War of 1812 Discharge Certificates A. According to your judgment, from what you saw, was not the captain greatly changed in his manner and conduct after these communications were made to him? Clearly, Kearny retained the battle area, the ability to operate and maneuver, and also the initiative, though his losses were significantly higher; however, he did not implement his battle plan, his ammunition was compromised, and he outran his artillery and support. Kearny had already determined the night before (December 9) to continue the march the next morning. A. MR. JERVIS. Pico's mounted force remained ahead of the pursuing U.S. forces. JURY. [57] That evening, Captain Turner, established a strong defensive perimeter and then sent dispatches requesting urgent reinforcements, carried to Commodore Stockton by "Alexis Godey, Thomas Burgess, and one other. MR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, with MESSRS. BODKIN and CLARKE, conducted the Prosecution. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Was any reason given by the captain for that? I was cook on board this vessel. In 1752, a deed was Q. Marti, Werner H. (1960) "Messenger of Destiny. Q. I never made any communication to the captain of anything I had heard any of the crew say, I am sure of thatI did not tell the captain that I had heard any of the crew say if he did not make the island of Ascension next day he would no longer be captain, nothing of the kind; nor that I had heard any of the crew say they would take the ship to Americaon the night Rason died I was aftI saw Rason go down into the cabinI cannot say what time that wasit was at nightI afterwards lent a hand to bring the body upthere were four or five of usthe captain was there at the timewhen I first saw the body it was lying on the cabin floor, close to the pantry, outside the cabin, close to the stairsthe captain was standing over the body with a cutlass in his handI saw him lay the point of the cutlass on the bodyI cannot say what he saidI took the body up by French's ordershe was on the poopI saw two stabs in the left breast. Q. He was twice elected to the House of Burgesses, in Johnston, Abraham-1st Dragoon Staff officer, CPT. WebThe court upheld the bishop, but could not prevent a mass defection from St Paul s. House built for George and Esther Johnston on their grant near the present intersection of I did not mean that!". WebLieutenant-Colonel George Johnston (19 March 1764 5 January 1823) was a British military officer who served as Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, Australia after Cross-examined. [46], A dragoon patrol under Lieutenant Thomas C. Hammond, guided by Rafael Machado, the son of Don Jos Manuel Machado (grantee of Rancho El Rosario and sent by the Machado family to assist Kearny), reconnoitered Capt. Were you forward on that night before Rambert went overboard? R. FRENCH. WebDeath: June 05, 1901 (52) Echuca, Victoria, Australia. married Agnes/Nancy Wilson 16 Dec 1839 at Boardmills Prebyterian Church ; father of William b. Because I had heard that French had told the captain that I was going to secure him in the lower forecastle and murder himon that evening the captain, the two mates, the carpenter, and the two apprentices, came on deck togetherthey were not armed when we came on the poopthe captain said that Rason had forsworn his life awayRason said he had notthe captain did not say anything to any of the other menhe then ordered us off the poop, Rason, Cone, Lee, and myselfwe wenton that the captain took up his cutlass and cut Rason on the shoulder, as he was going off the poopthe three men were put in irons about half an hour afterwardsRason was bleeding at the timethey remained in irons three daysthey were first placed on the main hatch for two days, and the night before Rambert's death, Rason and Lee were put on the main-top, with shackles round their necks, and Cone was placed in the mizen-topthat was about seven o'clock in the eveningthey remained there until after Rambert had gone overboard, which was about four o'clock next morningthey were then brought down and releasedbetween that time and Rason's death, everything was quite quiet on board the shipI remember, on the night of Rason's death, his being sent for to the cabinI cannot say whether he was sent for more than oncethat was about a quarter past twelve o'clock at nightI was in the pantry when he came into the cabinI could see into the cabin from the pantrythe cabin door was left open, and I could hear what was saidthere is a door to the cabin, and a passage between the cabin and pantry about three feet widethere is a door to the pantry to shut it off from the cabinboth the doors were openthe first thing I saw when Rason came down was, the captain took him and hove him about the cabinI did not observe whether the captain had anything in his hand at that timehe said to Rason that he would have his lifeRason begged for mercythe captain said he would have none on himI did not see the captain do anything, but I heard a noise as if the captain was striking the bayonet into his. Q. Revolutionary War Militia Q. At this time Captain Johnston was killed by a bullet. [55], Summarizing the battle, historian Owen Coy writes: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, The Americans fought bravely against heavy odds, for their mules were unmanageable, and their sabers too short to cope effectively with the long California lances. Gillespie used a sabre to fight off a vicious personal attack made by a group of lancers in revenge for his previous actions during his occupation of Los Angeles and the broken agreement to cease hostilities. PARTIAL LIST OF TEXAS RANGER COMPANY ALEXANDER SINCLAIR. cannot say whether it was in the day or night timeit it so long since I really forget. Grose 28 May 1793 26 August 1846 Annandale, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [8] Kearny's force, guided by Carson, reached Warner's Ranch in California on 2 Dec., in a greatly weakened condition. Kearny's initial force consisted of 300 regular army soldiers, 1,000 volunteers from Missouri, and the Mormon Battalion. The Battle of San Pasqual, also spelled San Pascual, was a military encounter that occurred during the MexicanAmerican War in what is now the San Pasqual Valley community of the city of San Diego, California. Q. JERVIS.) Q. He frequently told me he expected his chronometers were wrong, and he was out of his longitudehe asked the crew if they were agreeable to run into the island of Ascension, and they were agreeablethat would be a six days' run from where we were, on an averageour provisions and water were in a very low state indeed, when we missed St. Helena, and our allowance of water then was a quart a-day, (the usual allowance is from six pints to a gallon,) I was laid up ill, and did not hear the crew murmur about the short allowance, but I heard remarks made that the captain had some private reason for passing St. Helenahe did not succeed in making Ascension island, and he called the first and second mate down into the cabin, and consulted them whether it was best still to try to get to Ascension, or proceed on the voyageit was agreed we should proceedthis was about the 19th or 20th of Sept.(looking at the log)a day on board ship begins at noonI occasionally acted as clerk. A. Cross-examined by MR. JARVIS. Lieut. George Johnston found in. A. Emory, W. H., Brevet Major; Calvin, Ross, Ph.D. (Introduction and notes). CPT Abraham Robinson Johnston [6]:188[38], Having lost the element of surprise, at midnight Kearny ordered an immediate advance from his camp nine miles away. MR. BODKIN. The large landed estates were held by the upper social class who leased the property to tenants throughout Ireland. HENRY JAMES STEVENS . To the best of my knowledge that was the same night that they were first in ironsthe anchor shackles were put on the neck of each of themthe legs of each were ironed with bilboes, and they were hawled up into the tops by ropesour anchor shackle weighs fifty or sixty poundsthey remained in the tops till after Rambert's death, and were then released, and returned to their duty in the shipthings went on quietly after that, till we arrived off FayalI went on shore with the captain thereRason, Lee, and Cone, were part of the boat's crew, who went on shoreI remained with the boatI do not know the British consulI saw a gentleman come to the boat with the captainI thought the captain was rather intoxicated when he returned to the shipMars was at that time acting as first-matewe remained off Fayal till next daywe did not anchor, but it was very calmabout two days after we left Fayal, Rason was sent for into the cabinthe captain had been drinking a good deal, and was rather intoxicatedbefore Rason was sent for the captain said, "There is one son of a bh who has not been examined yet," and desired Morris (who had been ill the greater part of the passage) to be sent forwhen Morris came, the captain asked him if he had heard anything, any plot laid against his life, or something to that effectMorris said he did nothe said he had heard Rason and Cone say, when they arrived in London, they would have law from the captain for what he had doneRason was then called into the cabinhe was sent on deck, and called down againI was in the cabin each time that he came downthe first time that he came the captain said that he would have his law to-night; "It is my day to-night, and yours to-morrow; I will give you law, you son of a bh," and he cut him two or three times with a cutlass about the headafter that he was sent on deckthis was the beginning of the night, about seven or eight o'clock; and between twelve and one he was sent for againI was in the cabin when he came down, and the captain began pitching him about, and striking him with the cutlasshe sat on the sofa sometimesthe captain had been speaking to him about what Morris had said, but I cannot recollect whether that was the second time that he came downhe hit him about two or three times with the cutlass, then put the cutlass down, and took the bayonet in his handwhen he first came down the second time he began cursing and swearing at him and cutting him with the cutlassRason asked him to spare him, both before and after he had cut him with. MR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. of my own out of Mrs. Blewitt's boxshe charged me with stealing itthe officer asked whether the money belonged to meshe said, "Yes," and I was dismissed. The Lancers wished to trade "four Americans whom [they] wished to exchange for four Californians. No, I can notI was busy at work shifting the sailsI did not examine the body at that timeI did shortly after. There was nothing very particular to complain ofRambert, the mate, treated them unkindly, but the captain did notbefore the statement of Yelverton to the captain he conducted himself quietly and temperatelyhe appeared to look after the interest of the owner and the interest of the ship as far as I saw, he was quiet and steadythe cargo was most valuablethe men grumbled about this time on account of the provisionswe were on short allowanceshortly after this communication from Yelverton I saw a difference in the captain's mannerhe appeared very anxious, excitable, and nervous after that communicationhe armed himself immediately after he heard that from Yelverton. Did you not tell the captain, in Spence's presence, that if you did not reach Ascension the following morning he would be a dead man? Contrary to expectation, Johnston was by no means liberal in granting favours and land, though shortly before being relieved by Colonel Joseph Foveaux on 28 July 1808, he gave his son George a conditional grant of 2000 acres (809 ha), later withdrawn by Governor Macquarie, at Emu Island on the River Nepean. The main players - Macarthur, Bligh and Johnston It consisted of a mixed force of Army dragoons, Navy sailors, Marines, volunteers and artillery. Johnston What did you tell the captain? ", San Pasqual Valley, San Diego, California, San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park, "San Pasqual Battlefield Site Location Project", "California and the Mexican War: The Battle of San Pasqual", "Get a Look at the Mighty Pacific: Thomas Swords Dragoon Quartermaster", "Commodore Stockton's Report on the War in California", "VIVA LOS CALIFORNIOS! [6]:188, As the leading element of the U.S. force's attack drew close to a Kumeyaay village, the Californios wheeled back and fired their few firearms. Q. Q. MR. JARVIS. "we dare not move, for he was grinding his teeth, and pointing the bayonet to us, and swearing he would stab Rasonwe dare not give an alarmhe was very wild, stamping through the roomafter he had pitched him with his left hand he stamped about and went to him againhe looked very wildI examined Rason's body afterwards, and saw two wounds plainlyI and Cordeviola examined the body together, and saw two distinct wounds on the left breastthey were not far from each other, about half a finger's breadthI dare say they bled for five minutesI saw Cordeviola open the shirt to stop the bloodthe blood came out a littlethey were stuffing cotton into itI did not hear lint called forthe captain was in the cabin at this time, he stopped there till the body was taken awayto the best of my recollection, till it was taken to the cabin stairshe was drinkingthe body remained in the room an hour or two before it was removed, and the captain was sitting there the whole time drinkingSpence and Dunn were with himFrench came down sometimesI was there drinking sometimes, while the body lay there, sometimes drinking and sometimes speaking about it, for two hoursI am sure of thatSpence came down a short time after Rason was stabbed, and remained thereCordeviola was sitting there drinking when the captain asked himthey were not drinking for two hoursI think Cordeviola stopped there while the body was thereI cannot say who helped to move the body, I think Dunn helpedhe must have been present when the captain came with his cutlass and stabbed the body againI do not recollect seeing Cordeviola thereI recollect seeing Tucker there, and think Spence was in the after cabinI should say five or six of the crew were thereI heard him ask to send five or six men down to take the bodyI was sitting on the looker when I saw the captain stab the bodyFrench, Tucker, and Dunn were thereDunn was standing nearall the crew were on the stairsI think Spence was in the cabin with methe captain stabbed the body with the bayonet. Lieutenant William H. Warner Corps of Topographical Engineers, Second Lieutenant Thomas (Tom) C. Hammond . Coy, Owen C, PHD, Director. The Church and the Mexican-American War | Religious Mules are reluctant to wheel, and the horse-mounted Californios outflanked the Americans and captured one of the unattended howitzers. A. or learn more. John George (Royal Navy officer) - Wikipedia he said to Mars, "See what you have brought the man to"that was all he saidthe occurrence between the captain and the mate, on the poop, was about four or five days before we spoke the French barque, the day we were off AscensionI knew that the water and bread was very abortwe had as much as could properly be allowed us. A. Yesit was a Mrs. Blewitta charge was made against me for living with that womanit was not soI did not live with her on board the shipI do not live with her nowI did when I arrived in EnglandI went and lived in lodgings with herI was not taken up for robbing herI was never taken up on any charge before a MagistrateI went down to the Thames police of my own accord, with her and a policemanshe made a charge against me at the stationI did not go before a MagistrateI and Mrs. Blewitt, and a policeman, went together, before one of the officers at the Thames Police-officeI was taken there for taking 20l. MR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. I was rather better than eighteen months in the cuddy acting as stewardI remember Rason's deathI saw him go down into the cabin about twelve o'clock on the night of his deathI only saw him go down onceI was in the passage where the pantry ishe did not pass me to go into the cabinI was at the door of the pantryyou go down some stairs, as if going to the cabinyou turn to the right to the pantry, and to the left to go into the after cabinI saw Rason go into the cabinI could see the captain in the cabin at the timeI did not notice anybody whom I. now rememberI never saw Rason alive after he went into the cabinI continued at the door of the pantry all the time Rason was in the cabinafter Rason had gone in I heard him cry out for the captain to have mercy upon himI heard the captain say he would never leave him to have the laws of his countryI heard nothing else said by either at that timeabout a quarter of an hour after Rason had gone in, the captain called to me for a bayonet, and I went inthat was after I had heard Rason calling for mercyI took a bayonet into the cabinI do not recollect whether I gave it to the captain, or laid it upon the table close by himI then saw Barry Yelverton in the cabin and JulianJulian was standing at the door of the cabin, and Yelverton was sitting on an after lockerRason was sitting on a couch in the cabinthe captain had hold of Rason by the collar of his shirt, shaking him about, and he had a sword in his handafter carrying in the bayonet I came out of the cabin again directly, and stood at the door of the cabin outside, at the same door where Julian was standingwhile I was at the door I saw the captain strike Rason with the bayonet on the head first, and then he struck him with the point of it in the left breast twicethere was a broken spar out of the Venetian blind of the cabin-door, and that is how I happened to seeRason did not appear to be doing anything to the captainhe was sitting upon the couch all the whilehe sat upon the couch when the captain pulled him abouthe moved him off the couch and then on againRason was always asking the captain for mercyabout three or four minutes after he had stabbed Rason in the breast, the captain called to me for some lintI went in on that and told him it was all usedthe cook then got some cottonRason was lying back upon the couch when I went inI was there when he diedit was, I think, about two minutes after I went inafter he had stabbed him, the captain said to Rason, "If you will speak two words, Tom, I will make friends with you"I was in the cabin, I should think, about ten minutes after he diedI then went into the pantryI was not backwards and forwards in the cabin all the nightI was asleepI went to bed about half-past one o'clockI went into the cabin once to give the captain a little brandy and water before he went to bedI had not taken him much brandy and water in the course of the night, not more than usualhe was in the habit of drinking a good deal of brandy and water at that timehe drank more than I had seen him do at the former part of the voyageI remember the death of Rambert, the chief matethe captain appeared to drink more after his death than beforewhen I went to bed at half-past one o'clock the body of Rason was still in the cabinI remember signing the log with the account of Rason's deathI see my name here(looking at it)it is my handwritingI do not recollect whether or not it was read over to me before I signed itI was always going backwards and forwards to the cabinI do not recollect exactly how soon it was after Rason's death that I signed itI knew what the statement was with respect to Rason's death at the time I signed itI knew that the writing represented that he had died in a fitI heard the captain tell Spence to write it, and he smiled while he told himI cannot say exactly how soon that was after Rason's deathI think it was the day after. Records include muster rolls, payrolls, fine lists, orders and miscellaneous accounts of the Pennsylvania Militia units and was standing close by the cabin, Rason was sitting down when he stabbed him quite quiet, holding his hands up and saying, "For God's sake spare me! and Dunn said, "Yes, he did"that was at the time I returned to the cabinI remember Nelson, one of the crew, being illthe captain gave up the greater part of his water to himthe captain was on exactly the same allowance as the crewhe gave this to Nelson on two occasionsthat was just before Yelverton made the communication to him. George Pickett the apprentice, and Mr. Dunn, the cook, were also in the cabin, and, as far as I recollect, Julian CordeviolaI should say the captain was more than half drunkI had seen him drinking, in the course of the day, braiidy-and-waterI cannot say what quantityto the best of my recollection, immediately Rason name down, the captain took hold of him, and shook him on the sofa, or couch, where he desired him to sit, and struck him once with the bayonet on his sidewith the point of the bayonetI left before his death. After U.S. reinforcements arrived, Kearny's troops were able to reach San Diego. Did he say anything to him on his first coming into the cabin? Q. In 1944 the federal government transferred the property to the County of San Diego. Did you not go down into the cabin, and tell the captain that the mate wanted the crew to go aft to take his life? Because there were other things that might have been given, such as ginger and wineI do not mean part of the cargo, but things in the cabinship's storesI did not say if he did not give them, I would confine himI said we would go and ask for stores, and if he offered to take anybody's life, we would confine himit was not exactly on that that one of them said he would rip his guts outit was only French I heard say thatRason said they could do it without murder, and I said I would confine himall the crew said it would be the best way to confine him, if he did offer to take any person's lifeI do not know of the captain's having given up some of his own water to Nelson, who was sickI heard of it afterwards, in the Channel. A. Crass-examined. 2003-2018 Old Bailey Proceedings Online, We welcome your feedback on this web site, G. JOHNSTON. COURT. Following a clash of U.S. forces with Mexican forces near the Rio Grande, Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny was promoted to a brigadier general and tasked with multiple objectives to include the seizure of New Mexico and California, establish civilian government within seized territories, disrupt trade, and to "act in such a manner as best to conciliate the inhabitants, and render them friendly to the United States". No; oh, yes, I didI was over the ship's side, paintingI was sent down, and told him what the mate had said when he went forwardthe captain was cutting and hacking the men aboutI did not tell him the mate wanted to take his lifeI told him he wanted us to come aft and make the captain fast, or else he would murder all handsI am certain I did not tell him the mate wanted us to go aft and take his life. A. Johnston What was this 20l.? Jose Maria Flores sent about 100 men to San Luis Obispo to confront Lt. Col. John C. Fremont's 300 men moving south from Monterey, and sent another 100 men to watch Stockton's base at San Diego, but Flores kept the bulk of his men at Los Angeles. Was it after that you first imagine he had taken to drinking? [15] While Machado quickly ran back to Hammond's scouting party, Alipaz sounded the alarm but was dismissed by General Pico, until a U.S. Army blanket and dragoon coat were discovered on the edge of camp by Pablo Vjar. A. I recollect his speaking to him, but cannot say the wordsI think he called him a dd mutineerRason did not answer at the time, as far as I recollectthe captain did not do anything more to him while I was thereI cannot exactly say where the captain got the bayonet fromthere were bayonets always about the cabin at that timeI recollect his taking it up after Rason was in the cabinwhether it was given to him, or he took it off the table, I cannot recollectI asked the captain's permission to go to the water-closet, and left the cabinthere was a boy named Glover on boardsome short time after I left Glover came and called mein consequence of what he said I went down into the cabin againthe captain was there, and Dunn, the cook; I do not think anybody else was there, but there might beRason was laid down alongside the sofaDunn informed me, the moment I went in, that Rason was deadI did not believe it, but ascertained that it was true by feeling his face, which was coldthe captain was thereI cannot recollect whether he made any observationhe looked as if he was more in possession of his senses than he was previous to my leaving the cabinhe appeared quite calm and unmovedthe body of Rason was carried out of the cabin afterwards, and buried the following morningI read the funeral servicethis entry in the log-book, dated 24th Oct, is in my writingI cannot say when I made itI generally filled up the log at noonwhen any of these circumstances happened on board I never made "the entry till the captain came into a calm mood, till scenes of strife were overI should say the entry was made the day after the deathit is signed by the captain(read"Thomas Gair acknowledged to having come aft, armed with a handspike, by the direction of William Rambert.

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