Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-27
LETTER FROM YuCA'rAN.
Carr ,ony, lFi,lay, Nay ,. IeiJ,


plly ahead, We did not fcacb 1'ylsbnC
uplil lhg oh day llom tho llaligp,e-
Tbo Alvplc1uml WIS noi here, and
we kopt along The eonst 10 N,sal,
where we learned llel Al & llNl rn.sfd
~ houfs before, nid ilWt lho whole
Mosicnn II 81 were M icnni, some
~ ~ t0milCs from die, md IN Which
place W. bent or course, arriving
within view " the 0Nct on tic eve
ming Of Saturday. tic 20 h ull} aud
Ut daylight, Sun ny morniup,' discoy
cred The tdo steamer. and two armed
brgs end two auntd scloonofs,
bearing down for W.. We hdd got
under weigh at Daylight, also. As
soon ~ II was discovered that they
wcto actually bearing down lor Us,
the crews Of each Of our vessels gave
three cheers and prepared for action
As soon rs The steamers discovered
who NC really were, Notwithstanding
thcr formidable array, they cyinced
n dssp slliQn TO be of (piltcularly as
II was discovered that we were in no
wise injtmldatcdD and actually turn
ed tail Com. Moore crowed sail to
overhaul them, when at length they
presented their broad side and avail
ted until We were within long shot,
when they opened their fire upon Us,
and to which Com. Moore paid no
attention, keeping the even tenor OF
his way, for the purpose of closing
with them but their stcapm enabled
them to back oh as fast, or lastey
than we could approach; SO that we
had finally to commence the action
and at ii we went, hammer and tongs.
We fought for near an hour, when
they. hauled off without our reach to
wind-ward. The briggs and schooncrs
come near enough to get ore broad
side from the Austin, and away they
went and never came within five
miles afterwards. At III A. NJ, it
became calm, when the steamer Mon
tezrma and Gaudaloupe neared Us
again and opened their fire once
more. BY this time Com. Boylan
got up with his gun-boats to aid u,
and the way we rlddled the steamers
was caution. They soon hauled of
again without our reach, and have
kept out OF it ever ii ce. Com. M.
has made several attempts 10 get |
within gunshot of then, but cannot |
effect it. AS soon as they discover
his design, they are of out of hisreach
TO windward. We have drove THIN
out Of Lerma, captured three vessels
they had in there discharsing, Zone
with coal only partially discharged)
raised the blockade oil CamPeachy,
and played the Versy ID with Gen.
Ampudia, who had bcseig,d this
place and was about etfccting a caty
the very day we arrived. His, Am
pudia's troops are starving, dying
with black yont and desertng daily.
lie en- get no aid from his squadron;
nor can he get out Of the country
Added to all this, the troops nadcr
Lemus, who capitu'atcd near Merida,
and were by oapitulalion TO leave the
country in 90 days (Which IS within
four days of expiring,) are i'll most
distressing situation-liable to be all
massacred by the Indians the moment
their days of grace are out-no pro-
visions, nor money to purchase them;
sickness among them and deserlions
as fast as the soldiers can escape
No chance Of their getting out of the
country, as the Mexican fleet, which
was to have taken them off, dare not
move from this for fear Of all being
jumped upon by our navy. A flag Of
truce passed by this, two days since,
from the Telshac tloops, to know of
Ampudia why they were moi sent for
according TO capitula,ion. Tie tale
was told at once by pointing 10 the
Single in The citing.
The Sunday we had the fight,
Ampudia sent word to Gov. Mendcz
that he, Mendcz, had broken the
truce agreed o., by suffering his gun
boats to join our vessels in the action,
and that he should commence bonn
bording the town again that cvcnius I;
but Sunday avening passed, Monday
and Monday night, and no bombs!-
When on Tuesday Ampudla sent
word to the Governor that he wished
or an interview that day, at 5 o'clk. c
It was granted, and the Secretary v
who stated to Gen. M. that c
hey should make no further attack, u
md only act on the defensive! That 0