Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-31
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


Most Interesting from the City Of Mexi-
eo.-Last nights mail brought as important
and reliable advices from the City Of Mexico
to the 10th.
Santa Anna, on reaching Perote in his fight
formally abdicated and on the 18th he pro
mulged at that point, not only his abdication
but long and able prounciamento, the bur
den of which is, Of course, that he is suffer
ing patriot. His continued bitterness against
this Government is evident in the following
extract from that paper, viz: 'S'S
- The scandal, dishonor. and perfidv of hi.
enemies reached the extreme of associatinc
not only With the fllibusters of. the North.
but with troops Of the United States: who pas g.
ing the frontier in the disguise of deserters.
are led by rebels and unworthy Mexicans
who teach them the road BY which to invade
their native land to assassinate with rifles
the Mexican soldiers who defend the sover.
eighty and integrity of their territory"
1t thus seems that he Santa Anna) has taken
up the foolish cry of somo of the anti Admins
ira ton journals Of our country. referred to il
another article of to-days Star It will BE-
recOllected that, after the same fashion, in his
pronunciamentos during our war with Mexico
he essayed to use against this Government the
arguments and roorbacks of his sympathisers
in the United States
In the midst Of the excitement in the CAPT
tai, caused by Santa Annals fight, the Amer.
lean Minister procured the release of TIE only
two American prisoners there
Between the 9th and the 18th the press was
free, and the consequence was, publications
that generated the riot in which the residence
Of Santa Annals mother-in-law, and those of
most Of the Minister of State, Santa Annals
two printing Offices, &C., were destroyed.
The new provincial government is entirely
Irregular, revolutionary, and of course unsta-
Bile. General Vega got it up for his own ben
eft, but lost the fruit of his scheme. as he re-
eeived but is votes of the junta of departments
(appointed By himseif) to Is for General Car.
rera, and refusing to vote. Carrera, how
ever, preserves order, and is temporarily re !.
spected and conided in by all good citizens
and the foreigners: 1t is thought that he win
simply strive to bring order out Of chaos, and
bow to the formaliy-declared will of the ma
ton when they may be expressed.
A new National Legislature will be prompt.
ly called together by Carrera, which, on meet
ing, will determine what shall be the next
phase of Mexican governmental affairs Things
are looking much better for peace, good order
and justice to all in the city, of Mexico thar
might be expected, in view of the occurrences
of which we write above.
The Cause Of the Catastrophe. Enough is
already known of the circumstances connected
with the recent dreadful railroad acciden,
near Burlington, N. j., to enable us to locate
the original cause thereof with tolerable GER
tainty. Thus, the cause of the delay of the
New York train at Jersey City was the want
of care ard attention to the condition of th.
cars on the part of the company's agents and
servants at that point. Twenty five minutes
were lest there, which made that train behind
time. The smashed-up train obeyed instruc-
lions to the letter, except in backing through
burlington at a greater speed than six
miles per hour. That's pretty clear. Tie
engineer and conductor in running backwards
on hearing the smashed-up train from Phila-
delphia approaching, ran too fast very proba-
bly,. But if DIR. Hannegan had not been cross
ing the railroad just at the time, no accident
whatever would have occurred. 1t seems that
this Is the third occasion in which the carriage
OF that individual has got into trouble on the
track of the railroad near Burlington On
this occasion the driver, who was deaf and
was seated in the carriage SO as not to have
view Up and down the railroad when crossing
it, had waited until the train had passed, and
not thinking that it might possibly have to
back to get cut of the way of the delayed and
momentarily expected down train, was in the
act of crossing the railroad when his vehicle
was crushed to atoms by the force of the back
ing train, returning at desperate speed.
The danger was discovered by those in the
carriage only in time to allow them to spring
out and thus save their own lives
Rev. Er Donelan.-A writer in the Organ
doubts whether the Rev Mr.. Donelap
of this city has been in Norfolk since the
prevalence of the yellow fever. We take
pleasure in assuring him of its truth, though
we were in error in stating, not long since
that he had returned thither We were mis-
informed on that occasion. He, however, ap-
piled to his bishop for permission to return
there, and to the bishop of Virginia for per-
mission to labor for the time in his diocese
Two clergymen from the District of Columbia,
of Mr.. Doneian's persuasion, are now in Nor
folk and Portsmouth-the pastor Of Trinity
church Georgetown, and the Rev. Mr. Woodley.
Six more, connected with Georgetown College,
have volunteered, and await orders to proceed
thithsr. Six Sisters Of Charity, from the Dis.
trict of Columbia, are down there, laboring in
their heavenly vocation. These facts speak
volumes in true praise of the manner in which
the Catholic clergy and religious sisterhood
discharge the most trying duty of their pro-