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Fro8 As Bs{iinors AneyIcrn.
Gen. Santa Anna has adjrsssed I
communication 20 The Texian govern.
ment. dccIaring he having complies
with the terms catered into by him. and
protesting in the 6rst place sgsins, hsi
having been treated more O. an ordi.
nary criminal than ~ prisoner Of var
the head Of respectable nation. Sc.
condly. against the treatment Of Adrian
Wall. Mexican General, who had
entered the Texan camp with Gag OF
truce. with the consent Of the Cabinet,
and undo. the word Of honor Of Gen.
Houston. Thirdly. againsi the noa.
ful6lment Of the 9th article Of his ca
Pitulstioa. which provides for the ex-
change Of prisoners. asserting that al
though the Texans had been freed. not
q single Mexican bad been set 1t liber-
ty. Fourthly against the non-perform-
ance Of the condition which wss q sine
qua non that he should be sent to Vera
Cruz when the government shall deem
proper-thcy being satisfied that the
conditions Of the treaty had been full
filed on his part, which. a. he alleges,
had been done so far as he was concern
ed. Filthy. against the violence com.
mitsed on his person in forcing him to
return on shore after be had embarked,
and exhibiting him TO the soidiery.-
And. finally. against his being kept in
. narrow prison calculated 70 iniure
his health, guarded by sentinels. and
suffering all the privations which make
life insupportable; also for the uncer-
tainty in which he has been kept in re-
gard to has own fate and that Of his fell
low prisoners.
To the protest. Of which the above
is an abstract. President Burnett, Of
Texas. has returned 90 answer, framed
in courteous and becoming style, in
which he admits that circumstances Of
popular excitement had constrained
him to deviate slightly from the terms
Of the treaty respecting Santa Anna's
return 10 Vera Cruz--the excitement
having been caused by the cruelties
committed by the troops lately under
command Of Santa Anna. upon Col.
Tanning and his party; ofihe Mexican
Generals participation in which slaugh-
ter, he expresses himself unwilling
even to conjecture. He says that the
embarkation OF Santa Anna on board Of
the lnvincible. had been the result Of
the governments determination 10
comply strictly with the terms agreed
upon. and that his subsequent debar-
cation was owing 10 popular excite
ment, which rendered il indispensable
10 postpone his departure. To the first
item in the protest the President states,
that the accommodation Of Santa Anna
had been the best within the power Of
the authorities, n he had exposed his
own sick family to privaiions, in order
TO make him comfortable. and that the
want Of the comforts Of life was owing
to the visit OF the Mexican army. In
reference 10 the treatment Of General
Wall, he alleges that every thing had
been done 10 afford him a safe return,
but that The order 10 that effect having
been contravened at q distance from
the seat Of government. the reasons foI
it were not known. but were alleged to
originate in indiscretion on the part
Of Gen. Wall. whose conduct during
his sojourn had not been prudent.
The United STATES and yMerieo.-The
New York papers announce that Mr..
Gorostiza has embarked, with all bis