Jasper Banner, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1857 — Why Colonel Crabb went to Sonora. [ARTICLE]

Why Colonel Crabb went to Sonora.

It ie not generally known that! soon after his emigration to Califor- j nia, Colonel Crabb married into n; large family by the name of Ainsa.j originally from Sonora, having Hed thence because of political disuen- i sionain the -Slate, and settled in Stockton. A private letter from, California, by the last arrival, says^i Mr. A. had eight daughters and | four sons./. Some two years since! the eldest eon returned to Sonora, |and having married his cousin, who belonged to one of the dominant factions there, secured his father’s confiscated estates. Soon after, Crabb, with his wile, paid his broth-er-in-law a visit, and while there was urged to return to California, assemble about 400 men, and with them come and settle on the frontier and protect them from the Indians, whom the Mexican Government had allowed to completely devastate the country. They also wished, in time, to declare themselves independent of that country. Crabb went down with one hundred men. lie had the promise of more when he reached the frontier, besides those who went around by sea. As soon as they entered Carvorca, they were met by enemies, and betrayed by their own friends. This simple narrative, says the Picayune, throws a flood of light upon the origin of this unfortunate expedition, whatever may have afterwards become its object and character. It would seem certain, however, from other equally reliable papers before us, that Colonel Crabb was decieved and betrayed by those who, -pretending to be his friends, had invited him to Sonora. —State Sentinel. The Princess Royal’s Husband.— The betrothed of the princess royal of England is described as a fine looking young man, in height about five feet nine inches. His deportment is exceedingly dignified. His complexion is naturally fair, although his face* is slightly browned by out-door sports and exercise. He has light hair, cut very close, a still lightef mustache, which runs into a thin light whisker and does not conceal a pair of large red lips. Ilis nose, is ...long, and bien prononc, his eyes are blue, and~His 'Face' is of somewhat broad German type. Speaking of his appearance at the Derby last year, a gossip thus describes him : “He was dressed like a young Englishman, in compliment to the people among whom he has come to seek a bride. There is something about an English hat. with its small flat brim, which pronounces its nationality far and wide, and an unmistakable specimen was selected by the young prince for his debut. He also wore one of those black check cravats vvhich English country gentlemen frequently afreet The prince seemed pleased with the slightest mark of courtesy, and was quick to acknowledge H.”