The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-21

when Fremont got back from his eight hundred miles
ride eight days, and attempted to enter his house. they
could have shot him. in self defence. He was then al
| Monterey keany that he had escaped the Nor
mons What nexti That double -barrelled gun and
buck shot business which have always considered the
work of Keamy.
Some further testimony this point appears at page
26o of the record, in the testimony of Col Russell 1t is
this
"Queston DO you know Gen Kearny's opinion of the
Morrons as shedders of blood and if he said anything
! to be relevant.
Lieut. Col Fremont submitted the following note,
slr President The object of the question is show
the character OF tue people whom General keany send
rag against Lieut. Col Fremont, and thar General heany
knew OF their bad character IN the respect supposed by the
81 c. FREMONT,
'Lieut. Col. Mounted Rifemen.
The court then cleared and the then decided
that the question be not put"
If the question had been allowed to be put the proof
would have been complete. Gov Boggs, of Missouri,
had gone to California the company led by Col Rus
sell He had been shot in his house by the Mormons,
and supposed at the time to have been killed Kearny
hearing that he going to California, to which he
sending battalion OF Mormons, wrote to Col Russell to
warn him against going, lest these Mormons should kill
HIM And these the people he sent to occupy FIRE.
monis quarters These the people he took for guard
him when brought home a prisoner But twenty
good rifles followed close.
There two plans given by Kearny to Cooke to
bring on the collision with Fremont was, by setting
the Momons upon him to throw him out of his quarters
the other was by taking the cannon from him at San
Gabriel The Senate has seen how these two plans
each bahed by that ride of Fremonts TO Monterey
and by that fear of Cookies, of revolt in the country
Zach plan had sub orders for its execuon--each had
secret orders:-those for the Mormon plan in that
concealed letter. the the part of the plan
was IN verbal orders-"in memorandum the scraps
OF paper not slgnedand lost in the Stanisaus river
and contents forgotten of which there hard
examination IN that specimen OF Keagnys swearing H.
Illustrated on the cannon specification There secret
orders in relation TO the collision to be brought by
taking the cannon as well as In relation to collision
to be brought by turning Fremont of his quarters
MOrmOnS he nd Ike the
commander on both occasions
! must hurry these horrible proofs A long and
severe cross examination OF Cooke took pace to get
the whole extent of these secret orders but all in vain
He admitted there verbal orders in addition to the
written ones-then these verbal orders scraps OF
paper-unsIgned-at one time that they were OF no i'm
portance-at another that they might be considered
giving htgher efee to the written orders-and
able to produce them because lost in the Stansaus river
in the valley OF the San Joaquin-and unable to tell
what was IN them because the contents were not remem
bered. Hear how he swore page 1856
Question In your report you say 4 sacrifice all feel
tempt to crush thsresslance OF misguided men, would
ust' and what did you mean ' by the word crush
Answer meant TO enforce my orders by force, by the
word crush the revolt anticipated from the natives of
Question. Did you have any verbal special orders in
and reuott' Of which you testify,
answer had some verbal orders and suggestions in
of written memoranda had no orders in relation
| sistance or revolt.
Pioeueo
"Answer. have them los. all my papers by an
accident in returning to the United States
Question. Will you the of these orders and
instructions, and the words as near as possible, and who
they were from!
| "Answer. They were from Gen. Keany; was direct
ed, believe to put the howzers again in charge of the
safety of the other artiey San Luis Rey suggested
as position for part the whole of it,
Question Have you stated the whole othese orders and
ANSWER do not remember anything else Just now con.
n | IN
| an official letter from Gen. Kearny
Question. Could you. in your opinion obtain copy of
those memoranda containing those orders
from Gen keany or do you know whether he lost them
ner's handwriting, to aid his memory simply.
Question, Has the official letter, which you MENTION
been given in evidence I!
| answer | believe not
| Question Can you produce i Tomorrow!
| "Answer. do not know whether lett the original in
California or LOST it, General Kearny probably has copy
"Question What force had you crn the resistance
you appsehended, and which you for the
Answer. am not aware have said meant to have
used force.
"Lieut Col Fremont proposed alter the question by
striking out the word meant and substituting might have
The witness answered the question in that form.
"Answer About 800 troops to the best OF my recoec-
ton, cavalry and infantry
| 'Cuestion. Were they Mormons!
"Answer. -Four companies oil Momons, and one OF dra
for explanation, enormously recorded Whereupsn,
Major Cooke said: Il would explain that do know
|
the Defence considered by him official letter.
semi. official such he in the habit of writing and
do not know whether he has copy not
The next day, page 1879, the cross-examination of
Cooke was continued on the same point, thus
Major Cooke, citness.- nation continued.
| Question Has the witness been able obtain from
Gen kearny, the originals, copies of the memoranda
orders and Instructions mentioned yesterday and lost by
accident, by the witnessl
| "Answer. No The memoranda were a scrap of pa
per, taken down by Captain Turner understood him.
merely to refresh his memory did not know that it
but merely about the letter alluded TO my testimony
yesterday. The memoranda had signature aid
attached any importance them; certainly have given
their portant contents here letter. or
rather copy from the letter book of General Kearny
which is in his own handwriting
This the letter of which mention has been made as
not being official, order. copy of a copy Oft
produced the nextday and it then found to be
official and explained to be letter of which there
among the orders-the copy of the copy being
all that was obtainable That not legal evidence;
but Col Fremont admitted it to be read and that with
found to be vitality material in giving point to the vague
general order to Cooke of the first OF March-pontmg
out Los Angeles to him for his headquarters, where Ere
mont was-remlndIng him OF the singh duty" he had to
perform; and that IFS performance he was not to be
embarrassed mpeded. This letter, furnished does
not show that Cooke directed TO turn Fremont out OF
his quarters if found in public quarters and give them to
the Mormons and II is highly probable that they were
not in the original That they gven must be GER
tnin and most probably they part of the verbal
orders, on the unsigned scraps Sc which were lost in
that most discriminating river which knew so well what
papers to drown, and the waters of which had such
oblivous effect on Cookies memory. 1t was the river
Sanslaus aiuent of the San Joaqun let it henceorth
be called Lethe.