Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-07-03
CAPTURE OF GEN, SANTA ANNA.

%, with Gen. Santa Anna on board.
reached Versa Cruz june 3d. He was
visited by the authorities and many of the
prominent residents of the city, who well
coined him warmly, and urged him to
landand take immediate command. This
the General declined doing, but at the
invitation Of Don Perez Gomez, General
Commanding, visited the Castle Of St.
Juan D'Ulloa, returning to the Virginia
| the next day. During this time the
| greatest enthusiasm prevailed in Vera
Ctuz, and preparations on a grand scale.
were being made to receive the distin-
guished Mexican. Shortly after reach
ing the vessel, Gen Santa Anns gave an
audience to the Imperial Comnrissary Gen
eral, Domingo Bureau, and other officials
who had come with the. intention Of draw
| ing up an act appointing him Commander
in-chief,. Gen. Benavides, commanding
the liberal forces then besieging the city,
was informed of this fact by Mr.. Saulnier,
/ the American Consul, as was also Capt.
r. A. Roe of the Facony, a United States
man -of-w lying in the roadstead the
latter soon after boarding the Virginia in
company with Capt. A. Murray, comman-
der of the English man of-war Jason, and
| demanding the surrender of Santa Anna.
These officers broug ht7with them a boats
crew of Is English sailors, who remained
in readiness to obey any. orders given
them. On being requested to accompany
Cnpt. Roe to the TaconyY Santa Anna
protested against the rudeness of his Wis
| Hors, but was at once informed hat. if he
!. did not acce the invitation he would be
taken off by force Deemiug it more pru'
dent to obey, the, General stepped into
the boat with his interpreter, Mr. 6 tt-
Heb; and was place0eon board the United
States man of.war, where Capt. Roe treat
! ed him With consideration, informing him
| that he was not a prise er, but was pre-
vented from going ashoreGin order to
save bloodshed. q Another reasons given
for OBTAINING him was that the General
had been announced as an envoy for the
United States Government, to which
Santa Anna replied that his mission was
| to bring about peace. and that he was
acting simply as Mexican citizen and
property holder "But, said Capt. Roe,
"your presence here has interferred with
the surrender of Vera Cruz to Benovides,
for which arran gements had been m4de
! and this fact alone, after consultation with
others, | deemed sufficient reason for
yonr detention" ,aJa7aas3 asH eae5aa5
/ On the following morning Santa Anna
was informed officially that he. had per-
mission to take passage on the Virginia
for HAVANA, or any part IN the United
States, but that he coulI not land at
Vera Cruz He was then transferred
!. from the Tacony4to the Virgin a. and at
once set sail for Sisal, Yucatan,i j where
he arrived on the l 1th A very short
time after coming to anchor the Virginia
boarded by Capt - Mariana Rnheldo
Rem re, a Mexican officer, who took
Gen. Santa Anna by force, and conveyed
him to the shore Capt. Deake0, master
of the Virginia, first refused to deliver
up his passenger, but. was obliged to yield
when he found that the three Mexican
gunboats lying in the harbor had turned
their guns upon him, and were ready to
open a fire upon his vessel In the event
OF his disobeying the order of Capt Ro-
more. He therefore offered no resistance
to the arrest of Gen. Santa Anna, but
protested strongly against the outrage,
/ pledging himself to bring the matter to
the notice of the Government of Wash
lngton. " @aitl- la $1,000 ge9alaoe 9d1 40
The prevailing opinion among officers
and men at Sisai was that Santa Anna
would be shot by the Liberals. 9gotssg ea
The Virginia left on the 14th and
reached Hasanna on the 18th. Tie
news of Santa Anna's arrest produced
great excl enent there, and many spec
ulations are aindul gedDins relative to the
action of our Government aU auEJga b.
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/ THE RELIGION OF RUssIA.-Our peo-
pie on the Pacific coast are deeply inter-
estedin the acquisition of the North.
west territory from Russia, and are anx-
ious to extend friendly relations with the
Fgreat Power whose dominions1 are now
within a few miles Of our. ownao The
Pacific newspaper, a Congregational
| Journal at San Francisco, has we'll in
| formed article on the "Russian Christian
I ity," giving more favorable view of the
state of the religion among the Russian
people than has generally prevailed lin
Protestant countries Some OF the state-
ments are worth repeating sviza2rqras 81
Russian Christianity is an energetic
thing. 1t is indeed a corrupt form of the
Christian faith. Butit is not efete.H It's
missionary activity abroad gdoes not equal
the Roman or the Protestant;abut over