The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-19
GENERAL SANTA ANNA.


PEARANCR--AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY AGAINST
HIN.
The newspapers. Of last evening announced
that General Santa Anna, who has been In this
country for some mouths, had LEFT for Mexico,
for the purpose OF raising his standard again In
that country, and a document was published in
i2e bis arSiva ~ az Tsmnco ana e of
that city to his flag T.sf 8cl.Ft nWn ,ffrE 40
We have received from the nephew Of the
General q very long and very extraordinary
statement, calculated to put very different
face on this whole affair. 1t is know that when
resided for a time at Elizabeth, New Jersey.
and afterwards in this city, in Twenty-eighth
moved to Staten Island, where he lived in a
mousse said TO belong to- one q. Naphegyt,
a Hungarian, already known in this
two or three other persons, to have had
complete control OF the person and movements
since, very full report OF certain transactions
at the house. which seemed to indicate that the
General was really held as prisoner, for the
private purposes Of the clique by whom he was
surrounded and who had made him believe
5i9y were o Ew6 S iT at s hea
The proof, however, seemed insufficient to
warrant its publication, and it was accordingly
The Generals nephew, himself also named
Lopez de Santa Anna, now states that on the
9th of August 1865, his uncle, then In the city,
requested him to arrange some lawsuits which
he had on hand, to his great loss and inconve-
nience, which he succeeded in doing. He after.
wards visited his uncle on staten Island but
disapproving what Naphegyi was doing in
regard TO his affairs, he left the house-writing
letter TO his uncle concerning statements for
which Naphegyi caused him to be arrested.
Hearing that his uncle was sick he called on
I5e "a OF March last 10 see him, put was refused
Procuring an order from the Court, he sue
ceeded on the 4th, 18th, and 18th of May in OBJ
tanning access to him, but as he was not allowed
TO see him alone, their conversation was upon
the 18th, however, to call on the Goth. when he
would Ltve him power of attorney, with in
structions to apply TO the courts for his relief.
"A day or two afterwards he was Informed that
in November, 1866, General Santa Anna had
been induced TO prepare and sign a mortgage
for S750,O00 on his estates in Mexico and st.
Thomss-three persons being therein named as
trustees. Upon this mortgage bonds were pre-
pared, engraved, and signed by Santa Anna
To be disposed of in the market, and money
thus raised for the military expedition to
f Santa Anna has never since seen the bonds
nor any proceeds from them. The first install
ment of interest upon them falls due on the lst
default of payment, TO foreclose the mortgage,
and thus secure the transfer of the Generals
nephew obtained this information gave him a
note embodying it, and adding that San Ia A una
would lose all his property II he did not at once
file protest in the district where his estates
are situated and compel the parties (whose
names were given)to cancel the mortgage
the General. but was told he was sick and &c could
not be seen. He had procured an order from
person named Vermiiye, VIII who had ID been selected
as counsel for Santa Anna by his ad dvisers shut
I'm ing ine d9or I'm IN his face This was repeated on
brought him the fol owing note, purporting to
come from his uncle:-
Dear Antonio:-I am sickly just now, and it is i'm
possible for me to see yOu wish to you. too but
Y shall be "Wednesday after tomorrow, at IL A. M
shall present yourself. Your uncle ths: iSyes you
Believing this note to be fictitious the nephew
called on the 2ith and 3lst, instead of the day
appointed. On both occasions he was unable to
nj ~ hn nf mn no
called, and was told his uncle was dining out.
The next day the Herald contained an an
nouncement of the Generals intended depar-
ture for Mexico, saying that the statement was
made on the authority OF his friends. On in
quiry the nephew ascertained that Naphegyi
had moved a few days before to Mill Pond, on
the island, and Mr. Phillips, who had called
there, was told that the General had left for
Havana two weeks before On the 10th the
nephew called again, and was told that his
uncle was in, but could not be seen. He forced
his way to his uncle's room, but did not find
him there,
The young Santa Anna accounts for this sud-
den and mysterious disappearance upon a very
different theory from that of his having gone
to Mexico. Hesays his uncle's mind, in conse.
quence of his advanced age and many suffer
ings, has become feeble, and that he is very
easily made the d1pe of designing persons who
gain his confidence. He says he has conducted
large correspondence (as he supposedly with
Secretary Seward, with George Law, w. H.
Aspinwall, and other prominent and influen.
tial persons-from all OF whom he received
assurances of aid in his expedition to Mexico.
The nephew believes that he is now kept con-
cesled' probably Ssa with hi his 90, own assent, some
pleting the foreclosure of the mortgages on his
estates.
Under these circumstances and being unable
to obtain any redress from courts of law, the
nephew makes this statement in order that the
public may understand the risks they take in
buying the bonds issued on the mortgages of
his uncle's estates. These estates are in Mexico,
cost S3500O0, and were sequestered by MAXI
milan o year ago, but under circumstances
which really protect them from alienation in
the way proposed,
The narrative is certainly one Of curious aud
remarkable interest. Events will probably
soon test its truth.-M Y Times