Butte record., 1853-12-24
From the Alta California.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO
PRoCLAMArIoN OF GOV. GANDARA.

PROCLAMATION OF GOV. GANDARA.
"The Goreynor and Commandant General
of the Department to its inhabitants
"a band of travelling Adventures. led by
corrupt men, cast out by their miserable char
acter and shameful vices from California, are
about to land upon our shores with the design
of taking possession of this department. to
give it over to devastation and robbery, to
which they gre impelled by their peryerse in
stncts and abominable avarice, to gratlfy
which they will commit crimes accursed by
God and man.
In ther infamous Imagination, thinking as
traitors and towards, that small number OF
themselves will suffice to sack the whole coun-
try, they come, violating our dearest rights
to heap insult upon injury, to proclaim us
their slaves, and to make themselves, the pl-
rates, the sole masters of the soil upon which
we were born, and which we inherited from
our fathers. With such intentions there are
some vagabonds on our territory, but they
are destined to find their graves in Sonora. for
it is necessary that they should be cut into
thousand pieces who, violating all the rights
of reason and Of conscience, dare to raise their
infamous banner, a disgrace to honor and hon
esty, and who, for the credit of humanity and
justice, should be exterminated so that not
trace of their being, nor even their memory
may exist.
1t is impossible that the department should
be conquered in the struggle which it must
sustain without truce rest until the last foe
shall have fallen victim to his wickedness
and impudence More than one hundred
thousand inhabitants cannot be conquered nor
governed by a contemplate band OF plunder
ers. Our c.0ry is then certain as our
cause is just, to sustain which latter, within
one week the whole department will rise. The
government will take the most effective mea-
sures, and certain it is of the patriotism of
the Sonoranians, requests them to take part in
/ the triumph and show that they do not want
the dignity of human nature, and that they
know when to repel with force and desperate
energy the degrading insult offered by the vii
/ lains, who think the conquest Of Sonora so
easy.
/ Soldiers and citizens the moment to fight
and to conquer 1as arrived. Lukewarmncss
| is now a crime, and egotistic vanity is trea-
son. Irepeat that victory is certain since if
our own forces did not suffice, we might yet
count upon the speedy and efficient aid of the
supreme government.
Bravery and confidence, Sonoranians What
glory for all, if we succeed in infiictng con-
dgn punishment on these disturbers of our
peace upon those adventures without coun-
try and without homes. The soil Of Sonora
ought to to be fated to this lawless crowd Let
! them perish to the last one, and let their fate
serve as an example to the thieves and rascais
who may attempt to initiate them. Mean
while, now and forever reckon upon the ut
most efforts and the unchangabc resolution of
him who addresses you.
MANUEL MARIA GARDANA
Ures, Nov. 9th, 1858.
There appears to be great excitement among
the Mexicans, and if they fight half as bad as
they talk, the fllibusters will come off with as
little profit as honor.
Santa Anna has lately been acting with
great violence. He has banished great
number of persons, and all those who had ia
ken part against him were alarmed. The
Didro Ofcia' says that his enemies are trying
to create commotion by reporting that such
and such persons are about to be banished
Santa Anna has caused Don Luis de Ia Rosa
formerly minister at Washington, and prom
inent and intelligent Mexican, to be shot
without trial He treated one of Rosa's
friends in the same manner