Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-09
TIE RECEPTION OF SANTA ANNA IN THE CITY
OF MENICo.


Correspondence of the New Orleans Bee
MEIIco, May 10, 1854.
The first act Of the war in the South has terminated
the satisfaction Of every body The big bells have ruug
their chimes in Mexico and the little bells of all tho
villages Of Guerrero have responded. te dcrm has
been chaunted in the capital and another has been sung
in Acapulco Everything, therefore, is for the best in
this best of all possible countries Gen. Santa Anna after
having threaded the redoubable dees of Peegrno, adj
vanced upon Acapulco and summoned the town TO suren.
der The commander Of the garrison being remarkably
Obstinate rejected the proposition, caring but little for
the threats aud less for the seductive promises OF his Sc
rene Highness-whereupon Santa Anna perceving that
there small chance OF capturing the city, tina, prov
sions were failing, that the season was advancing and
that Alvarczs Indians assembling in hs rear de.
cded upon raising the siege aud withdrawing. Ii
high time for the Pnos had burned grasses aud crops
in spite the rspidty OF the retreat, cavalry lost
of their horses and the artillery abandoned aud
buried prevent from falling into the hands of
the enemy. The passes scarcely defended by the
troops Alvarez and Santa Anna rcgiincd Chpancingo
losing at the outside twenty-five in several Skin.
mshes and five six hundred by sickness and starvation
He has canddy that Alvarez had defends
ed Percgrno with four hundred determined men, neither he
any OF his soldiers would have returned to Mexico II
would be cNlggeratou to state that forty have
fallen on both sides the OF this Campaign The
cole undoubtedly carrisd oil more than tho sword
The OF the President may be styled a defeat
rct'cat but as Santa Anna invariably be
victorious, riumphal entry prepared for him. and
the municipality apart three days public reiocngs
IL was however all in yain The Official corle1e the arch
OF triumph the sslvos OF artillery aud fireworks did
affect public opinion The campaign is looked upon as
disaster. Santa Anna marched through the city in the
md5, of procession of brilliant carriages aud hired vaga
bonds. He seemed careworn and wearied Not single
hurrah raised during his passage. People gazcu
him in silence and with covered hea $. The freezing
coness OF his reception evidently touched him scnsibly
Viewed in purely military light, Siuti Anna has
eviuccd both rashncss and folly. As political
he has committed fatal He has left Alvarez
stronger than ever and the revolt the South far from
being suppressed is regarded unconquer,be by the
result OF this compagu. IL is daily expected spread
from point point until it reaches the frontiers of the
federal district In short Santa Anna has lost his npe
rial the highway, aud his days numbered.
report prevailed last evening that the forces lett
Guerrero mad dsoanded and that many of them had ra
ternzed with the rebels. This but rumor, butts
probable enough, and has found hundreds OF believers.
The poor devils who left behind had in fact
ly other alternative, except to perish OF famine.
SInta Annss absence has beeu exceedingly favorable
to political ingucs, which swarming anongs,
The ccricocouservatvc party fearing hoping that
Santa Anna had persisted in the South attempted to
ttbsh triumvirate composed OF MesSrs B)nla, Lires,
and Bishop Muuguia-the latter bgoted servtor OF the
Papal authority Their object retain and wield
power in the Of the death of Santa Anna This
tine little plot was overthrown by the resistance of the
officers of the garrison who refused acknowledge any
other ruler than the President Santa Auna is busy
in unraveng the intricate web Of this obscure Affair II
is rumoed that cabinet will be appointed with Mr..
Barranda at its head; but think this doubtful Santa
Anna destined to fall with the party whom he has
tached himself since his return from Car,hacena
The Mesila treaty, amended by the United States
Senate, stands chance OF being rejected H. VI. ). II.
has openly expressed his diSappova OF the notifications
aud he will take dollar less than $50 900
His Minister of Finance Senior Parres, him thai
they do without the money the Americans and that
he will create ample ecuniry supplies by increasing the
duties imports fifty per cent sud by prohibiting the
expectation OF coin. Such ia the financial wisdom the
present cabinet The pious ares has established Al in
tcllecual inquison in Mexico. The books which
interdiccd at Rome are nterdcted here. Ii this law be
strictly enforced, will hardly be able read any
the CltechSm aud Litany. Conduct like this
| ders commentary entirely supervisors. Ignorance and
porooLery in the field; buudering stupidity the cabi
net ferocious superstition and bgotry the Church =
Really might imagine that in the sixth instead
| OF the ninetcgulh century.