The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-03

LATE FROM LAGUNA.-The Ava, Capt. Chase, ar
rived yesterday from Laguna, with the following
ing letter from our correspondent at that place.
LAGUNA DE TERMINUS, April 18th, l845
Affairs they are-State of this section of the Repub
Instrumentation = Competition of the Neighhors,
8y.
Since wrote you last,I have been to Tobasco and
Merida
The former place had not visited before for three
years, and was mnch surprised at the improvements
made There many new buildings, which
would do honor to Northern city, and they have
two steamboats, plying on the Tobasco and
and Ussemasinta rivers. In fact, every thing wears
the aspect of enterprise and activity, but the great
drawback is the want of water on the bar. Howe
yer, that difficulty is somewhat surmouned by par
ticular class Of vessels being there to take adj
vantage of the trade.
Merida presents nothing new to the eye OF a for
reigner it is pleasant to sojourn there fifteen or
twenty days, for In that time one can see all that
there is to be seen The principal business Is alto
gether in the hands of the natives; and what is ex
traordnary there Is not, to my knowledge, a sin
gle Yankee permanent resident there, aed you
know that they are proverbally every where, part-
cularly where there Is anything to be made.
In some of my excursions into the interior last
winter, was particularly struck with the circum-
stance of finding Frenchmen in almost every village,
but rarely an American, and they were generally
favor OF Frenchmen-they acquire the Spanish Ian
guage with much greater facility than the Americans
English, in consequence OF the structure OF their
language being similar.
When we first received the news OF the bill an
nexng Texas to the United States having passed the
two Houses of Congress, every Mexican whom met
in the streets accosted me, que dice Bennett-tay
guerra /" (What says Benefits there war y So,
You will perceive, that you arc known here as well
as where the English language is spoken In fact,
have read your paper in the palace, at the Ruins OF
Palenque," and at the time INDUCED in wide
stretch of the imagination, but will not tire you by
committing my reflections to paper
We had quite a number of French vessels here for
short time last winter, and business appeared to be
looking up, but now it is as dull as ever Logwood
stocked with goods of every description some of
them will not sell for enough to pay the duties; in
deed should be sorry to take them for nothing and
subject to the latter alternative. You are probably
aware that goods once entered here must pay the
duties, there is such thing debenturc known.
have been told from good authority, that there is
an effort making at Campeacby and Merida to close
the port OF Laguna, but hardly think ii will sue
coed. II has, however, been closed to mportations
twice within tina last six years-the object of this
measure is to make CamPeachy the medium through
which all goods, destined for Laguna must pass;
consequently they are re-shipped from the former
place to the latter in canoes, at a ruinous expense
but unless Laguna revves, do not perceive the me-
cesslty Tor such movement, at least for two years
There are three vessels now in port--one English
and two Amerlcans-the Ava, Capt. Chase will sail
tomorrow, by which vessel send this letter, and
the Smyrna, Capt Peterson, will sail day after to-
morrow for Boston.