Washington sentinel., 1856-07-22


ing such as may be lost in any way whatever,
and not for want of care on my part. con-
slider the cattle as the private property OF Lieu
tenant Colonel John G. Fremont, not being
instructed by him TO the contrary.
have the honor to be, &c.,
attasF ABEL STEARNS.
COL j. D. STEVENSON, Commanding Southern
Military District Cal.
No. 10.
ANGELES, September 20, ls47.
SIR have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt Of your official note of the 18th instant,
with an extract of an official letter to you from
w. S. Sherman, acting assistant adjutant gene
raj, requiring from me further information re-
lative to a contract by which hold a certain
lot of cattle received from Don E. Cells, for
account of Lieutenant Colonel j. @. Fremont,
and whether / have written contract or
verbal one; if the latter, to furnish you with
the evidence to prove my right to the trust In
answer to which, i have to observe that hold
the cattle by verbal contract witnessed to the
same Mr. Samuel Hensly, captain in the late
California battalion, to whom | refer you par
ticularly. He resides near Nueva Helvetia !;
also to Midshipman John X. Wilson and Lieu
tenant A. II. Gillespie, United States marines.
Both, think, were present and knowing to the
contract. As the abovenamed gentlemen are
not here, cannot furnish you with their GER
tifcates relative to the contract.
Very respectfully
ABEL STEVENS.
To Col. j. D. STEVENSON,
Commanding Southern Military Division.
A.
tered into this third day of March, in the year
l947, by and between Euoio de Cells, a resi-
dent of the city de los Angeles, capital Of
Upper California, of the first part, and J. G.
Fremont, governor Of California and legal re.
preventative Of the Government of the United
States of North America, of the second part,
witnesseth, that the said Eulojo de Cells has
sold to j. G. Fremont, GOVERNOR of California
aforesaid, a lot Of six hundred head of cattle,
OF good merchantable kind, and suitable for
beef, to be delivered to the commissary of the
troops under the immediate command of Coz
e,n0r Fremont in number corresponding with
the acquisitions of the commissary and the
said Governor Fremont binds himself and his
successors in office to pay TO said Eulojo de
Cells, his heirs, executors, administrators or
| assigns, at the expiration Of eight months, the
sum of six thousand dollars, without defaca-
tion. 1t is expressly understood between the
| above contracting parties, that if the said
Eulojio de Cells fails TO deliver good merchant
able cattle, when required 10 do so by the com
missary, the contract is to be considered null
and void by the said Gocernor Fremont-he
paying to Eulojio de Cells ten dollars per
head for the number delivered; and it is
further understood that the hides Of the above
cattle are to be delivered, on application to the
Enlo do Cali m 1bo fha, halo hx,
agreement.
In testimony Of the above, the said parties
hereunto set their hands and aft xed their seals,
at the city de los Angeles, the capital of Cali
iornia, the day and year before written
EULOJIO DE CELLS, L. s.
j. C. FREMONT, IL. S.
Governor Of California.
The foregoing agreement has the following
endorsement the date Of which is important,
as will be seen by reference to Governor Ma
sons letter:
do hereby certify that Don Eulojio de Cells
has complied to within obligation and contract
on his part, by delivering the number of cattle
as specified and in payment; therefore, have
sum of six thousand nine hundred and seventy.
five dollars, including the hides Of the phole
number Of cattle
J. C. FREMONT,
Lieut.. Col. United States Army
ANGELES, April &c, ls47
At the one time " Gorernor," and at an
other simply "Liemenant Colonel United
STATES Armyv
B.
have received from Don Euloiio de Cells
four hundred and eighty-one head of cattle on
account Of Mr.. j. G. Fremont, Lieutenant Col
onel Of the Army OF the United States, which
cattle exist in my possession.
ANGELES, May |, l847.
f.
/ have received from Don Euloiio de Cells
one hundred and nineteen head of cattle, on
account Of Mr.. J. c. Fremont, Lieutenant
Colonel Of the army Of the United States, and
said cattle remain in my possession according
TO agreement.
ABEL STEARNS.
ANGELES, July I, l847.
fD.l
The undersigned certihes that the governor
and com mmandant Of this Territory Mr.. j. c.
Fremont, finding himself short Of resources for
the support Of the armed force which, under
his command, co-opera,ed towards the paci6.
cation Of the country solicited from various
individuals loan for the object indicated and
the undersigned having been requested, through
the medium Of Mr.. Charles Flugge, to furnish
provisions and cash, the accompanying con-
tract took place, the cash having been delivered
Immediately, without interest, for the term OF
eight months and the cattle were to be de-
hvered when they might be wanted; it being
understood that the terms Of payment should
run on from the day Of the contract, on &C.
count of the cattle being movable property,