The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-15
fcios, looking out for fIlibuste perhaps Where is
General Quiiman2 Ell GBNao.

fcios looking out for flbusters perhaps. Where is
General QuitmanI Ell GBIN6o.
Our Yucatan Correspondence.
AEsrpA Dec. !, 1859.
Dreadful Raua9e " Cho,rd-Trdel Of M Plague and m
nureaionis-rae Dead ia OAT Cihes-E1ea o. he Ep'
de,nic upon Ae Indian War-Facs regarding The Las
Reoluaion-Hs Plots and Costntrpsss- Kidnapping b.
diau for Sale IN Csba-7x Draft and Fd9s Engaged n
he 7yade-Sauta Anna's Reward Of Rcoes-Enga9emesa
betueen he Government Troops and Insurectionts1-
Bad. Wounded and Ercclaed-Dorses Incidents.
The besom Of destruction has BEEN and II STILL sweep
Inn over this peninsula OF Yusaan The ravagss OF the
cholera have been most fatal It ID utterly impossible to
ascertain correctly the number Of victims taken of BY
that fell destroyer 1t hrs commenced ct the south and
eastern part Of the peninsula near Honduras, and rA
yelled westward By regular stages nearly depopulatng
many towns and villages In the interior About the 2Sh
Of September II made it, appearance ct Merida the CAPT
tai accompanied by nsurreotonay party Of soldiers
about eighteen hundred In number From this time the
epidemic increased hourly, until at time hundred
and seventy i've daily deaths were regstsrsd and many
more were not asosrtainsd,
Tho population Of this beautiful city u.s. or was about
thirty thousand and up to this time two thousand
five hundred per register have died by tho cholera It
Ia apparently gorged with victims out Of this
uunit and has proceeded Its western travel and by
letters just received from Campsaohy abolt seventy ave
miles west nom this 1t appears tho traveller has arrived
and began his work OF death By these letters appears
that the epidemic is possible, moro deadly than here
tofore, taking Its victims Oh In two three hours and in
almost instantly. 1t reported that sixty
have been taken of in day. thAd but just entered
the city No doubt but the ports and cities to the
west to b called for their quota and LAguna and
rabasco to suffer. Nay they be spared u . heart
wsh aisal a maI nd mi mil xn,iIA
from Merida and iz aeaPor containing eight nine hun.
drsd half civilized people wss also great sufferer losing
and outoas Indians Of the interior With whom the whites
have been at since ls7 have suffered greater havoc
possible by the cholera than their enemies 1t thought
namely, that the whites win only SO will IT. hostiltss
end but the poor sabdued and degraded Indias must
humble himself more, still more, TO his oonqusror and
soneision and soften the heart. Of the whites
This only brief account Of what has bsen expert
encsd with rssbe,t to the ohoer. some fams: have
propery other families only taken OF, and all the
others escaping but scarcely single house or family
alike. ' -
The road from Merida to ssal passes through two viii
lagos, both nearly depopulAtsd. The mai coAch
runs up and down alternate nights and changes beasts
each OF these villages The other night, my way dowa
v, much 1ass y :s' s sSns
meTly tavern grocery stage Office post ONCE &C., with
persons the family, and also place Of resort to
the only person to BE- was solitary woman, sitting
at the door low STOOL her head resting ohAir,
eight ten feet Of her Grief had mshty hold
her. abe being the only left Of the nine Her has
y hSa to the
With respect to the mighty revout on which now sp-
pareny put down win state few particulars - per.
formerly Governor Of Yucatan being voted In by the
suffrage OF the people, Of which situation he made the
for his good .n that Of his pArtsans keeping
time back tho principal persons hersabouts, dssmnT
aa the IL
pro % and forwarded to Mexico the facts Of the CASE
the Why's and from Mexico va. dis
Yuc.an a. civil and military ehef and since his assum
ing the reins Of government he has acted very mildly
not the the Of any the
pie Of the Mexican Wars revolutions and pro-
nuncantOs, are apparently spontaneous productions
The political friends Of Bsrbachsno and zAtens blended
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Santa Anna. Then commenced course Of plotting and
intrigue which shortly extended to various parts Of the
State which by what has recently come to light WAS judi
agents mixed themselves with the troops in the pagn
ganst the Indians; and - the troops were mseraby
paid and fed they EASILY bought and ready to
sst when they called DO Tho movements Of
this intended revolution were snnys scale
than any that have yet experienced in Merida and
many oicers and men or note and character IN all the
embarked in it. and ali things went on to Ii. .ssisoon
Of the leaders, and the very time when the OUTBREAK
Of secretly
formidable plot was deemed By It's leaders and insga'
tors 10 be- still Gen. Ia Vega haa some faint knowledge
that something brewing OF revolutionary nature,
and tho watch taking steps against 1T but owing
to unlocked for transaeon-vhich often foresaa
ture sadly dsranged the plans Of La Vega we'll
those Of the leaders Of the revolt La Vega expecting
(vho have recently arrived At Merida Nov Gay The
leaders, on the other hand had all their rraDgements
Knocked into p This ssa cause wish parsieui.ry 70
near from Dan to Beersheba-slAvery, that Is, the kid
mapping Of the poor Indians here in Yucaan and ship
ping them oh to Cuba, and sold to work on the plantations
OF that famous isle.
since the Middle o: AT unnatural and dlsgr.osfal
whites and the native Indians and has been csrr.d
almost Of determination, the Indians practising
By IL.
tans landed away down East and the SpAniards landed
in these regions The white. in this war il possible
Indians 1t is true they do not put AL their prisoners to
the sword but they reap harvest BY selling them osca
sor ally The fact H. that within the last four hun
dreds and hundreds Of the Indians have bsen sent to
Cabs, and placed in endless ssrvitude until death
various ways not Only by being taken in battle, but
many not engaged in strife are Kidnapped and various
as s d Eng
sh Gag has been used in this business on this COAST
small craft from Baze Honduras have besn used In this
of business by reckless lAwess men, some OF whom
the English authorities at Honduras have taken, and
understand that they have made examples Of Them by
severe punishment II | an not misinformed. In the
street chain gang Balze Of these men, and
these said men, am pleased to say not Americans
This sort Of business has become frequent public
notorious that his august honor Santa Anna OF Mexico
has issued pronuncdmento forbddsg and denounciog
the inhumsn traffic and has also taken steps to res from
bondage those who are In Cuba.
Ger sral La Vega also moved in the matter, and in
der stop despatched from Merida commissioners to
the eastern extreme Of this peninsula then and there to
investigate the past conduct Of certain peri reported
have been engaged in the operation Of selling for the
Cuban market.
,inaiu Al ~ nd Ma