New-York tribune., 1886-05-30


- .,. ,hero won Id be no lighting made II nece5-
corr, 70 hold him tightly. to employ iami'lar ns-
80 ,,d he made demands upon Jones 80 prepos'cr-
ous that the latter, doubtless an oilcet u, so'"e
Iumor. disposed of them mostly by Simply "o,
roticipc Tram at all Afterward tho Two met anu
.hon u;cheItoreno s=awed himself a polite ana
hosnitable gentleman. and after a public ammo,
,hov narted the best of friends, and ti@ Schet"i
sent flaming report back to Mexico, teiilhg WA
he would have done with his vailaht meh ,"o
Americana had not prudenty retired from Ills '''''
positiop before a collision was possible.
Micbeltoreno's prison birds caused his downfall
bovevcr. There is good deal of uncertainty as 10
tha extent of their lacaes some writers
ranresentinp them as assassins and bahd-
its of the blackest inIquity, while oihers
ossort that they were very mnd species Vi
sneak thjeyes who confined their depredat'ohs W
the chicken roosts of the farmers. Nr. bahcroi'
takes the latter view. having been unaoie W us
cover any specific evidence SUSTAINING 'ho u",A''
the,rv. But the ckoas. whether bandits OF chehe"
th,ovcs were obnoxious to tie people among
whom they dwelt and depredatcd, ana hpa'S 'no
sentiment against them became so strohg tn"' IL
led TO a conspiracy, the object OF wnioh was ~
aoo,. tho exu1lsion of the battalion. Micheltoreno
sonnd himself overmatched by the rebels ana was
forced TO sign treaty pedging him to SEND away
.ta oso1a. IN tbrce months. Instead of keeping his
,rord be ,,ade \ contract with Sutter, by which. IN
consideration of a large grant of land the SWISS
xxos IN baln him with a force of foreigners FROM
this mint to the end all opera bonhe OF the
most characteristic type. The contendng torces'
AFTER doing their best to avoid one aho'her ioi
weeks reluctantly came togc her. whoo "aN
was spent IN cannonading at 80 respec'ao'r ",
tance that the entire casuaitles co'iS'S''' !"
death Of one mule. On the secoh" u'S'
onrallad Inv the sangulnarv results OF the
first encounter perhaps. Mlchetoreno surren-
dered Internationally. AS 10 tho Amoi
;oa,s thew had never had any intention of
fighting one another in quarrel OF rhe ioca' RoN-
ernment. and after contemplating the harmless
play of the artillery they got together ana "HIro"
TO withdraw Michetoreno afterward aseriDed MS
ro, ar IN his stronr sense of humanity lie
coul6 not bear to thiak OF the frghtthl slaughter
| that vouid have resulted had he let himself and
ms valiant men loose, and so lie concluded that
| tho most PAT rlotic thing he could DO wouiu DC W
prevent the eifuson of blood by hosting the wnte
flag. more especially the other side ana not seem
disrosod 70 take this step So it all ended peace
fully. and Mchetoreno and his chotds were
mt mon vessel, and after taking an affec-
tomato leave of the people who were paAi'h-
ing him, he sailed away, and presently arrNeu
in Mexico. where President Bustamanse did not
receive him very cordially.
Pro pico sncc .eded Mchetorcno, with Juan
Castro a. commander-ln-ehief of the land forces OF
the department. Trey did not get on well ioge'hef
and the Government went from bad to wofse Most
of the revenue was derived from customs duties,
paid by foreign hp-captalns AS smhg1 g1lihe wa
prac 'ised by merchants, captains ana inc pno'c
at large aud rs il was impossible to compel every
vessel to dIscnar1e all her cargo at gwen point
see,agt hat the service was deporabiy weak
both IN numbers aud moraIe the SUMS derived IRON
this source were liable to constant and unexpected
diminution, and the Government. having suckc'
the Missions drv and not having the military
suppnrt necessary to curry oat forced loan, vas
sonnet mes in gr.at straits, and had to borrow from
the foreign merchants, several of whom never re
, covered all the money they lent.
Mir 1aurrOfl gives an interesting account OF the
yarlous lntricaes. negotiations and rumors con
nectcd with the desire of foreign powers to ct
noss,.s~ion of California. The EngliSh eh'f's II
this direction regarded ~ most for NJ III )!e
though it does not ppelr thai they w'nt paYoh'
certaln indefinite dlscus>l ms having IN view I'M
pos,iblc surrender of the territory by MeAlco as
ee,nn 70 the heavy debt the rcDublic hal contract
en- in Great Bn alu. The cpltI luei AneIicah I'm
y micrat,on WAS every year rendering less possibl
Il the erecron of anv other hag than hat Of th
limited States, however, and IT was more ana NOR
evident that IN the event of war with Mexico TN
later would be wholly unable to defend Calitoi
> MIA. while 10 serious opposition to annexation
l. could be offered oy the Cahfornians them~eive
The volume brings the reader to Tue e'
of the important change aoout to take place
~ and shows far clearly than any former histor
"a az the period the loluences tha. ere AT N"Ih
ID prolnote and iacite IT. Ii also con ANS fec"f"
IN OF the various considerable IN nglal PAT
which entered CauiornIa between lSlD ana lHl
fnlI loc II annals of tAe nOrth and spi Ii ana q
alnha ptlc3i continuation of the i pnrer hegSt'
ne and index from j 10 q. wIlcn conpr!s'5 4 mass
inva uable Geographic dctai.
y Ibe history il written with the authors chara
N terisIc lucldlty, and care he hoid5 the Da
mt ance evenly, never b trdyIng a parilsih spin
as GIVING credit wherever the weight or e"lceit
10 demands IT, aud always adducI q abundant rest
"1 ropy for his criticisms. he volume Xt ID ori'
US WI he OF very much general interest, out L.
" present one Is a necessary and adnirab 6 ntf"dh
non to the romantic and intercs lIng scenes aDpI
~ TO be descr bed, and in all resDe 10 MAINTAINS III
lg reputation OF the great literary uhuertaAlhS
IN which 1t forms a part.
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al THE SECRETS OF BOOhu1kING.