New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-06
else. But reed Mr.. To0mbs and Genera hou't"ns
soae~haa

the par. of the enemy did not step into one OF the
nas,iest hornets nests upon this terrene oro' tnen
wa are very much mistaken. He catches 1t upon
every superficial inch of his person. he Is suns
in all possible quarters Of his corporation lie must,
by reason OF the inevitable Inflammation, Dc swel'ed
To the PROPORTIONS of Daniel Lambert. Every
body else is in luck Billy Walker has had the good
fortune 10 be indicted in NewOrleans, and IN Apru
next will come out of court blushing under the
laurels of an scquittal Com. Psulding has had the
good fortune to be court-martialed by the citizens
of Mobile. which fact will rebound to bis immortal
honor in all those parts Of the country In which the
unatics are not in majority. But there is no such
luck for the Honorable General Gideon, albeit it IS
well known that by the prowess OF his single arm ana
the probing Of his single sword we conquered Mexi-
co. obtained California, and secured billions upon
billions of gold. He has been kicked by Generals,
cufFed by Quarternssters, snubbed BY Comm"'
saries, blufed by Majors, and nose-pulled meta
phoricsly speaking) by Corporals. He has at least
achieved one distinction. No man in this Union has
had the lie direct given to him so often. 10 be
.Julus Cesar and Ferdinand Mendes Pinto at the
same time is an honor granted by the gods 10 haru'
ly one person in generation. =
The letters Of Gen. Scott left Gideon fiat upon
his back and sorely bruised. But before he could
recover from the abrasons, contuions, and almost
mortal wound, well known gentleman called "A.
l.. De Santa Anna, has assaulted Gideon In the
most peppery and pugnacious way, again noorins
the conyalescent brave of Tennessee. The Mexican
exile. from his retreat in Turbaco, New Granada,
has hurled A bomb at Gideon in his retreat at
Nashville, Tenn. The lgneOus.legged e1-Dlctator
ia 10 the last extent indignant that Pillow should
assert that he was in the market for $lO,OOO. NO
words can do sufficient justice to the maghincence
of Santa Anna's refutation. lie informs US, that so
far from being short at the captuation OF Mexico'
he was exceedingly flush, and that his pockets are
in the same plethoric condition to this very day
He laughs TO scorn the idea that Gen. Scott could
buy him and his leg for anything Like the money
mentioned by Pillow. He rather corroborates
Gen. SCOTS declaration that he rs. A. would not
have stopped in the street to pick up such beg
carly sum. May we be permitted to offer to his
ex.Excellency our congratulations upon the Hour
ishng state of his exchequerl We trust that he
But while thus rich in doubloons, Santa Anna has
a large amount of seltesteem on hand, ana is
deferred by no nice scruples from using 1t. very
few public men in this country would care TO oiow
their private and personal trumpets in such an un
disguised and tortssimo manner. IS. Anna IN
varably speaks of himself as one predestined TO
salt the earth; as of patriot, statesman ana
warrior, self-sacrifcng, astute and valOrous Here
he has Pillow at bay. The peculiarites OF his ver-
nacuar permit this, whereas poor Gideon must be
as modest as he possibly can be. A man may
swagger in Spanish without loss of dignity, but ne
who swaggers in English will probably be grlnned
at We do not beliovo that oven OK Governor
Gardner of Massachusetts (olim Governor, nune
money -changer) would have ventured upon such
piece of fOriferous selflaudation as the following:
am also well assured that no csumnles wstever will ever be
.b N much le destroy high esteem aud profound
graude which entertained toward mo- both on scGoun OF
noble sentiment well account Of my acknowledges
patriotism"
Or this:
promised 10 the world the history Of my political and
military e accompanied by documents and viii soon iuin
of my fame"
The Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, after
the cspitulation of Mexico was ready to fight still;
and be informs us that he would have fought like
Trojan even to the present time, If not fatally
wounded, bad not the Provisional Government of
Queretare isnobly concluded peace, from which
he not only did not receive q solitary dime, but by
reason of which he was compelled to cut and run,
with scant time for bidding his NEST intimate friends
good bye. The terrible campaign which he would
have made, but for the treason of the Queretaro
lawyer, would have been Of such a sanguinary, ru.
inous distressing and slaughterous character that,
in the name of human nature, We thank the Fates
for ayertipg il. We should, of course, have come
out triumphant, for, as w. Scott would have been
suspended for mbeclity, so Gideon j. Pillow would
have been promoted TO the supreme command for
inyincibiEty. Let US be grateful that We were
spared such an efusion of the blood of bravest
and best.
But the worst is yet to be told. We live in an
age of mOnOmachies No, that is wrong. We live
in an age of challenges of the most desperate char
acter. A great many gentlemen defy to mortal
combat great many other gentlemen, and these
mutually refer each other TO great many friends.
The murderous character of the missives in modern
times forwarded, however, only leads to ink-shed,
and not, We are happy to say, to bloodshed. But
Gen. Santa intimates that when circumstances may
permit, he will fight Gen. Pillow, and, if possible,
take the life of that chieftain. And to do the Mex
ican justice, We must say that no doubt he would
keep his word. There is no humbug about your
bidago. When he talks fight he means fight He
likes nothing better than crossing of small swords
or pop with the pistols. Wherefore, with our