The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-03-17
WASHINGTON, March 10, lS47.
Var Ne,rs- Yucdtan Commissioners-FuNsraL of


WASHINGTON, March ID, lS47.
Var Neps- Yucatan Commandments Funeral of
Mrs. Allen.
The war news is not yet forthcoming. Several
days mails were due, and we learn that there IS
no mail tonight south Of Augusta, which has
brought us up no decisive results from the seat of
war. Mr.. Niles ought to have pushed through
his bill Tor special express between Washington
and New Orleans during these war times, nor
do we suppose IT Is beyond the power of Mr..
Johnson to establish it without any special law.
The Yucatan commissioners, who came to
pledge the neutrality Of Yucatan pending the
war with Mexico, to wit, Senior Jose de Robira
and Don Augustin Casasus, are still in the city,
awaiting the action Of the State Department
The blockade of Yucatan, meantime, has been
suspended, the revolution against Mexico having
been successful, and the neutrality of Yucatan
established. The commissioners have been here
SIX or seven weeks We find Mr., Robira a
highly intelligent gentleman he speaks Eng
lish accurately and elegantly. He is con-
more particularly of Yucatan. He considers the
wonderful architectural ruins Of his country
to be as old as the pyramids of Egypt, and to have
been crested by people as highly skilled in the
arts and sciences as the ancient Egyptians il not
OF higher order. Inc original inhabitants he
considers to have been destroyed by the delupe.
the present race of Indians having not even me
vaguest tradition Of the Palaces of Palenuue. a
CITY whose ruins are strewn along the plain for a
distance OF twenty miles He considers that Pa
lepque, now some six leagues in the interior, was
originally upon the shore of the Gulf the mart of
a great commerce like that of ancient Alexandria
"a commerce OF which there is not even q trasi.
tion to tell the tale. Mr.. Robira and colleague
will remain here yet some days for the final an.
swer of Mr.. Buchanan, who, having received OF.
fetal authority from Yucatan OF Its neutrality il
is thought will be disposed to acknowledge it.
We would perhaps admit the neutrality, exclud.
ing the importation OF munitions Of war into Yu.
catan, and making them contraband penxing the
war with Mexico; for however sincere may be
the neutrality OF Yucatan, they too have their spe-
culators, who will employ the privilege Of open
ports TO furnish supplies to our enemies.
The remains of Mrs. Allen, late consort of Sc
nator Allen, OF Ohio, were temporarily en,or1bed
in the public vault of the Congressional Cemetery
to-day. large procession attended the funeral.
The grief of Mr.. Allen admits of no consolation.
He stood at the door of the vault to day apparent.
ly unconscious Of the throng around him, the
tears streaming from his eyes. She was the love
OF his early youth, and long years had INTERVIEWED,
but he had patiently waited, and at last secured
her. in two short years to lay her in the earth,
and the cherished hopes OF long life, in the
grave, by her side. We beg leave 10 say that Sue
was the daughter Of Governor Macarthur (and
not the widow, as we had supposedly. She was
before her last marriage the widow of Mr.
Coons. The magnitude Of the great events of
the day had efaced our recollection Of the fact.