NEW YORK, May 7.
Vera Cruz dates of the 24th ult. state that the French had
opened hostilities and taken possession of Orizaba.
Cordova has declared for Almonte.
The British Minister is said to be holding a private
interview with Dobaldo at Puebla.
The Mexicans have received reinforcements of 9,000 men, and
Gen. Searagosa would dispute the march of the French.
The Spanish troops on the Island of St. Domingo had attacked
Hayti, and some batteries and troops have been sent there. The Spanish claim title to certain lands
which the Haytians will not yield.
– Published in The
Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, May 8, 1862, p.
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