Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-12-26

government propose to take govern
mcnt stock but are reiu ed,
Fed raj NepS.-NAsHvILLE, TRNN,
Dec. 5,-Mr W. G, Taylor mHle u
strong Union spaech ut the capital
to night, which WAS received with
great applause,
NEw YoIK, Dee, 5-rhe Iiera.d's
Washington correspondent says the
commander OF Fort Moultrie has
asked the war depar' ment for addi-
tional troops and munitions.
1t is understood that the prosi-
dent and secretary Of war favor
the demand, but that the other
members the cabinet differ the
subject.
q MILLEGEyILLE, psc. 7,-Fullon,
of,Golnmbia. offered rpsolutions ask
ing Congress to appoint Commiss-
toner's on the part OF the North and
South. to provide for the peacab,e
di solution of the Union.
TheSenate rejected the bill call
ing II convention Of the southern
States, which is supposed to indi-
cate that Georgia secedcs separately.
Independence, Dec. 7.-The New
Mexican mail arrived here to-day
with Santa Fe dates to the 10th ult.
The mail reports that all was quiet
at Fort Scott. Montgomery and
his band of maruuders were not to
be found.
FT. KgARNEY, Dec. THE Pixies
Peak Express, which arrived here
from Denver City, reports that as
tonis6ing gold discoveries have been
made on the North Plat and Wind
river.
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE Pros
ident to-day explicitly expressed his
determination to send no moro
troops to the forts near Charleston,
and said everything on his part
would be done to avoid collision
New YORK, Dec. 7.-Advices
from the coast of Afric, report the
capture by the United States sloop-
of-war Constellation of the slave
bark Cora, of New York, with seven
hundred negroes on board.
1elcgraphic Erpedition.-The Arc
tic steamer Fox had returned from
the shores of Greenland ThH re-
turn of the telegraphic expedition
was satisfactory.
Telegrqphic Cable across the Ms
sissippi.- pi.-VIcKsBURG, Dee. 7.-Wil-
liam II. Hortsman, Esq, of New
York, laid successfully his subma-
rine telegraph cable across the Mis-
sissippi river, at this point, to-day.
The cable works satisfactorily.
Special Dispatch to the Houston
e1egraph-GALvEsroN, Dec. l2.-
The New Orleans steamship arrived
at her wharf this morning, with
Washington and New York dates of
the Sth
NASHVILLE, Dec. S.-Gov Harris
has called an extra session OF the
Tennessee Legislature on the 7th OF
January, to take into consideration
the present condition Of the country.
WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-The Treas
ury receipts the past week are un-
der $4,000. Draft paid amount to
nearly million and a half dollars,
drafts issued reach about the same
amount.
The net balance amounts to 81,
600 900, exclusive of about million
and half in the mint and branches.
The receipts from all quarters are
less than half tho recent oxpendi-
ture.
The Committee on Ways and
Means are considering how to re-
plenish the Treasury Hon. Howell
Cobb has neither resigned nor left
Washington, but is confined to his
house by a painful indisposition.
The members of the Senate from
the slave holding States, without re-
gard to party, are in conference 10,
day discussing the present political
state Of the country at tho Capital
In formal conferences several Son
ators, including Messrs. Fessenden
Pearce, Bigler, Pugh and others
seemed to favor the extention ofthe
Missouri line to the Pacific as ba-
sis of compromise.
Secretary of the Treasury, Cobb,
after several interviews with Sena-
1 tor Hunter, of Virginia, finds him
self unable to extricatethe Treasury
from it's present bankrupt condition.
and PROPOSES to resign forthwith.
A caucus was held last night in
Browns Hotel composed exclusive
ly of extreme Southern mon, who
expressed themselves decidedly adj
verse to meeting with the House
Special Committee.
Information received here says q
company of four thousand men is
organizing in South Carolina, to
take the Forts if tho Government
refuses TO surrender them after Sc
cession has been accomplished.
| New YoRK, Dec. S.--Tho Wash
ington correspondent of the New
York Times says Senator Latham
expresses his opinion that there arc
not five hundred men in California
| favorable to the formation Of Re-
public on the borders Of the Pacific
he adds that California will go with
the Northern States in case the
South secedes. He also expressed his
confidence that the majority of the
Black Republicans are ready for any
compromise not involving loss o
the personal self respect and digni
/, ty of the Northern States.
New York, Dec. S.-Nearly 9
lmillion in gold went Sorth' thi'
morning, the banks of this city WI.
probably resume the purchase o