behind, conducted the Governor to on a of their stations, where were about 100 other horse and a Mormon Brigadier. The Brigadier received Gov. Cumming with great politeness, ail informed him that no opposition would be offered by his com-mand to the Governor's proceeding to Salt Lake City, but he would do well to be provided with an escort.
Gov. Cumming was escorted by one party and another all the way to the valley; and with their as-sistance, when the road was bad or the mow trouble-some, he arrived in good health, and expressed himself very little fatigued. The story in Salt Lake was, that some of the Governor's escort had endeavored to dis-suade him from proceeding by Echo Cañon, where a large body of troops was stationed, about whose sentiments toward the Governor there was reason to doubt. Gov. Cumming settled the matter by saying, that he wished to meet them for that very reason. This pleased the Mormons he was with; and, as it would appear, the garrison at Echo also, to whom word was sent in advance that the Governor was coming. The scene at the Canon must have been a remarkable one. The Governor and his escort were brought to pretty roughly by the various guards and pickets; out as soon as the last one was passed, the sky was on fire with bonfires among the rocks, where the soldiers had been gathering piles of dry cedar during the day. A quite general feu de joie, too, let him hear sufficiently distinctly the echoes from which the defile takes its name. The remarks made by Gov. Cumming in reply to an address from the Colonel commanding at Echo, must have been looked for with interest by the Mormons in favor of the ad-mission. They were delivered about 10 o'clock one evening, and a report of their tenor was circulated in Salt Lake City early the next evening. The distance is about 50 miles. It was a prety uncompromising sort of speech, but its effect on the popular mind was decidedly favorable.
The old hands generally stood aloof from Gov. C (Mr. W. thought), but he had made great headway with the boys, who voted him quite the thing.
In a speech which had excited much enthusiasm, he had promised them that he would return from Camp Scott within a week, and would bring Mrs. C., his heroic lady, with him. Mr. W. thinks the general feeling is now such toward the Governor that he can do so without peril.
Much division prevailed among the Mormons re-garding their policy under present circumstances. Mr. W., however, was "sanguine" as to the success of the Peace party.
Brigham Young has come out openly in their favor, and Mr. W. does not think any man or men in the Church can stand up against him, and regards any unpopularity on his part as but temporary. Young had gene so far as to station a guard in Salt Lake City and several upper settlements, to prevent their being burned, which had been the cause of some remark, particularly in the southern settlements. But they complained most bitterly of his not allowing them to take the supply trains this Spring, and said that he in-tended letting them all come in and make Bridger im-pregnable. Mr. W.'s personal opinion is that no at-tack on United States troops or trains is now intended by the Mormons. He thinks they would not interfere with emigrants to California conducting themselves discretely. The Indians would not, he is confident, molest Americans stating themselves to be such. Mr. W.'s opinion, however, is decidedly in support of ad-ditional levies. In case of war he does not think 10,000 men would be a sufficient force for our purposes.
Mr. Worthen confirms the report of the evacuation of Salt Lake City, which commenced shortly after Gov. Cumming arrived. Except around the guard houses, the city is almost a solitude. The Mormons had some-what resented Gov. C.'s issuing a proclamation in-viting persons injured to apply to him for redress. For nearly a week, they came in large numbers to his residence, where he had their narratives written down, and when he returned to Camp Scott, he car-ried the whole of them off with him. No doubt, this praiseworthy step had cooled the feelings of some of Gov. Cumming's Mormon adherents; but Mr. W. does not think it will prove enough so to alter matters materially.
