The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-30

cieit 20 launch out into other schemoe. We xivu
the suceequent passages Of his career up TO the -
riod when he qusETelled with Satta Aoua, from III
narrative Of person who had them from his oxu
lips
large French house in MSza.lsn wore the owners AZ
sonora whi n they desired 70 haze worked but ~sIos
from the unsettled state Of the country sbutv q
preda tory incursoDs from the Camsnchea AMI Apasss
ann the rival claims Of formidable e, glsh arm II
1eoic condemned to state Of sosuds and unpeo.
ductveness In tho psnJ BY tho 6r at
MsEatsD the French Nnister, Ls vssssur, Artsss
tho President of Mexi q, we're kuowa TO hava =
intcren' In the Ecgsh company thu 8ritish Mniss
large proprietor Of etock. Banco, the s3ovsrssr
Of Sonora was likewise made party ~ish the lassse
ocibtion point Of streogth the rivals w~re N
balanced ano equally formidable.
The krs nch party the resolve acdvU
opernions bat while consulting upoa the subject thsy
perceived the difficulty Of selecipg propsr leader -
obstacle. Of a miniature campaign In half desert
country hfe sonora ihe French Minister, VITO hal
intimately acquainted With his military md psrsos a
ousltieS promptly sid that he knew of but msa
in ,he word .ho was dt 10 undcrtske the comuaaA u
tuch an exp dnion. and that the COunt -
RA0ussef foulhan
lie therefore At once .w,fttsu IA, wash
proposals. that he should collect body OF thses
hu, dIen Frcnchmen at San Fraucsco whom he shoald
LEAD to settle and to work the Arisoms l~s
Of shares TO him and them, and with privilege snA
power a. defend their possession Dc Raoussst At opos
entered into rcp osslS cast off his bnxsmau's dresa
went smong bis couDtr, me- and was sopn ON tio g.
tc ortez the earlier cosqueror bound for tho port of
Guysnas
In tbs meantime the English company, VINO .hsd gst
wrd II these proceedingr had forestad De Raoussok
with force Of miners md their associate aud iastru.
men Governor Banco mssie9 busy prsparatisa.s %
intercept his rvn lie Raousset lanoed safely auysr
mss however, oebaked his force and leaving portoe
10 leep communication open with tho sss aavaa I'd
Who bsc af,c+n hundred his ct our =
meet him with portion Of his force boastag, open
terpr. 'hat in thee hours after he oncountered lhs
FIen'hWbD, be Tho a'ter, would not oenesth
hi. banner Th. rival parties met the road half
way 10 hermcso sben Blanc, not ri hssandiug "a had
ed loud at fhc start hat his ct
nns sought to intercept tho French expedition on tbs
pr urd that he wished them to abise, as Guyaas In.
De Raousset replied That biz men werc anxious 70 s q
their journey end and 10 be moro cSuvouisuk f
ed ut this ree0iutop but finding BouIoou ioAsxble IS
inf rm&d him he Sss not upon the proper road. aud
sought to misdrect him In crcui,ons rou,s, whars hc
he entire of his force Bot the prsc~sd msltsry syo
. he Count could not b doc-ived shs peopss Mae
o. travel 20 Banco vas forced 70 relnquish h oppo
10 kno~n what happened afterward The ieuy>al>>e
with the brsgsart Bauco and tho utor oisr srson 81 -
Isttcrs entire foroo by handful under the GA q
the ount What IL more amsntable TO those Who tale
an interest IN the success Of genius oy hsve ~so
detailed and combined misfortunos shich svsutuanV
compelled the ltte baud 70 retire from tho counxy With
hitter and themselves oscim tied and broken
Rs0ussct rrtired, ho~eyer, With honorable terma
bsd, :, he was c at tho debsristion he wss
ed with oil tho briapcy OF conquest Tho dazxcg char
acter OF bis exeo- rang through tho entire ccnoss
and ~hen he returned to San Francisco he found Tho
estmatea he had won for himself that he had not fought
In VAN.
new that AIis,a who had commenced By being his any,
bad deserted TO the Dte Of the British company asA
was the ccrt CAUSE Of his Letters from Sosoe
too where he had made friends aod during hs
late journ scquaintec him that Of Banco ma
become intoeraoo since tho departure Of tho French
ana eotreated him to return promising II he came,
to stand by him with security for the olishmeut *
and independent republican stste II was at this
moment DOUBT that pros Of the u,tinate cea-
quest Of ll aexico ke the Turkish vision of Nspoeoa
by the way OF Egy p broke upon pc Haonsset's miod
He bad Aristas seachery TO avsnge and Bincos AFRO
gsnce to punish bcsides he ooged 10 viudcae ha
own csrsni'y by ccpsunmating an enterprise from
which nothing but disease an othcr intangible cs.ui
new expedition, the basis Of which hftecn ,uu-
dtd men, two ships and tao hundred Thousand dollars
IN money, At the time when vs had the pleasure Of
making the acquaintance of the Count no had onD
hundred and hfty thousand Ct this pledged 81
bis lhts were Inscribed with eleven hundred
At the same time thsie another expedition being
formed at Bcnica, "a rival one) among the Aussriosn
residents OF tho state which enrosd under ts banners
some four i've hund ed recruits.
Things in tnt state when We let San FrAnosea,
but since then the Of Arisfs has crumo~d Into
dustthe 6rm band Of Santa Anna holds tho telns u
and Count Boulbou has rcDqu his To-
tentions against 6cnora and VIII be called Into thn
service Of Aexico BY hcr pew Director, .
Since the period when the above was Written.
(June 1852 the hero Of our sketch passed through
almost az numerous vicissisuccs Of fortune q d
tinguished bis early career. AltsrnAtey csjoled ~
deceived by the Mexican dictator, he Sustained In
juries at his hands that won d have reused moeo
tratabc and forgivng spirit, srd In his la& edses
there Is reasoA to believe that he was animated moeo
by desire TO avcngc his own wrongs than TO fur
ther tho secret objects Of the French govern
nent, which lent its assistance TO the expedition
Count de Boulb,n was about thirty ssvcn yean -
ago, Of middle height, wcll set head capacious fore
head, squilinc nose, and . pro6le of what 0o
French would call slightly Imperative cast HiD
eyes we're calm, deep, and stcsdy. The general
character Of bis phyGioguomy presented mixture
Of both the Arab and German tyres. He was =
little short sighted and slighsly deaf two innrui-
ties that gave him somewhat OF taciturn and n.
ditafive cir. HIS manner, although Il posuosBo0
tfc yssnre TO DO cxpc5ted In pSssoa q hb hioA
rank and breeding, wNs Jet axceedtnely eGjble aad
ceurfeoua towards al, but more especially ceW1eGn
tho~e whose pcstiun In eooiely vag neef1oe - No
own. whatever may have besn his fhnlts, - -
sessed The srt Of concilsting tho god VA "a
ffiendsbip' Of an Who came Ia confaet Mn Nh.
Had he been guided by moro ekeaAy yinelpleg -
conduce, shsFe 4 no doubt that hs wSII1 havs IN
behind hin reputation mose .sEdurimg tkaA thae
Of a unsexupulous guerilla chiefs fa
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