New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
position. giving Santa Anna complete sud
ahaQluta control of the government,

position, giving Santa Anna complete and
absolute control of the government.
Having succeeded in raising Q new armv
| he took up position At Cerro Gordo, whers
he was again defeated by the American,
under General Scott on April Is. With q
! 5000 men, he retreated toward the CITY of
Mexico. Late in April he learned of his an.
pointment by Congress as President, but
| fading that the election which thu States
had held on May Is was unfavorable to
him, he induced Congress to postpone the
! counting of votes until January, 1913,
| Meanwhile he banished or imprisoned ali
| who opposed his schemes, and established
| a severe censorship of the prese. He organ
| lied an army Of 80, 900 men for the defense
Of the capital, but succession of disasters
| rendered abOrtive all his plans. First
Moline del Rey was stOrmed and captured
by General ScOtt's army on September s,
1877; then Chapultepec fell on the thir-
teenth, and on the following day the CAP
ital was surrendered. General Santa Anna
now endeavOred to retrieve his reputation
by reeigning the presidency and beseging
Puebla. He was attacked, however, by
! General Lane at Hua,nantla, was forced TO
retire, and thus Puebla was relieved. On
April 5, 1913, he sailed for Jamaica. where
be remained till 1853, when he returned to
Mexico and was received with enthusiasm,
He was appointed President for one year,
after which he was instructed to convene a
constituent Congress- Instead Of doing
this. however, he fomented another revo.u-
ton, and was made President, with power
to name his successor, and with the title of
most serene highness. His rule was des-
potic in the extreme, and caused another
revolution. which was led by General
Alvarez. In 1873, after struggle of two
years, Santa Anna abGicated pncond!.ion-
,,f >H
sailed for Havana. Later he spent two
years in Venezuela, atterward going to ST.
Thomas. He reappeared i'll Mexico during
the French invasion, and pledged himself
TO maintain a strict neutrality. IL Nav.
1854, however, a manifest was issued which
tended to excite disturbances in his favor,
and General Bazaine at once ordered him
TO leave the country. Macmillan. how
ever, made him grand marshal of the en-
pire, but a year later he was implicated in
a conspiracy against the Emperor, and was
obliged to return to St. Thomas. He made
another effort to retain his ascendency
in Mexico in 1867. bat was taken pris-
oner at Vera Cruz and condemned
to death. He was pardoned by Juarez on
condition that he would leave the country
forever. and he came to the United States.
In 1868, after residing for come time on
Staten Island, he planned another expedi-
ton against Jaurez, and sailed on mer
chant ship trading between New York aud
Vera Cruz. He had sent agents ahead who
an appeal to the Mexicans
which he had prepared. He intended first
to obtain possession of San Juan d'Ulloa.
the fortress of Vera Cruz. The commander
into negotiations with Santa Anna, but on
his arrival he was made prisoner. He was
pardOned arl returned to the Cnited
States, where he resided on Staten Island.
spending his time in cock-fghting and
playing Spanish monte. After the death of
Jaurez in 1875, Santa Anna returned to his
native country. and has since resided in
seclusion in the City of Mexico.
The following description of the personal
appearance of this remarkable man was
ou olished in Southern paper last summer
and reproduced in the Times on July I:
my surprise at the appearance of the old
General was shared by my companion. In
stead of the gray-haired old man that we
had expected to see, an upright, solderly
ret bowed down by the weight of years.
md his cold-black, flashing eyes told that
he fires of early life were not yet ali spent.
Incredible as it may seem, Santa Annals
lair has not vet turned gray, and his face
las kindly. hopeful expression. strangely
It variance with the widespread ideas of
lis character. He wears no beard of any
n talking he is much troubled with a badly
itting set of teeth, which fall from the pal
tie. and he is slightly deaf. 1t was IN
neving across the room and seating him
elf on the sofa, however, that the infirmi-
les of his age showed themselves most
onspicuous. His false leg troubled
i'm, and l thought he showed a
disposition to hide it, for, after seating
himself very carefully. he threw it out di-
ectly before hin. and covered it with the
eft. He sat upright, nor Gid he lean back
r change his position the whole hour we
1ere with him. Santa Anna is slim built,
boat five feet ten in height, and in his
ounger days must have been handsome
he is at present fine looking old
en,isman. He is taikative and social,
yves to recount his own exploits, and
GEMS to live at present in the past. He
nows that the future holds nothing for
i'm, consequently he take very little inter
st in the passing events of the day. He
III not even know the name of the Presi-
emf of the United States, and asked sew
raj little questions about our affairs that
lmost any schoolboy would be capable of
nswerlng. In describ
,g the events of half a century ago we
ere astonished to note the accuracy with
hich he gave the minutest particulars
very date and incident seemed to be as
esh in his memory as though it were an
vent of the day before.-Ne,c York Times.