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

nifty stand oi muskets, other arms and ammu.
Lntion. with several superior officers. Gcncra
Vallejo. (Vsi-ya- ho) has brother. Captain Val.
ieJo, Col. 6rcuxdon and Others. all oi whom
We're coniiucti as pnsonets. Captain Fremon,
then repaired to the American settlements on
the Rio dc los A,aerieanos. to obtain assisti
snee, aud Wccivins on express from his littls
ganison ot iourtecu in Soaioma that General
Cssiro was preparing to crDss the hay of Ssu
Francisco and attack them With q large force
he sat out IN the afternoon of the 23lol june
with ninety mounted uflemen. aud imvellinq
day aud night. arrived AT = O'Clock in the morn.
Iug oi the 18th at Sonoms--eighiy miles dis.
tsDce. The vsHg,mrl of CasiTo's force had
crossed the bay squadron oi seventy dm.
goons. commanded by dc la TGrre-wbich
was attacked and defeated by twenty Ancri-
cans. with thc loss OF two killed and some
wountcd on the part of The Me1icans, aud no
injury To 'hcinsclvcs-de la TOrre barely es.
Gaping with the loss Of his transport boats, aud
spihuhg sir pieces oi artillery.
la The mean time, two of Capt. Fremont's
men, going as sD exprss, were captured by
nc Ia Torres men. aud, bcing bound To trees.
were cut To- pieces alive with Knives ian return
Tor which, three at de La Torres men being
taken, were instantly shot. The north side oil
The bay oi San Francisco WINS now clcar red of
the eucmy, aud oa the fourth day of July,
Capt. Fremont called the Americans together
al Spnoiha, addressed them up n the dangers
oi tiieir situation, and recommended a dccla
ration ot independence, and war upon Cas-.
lro aud his troops, a. the ONLY means of S~,fetys
The Independence was Immediately declared.
snd the war proclaimed. A few DAYS after
wdntsan OH sr from Commodore Slost brought
intelligence that the American nsg was
hoiS'cd at Moniercy-an example which was
Immediately followed wherever the news
flew.
The pursuit anl defeat OF Castro was Then
The only ramaiping enterprise. He had fled
south towards the numerous Mexican towns
and Settlements beyond Monterey. with Ia,
iour or five haiidred men aud. Capt. Ere.
mont, leaving some fifty men in garrison. set
out with One bundled aud sixty mounted rifle
men an the pursuit, when he received instuIc.
tons from Commodore Sluat to mach upon
Monterey. lie dill -, aud found Comm
dore Storkiou in cummlui, approving the
pursuit oi Castro, and aiding IL by all the
means in his power. The ~sloop-of war Cyanc
was put at his service. Capt. Fremont. with
one hunlnsi and sixty American riAcmcn and
srYcniy marines, embarked on that vessel. and
s''iled down the coast on the 10Th of July. Ia
San Diego, hour hundred miles south of MIN.
icey and one hundred south of Paabla dc los
Anglers, whore Castro was understood Ia b.
With 'n increasing iorcc of 1--WE hundred men.
The descent 81 the coast as lar as San Diego
WAS WIN The view toget ahead al Castro, aud
,o hc ~ a position either tu intcrcept him A.
le hed South To Nj .xicc or Ia Lower C,liior-
ma, orto turn back upon him IL h.. Renamed
~ Pirbla d. lbs Angeles, or any OF the nu.
ihcf"us townsiD It's ucIgbur,ood. Ia either
,Neni, The en'cfprIS; Will probably have had
It's combustion cady in August, anil official de-
t9ttS may how ID, io0kcd inr by the first arri-
walls from the North Pacific ocrsn. Il, the
meaniiInr ! hope the information I am able 20
give, though all al a private character. written
solely Tor the information Of friends. and n,y-
cr cNIcctcd la 60 before The public. may be
sufficient 'o relieve prrsent anXiciics, to dis
prove the accusations ol Governor Castro,
snd to justify the operations OF Capt Fremont.
: alaks' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10 ypu, ar upon
the responsibility Scthn AmTIi,nn S,.nstn,
addressing tbs President OF the United States.
ani with the sDie view ct yindica,inv IN.
American GOyrmmenI, aud it's oliaer. iom
The ioal impuiatoa al exciting iusaser,c,ium
IN the PROVINCES osu ueighboftng power, With
whom we wyre ticn al pcacc.
iconld all much more To prove that Can
tain Frcmont's private views and feelings
were ia unison with his ostensible mission.
that the passion 9th soul vss the pursuit of
scifnce--and that he looked with dead and
aversion upon ever possible collision either
with Indians, MeNicaDs, or British, thai could
Turn him aside irop that cherished pursuit.
a more iomal occesion for the exhibition Of
ihese iuriher aud other proofs may sDou occur
but the eGigency ofithe circumstances seemed
to me to rcqnire dat no line should BE- Loaf
~ communicating the truth To the public
mind, both at home aud abroad, in Q case q
seriously affecting sie national character, and
which uncofTacted esFor, lor even a short time
would dogresi mischief.
Very respectfully sir, your friend aud Gel.
iowCI''zen. fnoASs IL BES
Washington. Nos. q, 1916.