The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-31
Transmitted for the Baltimore Americana


From YucArAN-BATTLE BETWEEN THE AMERICANS
AND INDIANS, &c We have received news here from
Yucatan, giving accounts Of battle fought between the
Indians and Americans. There supposed to be
about thousand of the Indians and only five hundred
American troops. The former were after hard srug
gle driven back In the engagement forty three Ameri
cans were killed. large number OF the enemy
slaughtered. The Indian town of Tela was finally cap
lured and reduced to ashes The Americans at last ac
counts marching towards Basalas, where decisive
and desperate battle was anticipated.
NEW York, January 27-s. p m.
K ARRIVAL THE STEAMER Crescent Cry FROM CHA
GREs-No NEWS CALIFORNIA The steamer Cres-
Chagres reports that the California steamer had not ar
rived Panama when she left There were only about
400 parsons the shmus. Two schooners were adver
at Jamaica and Havana When leaving the former place,
on the 18th instant she met the steamer Isihmus going
ill., She brings, several passengers from Hayana The
quarantine regulations tinued there. DR. Jet
the last person who crossed the sthnus from California
There was no sickness of moment there when he Left.
There is nothing later from San Francisco The Cres-
cent City brings no gold
No tiiings yet of either ofthe European steamers
due at New York.
The New York Herald Of the 2sth gives us various
statements of events which have been received by the
Crescent The following is abstract from her log
book: ..se,t 1.l..
TUESDAY. JAN. g. 1sts-Madc land at O'Clock a. M to
eastward OF Chagres and anchored in the roadsead
O'Clock, a. making the run from New York against adj
winds thirds Of the way in nine and hall days
At Chagres agent the ship despatched express
10 Panama 10 iacilltate possible the Crcs
ton road, and the state OF matters Panama, in
reference The thousands represented there waiting
mama in days from New York. and found but 200
$50 waiting there and when the Crescent City left Cna
Left Chagres on return of agent.
The correspondent of the Herald writes from Panama.
January T.. The following interesting extracts do not
wish to withhold one moment from our readers
Everybody knows what voyage j.; and though
Compared with the journey from Chages 10 Cruces BY
boat aud the land travel from Cruces Panama, If
individual No Urgency short ofIiic and death should bring
a this route; for female it is utterly our of the
10 get Chages this city, and many Of those by the
John Benson and the Falcon still the road The
and Sl2 mule bring single trunk from The latter
pace have been paid by many In tact, there are not
man ma, '"'' e"''s' " '' "n''' ''''' . supply INC &c
twhen they have any, and roofs matched with palm. A
turkey buzzards ornament each roof; and VIXEN it
ton Of ,.pread, eagle, dry Low and swampy, it
looks the abode Of pelence, is Now in the dry
ration In Tue eiss we, months Of the i be de-
cidedy moist we left the place with all convenient
progress against the strong current, others in small ones
which could hold but Two persons besides the
sleep night between Cnagres and Cruces the greater
four The naked boatmcn generally ericeni tolera
bly, honest aud civil The sleeping places the same as
hen found. The price dollar, and seveny-ve cents
for cooking, No bread. sugar, milk, no meat
Even huts few and far between though river
banks beautiful in their tropical vegetation seem
capable of producing everything which the heart
sire But the of floods is on the land and it
cult to imagine that good can ever come out Of it.
Cruces is nearly low, and quite dissgreeable as
Chagres We compelled to remain there days,
in OF the mpossbiy OF Obtaining spoa
lion OF the road from Cruces Panama, ossibe
10 give sn idea The liveIies imagination picture
Mud holes. in which the mules lnre up 10 their bellies
carloads of boulder stones, which, in The time III the span
ish galeons may have formed pavement rayines worn
deep in the solid rock and only wide enough for mules
foot below and Tor the riders legs above, with every pos
sibe activity and deevity from oryfvs degrees per-
pendiouar all combine to make The most ,mpassac
road In actual tho face Of the globe. The
mules stepping in the same footprints, have worn mortar
holes deep IN the rock OF the deep and and
boulder stone, eight diameter, lh snch
hole drilled half way through it, How the ladies Of the
patty ever got across, i yet unable to decide, This
much is cerain that of practically assumed the
pintaoons. and rode CALAMITY like the cavaliers around
hen