The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-21
eur Washington Correspondence.

Merican Matrimonial Case---Santa Anna' 8
Clerk in Danger.
A city Of $4,000 people, without commerce and
without manufactures agricultural resources, is
curiosity in the United States. Washington is,
perhaps, the only place of the kind on this CONT
nent. 1t lives and fourishes upon the executive
departments and upon Congress and the annual
appropriations. While Congress is in session, the
federal metropolis flourishes like an orange tree
in hot house; when Congress is absent, the place
dres up like river dependent upon the spring
rains. Such is the condition of Washington just
now. 1t is dried up, largely depopulated, and in
sutleraby stagnant: II is awaiting the passage of
the long recess and the blessed return of Congress-
and the strangers which December brings back to
the hotels and the boarding houses. The depart
uie OF the President leaves the place more desolate
than ever-hke an inland principallty deserted by
its governor, and the transient nobility, which, by
their annual visit, leave behind them only the
prospects Of their return.
The expectations of the next Congress are pro-
portonate to the prospects of the first long session
ola new administration, and the list of important
measures 10 be acted upon, calculated to attract
the universal interest OF the whole American peo-
pie. Coleman's hotel is in course of thorough
improvement for the winter; and the hotels, and the
poor widows who keep the boarding houses, and
the editors Of the organs, and everybody else, In
GLIDING the reporters, expect to make their for
tunes from and after the first Monday In December
next.
Meantime, the turning out Of poor clerk, or
the appointment Of a consul, or the keeper of
light house, are the staple commodities Of the news
in end from Washington. These being duly report
ed by telegraph, relieve the letter writers of the
duty of heralding them to the astonIshed world.
In the absence of other materials tonight, we
have been furnished with some particulars OF a
singular matrimonial case in this city,, calculated
to suggest the lnterpostion of the article of the
Ashburton treaty for the mutual surrender of GRIM
mails between the United States and Great
Britain.
In 1913, Amonte, the Mexican minister here,
had several Mexican young men among the stu
dents at Georgetown (Catholc) College, one Of the
first educational institutions in the country. One
CT these young men represented himself as the
nephew OF Santa Anna, and was so understood TO
be-Antonio Teulette. On the passage of the reso-
lutions OF annexation, Almonte left the country,
and returned to Mexico, taking the young men
from the college with him: OF the subsequent life
Of Teuleite, We are not informed. He was proha-
bly, attached as officer to the military family OF
Santa Anna.
Recently there was published in the papers of
New York and other journals of the United States,
an extract from Jamaica paper, (Which extract we
would here introduce, but that we have misaid Il, }
setting forth that an aide camp of General Santa
Anna, and confidential person of his family, had
absconded from the island, carrying with him a
large quantity Of jewery and other yaluables, the
properly of the late Dictator amounting several
thousand dollars, &c, the name of the criminal cor
responding with that of Teutette.
On the. fifteenth of July last, young Mexican,
representing himself as the nephew Of Santa Anna,
and young Mexican lady, attended by sister-in.
maIned in this city by Father Van Horseigh, Of St
Peters (Catholjc) church, and under representa-
ions which created an impression that the parties
were immensely rich, and that the affair was ex-
ceedlDgly romantic and superb. The names OF the
parties, as published in the marriage notice, were
Captain Antonio Martuletti, to Saledad Ahumada,
all OF Mexico; but II appears that IN the marriage
certificate given by the priest, the names were
Captain Antonio Teulett, to Saledad Ahumada y
Zozo.
About the time of this marriage, Captain Teulett,
Teuletie, or Martuletu, was compelled to sell a
valuable gold watch for S25 to meet his board bill,
and offered to sell to Mr. Bastanelli, who keeps a
fancy store on Pennsylvania Avenue, some yalu-
able jewelry, at almost any price for immediate
cash. Mr.. Bastianelli did not want the Jewels but
offered TO take the ladies' to his house. and to board
the gratis, until the young bridegroom could raise
the each required for his travels, as he representa-
he could, upon his fathers name, in New York.
Without coming TO any conclusion hatevenng, the
young man left the store with his wife. The next
evening the bride and groom called again at the
with the Jewelry, and MIR. Bastianelli finally dis
missed them with the promise that he would do
what he could to help them out OF their difficulty.
The next morning, however, the bride and groom
were missing, and have not since been heard of.
The sister-in-law was left behind She applied to
the Mexican Minister, az she said, who gave her
SlO 10 pay her passage 10 New YORK, whittier she
supposed the fugtives had gone. Mr.. Bsstianelli
further relieved her immediate wants by giving
her pair Of shoes, whereupon, she also dlsaP-
peared.
MIR. BastIsne could get no satisfactory ac-
count Of the visit of the young Mexican captain
to the United States. The ladies' are direct from
Havana, as they repre- sent, and joined the cap
tain in New York before their journey down to
Washington. The young captain, Teuette, is tall
and delicate, and quite fair for Mexican, as Is
also the bride.
lie is believed in Washington to be the identical
confidential protege Of Santa Anna, who fled late
ly from Jamaica with his masters Jewels; and his
sudden departure from this city is supposed to be
from the publication of the robbery in the papers OF
this country and Of this city, suggesting the neces-
sity of rapid retreat.
From the confused account which we have OF
this case such IL the substance Of the facts dis
tinctly as we can make them out.
II the young man be the criminal, as supposed,
and he is officially discovered to be in the United
States, the British government will doubtless
ask that he be returned to Jamaica. We shall
ircu,re into the subject again. w.
THr REMOVAL or Tns srocKpnrpor Irpr.rs.-Tbis
tribe, remnant Of the Leni Lepspe or Mohicsn con-
tdsiscy, have sold their lands lying on Fox river,
wisconsin, and in their agreement with the govern
fsve the privilege Of selecting two townships at