The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-10

LIBERALIZATION TO torestaH and perrerf justice
l. Autograph letter OF Lieut. Emory:
80 The Editor of the Courier and Enquirer.
"PANAMA, March IS, 1877.
"Sm: By the arrival of the United States ship Dale,
this day, am placed in possession OF The Californian
EXTRA published at Monterey, January 2s, 1s47, contain
ng letter dated Cudad de los Angeles January ~
purporng TO give an account OF the battles OF the sth
and 9th OF January
Many copies OF this paper in the mail bag of the
Dale, Intended for circulation III the United States. The
letter IN question states the skill IN management and
rious result of this brilliant affair." &c,
at also states, the success attending the Caifornians
forwards with General Kearny at San Pasqual, made
them very bold and arrogant, and every Of
determined 10 retrieve possible the credit Of the Amert-
"Now, sir, the facts are as follows No order of any
moment given either in the fight of the sth 9th,
which was not given by Gen. Kearny in person.
through the undersigned as ms acting assistant adutan
general.
General Kearny commanded the troops in both battles
AT the battle of San Pasqual, which took place one hour
before day the morning of the 9th December, General
Kearny attacked, beat, and chased some miles, 60 well
mounted Cafonans, with less than 100 dragons enact
aed by uneXample march over the deserts OF America
of more than 1000 miles.
''The statements and imputations in the Californian
extra therefore false.
"Ileut. Corps. Top. Engineers"
o. Anonymous letter, based reports made by Lieut..
Emory
correspondence Of the Pcayune
''HAvANA, April s, 1917.
"DEAR sIRs: The British steamer Dee, which arrived
last evening from Jamaica, brought to this place Captain
Emory, of the typographical engineers who accompanie.
General Keany to California, and Lieutenant Gray, both
bearers of despatcheshe former from General kearny,
and the latter from Commodore Stockton. Gen kearny
arrived at the frontier settlements OF California in De-
cember found the Caornians had raised IN body and
expelled the Americans from the country Obliged them
to take shelter shlpboard
''Gen. Keany met the enemy in force at place called
San Pasqua when an action took place. and where
the expense of than nehird Of the little band that
accompanied him-say one hundred-he defeated the
enemy, cut his way through to San Diego
s. | sorry TO inform you that disputes OF serious
nature have taken place between General Kearny and
Commodore Stockton Stockton had refused to obey the
instructions of his government declining to gtUe up the
command Of The civa government Of California to Gene
raj Kearny
"Into this dispute is to be lamented that Stockton
dreW Colonel Fremont his SIDE 1t is to be hoped the
President will the affair to be investigated at once
The Independence, bearing the broad Pesn1naant of
on he sh aauay Bade the coum
bus, also expected in few days. The store-ship
Livingston had arrived Il aoas supposed that, on The
for the arrest of Commodore Stockton General Kearny
had gone to Monterey with his few remaining men,
Commodore Stockton remained at the head OF affairs In
None of the ports on the Pacific had been blockaded
and vessels entering and dischagng at Mazatlan
without any molestaion
On the sth January near the Puebla de los Angeles
la battle took place, in which the Californians were
defeated with considerable loss and the peaceabe pos
Commodore Stockton accompanied General Kearny
the occasions in fact, the expedition was composed prn
"0n arriual in front Of the enemy, Commodore Stock
ton proposed to General Kearny to halt, but, being
The sh Of January the General very aconcaly replied
that he coad not on that day do so, and the engagement
g. Publication in the New Orleans Picayune, prepared
by Captain Swift, of the baHue Caharine, from par
f,r,,c cd IN hyy Liant fhn
age from Havana to New Orleans:
the Orleans Picayune of April
Late from California.
By the barque Catharine, Capt. Swift from Havana,
we have very late advices from California. Capt. w
H. Emory OF the corps OF typographical engineers came
passenger on her. Capt. Emory made acting adu-
ant general of the army OF the west in place of Captain
Turner, who succeeded the command Of the LIST da
goons after the death of Capt Moore and in this capa
City has been home by Gen Kearny to report the
conquest Of California, and the present condition and re-
following particulars derived by him from Captain En-
Org:
''Gen Kesrny reached the mouth of the ella river about
the 25ih of November. Capt Emory while making
Of that river, captured the Mexican mail
ing from California to Sonora.
captured the American garrison at Pueba de los Angeles
driven all the Americans in the interior of the country to
vine and Col Fremont.
nown as Se Of e ID
Der There he found the news all confirmed On tbs 9th
Diego. with thry-fi men, to apprize him OF his danger
and the exact position of the enemy. The general de-
termined a cut bis way into San Diego.
His force something short OF hundred dra-
goons, and five mounted in the employment of
The typographical engineers, all emaciated by the long
march CISCO miles the desert) and mostly destitute
of clothing With seventy of this force the being left
with the baggage General Kearny charged into the Next
camp the village of San Pasqual, the morning of
the 9th OF December hour before day. and after dos
perate fight in which he lost thirty five killed and wounded,
routed the enemy and chased him some miles The
mys force engaged hundred hisloss considerable
The General himself severely anced in two places,
and officer in the charge was kieu or wounded ex-
cep Captains Turner and Emory, and DR.. Griffin, and
these received larees in their clothes.
he killed Captains Moore and Johnson, and Mr..
Hammond, the LIST dragons; Sergeants Moore, White
hurst and Cox and Corporals Clipper and West and
privates dragons private typographical engi-
neers, and one volunteer
.sT6e wounaed we're, General Keamy, Lieutenant War
ner pbical engineers Captains Gillespie and Glib
SON. volunteers and Mr. Robedent, interpreter, and
ten privates ofthe LIST Dragons
1.-The day after the battle the General moved slowly
towards San Diego, having on the way or two Skin
mshes. He arrived San Diego the l0th and finding
he proposed Commodore Stockton uhe being chiefly
sailors ard marines, and under the Generals oders)
TO let him haze portion Of them, and march on NE P"ehG
de los angeles, the heart Of Mercan in California
"To this the Commodore assened and on tue Zotl Dc
cembe General kearny marched wlfh about DIV men on the
Pueblo by the Commodore On the 9th OF
uary the enemy showed himself in force, dispute the
passage of the San Gabriel river After short exchange
of arery General Karny ordered the s'ghts charged and