Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-05
RAoUssET BoULBoN.

| The following piquant sketch of Count Raousset
Boulbon and his adventures in Sonora given in the
feulefon of the Paris Constitatioanel is from the
pen of NJ. Amedee Achard
Count Raousset Boulbon is young man of from thirty
two thirty three lie belongs good and old family
in the South where the Provence and the
porters cherish the recollection Of his Herculean
strength On coming of age he found himself master of
fortune Of from thirty to forty thousand francs year
which he through in royal STYLE PRINCIPAL "a well ma
income In Africa whittier he went partly to fight and
partly to colonize he became the guest and friend of Mar
shall Bugeaud with whom he made three or four cam
pagns with distinction When the revolution Of Febru-
ary arrived he had iden of coming forward as cdn
didate for the National Assembly Accompanied by one
Of his friends, he beat up the Comtat venassin mixing
with all the groups and speaking in oil the clubs Ia
common with many Southrons, he possessed the faculty
Of speaking with warmth brilliancy, and rapidty and
his speeches, always eztempore made great impression
upon the crowd Sometimes, in the Republican public
houses, which the political habits Of the time induced
him to visit, he would enforce his philippines by tre-
mendous rap the table which would SILVER il to atoms
he would wrench out marble chimney with his
hand and throw upon the floor short discussion
These feats augmented the reputation Of his eloquencs
with the people. II they esteemed Demosthenes they
admired AJAX. The Avignon portersthat terrible race
never called him any thing else than NJ lie Comnte-M
lie Compile Short For them there was but one Count in
all the countryside Count de Raousset Boulboniust as
there but King in Europe in the time Of Louis
XIV The revolution followed its course and Count de
Raousse Boubon went to California In Cslforn, il il
only rich people that make their fortunes pretty much "a
in London or Paris NJ de Raoussct Boulbon soon found
that out but he not to be discouraged by such tr
fe He had bent his steps America less in search of
Fortune than Of adventures At first he turned fisherman
and sportsman selling his fish and game then be started
as cattle merchant and this business led him to hunt
herds in countries unknown to the other inhabitants Of
California. From California he went into Mexico At
the period OF his arrival there the province Sonora was
by the Apache Indians who committed all sorts
Of depredatons with mpunity Count de Raousset Boul-
bon presented himself the Mexican Government and
offered to deliver Sonora from the skins with which
II was infested. The Mexican Government ready
fall upon the neck Of NJ. de Raousset Boulbon. al
a Frenchman. know the country. understand war.
will answer for every thing" said the Count Good"
said the Government will place nm army Of ten thou
sand at your disposal" g Thank your said NJ de
Raoussct Boubon keep your army il would only be in
my way Give me some muskets and two hundred thou
sand francs and leave the rest to me- He received the
required sum- returned to Sonora organised CORPS of
Frenchmen, resoute like himself and proceeded TO
hunt down the Indians.
The merchants Of the country delighted with the sue
obtained by their defender against set of rascas
whohad long been masters Of their provinces sent
subsidies to NJ dc Raousset Boubon put themselves un
der his protection and assured him that neither he nor
his troops should ever want for any thing IL he would
ly continue the The Count closed with the offer
But the popularity Of the young General and the success
Of his little army, alarmed the Mexican Government
They issued an order requiring him to quit the country
with his forces Count de Raousse Boubon replied that
the merchants and landowners Of the country having
placed Sonora under his immediate protection he felt il
due to his honor not TO abandon them and consequently
he distinctly refused obey the order The Mexican
Government then sent frgate TO blockade the principal
port OF Sonora. Count de Raousset Boulbon took the
frgate The Government sent General Blanco, at inc
head OF an army, against the French, commanded by
de Raousset Boubon. The Count defeated Cen Blanco
so things remain. The packet will perhaps bring
us second edition Of the history Of Monte1uma
four readers win remember that the Count and his ot
lowers have been totally routed md compelled 70 leave
Mexico