Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-11-18

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law OF morlSO whirh The iulurcd party valued
OF I've duiisrs. anal ioT whiut Capt. Fremont
gave tel. For tie 9 -, Ihc cHrul. after al
lhis, declsns lhr ltilrtbIlultS all TN countr,
To b. Will PLEASED with Captain fr.iunti and
that he might weik he s,pvts vi MonIcrey
The nyAt day alone, il Ia el,ose. The only
truth ln G"S'rimr Casirvs a sIatch Is, thai
CsPtsin Fremont lpok a military position
e"lfcntled a. oad mised the Aniencan flag
o"l tu.se events were the consequence. sud
not The cause oi Gov. Cossro's movement
against h'm. and this is fully shown in tina
btti, heroic note, written ia peGsli, IN ans.
wer 10 Tie coosuls waning. in which Capt
Fremont. alter refusing the aid oi the Amer.
'c"" settlers. declared Tor biinsi n and his six
ty-lwo men llst they had lone nothing
wrong 20 the authorizes or the people oi the
county That NJ attacked trey would defend
themselves. and die la the last mab uudrr the
Nag O' their counify 8Bi iciVe ito tb, ir ccun
Try To a,engc iheir deaths. All they did was
In sill dclcnce.
The flag was miscd. not as . stsn,ls ri oi in
slrnviiOn. cor as a Sign al contempt to the
Mevicnn government. Dat as the American
symbol oi honuf aud patriotism which WAS
entitled to respect from othcrs-to defence
irom thcm-sOd which they bad displayed In
That hour oi danger o. a warning To thr APP
f ~ a EHNNN u MNlN
devotion among hcmselves-sn az anappeal
and ,nsocaiion o. they shout Il b. destroyed
!" The a'cnging spidt at their faT distant
country. u" m, mind. Chis enimnching on
'he mountain, aud raising ihe national flag,
Was entirely Jusiiiisbse under the Circum-
stances oi the ,as.c and the noble resolution
winch They took (f,insing the sid al their
country mcn) to die VI attack .a u,,l.r the ia.
u' thrlr country, icur thousand miles distant
lrutn ilrIT homes. WAS an act uf tle highest
hetoisin, worthy TO b. ~returlrl nv Aenupbnn,
and rejecting equal honor ui-ai the brave
young olllccI who commanded. snI the her
Olc SlAil-INO 10y whom le was sup-
ported.
The hrstlctier that we recsived from Cap
ttin Fremont. after his Withdrawal from, In.
Siera, aud from The WALLER of the San Juon.
the hrst day ol April .in laiiiade loon tn. S,-
trsmen'o river; and though written mcn,ly io
'nioims Mrs. Fremont at has personal con
oenis' becoines important ina public poiat OF
Nciw on account oi subsequent events IA June
and Juiy, by show ing that ou III, first of
Apnl he was Un hts way to ongon- that he
had abandoned all intention of returning
through any part of Calilomia-should cross
the Rocky Nominating through the Northern
Pass oD The line between the Uppcr, or Net
tie Falls ol the Columbia. aud tho Great Falls
oi the Missouu-ind h. in thu United States
IN September.
THIS shows that he had, at that time. no !
dca OF the events IN which was subsequent
y involved. and that he had abandoned the
cherished Held oi his iutrnd,.d %sci~ntiir re-
scaftl's ior the express purpose Of avoiding
oil oiieure Ia The Mexican authorities. Uithc
events IN The ~vsllcr at the San JodqH and
Ilie camp on the Sierra, lre -, abs q NV
wonlS, without detail, bni descriptive OF lis
condition, characteristic at his prudence in
not compromising his country 81 worthy Ia b.
repeated ~ his own languag'. He SAYS
fhs Spa"fprds toSrc symrlrhaf rHde and
nshospitGbiC bciOtr. qad 0rdered nS 0Hi Of the
country after hariag gircn me permission 10
ofHieT there. NY sense ~ dHIy did not per.
mai me 10 fghf tscm, bal ,re retired sLo.cfv
dsd gro1iiagfy before a force Of three or four
hHHdrod n6a, uad three pieces Of orfiIerv,
without the shado'0 Of a cause the gopernor
suddenly ratsed the whole country against
nc, issuing a tdiS10nd seandaious prscla ma.
tpht. " course, 4 dad not dare 10 cenaprom-
ise the United States, a~gdfnsi which appear-
aHeos mould hare been strong: bnt though n
gas in my po'rer 10 ~increase ma party by
dmertraRs, 4 rJrdined from Committing a
SOLITARY act 81 hostility or impropriciy.'
Ills uext letter Is dated the l4th OF Nav,
aud informs me that, in his progress To Ore
gon, be found himself and party uncxpectea.
~ attacked by the TIdHlGth lndians-the
NEST wshike OF hat quarter--hsd lost Eve
men la killed aud wotmded-and sill expect.
ed TO be ia the United States la the month of
September.
This was the iast letter received from C,p.
tain Fremont uuIil the one OF july 26th.
irim Monterey, of the Pacific Ocean, and
hrsaeht IN by Commodore S!pat. The events
IL sxIa.l l..-1N I..l 49,
irpsn that Commndpur; hat the causos which
ted To tbese events are nccr sS,D lo be known
For the justification OF Captain Fremont: Tor
although actually justified by tle existence
OF th9 war witt Mexico. yet be ksrw moth
arg at tiir war wlirn tiiesr events took place;
and, though Knowing uf IL when H. wrote,
yet h. wuuld not avail himself al his sBhse.
qlcnt know ledge To justify previous acts, and
therefore tbOss 20 = ~ every thing utsn t.e
state at lurls, a. h., saw them, yhep IA re-.
Sotred aud sctod. These causes. nnl the
events Ia which they lcd, ans rapidly sketrhed
by hnn ia his. his last letter: snd while the
whole lcitcr tsh -rcwitb submitted 90 YOU, yet,
Tor youf convenience. 1 collect iHs substbnc,
iniO the smallest compass and lay IL before
y,n. The substance Is tbIs:--At the middle
al May, Capt. FrrmontGn pursuance Of hi.
design To reach Oregon, AMI return by ihe Co.
Il af"'Fh Wv "tarttlN AlfNit-l itt NtFtfNf Tu
Psss ~ the Rocky maintains, had arrived al
The great Gismatli L.skc. in the c4ige 1T the
On'gpn territory, where b. found al, turtle
pro9rcss completely bsfNpi by llpe double ob.
sta,ie ol hostile Indians, which Castro had
excited against him, snJ Ihc lofty mountain,
covered with deePand falling SHOWS, whirl
Hsade tbs middle oi May im that elevated re-
igl9n The sime ss tlie mniiie OF winter.
These were ilr difficulties aud dangcrs /,
'front.'. BeliInd, sad on tn Notth iuuk Of ty
Ssn fran,iN o Boy az tbc military post Of So
uOma, WAS Grnrni Castro. assembling tropp
with the avo'yrd intention ui atisckinu bJii
Fremont parry md 81 the Agns dcsn settlers
Sgalnsi wlsm he indians hal tesn nircad,
, eSutcd. Thus, his Tas~ssgc tarfcd in trout b.
lhpsSsabie SHOWS aui inountsius-hcmln
m By sisagc Indians, who wrrc thinning tp
, tanks 81 his ] ttle pauy-ucuacrd by a gen
enal az tle head 81 ien.iuli loncs ul ell sr,p
d. a. TO-