Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-06-20
nFvoLurioN IN CALIFORNIA.


-Fha folio wing particulars ofthe receRt
s'$nd previous torts at revolu tioni4ing Cali
-tornia we tlke from the Baltimore American
we mentioneda q day or two ago. with.
g cut having any knowledge Of the cicum.
s:snces which led to it, that an insurreetion
in California against the Governor Of the
Province, general Manuel Nj ;hvltorena,
had succeeded A letter from Monterey,
published in the Washington Union, pIa-
4 -ces us in possession Of the facts
About eight years ago Don Juan B. AL
vardo, Don Jose Castro, and others, CaIItor-
mans by birth, aided by several foreigners,
took possession of the town Of Monterey,
the archives and government, prop ty,
= thMte.ed an English vessel, and cngthe
Mexican general, hisofllcer5 and tiieir fam
i'ies,to lower California, and left them there
T. find their way te Mexico as they could.
The Calitornians then proceeded to trkc
possession OF every part Of California, with
tie different missions, and the many cattle
bolonsing to the missions, and the different
Offices Of honor and profit within tits de-
partment The MeXcans remaining in the
country made an effort to put them down,
but failed. The C0llornians marched two
or three times up and down TIC coast, con-
tnujng q part Of the foreigners underhigh
pay. Bustemente, the President Of Mcxi-
co the second year after this revolution,
confirmed the CahlOrnians in their different
enployments. Daring the time they held
command, they ordered almost every Eng
lishman and American (lheir former con-
federates) to be arrested. Over one hun
tired were imprisoned in Monterey at one
time-ovcr fifty Of these in Il low dafr
room less than twenty ieetsqEre, " thout
iioor or windows. In May, the santo year,
,nany OF the men were chancd, six and
eight to a bar, put into the holdof a vessel,
and sent to San Bias. Fifteen months af-
terWards the government Of Mexico sent
parto them back 10 Monte ey-. everaI dy-
ing from fatigue and privations. In the
year l843 general Manuel MicheltOronaGr-
rived in California with some three or four
hundred officers and soldiers, and hy order
uf President Santa Anna took command
putting ouLof CiIlCe some Of the CSIIorni- |
ans Last November, Seniors Castro, Al. !
Vardo and many of the countrymen, H.
gain rose with the determination of send
ingouto theirCounry the Mexican troops
The two parties met and made Il treaty.
Within month, however, they each deni-
I'D the treaty and again took up arms.--
General MtCheltorena had in his service
twohundred foreigners, English, Germans
and Americans, wilohad taken up Che Gov
ernment cause to put down The rebeTIlon;I
and several OF them were the same who
helped to put the CaIifornians into Office
eight years before, and were, some years
afterwards Imprisoned and shipped in irons
without any trial. A large portion Of the
foreigners who entered the service Of the
Mexican Government arrived at California
towards the close Of the last year over the
Rocky Mountains from our western States
These were marched with the MeHiran
trolps, bnt had their own officers chosen
from among themselves. Captain John A
Sutler, Swiss officer, formerly Of Charles
KS guard in Puris,) being their command
rr and leader, and captain Cantor Grant,
1T is said, Iormeryof the United States ar
my, the"captNin.
HostilileT were keptUp between the two
parties until 2lst OF February last, when
the CaIlf0rnians succeeded in their efforts
against the govemme0tof tic regular Gov
etnor and commandgnt general, Don Man
UnI MicheItorena. Alter final oauIo, a
treaty was made by which it was agroed
rlat every person on either side might 20
where he Wishrd-- the soldiers to golo San
Bias or remain cidzensof California. The
M yican officers who wish to reman viii
continue tofOld thcircomulisdonsa pay.
Micheltorena was to 20 to San Bias. Don
pico has become Governor, as be is the lea
di x member ofthc House Of Deputies or
State Legislature; and Don Jose Castro has
become commandant general Of California.
California, ftom Bodega to San Diego, is
o lce moro under its own communicable
Russians having left BodcGa, which now
belongs to captain 5. Smith, said o belong
u Baltimore, who is a nnturaIi2ed citizen
Of Caiilorp a.
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