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

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1 such they might claim the mines--or they
might be still Frenchmen, but then strangers,
and incapable OF possessing land, according
to the ancient law Of Mexico; or they might
reduce their band to fifty men, under a 70.
sponsible Mexican chief, in which case they
might march at once to Arizona and take
| possession Of the mines in the name and for
The service of the Restauradora Company
Raousset assembled his men, read them the
conditions of the general aud asked what
course they would takc2 They unanimously
| refused Blancos proposition, and determined
or continuing the expedition according to the
| terms OF the agreement made with the Re
stauradora Company. The prefect of Altar,
under whose jurisdiction Saric was included,
! next oibsde further march or future posses
sion to these armed French immigrants; and
Col. Gimenez not only added insult to his
compatriots breach OF faith, but even wrote
privately TO Lenoir, Raousset's senior lien.
tenant, to urge him to seize the command Of
the troop, and deliver them over TO the Mex
lcan authorities. Lenoir gave the letter to
Raousset, who read ii aloud to the band and
they, for all answer, cried ITO arms !" with
more vigor than prudence. Raousset re.
strained them for the moment but further
correspondence with the Mexicans having
proved TO bin that nothing was to be got by
| patience or by parley he declared war On
the 23d Of September he and his men quilted
Saric and marched back on llermoslo, stop.
ping for week at La Madelaine, then in all
the gayety and joyousness Of her fete.iinle.
AT La Madelaine was u young GIRL fair as q
Saxon, tall, proud aud beautiful. Some one
at her fathers attacked the character Of
! Raousset. She defended him, although her
father, being one of the principal authorities
OF Sonora was officially his enemy. An old
lady said satrically:
"My dear Antonia, are you seriously in love
with this pirate cbieff" ......
Yes answered Antouia, rising and dra-
ping herself in her rebazo, Il do love this
pirate, as you call him. Yes, love him "
The next evening Antonia, il the sight Of
six thousand people, went to the pirate counts
camp and into the tent.
In eight days Hermossillo was reached :;
aud in an hour after the preliminary parley
with Novara, the temporary project, the
French, with a severe loss Of officers and men,
were masters Of the town, and the war was
| fairly begun. As the Northern Sonorians
hated the present government and favored
the French emigration, it seemed as if it
would be the signal for general revolt
Perhaps it would have decided tho question
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advantage he had gained but, unfortunately
| for him, he fell sick Immediately after the
battle, and, more dead than alive, was carried
back to Guaymas by his men, utterly demo-
rallied by the want of their leader and the
loss of their officers. A short distance from
! Guaymas messenger from NJ. Calvo. q
French merchant, prayed de Raousset not to
! advance further, but TO see the General and
TO patch up some kind of treaty which should
prevent further bloodshed. Raousset was
marching on Guaymas and would surely have
taken it, even in the present enfeebei state
of his band, rs it was totally undefended and
unprotected. Raousset obeyed the sugges
| ton; but no good came Of it and in the
evening, his sickness increased, 90 that for
three weeks he was insensible and lowering
between life and death. When he recovered
he found that the company had treated with
Gen. Blanco, and had accepted forty thou
sand pinstres for the evacuation of Sonora.
AS soon as he was able Raousset went to
San Francisco to organize another expedition;
and at this moment Walker the flibuster
offered him the command of his troops in
Lower California, which offer he refused
Arista now gave up the presidency Of the
Mexican republic, which Santa Anna as.
sumed. The Frenchman believed in Santa
| Anna, and hoped as much as be believed
But the two men quarreled in their inter
views and Dc Raousset in revenge entered
into plot against Santa Anna, which was
discovered; the plotter himself receiving
timely intination of his betrayal and so able
to escape the doom which else wonld have
overtaken him then. He returned to Sar
Francisco. still with Sonora, the mines o
Arizona and Antonia in his head, and he
worked al his plan so well that in the middle
of May eighteen hundred and ffty-four, he
sailed for Guaymas, prepared to take his owr
course for veal or woe. lie began his journ
ey by garrOting the American captain, who
wished to delay the start owing to the terri
BILE weather and, on tho twenty eighth o.
June, he landed at Guaymas. His first
measures we're abortive; but his presence
excited the French soldiers and emigrants il
the town TO the last degree.
Mexican folly and insolence we're not want
ing to eXasperate this French pride ant
rapacity, and soon n struggle between tn,
two parties wassinevitahle Fights in differ
ent parts of the town inhamed the bad BLOOD
already reused and when body of armed
Indians and u large number of troops frou
the interior arrived to strengthen the MeXi
cans, all hope Of peace was at an end. Th'
, French soldiers clamored for WARRIOR a sud
den onset and the leadership Of the count
Raousset, nothing 10th, urged on the scheme
of which he undertook both the responsiblit,
and the command. After three hours harl
| fighting the insurgents laid down their arms
Raousset broke his sword, aud was conducted
, as prisoner to the consul's house. 1t ba,
been combat between four hundred on tn
insurgents side and eighteen hundred on tn
Mexican, Ten days after Raousset was trie
aud condemned, and two days afterwards wa
. executed. lie refused to allow Lis eyes t
D be banduged, and met death with calm
, grave courage that had something truly heroi
I in it. lie fell at the first voley, and th
F; Sonoriaus lamented him as the fallen defend
. er of their independence. Here were gran
a tulents and rich nature lost, which unde
q more favorable circumstances might hav
0 revol1tionized hemisphere. His biogra
0 pher, Henry lie Ia Madeleine, calls him
v "Cories slam at the outset i and a second h
|, might indeed have proved, had be known tn
Q material out Of which man fashions success
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