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SAINT. Ans, AND TnE AMERICAN DEsERrERs -
A letter from Monterey 10 the New Orleans Rec,
notices the arrival at San Luis o. the FIST Amer.
can doscr,crs from our army II says that they
presented their several orders for money TO Santa
Anna, when he informed them that he had not
enough funds 10 feed his own soldiers. They were
worn down by travel, hungry, and without the
means Of getting a living. Va they concluded as
last fcs'gi, that they would JON hs amy. When
they applied 10 him for permission 10 20 into the
ranks, he replied tina, they woudleayo him should
he &c, INTO tight place They affirmed 10 The con.
irary, when Santa Anna plainly told them thar
any man who would desert one army would desert
another, and he wanted nothing 10 do with such
men. And 50 they len him--Inen who had been
sedueed of under the bright promises Of command
aud money. denied even the privilege Of earning
their bread in the ranks o. the enemy. The beauty
Of II is, that neither hr French nor English res.
denis viii give them work or food, and they would
no doub, give their right hands to be back in Uncle
Sans ranks. No less than &c were me, on the
road from San Luis 10 Saltllo."