The Van Buren press., 1867-07-12

a fire upon his vessel in the event Of his
disobeyiag the order of Capt Romero,
lie therefore offered no resistance 10 the
arrest of Gen. Santa Anna, but protested
strongly against the outrage pledging
! himself to brifig the matter to the notice
of the Government at Washington.
The prevailing opinion among officers
aud men at Sisal was that Santa Anna
would be shot by the Liberals. .a
The Virginia left on the 18th and reach
ed Havana on the 18th. The news of
Santa Annals arrest produced great cx-
citement there, and many speculations
are indalged in relative TO the action of
our Government mnii ll. a.Y.s
The following protest from Captain
I Deaken and others, officers and passen-
gers Of the Virginia, has just been pub
| lished r.,t..,,.
U1ereqs, On the 18th day of June,
A. ID. 1867, a Mexican officer, by name
Mariana Robledo Romero, accompanied
by file of soldiers, boarded the Ameri-
can steamer Virginia, lying at anchor at
the port of Ssal, Yucatan, and, by force,
did take therefrom the persons of Anton
ia Lopez de Santa Anna, and l.. Vidal of
Rivas, passengers from Vera Cruz to
Havana, against their WILL and nothwith
standing the formal protest of the master
of said steamer, now be it known, that
the said master hereby solemnly protests
against the action of said Romero, and
hereby makes the said Romero and his
superiors responsible for ell damages
caused unto the said Santa Anna and vi
dial, and the said steamer Virginia The
master of said steamship further de
clares- air.t. . r. U at3 Mei
First: That Santa Anna was placed on
board the steamer by Com. +. A. Roe,
commanding the United States man-of
war Tacony, on the Sth of June, 1867
and that said Com. Roe gave orders to
the master of the Virginia to take said
Santa Anna on board. 4slt5i 4. l
o Second: That the said Santa Anna de
clared to the master Of the Virginia that
his wish and intention was to disembark
at the port of Havana, Island of Cuba,
Third That three Mexican scho oners,
all men-of-war, surrounded the steamer
and pointed their guns at the steamship,
and by their menacing attitude and
threats that they would, if the steamship
moved, fire into her; and furthermore,
that the commander Of the Mexican, gun
boat was informed by the captain of the
Virginia that the said Santa Anna and
Vidal were under the protection of the
American fag-the said Santa Anna, as
already stated, having been placed on
board the steamship by United States
naval officer, had made the master of the
steamship responsible for the safe deliy-
cry of the persons of the said Santa Anna
and Vidal at the port which they might
select aei iial Ilt@'#
In testimony where3f the Undersigned,
Master of the Virginia, the purser, the
first officer, Hans Baron Won Norlitz,
Luis Baron Luttwitz, and Edward Got
tlieb, Interpreter and Aid,oc- Camp to
Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, have
all signed their names at Havana, this
the 18th Of June, 1867. '!Fa' f1 '''itii'
Dr. Naphegyi, the legal representative
Of Santa Anna in the United States, and
at whose residence on Staten Island the
General has been guest for many
months, has written a letter to one of the
daily journals of this city, in which he
inveighs bitterly against Capt. Roe and
the British officer, for their unwarrant-
able arrest Of quiet citizen on board a
vessel bearing the United States flag,
and promises to appeal to the American
public to redress the injury done to his
client
The friends Of Gen. Santa Anna in this
city are in great suspense concerning his
fate. Many think that he has been shot but
large number believe that the Liberal
authorities will be deferred from carry
ing out their threat through fear that our
Government may not pass the act by in
silence; and are confident that Santa An
ma will, in few days, be again in safety
in this CITY, Y Tribune, 25M. y