Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-27

! took ercai fancy 10 MN, and brought hIm up
/ lie remained with Gen. d. until about the year
1920. While with Davla he made Major,
and when installed he took the honor very cody
and some of his friends congra,ulatine him he
said, a. 81 mi hici,ra dies qusiera csiar aeo ma"
| II You were 10 make me God, | should de-
| sire 10 be something greaer THIS trait de-
vcloped nj so earl, period of his life, indicated
the existence of that vaurng ambition which has
ever since characterized his life
After serving the Spanish Royal cause until 1921,
he left Vera Cruz, turned against ms old mas
ter and benefacor and placed himself al the head
of some irregular troops which lac had raised on
the sea coast, near Vera Cruz, and which called
! Jaroclos in their language, and which are dcnom-
! mated BY him his Cossacks, rs they are all noun
ted and armed with spears. With this rude
vary he besoiged Vera Cruz, drove Da,ila into the
castle of san Juan d'Ulloa and after having been
rcpulscd at a subsequent period, got entire pos
session of the city, eypelling thcreirom the old
Spanish troops, and reducing the power Of the
mother country in Mexico 10 the walls Of the cas-
| tie.
! Subsequent TO this Davila i, said TO have obtain
! &C an interview with Santa Ana, and told him he
destined 70 act prominent part III the hIsto-
~ of his country, and says he will give you
some advice Siemprc sayis con los muchos"
always 20 with the strongest party. lie always
! acted mp 10 this motto until he raised the grifo,
Tor cry,) in other words took up the cudgcls for the
! friars and church. lie then overturned the tcde-
! raj government and established a central dcspo-
I ism, of winch the priests and tho military were
the two privileged orders His lie had been
from the first Of the most romantic kind, constant
/ " in revolutions, and constantly victorious,
uu the last fatal rencontrc
/ Ills manners extremely afablc he i, full OF
anecdote and humor, and makes himself exceeding
. Il fac md ublp In all VIM IA
to his company; he is about five feet 10, rather
spare has a moderately high forehead, with,
! black hair short black whskcrs, without muStaches,
and an eye large black, aud expressive OF lurh.
/ ing devil in his look he Is man of gentccl aud
dgnihed department, but OF disposition perfectly
| hcarlless; but has never eyinccd a sayagoncss of
/ character except IN the massacres in which he
has been implicated in Texas. lie married
/ Spanish lady of property, native Of Alvaradp,
and through that marriage obtained the FIRST par, OF
his estate called Manga dc Clavo, & leagues from
Vera Cruz He has three fine children, yet quite
young
The following striking anecdote of Santa
| Ana illustrates his peculiar quickncss and manage
ment During the revolution of 1899, while he
was shut up in Osaca, and surrounded by the
! Government troops, and reduced to the utmost
straits for the want of money and provisions, hav
! ing very small force, there had been in consc-
qucnce ot the siege and firing every day through,
the streets, no for several weeks lie had no
money. and hit upon the following exprdcnt to
! get II he took possession OF one of the Converts
rot hold of the wardrobe OF the irars, dressed his
officers and some the soldiers in it, and early in
the morning had the bells rung for mass. People
delighted at having again an opportunity of adoring
the Supreme Being, nockcd 10 the church where he
was, and after the house was pretty well filled his
frats showed their side arms and bayoncts from
beneath their cowls and closed the doors upon the
assembled multitude. Al unexpected denouc-
ment there was tremendous shrek ing when one
of his officers assembled the pulpit and told the PEG
Pile that he wanted $40 900 and must have it. He
finally succeeded in getting abom $500 when he
dmssed the congregation.
! As n sample of Santa Ana's pious uhims We
relate the following:
In the same campaign of oxaca Santa Ana and
his officers there bcSiegcd by Rincon, who
commanded the government troops. Santa Ana
was in n convent surrounded by small breast
work. Some OF the officers one night to amuse
| themselves, took the wooden saints out of the
church and placed tfcm rs sentrics, dressed in uni.
forms, on the brcastwork. Rincon alarmed on the
morning at this apparent bodncss, began to fire a
way at the wooden images, snpposing them to be
flesh and blood, and it not until after some of
the officers who not IN the secret had implo-
red Santa An, To prevent this Dissertation tina, the
firing ceased
Many similar facts are related of Santa Ana.
! We have not room at present TO saAs. more than
that there is who has filed thc~ pace he has
that is little understood In short no is all
things 10 all men. llc never was out of Mexico, &
the likeness exhibited Of him in this city bears no
rcScmbllncp la him Y J Ipcujup