The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-07
THE REVOLUTION IN CALIFOR-
MA

THE RENOLU1IUN IN CALlFOR-
MA.
Very imperfect accounts have been
received here Of the revolution in Cali
fornis, by which the people oil that coun-
try have thrown od the rule Of the
Mexcans and established Republic o.
their own. A correspondent OF the
" sshington Union, al present in Mon
rerey, furnishes long and connected
account of the proceeding, which we
condense as follows;
About eight years ago, several Infu
entsI persons at Monterey, Cslllornlsn'
by birth, aided by several Foreigners,
took possession of that town. ,'he archleves
and government property, chartered an
| English vessel, and sent the Mexican
General, his ofliceis and their families,
TO lower California, and left them there
to fiud their way to Mexico as they
conld. The C,ifoI mans then proceed
ed TO take possession Of every part oI
Calfornia, with the different missions;
anu the many ca,lIe belonging to the
missions, and the different Offices OF
honor and profit within this department.
President Buslsmente, The second year
after this revolution, conhtmed The Cal
Ifornisns in ,heir different employ.
menls. During the time they held
command, they ordered almos, every
EIuS Sr'Tr'''us. A--.-..-.-l.. ~ rrasi
ID. In the year ls43 ,General MsnueI
Michelorens arrived IN Calllornla wlli
.ome three or fou. hundred officers and
soldiers, and by orders OF Presidenl
Santa Anna took ommand--pul,ing ng
oul of Office some Of the CaliloIni
Last November, the same persons who
had overlhrown the Mexlcans few
years before, again rose with The deter
ninalion of sending out OF their coun
tfy the MexIcsn troops. The Two par.
Ties me, and made treaty. Within q
month they each denied the treaty and
again took up arms. The CalfoInans,
o the number of one huudred and fitly
went 10 The town Of Angles. one huu,
dred miles North OF Monterey, ano
s,ormed it in The night with the loss oI
wo men. They were soon joined ny
he Cal aI(ornians of that place. On. lht
l2lh OF January last, GeGeral MicheItoi
ens left Monterey with his officers, on,
hunored and fifty Mexican soldiers
! some citizens Of old Mexico, SKY ol
eighty wild Indians. trained 10 arms b,
Captain Sul'er, ia Swiss settler on Tn
rlver Sacramento and one hundftd for
eIgners, EnglIsh, Geiman and Amer.
cans, part of whom are settled on The
same river. The General travelled 81
} ardlly that he was month upon tn,
road; the foreigners and his soldiers be
gan 10 leave him by fves and lens at a
= 'me; The former being dlsgusted witt
he slowness OF his progress, and the
latter left him with the tope OF getlin.
+ free from The service; while many q
hose remaining were 10 hopes that III,
= lCsliiornians would be victorious au,
. would ship them back 10 San Bias
where they had families or relations
? hey having been forced Into The rank
and brought into California against lheI
viii. Gen. Mchellorens, after hsvini
been forty days in reaching The vicinity
OF The lowD of Angles, for The lhirc
line came near The insurgents VINO theI
lofiered HIM battle. They Uhe insur
senls) were three or tour hundred
lslrong, under Don Jose Castro, wh,
mad persuaded many Foreigners 10 joit
nlspariy.
On The 2oh of February, The tive
. parties CONSISTING of sboul SIX hundre'
men oil together, Mexicsns, Cshfor
alsns, foreigners and Indians) gOl inl'
+ ,cHon. CsHfo commenced The fgh
Win cannon, friug large shot; and lh'
I Sovernor.genersI, on his side, relurUin,
nls fire wnh grape. Both parties re
: malned so IsC apart all that day as no
+ o lose man. On The next day, Uh'
2lsl,) lhe battle again commenced, snc
: was coutnued in what is here consider
d warm end desperate contest. The
Cover Inor.general, however, soon sur
, Rendered; for forty or flly foreigner,
: naVing itfi him some time before, The