The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-14
The Latest News from Mexico.

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Movements of Santa Anna-Flage of Government Prop
erty by the Repol,aonist-D istracte Condition of the
Country-Smau Por in the Capital
Correspondence Of the NewYork Tribune
MEXICO, Saturday, May 10, 1855.
Santa Anna, from last accounts, had passed
through Morelia without stopping except to
rest, and was on his way to Zamora, Occupied
for about two leagues by the Alvarez party,)
twenty leagues distant. There is a considera-
BILE revolutionary force there, and coeval with
his leaving this city it is said large force
went over to them from the government. This
Journey appears to be another edition of his
famous expedition to the South, for the bene-
fit of his health, and of the Moreno affair. He
went there with a view of reaping the reward
of his treachery, and now doubtless has SINH
lar expectations. Should this expedition fail,
another traitor MOreno-of straU-will be
shot and Santa Anna will return and abuse the
Revolutionists with foul words hurled from the
inner recesses of his palace. There is no doubt
that he will fail in the accomplishment Of any
thing against those people, (unless there be
treachery) for up to the present there has been
q steady and determined resistance to his gov
eminent, and from all we can see neither their
numbers nor their efforts have diminished
The Revolutionists will not attack him now,
for he has 1000 or 5000 men, (more or less,)
which, compared with the opposite party, are
disciplined, also artillery and cavalry, and
keeps always on the highway, which is per-
feet plain. With all these advantages his
safety is perfect. The truth is, this journey
of Santa Anna is, like all his other acts, an eff
fort to deceive the ignorant, and has for its
object the attainment of his ends by means of
money. He has not gone to fight. As said
above, he sticks to the highway, goes in great
pomp from town to village and from village to
town, orders triumphs to be prepared against
his arrival, and detailed reports of his recep-
tions to be sent to the papers of this city, which
dare not refuse to publish what his correspon-
dents send. Thus he holds out to the world
the idea that he is the idol of the whole nation,
and his opponents mere robbers. He is the
idol of few who look to their own interests,
while he looks to his own. From the appear
ance of things at present think that should
the Revolutionists not be betrayed into giving
him battle he will be permanently ridiculed and
| lost. Not even he will be able to stand the
opprobrium that will await him here. thought
| that Arlsta would be the last of the Mexicans,
upon his fall, but it appears that Byrons Wis,
| ion OF Darkness, will be realized in the meet
ing of Santa Anna and Alvarez in the ruins
of Mexico.
Commonfort and Villalva have gone into
MichOacan, and probably are at ZamOra. They
| withdrew most of their forces from the south
and have with them few pieces of artillery.
L have heard that they are in connection with
Alvarez, endeavoring to organize more firmly
| and prosecute the revolution with more system
| than heretofore.
While Santa Anna is quietly pursuing his
journey, the RevOlutionists, as if to make fun
OF him, are committing their usual acts all
around him and his force
The city of Guanajuato was entered by
force of 500 men on the 9Th inst, who carried
off considerable sum of money from the
Mint there-it is said Sl5O,OOO. PilIage in
general was prohibited, and no money was ex-
acted by them from private individuals further
| than the part which might have belonged to
| them in the sum they took from the Mint
They retired the same day. The moment this
was published it was denied by the official pa
per, which stated that they only went to the
silver refneries in the neighborhood of that
city, and further, that they were attacked and
lost sixty or seventy men. No one dares pub
lish the contrary, but private letters show the
truth. This event took place while the garri-
son OF that town had gone to swell for a time
the triumphal march of his Highness,who was
passing not far distant. There are various
accounts given by the different commanders in
that section Of country. One says he rushed
upon them at the head of mere escort in one
place, and after killing a number and having
his horse shot under him, and seeing the main
body of over 500 coming on him, he retired.
Another general was in coach, and on falling
in with them he ordered his men to charge,
10 ~ ILL ol Al
one who says he killed sixty or seventy. l
note that their two places of attack are leagues
apart, and that the attacks took place at the
same time.
About the date of the above event, another
party of revolutionists went into the village of
| Autlan de la Grana, (Michoacan,) stayed all
night there, robbed the tobacco monopoly, the
finance department, and corn from the shops,
and sold it to the people Of the place for half
price in the public market. They went from
thence to Talpa, near by the former place,
broke open the church and robbed it of every
thing of value they could lay hands on, and fl
! nally went to MazOca, another village hard by,
robbed the prison guard of their muskets (about
35) and disappeared. The amount robbed at
Autlan is estimated at $4,000. When they
appeared at these places the authorities imme-
diately fled.
| The small pox has ragged in this city for
three months past with dreadful violence
Children have been for the most part the vic
Tins. 1t has begun to abate considerably how
ever, and it is to be hoped that as the rainy
season advances it will disappear. We have
already had several refreshing showers, prece-
ded by heavy successive peals of thunder. The
other day the lightning struck three several
times in different parts of the city, bat caused
no damage.
ThermOmetrical Record for 1856.
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