The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-29

'' "Ansvs, I won, - i, r. -. a..
and Inquired Of him whs,ds1 his The country
gned th as Se o9nnsnder From General kesrny
mand and Nv h Stockton was st. IN Chief com
! o. 49,, nc.
! ..oI ' ~ 'o'' o oy "'e 1"ase 1napo.ate'P goa
a 10 you reeoeet that ra Nearby od yo'
or lid he saw any Thing more on that nont han a.
stated by you-that Commodore Stockton was in chic
co nand and that YOU would carry the ca pulaon o
Couenga to him L
Answer He tod me distinciy that roe Das serving ,.nde
St2sSton and had been doing so from Sa" Diego
| sation / captain ''"'' P'''eT"' - '''' N'A''
oAnswer 7 a M NO, ,os;,;v. In, h.,iavo ,ha, ba ,yas
The nevt 10 .,;,on,, MI nrod.a :; d.nuon,ar
found ar naae IN Of H. , ,;i 40 ns ~
AIN III Pase ~ Vi tne Pnnteu uiai' consisting OF ht
9hoa epo oi tue acung adIutant general then) Lieut.
rmpry, 70 Commodore stockton, giving hun statement
' n k 1nea ana WOUNDED " the actions OF the 18th and
s.CupAp DE LOS Angeles. Jan. II. 1917
s,, h.,, H. 49,, ~ go, ~ $3.50. - - = ~,
and yone5 M, o 70 ut , a. sa.i n 81 the keo
r e tue anor o. ,e o, ana y ns' ana ai'o
January eighth
KILLED.
"Ariaiery-I private In United States seaman)
WouSpRp
" s,ius,, r;,,. ",l,,n,aaD s,,, cha. c.,ie,,,a Ia,
,Iion private Vo'uneef from inc Dat
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90 T; PlI'rGis, " i'''o ''"e' 'e'"e"'
''To.al-l killed, 9 wounded
January ninth.
WOUNDED.
First dragoons-I private.
"Foot.-I officer (Lieut. Rowan United States navy)
..,, 2prvates. Omitted States seamen9
C@tornia battafton-t officer, (Ca plain Gillespie)
ann sir very respectfully, your 1bedent sc yan'
.uie,, Tor E.nin..,. and AZ Gsn,.r,
"His Ex,ellencv R. + SroGSroS ""' A' -
"l,overnoy n, ,aiiton;a Nc
Tho second rece Of do.nmontar,, guidance which T
nrodmce ;s ,he .pGsosrn, Od"ro f The Eomondsr- IN
bef" addressed to he man and officers o the exnedton
NJ "a Anoeas IN The lin Of ianmarv tia da,
i,a 10, sonaf III rn, VI IS ,ha y;t;o he ~
sntnce 70 Tho can;,aj nd ~, or;s,ed roccnn,on ' hv
ths amer;can ,rmr That ,1 comma ndr IN bf pas Com
modora S,ockton and th;s 10 tba ode. Vs.
'io'o'e WV n ..,n "''r VIC % ~. n o'u',
HEADQUARTERS oiopAp D f. Los nSS ~ ,s,,7
.c. o.,ua III, u.,, A. ,..n..ys .a'..",.
aes the officers and men the m division Of Tue Uni
aned Inv them over The enemy on the 9Th and gh instant
and on once more taking possession of the Cudad de los
Angeles 40
Ie takes the earliest moment to commend their gallant.
~ and good conduct both ia the bate Tough, ON the Sh
ns.an. On he oaks o, ,e MO pan uaoe ana on Tue '
across be RIO San Gabriel wlrre officers and men we're
alike employed in dragging the guns through the water
against calling fire q the enemy without exchanging
shot, and their gallant charge the banks against the
enemys cavalry has perhaps never been surpassed and
me cool de'elmnaon WIN which 10 ths pa.e OF Inc v'
,hey epaiea ne OF eaSay maze ~ .ms enemy
,'inn Of The enemv and dsseryes ,hs hest anLs Of
their counymen.
s'R F. STOCKTON
"Governor and Commando thief of the
''Terr,tory of California"
The third piece Of documentary evidence which shall
Introduce lac, that 7 shall Ear from ha;nr tho ao
,hn, nossass 10 .h a,tosat;on &c 6ftoan neStan,an
'nal pcssess-iS me a'tesauon VI Wech eehuemch'
nayai oncers ana otners atached 70 e naval service
uhaer commodore ciocktoh OH ule SaiHorna Stauoh,
and with HIM In the expedition to San Diego, and all GER
tifyng to the fact that he was commander chief on
tina, expedition The circumstances which induced the
certificate were these Purser Speiden gentleman in
the eyned;ton ;mmadiae after was over and bFore
'u s nn 81 7 @ gyaia hat Co. K.rnn .;roaJ
Was kiowh a. Los hnseies tha Nen Nearby ca'meu
~ haye petu ihe woe al account ~ -
the edor OF Inc Caiornlan otar newspaper pubshed
AT Monterey tor publication IN that paper, on the 2Sth OF
January, lS47 having been written from Los Angeles
the l4th of the same month"; four hundred miles distant
This publication presented Commodore Stockton as com
mander in chief IN the eyned;t;on and az actually doing
the dntas NJ snch commarJar 10th ON he MACH ne
~; ~ 49,. ~ Gu ns,o. ~ -, 49, III I
M 'ne aouohs. nool aIe. .ng Rupuoa.oh apPeaeu'
anu ailer inc arrival Vi uenerai Nearby at monterey
its correctness In those particulars began to be qnes
toned; WhereupOn Purser Speden avOWed himself to be
its author, and procured the certificate of fifteen officers
and Others attached to the expedition certifying il 10 be
40 The certificate is dated at Monterey the nth of
March Con Kearnv he;nc otben NJ that n.ca II ,yas
Malch' zen: Nearby oe,ng ,4en az .ai pace. was
oheIeo III siuel,ee al eIPpVIt VI oom ooCA l .esl
mony as he statement Oh absent men, whose attendance
responsibility of their commissions and honor, was emit
tied to the credit under OATH The court reject
ed it. and did allow it 60 upon the record and of
the legality of that rejection no complaint is made II is
now read as credible testimony before the Senate and the
American people, and is in these words:
al certify ,ba, the forepoinp is true conv of
cation made by me to Walter Cotton editor of the Cafo
MAN, Monterey. VIM. SPElDEN,
Purser United States Navy.
We the undersigned, officers Of the United States ship