Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-04-24

ES5- Hail stones tell last Sunday week,
IN farker spuy'y, ~ a size truly marvel
I lous and Ter'te ~ astounding 10 the 'un-
lassy heads lls,z Lssks il.sis ial. ssRs
VI lLsm measured q inches langs and Iaus'
hare weighed RsArly aPsund' AaRy beads
we're bIoksA-sLsaI beads aAd the srols
generally damaged, 1.rI RI rr|t .
nz5- Ne clip Tie following items from
the Galveston News Of the lslh, They are
not SO lale as the defgslshes published in
another PsF' of'0-dAysp paper but aFe more
desniIeiI .f........... .-...... ,
The Confederate slales-Cili for TO-,
d 500 volunteers.
On Monday night, 9th insia the War
Department sent on by mail, acquisitions
: TO each az the Confederate States iOr three
thousand volun,eegs-sAeepl Florida, which
4 is called 0n Tor tneen hundred, Hff.. -
| On the 8,h, T., NJ, 800 more men were
called for from Louisiana, by oeR, bragg
wanted immediately al Pensacola, Two
J companies Of XonaVes were 10 leave on The
| 9ib, in answer 10 ihls call. ..F.
lf the eth, tLs csasssa. At Aisaiss~eri
came 10 the conclusion thar war Is iheNlla-
/ Bile.
The Commissioners at Washington have
reported the refusal OF Mr. Lincoln 90 re-
eeiye them, and h'iT iHi'Ah'n 10 Tsi'FH horse
4 AZ oiee. .........s ........
On the 9th, President Davis called on
B Alabama FOR 5000 morc troops.
Tho Mississippi brigade, 1900 men, ar
| rived at Pensacola OF the 9Th. .'
The Southern Commissioners 20 Europe.
! The Confederate States COMMISSIONER
| TO Europe, Judge Rost and Hon, VIM, Yam
! cey, arrived at Havana In the n. o., steam
err, and were treated with marked attention
and courtesy by the Captain General, and
by the U, s., consul General, and 10y the
British General-ihe latter officially eSlen-
ded every ciyility In his power.
The Commissioners LEFT Havana on the
British steamship Clyde forst. Thomasand
Southampton. #aF.. r.
Important from Virginia. igI
RIcnMoSp, April lO.-ln the State Con-
vcntion yesterday, Gov. Wisc's resolution
1 that Virginia consents TO the recognition
! of the Independence OF the seeded States
that they be treated as independent; and
that laws he passed TO tho effect Of scpara-
ton was adopted by ayes lbs, nays 20.
! During the recess report that war
! vessels we're oil Charleston harbor produced
1 great sensation.
The eleventh resolution OF the Majority
report ofthc Committecon Federal Affairs,
was adopted. ..H
NonFotx, April I've have reports
here this evening Of u disturbance among
the wokrmen at Fort Monroe They arc
said TO have raised the Palmetto flag under
tho walls outside, and dared the soldiers TO
interfere. 5.'oe .;.|...f. .-s,..
Roger A. Pryor arrived here today, and
was received by large crowd and a salute
of fifteen guns. lIewill address tho rcoplc
tonight.
Tie Washington 0.sia,chs Of the 3D., 70
the New York Herald, say;
'Intelligencc received here this evening
from Richmond, states that most Strenuous
efforts are being made 10 pass the secession
ordinance The Union men have thus far
been able to old their own, hut should the
administration continue TO concentrate
more troops at Fort Monroe and other points
in the Border States, and attempt 10 rein
force Fort Pickcns, there are several Union
men in the Convention Who will go over TO
the secession party, giving ihcm majority.
A gentleman, who has just arrived from
Richmond, makes this statement. lie cnip-
| municatcd these facts to Mr. Lincoln this
evening"
The n. Y. Herald ofthc 9th, in its money
article, SAYS tho anti-sccession vote in the
Virginia Convention, already reported
few DAYS ago, arose from ''cmpha ic as
surapccs from President Lincoln to certain
members to the Convention that force would
not be used to blockade ports, rctakc pro-
pcrty, or collect duties
.....,,a5 81 Kentucky. rta- .'0..t
FRANKFORT, April 2d.-Mr. Brcckenrid'
&c, by request, addressed the Legislature
for about two hours today. His speech
was bold and decided. He favors a Border
State Convention, with the Crittendel
amendment as anultimatum. llc intima
ted that if the seeded States will not como
back, even, upon these terms, the only ,ap
propriatc and safe resting place of the Dor
der States is in the bosom of the Southern
Confederacy. .gtR Hl -La a
The MAJORITY bill, for the, election Of del
cgates to the Border States Convention
passed the House. Hodges substitute
which provides for clcctng, by Congress
ional District was lost by two votes.
r, ARIZONA .AThc St. Louis Republican hn
a letter of the 18th ult. from Tucson, which
says lliat an organization of over 1000 men
a branch of the Ks. G. C., has for SOM
months existed in East Arizona, whose oh
icct was to revolutionizc Sonora, so soon a
tho winter passed. The first detachmen
has left the Pine alto mines, en- route for TIN
\ city Of Hermosiilo, in Sonora. >-7s6g 81 Is
{ The U. s. TRoops AT IyDIASoLA.-Th
steamer General Rusk, arrived yestcrda,
from Indanola, reports 1900 Y. s.. troop
concentrated at Green Lake.
The Rusk brought over 80 U. S. soldiers
who had enlisted for the c. S. Army. Nom
of the others would enlist.
The U. S. commander ut Green Lake, W.
understand, sent sloop out to the U. S
war.stcamer Mohawk, asking her to inter
cent the Rusk and take the soldiers off,
The Rusk got off before The schooner 60
out of the Bay and was soon out of sight.
Several Confederate States Naval Officers
are in New Orleans, providing for thu
building, at once of a number of strong
light draft, swift propeller, gun-boats, O
1000 tons, and to carry five large guns. n
On the Sd inst, Col. Rudler, Walkers
COM anton in arms, arrived at New iprh
from Honduras. He was released by Guar
dola, at the iuterccssion of the British Con
| sal.
The steamship Ernst Merck, from London,
in ballast, arrived a few days ago at New
Orleans, consigned to a large English cot
ton-house. She is,to take back u cargo oil
cotton.
| TIE CONFEDERATE STATES LoAN.-lhe