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370 so," adds the bulletin; "thus adding a new crime to all they have committed."

It is now evening, and again they announce an attack upon the palace, but I do not believe them, and listen to the cannon with tolerable tranquillity. All day, families continue to pass by, leaving Mexico. The poor shopkeepers are to be pitied. Besides the total cessation of trade, one at least has been shot, and others plundered, A truce of two hours was granted this afternoon, to bury the dead, who were carried out of the palace. Two of our colleagues ventured here this morning.

22d.—The Government Bulletin of this morning, contains a letter from Santa Anna, dated Mango de Clavo, 19th of July, informing the President, with every expression of loyalty and attachment to the government, that according to his desire he will set off this morning in the direction of Perote, "at the head of a respectable division." Various other assurances of fidelity from Victoria, from Galindo, &c., are inserted, with the remark that the Mexican public will thus see the uniformity and decision of the whole Republic in favor of order, and especially will receive in the communication of his Excellency, General Santa Anna, an unequivocal proof of this unity of sentiment, notwithstanding the assurances given by the rebels to the people, that Santa Anna would either assist them, or would take no part at all in the affair. It must be confessed, however, that His Excellency is rather a dangerous umpire.

The Governor Vieyra published a proclamation today, declaring "Mexico in a state of siege." It