The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-17

Stor'iisc reports, 900 Nrricans n,arehin, on
Bro'r"sriHe--the Ttrans forfitying the Old
Fort Bro,rn
The following extra from the Office Of The
Gdtresfoa .NeeS, dated Saturday evening, March
30 furnishes startling intelligence from the RIO
Grande, and indicates the probability of stirring
events in that quarter.
The stcamtug Union, Capt Healy, chartered
by the Texas Commissioners to assist in bring
ing up the ordnance stores, &c at Brazos San.
iiago, lett the latter place last Wednesda, eve
ming aud arrived here this afternoon, after our
T-weekly was published. Capt. Healy furnishes
us With variety of interesting in diligence
The schooner Shark arrived at Brazos last
Saturday, 2Sd inst. taking orders from Geueral
Nichols 10 Sergeant Greer, Ordnance Sergeant in
charge AZ Brazos, to load the schooner with a.
full cargo as he could put aboard, of cannon,
shell. shot, Ac., and dispatch her To Galveston.
Sergeant Geer left the same day for Brownsvile,
10 communicate with the shore.
On Sunday evening, March -. the steamship
Star Of the West. from New York. arrived off
Brszos Santiago, and anchored TIE sea vas
too rough all the next day for her to communi-
cate with the shore.
The steamship Empire City, from New York,
arrived off the island on Monday evening, March
-, communicated with the Star Of the West, and
left immediately.
On Tuesday, the Star of the West sent a surf
boat to the island, but had no communication
with the main land, where, at the mouth Of the
river, 200 L. 5. Infantry were camped, waiting
To dlsembark.
On "Wednesday morning, March -, the steam.
ship Coa,Zacoalcos, from New York, arrived OF
the Island. communicated with the Star Of the
West, and left at once. The pilot at the mouth
,t h,, har OF With, tk.. Eear
West, the pilot asking the Captain Of the latter
steamer il he the pilot should carry dispatches
ashore for him, to which the Captain replied that
he would take them back. Shortly after the
Star of the Wes got up steam and left.
On Monday, 10Th, Sergeant Greer returned
from Brownsville. Col Ford gave him orders
to prepare all the heavy guns and ordnance
stores to be shipped at once for Brownsvile, on
a steamboat iha, the Colonel would charter and
send down tor them.
Col. Ford stated that he had reliable informa.
tion from merchants and other responsible citi-
zens in Matamoros that Gen. Ampudia, at the
head Of 5000 Mexicans was sixty miles on,
marching on Brownsville. Ampuda had sent
out expresses tar and wide, with placards and
handbiils announcing that Texas OF right be-
longed 10 Mexico; that she had no longer the
support of the United States Government aud
Army; that now was the time 10 take her back,
and he called on al good patriots aud soldiers %
come 10 his standard for thIs purpose. lie was
/ receiving re endorsements in large numbers, aud
| rapidly
| The Union had some difficulty in making her
/ TIP, from lack of fuel There is none at Brazos.
at least no coal. Yesterday morning about l
O'Clock, she passed, in about twelve fathoms
water, Off the pass Cavallo Light, and nothing
could be seen of tie three steamers from New
/ Nnt xxht oh. har. han ,,kx .ol Al
if lndanola were their destination The Union
arrived of bar early this morning, but m.
chored, the fog being 80 dense. She tell in with
the Gen. Rusk, and, after while, th. latter
| steamer tOwed her in.
Col Ford intended at once to place his Texas
| troops, some 400 in number, in old Fort Brown,
which be would arm with the heaviest artillery.
The steamboat he said be would harter for Bra
zos, To bring up the guns and munitions there, had
not arrived when Capt Healy lett.
Sergt. Greer told the latter that he had sent
an official report of the whole affair to General
Nichols, at Col. Ford's desire, by the Light
House schooner, which also left Brazos on We'd
nesday. He requested Capt. Healy to Cominu-
nicate the intelligence TO Gen. Nichols The
General is in Austin, and the Captain has handed
over Quartermaster Reynolds papers to Gen.
Sherman, also giving him the above news.
Capt. Powers OF Beaumont, with 60 six months
Texas troops, was in command at Brazos Santa.
go, with some fifteen heavy guns and mortars
mounted in the entrenchmenis the RIO Grande
Regiment had made.
Major Weller was at Ringgold Barracks, and
had sent word down 10 detain the Shark tn re-
ceive the stores, &C, he had collected at Fort
Duncan and at Ringgold for transportation here.
; Capts. Donne.ly and Edwards were the road
TO Ringgold with their companies.