The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-13

Irapldly coming 70 him Col FOrd had
ordered Al heavy guns and ordnance
stores q Brazos Island Immediately re.
moved 70 the sceuel0f anticipated Difficult
ties. ~
The Mohawk had arrived on Pass Co
yello. The schooner Satterthwaite Of
Phila. reports seeing on Double Head
Shot Key a bark abandoned. supposed 10
have been sent adrift on Cardenas after
landing = cargo Of slaves. .s
Gen. Miramon, il Is reported, was Al
Havana endeayoring 70 raise force for
the purpose Of invading Mexico, and it
was said that the Spanish and French
sympathiscd with the movement. Ii was
believed at Havana on the 25th March
that those governments would BY SQUAD
rons aid in landing such expedition. Ii
was also affirmed at Havana that the
English, French and Spanish aeets had
sailed for Vera Cruz, the object Of which
was not publicly known. # i.
A Montgomery, Ala.) dispatch oE YES.
ter,lay says w. III. Wade, editor Of the
Key ef Ae GaB. has arrived here from
Pensacola. He states that on the 25th
the steamer Gen. Rusk arrived az Kew
West with 200 troops for that place aud
Fort Tortngas- The Crusader had reach
led Key West with sealed orders. under
charge OF Capt. Craven, with marines.
The Brooklyn was going into Key West
on the goth nit, and there was no doubt
she had left troops at Piekens. The
Texas commissioners stipulated that the
troops on.the Gen. Rusk should be landed
at New York The commander IF these
companies on board the Gen. RusI had
signed d document exonerating Cant
Smith 81 the Rask from all blame for the
deception practised. I. SIR. ..,' !. /
Mr. Wade further states TINT Nv ar
rival At Key West on the 2titl March. ID
was reported that the Spanish iiag had
been hoisted at San Domingo by The
Spanish and French Spaniards lad pre-
tlonsiy written 20 Havana. stating that
il Spanish forces we're not sent thither..
immediately they would hoist the Spanish
flag, whereupon Eve Spanish war vessels
and 1900 men saiIed from Havana. and
took formal possession Of San Domingo.
aided by 4 French corvette.
4 Bids for the new United States loan
were opened at Washington Yesterday;
about thirty millions were bid for. The.
average for the accepted bids was about
93A and no bid was accepted below
93 II 100, The bids ranged from 90 10
par. .9.l .5. . y sasss So
ID A letter from the Secretary or the
Treasury to collectors says, that in cohse.
quence Of the control of the warehouses
Of the government ID the ports Of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississipl,ii.
Florida and Texas having baen usurped,
i:isimpracticable tocontinne the privilege
OF bonding goods for transportation al
those ports, and collectors are instructed
that no entry for transportation III bond
Of said ports can be permitted.
The official vote for mayor Of ST. Louis
Isl Taylor, opposition, I2,o02; How, re-
publican, g,434. The common council
stands, s opposition, republicans The
entire opposition tickets elected by about
the same majority Us the mayor. :: n
. Hi Stont, republican, is elected mayor of
Dubuque Iowa. A majority Of the other
city officers are democrats, and d majority
OF common council republicans. .'c.a; VS., !.
IN Sei,dpskY, Ohio, the democratic.
mayor and majority Of the city officers
are elected. =. !: y: S.
]. Cleyeland the entire democratic ticket
is successful, and at Toledo the dernocra-
tic mayor aud majority Of officers