New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-13
LATER FROM MEXICO.
THE NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ov soN

By the arrival Of the Texas Sunday we have re-
ceiFed les OF Vera Cruz papers the sh and papers
from the City Of Mexico to the 81 instant Down to the
30 the City Of Mexico have been occupied chiefly
with the subects-the supposed approach the assnmp
ton Of the imperial dignity by Santa Anna and the ri.
ratica invasion they style it, Of the Americans in So
nora These benlghted Mexcaps do not seem to under
stand the doctrine Of manifest destiny nor the polite
terms in which its exploits should be mentioned
Upon the first of these subjects not perceive that
there is any distinct ground on which is expected the
usurpation Of Santa Anna Yet the very title under
which he Is to reign has been settled for him either nv
himself or others The matter to rest on general
rumor but each rumor probably correct in the main
since 1t does not appear to proceed his snmes alone
The new relations which will be produced between our
Government and the Emperor that to be- will receive
certain degree of unavoidable complication from this
rather extraordinary event. for Santa Anna Is already
garded with any thing but popular favor this country
and as we havea Government that is guided by the popu-
lar feeling, We likely enough be embrolsd in our
diplomatic relations with Mexico by this unpopular pro-
ceeding Of Santa Anna, which, nevertheless does not an
pear to be against the public wish of Mexico
courier from Ures had brought dispatches 10 the CIV
eminent, conveying the intelligence that the schooner
Arrow and the bark Caroline had sailed from San Fran
cisco on the night Of the 10th of October for
under Mexican colors with about two hundred patriotic
adventures bent on the annexation Of Sonora These
two vessels were seen on the harbor of Gusymas the
1th of November 1t from San Francisco papers
that the Arrow had been proceeded against by the a
thorities of San Francisco but had been released
The Mexican papers complain that the police had bsen
for hours in possession the proof that she
about sail with aud munitions but that tbev
waited until her departure before they proceeded to
ond arrest They say, however, that all this prec,
after the good faith of the North this was
just the manner in which they acted in Texas Great
element regned in the city OF Mexico in consequence of
these dispatches Great preparations being made in
Sonora to repe the invaders and the Governor Of that
province had issued the following proclamation;
l. All foreigners embarkng without permission of tbs
authorities and forming themselves in armed bodies will
be considered and treated as pirates.
That captains Of ships transporting armed sdy.n
lures the of such convicted of completely
who shall hold relations with the invaders who shan
tect them serve them or come to their aid shall conceal
or try to any Of them shall guides to them or
shall give them advice shall also be treated a
pirates. -
8 That all inhabitants who shall retire from tho cer,r
OF population in order to avoid taking arms and those
who shall prove recslctrant in fulfilling the obyatous
which imposed them by their countrr sisfI h,
considered suspicious snd be tried by martial " and the
least penalty to which they shall be aa shall be that
of Incorporation in the corps of veterans.
sad accident of which gather the particulars from
the Eco Del Commerce. of Vera Cruz occurred on the 18th
ut, at Nopaiucsm, the road between Pusbs and Pc
rote One OF the trains Of wagons laded with powder
under the of company Of soldiers by some uuac
'ountable agency became gnited, producing terrible
EXPLOSION resulting in the death of ten persons: SER
eant six soldiers and three peasants Many others wero
BADLY injured
The Eco del Commerce. states that the Consul General
# Mexico in the United States will hereafter DO stationed
It New Orleans.
The plan Of proposing the proIongs of the
lower conferred on Santa Anna had been ratified by
many Of the most distinguished Of the nation Tbs
municipal government Of the city of Mexico having re-
osed to abide by it, the Governor Of the Federal District
las issued the following proclamstiop:
Government ~ The District Of Mcrioo
The Will OF the nation having manifested its.lf in an
inequvoca manner through the petitions which. orgi
iatng IN tue department of Jalsoo afterwards got
en- up in the most important States OF the Republic in
tng tbs ilustrnus Gen Santa Anna to continue in tn,
exercise of the supreme power delegated to him by tho
uhl patriotic duty, and which is commanded by thu
nice which I'LL in regulating the ardent aud sponans
rus wishes which animates class of our populaton
IS well as the garrison Of the Capital
Having called together this day the Governor Council
md large number Of citizens of ths city We resolved to
dhee to the vote Of Jssco and state that the capital
lid the same.
Fellow citizens the fstterng hopes which the peopl,
entertained when they entrusted Of their most IL
usrous sons all the powers necessary tho
country would soon vanish away term Of those pow
rs was not extended II Is therefore necessary to ex
end It. and by the will Of God and Of the people the in
ependenee ana future prosperity country will for
'sr oe estsoished Arrosfo DnrE DE BoSlLIA
Mexico lat December, 1858
II was generally thought that Santa Anna would be
Unclaimed Emperor on the 18th of December.