Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-04
THE FRENCH IN SONORA.

The report by former arrival that French advcntnrer
had revoIuonzed the Mexican Department Of Sororn, and
dccarei annexed 10 France was say hc least, greatly
exaggerated There had ceen serious tiiT,
the Ffenc!mcn and the Departmental!
lrrrr ever. indication h,t The inii-r
il. elf aud that the FencnElen woalu he
cumb The following il from the S,or Fra
November 29
The French expedition 10 Sonora lnd tern
have been expected ill., rupture 5rwccu Tie and
the strangers who had he,n amtt BY Ne most hsal pro
uiscs Ia settle III. fr"n', wii,.ns,. ", x!cD
icnd il against hc lnCuIsions O! the sivag,-.
The correspondence which had parsed "eeT the Count
Raouest Roulbon Chief oi the French and Jlnerez The
Spokesman of III, Neai,an aLin""s l. rosheh IN y.s
efday Echo du P"rlfqne i displays IN snA'"a con.
ras the told and manly character u he Frenchnan, Gnd
the jealous, crafty AZURE oil The VI, xican.
Rauuset, tho commands fint y tl-cIprct cXpfdon8
y corps in The service Of the Company R'stnt"G"n 20
whom been granted tic i!,h al A1rIa ord lhe
Apache country had overcome many difficulties
approaching The so ne had long ookrd ti, Wher
E!s march arrested iy f. IN Con. Blarco tic
commandant Of the Slnr, mho required hlri hs
panions before poce ding farther ihlr
ality and swear allegiance 10 Mexco-ay "' letters 81
sccury-rcrnain where they Sarlc un these let
could be- obtained from the CITY OF MeNlco and after oil
tesc vcxali0Ga rrsllnaiies should hn c"mPed with 10
the body OF his and tak fifty aborc's raplnc
and denOUnce the m!rCs I" Arizona.
To these requirements he spirited unarsweraiis 10
reply; refusing for satisfactory reasoEs g..n 10 ply
any Of them, an conc des 10y expressing his fAeo
irmnaon 10 push 10 AtizOEa aud fulfil ls Obligations
~ the company M represents.
In The meantime anoie company, headed ty Senor Bar
had possession Ut these mines,
ported by power Of The |; III,
that all these difficulties had been thrown In The path ui
Mons R!oussct and thai geE,nln clearly al
exposed their designs He showed conCusivy y Ia his
letter that compliance with the unreasonable
the Commandant would be practical Of
the rights of the French Comp any, and their the
Company under Barron
THIS letter Is followed by manrsto issued BY GDvcrnnr
Enbas which he effect declares agairz the Frunch,
aud calls upon the Supreme Government for reinforcement
aid in !prclbIy cxpeng them Raou-scl il j. reported,
had fortified himself and awaited The attack G Gen. Blan,o
aud the Mexcan5 Olc- accounts saE. that he had subs"
Gucny and routed them, and mmeciatey after had
pushed Arizona with his artillery expelled the Com.
pany Barron, and boldly defiance the Whole
Suite Sonora.
Mcssrs. John Rancs md James I.cron, arrived f'om
Sonora al Los Anqelps Nov sh. The Los Angeles SIuI
says
''The party of FreEchmen OF whom mention vas mace
in paper weeks The n'ghbOfhDUd oil
Anna early in October, and were making towards
Aspc, where Banco i -ni 10 have force Of four five
hundred men An ageu" NJ seemed Inevitable"
LATER FROM MEXICO.
New ORLEANS Dec. 3lAiyces have been received from
MrxIco l4ta December The leglsllVr had award
the ehuautepe the CunTh!uhrO company
Ramez had resigned Minister Of Foreign Aiirs unf Il
Was expected that hc Z. bnet wop b. dia lyea. The
Frnrh Count De B"l50n had hc.n defeated Sonora by
Mexican loces and had surrendered, with oil hi' Ioois