He won the Berkeleyan Prize for the best Latin translation, and delivered the valedictory poem at his graduation in 1822.

He became a professor of moral philosophy and letters at the Scientific and Military Academy at Middletown, Connecticut.

Colton was nominated chaplain of the West India Squadron in 1831 and visited ports throughout the world.

He held court armed with a revolver and bejeweled cane which were the symbols of authority for an alcalde.

It was built through the labor of convicts and paid for partly through taxes on liquor shops and fines on gamblers.

[6] He won wide acclaim as a fair judge and impaneled the first jury in California to assist in making decisions.

[4] The first issue was released only a month after the American flag was raised at Monterey, The Californian carried the news of the declaration of war with Mexico.