New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-02

ferred on him. putting down the revoed, and CONSOLE
dating order snd public tranquility. Then viii be the
time for constituting the country according TO bis wiz
ss he has promised.
am convinced that no Constitution will be
granted BY Santa Anna, and the present humbug-
Qngis only TO occupy the attention of the Peo-
pie at home and to deceive the world abroad.
Ia VOID, Santa Anna has neither head nor
heart 10 DO anything good. He il man de-
gree below a second. rate intellect, OF inordnate
vanity and conse quent sel-conceit, tickle
minded. immensely rich, bosndlessiy svsrrcious
and Of remorselessly cruel dispositon-A
scourge TO his kind, as is proved by his acts
sirce his overthrow of the Constitutional Gov
eminent of Arista.
The condscta with Sl,250, 600 arrived here
safe three days ago from Guansjusto This fact
speaks loudly sgainst the assertions of the Gov
eminent and Santa Annals friends that the rev.
olutionsts are pirates and robbers, for this i'm
mense sum of money had to pass near where
they are known to be in large numbers, but
they did not molestit
The whole country TO the leeward of the city
Of Vera Cruz is being invaded by locusts, which
have done excessive damage to tue crops In
the Department of Tabasco they are ruined.
The people in the latter say that if the locasts
remain there till the second crop shall appear,
there will be famine. The price of corn was
raised in consequence, but a decree issued lately
by the Government of that Department has for
hidden it under heavy penalties.
There has been a sad destruction Of the crops
throughout the country, and particularly in this
Departmen mt and hat of GusnajOsto, on account
of the heavy rains. An artificial lake on the
estate Of Jarval, for the purpose of irrigation,
burst its bour dsries and swept over aa area
planted with rs buss els (7O fanegas) of corn,
DESTROYING the whole crop. A great many crops
have also been destroyed in this valley and De-
psrtment, and the road TO the interior is for the
most part in such a condition that travelling is
almost impossible.
Several robberes have lately taken place in
the public thoroughfares of this city aud viclnl-
ty in open day. The most serious one, how
ever, happened few nights ago on the road to
San Cosme, just outside the gate OF the city.
Twelve ruhians stationed themselves there at
o'clock in the evening and robbed and tied up
every individual that came along, even strip
ping them of all their clothes. These fel
Kent az their work until A. NJ. when they re-
tired with their booty leaving their victims to
get loose as they best could They were in
number fifteen persons of both sexes, and were
released by the market people, who GENE into
town at sn early hour These robbers have not
been arrested. nearly similar case occurred
on another road and near another of the city
gates iust before the fall of Gen. Arista in 1882
Relations have not yet been wholly newed
betg cen our Minister and the Government.
say wholly. because l understand that the for
mer has received several note. relative to pend
inc business which have been addressed to him
by the Department as though nothing had hap
pened. The Minister had On interview at the
palace with Santa Anna, after he suspended his
relations, and was to have had another one on
a subsequent day, but Santa Anna declined see
ing him, pleading indisposition. What tram
spired have not bsen able to learn, but can
not understand the object for which this inter-
view was desired, and can see no reason why
our Minister should have sought or had an in-
teryiew with Santa Anna under the circum-
stances. l learn that he suspended his relations
on account of receiving copy Of a letter from
our State Department, which was sent there by
the Mexican Minister, complaining of him.
think be should have ed his passports al
an earlier day and when there was greater
cause. As things now look, | suspect Cen
| Gadsden is after more territory. Ii Santa Anna
! can hold on little longer another province OIL
two may be negotiated for, and this may be
Gadsden's reason for holding on, ana it may be
| in his opinion worth while for the United States
10 endure a few more hard knocss for such an
object. If this be so, however, confess | do
not like it.