The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-03-12
Count Raoussct lIou,bon,

Tie Paris Constitutional gives the following
account al tins da.hia, tillibu>er. who has tsur.
ed somewhat IN the recent revolutionary move.
ment in Mexico:
Count Raou,set Boulbon is young man Of
/ from thirty two To thirty thee. lie belong. TO u
good and old family in the iuth where the Pro
vince peasants an! lhs Arlgnun p"rteIs cherish
the recollection Of his llerculean strength. Om
coming of age he found himself master VI "a for
tune Of from thirty to forty thousand frarc,
wear, which he ran through in royal style, prin
cipnl ns vel a. income.
Ia Africa. whittier he went partly 10 Fl 5hi and
partly Ia c"l"nlse he became the gue,, and friend
Of Marshal Bugeaud. with whom lie made three
or four campaigns. with distinction. When tho
revolution uf February arrived. b. had some idea
Of coming forward asa candidate Tor the Nation
al Assembly. Accompanied by one Of brs
friend. he beat up the C"nat Nenai-sn, mixing
IN all the group- srJ speaking IN all thscIub.. In
common with many Suu,ho1s he possessed the
faculty of speaking with warmth, brllll.ney, aud
rupid,ty and hi- speeches, always ex' 'empore,
made Il great impression upon the crowd.
Soms,ncS in the republican public houses,
which the political habit, oi the time induced HIM
to vi.it, lie uculd enforce his philippe by ,rr'
menIous rap on the table, which would shlvrr II
To- .torus, or he would wrench out marble CHM.
ney pee with hi. hand and throw 1t uio1 the
door, to cut sh 1T \ d.eus,ion. These fca,s aug
mcn'el the reputation of his elcqucnCp with the
people II they esteemed Dsmo,thenes, they ad
mired Ajax. The Avignon purtsrs- tha, terrible
racs-ncyer called hun ANYTHING else than VI lie
Com,e Short For thsm ,her. wn but one Count
IN all the cuun'ry-ihe Count de Rhouss.t Bou,.
bon. just a. there was but ouo KiHg IN the time
Of Louis XIV.
The revolution followed il, rorrse, and Count
de Raoussct Boulbon went TO California. In Cal.
fornia it is only rich people that make their for
tunes pretty much the same as IN London or Pa
ri. NJ. dc Raousset BOubon soon found that
out but he was not TO be discouraged 10y such
,rifle lIa had bent his steps to America ls-- /"
search Of fortune than 0! adventures At hr,t he
turned fisherman and sportsman, selling he fish
and game; then he started y. a cattle merchant,
and this business led him to hunt herds IN cOun'
tries unknown to the other Inhabitants of CnlIfor
MIA From California he went To- Mexico. AtNs
period uf hi. arrival there the Province OF Sono.
ra wa, devastated w the Apache Indians, who
committed all sorts Of depI citations with impunI'
ty
Count de Raousst Boulbon presented hlm'sl
to the Mexican government aud o!'4icd to dcr
sr Sonoro from the redskins with which It was IN
tested The Mexican government was ready T.
l Il am Frenrhman lknow the country. un
t ders aud war" said III. Count. Good said tn,
1 government, I'VE will place an army Of 10000
men at your disposal Thank you said VI. d,
Rnou,srt Boulbon, keep your Nmy; II woul,
, only ge, in my way. Give me some musket'
. aud two hundred thousand francs and leave H.,
I rest to mo" lie received the required sum, re
, turned To Sonora. organized corp, Of French
I men, ro.olute men like Lm,slf, and proceeded t.
. hun, down the Indians,
4 The m,rchnnl, Of country, delighted with ,h
r successes obansd by their defender sgainst se
A oi rascsls who had ~ lon. been masters Vi thel
. provinces. seut subsidies to N. lie R,ou-,eI
i Boulbon, put themselves under his iro,ectlol
r and a,ssrrd him that neither he nor hs roop
# should ever want for anything Il he would onl
Y continue the war The Count closed with tho o'
fer But the popularity OF the Young Genera
Il and the success VI his little army, alarmed tn
r Mexican Government They issucd Az order IL
!, quirns him to quit the country with his forces
, Count de RaOusset Boubcn replied that th
merchants aud land owners of the country, la,
ing PLACED Snsora under his immediate rroirC
,ion, he El, it due tnh honor not to ahando
/ them. nnl equrutly he refused 10 obey N
order. The Mexican government then sent u lr
. gate to blnrkade the princirsl port of Sonora
Coun, lie laou.sc, Bou,hon toet the ffTht,
The governmrN, sent Gpn Blanca al the head ,
' Al army ngars the French, commrudrd b
= Count he RNouasct tculbon The Count def-,t.
% Grrrrni Rlanro 50 'hincs remain. The n-s
" packet will probably bring u. second edition
the history gf MonlcsumH,
n Judge Paine having decided IN he New lor
e city Court of Common Pleas, ON Friday last, III,
Q John Lnuberstecn should pay Joseph Bauer ~
u OOO for biting oil the end OF Bauer. nose, tn
:. question naturally arises, rs to how much he wo'
= have awarded if the whole II The no,s lad bee
i bitten OH