The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
THE UNION.

effective manner and shall take his non-denia FOR a
confession and assume, without stopping to prove It, that
Tie was the writer
shall direct the examination of this letter mainly to
two points First 10 show that the ST Louis (San Diego)
publication and the publications OF Emory were based on
the same model and subseryent to the same purposes
those purposes kearnys Secondly that boih sets OIL
publications connect themselves in origin, al all points
with kearny. and his reports testimony; who mus De-
comes the source and centre of the whole
commence the San Diego communication Win his
quotation;
"Belore he General Keanyl eh the Rio Grande, the
messengers of peace from California were met by him
stuauroi OF ioo men, and pursued ms course H 1
march OF thousand mules mountains of rocks barren
prarie aud deserts without water he arrived win M
men only half mounted and broken do,yn males al the
first rancho, sky miles, from san Diego
"A thousand miles, rocks, prarles, and deserts,
tchOut icafeTF This is achievement certainly with
out parallel No body OF living creatures, save the
army OF the west" could have accomps II; and no
historian less bold or more veracious than ST George
Cooke would have ventured 10 record IT, But is not
for the purpose OF dwelling this admirable and une-
qualled performance of kearny's "escou," or on the
graphic and sentenous description OF Its hisonosapher
that the passage is introduced. The reader OF the eX-
tracts from Emory and kearny already presented, VIII
not fail 10 note the coincidence both IN commission and
omission between them and this extract from Cooke.
The substantial points OF this extract are that alter
the long and weary march IRON Santa re, kearny and
his party arrived at the frontier rancho In California only
half mounted and broken doDn mules Now, this rs not
true II is true that they had long and weary march, IN
which they must have endured many hardshps but II Is
not true that when they arrived al the hrs rancho they
were but half mounted and on broken down mules.
shall prove from Emorys report that this part not true
At pages 81 and % OF the report under date OF Novem
Der % and %, we read as follows:
As approached the end of days journey, every
Strengthened in his saddle by suddenly falling
camp, which, from the trail, estimated Mt 1000
men, who must have left tha morning
For short time we supposed this immense trail was a
band of indians returning from successful mnrauding ex-
petition in Sonora California; but this conjecture
soon dspelled by the appearance OF mounted Mexican
a sand butte overlooking camp, who, alter taking
deliberate survey, disappeared The camp was arranged
Immediately for defence and Gordon OF sentlnels station
ed on the sand hills
'.The howiizers did arrive ill nine o'clock, and
the officer 10 charge, Lieut. Hammond reported he had
large fires 10 the right apparently five miles distant
on the opposite side of the ella.
'The General said il for him know who
occupied the camp its force character, and destination
He ordered me TO take my party and fifteen dragons,
for the purpose OF accommodating After beating about in the
inez1ue for some uue we struck slough OF the Ga,
where grew tall willows Up one OF these sent a
dagoon who saw no fire. but whose ears were gaddened
by he nsghng Of horse, He slipped down the tree much
faster than he climbed it, quite Aanted with the hope
of exchanging has ,ceary mule for charger Instead OF
porting wha; he had SEEM he exclaimed yes sir there
enough for aH' Did you see the hresP 'No but they
al horses heard them ne'ghing and they eoper
ground He pointed in the direction, and after pro-
ceedng short distance we all heard distinctly the noise of
The horses indicating large number
Silence enoined and we proceeded stealthy along
for ,ime when bright fire blazed before halted
the guard anu with two dragons Londeau and Martinez,
proceeded nnobserved until within few feet OF the fire:
Before it stood armed Mexican. sent Londeau and
Martinez with orders the occupation of rappers,
and ascertain whom, and what, the man guarded The
oler MeXicans advanced,
in for |: not Castro, expected, bur a
party of Mexcans with fire hundred horses or, California,
their way TO Sonora tor the benefit OF Castro"
barely stop to remark, that this introduction of
Castros name introduction of it without evidence.
and for the apparent purpose of ustyng the taking Of
these horses CastrOs actual horses had been taken by
the Californian battalion as war operation, but of
which fact Fremont gave Madame Castro a certificate
that the American government might know what TO pay
Castro, II il pays for the conquest OF California II
does that any certificate given to this sup
Positions Casro-though the losing owners drivers
were entitled to it, be they whom they might.
resume the reading of Emorys journal:
"Nov. % We did camp to day. in order to
make a y,ft from last nil gifts capture"
Here, then, the party had their pick for remount
from fue hundred horses of the best race OF horses
known and though the band may have consisted the
report afterwards relates, mainly OF animals vet I'M
used TO the saddle, many OF them must have been
broken for there was considerable party of mounted
men in charge OF them; moreover kearny remained in
camp entire day, TO make ret from the capture.
And also read at page &C. "We also learned that
the horses captured in part for Gen. Castro Nothing
wanting to egtmize capture, and Captain
Moore was directed to reBlOunt his men"
Nor is this the only supply of fresh horses obtained by
ed that, information having been received of band of
horses and mules. belonging to Flores he of Flores
introduced without PROOF and others. cached fifteen miles
distant party OF twenty-five, ruth fresh horses, started
in pursuit, and captured the band.
The statement of the San Diego letter, them that kear
nys party arrived only ha mounted and broken dorm
mules, not true Yet statements to the effect and
in much the words, are repeatedly made BY both
Kearny and Emory.