Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-12-25

saws iils understood thar uen. Matl9i
lss issled his proclamation to the p,opls ol
keLluekY Which say llie. home guanis ol
iie LiLel,h eopRlles lnusi lon Lim or hghl
HIN, as iley Kill mol be iel In l.s rear
Physicians ia eiiargeo. The hospitals here,
report great improvement during the
past Ns,k, ihis is the cpnihinei elect Of
gVoi hul sing and favorable weather.
ASGusIA, "a, nec. u.--yia New Osleans.
--ILe Uhufies on, courier Of THE morning
says the bglt sh war steamer Racer arrive
! there on fIlduy AFTERNOON, aud lri. Tor Port
4 Royal. Ana.s tue b.cokadfrs Yesterday
/ vas the SWeu,sh bark Apnona, bound Tor
/ Charleston. .gnuiun, OF Tie blockade
/ Thirteen cotton houses have been burned by
/ their owens ou tort kuyal Island, one an
[ barren Island, one ON 81. Helena, since the
| invasion. A letter nom uardi,syillr, dated
! tie iil, says active prepare iiuns for defense
are Progressing. 4 detachment OF the
| Beaufort artillery visited beaufort and
burned TOUR hundred aud ifiy bates Vi sea
| island cotton. A deiachmen. OF Col. Mar
tin mounted regiment was nmbuscaded
while going into beaufort on Friday. Lieut..
! Bainwell WAS wounded in the arm.
BowLIso GRAIN, De. lU.-kenlucky has
been admitted INTO the Southern Conicde-
iacy, Several arrests Of armed uniUnists
were made yesterday. \ flag OF Truce
which was sent 10 Louisville few days
since, was rejected.
RicunoyD, Dec. Q, via y. O.. l0.--The
Confederate States court to-day, took Up the
case OF Elken and Bros. oil Mobile. The
Court determined that Isaac Eiken was an
alien enemy. Further that no change of
=. Al.
| hostiliti1s, can protect the property of an
| alien enemy f,vm Sequcstration. There
is much coinmolion here caused by re-
ported landing of icdcrals in large force,
at Fort Monroe aud Newport News, official
ly II is believed that the reports are exag-
geratcd. The n. Y. Herald OF the 9th, pub
fishes dispatches from Rosencrantz, a'
Wheeling, stating that he has gone into
: winter quarters at Bevertord. MIR. Hope,
member Of the English Parliament, said in
n recent lecture that the readiest method Of
restoring peace to America, would be for
the European powers to recognize the inde-
pendence of the Confcdcrotes. .
FoRrREss MONROE, Dec. 3rd.-Troops are
pouring in here ut the rate of several thou
sand per day. The rcs4on ~. this cencen-
,ration at Old Point has not transpired. A
number of steamers are of Newport News.
NORFOLK, Dec. 9.-RumorS are rife Of o
federal attack on some confederate batte-
ries, perhaps Norfolk--.heavy firing was
heard at l | clock.
NASHVILLE, Dec. IA special dispatch
to the Nashville Union and American from
Bowling Green llth, says small body of
fedcrals crossed Green river at Woodsyille
this morning. Terry's Texas rangers drove
them back, killing one. Four thousand
Lincolnites are ut Munfordsville prepar-
ing to cross. A fight or o foot race is i'm
minent. A special to the New York Post
from Washington 9th, says the president
avows his purpose to adhere TO cautious
and prudent policy in relation to foreign
affairs. There need be no apprehension OF
an occurrence of hostilitics between the
United States and Great Britain, unless the
British government seeks prete1t for war.
There is no ground for serious difficulty.
The government feels no anxiety on this
subject, believing o temperate policy Will
alay excited feelings and tend 10 cemen.
| friendly relations between the two counties.
A caucus Of the republican members will
be held tomorrow evening, for the purpose
of agreeing upon the tone of policy to DC
adopted in reference to the slave question.
RICHMOND Dec. 1.-THE act referred to
in the Examiner of this morning, granting
a bounty of $50 to soldiers, approved by
the president to-day. 1t also includes mu-
sicians and I'll troops who have volunteered
OF enlisted for twelve months or more in the
service of any State and who may hereat-
ter volunteer in the service of the Confede-
rate States. Tuesdays Norfolk Day Book
p - - fpn n,trht
published extracts from the n. Y. Herald to
the 7th inst, and 9th, the steamship North
America from Liverpool 22d, arrived bro
kers circular reports sales Of cotton forthe
week $4,000 bales including 20,0oO to spec
ulators and exporters. Market closed dull,
having declined farthing in lower mid
ding grades. Sales on Friday, 5000 bales
quite and steady--Orleans 12S, middling
l05, Mobile III, middling ll;, upland l2f,
middling lls. Tho burning of the Harvey
Burch by the Nashville attracts great at
tention in England 1t is reported that the
Galway steamer Adriatic has been sold
and is apparently fitting out for the West
Indies, bnt there is strong Impression that
she is destined for the Confederate States.
The Day Book says Il learns from D gem
tleman just from Boston who visited Mason
and Slidell, that they expressed the convic-
tion that England would 1esTr admit the
legitimacy Of their arrest, but would de-
msnd the most ample rspaa'ution for the in
suit offered her flag. Mason and slidell's
papers were preserved frorl the enemy, and
have gone to England. A correspondent Of
the Petersburg Express at Suffolk, Va, 10Th
says it ia understood that row occurred
last night in the Iolsh regiment from bs,
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