Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-01

puhlie danger and calamity anu as oh'
,eople united by al the lies Of eonsanguin
IN and mutual interest stand rrm and oP
posse, 20 the last extremity 10 the eoerelN'
aud fratrioilal policy Of the executive al
Washington, (signedl
{ }, n, HUSBAND, Chm,
LITTLEI0N Cook, Seey,
Tennessee,
MEMPHIS, April lG,-Slnco the re
ccipt of the news 0f the surrender
of Fort Sumpter aud the warliky
designs of Lincoln the city has been
plunged into u ityerlsh state Of cN'
element,
A tremendous meeting was held
last night, atwhich resolutions Were
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aI Union IUuo .rn 40 n..n
mru nuW here
Tho Wanphis an1 Ohio railroad
company oilers no ."gnslnr- mn
auH munitions ol "urfr.u ~ charge
mn. g'u council .af appointed 90
m,,i,.ly beard and ap. prn.gu
$40, 600 for the defence Of the city,
The union flags of the steamers
were hauled down, Tho citizens
are arming and volunteering their
services.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April l3.-GoV'
Curtin writes that he can send 3OO,'
600 men in iorty-cight hours, If re-
quircd. Volunteers are preparing
TO respond to the government. Two
new regiments are forming.
PHILADELPHIA, April lGth.-The
Office of the Southern Monitor, and
General Pattison's residence have
been threatened by the iniuriated
population. Several prominent
Southcrncrs ofSeccssion proclivitics
have been ordered by the so'callcd
vigi,cnt committee TO leave the
city.
The Legislature has passed n law
furnishing connivance with the enc
mics of the Union-with $500 fine
and ten years in prison.
PuLADELpAIA, April 16.-The
excitement here has considerably
subsidized.
Volunteers, especially Germans,
are enlisting rapidly.
LANCASTER, PA, April 15.-Ex-
President Buchanan participates in
the gene al determination to sustain
the government at Washington.
Recruiting for volunteers is pro-
crossing brislily.
Miscellaneous Items.
Fort KEARNEY, April 16.-Cap-
tain Bee, formcly ofthe q. S. Army
has arrived here en- route for South
Carolina, to join the Confederate
Army.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, April 16,-Gov-
ernor Yates has issued his proclaim
alton convening the Illinois Legis-
laturc in extraordinary session on
the 23d of April.
CHICAGO, April 1G.-A detachment
of 100 men are on their way to
Washington, Major Harris, with 22O
men, and Sherman's battery, follow
Immediately.
CHICAGO, April 16.-Tho Cover
nors ofIllinois and Wisconsin have
issued their proclamations, calling
out volunteers. The war feeling is
intense throughout the west. The
people are determined to sustain
the government.
DETRoIr,A April 1G,-S1OO,0OO is
rapidly raising by private subscrip-
ton to expedite the equipment of
troops. Gen. Cass has responded to
expedite.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 16.-An
immense meeting held in this city
to-day approved of the presidents
call for troops and recommended the
to appropriate men and
to aid him in enforcing the
laws The greatest unaninity pre-
vailed and the speakers were wildly
Similar proceeding occur
red at Norwalk.
CINCINNATI, April 1G.-An i'm
mcnse meeting held last night voted
to sustain the government at all
hazards. There is great activity
the military. The Home
Guard are preparing for the defence
,f the city. 100000 men are in the
act of forganizing. The merchants
nave stopped shipping goods to the
South.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 16.-Gov Nor
5on has issued his proclamation
calling for six regiments OF volun-
teers for immediate service.
MILWAUKEE, April 16,-A bill to
put the State on war footing pas
sed both branches of the Wisconsin
Legislature yesterday.
NEW YORK, April 15.-Albany
intelligence received here to-day
says that Gov. Morgan has issued
his call for $4,000 men to aid the
government in enforcing the laws.
New York, April 16.-The char
tered steamship pfhlladelphla is rapl-
dly filing up with guns and muni-
tions of war and will probably take
troops for the South.
AT a public meeting held to sus-
tain the government, it was resol-
we'd to ask the Legislature for funds
to put the State on. war footing
Immediately. Orders from Wash
ington say to fill up the federal re-
giments as fast as possible.
ALBANY n. Y, April 16.-Thc
Legislature has passed bill, max
ing an appropriation ofsSOOO,OOo
to arm and equip the militia OF the
State.
BUFFALO, April 16.-Ex-U. 5.
President Millard Fillmore pre-
sides tonight over a meeting called
to aid the Federal Government in