The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-27

A sEETcHsoF SANTA ANNA
MS FORTUNES WITHIN A FEW YEARS.


The recent revolution in Mexico, TO-
gelher with the overwhelming changes IL
the fortunes Of Santa Anna, have impar,-
ed fresh interest n The life Of a man.
whose career has been so 'ea,raordinary;
aud who BAT The other day" the observ-
ed of all observers the desiinies
of nation in his hands, is now, il may
be presumed. little teiler Than fugitive
and an,.oullas. The more immediate
events in his history Lave been full Of stir
ring exciismen,.sIiis capture by the Ter
an American Naiionai vessei, MS over.
throw By Gen Almonte, his reelection as
President. hi. los. of leg Incidence Of
Vera Cruz. his new movements for tie ie-
conquest Of Texas, the. death Of his wife,
his speedy marriage 10 another. the late
popular outbreak, his tyranHical conduct
towards the Mexican Congress, the fidell-
~ to him of large body offollowers. the
per inacityiof lis resistance, his'repeated
attacks IN Puebla, and finally, if the last
acc 'unts bp;irue, his negotiation for sur
render.
The conduct of discount. ymen in tela
tion. to.his amputa,ed leg. must be pro-
nounced brutal and disgraceful. and will
long be remembered as cowardly mani
ftstalion Of popular fury. Brsniz Mayer,
in his interesting work on Mexico, gives
All account Of lie burial..of Ills leg. lie
arrived at the city gates just after sunrise,
as they commenced firing in honor of,le
day, which was to he celebrated BY an en-
tonbment Of The remains of the shattered
limb. The principal streets were cover
ed with an awning. The military were
out in their iaery, the officers Of govern
meni mingled in the procession; and the
limb Of The President, cut off in 1893, af-
forwards buried al Vera Cruz, was tIisin-
tered and brought to the capital in 1912,
laid in crystal.vase, borne TO the Gene
terry Of Santa Paula, where it as drpo-
slied in the monument erected 10 receive
il, by the command Of the General of the
Mexican Army. A solemn cu!ugium on
the President was then pronounced by a
distinguished Mexican, anil The ceremo.
MES in honor of the precious relic were
concluded.
What a constrast Lave recent event:
presented. The leg has been torn from
its pace of repose, aad kicked aboa, The
streets! A statue of Santa Ana, whicl
had been placed on beautiful column
has been thrown down and. tramplrd upon
A writer in the New ORLEANS Tropic
! who was witness TO the Revolution il
the city of Mexico, speaks of The Assem-
bly, of people in fr"ot Of The Piazza
Shouis of yiyas [he says from twice
ten thousand voices rent the air, clenchet
and upiifted' hands and geslicnlarions Of
the most determined character indicated
the deep-seated enthusiasm of the vas
multitude. 1t was indeed tremendous
spectacle. witnessed many men so i'm
pressed and affected at The sight that the
, tears were streaming down their faces
twas motley scene. The Mexican gen
teman, the merchant, the lepefo, in hi
many colored clolhing, the officer in biz
gorgeous regimen,als, soldiers, crowds %
young men, women. and boys all combin
ed to furnish a spectacle which those who
witnessed It and the intense enthusiasm
which appeared to burn in every one, viii
never forget.
j But few monthssbefore, Santa Anna
| vi tied the theatre in his splendid state
carriage, and followed By about seventy