Show PERSONAL dr forney superintendent of indian affairs left last sunday sanday for the south vi where here in in the neighborhood ot of santa clara some recent indian depredations have been committed mr jarvis indian agent left on monday for ruby valley with an agricultural equipment to open a farm that the untutored savage may learn to hoa boa and plow an accomplishment we think that vie te diggers will be slow to learn the grand fancy dress ball comes off tonight this we n e expect will bethe be the last of the season and we doubt not cot will be numerously attended in this connection we would remark that the management of the assembly soirees have reason to congratulate themselves upon their suc success eess notwithstanding the eyes and influence of the church was upon them all the time feromone Fr from omone one of the parties that went out in in the last nail mail we understand that the snow enow in in echo kanyon is is about three feet deep we ave understand that the indians north are disposed to be hostile and that the herders gerders and settlers are apprehensive e of their stock As considerable talk ha has a been made by the presence of the troops at a t provo during the session be sa s1 of the U S district coart we g give i ve the following extract in in judge Cradle baughs charge in explanation of it some som united states troops gebere a perhaps it Is an unusual thing for them to b be heie I 1 knew that there were loose mho were guilty out by the camp arid and also that there were many guilty arounia here of numerous I 1 was informed omed that there was no prison here and those troops were sent bent by the commanding general at my cay request to take care of the prisoners now in custody and not t to 0 interfere with any on one a they are arphere here to take care of arid and preserve the peace if lf prisoners are brought brou glit they will be taken care of and the whole authority of the he troops is ia to detain those persons in custody that may be taken pr prisoners w until they are called for foi by the co couch urt and the they have hare po bic anwer er beyond that t at a A party went out aith the last eastern mail arid upon their return crossing weber i broke through the ice and the mules came i near being drowned they plunged out however mith i ith great difficulty this Is st patricks day and the few hi berrians bern ians in fit this territory will vill celebrate not in a public but a private manner we wa have been shown a letter addressed to sir mr frank I 1 D gilbert from major chorpenning ing who recently left for the states from which we make the following extract ST jos JOSEPH E piro mo jan 31 1859 I 1 have only a moment inocent to inform you that I 1 had a very pleasant trip and reached at chinson in fifteen days das I 1 met john hockaday Hoc Laday ea esi at devils gate and be came with mith me blown if lie he had fiad not been along I 1 would have hac made it in less ess than fourteen days das but lie had business at every station v N inch h detained him from two wo to three hours in in every instance this is the shortest trip that has ever been made we had so eral light snowstorms snow storms and very cold weather all the way but nobody froze I 1 leave on the first train for washington city which point I 1 will reach in in about nineteen days from salt lake there is 1 1 great excitement in this country country about the cherry creek gold cold mines and there is la going to be a 49 stampede fr from the western states pike county will be on hand in in course WEBER STATION feb 23 1859 KIRK ANDERSON ess ESQ the mail left great salt lake city on oil saturday agent slade and ex agent ashon ton in company with kith it I 1 left the city some hours bours after and expected that mr finley and dyer to follow on sunday but they have lave not overtaken us and suppose that they did not leave and well n ell for them that they did not for from tiie the city to the mouth of emigration kanyon kanon the snow was about 12 or 15 inches deep from there to dillons Kil lons house at the head of the kanyon two feet of snow there I 1 came in sight of the mail party and stopped tw tu 0 hours to rest the mail continued to travel and I 1 did not expect to see them iny any more I 1 started from dillons Kil lons at fire ere and traveled over the little mountain the snow four to five feet deep arrived at E hanks ranch at nine at tight night and found the in mail ail pirty party eating ther supper they started at ten biddi ni me a final good bye I 1 remained all n night 19 ht and started al at six in the morning at nuie nine I 1 overtook the 1 mail party at the spring on the by big mountain they had traveled all night dight without sleeping any and had made two milf in eleven hours travel at nine in the morning we n e started again the mail and my own party which aich made seven men the snow was wag from six to eight feet deep and at the spring we w e could not tell the depth we held a consultation about the propriety of turning back I 1 gave my counsel to turn lack back but agent slade said go ahead and we started and after working from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon unpacking dragging and re packing mules we made in eight hours travel one half of a mile and thought that we had done wonders in in getting to the top of the bi big mountain the mail conductor mr hardin II ardin kept telling us that the wor worst t was to come in in going down the big mountain moun t a in we started down I 1 tho thought 9 ht that down hill through the snow gouid would be easier but the snow was at least 15 or 20 feet deep we ave had bad to drag the mules through the snow where here they sank in in deeper than their backs tor for some tour four hundred yards where the mules all gave out and had to lay by to feed and rest tins this was on sunday all this time mr slade mr ashton and conductor hardin had not any allep all three were snow blind and did not think it possible to proceed here three discharged teamsters mexicans from camp floyd overtook us anc and agent slade hired them to assist us and we proceeded to advance slowly making one mile ml e in in about two hours at nine in in the morning we came to a camp of the eastern mail that they made thursday Ihu raday the the mail conductor A C airs better knon as texas te as ha had cached the mail and turned back unable to proceed ile ho was four days day getting back to the weber station and two days he was without anything to eat we traveled allday all day monday the and made tast last kanyon creel creek at dark all hands snow blind except one mexican and myself slade aston alardin and one mail boy so badly that they could not keep the path without holding on to a mule the snow was from a sit atea to en feet acet deep arid and not a a sign n oi of a trail 41 and awit it toil toa two wen well a all the time from the top ot of the little mountain to feel fed for the trail chich aich was buried in the snow two or three feet it was wag like prospecting for gold very hard to find T tuesday edday the 22 arid we traveled down clown east ka kanyon n on working as liard hard as ever made the hogs back between last east kanyon and weber no feed tor for the mules the poor brutes would chew bridles ropes saddles leso ac ac here we discovered the trail that conductor al ai had made had it not been that we had fo foiw ni this trail I 1 do not think that we would have got to the weber station with more than half of the mules if any at all on wednesday the we arrived at the weber station at ten and the mail left at 11 with fresh mules now I 1 am at the hospitable governor briggs ni ho has charge of the die weber station where I 1 would recommend all travelers to call and see the governor especially ile he has all the staffs of life I 1 ahall leave here for bridger in the morning S L |