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The renowned General Santa Anna is at this time enjoying his ottum cum dignitate in one of the little isles of the Western Archipelago.
He has played a conspicuous part in the history of his country, and is in many respects a remarkable man. Thirty years ago, the hero of Tampico destroyed the last army of Old Spain.
Ten years afterwards he lost a leg in resisting the landing of the French in Mexico.
At a still more recent period, he directed with consummate skill and energy the resista d intimates pretty distinctly that he may yet have an opportunity to return from his Elba.
It is certainly among the possibilities of the future that his expectation may be realized.
The Mexicans are almost as fickle a race as the French, and Santa Anna has yet stamina enough in him to serve a favorable opportunity of putting himself at their head, and once more restoring the independence of their country.
Whether Mexico would be a gainer by the experiment is a different question.
Even if su