Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-04-11
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NEW ORLEANS, April 2d.-Advices fro Texas state that Col Ford has been rels bly, informed from Matamoras that Ged Ampudia with 5000 Mexicans was sxt miles off marching upon Brownsville., Ampudia had dispatched expresses wj9es placards and handbills, proclaiming tiy ta Texas rightly belonged to Mexico-sF,e would no longer support the general s. vernment, and that now was the time fer Mexico to retake her. Reinforcement large numbers were rapidly coming to ae Col. Ford had ordered all the heavy grteeoOy and ordnance stores at Brazos to be imlshe diately removed from the theatre of theh anticipated difficulties. es' CINCINNATI, April In the eectien u here the entire democratic Union ticket ws m elected by about 10000 majority. Cleveland the entire democratic ticke probably elected.
 NEW ORLEANS, April 2.--Arrived o port to-day, parks Sheffield from Gibralt and Meace from New York.
 RICHMOND, April 1-The Senate agre, to house amendment instructing the g,nc vernment to arrest the transfer of cannot olOo- ', from Bellona Foundry to fortress Monrc snN N Nine Senators presented a protest which the Senate refused to record on the journal | ST. LOUIS, April 2.--The river at thi' point has risen nine inches in twenty-forc } | hours. s---,5c WASHINGTON, April 1-George LittDc a has been appointed U. s. marshal for Nor a va | Carolina.
 PHLADELpHrA, April 4.-The Pennsyl- vanian, newspaper, has suspended on ac count of the pressure of the times.
 WAsHINGToN. April 2.-The bids f. ff'i-' the new loan averaged about 931c.
 WAsmGToN, April 3.-The souther commissioners disbelieve the rumors of the reinforcement of Fort Pickens.
 It is reported that the new Belgian minister took explicit instructions to our foreign ministers. and protests to European governments against the recognition of the Confederate States
 Capt. Wynder of Md, has resigned his position in the United States Army.
 Orders have been issued for the imme- diate equipment and fitting for sea of the steamer Minnesota
 The troops aboard the Brooklyn doubt lessly landed some days ago were for the reinforcement of Fort Pickens.
 BROOKLYN, April 3-In the municipal elections yesterday, the democratic candi- dates were elected by four thousand five hundred majority.
 GALVESTON, Texas.-Houston sent a message to the legislature protesting against the convention, and appealing to the legislature to sustain him, claiming that he is still the Governor of Texas. The legislature took not the slightest notice of it.
 BosToN, April 3.-The North Americans
 advices say that in the English House of
 Commons Lord John Russell promised to
 produce the correspondence relative to the
 fugitive slave Anderson. The bank of
 France has reduced its rates of discount to five per cent at Paris. Itwas reported that
 loo, 900 men would be sent nominally to reinforce the Roman garrison but really to
 counteract Austria in her operations on the river Po A telegram had been received saying that the ports had consented to the prolongation of the occupation of Syria The commander at Beyrout had asked for
 prompt execution of the condemned Druses. ) NEW YORK, April 3.-The steamship ) Northern Light arrived here to-day from Aspenwal. A doubtful rumor prevailved there that party of filibusters from New Orleans had gone to the Rio Grande upon
 an expedition against Mexico. EcuDoR.-It was said also that Moreno, President of Ecuador had been intriguing
 for the annexation of that State to France. PROVIDENCE. R. l., April 4-The repub-
 lican candidate for governor has been de-
 feated. The anti-republicam candda.e is elected by large majority. The legislature is anti,republican Sheffield and Brown !. elected to Congress over the republican
 members
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