The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-06
Interesting from Mexico.

tFrom the NJ o. Picayune, Jan 2e1
news from Yucatan to the 2lst ut, made up from the
Merida, papers and from correspondence. The state
Of the war In the peninsula did not present very fiat
terng aspect 1t is true that few Indian families had
Quilted the camp Of the insurgents where they had
been detained; but those who In would not
yield point In their preteneions and 1t Is remarked
that ssne hidden hand animated and sustained them
On the other hand the auxiliary force sent by the
sUts Ut or the fohsS or 80
The troops have gone on several expeditions to the
camp Of the nsurgents to provisions and col
lect the crop OF corn standing in their fields well
to surprise their gransries and other storehouses
The ecclesiastical commission, charged with the
task Of leading the insurgents to peace, had re-
turned from their visit to the Indian camp, con-
vinced Of the utter futility of all attempts to
Of ,Ser IN, as
Gated no prospect Of the Indians entering into any
treaty Of peace STILL the propositions OF the Yucs-
teco authorities have been submitted by the Indians
to their Governor there Is chance that the struggle
may terminate by coDcilistory means Some deser.
sndsnt Of the Southern division of the Yucatan
army had been obliged to shoot one for an example
The Nncatsco Legislature, in order to provide reve
nue. for the government had established species of
excise meat. IL had, besides passed Las for the
Introduction during nine months Of foreign free
OF duty. Some hopes were entertained that on the
24th ult end would have been put to the duty
brandy.
benefit Of goo from the fair OF San Juan de los La
gos Of which $4,000 have been devoted to the psnien
tiary Of the capital
some time ago were arrested In Masamorss for attempt
Ing revolution with the view Of establishing the re-
public OF Sierra Asdre, have been sentenced to two
years' i'm prisonment
President Herrera opened the extraordinary session
of Congress In the city Of Mexico the LIST instant
and that delivere sd dress, In whc he
picture OF the condition Of the republic and its
future propec He stated that with the exception Of
one part Yscatan intestine strife hsa entirely ce ed
In Mexico British mediation had tried to restore peace
TO the peninsula but Intellectually in OF
the Heterogeneous manner In which the ndUn forcs
ausxa ad fhar~ k>.n af I..A n.A
Neasures had however been taken With that end In
view, which would probably be successful. lie de.
any portion OF the sovereignty OF Yucatan be alien
sted. The President announced that perfect disci.
pne regned In the ranks Of the army, aud that IL
He spoke energeticaily Of the necessity OF Mexicos
recovering her credit by making q satisfactory ar
rangement with tbe home and foreign bopdhodsrs,
and recommended power TO be granted to tue adm.
pistration to that end. He tuecesively touched on
all subjects Of prominent interest regards the inter
nal state Of the republic and alluded Indignantly but
feepgly to the perennial Of Mexico In the
tinusd and unrestIained inroads Of the Wild Indians
into the frontier States He airus that the
Ia not In 30 bad state it has been described The
amount Of duties received at the maritime ou,tom
houses between 30th June, lsis sad 30th June 1872
is SO 600 and the total Of the for
that period &s0O0000. Industry Is Improving and
the mineral wealth Of the country, uadee the cgs of
peace has been steady In its dsvelopement. He
cludes with the usual recon to Congress 10
labor strenuouy In order to accelerate the VI
the republic 10 h, onward march Of prosperity.
M LotSasor OF the I6gh inst states that the Vera
truz LeKisture not having assembled the election Of
Governor la. not tsken psce lot one OF th. eandi.
date. before tue people will be rscoect-d succeeded
In obtaining absolute orty, that it renaias
for the Legislature 20 select The most prominest Of
the candidates are SeDorE fss1uel MupoE Psaco add
Lopez Miguel fslaco exercises the functions Of CO.
vernon ed iHi,rt@, until this selection is made.
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CiRcuLAr rRoN rns NA,y Dnr.RrnsSr.- The follos-
Ing circular has been addressed to the senior officers
OF the Navy, upon the subsct Of corporal punishment
and the spirit ration
Nayy DEPARTMENT, Jan 2o 1850