The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-26

The comparison of party strength would afford
your readers no satisfactory information. nor
would it be interesting to the general reader.
Your citizens will no doubt be pleased to
learn that the city of Richmond has subscribed
with great unanimity to the Ohio railroad.
This will raise the public debt of the city to
about 81 100000. But as the value of pro-
perty seems to advance in the ratio Of the in.
debtedness, the people deem it rather priyi-
lege 10 invest in good railroad stocks
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, N1oy %.
Spanish and Mexican Intrigus-santa Anna
and his Designs.
We have obtained some information from an in.
telligent source which seems to US calculated to
throw much light upon the recent rumor of IN an
plication by Santa Anna for assistance from
Spain in the event of flibustero expedition from
the United States against Mexico It il known
that Queen Christina of Spain, the mother of the
present Queen, is one Of the richest women in the
world, one of the most interruptions, and one of
the most ambitious. She has fortune of about
$50 900 900 most of which she is supposed to have
accumulated by successful speculations in stocks
After the death of her first husband, the King. she
married an inferior officer of the household named
Munoz. by whom she has had several children
He has since been made one Of the grandees of
Spain, and has been rendered as distinguished az
possible. He is indeed, at the present time, the
Duke de Rinzarees. But in the event of his death.
or rather that If the Queen Mother, the children
would sink into comparative obscuriy, their father
not being of royal blood To avoid this Christina
has, it il said, resorted to various bold expedients
For example, when General Flores was cndeavor-
ing to get up an expedition against Ecuador, in
1861 he visited London and Paris for assistance,
and appealed to the French and British govern
ments, and then went over to Madrid and made
similar effort. He was partially successful,
not only in France and in England, but emf
nently 30 in Spain. 1t was determined by
the parties interested that powerful expedi-
ton should be organized, and large sum
of money was said to have been contributed
by Christina and her friends, the object being, in
the event of success, to restore Ecuador to a mo-
narchical position, and to permit the children of
Munoz to control or identify themselves with the
government. The expedition was organized to
considerable EXTENT and. indeed, several thousa nd
men rendezvoused at Corunna, and among them tho
elite of the Spanish army, who had volunteered for
the occasion, the government winking at the move
ment. There were also British and French officers
and men; Louis Philippe having sanctioned the en-
terprise from friendly feeling to Christina. 1t
turned out, however, that before the embarcation
took place, the Montpenser marriages were con.
summated, by which The families of Louis Philippe
and the Bourbons of Spain were united together
In interest ana OOOO, ana 10 the discontinue OF
the policy of Lord Palmerston, of England. The
affair created an intense excitement at the time,
and threatened indeed to interrupt the friendly re
lations between the courts ofSt James and the Tuil
eries. As one effect Lord Palmerston imme diately
placed the strong arm of the British government
upon the expedition, by selling in the Thames two
steamers and fourteen hundred ton transport
ship, with large quantity of arms, ammunition,
and provisions all destined for Ecuador. The pre-
sumption now is that a similar arrangement is in
contemplation between certain high parties in
Spain and General Don Lopez de Santa Anna.
The object Of the former 10 to obtain position for
the members Of family of lofty pretensions to
royalty, but only on the mothers side; and of the
latter, to replensh an exhausted treasury, and
perhaps secure life dictatorship. Doubtless the
high contracting parties have talke over the mat
could, consummatet the understanding. Money can
no doubt accomplish much, especially while so
many adventures abound in the world ready for
any enterprise, however RASH But there are,
nevertheless, serious difficulties in the way-difi-
culties which will readily suggest themselves to
the mind OF every in ell gent reader. The scheme,
however, "a Swallowed nth thus far. looks to
combination somewhat after this fashion: Santa
Anna is to be assisted by Spanish gold and Spa
nish troops to erect Mexico into distinct mon :
archy-he TO be Emperor, King, or Dictator for
life, and the succession to pass into the hands of
the family whose gold to the extent of millions,
perhaps, he may obtain and Spain, on the
other hand, to become more intimate in ts friendly
relations with Mexico, she agreeing to protect the
former from 6libustero expeditions from the United
States, and Mexico agreeing to assist Spain,
should further invasions of Cuba be attem pied.
This. we repeat, is the intrigue. The story is not
without plausbty, but of the practicabiity Of the
enterprise we need scarcely state that we enter
tain the strongest kind of doubt The result would
probably be the loss of Me xco to Santa Anna, and
of Cuba to Spain. The combination, unless aided
by some Of the great powers of Europe, would
amount to little more than a rope Of sand, espe-
cialy should it provoke a conflict with the United
States. This, however, is not the view of in.
formant, who thinks that in the present disturbed
ate of Europe, and with many military men
unoccupjed, large sum of money-say several
millions Of dollars-placed in proper hands and
judiciously disbursed, would secure the agency of
powerful expedition, and at least give trouble
In this connexion we msy mention two rumors
that have just reached US from Mexico by way Of
New Orleans. One is, that Santa Anna contem-
plates the reconquest of California and another
that Spain will furnish him with Is 900 troops to
carry out his plans. We regard both these stories
with incredibly. and yet they not without in
terest, with the affairs of Mexico in a condition
unsettled, and with individual at the head of
its government so bitterly hostile to the United
States.