The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-04
CHAPTER XIV.

The peak where burns blush ofmon,
The glen in which torrent rolled
The crates where the ell was born,
ad Are ss ssI%ss Ss and ssd we nss M s SS Shore
swean at times the precious ore
Thursday July l6-The Cyane warped out of her berth
this morning, and we warped into t. Our ships are now
mooed IN ine command lhe anchofage ana present very
This AFTERNOON large ship was discovered rounding Point
proved be the Congwood bearing the broad PEN
nant OF Admiral Seymour She came to anchor outside
God save the Queen" which she returned with Hail
Columbia She sO-gun ship, and looks MAJESTIC on
the The admiral was greatly surprised to hnd Mon
Commodore Sloat having received informaon Mazat
the Rio Gande had been attacked By Mexican force,
sailed Immediately for this port On his arrival the town
taken without any conflict the flag run up. and sa-
uted with twentyone guns from each ship othe squadron
proclamation then issued by the Commodore, inform.
voiins auietnde as the condition Of security and repose
while who had been stationed on shore were
strictly enoined not to moles the citizens In their lawful
Friday July l7The bay Of Monterey circles up broad
and deep the IL far from being cked,
and The southern bend is sufficiently sheltered TO afford
sale and quiet anchorage The town is butt within
decends easy slopes the strand of the bay more
inviting picturesque location for aciy never entered poets
white layer of lime they are seldom story and
half and ornanen,ed with poncoes running the en-
hills around themselves with the cleaning walls of
cottages which as yet exist only IN your Inauguration.
siOop-OI
gomery commander is at San Francisco the Warren, J.
b. Hall commander Is at Mazatan Our nag Is now fying
Monterey san Francisco, Sonoma, and Fort
No formidable attempt has been made by the Caornans
any Of these positions The great body OF the
inhabitants but tIe inclined to take arms They
great affection Mexico, reverence for the
military chieains whom she has sent 10 govern them
Our marine guard, commanded by Lieutenant Zen,
and Any sailors under the command Of Lieutenant Tgh
man. left ship to-day tor duty on shore IS amusing
what 10 do with it--whether 20 carry hand boh
his sde his shoulder When posted as sentinel
looks pretty honest allows him pass but II he 10
some mysterious shape he may expect 70 be shot One on
dry leaves, and Catching smpse. By The pale moonlight
OF form gliding behind mi, bush and that instead Of hail
and ., of a. sis Ss ssrSos The guard hearing The report
rushed Immediately spot where they found bullock,
when shown ii. horned and ebaksd ior his pre-
cipiancy, gruy REPLIED that was impossible 70 make
out the night and among the bushes what sort Of crah
coming him, aud he thought IL best to get the first
fire.
tumu and so before our squadron made de-
Monterey. Tue Jealousy OF the government
had been reused by the arrival Of 5esh body Of
movements OF Capt Fremont whose scientific projects dis
tubed imagination had converted into revolutionary pur
poses The emigrans were ordered out of the country,
with Captain Fremont and his exploring party and meas-
adopted 10 enforce the mandate. But the lndomabe
Captain and the emigrans not thus be ousted
oyerawed They had the Anglo Saxon blood in them, and
decided that has right TO live where he plesses on
They ran up Il ~ sufficiently significant OF their inien.
tions-a white field red border with grizzly bear eyeing
Republic OF California" To this flag and lis fortunes they
pledged themselves IN mutual confidence, and, though
band OF only hundred, pushed their vigor
ousy General Castro, with OF three times their
numbers reeated before their resouts positions They
within the department Of Monterey, and their
rival is looked for hourly Such In BRIEF Is the history Of
the bear flag and Of that courageous organization which
ball Of Anglo-Saxon supremacy rolling In Cali
fomia.
sunday Jay 1--we had Divine service at the usual
hour The object OF the was plain illustration Of
text, The way Of the uansgressor Is hard" The
everyday iiio OF the sailor Is living commentary the
truth Of this significant proverb The hardshps oil his 10
have generally been entaed upon him by career Of folly
The recas Of his errors which are often poured into my
full OF painful interest greatly fear the novelties
Of the shore, and the excemen which reach every day
from all quarters viii dssipate religious concern which
has prevailed Of late among
Monday July 20 Captain Fremont and his armed band,
with Lieut. Gespe OF the marine corps arrived last
ing from their pursuit Of Gen. Castro. They hum
drd srong all well mounted, and have three hundred
horses Ia their train They deled abreast through
the principal street Of the town. The ground seemed
hem through their grated windows Their res revolving
pistols, and long knives, gerod their dusky buckskn
which engeloped their sinewy limbs, while their untrmmed
black boards, with white teeth gierng hrough gave them
wild. savage aspect They encamped skirts Of the
woods which overhang the The blaze of their watch
forest ssds. Their sennss were posted
every exposed point they slept in their blankets under
the with their arms al their sdes ready for the signal
shot sir OF the cracking leaf.
Foriet fcctsep, loud
As mis the winters fake,
Approach their tents, they wake,
And spring like lightning from the cloud.
Twsday, July 2l--The Levant has been ordered TO he
ready for sea with all despatch She s take Commodore
Sost Panama. where he Ishnns for the ni
ted States hs measures here involve some responsibility
reached u.s. Bufhs motives have be een hRh and pstrotc
and bis action opportune IN the event Of nsiics hosisies