Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-26

A few days after this he said again to his
wife -
Madame, authorize you to tell my son
that he may let his beard grow again. After
duly considering the matter, do not see any
objection to it,"
. CASTOR, charmed. locked up his razors !;
but the old man soon grew disgusted and
impatient at the uuseemy stubble that neces-
ssrily prefaced the rull.grown beard
Madame" be said, one evening, decidedly
beard does not become CASTOR. pray you
tell him to shave it off again. -
For all answer to this request Castor went
up stairs, packed mp his trunks and started
that night for Paris. The father and son
never met again.
Returned to Paris, CASTOR plunged with
even fiercer passion and more reckless license
into the dissipations and vices Of his class !;
realizing in himself all the mad extravaganza
which Leon, Cozlan, Balzac, Kock and others
have described as belonging TO the 'ion" Of
the nineteenth century. OF course, his for
tune was soon dissipated, and he had to take
to various unpoetical means of earning
simple subsistence At last, wearied with
his position, and having 10 him fur nobler
character and larger nature than the life of
the Boulevards could satisfy. he resolved on
going to Algeria, there to settle and coopize
on grand scale. Castor dc Raousset could
do nothing in miniature. Ills father died
a6ost this time, and the additional portion
which came into bis hands helped him on
wonderfully ia Algeria.
His life was by no means dull or unintcr-
estin. there. He made himself renowned as
one of the most daring spor:smen Of the
colony he performed many brilliant actions
as military volunteer, aud he kept kind
OF open house for all who cared to accept his
almost regal hospitality. lie also wrote
political pamphlet, which attracted conside-
rable notice and procured him the favor OF
The Due d Aumule. All Twas goiug on merri-
iy when the revolution Of 1913 broke out I;
ard CASTOR de Raoussel, like many others,
was crushed aud ruined by the blow. But
| CASTOR was none the less a republican because
the republic had destroyed bis fortunes. He
was not one tobunt with the hounds for the
moment Of their success, unless he could
join heartily in the game and his speeches
to the electors Of the Bouches des Rhone
and OF Vaucluse, his articles 10 the journal
which he edited more than year. his whole
conduct and language bound him publicly to
the cause Of liberty, though he made but
little personal gain out Of his advocacy For
he failed at the general elections, and he
failed at the election for the Legislative
Assembly. Disguised at his non-success he
quilted Paris and France for the golden land
| OF California
lie sailed from Southampton on the Eth
oil May, IN the Avon, going as steerage
passenger among sailors and servants. II
was hard trial for his pride, also for one of
his luxurious habits; but the other French
gentlemen on board soon found ont his real
value, and, steerage passenger as he was he
associated with the cabin passengers as their
equal, which assuredly he was, and some what
their superior. At San Francisco he turned
fisherman aud fish salesman; then be was
lighterman, working hard from morning to
night in luding and unlading ships aud lastly,
he wet of to Los Angeles and San Diego to
buy cows, for the purpose of reselling them
at an enormous profit at San Francisco. lie
made the journey many times; once striking
of on solitary voyage Of discovery But
bis cow-selling ended disastrously though it
gave MIN clear knowledge of the country,
and enabled him to mature the great project
he had conceived. The weakness of the
Mexican government and the hatred Of the
people ioi the Americans gave him the idea
Of forming at Sonora "a valiant French bar
rier," which should both protect Mexico
against the United States and form the
, nucleus Of an important French colony. Mr..
Dillon the French consul at San Francisco
was consulted on this project. He entered
into it warmly gave NJ. de Raousset letters
of Introduction to leading people, able to
r help him, and our hero left for Mexico to lay
his plans before the house of Jeker, Tore &
, Co, bankers.
This was the project proposed The mines
of rizona, whch had been abandoned for a
{ long while, owing to the terrible neighborhood
Of the Apache Indians, were known as the
) richest aud most easily worked in all Sonora
g The Mexican government WAS to grant these
! mines to Raousset. and he was to free them
from the Indians, develop their resources anC
: nuke them the nuclens of French emigration
t In about two months time the Restaurodora
! Company was formed, and formal concession
: Of the land was made to it by Gen Arsta
r president of the Mexican republic. TIVE
2 months after, Rousset signed private treaty
e with the directors Of the company. engaging
to land at once at Guaymas in Sonora. will
o n hundred and fifty armed men under militar,
organization. to explore aud take possession
7" Of a Arizona and her mines the society under
taking the cost. Of the expedition, sending
d ammunition and provisions to Guaymas anl
to. Saric, half way between Guaymas anC
}. Arizona. For his share, Raousset was t,
n have half of tho land, the mines and tn,
. places already found and to be found NJ
J. Augilnr governor Of Sonora, and NJ. leyas
z seur, FIR, urh minister at Mexico, were mem
IS bers Of tie Restauradora Society. Furnished
l. with powerful letters of introduction nut
n protection, notably to General Blnnco, mill
n tary chief of Sonora, our hero and bis ittl
It band disembarked at Guaymas in June, 1852
immediately on landing, he wrote to Gen
J. rral Blanco. who had been apprised before
a hand by NJ. Levasseur of the expedition
ID The general feigned astonshment, iguoranc
s. and hesitation and commanded Raousset t
IN wnit inactive at Guaymas until he had mad
h up his mind what he should do with him an
ID his followers. The minister demonstrated
in Raousset complained; the general was firm
h For a rival company had been formed i
I'd Mexico to dispute the possession Of Arizon
Of with the Restauradora Society, and Blanc
. and the leading men of Guaymas belonged t
as it. After month spent in inaction, luxur
st and rapid decentralization OF the whole bant
y, Raousset went alone TO Hermosil!o, wher
n, his volunteers we're to join him. But b
.e, troops Tell into disputatons and anarchy b
the way 4; aud Raousset had TO gallop bac
sn to near Guaymas to rally, rate and reforl
them. At Hermosllo he made an exsmpl
ta Of some nf thu rin u leaders whom he dism 4 AZ