The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
Later from Mexico.

RETURN OF SANTA ANN>.--Ih he most
interesting dispatch that we have received
from Mexico by the recent arrivals, is the
following Translation, from The TRAIT
d. Union Of the Sth inst. of Gen. Santa
Annals rely to the agent sent by the San-
til AnnIsts of Mexico, soliciting the Dicta-
tors return TO that unhappy country.
1t wi be remembered that Col. ESco-
bar was the ,ofi -er appointed on the mis-
sion. He arrived at Carthagpna Feb l-t,
aud went at ouce to 1'urhaco, a village
about fifteen miles distant, from the town
where the exiled President has fine
plantation. The subject of Santa Annals
return was approached carefully. At
first he pretended relu Ctance, and recount
ed his SutferIng> tor his country aud the
injustice he had received at her hand,
nqulrlng whrther he cou d now h We any
reasonable expectation of better treat
ment. .9Ia.
u, At last, upon the pressing sol citation
of Col. t.srobar, he gave his iina answer
IN the fol owing terms:
|, who value Independence as the great
est of blessing, aud who am persuaded
that the good citizen ought 10 defend it
with all his power, tee. ,nyse f II" on
ger capable of closing. my ear, to the voice
of my conpalriots. cannot fail to ap-
precIate the honor with which they wish
I" cover me in cal my me 10 their and 70
deliver them from ;hn labyrinth here
they wan er, and, above al +, to save their
national existence, severely menhced by
The greed of our neishburS, and which
the treason and insOlence of some MexI-
cans endanger. You can, then, return by
the next packet, and in rendering the re-
port of your mission to the authorities
and the persons " no dispatched You, you
wi inform them OH my part that in the
month of March shall leave this place
for the shores of Mexico; Tor cannot do
it sooner, living, AS | do, in Il country
where have been obliged to meet my ex-
pensrs by dependence upon my private
resources alone.
Upon my arrival shall approach all
the influential persons Wh" truly love
their country; | will treat With them, aud
II | meet with cooperation, If see that
with sincerity they are ready to make
forina reconciliation of caprlcinus aud
erroneous opinIon>-if, finally, there can
he found men OF spirit disposed to defend
our rights otSlinately against the aggres-
sors of the North and To raise the stand
ard Of Independence or Death-lhen vii
give myself Will ngly to new sacrifices;
for, in truth, cannot survive the loss Of
the Mexican nationality, and | desire to
bury myself under its runs, if when the
Mexic:aEl have fulfilled their duties, The
Controller of the Destiny of Nations con
dennS ours TO so great Il calamity. Bu.
if my hopes should prove not To CORES
pond with the accomplishment of the OBJ
ject propose t" mysrIf-that is to say, toI
the glory and well being Of the nation to
which beInng-l wi | return in despair
to hewail in this retreat the obstinate
blindness of "A people who persist IN their
total ruin, in departing from the only wa,
that remains to e>cape the fate of those
" no have fallen into "A smi ar fatal situa-
tloh."
The Libertador of PuebIa publishes
Il similar private letter from Santa Anna.
We may add to the above that he has
already received the suflrages of sixteen
States and Teri tories.