New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-06
little the sharpest file that ever Jaws were worn

The Conquest OF Ca ifrnia from Mexico was
effected by very M d. rate forces, yet with very
htre blocdsbed Col. Fremont bore most dis
Ii Ruisbet psrt IN tina. conqu s-as least all toe
co', UpOrsry sccounts gave hi n ths credit ol so
d0i' g-SecIetary Msrcy's among the rest we
believe Mr. Buchanan di Lot commit himself Ia
any public document; but we are assured mat
wren Cl FremoLt's Beet cobtrsot under H.
,estishtlOn before the Indian Committee oi IN"
House Mr.. Buchanan spoe,red as " t1ess Tor
Col. Fremont before that Committee. and tes.'hed
strong in hl- favor. II they we're not no" rlsal
csr dldates, 80 believe Mr Buchanan would now
elsdly appear bs 3 conclusive witness against Col.
F'tmOut slanAeTors.
OF c0ur.e, 80 large country "a California was
not Conquer, d. and could not have bH-n held oy
force 50 mneDsey ioierior in nur bers ~ "cre its
American c"nquero1s to the hostile Mexican au-
tboIiii's soldiers and people, but by the mani'rst"-
ton of extraordinary activity as well as courage
Our little torce there in l546-7 hsd 10 BE- multiplied
maLy fold by rhpd movements from pOlr! to point
snd b suddenly appearing when aid where II was
least expected. Thus Col. Fremont, whom Com
ST. ckion, afer the conquest, Appointed lt' Gov
erner. was at ore tire Obliged 70 ride, at the head
OF one huId;td mounted men, over four hundred
mile,-thut il, from Los Angeles TO Monterey
In four days, To- EIeet apprchended atta'k
bnd tscs again 10 the sam, time-1 ieat
Wtch o6 Caniolnians pronounced uneqused 10
TINT country, wboie b"r,emapsbp has been
rarIied to its perfection. But this mir'h
couid Leyer bsye been made without repeatedly
charging bOrses, wnl0l VAS effected by driving
ir;o rancho or cattle cs'ste uDspddIing and turn
ing loose the tired and painting beast' putting
their equipments instantly on as msDy irtsh AMI
NAL, add spuring hesdl0ng forward Of course,
the Owptrs Of the horses in due tine presented
claims aealrst the Government which Military
Commission scIUtiLized ard either allowed clt
down or r.jtcted; ard some Of I'll ss-ten. Val
lrio's for oDe-have since been PAID BY Congress,
while others baye not But they all fisure-nOt
merely he tmOunt2 paid allo.ed, but the
amounts merels cla,md-n tle newspaper demon
stratiOls If Col Fremohts prodisalisy or dis.
hopesty ss Governor OF California
Take oDe instsIce: Col reLOnt deemed 1t neces-
sary to head party S his force aud cross bag of
Sa,. Francisco to cap'ure Mexican fors and spike
the heav; csun2 mounted thereon; for, though
the fort proved az the Ilme 10 be scarcely occupied
it would baye bee, HE exceedingly i"rmida5le aud
anne, iDg If hundred or more Mrxicans, who had
no. then been d pssessed Oi The country. had seen
fit to throw themselves mo it, But. Col +. had
no bCsts i'll which TO make the passage, and was
obliged 10 tOrrow those Of an Amer can merchant
sbip then lying iD tie bay. The captain lent and
mai ned hs boat ~ boats himself steering and hi,
men rcwi;g; and Col +, who bad no money
whercwth to poy certified that the service was
rendered ard that il was valuable but set no price
Un il. The captain claimed ten thousand d0itars;
the Commission allowed him fifty dollars; and
even ,li., We confident, has never been paid.
No motter-the so 0CO figure large as life, N va
rious statements afOst intended t. convict Col.
fremont Of prodigality or d. Dune'iy IA California
Probably most of our readers have Sell or heard
something about the "sx hundred COWS which
Col. +. is said to have purchased cn Government
account IN California but u have turned over u
ranohe-o 10 breed shares TOR his own profit. We
have met this libel in some dozen or more Pro-
Slavery journals, not one Of which gives the least
hint of the fac: that The FedsrGi GOrernment nsrer
paid, and is not required TO pay, cent for those
cous. The facts i'll the case are brief, these:
Col. Fremont, while Governor of California, did
contract win a sock grower for six hundred co Ts
at $40 PEI head, for the public service. As .hey
were rot inn ediately needed, they were left with
,anchero or heidsman till they should be wanted
on the usual terms-hsf the increase to the owner
and the balance to the herdsman. Col +. gave an
order or obligation as Governor for the price
$1,000. But be was soon superseded by d personal
enemy who repudsted the contract, and the seller
took bis cows back 8galn--ant was dOuofless glad
enough to DO so as the discovery Of the mines ABOUT
this lime sent up the price Of cattle in California
at least two hundred per cent. Had Col Fremonts
contract been ratified by his successor, aud the
COWS left to breed on shares ard only taken for
the public service as required, we have no doubt
the Treasury would have been $4,000 better for
it this day.
The Hon. Willis A. GOrman NJ. c. from Indiana
now Democrat Governor of Mnnesota Territory
was in Coz gress in 1853, and as Chairman of the
House Committee IN Military Affairs, reported
(Feb. l4) in favor of paying the claim OF Col
Fremont for SO, 800, borrowed and spent by him
in the public service while Governor of California
In this debate Mr. GOrmhn says:
The vouchers which have been presented. and
copies of which have here, clear and satsac ory
Il isfactory shown that the sum Of ss6G S. for
which there vouchers at hand has been paid
Tie Con mtiee on Military Affsirs called before them
an officer Of the sImy woo Was with Col. Fremont
auo esifs To ac's which oug to satisfy the House
that every dolsr has been accounted for"
Ii saiC that Col. Frem"1t had got this Sl9 500
and bought the Mallpuss anG th T.: and a ostin-
u she'd GEN, man Of this H0u-e told ne = lad heard
hat lie had purchased large amount of cattle with
II, upon which be had made large profi,.. Now the