The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-05-29
From Me NeW Orleans Pcaystrse.g
From the City of Mexico.

posecsSlon OF our nesIron the CITY OF MeAics
down to the. .28th of April--fve days late
} than the papers we had previously received
, although letters Of the 30th had reached here
J, We look first for news from Santa Anna
land we find him engaged, with the utmost dill
gence, at Orzaba, raising troops. He shows
as the letters well say, incredible energy in re
pairing the losses he has sustained, and err
this is no doubt at the head Of an army very
considerable in numbers, however inferior II
discipline. He is, moreover, according to thu
papers, granting permits to guerilla bsnds.-
Being straitened for funds, he is said to have
imposed upon Orizaba loan Of $4,000. We
give a translation of the first letter we have
seen of Santa Anna since his defeat at Sierrs
Gorda: s
! Headquarters of the Com,mander-in-chiet.l
ssss,. ORIzABA, April %, l847 s
Most Ercellent Str--The night of the 18th 4
communicated to you, for the information o.
his Excellency the President Substitute, the
attack of Gen. Scott upon the principal poinl
4 of Sierra Gorda, and that he had been repulsed
with notable loss At present l have the
painful duty of informing you, with the same
view, that that general having repeated the al
tack at daylight the following day with all his
troops, consisting Of twelve thousand men,
succeeded in forcing the pass, after coura-
geous struggle of three hours, in which valoI
and desperate courage were displayed on both
sides. a4a ~ 80 -
| had succeeded in assembling at Sierra
Gorda, three thousand infantry, permanent and
active, and little over two thousand Of the
National Guard of the State of Puebla but
the latter were not yet weIl acquainted with
the use of arms, and their inexperience was
fatal to us. There was also in the field d.
vision Of cavalry, which placed under the
orders of Gen. Valentia Canalizo; but the ma
ture of the ground did not permit him to ope-
rate, and he retired to Jalapa the moment the
infantry began to yield.
The loss Of men which we suffered in SO une-
quail combat am unable yet to learn; bel
cause, surrounded by the soldiers of Scott, y
found myself unexpectedly in imminent dass
ger, and barely saved myself, with six of
aids who remained at the moment by MY
passed the night at the hacienda Of Tug
pm, and learning there that the enemy
timing his march upon JAiapa, fsso..
move to this city, where / arrived yesu
evening.
1t appears that the enemy, improving
triumph, and the astonishment in which he
fnds the people, designs to march upon thd
capital; but Tam'taking measures to organize
here respectable force, in addition to that at
present under the command Of Gen. d. nto-
MO Leon, and l can assure the President Sub
stitute that with come aid from the neighbour
ing states, or the Supreme Government itself,aI
shall be able to harrass the rear guard ofsthei
enemy with effect until his destruction is
achieved have already despatched orders to
Gen. Canalizo that he protect with his cavalry
the fortress of Perote, and to Gen. Gaona that
he place it in the best state of defence until
can relieve him.
Icannot omit to express to your Excellency
my astonishment at the apathy and selishness
of our citizens in the present critical crcum-
stances; and ! now deem it necessary that the
Supreme Powers Of the nation should dictate
severe and effective measures to enforce com
phance on the part OF every one with those
duties which society and the laws impose upon
him., If this is not done--if the nation does
not rise en- nsasse to defend its most sacred
rights, unjustly and barbarously trampled up
on, infamy and scorn, with the loss of our ma
iionalify- will be the results. For my part |
shall spare no sacrifice in behalf of the coun- |
try; my life and my blood, my repose and my
fortune are entirely consecrated to it. q |
For the present have established my head
quarters here, where shall receive the orders
which the Supreme Government may have oc- |
casion to- transmit. eT
Accept assurance, &c. God and Liberty.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
To the Minister of War and Marine.
A short letter from Santa Anna wrote the
same day to President Anaya, is hardly worth
He begs him not to despair, not
10 make a treaty with the enemy, and to de-
fend the capital. He begs most piteously for
,ome money.
The same number of H Repubheano which
contains the first letter defends the National
Guards from the reproach therein cast upon iii
# the loss Of Sierra Gorda. Santa Annals |
pse DIRT has already lost much of its power I
But Notwithstanding the evident dissatisfaction
ELI with him by his countrymen, the Supreme q
Government has confirmed him in the COM ,
nand Of the army by express orders. The ne $
essity of such an order indicates that his au- {
hority had been severely shaken. The Re n
asbiicano scores Gen, Canaizo for his disgrace J
vi fight; calls for court-martial upon him,
nd expresses the hope that the affair will not
e got over with, like the investigation into the
all of Monterey. I'm that case it viii be re- '
objected that Santa A una broke up the court '
martial which was examining AmPudia's con- $
uet When Canalizo's eonduct at Sierra 7
iorda was impugned in Congress, one Of the P
minister's announced that his command had q
zen taken from him and he himself ordered {
o San Martin Tesmeluesn. Nevertheless we h
ind him subsequently, leaving Pusbla at the I