The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-09

military pst Sonora (the point rendezvous
ed heAdqaa wac surprised and taken With nine pieces Of
b. hundred and hy stand Of nuskrts other
ne ano amuunlioU with several eror officers General
vahgo tVal bo,) hls brother Captain Vai,jo, oone
Greu1doD ard OTHERS all whom ~ d. tAined and
fined a prisoners. Captain Fremont then repaired the
Ausrcan ssttlrments the tio dc Amecauos obtain
assistance and receiving express fo his ttle garrison
o. fourteen snra that Gen Castro prepa
the bay Of san tancicn and attack them with large
he set out in the afternoon the Esd of June with ninety
mounted Ih, men. and, travelling day and night,
clock the norung the 2Sth AZ sonora
eighty milrs distance. The d Castros had
oSSel The baJ-a squadron OF seventy dragons, cmmand
ed By De Ia lorre winch attacked desad b,
y uIe leans, with luss f killed and
Oh the the MrElcans, and injury themselves,
De Tore ba ely with the Of his transport
hoAts aud spikng SIX pieces Of a. tllery.
THE north side o. the bay Of San Francisco now
called The Americans together SoDoma addressed them
upon the dangers OF their situation, and recommended
declaration OF independence and war upon Castro and his
troops the only means safety The Independence as
odiAeiy declared and VA p"caimtd f~s days al
terwards officer rom Commodore Soat brought ntei
gence that the American flag hoted Aonterey-an
example which immediately followed wherevr the
The pu suit and defeat Of Castro were the ouly re-
manning enterprise lie had fed toward, the
Mexcan settlements beyond Monterey with his our
i've hundred men and Captain enout leaving some nifty
Ia rison, With hundred and mount
ed hemen IN the pursuit. when he received instructions
and found Commodore Stockton in command approving
the pursuit of Castro and aiding by all in his
The soop-oi war Cyane was put at his service, &c.
In these letters ii will found hat Fremont reces
various successful military actions He does not sag thar
he participated in them but them such way
leave the inference irresistible that he did Mr..
Benton and Mr. Marcy both take such for granted and
indeed would any reading the arul connerion in
which they stated Besdes there documents on
file in the department from which the Secretary could
have made the IN except the letters
OF Colonel Benton and MIR. Fremont
The Secretary tn has report states and less than
IS contained an those tecrs, and ses forth the tac an the
der precisely stated an then.
These facts relate when Fremont ioincd the
the American settlers in independence
actions in which the Californans deeatt
i he nl n4 49,.
produce the impression tuo DOUBT made
his mnd) that Fremont among the first TO cuun
ienance the IN dependent movementtha be took part in
the defeat OF the MeIicsns and the capture of SonomA
But we have however positive proof showing that Ere
mont had nothing to do with these several events.
In Niess Register vol 73 PIP 10 and ILL., will be found
history OF the movements of the American settlers in May
June, and July 1886, prior to Commodores Sloat and
Stockons arrival in California This history com
piled and published by the settlers Themselves and signed
with the OF the leaders w. B. Ide John GrIgsby
and John H. Nash But the credit hich belongs these
adventurous and enerprising Americans for their gslan
deeds has been appropriated Fremont without any
knowlsdgment whatever their names even TO be
found in any OF tbs private letters dispatches TO gov
ernment which have yet been published.
! ask 10 print the which have made from
this history with my remarks:
" Information received by Mr.. W. b. Ide living on
the Sacramento the Sh Of June by letter brought b
runner that 200 mounted Mexcans we're on their
march the Sacramento river design destroy
ing the crops burning the houses and driving of the cattle
The setements on the Sacramento and finding mo Of the
Of the valley with Captain Fremont, repaired his
camp. he then conversed with Captain Fremont the
subject OF the reFoution, who advised immediate orgsn
zston and resistance the Of the foreigners bat de
command Captain Fremont then him then
expected leave for the States weeks In the
tue party OF American, had gone IN pursuit Of som.
Mexcans who collecting horses, had taken them p
and secured 200 Of their animals which have
ling the for egners well captain Fremont from the
Il quite apparent that further and de
cfire action ~As necessary to the Ees and property
nj INN Cd H.
Of SoBnma where many of the government officers we're
quArtsrrd and munitions of stored party
raised and upon 4th Of June and
nomA bJ without resistance and directly there
after Wm. fdr ec,ed enmmander Of the party Dr.
Seupr Immediately called u mertIng with the view OF
king action Tor turning provincial The
the sec Am-uo, aud placed under the
sscurrd and garru established its further protection
Measures adopted IN reference foreign imports
touH dag Wa agreed upon. Captain de made cap
tain general taken public s"d
,S"h~d Mr.. Todd mission u Capt Montgomery oi the
C"td S'Ses ship Portm"uth Tor the pos obtaining
guud that TAR be knew. the United states at
peace ~ith ~ N, I'can g"vsrnment do 4c
on the 2lst Captain Grigrby ned from the Sacrs
m valley aid ID csptain The lot
hsue,, and the lsord uud- hrr e,'mmGpd L,~ut
Ford was despatched pursuit. u company Of NsTcans,
and lound the, rhcy proved hurdred nuubsr
gave them dEht killed eight and wounded thirteen atr
the revolution and convinced the Spsnisrds not
prudent 70 attempt the capture Of more pris"ners
his ooDWHBd arrived and received with jo
by tn garrison, which cpmpnsed hundred
exclusive m Captain frem1uts command, and -
twenty wbo absent other duty In the time
report sGid Gene'a Castro busy in from
the other sde Of the bay SOto Captain Fremont
invited Lieul. Furd to accompany him, with the
be bad commanded IN the engagement before spoken
srpedtun against Jnse Castro Three four dave
spent IN endeavWIng bring the heNcana
gagement, but without Castro had succeeded
landing about two hundred the north side OF the Ia
finding the ground untspsbe drous divertng
Captain Fremont from his object Of pursuit While bis
might re-embark. Tie accordingly three with pa
pS calculated 70 deceive Captain Fremont into the idea
that Sonoma n certain time, be attacked by
large force, and ordered them discover themselves
cmmsnd The stratsge had the desired effect although
the ses ost their lives Captain Fremont repsired to 50
early dawn Of day. and pleased TO find his friends st
the possession q the post and At the with lighted
matches in their bands"
AT meeting called to order BY General Ide, Colonel
Fremont said be would make proposition ~ the
then beore him. that although he could not and would
ntsrmeddle IN the internal Affairs Of CALIFORNIA; yet The
present would pledge thtms-lvrs abstain All
OF violence against peaceful families and obey all
orders o ofcs-s of thar choie in their endesvors
effect the declared pLrposes OF tie reyolu iou he woud
only thcm by h adUics but thai he would
unter hs whole urce against Castro and that he would
sand b them at least un Castro shall have been sub
dued.
From this history, related In plain and simple manner
and bearing every evidence Of truthunes appears that
whilst these important trRuspiring Mr. FIRE.
mont was quietly reposng In his camp the bank Of the
Sacramento and that he did unite with American
settlers render them assistance until after they had
| apparently succeedsd in maintaining themselves.
Mr.. Ben'on, and Mr. Marcy after him. represent that
the Ga q June Fremont formed the determination 10
mence offensive measures Messrs lde Grgsby and Nash
say thar on The st q June fro 9ys after his, Mr. Ide
paired 10 Fremonts camp the sacramento aud "con-
vpr-rd with him Of he revolution nd