Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-10


day, lthe I3ih.) The additional accounts are not
decisive of the fate of Santa Anna. We shall
content ourselves with giving few paragraphs
from The Picayune, showing the then desperate
state oil Santa Annals fortunes The Picayllnc
intrrS from HE various Intelligence il has collect
ed, "lhat Santa Annals career is drawing 10 4
tragic close. Unless some lucky chance has be-
fallen him, his doom ere this hl, been rs terrible
as welIdcservcd. The new Cabinet has no, had
time 10 developc lis policy in relation 10 foreign
matters. The disturbances are 50 violent in
their nature, and important in their results, az
10 leave the authorities little time 10 attend to
any other concerns than such as rciale 10 the
crisis wrought in The domestic affairs of the coun-
Try"
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
BY The arrival Yesterday of the schooner For
tuna, from Vera Cruz whence She sailed on the
18th Deer, we have the important Information that
the revolution, started in .lalsco by Gen Paroles
has finally extended almost entirely over the
country, and that The complete overthrow OF the
tyrant santa Anna is certain, although he is still
in command OF few troops AT Qneretato. In
the city of Mexico the revolution broke out
the Sd instant, and hy the 1th all was quiel.-
General Jose Joaquin de Herrera was in COM
mand al The last dates, with Tie title Of Provision
al President, while Canalizo and some ol the
chief minions of Santa Anna were in arrest
On the Isl of December filty-live members OF
the House Of Deputies issued a manifesto, pro-
testing against The orders promulgated by Prcsi-
dent Santa Anna, and denouncing the Govern
lnent for not having had him removed from office
The next day, ten others, who were not able 10
gct into The hall on the Isl, signed it. The Senate
likewise adapted the same proceeding on The "a
Of Decembnr-every member, save four, Of that
BODY signing the articles OF denlincialiun This
,,,..n .,i.. IA ntpf1
seems that on The 81 December, General Canali-
70 by The express order Of Santa Anna, issued a
decree for the dissolution of Congress The
dictator was nj that time al Qucrearo AT the head
of some s 000 men, on his march against the re-
voluiinnists in .Jalisco. No sooner was il known
in Mexico, that the arbitrary decree had been
promulgated. than an immense excitement was
created among all classes. The Chambers al
once made three protests besides PROCLAMATION
10 the citizens; bni before they could have them
printed, Canalzo issued peremp.ory order that
all The printing Offices with The single exception
Of that OF III Diariode Gohierno, Santa Anna.
own pai! organ, should be closed, and that pub
LEGATIONS of every description were expressly for
hidden. When these tyranncal DEGREES traEa-
pired, the excitement rose 10 such pitch, thai all
business was suspended, and groups oil men col
leced in all quarters 10 talk over the obnoxious
measures and prepared TO act As circumstances
might dictate. Canalizo in The mean time, seeing
the affair, were coming 10 crisis, and dcemns
himself unsafe, collected q, the palace all The
troops he could gather, (somc 2.00o IN number)
and shn, himself mp with them. Baranda Rejon
(thc latter name become familiar TO The people
of the United sla.cs) and Salas, three Of Santa
Annals mnicns, al>o took refuge in the palace al
the same time.
During The 4th and 5ih ci December The ex-
menl continued, with little or no abatement at
any time. Early on the 9Th large numbers of the
Inhabitants comprising not only the lepcrose and
mildling classes but all the most wealthy and
respectable citizens gathered, with arms in their
hands, al The Convent of San Francisco. Here
The members of Congress, having been driven
from the Chambers, had assembled, amongst them
being Generals Herrera Garcia Condo, and
Cespeles Previous 10 this The greater part OF
The troops in the garrison and in la Ciudadela
had really pronounced in favor Of The revolution.
Generals CoIdc and Cespedes had come from The
Es-Accordada, where The movement was going
on, and reunited themselves with The deputies in
the Convent.
From this place, as we learn by some 81 the
accounts, Tic entire body-,nembers OF Congress,
citizens eperose and alI-marched to the princi-
pal plaza in front of The palace, and ordered Ca
nalizo to surrender-giving him two hours 10 re-
fleet and NJ more Thinking that lis officers
and s,ldiers would stand BY him, CanaliZo pre-
pared 10 attack The citizens, and called upon his
troops TO make 4 snrie Al this crisis, one OF
his officers exclaimed that he was the soldier Of
no tyrani bul of the nation, and then shouted.
az .ong live the Congress This cry was taken
ND bv The ranks stationed al The palace, when
Canalizo al once lied in CONSERVATION e bis apart
ments
FTere he war commanded 10 Surrender, and in
r.,lr, ne assentcd, on condition MAI his safety
was guaranteed and passports 10 leave The conn
ry were given 10 him, the iour Ministers and the
Commandan- General What disl osilion was
made of this demand, on. accounts do not say;
but it is certain that he was detained prisoner in
the palace, together with Salas, the Commaniante
General, as he is called. The Ministers of War,
and Of the Home Department, had been sci al
liberty upon giving security, while Rejon and
Baranda had made their escape.
On the 7ih OF December, Gen. Herrera was
appointed Provisional President Of the Republic
with Cabinet as follows Don Luis G. Cue
vas, Minis,erof Foreign Relations; Don Mari
aDo Riva Palacios, of Justice and Public InStruc-
ton; Don Pedro Echeverria, OF Internal Affairs;
Gen Pedro Garcia Condo, OF Wac and Marine.
On The evening Of The 9Th and during the whole
of the eth OF December The greatest rejoicngs tool,
place in The city Of Mexico, accompanied by
many acts which show the deep deieslalion in
which santa Anna was held. number OF MS
portraits in the public places were dragged through
the streets, Torn into fragments, and every lepero
preserved piece as Inoniento fheir oppresSoTs
downfall. The statue ofSan;a Anna in the plaza
was trmbledd down. broken in pieces, and Inc head
borne in triumph through the city. II is also stated
that The crowd, intoxicated with Joy and frantic
with revenge, afterwards proceeded 10 the monu-
inent where The leg of ther Dictator had been bu-
ried with 50 much pomp year or two since,
broke il into atoms and then kicked and dragged
The embalmed limb through the plaZas and pfin-
cipal ihoroushtares While all this was being
enacted by the mob, the more prominent citizens
were rejoicing heartily in the change OF Govern
menL Messages OF consratulation between the
triumphant Senate and House were nlerchanged
and the new President, Herrera, was waited upon
by the crowds, who appeared most joyous in OBJ
tanning relief from the despotic rule under which
they have groaned since the downfall OF Busta-
men:e. Such were the scenes enacted in Mexico
great were the rejoicinss all over the country.
The revolution against Santa Anna appears 10
be general, yet We hear OF little bloodshed except
at Jalapa, where few persons were killed
AT Puebla, the inhabitants rose as with one
voice. tumbled down the statue Of the obnoxious
Tyrant, and tore bis portrait into thousand
talters.
Eere we will insert an extract Of a letter to
gentleman in this city, showing the completeness
Of the revolution. I, is dated,
"VERA Cruz, Dec. H. 1S44.
"As far as can learn, no place holds out for