Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-30
VISIT TO SANTA ANNA.
4 SandusIkY Boy Rrealsfnsts with III;

IN SnRhNnSA%J 4SfGslAAEuSES ETrEn Him.
The sandusky C0hio) Register publishes an inter
esting letter from aSandusky boy graduate of the
United States Naval Academy, and now midsbip-
man IN the navy. whose vessel the Swatara recently
touched at St. Thomas. We copy the following.
r On the llth, five Of US midshipmep went nm bv,
Santa AnnaS residence, hoping to get sirht Of tho
noted General. AS good luck W0ald have t. one of
the sudden ram storms paculia? 20 the tr1nics
up Just az We we're opposite his house and observing
our condition, an American who appears to be the
oeueTal : MAJOR DoHao, came out and invited ms IN
enter proposition which we gladly accented We
were shown into kind of parlor most beautif,IIv
lhsned win BRUSSELS carpetssx large sized mirrors
spIehdld lurnture IN the way of chairs tables sofas
&c ana marhe Statuary in abundance While we we're
looking at everything with true Yankee iuuuistiye-
ness, tae ueneral sent IN his Major Dono 70 invite
were i've OF US tho MAJOR decided that we should
draw lots 4or the honor. He accordingly produced
TWO kercnles and tying knot in the corner of
one, placed all four of one and one corner of
the other together and invited us to draw after the
aieI ~ i " slrdms was unlucky enough not
70 drW eltheT ae Knot or the single handkerchief and
therefore couldn't an, but didn't regre it. as he
shorty after requested tha reAainder Of to wait
ana take conee with him. which proposition we were
nothing 10Th to accept, as cannot drink coffee
with Santa Anna every day. As soon as breakfast
was over ut ought to have been called dinner for it
was u o'clock NJ. and they had everything that are
would have at that meal, though cooked in Mexican
syle we vent ln and after being separately intro
duced to the General, took our seats at the table
We attempted conversation with him, but found he
could speak nothing but Spanish. There were several
~ thO poSluGS OulselNes; an American
Dane, Mexican or two, and Carthazenian, there
was els" a Spaniard from Peru, Senor La4ano. a
dark looking man, VINO Is a peat. ne was the only
celebrity besides the General and oarselues u The
coffee Was we'd up in the finest Sevres-china on a
silver sGlver, the largest ever saw After coffee
came wine and cigars. The American acted as inter-
prefer, and we managed to get along very well.
The General looks like very fine old man is 63
years DID, with hair of dark brown, and appears to
be in perfect health. He does not wsar spectacleE
and seems Ill kelly to retain bis sight for many years
yet After cigars we made graceful adieu, which
was rendered by interpreter only an expression
of that sort can be rendered in the most flowing of
Spanish sentences. 1t made me stare to near our
short speech translated into words as long as tbe
moral law, and as only Spanish could express
IT, for the poet acted as our interpreter and he did
get it off we'll too. wanted to pat him on the back
1t pleased the General amazingly, too, and he re-
turned it IN true Hidalgo style, saying that every
thing he possessed ours, and we could mako our
selves at home &c. forgot to mention that he pro
posed toast to us during the meal, viz: that we
might all become Admirals. After everything was
said and done and We could find no excuse for stay
ing any longer we took our departure, vol pleased
with our days adventures. In iact think | never
passed more singuiary agreeable day in my life