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THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
TUNE ---" AULD LANG SYM"
.
Ye'gatinnt f?eemen true,
Vnitedlettitand
'Who, in the' noble eau §o
41nN'e fearless Owed to stand.
.L7i i f ur t your banner to:th'etreeze,
• And Wave:it o7cr;th . edeek,
And herald wide the people's.ehoipi,'
And shout Tor ..Beek and treelt."-..
bli,by . the blood yotm . f t 44 - r 's spilt,
Fair Freedom's pearl •,to gain,
:By that high principle within,'
That spurns . Oppression's
Arise! your:gotintry• bids you rise,
tier trait'rous foes to cheek, ": .
And heiahi
,wide the people's elMice,
Arid shout for `'Ruch and Breek.”
IZc sin.‘)p g —for oh! the dap is near,
The bright and-glorious.day',.
Wilco Truth tied Justice shall prevail ,
Where Error .holds its Sway.
Then sPreatkyour banner to the breezy
And . ,wave...'it o'er the deck, : -
dbe'raid wide the people's choke,
And `Shoutsfor “rßrick and. Breck."
CA -41PALGN S O.LYG
AIK-7 4; OLD DA'S TUCKED."
Buck and,Breek are bound to win---
Nopower ean stop their corning in •
The Pennsylvania steed is rocky, .
And so's the - one from old Rentuckji..
, .
Pennsylvania's safe and lucky—
So's the boss from Old Kentucky.,
Other nags uiap lake the track, - _
Biit never 'a. bac thitc.ls-pft• to tack—
The woolly horse can't reach the (platter
'Arfcl Iv hat is - more,, he•hadn't orter. •
Pansylynnia's safe a 2 1 .1 lucky
Sti's the boss from Old Kentucky,
The thimble riiger's:toedies say
Know. Nothing the day—
But thlnible riggers are complaining
That he: as broke d ;mt . - in the training.
Pennsylvania's safe and lucky—
Sn's the•hosslrom Old Kentucky.
Clear the course ! the perple cry,,
--- Tlefr UNION nag is wdvinf,r
. . .
oth our :steeds are i fast and .luCky;,
arid Kentucky;
Pennsylvania's sound and plucky—A.
So's , the loss from Old 'Kentucky.
4,aliti6f l- Ittil .
.A4V - EkTENSIKE CATTLE SPEC Er-
.LATIOII 7 ,I
- Gov.F
HE BECA3fE RICH.
TWO DOLLARS A DAY AM) ROAST BEEF.
o awill *
We invite attention to the fwr-offic
ibl;document relating to the course of : Lient.
e 0 Julia C.. Frc:mont, While actirpr-or
pro.
,fias i sing to act as Governor of
These official 'documents were sent .to the
ilott , e of liepreseatatives by President Tay
for in 1850, in compliance with a resolution
of that body. In Order that-out readerii.may
feel the fall force of the evideiree which they
Contain, it will 1)e necessary to' rem:ember
that Gen. - Kearney arrived in California in
Peceml >Lg', 1846 ; that he had authority from
the war.department. : to establish a civil gov
,ernment in California, and .that be conitntini:
.r.ated to CornStoe,ktonthe .nature - of his in
itroctions. The two acted .together in - the
'tattle , on i T.io San Gabriel and , on the
of the Mesa, Bth and firth January,
1847 in Which after a • severe . fight,
Fromont.not being 'with them, howoer, they
were victorious.. They took . iLiudad de Ins
''An , Yelos, a ci d a f . w (fys
afterward Fremont
a
Arrived there with his part, of the liattallion.
':On the 10th of Jagaary,G-en. Kearney made
fornial deinand' of Commodore Stockton
;that he should cease any further proceedings
ielating to the formation of a civil govern
,
nent in California. Commodore Stockton
th.:-Territory shortly afterward. Getter
'arKearnev made 'proclamation as Governor
California,jof and it is worthy to le. remora=
hered that all this took place prior to the
'4lrde of the following.interesting docmnents.:
1 .. .
'1 ILI-s article,oCagreetnent, made anal : enter,
::edinte - this,third day-of. -*arch, in the year
1 1 47, by and between EulojickleCelis, a res
. .....
Went of thedty de Lai' Angelos; capital of
1 ,
il;pper.California, Of the first part, and J. C.
!Fremont:, GovernOritf, california, ind „ legal
•
Cr,iireseutative'of the give:manta of the Erni
; tea , States of North America; of the second
l'se , witnesseth, that, the:said Eulojio . de Ce
' lislr , sold toJ C F rem on t- - \- - .s.a . iou of
1 ,„_ J. C . GO
culiro\ia aforesaid, a log of
-six hundred head
of eatt`e , ""4 . good merchantable kindi--aild sui-
I for bee s
l'ahle ter t ' b '.to be delivered, •to the commis
of t h e tr° ` 4 .,under the intinediate corn
mthd of Govr ne/\ l4 etnont iti number cor.:
I.ispuuding with the
iisition. or the Corn
un:isary :,.and the sai
Vernor fFremout
bindsl,imk.lf n '' fil of yet-terday, I_would observe that Ithold in
m o o
P a n I ' " I d r""l°3‘°“° Celis, execu „. ...m.. senior six hundred '!4 l ead •of catilf,
rt.ltnirdstracors, : or -assigns, at
„ (the nuijor part of them trelding cows) re-
Li , of eight month th•e
s, soul of six ii x ,r ira
r 1,4 "ceived frOm Don Ealoji6,de Wis; Di) /Hi o ° ll3 t
AU 111117., Vi 1,11 - 0111. eftil atio n. It is•- . ex PT \
Dentenant•Colonel J. kripnoat. . I ho - 14
titideritoOd het weep the " atove
de
hese . aufeement, • aii i d•foithe term
tihat if the Said Eutojio ffri t ls t,, i iiree.,y .
eats,
40 7_, te i
tern .
the J iathe ,
.. stnr_be7
to deliver good Inerg-Itantable cattle, when re-
.1 6a , 4 .. cii i e ..-
suirecl to do so, by this commissary, the con- 1 t!" 7 -
kncrease, escepting, saCh as may be.
t t 11.
%fem.
--1 4 0 W
..__.. 7 . . . ..; . . . . ---...
tenet is id tie Considered null aid:i•iclit , by the lost lit Any Way wl lie . c''T.; . and not for mint
,
said. Governor Fremont—be paving. ' Eulo .. of eare on toy. p r itt.l, I. etinsider. th e cattle as
jio de Celis. tell dollars. per head for..-tl until, the priatti property of Cols ,4. A- 3 . Fremont;
t
her, deliyered r 4 und it-is further:llnd ' ' stood ; 'not . being inStrueted by him to the cunt rttry.
that the bides .:of. the :slave 'tattle 'l, c to: be' .; "
.. lintre die *hod:N.:to he, &e'. , '' - '
aelivered ; 'Oa' ;lilpliention, to the . .,::: : Lia . j.:,a6lo .' • :.'' t: .• - AILIEV is STE A RNS
• t
de. celis,. to,. ,whom they, 'belong
. byingreei
'neut. : ; • • i . - --. --.
In-testimcink of the ahoy°, the- gaid 4 :partieA
have heretintn - , vet 'their- 'hands and :affixed
titeir'seahi, at the city - de: Los Anieles,_ the .
e'apitol,6( C:i)ifornia, the day_ aad ,}ear befpre .
written.
EtLOJIO - CELIBI
J. Q.
,• . •
• " grp'or-of(1170
,1 1 ,iie foregoing igteeinentlas the f 4
eiddrst: , .inent; the date of - which is min
as will be seen by reference' to Geyer'
•• '. • -
sons letter.,
I do hereby. cert'y' that. Don • En!
Cells his complied to the within : oh
and contract-on his part, .by delive •
nuinber l of Cattle as specified ; and
m
, • .. •
ent thereof, I have this diy execute
Cells my note. for the sum of six
ninelnntired and serentY-fire !lel
eluding the. hides of -the whole' n'
cattle. ! J; C. 'Fit
.. • . •
Lr ...
eutenant Colonel S
111 , 4;;ELos„ Ail! 2G, ,)§.17..
Taken alone, the abote document
nothing very significant,although loOlt-sOmewhatstrange, that the goti
should;le. bound to pa . ); cash' fur 1
which ;were to be returned.accordin,
terms 9f the aggreemerit.. :It, is
membcring also that on the day of
enti9n - cattle .contrae t, 'Fr
ied the following naver - ;'• ' '1
. No.;. Eight months .after . d '.....,5, J. C.
Fremont .governor of California, .-. tr.` , 4 it e relit
the-legs' agent of the government : the U.
States of North America, in &inside jLtion.,,of .
the sum of twotitousandfive hundret dollars
being borrowed ,or advanced to 'meJor the •
benefit of .the 'said government of the[l.7nited .
States; brEtilojii, de: Celia,herby pro iris and
oblige myself, in
,My . fiduciary.Cha acter as
governor aforesaid, and ray • sitecessOrs in of-
,
fice,-to pay to said Eulojio de .Celis l and his
1 -•
heirs, executors, L aa mipistra tom,- and ; Us'igns, :
the 'aforesaid .surn of two
.thousatici fire -bun
tired . dollars . without defalcatiOn. It is agreed
and Understood that if the aforesaid!: sun; Of.
'two thousand .fiveihundred dollars is keot
,paid
on or before matniity,:.it - is - rto -;fintki4.: interesi.
at the rate of two' per. • cent. per: rnOfith frotn
the tinie it fal/i - dne.. in tesilmunf : wb,ereor,
I have hereunto set my hand
- and have caused
the seal of the Territory to be affixed, at the
'hitv de los 'Angelei', the capitol of ClalifOrnia;
this 3d thy of Maid), in 'the year 1E47. ' - -
- . .)'• C. Fitr:luir - ~---
.
• ,
...Gorcrnor of C4iformi'a.•:-. - .
- .
'On the 2Gthof Apra, 1647, the . same day
that'Frement certified . that C.dis Bradretract, com
plied with his tract, lie executed' ine
kiDetrment... • r' .
o. 3. This is to certifp'tbat'there,is due
from the ,'.1:13itc....4.!5ia5&% to bon - Euloilo 'des
C-elis the tzum of six thou Sand nine hundred
and seventy , five dtillars, mi.necutinf of Sep.':
.pliewfurtdshedby him fur the t-übsisting tni
ted States tionpF in the service lit this Terri- .
tory and under My command. , The above
M111:1, for:wbich this giren,•shall
be subject to an int'erest•br two percent; per
month, after tbe expiratiou of • the term cf
eight months
. from the ..18th. of April, 1847,
until paid. , ;''-•;' C. Fausioxi, •
Lieut. Col. U. S. Army.
A. - sOztr.s, Califutuid, April 26,11347.
.
Thns tar the trinsne.tion might be explain:-
0 perhaps on' the iilppc*ition -of the -honesty,'
but bearing in mi that Fremont had
.eerti
•
Sed ()utile: 26th . Of.Apritthat the entife r ere
verA,'we t • trjme4o die .follow in tiro .
.ditionat documents: e: • - - -
• - a.
/Mare Teeeived from Don Eulojio de Cells
four hundred and eighty-One head of cattle
ork account of-Mr.l. C. Frtnont, Lieutenant
Ccilonel of the aril)). the' Coiyal States,
whiell cattle, exist int...possession.
Anzt. STEAnss.
A NGILLOSi Mny • 34 • 1 847.
F
I reeeii•ed. from Don .Etiiojlor de Celis
ono Imndred au*ropet6en - ,eaq.l 0r cattle on
account of: .Fremont; Lieut. Col, of
The army, Of the triliten_Staies. , , aud, acid eat:
tle remain in rnyi , posiession according to
ngrevmmt., -
Augeios, July 1, 8184
Weoome.noW to the full denouement of
this matter. Fremont left Califurnia in June,
1847, r.othing Was heard of the c;att,leby the
commissar; 'no't by:Pul : Mason, until ,api)lica
tiuu .cas made by, the. holder of the agree,
meta, to know Whether, the -atnou at would, be
pai,d at Maturity. This - elieited : -an inquiry
into the tharacter of the transaction. Cul:
J. D. Ste . pliensOil 'addressed two " letters to
Atel - Stearns, the reciiiient'of, the -cattle, in
quiring how he liehl them, and to whom they ;
helouged.. The flowing are his answers
'No. 7. 4 ' :
august 20, 1813.
Dedr Sir—ln reply to your. official letter
Stn I have the:he nor to acknowledge
the receipt of note - of the . 3.7th .
inst., with an extraet-of: an official letter to.
you from - Shernum, acting itsistant
adjutant general, requiring., - from me farther
information:relative to a contraet , by which
I hold:a certain Jot, of cattle received froth.
Don E. Cell's, for account of - Limit. W. I.
.C... Fremont, and 7 whether; I have a Written
'contract- or a verbal one ; if the' latter, to fur
nish you with the evidence to prove my right
to the trust. In answer'to which I hrive to
Observe that hold the' cattle by verbal 'con
tract : Witnesses to the :sam - e, Mr. Sanruel
flensly, Captain in the hite.Californid batml
ion, to-Whont I refir 2 you Particularly, lie
resides near Nueva Helvetia ; nlro, to Mid
shipman John K.' Wilson hnd Lieutenant A.
11. Gillevie, united" States marines. Both, I.
think, were present. and knoWing the.con
tract. As the above gentlemen - are - not here,
I cannot furnish you with \ their certificates
relative to the contract;
flowing
'portant
Or M -t-
I oji o de
ligation
int_► the
n pay.:
to said
ousantl
ars, in
ober of
ontains
t does
tnreent
to bides
to tL•e
orth
ta
pe exe-
To Col. - J..D. Sr.E.VastioN. •
(.7otnivanding 'SouthernMary District.
Can there be any' 'rational doubt on the
perusal of the above o ilici4l'piiperr, that Fre
mont iniended to make a ; , 1 . - ecti I.rit fordds
own benefit tie fziet 'that tf ' 9 G`l f
o
April, ~1.841',1 he • executed the obligation
marked No. 2, in:srMel the sum of ,73' is
added •to. the price agreed to be paid, 'being
a comperisatic.m for the hides of .the c'attle,
and this, too, hefore.a klitary cow had been,
delivered,_ shows that it was ncitiben the in
tention of Freinont that the cattle slsoald be
-used 'for the arthy;' • It'Sliows,that : the idea of
lerisinfr out. eattleon the sharesvratiorinere
-
ly ao after thought but•ii part of his original
design. But why . resort to such inferences
when - we.have.the'dainning-iitet, that instead
of e.attie ".suitable for beef' as named in the
original ecnitthet, " breeainvoovia" mare de
livered, ria:.l that, too, with the evident con
g4TTY.4.cti,of.-Petnentiti the fraud .
e Kee LI-
\Ve need do add t letter .
nritt....k.wa:-Iscint to 1.71,3 war De
. •
partnient, accompanied by the foregoing dot:-
utnents. : It is unnecessary to add that r at
tbetime'this information was sent.. Col. Ma
son, being Governor of 'California, was the
proper, per onto Make n report of such con
duct: - It.arrivol at, Washington city after
the c:ourt‘ruartial on. Cul. Freroont had, com
mt.;threil sittings. It is .impo , sible to•read
this letter and the collateral proof without
coming to Alio cchiclirslon that Colonel Ftv:
niont 'was guilty - of deliherate aticuipt to
defraud
. the Government which be repiesent•
11 , E.1110-fitiARTERS, TEETH I.IILITAItY DEP 7 MT
Monterey, California, Oct. 9, 1847,
• Sir.—l have the honor herewith to enclose
• •
to you the papers . 'elating. to a certain con
tract entered into on the 3d day of March
184704-- Lieutenant *Colonel Fremont, tnoun
'tea riflemitn, with a Don Eulojio de Celia
resident of Ciudad de lox Angeles, California.
The paper marked A if , -a copy of.thi,s con
tract,. with Lieutenant Colonel Fremont's
certificate, bearing-date April .29, 1847., that
the contract had been complied with on the
part of Don Etilojio de Celis, and that big
FreMont, bad executcd ; to him in ilayrnent
note/4114e 'sum of six thOusand nine!hund;
red and seventy-five
Lietitenant Colonel Fremont' left 'California
in the month ofJuue,.lB4•;, no'notiee
to GeneralKearney,Or myself" of. the E.-x*l
enee of such anontract,.or that he pledgidi
the faith of Lis government for th.e redeinp-1
Lion of it by the payment
. C 1 $0,975. : NMI
had I the least idea of this obligation, until l
applied to by Col. Stevenson, whether I
would recognize the contract, and : * redeern
•the bond at maturity. = This letter Was 11C
compapiea by others,. which show*, that in
fact, notwithstanding the iiertifleate-OrLieu
tenant Colonel Fremont, Mr.. Celis never de:-
liveied i to the cominissary otthe• California
• battalion pile single had 'of beef cattle un
der this contract, and that ..not, one of these
six lint4red bead of cattle was slaughtered
fur the use of thiit batfaliiin ; but, on the Con
• trary, that they . linve "been delivered to a Mr.
Sterns, ogaos ; Angeles, in two parcels; one
of (4ur hundred -and eighty-one," -an the first
day of May, Mid another of one biindied and
nineteen tin 'the sixth day of 'July, 1817, both
of which •datei . are: Subsequent' to the dis-
Charge California -battalion command
ed -by Lieutenant. Colonel J. C. Frettiont.--=
tier° is; ao- doubt that these' cattle - are•the
same sixdiundreci contracted -for by-Lieuten
ant Colonel - •:Frettiorrt''.ou the 31 of;March
1847. Mr. Celis stilted it positively in the
letter marked D ; and the 'receipts fur theta
by SfearirS, marked Band state
/hat he (Stearns)" receipts . for them in the
'name and order of Lieiitenant . Col, Fretrront.
nEL STri?kr.ss.
These ddiveries occurred at...a :iale tch.e.,a
* . glMSQnias_stationea. Los
. 4.win!liis4iotaol.,.ageat of the .conuniwiary
4.lopartmenta)rthe Army; Lieutenant<
-son ; to
,taite iir,e• of sob.tiiitCtic4:sfores' in;
tendet ; Set tUese. Caft e, fur,
nislied
bra format contract, are defiree4 to
a private individual upon a special
WI; ARE ALL EQUAL BEFOREGOD AND. TUB CONSTITUTION." -.4fampi Bacibignati.
•.
•
rue, =s . ls7acijattna Caunta, i/ljursair ctruilja, August,26,, 1050.
Mont
,
Cot. Pi SrEvEss'OY,
Commanding Southern' n . i3t. Cal.
No. 10
ANuELE.s, Sept. 20,18-17,
rnspectfullv,..
• "AnEL
.
.tnnt (as-te,.Stearns aass) to hreed shares!
for ti tcrtn . -Of three years.. I hat:e endeaveit.e4l
to iirociiie froth . M. Stearns' a ci3O`py .. of the
ngreernontlte'lms made . with Lieutenant Cut= 1
onel Fremont 'to hike care rof
Illslotter,i(maik e d 7 and 10) no'sitivelyl:astler
ted that he 'regattls there cattleasthe,pri%;ato
property, of Lie . utenant Colonel , Fremont, but
that the agrecnieint by which beholds - them,l
isa . verbal one, Witne!;:4l ht' a Mr: liensely
Lieutenant firilleSpie, - ofthol.Tinted States
\ Navy. Tilt's:stand the'fact, and 1
am tip
vled to; to know*' Whether paYineiit'
made upon the payer ' - maiked 2, which is a
certifitate. :that the mtm due to 1
,Celi4 fur sui)plie's furnished . the Califsr-. 1
nia battalion; which imPplies are: , clearly and
plainly thellot hittitued -breildiii g 'cows
t
now "in the Itan4a - aprivate ;indiilidnal; not ,
one of which-has
. - beenUsedlfor public pug- .
posts. This mkebe;Conitis - due on'tho' lath
dav . of-I)ccemb . er, 1.5 . 47; and - bears an interest
twenty-foUr per ctht tum anntiM, after
that -
In'--conneetion!with tlus•sultiect, I call your
attention to the paper Maiked 3; wherein
I,ientenatit Colon'elTreinout this rbkiund hrtn
selfand future Gewmors — of,California to pay
the sum of $2,0q0 th'e[cxpiration of-eight
months after Jbe;:dato 'Of March -3 . 164.7, Or
in default thereat, that the note shall •-bear.an
interest of. tWentY-fOur Per cent. per annum ;
this; too, when the acting assistant quarter
master ,nt Monterey had ;been' more than
ingutb in the Conn try, with a supply of mon
ey applienhio to-JhOproper expenses of to
army in California. . .
. (7-eh's states that it was pafilv to se- .
•
cure this loan of.,noner that Lieut.'Colonel
Fremont titn the Übemi . liarrain
for cattle; ivhfeh the price abOnt forty per
tenthigdier than , the marb.t .- pride •at the
time. Both of the ..e nofes'are soon dne, and.
Mr. 'Cells-is goitt to make application for
paymentots he!hints to liacq ful6le3 his pa . rt
of a eOntract `foti° the . rederaption' 'of Zchich
the good . faith of gOvernttent of the Uni
ted States is pledged officer thereof ;
but the wholetransilctien, as shown by the
docompanyinz pipers, appears . to me of such
a charader, that t sbalhnot order payment
of the money but refer all the'
paper's to the departamat, for such action as
they may; consiJei pro pt in the ease. •
I haVo
. - li. D. AIAON'..
. .
• - Votonel Drngyron., C 9 ln fusiruliug.
•ro vYD. li. J l2lt.i• - .
TICALeszt;AIITEUS 1 . 0 MI LIT A11 : 1: DEVAILT - 4£llT.
ONTF 47, c 51.41.., JUI7O 21, 1S 4.7,,
. Aclaimhas to, day: heen- presented ~to ine
against the I.:7,nitedi,St4tes, of so extraordinary
a nature that I deem it proper to send to you
for 'the information of the I)epartment.
You Fuceive that it is-for moneichor.:
rowed at an en'ormons:raic of interest byLieu.
tenant Colonel Fremont 'from one Antonio
.Toe. Cot, and, too,;in‘tW, (dharucter)
of "governor"' of California,". when he knew
that General Kearney,.- his .superior and com
snanding officer, was.here- iti the conntry.
In the Fame manner,.the . Lieutenant :Col,
one.] eraveorders and caused the collector of
customs at San Pedro to receive in paynsent
Of custotn-houses dues, a darze amount--say
about one thow , and seven hundred dollars—
of depreciated paper siined by-individuals :
in no way re4pipzedole to the goverumen. - •
The object I now:in - we in view ik he 're
quest that Lieutenant . Coldnel Fremo► :tnay
be reprired.tO refund - .iminediately:the seven
teen hundred dollarsthat The treasury of Cal,
iforida has thus lost by his illegal order.
-.' I am, d:u., '.. it. B. MASON. •
. . Cot. Ist Drarroons CoMandin , "
m.
ToG6ner;ll - Jt.*Jones..
0.
'1141j; ,Gen. U. S. •.,11 . toy, Wasliing,fon. city; .
Trauslationof ilie or ir,ins ol e tiantioq jirrn
Ly Tremont to. Col, ai!ci Wow. jiie. 'tlit
Deicatmcnt.
ANGT:rg, February - 4, 1847
,
I the uatit.signed imeentor. of - California .
for the United States of North America; se
knowledge.thate ",liave revived " from "Don
Antonia Jove Cotonerehani of ty, two
thousand dollars in hard e;isli, _which he has
furnished this goverunient for the pUblie.ser
vice. And I bind tnvsclf, in the 11111130 of the
United States Government, to return the,said
sum within the. tertn'tif two - months from this
datelpalitr , for. - intereSt thee " - per cent: per
month, or - one hundred .twenty ao)liirs:..lint
if, at the expir;itioc, or this. term;. the Govern
ment should see lit still- to make use of these
two thOnsand dollars; 'Nfr: Cot agrees that
the intereseshall run_ for few mbralislonger
at two per cent.: per moutb,,or. of one . bun
d red and sixty dollars for four months. '. And
for the full/Intent of what has been stipulated,
I bind myself, as gareor of California.
:For $2,000,
!t. Febitar 10, 11817.
I. have further moreteceived from the said
Mr. Co the sum of oee. thoustind.i'4lollars in
- 7!
the tetras expressed. shave. .
.1
For 61,P00
Th e w ! )tdGorqr.or is italiciztl by.us, anti
needs no further comment.--,, From the first
invasion of •CitWornin : bi th© TAtileric . ati 1
trcTops,.:t larp,3 voition'ot the ' lending citizens
4 . ;1'
.Cal ifornia among . 10i6m1 'may , mention .
„I. Den 'll'etliti' ~ Ciiirillo' to..lrOrena Cot, nu' d
Celii%Veicorneti our iitiops. with,*penarm - 4i
and iilliogly .furnisl* , material aid' in es
itabrialling the sopremiley..pP'pur 'lla it the
El Dorado of the \Ve ' TC'e4insilquenCeF;,r
~their gy in riAthy ~i ti , ow . su - c,ci, ;any ,outf,prp 7i
forsin
.9 . t6te the sgeots' cf our government,
could bavo Obtained Ole last.dollar that tiny
•
of those gentlemen possessed ; hencethefaCil,
ity by which " enabled to,
borrow this.tind other 'sinus, mot
s,
, i
_ , . f
divduals. •
The chiiin Of Pon Cot was, ot ,t4lowedfby
the Tt . asitry.De.,uarturout,.anciit was present-,
ei.i. to the .army treard, - ' . orgairl zed' r:titidei , : the,
la section of I ,ffie , apPropririthini - act - 0043d,
August 185 4 2,, , wh0.-On the 1 1 .0.11- of Janrit4,.
1854, recommended the allowance in full,With,
two hundred and:W(l9llmi Additional for
faur mentlis'.. interest at, two -per .cent. per
month. Cori viess havinm made the..necessit-..
ry appropriations ; _ the claim iwai.allowed
the: accounting oflicers Orthe:TreasUrr °tribe.
.31st. October. 1854, and wh.siia on a poWer.
't.tattorney - froth the'COt
.to.,Cortcoran ; and
lliggs, into vrhoso hands. the :claim, bad
. pas,
sed.
• • -.
The ,boarT . , was , , inducedl- io allow, . the,
,
churn, not on account of itslegality,.but fro . m,,
the fact that. Don Cut 1014cll the money be
liainethat it waS for the nse.of the. gown
! meat of the Vatted States, Una the board
thought it unjastAliat should - be the vie:-
tim of his Ovid prittiotisro;iliough :he • must
doubt W.s . have Snfli.*eti loss in
having"it-discounted. : -Colonel Fremont was
I called upon.; but being untoflting or unable
(or at least neglecting - to do So) to show /MT
the , money borrowed- by hiril teas applied
to the service of the,government,it CliArg •
ell to him npen'tic beokS , Of 'the department,
and has remained wholly truacconnted-lortiy.
up.i,o this On 30th.of,lanu
ary, 185 G, a. claim .was allowed Col. Fremont
_
by the *eretary. of.the Tro.asuryi and it ,was
placed . to his,credit upon thelbefore.mention
-odebt against him, which ~being deduCted,
lea've a balmice . -01. ;•:;l,Ut; 51. :of the t 3,0.00
,(Ind interest) still unaccounted for and stand
ing agaiost.tlie:"gallael.rs Candid:lt e for Pres
id,ent on the books of the : Department. It
is more than prol4la that the story current
in California will aebount :for tihe'4li.ibitrser
ent•or the money• liOrraired . , of Don - Cot,
-which is, that it. went tO\pay:for :the Celebra
ted 'humbug "Mariposa "chitty,'? Of and about
. •
j which so inuch - h'as been isaid . and - written
within the past four months. i - •
I • JD]
J. C. FREMONT.
The undersigned certifies that tlhe gOvernOr
:tied the 'commandant of-this Territor‘y, Nfr. S.
Fremont; finding Itirnself altort.ofres'eurces
fur tliesupportiortlfe - arliied' force WhiciOn
der. bh.4 cotrimand,C.O-oPerateateWard . the . pa~
eiteittiOn of tli`O Onn . tiy, tolicitod from cnri =
..
.iltifArtk
ted ; 'arta the' undersigned 'haVing been' 're.-
quested, throtigl.(the
Fltigge, to furnish firovisions and ghsb,the
. cOmpanying contract took place,. the e - Ab
.
avlng.been delivered immediately, - without
interst, for the tern) of eight inOnths,:an4 . the
Cattle were to be deliVeretf When lbey'iniglit.
•
be' wanted ;- being tinder, oat m
teeing of payment should run on from the
day of the eontraCt,.ott' s nenOnnt-di-`thei.'6attle.
being: movable prioperti
bd nsumeif• ni tWe or three'rnOrithii•aiiA be
nidea-, Was ritignientini daily ; , -•it
sistinr, 'of cows. -!.,lt s 'll4:Yl,v:is - e' 'added 'that
ihe-conttact - wan'OOini)ll6l 'With" on the part
the - deelaratit'to the sntisftctioit
error," who, not having time to consiinCesniir
cattle on account of hiving received 'a'nUPer:••
for order to deliver' - command and
tilt; force, he ordered cattle_ to be
detiverqf •to 'kr. Abel Siearns,rtslonderstand
iu the ,quality desposite, until the gov
ernment should iliap se of them.
F . LOJIIj- Dt . CELIS.
A.xGELOs, 4 . uly 847.- •
Accotnpanyint, the. aboic document :are"
the - letters . and . Certificates . ..of Si
verison,: . colonel . COMmandiiii the' stitherti'
military-district 'of California: Dr. FOS . --
ter, at ImsentAfaybr of Los Ange .
Davidson,. lientonarit tinited . States'arm . V . ;
A. J. Smith;- lieutenant" Ise' 'dragoons; A.V.
G. "Sherman; Rd 'number of
others, all tending to - -Ci.priototaterifid
lisp the authenticity of the .papers .- I'
outit on account of the'spanethe:i. - ivould oc
cupy. That - there. is eviiletii.:e ofintention On.
the part .of the 4 Govrnoi,"::,' or - Lieutenant
Colonel Fremont to defralid the' . .vvOrtiretecit
must be clear to"everk
who reads the'eliardei, and% ;the oyiniori
strengthened when it I. known that . ttie char- .
gut were 'known to Colonel—no; "finveince .
Fremont, and Le -has never . itiadririny' effort
to
.disproVt3 theth. itrdeiss there was a Con: ,
sciousuessof,gnilt, and Would not . any
'titfu:d, however hutuble',.inive made an efitSrt„
to explain or disprove rho etnirges The on
ly Ctt,rtion the part of GO G'er4:7/ Fiemout.
that I,Vver helm] of, wv threats,in•Washin4:,
ton city to kill GoveynOr 'lasOn in ..Galifornia
who,iu laVityr the riots before the.,departnent,
was merely pt!rfortning. a Aliitry,,which . as. an.
Ofiiiierof tloa govereqi9nt, he i has .sworn to,
'perform." 2 • • . :
As "Governor" - Fremont. is the candidate
for the WI:co( Prosilleuvof the United Status:
lus , ofhemal nuts ,are public prOperty if riteiit; , .
Mioui, they eliald:.be reveardCa','nfid
-'cieditable they should he 'made in
tend to furnish additional proofs of_' the akin
of the "Governor" in financial
I fear they ~t vill : oaly : give.hitxt, add ti On at eclat
10.1dec: . (Fo a l. 0(
Ohio,) latel.Y.Liaaaled in . :a--speadh that ‘tis - caso.
of a divisioaottis !mild - steal
. 411 toe it41,;*.5 .. .. in the':.Sotitli.° 'f- 1 1. 7 1mt; Vein*
a cardinal.virtuo;with-them;Of" course proofs
Vrfrauil on ' O6 - Pan. of ibeir 04naitiate would
only elevate him in their estimation.
At the
. (1:4 of the 'ciper . atiotis of Colond
Frentont,lirigadier 4etteral:gtiarlierVia4ltd
only incognired -Governor t'aftlalifornilP—:thitt
is Ity the 1/epartment altWashington7
- Geo. Kearney.: arteatedi:Col. Fritintatt' in
August.; and he was artaignettbefbm 610 rt.-
martitili composed ,1 of - th 4 ableSt `tznlrceirtv in
the, United Statei',armyl. on thh 7th SOlltion
ber, .1847,: at :Washington citi t lo r tinswer:the
followiag °barges 't,--11a,
cations. CU. Disobedience of that ; lawful
comuutodi : of.his superior officers —4 ipecifi-.
cations::, - ,3tie C,onduct.to the s•prejuilice of
goo" order and Artilitniry - 411seipiiftd".4 81;oicin
fwationrc . The court cut 'the 31st orJECnita7,
1848,fetuni Col. Fremont guilty oft-etteli
the charges, find, every one of the speaitca
tions„ Eho-l6tltr fehicuary,-. 1848; Nisi.'
dent liarsuance of"the fir;di of .the
.C.Ourt-intutial; FreniOnt: the
2servio., The charges made by. General Ma
soni4he auccestior fifiattiney' s , were rec'eßed
too lute,'Or thero would 'have hben a fourth
and a fifth charge ; Tot' rand. mid '''pecithifiCrt.
A fitting subject:for:a PreSideni ! s '
CALIFORNIAN
W. , 41 4 111,1N0T0N, Juty,-4856.. ;,11
B. —By referent* "to 'eiecutlin Dtieu
meats, Ist session-31st- bongressi tin'cl
1850, volume Document - N0."17, Jinties
329 and 330,ancipegee 8 - 68' toB73 , inelusive,'
it will be swim that the--clottges cotititinettin
the above articles wore roliorte.(l teihellOnse
of Representatives on the3lstJantoy, 1860,
.byTresident Z.. - Taylor, in answer. to atiso
lotion of the Muse of . the: 31st 'Deieinber,
1841 E,. - .
1.1 #r*FSli - Erall" 019
. ' riff LIFE
Old ..I.B7.lTES3r.lit
• J,A4+IE,S,I.II4O.II4ISTAK
.:W ,born '• .
"Ike 2,2 d cy"
, Stony
On the East.exq slope, of Alie.Alleghsttips.,
05,
Ile:enteretl.Dipkinson
LftkftraduAtea with Distinguislixt Honor
In. 1800.
The same
,year = -
lle commenced the Ftudy.of and, ,was
adinitted to the ittr)Norenther 17, 1812.
- • . fliF,cairer in Alla
Profesip rs, vas. a scries of .su&esalivei
..yittumpus. .
In 1514. ; • :•
lie made a •poworfat speech• in favor of a'.-
ilroserut;oa.of the-war with .
Great Britain,.
- .
iS f nldier -
, . . thei Ranks
\ T \ gE AM.EItICAN ARNIVIA t.
, ~! - October, 1814;•
lle ivas elected Member of the = '
'Perirt.syle . ania Tegisttilisre,` • = 4 ;-
Where- be declared tho. Invading—
emy must be driven, froia our ohcires;f
proolaitnedliitris-elf in facor - Of
. :The r'igh6t 01 .
=TIFF NATURALIg.II CIfiIZEN,•• - •
•, ) 1, - nprtiatOd , to
..7 1 4ke proseriptio* Offinviatneri:
• , Ontiyber,llBls-.•
110 yas - again •elected to,the'kns; [atom:
• - •••., • 1820
.;., ire. was elected to •Congriss3t
Ile was:reelected for five 'successive .lermq.
I
.TEN YEARS. IN cONGR,ESS,
Ile immortalized himself by hik eloquence;:
and made gm World: acknowledge
him
h STATESMAN.
-- In 1822
Ile spoke. in favor of Idilintry Appropriations;
Against the line .; in - support or. the:
Taritr; - nilprcielannedlhimatif sed;.'
tionatiqw; aid. a lisp,resentatiCe neithli! Of the
East,. nor of the West, 'nor of the North;', xor
• .tiiiiMitb;
Bu`i~'ar tic cpuqtry.,
IR.IS
II :spoke in favo.rqf the Ntamara tinffeters; it%
the Wai'o f 1S 12, an4l for the Presidency pro-.
rintn'Ced liitnself croplukti'cally for . Andiew
lickson.
In IEOS • \•.
tie analyimd the Judiciary System, ,
And sPnlie in favnr of
ThiTuirepeCdence of the South Atnericau,
States,
•18 )ti
. . •
• •• • . . . .
po'leelared in con; res.: that Split "should.
cedo to no fn)ye.fatinent .bttt that of-thl4l.lttitett
_sSiatoi
The lilaaid of Cabo,
And inatle n trinuiph . gfldteli in . - stipport nt
Ponsionii foi`T!..'ovototiOrittiv Roftliers,
hi-:11128
lie took 21494405iti0u in
-
Ftttior citrelrenchmext ?national eipen.te.ft.
in ` l B3o`
. •-
Ile made his pt:uremia speceh be the Ti n
peici . lgneut of
. 1 zJge, ec y,te lea,
_tbe,rights the the Puhlio_Diete.,
• - In 1831
Ire I,Nlluntatily retired from `Can
" In -`-
Proident Jackson appoin* him
MINISTEIt. 1'01418,9'A,
NVhereAto nucceeded in'snaki)ag 1 11001
portant Cotriinereini Trent,y4
Th'isao 2
111 was-c4ittetil , to,
To , 1 4e; . : Ogled s44lea-Sentik4=
lie Cook his seafi arid
'ea French Reprisals, tieelareci
aot only assert our rights, but maintain them.•
ILI 1833-4
'4
i
-::•.'-'
/
-'._.y
=ME/
MX=MICI
',;-:,--..,;,_ ''-',--:--- _;',':.....-;:i,-...,;.-_::,:--;.s,,,-; ; ::: : ,-,..:-: , :,;g-, , ,,,,..--,..., ,, _ ,
• - -thitiont-'l3'=----Suittitttitt-'
P'
came at
:-;,- •
T-4
titXXIX,DEPENDENaE. -
He plead in behalf , of tilev*tiffereri b.+ 4,
great fire larNeisr York :''''bia - orica Ake poljek l
of the great Jaekrion in cespieet to Our , rela 4- .. ;
tions withTirFreel arliii - eatedl-ihe admission
irite the, Trains/ of litiohigan ,andAtluiusa
TO BE A. STATES -RIGHTS-VAN 14-1
lie l en .
took bold grOindip, fa'sor of,,Ore Eirpun..
ging IlesOlntions of .C:olmitel, li(inton deelar
ing Andrew :Liaison '6 . i*';§iiviOr of the Lib-;
•
ernes Of oar
Ile took strong - irnand. in support of
s.l4.,2:re f y
And in 1.4 speech upon our Relations- iritir
rillired that .ientenee 'which will
be, 4citirnortAtiti oar history :
VCR . RIGHTS,
BUT NOT .A
In 1 838
1 e' iva ale rareilot ileforkiat of Prn-Emption
Eigtdar against the - Tyramii , of-lstid4
Monopolists.
- •
In-.1889j
He delivered -his nreat•speneh on 663' 1 100.P
pendent Treasurt; in 'which he So ifohly
' . di - eated the'rrehts of Tabor and dedlared
"TIINT COUNTRY IS MOST PROSPER=
CPCS LABOR-COMMANDS
- GREATEST. REWARD."
In 1840 • - _
His celebratect,reply4o-tabby and . ..Archer .on
-;- the 1 isell3atik
2 rt -
-In" 1841."
Ile:tfet i yore(' lite tinted ititie Mc-
Leod on Internatiool Lam. n
:isg
• ,
lie. pronounced his I.49roiiglt 11.401*.taaoliko
•. 2 opinion, in, the Veto
Efe opno§:Q.4 the condut, of! pnnio..Webetei ix)
J •
-The ..dslibtriton and Wf?l,ster .
- ,
111e.t66 1 i peountory in:.4ufor ot:odr
settlements on. the Paeifiel; For -the TerTi,tOrinl
gre,w: th ; of : Orcgon, tindlo! : 2.4nesatiolic •or
•
• - • - , c
By
thn tl.!lriee of Audrey,. janksonicrpatti*D.t.
, P(. 4l lez eßpoint44.ll.4ol
SECITTARY:OF - -
Whiiejtt this; Important : potiti* 'he . settled
.Z#l- Oregon. Ppondaryi _ ;
the negoti'n'tions which tainiti3 iii
•
tke -
6 n2 11 €4
And in , his negotiations
.: Iwit,h',tinglatd, de-.
clared,that-^ nattaraliz4.4.. Amettean ,Citizens
.were entitled tO the same protection as net
- . tive born Citizens'; protected the
Patriots...cf . : the _lrish, Reamlvtiolt of t 847 ;,.
And left the State .Departraent. - wjilt
the ihighest:evislenee[ofids wisd am.
. -In 1840: ' •
lie retired to prezate life— -
• in 185 i.:
i4l9lti Pierce. sippointed,
• IiII.NISTER TO ENGLAND,,
\There, by his eoniutnete 'lhility,Aie diplo
matic fact, and . his sagacious-foresight,
laid the foundatien for the -settlement ; of ; all;
our d iffiehlties with, England.
Mali 1 85 0 v:
returned from Europeiviii-welcoma
A GraieftilNatien- -
Wirth tlitilteartfett appl a use 41114 tis career- -
"! ) r9Pil itAll*Eited ,
In June, 1856,
r \ l'4°t tr
aniFlous voice a • , •:'
RFI"-' err i ta ) fro") ov:trYe9YlltYfir) theg•S'`._
-• .
t,...,, , VP*" I : l 4dalform it5 , ; .. .. , ..-:. , - . -,.....
BROAD A TIZEB CONBIITEITION., ~
. • As .IST:alio 1 •0# Ile ,0. lion,
-, ~ t :iv :. .t...tek ~ te4 ~-, ,• .- . fr., ,
.•”. ~
The -Prri?or PoY\Pl . , ll "4mAlitlf- --,-, •
Ttk° cunfident ottho Sag(Xf 1 ;0 Ririiiitsgef'
The Statetindia, \....,- .1
•
. : NV,b9se public 'services nuilte,tiklho- , -
.. -... 014- . - :,-:,' ,-•- ...
t.iVOidglialf et Ce5410*:`,:. , .. \ ,‘," . ~
\
' 43 a :C 41014,1449 *f ; 116. - I) .4kki* l 4Y -- c . loic.' °
Pmsidertey pf tlie4, : . t " kStntili,T - , ",. •
\
On tile 4tli . of-,,`" -; - :41); ,- ;' , ' -,
nii-w ILL_ pEtis , -
_,: : i;. i‘Th . t) --i ,
, , fititilly:` , -4::= - 1 c: 7 ` :: - " :`• :
Bis Political it;liut. a. tiit4iteriiett* Tiri*nier'
: Lifo, in, willek-.•'• - - '''..:
.1 . Bts; - Cliristiim,aridtto,- '-_ -.
!lisEvery thtildenovolence., ' - -, '
• ~!,,- , -and ,Itis -
,Neightorbood Ong-ides,. , _ ,
- ' llfive made him tlici ..
, IDOL OF.ILIS:Romt` -
TLIE ORNANiENT OF ' lIIS-111 , TIGION' t '
".- ' The Proililte. .Prientikgr, . :- •
• ' 'illF: CBOIPE 0,1:.7 TirE NATION I
i, . - • - _..._ 7. _...1. • . -
compusn.inAtnr.:--itidiyig one of trio;.
Eighth Areava railroad -Oars tvday- or . two
slut e, a : lady got in, and t ,pry sitting ditiVa,tlo)
fringe Or be/6liaai bocam.faatelo'..o..
of:'t buttOrai overcoat. . - = y ,...::.
I,ltitnada'iia'efltretO' 'extricate
the connecOotrytaatoo7:intiiaatei - iddjitfgay47 - '
„turnea
eyots. 14 !1-r9awk i ttea,trw,
I,llltiltuy haAariak,4l6o , !
"Abound:Able," ikpoodt telatitaustko.i
not taken aback, 1., miter. aolinit irj;:sitnitar.
forbearance ! you mum, Aar Irik
MTIM
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