Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-09-03
MOST EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS
EVER RUN IN THE WORLD
Nine Thousand and Ninety.mine Miles
BY EARTH, AIR AND OCEAN!

SANTA ANNA HEADED OFF BY THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON
Extraordinary Loss of our Correspondents Shirt
Our special messenger from the city of Mex.
leo on the Sth inst, bringing the most extraor-
binary news ever received, and ten days later
than that of Monday evening. arrived by special
express last night ii the bark Flight, Capt.
Swift, with dispatches for the True Sun exclu-
sively.
The following is the journal of our bearer of
dispatches
MEXICO August s,h,-santa Anna has now
an army of $4,000 men. well equipped, aud will
soon be joined by twenty ba,taIions of English,
Just landed at the Pacific. Where is our block
aiding squadron The Duke of Wellington is
to be sent Minister to Mexico. and, in case
Santa Anna should fall (and not get up AGAIN.
will take command of the Mexican forces All
; foreigners have been driven from the city, en-
cept the English All person, capable of bear
ing arms, (babies borne in the arms exccpted,)
are drilled IN the main pla-a twelve hours in Il
day. The national foundry in the city is turn
ing ont one hundred cannon FER day The
: worknen are principally English, superintendent
by corps of engineers lately deserted from the
, American army. Everything, even diuner-po,s
and old jack-knves, are seized by Santa Anna
for the foundry. Even the buttons from the
q, soldiers and officers clothes have been torn off
, and it is now said that Sutt Anna Is tine on Y
man in Mexico who has buttons to his breeche-
Marcy would stand poor chance here left
! Mexico at seven o'clock, A. NJ, in company
with British officer and two gold mine specu-
lators, who carried with them mint of money.
4 had only thirty-tive bags of doubloons---en
. of which were given to me by Slnti Anna, tc
- bear love-letter from him to a Mexican Seno.
rita near Vera Cruz. We had guard of thir-
,l,,r Ear no,
= Killed my three companions, but instantly dis
=, patched twenty ot them with my twelve huge
:, revolverS which carry in my belt, The ohc
y ten fled, and ESCAPED with my douboons.
then fell in with band of tweniv-one arnc,
robbers, whom compelled to act my guides
!, At Pin,n, twenty-one miles from Mexico,
:, f,nnd ninety-iive thousand men constructing
Il Notifications, which were already twice strong
as Gibraltar. This is all owing to the fact that
: they aided by ten regiments of United
, States deserters Santa Anna will have 60. 900
= men and 800 common 10 deianl this position
=, The first night slept sixty miles of Mexico
!. Before tnrning in took the guns, swords ana
,r pistols from my brigand guides. ! was aroused
=, in the night by two hundred gnerillls, who sur
" rounded the ranch in which was. free
% through the key-hole, and killed upwards of ;
!, hundred of them, when the remainder scamper
ed off ! then took my horse To bed with me
- and snoozed out the rest of the night in quiet
!, In the morning, accused the landlord eff hayin!
: BETRAYED me. lie looked guilty. and | blew
ont his brains, killed his wife, his children, an
:, two big dogs, then set fire to the ranch am
, rode Off
-, August 9th,-'The leader of my guides had
~ suspicious wink of the left eve. which did no
"a like, Accordingly called him up and shot hi
II, head Oft | served all the rest in the same man
~, ner, except one, who | let off to tell the story
~. then took all their tweny-one muskets, TWEEN
:, ty-one swords, and twenty-one pistols. as trop
m les OF my valor, and dashed off alone to puebl
~ passing within few PAGES of numerous rue
~. rllla bands-and delivered the weapons To Ger
~, Worth. found Scott in the Cathedral. wber
w. ", he spends all his time with the priests s,vin
:" mass. They call him there Father Sco,t
III and they say also that he is soon to be mad
Is bishop OF rI,ccbla, the present incumbent helm
- about to be promoted &c the bishoprc of Mexic,
NC Scott will not leave Puebla TIL an,er Christina,
IN lie is going to wait for his conservation. Aic
',s Is to take place there. Besides, he has mad
''- an agreement, through the mediation of the liri
ish minister, to wait until Santa Anna cay
of " come on"
August l0h,-On this day, did not II.
ry. more than six of my revoivers until got tn
20: side OF Jaapa. 1t was in the afternoon-I W;
ell IN company with six soldiers returning HON
Ia We had IA Mexican guide, who took u, out
ar' the way under pretence OF calling on his vii
I'm who told us that were betrayed, and that ~