New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-23

,,,a. were in session TO transfer the coaus In are
Iun ,s;o the mbc CONAN was passing ava! rnsctsd
britain w y h snh;ecfs British fleet was eApa the
gIan nv Soast the British Vce-Consul to,oe o,Jucng
nsssrS prea, Mecpsmara, ~ ing a am%vanced as to
sv,iythipG, ard all their plans 20 Ses the beginning
-, ,be least delay fatal. II was 49, asu the Tinted
rcnoe' 'he W. Leo brken out bttseen =; C.l;6or.
S,.,s. and Mexico but TIA; wa. va countries at peace
$40 Mr.. Fremont had left the w." aud was deter.
wben he set out upon n s.tapb their relations no had
mined 70 90 Ts,rns to avoid giving On time was
,s,u,n and take W, srnhs own previous coaducs
apparently to di,e,s s,ats bis Government He iet
as VIII as tos;hiItes Of bic posit.oh' nus ~.
AL the snn1psch of Ca.tr;, anu .ssynat;ye. Ie
Of The ieiter f', a. D 5s head Of the people,
Determined ~ ~ countiy. To repulse ss'fo was w.
and 10 cave nvcfturn the M.1ican Goveihuioht IN
suiieitn. and 10 establish Calt0rnan ihlepehneae,.
CaliforD;a, esolye end the only measure adequate
was the ~ That resolve was taken, ana exc
TO the ;,s c,erity that gave 'oinsc'ic Success.
Sntec ,Srean settlers rushed 20 bis camp
hcr arms borses and amneliuohT"eic ~ 49,
battalion; and obey ed with leai an alacl'! sne
,5srs they received. In thirty days al the norIae'h
1T Of Cnfornia was freed from Mexican eutno,hy-
indepencence proclsimed-the nag OF inaoPsnuG;n.
rased-Csstro flying to TO son 9,;,;ah norty
sst,Iers saved from desfrUco an1 me ori1sn psi
~ Cal;ss,ia coLn,cIac:ea eni broken up 10 all 'heT
schemes. -, -,,. tba salvation
Tt;. movement for Independence vas lne sa'' sCoh
Of Cation ia, and snachei Oh. Oh sle naHuS "a '
II,;tisb Al the moment they were rea1y 20 cia!cn Il.
L. Too hundred years-rUrn tho tine OF the navigator
Drake who almost clsmsd i as discovery, ana
placed the English name OF New ALBION upon it,-the
Eve OF Eng lard has been upon CahIornis; ana the
ms iccnt bay OF San Francesca, the Great seaport Ut
the North Pacific Ocean, has been surveyed as Eer
own The approaching war between MeX'o ana inc
TIn,ed States was the crisis in which she expected TO
- sze the long deferred wish for its acquisition; and
carefv She took her measures a"eordugiy. She sent
two squsdrons TO the Pacific 60 Texas was IN
corporated-wel seeing the actual va which was TO
gov out Of that evebt-e sooa one mo the NOUN o.
the Columbia, an imposing ono 70 Mazatlan, on the
Mexican ecast to watch the United SSates squadron
there and to anticipate its movements upon California.
Commodore Sloat, coninau ing the squadfo9 az Mi'
za,lan SAW that he was watched ani pursued by Ad
mal Seymour, who lay alo. gs:de OF him, and he de,
termined to ctceive bin lie stood ont to sea- and
was followed by the British Admiral. During the
day be bore west, across The Dream, as II gong
In the night the American Commodore lacked and
ran up the coast toward California the Brit
ish Admiral, not seeing the tsck, continued OF hs
course, and went entirely to the Sandwich lsands
before Monterey on the ID OF july entering the port
amicably aid offering TO ss.rte tse town, which the
authorities declined on the p.etext thai they mad no
pogde' to return tip realty eecaGse they mo Sl,n
RENAME five days before The ovn, end until he heard
Of Fremonts operations then beley pg ths. Fremont
had orders from his Government 20 take California; he
having none himself, he determined tn act himself.
lie received the news Of Frsmonte successes OF the
9th day of July on the 7h Re took he Gown o. Mon
terey, and sent dispatch TO Fremont This latter
came to him in all speed, a. he Aead o: hs mounted
force Going Immediately or board the cOmmod0res
vessel, an explanation took plsce. The commodore
learned with establishment hes b1enon. had no o:des
from his Government 10 commence hosiJitleS-tha. nc
had acted entirely OF biz own responsibility. This
left the commodore wthou. authority for having
taken Monterey for still ~ this time, tie COM
mencent N Of the wer with Mexico was unknown.
Uneasness came upon the cormod0re. he
rem embercd the fate o. Captain Jones ID
making the mistake OF scz;ps the 70 VI once hefJe
in time OF peace lie resolved % :eurn to the United
States, VIII CD lie did-trInng over the command Ca
the squadron to Commodore Stockton, who had ar
rved ON the 18Th. The next Gsy ilslh) Admiral Ssy.
mour arrived; his flag ship the CollnsToOd, OF so
2uns and his squadron the lsrges. Br:tsa fleet ever
seen in the Pacific. To his astoLshmen; he 6eheid
the American flag flying over Monterey, the Amer
can squadron in its hGrbOr, AID Frmonts mounted
rihemen escsmptd over tho town. lIis mission was
at an end. The pnze had escaped him. He attempted
nothing further, and Fremont AID Stockton rapidly
pressed the conquest Of California TO its conclusion
The subsequent military events can be traced by any
bsory: tLey were the ursl sequence of the great
Measure conceived AMI eXecCted by Fremont before
any squadron had arrived the coast, before he
Bpew of any war with Mexico and without any
authority from his Government, eXcep. tho cquivoc1
and eniematica visit o. Hg. Gillespie. Before the
jul ction of MIR. Fremon. with Commodore Sloat
aid Stockton, his oper 3tlons had been carried Oh
under the flag Of lndepcn1ence-tEs Bear Flag,
rs il was caledthe device Of the beer bsiog adopted
On account OF the courageous qualities OF that ami
nal the white bear, Which never gives the road to
men,-whlch attacks any n1mber,-and fights to the
last with increasing orocy, with amazing strength a.
muscle and with an incredible tvnecty OF tue Vita
pihciple-never more formidable and dangerous than
when mortally wounded. The Irdepcn ents took the
device Of this bear for their Gg, aad established the
ndept ndence of California undey il: and in joining
the United States folces hauei down this flag, aud
hoisted the flag of the Ubed States And the fate OF
California would have been the whether the
United States squGarons bad arrived or no.; and
whether the Mexican war had Happened, or not. Cal.
iiornia was in revolutionary state, aIeady divided
from Mexico politically as IL had always been geo.
graphically The last Governor General nom Mexico,
Don Michel TOreio, lad been resis:et-fought-cap-
turec--and slipped back 10 Mexico, with his 80? ca-
shroat soldiers. An insur5ent government was IN op-
GRAFTON determined to free VI Mexico, sensible "
inability to stand alone and hooking par. TO the nted
States part to Great Britsn fp- tte support wAich
they needed. All the American settlers were for the
United States protection, and joined Fremont. HE
leading Caifoinians also joining him. HIS con
ciatoTy course GREW them sapdly to Lin. The Picos,
who were tho leading men OF the revolt Don Pico
pon Andres, and Don Jesus), became his frlents.
California become Independent OF Mexico by the re-
volt of the PcOs and Independent OF them BY the re-
volt of American setters had il destiny u fahl!-
which was to be handed over 20 The GATED Sta,e5.
30 that lis incorporation with the Ame1can Republic
equally sure III any, and every event.
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