Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-01
Several Days Later.
Virginia has Scccdcd!-COllislOn In Bal
timOrC Gen. Scott Resigned!

Virginia has SScccded!-COlllSlOnl IN BAL.
timOrc Gen. Scott Resigned!
Wctakc the following dispatches from the
n. o. Delta of the Goth inst:
Dispatches from Richmond state that the
Virginia Convention had certainly passed
the ordinance of secession This news has
been received throughout the South. with
the greatest enthusiasm. The Confederate
States flag with eight stars in the blue field
now waves over the capi lal Of the Old Do
minion.
From Baltimore.
April 19.-Thc condition of loyal citizens
is becoming immincntly critical Many of
the military companies have openly dcclar-
cd against the Federal Government. Mar
tial law has been proclaimed. The military
are PUSHING to their respective armories.-
Civil war has truly commenced. The city
is in distracted state indescribablc. The
railway tracks leading to Washington have
been cut. The cars for Washington were
stormcd, and three of the citizens and three
of the Republican troops arc lying dead at
the depot.
LATER, April ia meeting of the citi-
zens is called at o'clock this afternoOn.-
Half-frantic parties are roaming the streets
with firearms. 1t is is said that II lives
had been lost. The places of business are
all closed and general feeling of terror
prevails throughout the city.
MONTGOMERY, April 10.-Thc Treasury
Department has received authentic intclli-
gcncc of the taking of S,O00,OOO loan, and
the rural districts to be heard from. Six
hundred thousand dollars were taken in Mo-
bile, of which S400 were taken by two ne
groes belonging to Col. Iardaway and Col.
Bibb. The dcfcnces of the coasts of Louisi-
ana and Texas were the particular subject
reconsideration Of the Cabinet this morning.
Hon. Edmund Monson, of the British Le-
cation at Washington, leaves here for that
city this evening. His visit here is, so far
as known, unoffic ficial, but it is generally sup
posed it has no political meaning.
Roger A. Pryor, is now speaking from
the steps of the Exchange. He says that
Harper's Ferry had been seized in the name
of the Confederate States. Two thousand
South Carolina troops arc ordered to Vir-
ginia.
NEW YORK, April 19-The Chamber of
Commerce has resolved that the Federal
Government should issue proclamation
declaring all persons accepting letters of
maroue under President Davis pirates, and
to be delt with as SUCH Also that all
Southern ports be Immediately blockaded,
and the Chamber subscribed Sl2o,OOO for
the equipment of volunteers.
The Sheriff of Amboy, n, j., has seized,
at the factory in that place eighty thoH~
sand cartridges, which were destined Tor
the South. The factory is Threatened with
destruction. The customhouse officials Eer
fuse to grant clearances 90 vessels bound
e.. ., 1n1
Burning of Harper's Ferry Arsenal,
RICHMOND, April l9.-Thc Armoryat liar-
per's Ferry was last nigh abandoned By
the United States troops, but not until they
had set it on fire, and it was burned to the
ground.
REGIGNATIoN OF GEN. SCoTT.
RICHMOND, VA, April 19.-Lieut
Gen. Winfield Ccott, Commander in
Chief of the United States forces,
has resigned and offered his servi-
ces to his nativ State Virginia.
THE WAR FEELING IN MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, April 19.-The war
spirit here is intense. The resig-
nation of Gen. Scott was received
with unbounded joy.
The Governor of Arkansas has
not as yet received Secretary Cam
eron's requisition for troops to sup
press the combinations.
NEW York, April 19.-Dispatches
from Washington City, received
here this evening, say the rebellion
is very formidable in Virginia. Sc
veral Northern men have been ex-
pelled from Richmond, narrowly
escaping with their lives. The flag
of the Confederate States with eight
stars is floating proudly over the sew
eral public places. The Stars and
stripes are nowhere TO be seem
Sherrard Clemens, Congressman
from Virginia, is held there as a
prisoner.
Commodore Paulding says the
Gosport Navy Yard can be held