Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-11-14

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For lie T'ropie.
SANTA ANNA AND THE CONDttrTA
a paragraph has been going the bounds
conveying to The public The Important inteI4
ligente D 1.-THE seizure by Santa Anna of i
cotdt6ta, with $4,000, 900! AMI. a. usual.
inc siTlptg pHbfiE nave swallowed It All, and
ere this digested it,.
H0g, as Intelligence Of such nature fRsro
1t true) would contain matter Of deeper intar.
eel ~ The Government of the United gtataa
than wetnlght at iifst suppose. ii certainly
may not be amiss to inquire, from wIanfa
came this terrible Information I Upon what
data are We 10 rely for its Authenticity J But.
apart from this, permit me to ask, If tbere Hre
any so entirely destitute Of oDmon ssnaa ne
TO believe that report IN The terms fnwGjeh
ttie courhed J Can it be imagined, for a
moment, That Santa ANN would be a. reek.
less Of bis own interest, az To openly seize
and appropriate 10 his own use. or the fur.
theee Of his deeigns. $4,000, 600 The property
Of British subjects ! HI matters not what
may be our opinion If Santa Annals honesty,
his character, or his appraved propshsjiia5 !:
yet we must attribute 10 him some derrne Of
sagaCity, and no small share If ability, The
most deprayed-svehtha outlaw or ffees boetsf
adbeafs strictly 10 what he egneaives TO be
his interest," and never unnecessarily plum
gse himself into that, which would thwart his
schemes or prove bis own destruction /
Is it not apparent, that we're Santa Anna so
week Or imbeeil as 10 plumber British ptopBr.
ty upon tho highway, he would be certain to
bring down upon him The sure vengeance If.
the British Government and that in fnn-
junction with bis present difficulties would
thus complete the annihilation Of his devoted
country, and consequently the proslration of
his oHn hopes abdsambition.
But the rntlor Is 80 pgffgctlY absurd, the
60 Pfeposterous, that all that Ia s%urpri#-
ing ~ q iF. the appearance Of IL in a s6fiousI
torm ~ the public journalist
u ts 9yerred that upon the seizure of The
aforesaid 100000, Santa Anna rave his
tndiVldual bonds for the amount. 10 whtAn,
pray, did he give his hoitls 10 The mule
d~fiFgrE4 TbHt he took pdsspssion upon the
ground, that it was unsafe IN the present des-
tfhttbd state OF affairs 10 permit II 10 persue
tF destination 10 VTfa.CrUzi Doubtless nns
The conviction that it would be Hafer IN
his hands tlian 1t would be 10 Tho possession
ITS legitimate owners I Surely he there
ID displayed d highly maHnautmutfsly regard
'0r the interest Of Brirrell aubieft lie thus
demonstrated to the muIsteers, the
superiority Of his individual bonds over The
iciual cash We'll, + was not aware of il be.
ore, but these newspaper corresponding are
certainly a very keen set of chaps. They
must have abundant means Of procuring COR
information upon the important topics
If The day. Aud then their deductions
heir %srrmisss ready, thoj are The Bebe-
'actors Of tbeir country /! But aside from
bic wonderful paragraph, the truth Of The
natter IL. Santa Anna did get S2,000,0 900
,ut he took il With The concurrence and by
be sanction Of the British Government III
the wonderful espionageo Of certain
tremendous journals, will, ere long regotu.
ioatse The world, and shake it to. It's very
entre Yet, still the sequel Of this $4,000,
'm highway robbers will be given anon.
FIGARO