The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-08
The War, &c.
INTERESTING MEXICAN DOCUMENT.
From the New Orlsans Delta. NAV so

From the New Orleans Delta, May so
Inc victory Of Csrro Gordo appears to have pro,
any which we have yet gained. The enemy had never
before fought under such favorable circumstances
Mexcsn cunning was never before 70 sn~
completely stumped in his whole life The strongest
evidence Of the exhaustion and poverty Of Santa Annals
imagination this subject, IL to be found In the Sc
and free expressions Of the not only dscrsd
ing his explanation Of the Csrro Gordo affair, but also
mpugning all his former statements In relation to hs
battles. The papers loaded with these scepti-
cal aud sarical eusions The current against him 10
rising higher and stronger Why say these writer's,
Generals Arists. Ampudia Hsredia, Csnslizo, So,
roughly handled by Santa Annals friends on account
tune Of the General Chief praised rather act
Of patriotism than disgraceful rout!o
The excuses given heretofore by Santa Annals friends
satisfactory the unreasonable scribblers Of
the Capital The prstencs that the National Guard
did not understand the of and behaved badly
In the action, IL well met with the reply that the
National Guard all captured at their posts bravely
nghtng whilst the veteran regulars escaping under
Ampuda, Csnalizo, and the General in Chief This is
good hit Other arguments are disposed Of with like
and pungency
The General has seized his and In the Of
of his satellites tries track and presents his late
The reader will In this article the
tic style Of Santa Anna The allusion to Napoleon IL
decidedly Santa Annaish To keep that pleasant
ceit which manifested sef rather ridiculousy in the
tent Of General Houston when the Mexican chief soft
sawderedn the Texan hero, by informing him that he
was the conquerer Of the Napoleon Of the West.n
1t has been the habit Of Santa Anna in all his mill
tary emergencies to draw literally for and
causes upon the coPious annals OF the great Ma
poeou. His search, however, after analogies between
his situation and that OF Napoleon has introduced him
to other great Generals. who like himself have been
caught mapping and in his distress he eagerly adopts
the which could not save the Austrian General
from disgrace and court martial He calculates WISE
ly that what could not satisfy the stubborn good
OF the Austrians, may easily content the imaginative
and windy Mexicans But
Non tanfas componere ifes.
Let the Mcxicaus settle their disputes 1t II
forting however, to as to fine exempfcation
Of the old proverb that when rogues fall out honest
get their due" II only when tho Mexican
chiefs got by the earswhen their military reputation
demanded the admission, that they became willing to
and military capacity The truth has at last worked its
way into Mexican confessions.
Santa Anna, in order to Justify his rout at Cerro
GordO bestows upon Gen. Scott and his gallant army
higher praise, and confers upon this achievement
more brilliant rrnown, than our warm imsgnations
and proud hearts ever conceived of.
Here follows the vindcaton Of the military conduct
of Gen Santa Anna In the battle Of Cerro Gordo pub
lshed In the Diario del oberno the city of Mexico
on the 30th April -
MEDICATION Az SANTA ANNA
The internal enemies OF the country secret agents
Of our external enemies who aborng to open
them the gates Of the capital neglect means how
criminal of fomenting dssentions and distrust
among more favorable to the designs Of the inva
der Is dsunon than all the disasters that
suffer In combat Hence the zeal and tho bad faith with
which they present to the public their accounts Of the
events Of the war, ds6guring them in such manner
that the disasters of army well In the North
in the be attributed not to involuntary errors
but to treason.
with like motive do they endeayor to depreciats
Gen. Santa Anna knowing. M they do that he Is the
enemy whom tho North Americans most fear and that
he once out OF the way, they will have removed the
principal obstacle that they have met with up to the
present time in their OF destruction and con-
quest
This idea predominating these internal enemies OF
the country have published various pamphlets, repre-
senting the triumph obtained by at the Angos
tura loss. AT the present moment they doing
the thing in relation to the actions Of tho Tee
grafo and Cerro Gordo in both of which they
the General-in Chief. in terms that 1t only
remains to him clearly aud expressy of treason
The editorial Of the 3sth number of the Bulletin #
kind of charges against Santa Anna who is there &C.
cuseu OF the loss of oro the article saving that
sight in the preparations and from like want of judg
ment at the time Of the attack and from bad arrange
mepts We are given to understand that he sacrificed
useessy large portion OF this force Aud he Is even
blamed for not performing miracle by raising. In
ment, new army just as If he were IN France In
read with little attention the said editorial pepe-
rate the depth and the wickedness of the design of M
authors auth Unjust men your csumniss suffice to detect
without calling the attention of readers to the
documents published in the Dario del Gobieo and In
be taxed with artiaty to Santa Anna) in its number
Of the 23d inst gives clear idea OF what took place in
this disspates the rash mputations of
miesand depicting the conduct of the invader his
tics his numerical superiority the advantages Of his
artillery and all that contributed to facilitate his tr
uuphs demonstrates most completely that loss
the result OF inevitable misfortune.
In fact, position well chosen; II fortified
well a. circumstances permitted: its tanks
vered and all forcseen that have been fore
in regular order and in the tactics Of
True it is that expectation entertained OF the
rare bold and desperate operation of the enemy who in
the night bet the 18th and 18TH broke through the
woods crossed ravine up to that time never crossed
and taking in the position which the main body
Of army occupied, surprised 1t In the time Of
action, made general attack on all parts at once,
and cut of the retreat Of the infantry the artillery
and a part Of the cavalry. IL Is pretended
that the General ought to have foreseen this risk
made First-that notwithssndn g the old opinion con
irmcd by the experience Of the whole from 1910 to
1921. that the road by which the enemy fanked us
impracticabe, the General did not neglect IT, since he
stationed in order to it, the greater part Of his
cavalry in the mouth Of the gorgc and il this force did
not fulfil the object of its mission the fault should not
be imputed the General-in Chief We do not intend
here examine and qualify the conduct Of chief or
chiefs OF the cavalry the fact IS that the point which
that is than sufficient to justify General Santa
Anna
secondly-A recent historical fact may for the
second solution Of the question We refer to the pas
sage Of the great St Bernard executed
the Austrian general deceived by the dexterty Of the
operation said the following day. before he learned
the result that he answered with his life that the
French artillery had not passed that way And II this
happened in Europe, in the midst Of war that had
formed many expert commanders need not astonsh
us that like events tran'pre among ourselves Men are
After enlargug upon the particular instances of pa
trotism displayed by Santa Anna. from the beginning
Of his down to the present time, his apoog
cludes by the following peroration -
Mexicans be just DO not suffer yourselves to be de-
ccived by perverse and evil-intentioned men Re-
fleet that some Of those writer's, who to-day
to lead sstray your opinions to the prejudice
Of withdrawing President, have sold Themselves
him for ftiendshave fatter.d him In the OF
his prosperity. and declare themselves his emes
when fortune is against him. Examine well the facts
compar judge with attention and imparality; and IL
that your conclusion must be, that gratitude is
due to Santa Anna one Of the best servants Of the
Republic, both before aud since its Independence
Signed1 MANUEL MANA JiMErEx
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
The steenlcr jamestown. Capt Written, arrived yes
tcrday morning from Cincinnati. and brought down
Capt T.. Bogardus and Lieuts smith, Alurr and Mar
tia with company f. l4th regt U. troops from shaw
peetown numbering rs men The steamer Die Vernon
Capt stail.y. from Cincinnati brought down two CON-
panies the 10Th reg L. s. troops under the command
OF Col Howard and company OF the I'd regt under
the command Of Capt. Casey numbering ss4 rank and
fle.-N o. Delta, 30h uh.