Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-12-02

From the n o. Commercial Times. 17h ana
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
YUCATAN.
Intestine Commotions-Aitack on
Iubasco.-The schooner Jnvcn Lecni-
das arrived this morning from Campea>
ci,y, bringing advices from iucalan to
the 81 inst, OF somewhat coafusrd,
but upon the whole, highly Important
character. Sho brought likewise dis
patches f,t the Stale Department at
Washington, containing. we are Inlur.
med, full accounts of the origin and
progress of the quarre!s between lhe
different sections of the peninsula oi
Yucatan, and copies of the proannc'n-
mentos made by Campeachy and Laeu'
na, in favor of the independence OF the
State and its total separation from tue
Mexican Republic.
The American squadron was "s"rcI'
sing a rigid surveillance along The coast,
ordering Of all Yucatnese vessels that
attempted 10 enter any Of the ports b.
tween Tabasco and the Rio Grande,
the en!irc line having been declared
under blockade.
Itappcars 'bat Campeac'1y andai'7gH-'
ma are in earnest, in their efforts 10
maintain the independence of fncatan,
while Merida is equally bent upon srcu
ring the union of that Stale to M"xi'o.
Since the pronuneiamento in Merid Of
the 25th OF August, declaring the re-
annexation accomplished, great dscon>
rent has prevailed in Campeachy and
Laguna. In both these towns the dis
affeciioo augmented until the citizens,
by common consent, agreed 10 'epndiaie
lh" connection, and raise the flag OF
Yuca'anese Independence. Merida, it
serms, is the principal customer OF Mex
ico, and will reap many advantages from
the removal Of all commercial restic-
lions upon the en,r &C Of h"r pr"ducts
into Mexican ports. Hence she is par
,icularly interested in elfecting the IN
corporation of Yucalan in the Republic.
On the other hand, CAmpeachy aud
Laguua have such interests at stake,
but fear The suspension and total d"s-
lruction of their large foreign commerce
by blockade, in the even, of taking par,
with Mexico. This is the real secret oil
the various intrigucs and intestine blrk-
rrings between the several towns Of
Yucatan. The quarrel has become fierce
and bitter, and private letters which VIC
have perused, state in Campeaci'y il Is
in contemplation to raise and eq'!ip an
armed force Of two thousand men for
The purpose of marching on Merida, and
compelling thai refractory and ln'rac'a
bic Town 10 desist from its isolated po
silion, and 10 come into the policy u
Campe1chv aud Laguna-a policy b!
Which the Independence Of the province
will be insured, and its consequen
neutrality will entitle its flag 10 respec'
THIS is the true statement Of the case
so far as we have been enabled 10 paine
it from an attentive inquiry into all tn
facts.
In regard to the attack of porto
OF the Gulf Squadron on the town o
i TabaSco, our accounts are somewha
unsatisfactory though they are derive
: from conversation with the Captain c
the Joven Leonidas. H. tells US that
pilot boa, trading between Campeacl'
and Tabasco, had been captured by IN
f squadron, subsequently, liberated, Con
, modore Perry observing that he mad
no war upon Campeacty. The pill
boa. returned TO Campo 'chy, and iu'
nished the few particulars that hav
rrauspired. The squadron consisted {
!, the steamers Mississippi, Vixen an
McLanc the Cutter Forward, and til
..hoon,r Ronita. Refer and Bunaet;