The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-27
THE PRINCE OF SONORA.

Approaching the city Of Guaymas from
the sea, the most conspicuous feature of the
shore is rugged promontory called Ell
Toro, which rises almost perpendicularly
out Of the water to Che hight of 400 feet and
more, and then slopes steeply down to a
-strewnaud impassable valley.
The face OF the great rock is scanned and
wrinkled. says a writer in the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Under it are dark caverns and intermin-
able grottos, where millions Of sea birds and
strange marine animals find refuge The
slow, long swell of the Pacific, dashing per-
petually against the foot of the crag, seems
to chant an endless requiem for the dead
who sleep beneath the waves.
Where the pillows break on the rocks the
spray is ivory white, but beneath the hol-
lows Of the cliff it is shot with quick shad-
ows. Whether at flood or at ebb it means
shudderingly with a note that is inexpressl-
bly, plaintive.
Just beyond the great crag, at the foot
OF its western slope, may be seen g narrow
strip of sandy beach, framing in shallow
lagoon. A low line of verdure fringes the
water, and the roofs of few old adobe
houses, clustered in rows about an old dilap-
idated church, peep atove the branches.
This is the town Of San Jose de Guaymas.
What you see there is but the relic of a
once prosperous city. The present city of
Guaymas lies over the hill. not more than
five miles distant.
Going from San Jose with its hoary mem
cries to Gusymas, by the path that winds
in 100 serpeutlue curves along the beach
just above high tide mark, one passes a
little plat of ground fenced in with rough
stones. For unuumbered years ehis has
been the common cemetery of the two
towns.
The student Of local antiquities, by which
mean the history of Guaymss fifty years
ago, pauses longest beside q grave in the
most obscure corner OF the plat. To the most
democratic of Americans there is a fascina-
ton in the relics of the noble, and here rests
the dust of one who was-of kingly race,
and who, In his day, aspired TO an indie
pendent sovereignty amid the rugged noun
tains of sonora
He was descendant OF that proud and
naughty family which for 80 many centu-
ries controlled the destinies Of France The
gallant adventurer sleeps his last sleep far
enough removed from the pleasant land
where he was born. Over his neglected
tomb curves the violet dome of the Mexican
sky the flowers whose verdant pail is
spread over the mound are those OF a foreign
cline. A y,
Here there are no loving hands TO deck
and care for the spot where he lies. Silence
aud oblivion have claimed for their own the
brilliant young nohleman who sought amid
the Sierras to rear anjimperiat throne.
He whose remains malder beneath that
broken SLAB was no ordinary man. Eugene,
Count Rousette dc Bourbon, youth Of
barely 20 years, gifted with all courtly
graces, for which his race has been cele-
brated was also lowered with a genius for
war, and thought to restore the dignity Of
hisname with what he might win with his
sword in the new world.
1t was long after the stormy days Of 1888
that he fist came to Guaymas. In Paris
his kinsman the last of the Bourbon kings,
had been expelled from the throne Of
France by an indignant populace.
Resolving that the fate of Charles TX.
should not forever obscure the regal house
of Bourbon, the young count dreamed of
another empire in some more suspicious
cline. In the war Of factions which at that
time oonvulsed Mexico from end TO end he
saw the opening for which he painted.
He rallied to himself a company of mobiles
as brave and ambitious as himself With
them he sailed TO Mexico, and, inter a toll
some journey across the country from Tam
pico, arrived at Guaymss.
How much OF the story Of Count Rousette
is historic truth and how much Of it mere
legend it is impossible at this late date to
determine. AS preserved among the crones
of Guaymas it has q wealth Of detail that
ought TO carry conviction TO uhe most sKep-
ticai lis ener. What has already been re-
cited is tho prologue to the story.
The count anticipated resistance to bis
scheme of empire. the tradition candidly
acknowledges, but be cQuuted upon allying
himself with some di'appOiuted faction and
by!ts aid overthroviiug the existing govern