The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-06


.Aasrss IN, charges .on s.ies Coonsl Fremont
apansf Lsatsnamt Comsi Fl tmont These charges, upon
Whic he . ap,s arasn'd hare DC charged from "'"s
they We're carried nom For Laayenworrh
10 California by the lst dragons. One OF them, ha-
been previously stated lost at tie 2sre OF San Pas
Angeles, behs then in charge OF the sailors len it al
Los Angeles and know not how got from there 10 San
..one-tiou Do you know that of those cannon
the one lost by you al san Pasquall
"Qneson Did you giee any intorpafiom 10 the person
rho The seunth specification 10 The rst charge In ra
tioH 20 The raraog
''Aas,op. ida not'
Here ended the cross-inenogaon upon the subject OF
this thai day. Ii ended with peremptory
declaration that he Gen kearDy did moi know that
o. those cannon got by the captuaton OF Couenga was
the one lost by him at San Pasqual; and i brought out
further answer upon another point wholly unexpected
The single object Of the first inquiry about the cannon
to show the injustice and the malice Of Kearny and
thus mpeach his motives and credit before the court
The muny charge contained specification for the non
surrender of this Major Philip Saint George
Cooke-the surrender being purely 10 prevent the
Caomians from lancng him and his Mormors, and
making revolt in the country and thus commence
second Instruction, in which kearny, Mason, Steven
son. and all that class of officers would have been quick
ly run on board Commodore Biddles ships. The mutt
nycharge contained among eleven Others this specillca
ectng Lieut. Col Fremont 10 the penalty OF being shot,
and to the nfamy OF mutny conviction, whether shot
not, III guilty. Seeing Nearby WILING
have him shot, and rendered infamous for not deiy
eng up this (when its retention was his saliva
toni il thought TO be but common justice by Lieut.
Col Fremont that kearny in his reports to the govern
ment should have given him the credit of having
cred this cannon-the recovery OF which, and having II
in his possession, became ground for proceeding
against his lie and honor Ii was well known that he
had reported this recovery of trophy lost by himself
that meanness and malice had prevented his doing
that little act OF justice to Fremont due to him as
under military law and the whole object OF the inquiry
was to get out that fact. simple admission that he
had not reported it, would have answered the inquiry but
that admission, besides showing malice 10 dscredt him
trial witness, would also have furnished ground
for placing him before court martial, sgned to him
by The Judge advocate. Hence the necessity he felt for
furnishing reasons for not making the report all the
settling down at last in the clean declaration that
he did moi know that the recovered the can
non he had lost This declaration started the Fin
terrogaion upon new scent, thus, p. ca
"Ques,on Did you give any information TO the person
who drew the seventh specification to the first charge, in
relation TO tie cannon ~
To which the answer was 81 piB NOT"
This scent was afterwards opened upon, as the
Senate in due time will see at present. pursue the old
tracks.
The testimony now goes forward to page Is of the
record and after interval of two days and two nights
thus Tecommences:
s'WEDygspAY, Move nber 10, 1910 o'clock
"rhe pursuan' TO al jounment
Present; All The members the Judge Advocate, and
Lieut. Col. Fremont.
''rhe proceedings of yesterday read General
kearny appeared IN court and asked permission to make
statement in exp anation OF his testimony Monday
the papers this morning, the proceedings Of Monday
lind the following question put to me- and my answers
Question. Do you know that of those cannon
the one lost by you al San Pasqual'
al have now explain that had personal knowledge
oft; but had knowledge OF IL from an OFFICIAL report
made to staff officer by Lieut. Col Cooke The repon
General kearny presented the report The Judge Ad
vocate objected TO it, as iuadmssbe IN evidence-being
statement OF some matters which these charges
founded and not sworn to.
.'The cleared for deliberations and decided no,
to receive the paper IN evidence !"
Here scent again. For, while not admitting
the difference between personal and official knowledge
where either sufficient. and both had been negatved
by previous answer: not admitting this answer, was
perfectly well known TO Fremont that this attempt at
distinction where there was no difference, only operated
to ihcken the plot already too complicated
new point where there were already too many But,
forwards! General Kearny had admitted official
knowledge OF the identity OF this through Major
Cooke brought forward witness for the prose
cuon This threw HIM into Fremonts hands for
interrogation and the first question to him. page ID of
the trial, laid train Tor firing that same cannon again
1t was this:
"Questlon. Did you write the letter of which this pur
poI!; r to be COPY aud # so, Is I'll true copy
AFTER deiberatIon, the court was opened Lieut. Col
Fremont in court
shown the witness Appeared 10 be official copy cer
fed by Assistant Adutant General Townsend of report
made by the witness to General kearny OF the circum-
stances in relation to which he has just testified i"
The report was long one; and the particular point
wanted better caught from Major Cookies oral esti
mony: thus, p l22 OF the trial:
"Ques,,oa Was authority in that command resisted
by Captain Richard Owen commanding the California
battalion If 40, state the circumstances.
"Answer On the 9th OF March rode out from Los An
gees 10 the mission of San Gabriel accompanied by
staff officers, Lieut. Davidson, of the Dragons and Assist
ant Surgeon Sande lied Captain Owen in his
quarters and, shortly after, asked look the artillery
de showed them in the court oil the MISSION and
observed two mountain howitzers which believed have
been brought to the country by the dragons. had
ceved psbaL instructions from General Kearny by Captain
Turner, to have them turned company G of my
command, and had, before left town. ordered mules and
drivers to be after them OF which informed Capt
Owen He answered that could get them that he
had received orders 10 let them go from his ha nds
This answer is only material throwing Col Fremont
on the scent of the verbal orders relation to this
non, given by General kearny to Major Saint George
Cooke; and led certain questions and answers, be-
ginning at page l34 of the trial, thus:
Question Is your letter report Of the 18th Of March,
which was read IN examination last Thursday,
your official report to yor superior oceri and does it
reler TO The same events az those narrated In your
nmony in chief! and did you make any other official
report OF those occurrences to General kearny,
other officer for him
"Answer. 1t was my official report; it refers the
subJect as my evidence IN chief do remember hay
ing made other report to him, else
And again. still the scent of the verbal ORDERS at
page 1876, thus:
Question. Did you have any verbal special orders in
relation the ordnance, arms &c. and the resistance and
'rerol OF which you testify
Answer had some verbal orders and sugges tions im
relation 10 the arms communicated, however the form
of W,itten memoranda had orders relation
si-taDce revolt
Question Will You produce those written memoranda
ANSWER. i have them lost all my pape rs by an
accident In returning TO the United States.
Question Will you the tenor of these orders and
instructions, and the words possible and tho