Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-09-01
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SLIGHT OF ANT n
VERA Cruz, Tuesday Night,
August 2lst. 1888.

Oh! Nv Dear Deha-What will "Vindica
TOT, saw What will aPaci6cator' think
What viii aJustice" dictate! And what, oh
what will George L. Stevens, Esquire, do
4Fora las!-that l should live to pen the mourn
ful inteIligenee-"His Most Serene Highness.'
DON Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Grea,
Grand Cross of the Natinal and D~istinguished
Order Of Guadelupe, the Hero OF . Hundred
Fights, Head Devil Of Creasers generally, etc.
etc, etc., ETC., etc, has sloPed, cut stick, abs
quatulated, inhaled and vamosed the ranch
beyond, the shadow Of q Doubt The eventfu|
exodus happened on the 18th inst. On that
mournfai day,-the Heavens being hung with
bIack-the Washington, the Napoleon, and the
Cincinnatus of the Wea, having got all bis
piunder safely on board the squadron--polite-
" informed bis faithful followers end the illus.
trious' people of this heroic city that they might
90 to hi and be would 60 to Havana. And
r in fact the last seen of him was q blue streak
on the distant horizon.
The evacuation Of the capital occurred on tho
9th, the imperial, serene and magnificent auto
crat boldly sallying forth for the purpose
9grandi!oquently announced) Of putting down
those dogs of rebels in Puebla. But no sooner
was he safely outside Of The capital than he
dictated a formal abdication, and after reposing
one day made a straight shoot for this place.
The las. days march of fifty miles was per>
formed between daylight and dark. From every
bush on the high road mysterious voices could
be heard crying Tin pure Castillian) "go it shirt
tail, they are after you,"-nnd the Did gent.
knew his friends by o remark they made; he
did 90 it with q iooseness-they say an egg
would have been safe on lis coat tails, they
stuck out 40 straight behind. But the poor
soldiers! In fact q more f~orlorn, bedraggled
and woe. BECOME looking set TO grace a trium-
phaI entry never were seen than the poor de-
wills of soldiers composing The Imperial army.
The reception was. of course, highly apPropri.
ate.
"But he comes! the Messiah Of royalty comes!
oL,ke a goodly Levlathan seeking the wavesl
Then receive him as best such an advent becomes,
With a legion ofcooks and an army Of slaves"
After thirty.six hours of repose the farce
was ended, and tragedy began, Of which more
anon. Their most Serene Highnesses-he and
shs-being gone, a change came over the spirit
of our dream Immediately, and everybody
rushed frantically about begging to be permit
ted to subscribe their names to the Plan of Ay- l
utlo. or the regular, straight Alrarez PlayormH
Fact, 'pon honor! Gee the printed documents.)
By everybody" L mean only the class who
consider themselves the nation, that il the digs
~nitaries and officials of high and low degree, |
Grand Crosses, Generals, &C., &c, beginning, |
of course, with His Excellency the Governor,
who, with others, has shot, exiIed, aud incar.
cerated scores for being suspected Of thinking
of the existe nee of such a thing as the said Plan
fAyutao! So you see that "white man IL very |
unsartain, Mexican Injine more So"
His Serene Saintship being gone, perhaps ]
ought not to wage war upon him any longer.
Would that ! could say
besides this. Duncan
Hath borne his 6cnlties 40 msck, hath been
So clear in his great office. that his virtues
VIII plead like angels. rnmpet-tongued against
The deep damnatioq of his taking d"
But l regret to say that old Santa'a taking
off, or taking himself of, finds q much better
illustration in the Yelled Prophet 81 Khorassan:
"And The sole joy his bafaed spirit knows.
In this forced fight, is-mnrderingas he goes"
But as he is gone let him rip, and As to those
who ,rouH be and are the victims, we must on
ly pity them. Some who had made themselves
particularly obnoxious by an overweening and
u~nscrupulona- zeal in carrying out the tyrant's
have taken refuge from popular ven-
geance ON board the Orizaba, and yon may Be
IGNORED with the presence Of several Gpadelu.
peans by this trip. If SO, show them that you,
and that political offences in other
connt;ias don't cling to men in the land that
efFers Al asylnm to such, and is in fact. as well
n n.ma ~ shode Of Renublican libe,tv. mi
Am cettino ahead of INV story.
In lie capital, a. soonks it was found that
The Generai Prssident had really take French
is.,e' th.ra "a. The devil to nav The Minis.
~ scattered ike lost sheep.saRe mob Quilted
non of fheir houses. the Triumyirate left bv
9anta were deposed. Inc Plan of Avun nro.
,laimed, and General Carrera remains as provj. !
,jonal President. with our old friend Gen. La
Vega as Comui6asf-in h. Chief.
The Great Eyscauator embarked here under
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