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Washington telegraph., 1848-04-26

Mn. MANTALIN, in describing the death
Of his wife, said she expired like a dim
morning glory, and closed op her mouth so
TRANQUILITY, that when she stopped breathing,
she was just ready to whistle.
Washington telegraph., 1848-04-26

the boal, bat ,da il.h sWum so fast lhal he
jampri fiig ssafa frti ogi IN i4c ifps, and
hiat sop .fppn his iai. tir a masM.
ieaesstf Te'egfaf4.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
pass to another branch of this long letter

Arrived in San Diego, General Kearny exhibited to
Com Stockton his commission and power. command
and to govern in the territory"
Now, General kearny had no orders, much less any
:" commission" or powers to 90 command" or to gov
ern IN California. He had no instructions authority 10
90 there at all, except at the head of an army and in
command Of H." and for certain specified purpose
The army he did not take, and the purpose
pished before he started and he also knew that
compshed and that there nothing remaining TO be
done there in contemplation of his orders This set
phrase then, which find in Cookies letter. and all
through Emory's publications, is intention: the
object OF it plain enough-naney apology, hrst for
going there ALL after his instructions superseded
by the accomplishment of them; and second for the
unfoundei and unwarrantable pretensons which he set
up when he got there This set phrase then, was
uention and like the other inventions which have been
commenting on was widely circulated and in avarety of
shapes but all bearing the distinct impress of the org
nal This original Is in Keamys letters to Stockton OF
9th and 18th January as follows:
'.SIR am informed that you engaged in or
anizng civil government, and appointing officers for
in this territory this duty has been specially 10
npseE By orders Of the President of the Uaited Sats-
(Letier of January I6)
"And as prepared to carry out the Presidents in.
strnefons to which oppose must the purpose
of preventing collision between and, possibly civil
war in consequence of it, remain silent for the present,
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
Conkr,s San Di,ro l,tt,r.

Arrived in San Diego, General
keaIny s1hibifed 10 Com. Soekios
has commission and powsri 10 ecm'
mand and to soren in The terri Q.
ny; but, badly wounded, and 9th
III. command Of so siigM a military
force. he with proper deiieaey re,
framed, for the present, 70 sIert lbs
authority, and so h, expressed him
self"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

On the morning Of
The 7fh having made
ambulances for the
wounded, and inferred
the dead, we proceeded
on our march, when the
enemy shoieed himseY
occupying the hills in
our front, which they
left as we approached,
till reaching San Ber-
nsrdo. a party Of them
took possession.ef a hiH
near to it, and main.
tanned their position
until attacked by eur
adrance, who quickly
drore them from IL, kill
ing and W ounding five
OF their number, With
no loss on our part
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
Cookies San Diego account.

COOKIES San Diego account.
He attempted to sarprise then
at daybreak next morning. Th'
night was unfortunately cold anC
rainy; the enemy had received in
formation, SC, and were iount
fully prepared at da,cn Of day.
They were impetuously charge,
and drirsn from their ground.
more than half the squadron
being mounted on porthless xules
they were parsued too rashiy ans
too far by the others. The enemy
then in Daylight rallied, surround
ed and attacked, with every ad
vantage, these foremost pursuers
3s in number, al Of rhom but on,
uos killed or pounded.
The remnant OF this heroic band
with bleeding wounds. succeeded
in rallying on mountain how
itzer which then approached. ant
the en.my again retired. They
eneamped on the ground"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

Emory's PanGma let.
Ter.
"Atthe battle Of San
Pasqnal, Gen. Kearny
attacked. beat, and
chased some miles one
hundred and sixty
well mounted Cali.
fornians, with less
than one hundred dra.
goons, emaeiafed by an
unerempled march oct,
the deserts Of .4me,iea
Of more than 1900
miles.n
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

San Diego letter.
q" The merit day, re-
duced by twenty kill.
ed, and encumbered
with seventeen
wounded, having
marched about ten
miller, they were
threatened with at.
tack on the plain by
fhr en,my in increased
numbers
" The Dragons
charged them, and
drore them from a
rocky hiH, which they
themselves took pos
session Of"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
Emory's book up. lo9
nm

Emory's book up. l9,
Ito.
" Dec. T.. The an
der 10 march was Civ
en-, and we m0res of
to offer the enemy bat
tie, accompanied by
our wounded, and the
whole of our packs.
A cloud Of car
airy debouched from
the hills in our rear,
and a portion Of them
dashed at full speed TO
occupy a hill by which
We must pass, while
the remainder threat.
ened ourrear. Thirty
or forty got possession
Of the hill, and it was
necessary 70 drive them
from il. This was ac-
complished by a small
party of six or eight,
on whom the Caliior.
mans discharged their
FIRE, and, strange to
say. not one Of cur men
g,U
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
Emory

Emory.
Gen. Kearny arrived, &c.
found the Cslifornians had fais.d
in a body, and srpsiied the .4msr,.
cans from the eountry.'-Havana
letter.
He gave US all the informa-
ton, &c, which was that Com.
Stockton 'cas in possesnon ~ San
Diego, and all the country bef~een
that piac, and Santa Barbara in
Posssssien Of the leeunfry people. '
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

"Then the following course
and condition OF affairs were soon
learned. The Caiifornians proper,
who are a proud race, disgus'.d at
the conduct NJ the repoiuiior and
the government Whioh had been es-
tabhshed, and suffering ouiragss
from IFS irregular MILITARY hire
hngs, had risen in arms
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

San Ditgo NffeT.
THE Californians, Disguised,
&c, had risen n arms /; they had
rstaksn oil me towHs south Of
Monterey
San Diego, commanded from
the sea, was now IN our posses-
sion, but boekadsd by land"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

kearny's report, Dee. 10.
al then determined that
would march for and attack them
by break Of day, and arrange
ments were accordingly made
.1I The day (Dee. 6,h) davn,d, we
approached the en<my at San Pas
quail, who was already in The sad
die, when Capt. johnson made q
furious eharg, upon them with
his advanced guard, and was in a
short time supported by the dra.
goons. soon after which hty
gdre pGy.
Upon the retreat Of the enemy
Captain Moore led of rapidly IN
pursuit, accompanied by the dra.
goons mounted on horses, and
was followed, though slowly, by
the others on their tired mules.
The enemy. after retreating
about half mile, and seeing an
interval between Captain Moore
With his airance and the dragons
coming to his support, rallied
heir uhoie force, charged with
their lances, and, on account OF
their greatly superior numbers.
but Jep Of us IN front remained
untouched; for five minutes they
held the ground from US, when
our men coming up, we again
drore them, and they fled from the
field not to return to il, which we
occuDied and <nrumnSa ,f1oo .
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

The next passage in the San Diego letter is borrowed
bodily from Kearnys letter of 22d December Stockton
from information of its contents. This will appear by
a mere reading of the two.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

The statements of these two extracts, far they
the conduct of the Americans in California pre-
vous to kearnys seizure of the horses OF emigrant
party leaving women and children aoot in the desert,
and Cookies arrival with his Mormons absolutely
fasepure nventons and the statements of both being
Identical in effect and purpose, they must have had
common origin
Subsequent passages in the paragraph read if they
had been even prepared by the same hand Emory's
Ihllcalinns
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

EXECUTIVE SESSION, July. lsas.
Nomination Of Brgader General Kearny for the brsvet
Of MAJOR General.
SUBSTANCE OF MR.. BENToNS SPEECH.

CoSTNUEDl
proceed with the examination OF the intrinsic evidence
TO the authorship of the publications made on tue acA
of Emory
The Picayune article continues as follows;
's force something shot OF one hundred
biographical engineers all enaoiaed oy me iong maeh
los 81 mile. across the desen) and mostly destitute OF
clothing Win seventy Of this force, the rest being eit
with he bsyg.ge Gene al kearny charged into The Next
can camp al The village of san Psqua on me morning OF
The 9Th Of Decembe hour before day and, after des
pemfe fight in which he lost thryhve killed and wound
81 20, IA the enemy, chased him miles The
sneny's force engaged hundred his loss consid-
eTHhle.
The reader will not fail how the story grows as
il travels What was al $50 miles in Kearnys report
grew 10 be an unexanpled march OF more than 1900
miles In Emors Panama letter, and in this Picay
une account stretches '2 500 miles across the desert
and the force hch ''l60 Cafornians" both the
Panama letter and in Kearnys report has grown here TO
be two hundred" But Notwithstanding this increased
proneness TO the marvellous-noi unusual in change
from autograph to anonymousthere sufficient paral
els remaining between the paragraph OF the Picayune
and the autograph letter from Panama The author OF
the Panama letter started with his set phrases, and
there other way OF convictng him, these would
track and identify him, without regard to contradictions
Let us quote a few phrases from each OF the two
pieces
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
kearny and Emory

Kedrny. .
" Then followed
about fifty dragons
under Captain Moore,
mounted, with but
few exceptions, on The
tired mules they had
ridden from Santa
r., 1850 miles. DE
spatch, Dec. ID.
There were sever
al mules lost, SC,
Capt. Turner thinking
his dragons more eli.
icient on foot than
mounted on those tired
and broken-down mules
iDhich they had ridden
from Santa Fe."-Tcs-
timony, D. 65.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

San Diego letter.
AFTER a march of a
thousand miles, over
mountains OF rocks,
barren prairies, and
deserts, without wa
ter, he arrived, with
his men, only half
mounted, and on bro
ken-do.cn NUDES"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
Cooks's San Dig, lttfcr

Cookies San deg, litter.
This was reusAly rsfascd fsr
fra days, and Fremont was de-
nounoed by Cow Ssoctfss. tie
WAS sn1scss finally to change
Lis mind, and on the 2ath Of Ne.
oemher General searny march.
ed. Sc.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
San Diego letter.
Keay1,v 10 Stockton.

kea1av 70 Stockton. San Diego letter
"In about WI having
here sufficient Recovered his and
oppose the Caonisns ous for the public and M
supposed be Pueblos he
fAe approach spoke and Com Stock
Lieut. Col Fremont advise that thaf should
do and that march aarhed for the Pueblo
fs early possible least Demon
in the direction Of tat Paeos by sraon ia has aror'
W will either be able
forrs a junction rifh Lsut. Gel.
Fraeaf. rsaks a diversion roy
much an has faror."
This passage in the San Diego letter continues fol.
lows:
This roughly refused for tco days and Frfmont wl'
denounced by Com Stockton He induced finally TO
change his und and the Goth OF December Gen keay
marched in command &c.
The germ of which falsehood is again plainly 10 be
found in kearnys correspondence II in this sentence
of his letter to the department. written Los Angeles
nth January:
have that the march of the troops from san
Diego this place reucfaatiy consented BY Com
Stockton, on my urgent afrce," &c.
We will see now how falsehood grows The false
hood of the principle clearly proved by Stockton to be
wholly untruihtha the march was .ireiuetauHy
ssnted TO by Com. Soekton"ihis alsehood OF the prn
cpa magnided bv the subordna,es into these in
genious hctions Emorys, however, clearly having the
preference, both in point of plot and OF incidental embe
lishment
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
Kedrny's testimony. p. S

KedrIy's testimony, p. 81.
In that conversation | told
Com. Stockton he had seen, by my
official communications. the in
struetions Of the Presideni to me,
relating 10 California that had
come TO California Nth but a small
military force that, Difference and
respect for has situation. he being
then in command of the Pacific
squadron, and having a large
force of sailors and marines, pre-.
rented me, at that time, from re-
iiering him and taking charge Of
the ciri soperpmenf Of the coun-
try that, as soon as my command
icas increased, would take charge
Of affairs in California, dsreeabiy
10 my Instructions"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

EseTy's Louisville article.
" Socsiea peTs@Pie'riy REFUSED
70 let his htcs 'he men. The re-
fpsai created great dissatisfaction
among ssocktons own officers,
who were consequently on the
point Of robsiiins against his All
ihori,y and joining Ksarny, but
the latter eSsrtcd his influence IN
suppressing the movement Sub
,sqaentiy stockton, finding that
the opinions Of all were against
him, granted a portion of his force
TO General kearny, who then
rrA,..l a,
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

Now say that these condolences OF error could no,
be except by concert that the versions given by the
last must have been prepared the model OF the first
The San Diego letter continues follows
Then the following and condition of affairs
learned The Californlans proper, who proud
disguised the conduct of the revolution and the
government which had been established and suffering
RACES from its irregular military hrengs, had risen in
They had eaken all the towns south of Monterey
Lieutenant Gillespie having surrendered the capital the
San Pedro under tue orders of Commodore Stockton had
sgnaly failed San Diego, commanded from the sea- was
now IN our but bockaded by land Commodore
Stockton (stylDg himself govenor there with the
Congress and Portsmouth, and perhaps other ships of
Lieutenant Colonel Fremont had retired months before
to the county, raise irregular force and
reported his return with four hundeetmen and some
Indians. The Caiornans, individually the most orm
dable horsemen in America, under to the num-
Der OF $780, aud carried on guerilla warfare"
must stop here to make brief but pregnant remark
Commodore Stockton is here clapped into Parenthess:
as {" styling himself governor,0 which is the mode of
designating him adopted by Kearny after he determined
10 make civil upon him. Before that time he called
him his exceency Governor Stockton This is little
coincidence not TO be overlooked. Like master like man.
In company with the first part of this paragraph will
present extract from despatch of kearny TO the de-
parment, written at Monterey, California March Is:
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

Cookies San Diego letter.
That night a messenger, with
wriuen Information Of their sitaa.
ton, succeeded in passing the
enemy's videttes and carrying it
TO Com. Stockton. about twenty
five miles of san Diego. he sent
pritten refusal by three men,
tchc pers captured
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
Iquote again from the San Diego letter,

Iquote again from the San Diego letter. in continuation
OF the paragraph already given;
about one hundred Of them posted al San Pas
quail the best road from Gen keays position TO San
Diego.
Before learning this last em the General succeeded in
giving information OF his approach San Diego and Cap
tain Gillespie officer of the navy, and small party OF
mounted volunteers joined him on his march on the ON oil
Decembe that evening he learned OF the force al IN Pas
1ual twelve miles distant he attempted 70 surprise
them daybeak the morning. The night was I'M
fortunately cold and rainy; the eney had received nor-
nation OF the approach OF foes they knew not whom and
found fully prepared dawn Of day They were
ipetuousy charged and driven from their ground,
than halt of the squadron being mounted worthless
mules they pursued ashly and TOO far by the others
despite the Generals efforts stop IT, The enemy then, IN
daylight rallied, surrounded and attacked, with every ad
vantage, these oremos, pursuers thyeght IN number
al of whom but one was killed or wounded. Then the
dragons met with the reparable loss Of these foe officers
and OF its best officers aud
The General himself received wounds The
of this heroic band with bleeding wounds,
ceeded In raylng mountain howitZ@r which then
preached and the enemy again retired They encanped
o the ground"
The whole OF this extract is exactly correspondent to
the numerous publications OF Emory TO the point
and both in accord with their ongnals-Keany's de-
spatches-not then published at San Diego. Let us
couple some OF the sentences with the latter:
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

"The Calilornians are now
quiet, and ! shall endeavor to keep
them SO by mild and gentle treat
ment. Had they received such
treatment from the time our flag
was hoisted here in July last. ! be-
lieve there would have been but
little or no resistance on their part.
They have been most cruelty and
shamcfIiiy abused BY our oun peo-
pie, by The volunteers (.3ms,ican em-
ieraui,) raised in this pat OF the
country and on the Sacramento.
Had they not resisted they tcouid
hdrs been unworthy the names Of
man"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

Emorys boob, page
l2l.
#" The Calilornlans
the most srpert horse
Iasu in The isorld strip
ped the dead horses
on the field, and egJI-
ed of all Their
! dad and uOundsin
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
kearny's report.

Continuing the quotation from the San Diego pre-
sent in company with it passages. both from Emory and
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

The next passage in the San Diego letter consists of
that falsehood concerning Stockton already remarked
upon as it occurred in Emorys Louisville publication
gnity and blackness libel in the deeper dye of its
ngratude. The publication Of it by Cooke is white and
innocent compared with its propagation by Emory; and
Cooke moreover, had the opportunity know
that false, and possibly had been made believe
it true only quote, therefore, from his letter, because
1t affords of those unmistakeabe and unacceptable
links of steel by which the letter OF Cooke and the pub
LEGATIONS of Emory chained together, and raceabe
common original. shall do here, therefore,
than present the brace side by side
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

From the Louisville Journal. May /.
With the greatest difficulty
Gen. KeaIny succeeded in reach.
ing San Diego, where Stockton
was stationed and finding there
mere men than were nscessa,y 10
garrison the fsUn, he requested
Stockton 10 let him haze portion
Of Them for The purpose IF marching
on the Puebis de los angeles. the
centre Of Mericnl Pover in Cali
fcrnia.h
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PHfsburs piece.
Blu, strange 10 ssv.
on his presentation u
his authority a, gousr.
nor, s,ocktoa r,tui,l
10 recognize IL
and eiGiaed for Aimsslt
that poioeT.'
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

As Tor the statement in Cookies account that Fremont
anis desoupoed By Stocktoa, this also is directly traced
% keany. He made the same representation 10 Col.
Russell rs appears by Colonel RS testimony, (p. 2ii9
In that conversation he (kearny) told me that Com
Stockton unfriendis both sa ynt and hnsef;
TONED mo TO be particularly guardcd any conversation
discussion r Com Stockton reference TO the trsaty
Oonenga and all other matters connected oih California
The extract next in order from the San Diego letter. is
likewise bodily from kearnys correspondence. Its conn-
terpart IS likewise to be ounl with slight mo icitons,
IN each one of the kindred publications Here are the
PASSAGES from Cooke and from kearnYs report
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

Cookies San Diego letter.
"Com. Stockton had by ms
time, however, refused 70 slibTif
10 ne authority Of TIE gorerhneni'
and 10 Gen. K,arny's communion
and Popers from the Prssidsni 81
the United States! He refused 10
surrender his ASHAMED dufhorify as
ropernsr and cormandsr-fn-ehiJ
IF all the forces"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
San Diego Leitei

There the following course
and condition Of things tsds 'oor
learned. tn,
, Caitornians 80. ptre ursde'
arms to the number of eight hun
dred. and carried on guerilla
warfare. About one hundred o
them were posted at San Pasqual
on the best road from Gen- Kear
NY, position TO San Diego"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

LriissiHe piece.
"Ani strange to say,
stockton actually as
n.med the pover, &c.
although Kearny was
on The ground, with a
soUerHors commission
fro "a tks Prr,idrats
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

From the Louisville article.
When we arrived at the rii-
iase Of San Pasquai with a force
short Of one hundred msn, all ,rora
out by march Of tVo thousand
fire hundred miller across the de-
sert, he encountered tpo hundred
Msrieans. At the head OF serenity
Of has men he charged the Mert.
cans, and, gfier a desperate fight.
in whieh Ne lost thirty.ire men,
killed and vounded, he put the enc
my 10 flight"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

General Kesrny, at the heas
OF a body Of troops, went out d
California, with authority fron
the PrsadIat Of the United Sta,,
TO snprssde stockton in TIE esr.
rTnorshiP Of the Territory"