The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-14
From Honduras.

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We hear both good and bad news from Guatemala
but ut present 1t is in such questionable shape
We place no reliance whatever in Is.
- A our commu nications with our nfant Maiestysn
dominions uncertain and few, will not attempt
to say what may be going on in the realms of naked
ness the mosquito shore Our government here
have however, been informed that Pat Walker (as
he used to be called when hero) drowned while on
expedition up the river San Juan short time since
You would laugh to see this Mosquito King Queen
Victoria and her followers pleased to call him.
will give you short description Of the negro king in
embryo he appeared in Belize his coronoon day
some four years since TO begin he Is short, thick
set musty black little fellow wholly devoid of any
sembancc to the white man in stature general APP
pcarance He has II thick, broad, fat, greasy face
large ackustre black eyes, the whites of which
dirty red brown. large, thick bushy head of wiry,
Bile feature about him. His neck is very short, and
set upon high pair Of square shoulders Cooking for all
the world like steamboat captstan with small red
cabbage upon it, lie Is pot-belled, with short crooked
legs and thick, fiat feet This is fair description OF
him whom her Majesty's warm-hearted phlantropc
took it into their heads to play the Of
coronation with in Belize. For what Why it is said
If his title to this territory is maintained then the
broad extent of mahogany land on which they
now are squattng, will become the lawful possession
of the English mahogany cuttcrsnnd in pursuance of
this plan several of our inhabitants have already OBJ
tanned large grants of land for this purpose
think shall be able to give you more and authen-
tic news from the interior by the schooner Eleanor,
now loading with mahogany, and to sail in few days
for this port
SnrrrISo IsrELLronscE.-Saled this day for New
York, schooner Nile, Hampton, with mahogany, hides
Marian Gage, Read, loading with mahogany for New
York Schooner Eleanor, Jones, loading with log
wood and mahogany, of and for New Orleans in few
days.
At the bar of Roman river, the 1st instant boat
was capszed and all on board were drowned. There
five persons, viz Mr. Hutchinson. brother law
to j. Carmichael of Liverpool, the of the great
mahogany house here Of A. Mather Co. the captain
of the British bark Castcton Park and three of the
crew Of the British bark Sophia
FROM LAGuyA-The brig Ous Norcross, Captain
Lao Anr we'd NJ nrf
this morning Her advces not quite 30 late from
some parts of Yucaan rs have been received; but he
mentions some interesting facts which have not before
been stated Laguna he says, was overrun with fugi
tves from Campeachy and all parts of the country and
many were obliged to dwell in tents and in the
open air, Men Of substance from Campcachy at
Laguna endcavoring to find asylum for their fami
les-among Others an English doctor, who said that
he about to abandon property to the value of $4O
600 or $4,000 in Campeachy. His indignation at the
puslanmity of the Yucatecos led him to that he
almost wished that the Indians would take the town.
At the last accounts the Indians within days
march of Campeachy, in vast numbers, and with no
abatement of their design Of general massacre of
their opponents Their war cry was, Death to both
black and whte-man, woman and child-all save the
red man. They claim to be 100000 strong, and say
the country rghtfuly belongs to them and they will
it, and ensure possession by the of all
their opponents.
They will undoubtedly take the town, unless assis-
tance arrives from other quarters An American bomb
vessel from Campeachy had come to Laguna to reft,
and returned to Campeachy. Another bomb vessel
daily expected Laguna and also 900 American
soldiers, which Capt Spates says, it currently
mored were marching to the assistance Of the inhabi
tants of Yucatan.
Bands of Mexican plundcrcrs making their ap-
pearance in Yucatan, which, heretofore in
quence of its neutral position has been free from the
devastations of the News received ut Laguna
few days before Captain s. sailed that the mand-
of Mexican guerilla force of 80 had marched
into adjoining town with the intention of plumber
ing it. A boat expedition of Americans was immc-
datcly fitted out but, reaching the town, it
found that the Mexicans had suddenly decamped with
out doing any damage.
Captain Spates says, that II Laguna itself
cuated by the Americans it would be in great danger
Ueiier.