New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-09
A LETTER RELATING To COL. FIRE.
MONT'S CATTLE CONTRACTS IN
CALIFORNIA.
Translated from LA Cronica Of Ju'ys.

Translated from LA Cronica Of Ju'ya
Senior Cells has addressed us letter which we pub
Ish below, in reference TO n contract made between
bim and Colonel Fremont in 1917. In this commune
Cation Senior Cells proposes to destroy certain calumn
Gus mputations which the spirit of party has circu
lated against Mr. Fremont, and to ylndicate at the
same time, the right of his claim against the Govern
xnent the United States for sacrifices required of him
BY the under officers in California. Although are
foreign to questions Of the interior politics of this
Country fulfill the rcqu, st Of friend by publish.
ing lis letter wishing to crafty friendly feelings and
10 subserve his interest
SAN FRASCIsco, July .. 1856.
MY EsTIEaED FRIEND: l have seen published III
the newspapers of this city since my return to Caior
mia several statements relating 10 subject which
particularly concerns myself and, wishing TO aid in
Getting public opinion right on the matter, which am
going 10 speak OF with all possible brcvy, have TO
request that you will publish these lines in your journal
Fer about eight years articles have appeared with
more less frequency i'll some newspapers in the Union,
In which contract for number of cattle has been
spoken Of made in 1917 in the City of Los Angeles,
between Col. Fremont end myself. The evident want
Of truth the published versions of that business and
sm lie nature of TIE contract made in this country under
Thu circumstances then existing, seemed to me sufficient
reasons for not taking the trouble to refue untounded
Calumnies do not now propose to give an extensive
statement Of events, or to make known the want Of
resources under which California conquered, be-
cause all those things perfectly well known. The
chiefs had choice but To To their personal
credit to feed their soldiers. The cattle which Col.
Fremont contracted for were for that object Ii was
necessary TO transport them from San LUIS Oblspo and
fol- that purpose Don A. Pco appointed; but when
be arrived with the cattle Col Fremont had lost his
command. As a sum of money accompanied the con-
tract. beside the heavy expenses pad on The way
had pasture land and therefore MI Fremont, who
bound by the contrac--as the new chiefs refused
10 receive the cattlcfound himself obliged to deliver
them in deposit to NJ. A. Searns of Los Angeles, who
Sent them to his rancho of San Rafael.
1t is not truo rs has been said, that COL Fremont
gave receipt before receiving the property The con
tract signed on the Sd OF March, 1917, aud the
receipt or document which proves that performed my
part is dated April %, the year, when the total
delivery had been made.
We see therefore that those who have made this en-
luminous weapon against Col. Fremont very far
from the truth. And it ought TO be kept in mind a
certain and indubtable fact, that Col Fremont, in
making provision for the future, rendered real scrv
Ice to the United States, while | suffered severe
injury 10 the present day not dollar has boon paid
by The Government of the United States account of
he cattle, nor for the expenses and damages or for
the money delivered in 1917. The public treasury, in
reality. has of the gamer. for the import duties
on the cattle were collected in the house of San
Diego where they were transported from the valley of
Ban Rafael to the territory of Los Angeles whonoe they
bad been brought.
THIS is the true history of that transaction; and the
documents which roye j. will be published in due
tune il necessary for the object of my claim.
l sn' very truly your friend Snd humble servant,
Tie above letter relates to the L" six hundred
cows. out Of which Col. Fremont has been sc-
Cused, in some of the baser Buchaneer journals,
OF swindling, or trying to swindle, the Government
by buying them on Its credit and converting them
to his own use We have already stated the fact
that the Government never paid one cent for them
but we did not then know that it mad actually
made money on them, by subjectng them to duty at
San Diego. NJ. de Celis's statement is evidently
truthful. and he speaks of what he knows [Ed