Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-19
The Sonora Count.

The following piquant sketch Of Count
ltnousset-BuubUn mud his adventures in So.
nora, given in the GmAeion OF tie Consiii,iii.
oHnei, Is from the pen of NJ. Amedce Ac!mfl:
"Count Raousset.BOulbon is young man
OF from ihiriy.two to tllirtyt three. He be.
longs 10 II good and old family in the south,
where tue Provence peasants and the Ayig-
non portcrs cherish the recollection of his
llcrcllrnn strength. On coming of age, he
found himself master of n fortune of rom
thirty To forty thousand francs a year. which
he ran through in royal style, principal as
well as income. Ia Africa, whittier lac went
partly to fight aud partly to colonsc, lac be-
came the guest aud friend of Marshal Bu-
geaud, with whom he made three or four
campaigns with distinction.
when the revolution of February arrived.
hc had some idea Of coming forward gs a
candidate for the National Assembly. Ac-
cOnpanlcd by one of his friends, hc beat up
The Comtnt-N -Nennaissin, mixing with az
groups, aud speaking IN All clubs. In com.
mon with many SouIhrOns, he possessed the
la'iII'y oi speaking with warmth brilliancy,
nhd rapldiiy, and his speeches, nlwa ays exteil-
pore, made great impression Oh The crowd.
Sometimes Ia The republican public houses,
which the political habits of the time indnI.
ccd him 10 visit, lie would enforce his mill
lrplcs by tremendous rap on the inble,
winch would sllvcr it TO atoms, or he would
wrench out marble chmney.piece with
ms hand, and throw il upon the floor To cut
short u discussion. These ieais augmented
Tie reputation OF his eloqaence with the
people. u they esteemed Dcmosihenes they
admired Ajax.
lhe Avtgnon poriers thnt-terrihle rnce-
never call him anything else lInn NJ. le
Comie. NJ. lie COmte Short. For them there
whs but one count ia all the conniry-the
Count de Reconsideration, Just as there
was hut one king in Europe in the time of
Louis NV. Tho revolution followed its
course, and Count dc RnOnsset. Boulbon
went to California. In California il is only
rich people that make their fortunes. pretty
much the same as in London or Paris NJ.
de Reconsideration sOOn found that out,
but lac was not TO be discouraged by such a
titie. lie had bent his steps 10 AmGrica less
IN search of fortune than of adventures. Al
first he turned fisherman and Sportsman,
selling his fish aud game; then he started as
cattle merchnnt and this business led him
10 hunt herds in countries unknown TO the
other inlnbitnn's of California. From Cal
iiorniu he went to Mexico.
AZ the period of his arrival there. the
province of Sonora was devastated by the
Alpaca Indians, who committed all sorts of
depredalions with impunity. Count de Rnous-
set-Bouibon presented hiinselfio the Mexican
government, aud offered TO deliver Sonorn
from the redskins with which it was infested.
The Mexican government was ready to fall
upon the neck of NJ. de Rnousset. joulbon.
" am Frenchman. | know the country.
! understand war. I will answer for every
thing" said the count. Good" said the
government, "we will place an army of 10,
OOO men at your disposal" "Thnnk you,''
said NJ. de RaOusset-Boulbon, keen your
army; it would only get in my way. Give
me some lnuskeis, and two hundred thousand
francs, and leave the rest TO me-"
lie received the required sum. returned N
sonora organized corps OF Frenchman,
resoluie men like himself, aud proceeded to
hnht down tie Indians. The merchants of
the country, delighted with the successes
oDtnlled ny Their defender against II set of
rascals who had so long been masters of
IheIr provinces, sent subsidies to NJ. de Rao-
| ssei. Boulbon, put themselves under his uro.
iechon, aud assured him that neither he nor
his troops should ever want for nuythino II
/ ~ 'NN'N SHig Nhilllllt lllt Muf. lHc
count closed with the offer. But the popu.
lnrl'y OF the young general, and the success
of his little army, alarmed the Mexican gov.
ernmenl. Ihey issued an order requiring
him 10 quit the country with his forces.
Count de Rnoussel' Boulbon replied, that
The merchants aud landowners ofihe coun-
Try having placed Sonora under his iinme-
diaie protection, he felt it due 10 his honor
not to abandon them, aud consequently he
distinctly refused 10 obey the order. The
Mexican government then sent a lrignte 10
blockade The principal port of Sonora
Count de Raousset-Bo Boulbon took the igate
The government sent General Blanco, n,
the head of an army, against the French
commanded by NJ. de Raousset- Boulbon.-
The count defeated General Blanco. So
things remain. The next packet will per.
llaps bring us second edition Of the history
Of Montezuma.