Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-05-20
SNNTMERM sEMIAMxA,
LATE AND INTEREsTITal
From the Bee

nave IeceVeu papers TO The 9Th
.ns'I. ana aavIces from the city Of Mexico to
the 9th, inclusive. In addition we have haeu
fortunate enough to receive a higlly interestinc
'etter from our able and reliable CORRESPONDENCE
which We subjoin:
MEXICO, May 5th 1854.
Probable destruction of Santa Anra's .rmr =, !,
varez-lts disappearance. can,nrs ~ a. oyh az "
sahta Anna-Embarrassment of the Cab;no,N
a.. WI. 10 create a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
tne Nilltasy Chiefs-Seizure of the Trait TT'
MoI|FIooable revolution-Public sentiment
~ " tHterior-Revolt at Sierra Gorda. &c. nm.
.ega-Arres Of an American Consular
Messrs. Editors.
"A suitable reward uiA be paid to ,ohoerer
'otA turnish ne0s Of II. NJ. s. ii. and his armv.
Apptyc CT the National Palace"
Such is the piacord posted up a few DAYS aoo
AZ the four corners Of the principal square
You perceive that do rot hesitate to take nv
news from the streets and highways. In an
oppressed country like this, we NAV often dis
cover indications Of public sentiment from such
pnbhcations. This pIacard which was witty
enough at the time, would be cruel now, for
she pure and simple truth is that Santa Anna's
army has been in all probability DESTROYED
Since the 10Th April, not a despatch from the
General, not o letter from the army has been
received. Alvarez, after making 4 fem. resis-
lance, and having fallen back, from position to
position, from defle TO defIe-after having H..
red Santa Anna beyond the gorges OF the noun.
tains, has suddenly fallen upon his rear, and
placed Santa Annals army between the fortifi.
cations Of Acapulco and the impossible passage
of the Peregnio and Co9uilio. This is the sum
and substance of wha, is known. VIVA, has
bncprpo cT Santa Anna oo,-It
q mouselrap! His conveys have Leen seized
and his c%ourers intercepted: without poyisions,
without heavy artillery, har.assed by the Pm
tos on every side, decimat.d by the climate, eat.
en- up by thefevers which the early rains have
engendered, Whist has been the fate Of this ex-
petition! Sinister reports are in circulation
Some say that Santa Anna, after being twice
repulsed from Acapulco, has embarked on board
q vessel, and disappeared; others declare that
he has been killed; and the news TO day is that
he is 4 prisoner in the hands of Alvarez. All
these rumors are probable. 1t is certain tina,
Alvarez has placed the Mexican Crassus in a
difficult and dangerous position. 1t is hardly
possible that he will have 4 chance TO capi.ulate.
Santa Anna in the power of Alvarez can hope
for no mercy; and every thing leads TO Tie be.
lief that tho one legged hero hero has fallen into
the snare laid for him ty his artfal antagonist.
Il have just been interrupted by the shock
of an earthquake, strong enough to excite ap.
prehension, and which lasted SO seconds.)
For three weeks the cabinet has been with
out intel'i gence from the army. His Most
Serene Highness lief; precipfiateIy, LIind'y bent
on the expedition, without providing a govern.
ment ad %inte-in, or delega,ing his authority |
TO others. Alta Council Of State which prece-
ded his departure, Santa Anna took leave of
bis Ministers the bold
nsSs 10 hint that he was neither immorta1,y NOR
invincio.e, whereupon the hero Hcw. into a vic.
lent rage, and threatened the indiscreet interlo-
cutors with expulsion. What insolenee for
foolish %n,ortal- to question the irresistible might
of this son of Jupiter Ammon. Santa Anna
left in = hurry, and now anarchy is the order
Of the day. The ministry have only the power
of arrest and Punishment; but thier signature
alone is worthless. There is Il frightfn! vacuum
in the treasury. and Yesterday the pious Lares
and the great Boniila endeavored to obtain a
loan If $4,000 from the Archbishop out of the
funds OF the church; but the p~rieste who are so
lavish of scapu'aries and re Deums entertain
n mortal detes,ation of an empty strong box.
The money of mother church is sacred. "Ren-
der unto the Lord, and to Gear what belongs
10 Gear" Such is their motto, and SO they
refuse TO loosen their purse strings.
From day to day an explosion is looked for.
A movement in the Capitol has been talked Of
for the last three days. The Ministry, in their
perplexity, wished to make a little coup d'efdt,
by creating n triumvirate consisting Of Bonilta,
lares and another whose name has not tran
spired. But the officers of the garrison declar-
ed that they recognized no one save Santa An.
TIA. and that the proposed triumsirate world be
treated rs rebels aud insurgents. The French
journal, La Trail d'Union, was seized, and its
edition suppressed both in the mails and the
public officers, for having ventured delicateiyto
hint at his questions Of ministerial embarrass.
ment. LEARN that the editors have Teen sen.
fenced to pay a heavy fine. The party 10 pow
er are insolvents enough, but the hour is up.
preaching when these fantar,onnades will cease.
Do not be surprised if my next letter announ-
the times; Mr. Campo, however. is highly pc.
puIar. The two together would concentrate
the support of all the higher and more %inauen
iIal persons in the State, Augustin Yturbide,
son of the liberator. would receive the suffra.
ges Of the people; hut he is a sort Of philosophic
misanthrope, leads d secluded life, and cares
too little for power ever to aspire to It.
We have not learned here the fate Of the
brave Cendejas, and the talented Pieto. The
overthrow, Of Santa Anna would restore these
distinguished citizens TO the republican, party.
From the interior q secret correspondence
has been received notifying the democratic lea.
dears that everything is prepared, and that the
insursection will burst forth swheneyerthe sig.
ID given. Vega has stirred up Sierra Cor.
da;-MazatIan, Onjaca and JaIiSco will follow
the movement. The death or flight Of Santa
Aanas would terminate, without a shock, the !.
miserable and ignominious posture of affairs
about BY the dictator. SANTA Annas
character ia strangely misconceiyed abroad.
shall, one of these days, write you his history,
20 that it may not be said that stupidity and
political fatuisy have usurped the name Of ener.
~. 1t Il time that the world should know
the great Nebuchadnezzar ia 2 brute beast,
md has been such for many more than seven