New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-26

,,1 I'M. b.te trcutte, non .tArpnaDce will ne -
,np. det;ren, 70 any clsbrAat, a. shall sd.pe ns
p,,per authortie, that I'd such non, pre-, sbsii be
rtnns, no held pri-.a f<cts % We fraodubn'.
in diere nj parts Of California during me so,iro
enmmer of fR4e 90 that a compliance WIN Ir, W.
will be easy 10 every claimant: o. Y"
" tVa.1;.o.,. CIV Sept T. ls+s ~. ..u,r. oe a.
r",s 81. erccting sent acIoN- the 'pows OF 'he
Voo,o bis old co,npanions-in-arIns IN CaLioin'
.h,,., the intrepid eoyageaT loon followed was
', g., oommun. alton that California mad received
hr e,j,.d aud unfortunate hero -nce hi' troubles
h., account had begun. say on her account, be-
80. o..epsibly the chief on'nse Tor which Fremont
,aJ ,,e, rcd coprt-maral and dismissal from the
=. ua- cour.e of conduct -ubv"r-ive "l 5H'ary
c.,--a q course IN which the people Of California
.oned at that very time to be- an acttre Dary with
Nm frr.mont's -ucc~+sOr, appointed by K'arneyl
s,otb and BuchanGn on the opposite -id".
And one word here the administration of Col.
Mason. whom W. have seen appointed TO supersede
Fremont a. Governor OF California il has been
shown under wha. auspices the conqueror that coun
try entered upon the discharge of his civil duties and
II known that he was ANONYMOUSLY suspended from
all ofcial trust, and hurried out of the country in dis
grace. Col Mason, whose conduct toward him in The
midst Of his msfouunes almost brutal, closed the
tenn Of hs Military Governor-hip with the following
record standing against him. Il il the testimony oi
The Alta California Of March 20, 1919:
ole was Governor, 80 far ar the collection OF rev.
enue went but he shruLk from every other righteous
responsibility which his assumption had imposed upon
him with the adrOtness OF non-comn.tal politician
There j. sinIlar record against him in tho private
life Of the man whom h. fought to dishohor But l't
that pass. an wiling 10 believe that f'r the un'm;
Uttered qualities Of hei heart which has now ceased
to beat and for his mind unswayed by prejudice there
are no further responsibilities from which Mason nee q
eIrink II was an ungratcful task "a which he com
nittcd hs pen few weeks after the above coininun
cotton from Fremont appeared in print. News had
cone ir,m Ncw-Mcxco Of tho probab" loss oi fre-
nom and hi- party among the SHOWS. Painful anxiety
Al, c,,d.d the pleasure with which the people h"l
Io k.d forward to hisretum. The publication, through
| several numbers Of The 1H0 C@htorn'd, of what
pmuortcd 10 be defense against certain char9er ~
Senator Benton hut which IN reality was an elaborate
| ATTEMPT by Col. Mason, hs own signature, 10
rrove Col Fremont guilty Of fraud in the much vamped
cattle purchase, only joined disgust to the contempt
which was felt and expressed for his Administration.
In this miserable business he aided by Col. Jona-
than ID. Stevenson then in command of the Southern
District Of California, at the head of hi. New-YOrk
Volunteers, man whom Old Bullion stigmatiled the
notorious" His abuse not restrained even by
the presence in San Francisco of the unhappy wife OF
the absent wanderer. And meeting "our Jessie one
day IN the street hc had the efiontery to approach
her 10 pay his respects, insult which she 'lrt-
edly repulsed that it the gossip Of adTirine
town for months alterward.