Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1862-12-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

street by street, and house by house, un-
iii, II taken, the yietors spells alone should
be heap Of ashes o.
A CANDID ADMISSION FROM THE NORTU-
Alta political meeting last week in New
York, Mr.. lloskins, member Of Congress,
said'
| will oppose this administration for ! IA
extravaganza for its corruption, for US
tyranny and dcspotism, with as much force
as did that of Mr.. Buchanan. Loud
cheers Now, fellow citizens, this war haf
been carried on for between one and two
years and we are to-day further of from
peace and from conquering the South than
we were on the Dist of July, 1861, when
the first battle of Bull Run was fought.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Coufcderacy,
/ of October 30lh, says that nearly all the
shoes in that city have been seized by order
/ of Gen. Bragg. Mr.. Banks large shoe fac
tory at Griffin, (Ga.) has also been seized
| by the Government to make shoes for the
soldiers.
By joint resolution Of the Legislature Of
| Alabama, tho Governor is authorized TO
| prepare book in which shall be placed
| the name, regiment and residence of every
soldier from that State who has died in the
service of his country during the present
war. The example is worthy of being io.-
lowed by every State in the Confederacy.
Senator VIM, Ballard Preston, of Virgin
ia, died on the 10th ult.
How THE ALABAMA LEFT ENGLAND
The owners of the steamer Alabama gave
bonds in the sum of c 0,000 that she would
not leave British waters until she had
regular clearance, and was then allowed TO
60 to sea on trial trip (?) fully provs-
toned and manned, after having previously
been on two or three trial trips in the Mer-
scy. The day after she sailed her owners
paid the E90,0 900 penalty, and the vessel
continued her trial trip to the AZORES and
port.
Information has been received at the
headquarters Of this Department, of the
organization of a force in Mexico of from
five hundred TO one thousand men under
Cortinas-or more probably under Judge
Davis and other renegade Americans, for
the purpose of Invading Texas. The Mex
lean authorities give their assurance that
it shall be prevonted-but they are inetii-
cient, trcachcrous not very friendly to us,
and somewhat in the confidence Of the Yam
KEGS. We have little confidence in their
promises Should such an attempt be made,
the invaders should be pursued across the
Rio Grande. and cxterminated upon the
same neutral territory where they have
hcen permitted to organize their unlawful
expeditions S. 4. HeraM
Hon. NJ. D. Graham. &C. from this (5llD
District. was at Marshall on the 29th nit,
on which day he was TO address the people
of that place, by invitation, on public al
fairs.
THE VAL VERDE BATTERY---The splendid
Val Verde Battery, captured in New Mex
leo, now under the command of Capt. }. ID.
Savers. and which has been in the vicinity
ofNIarshall for several weeks leaves to-day,
we understand, for Alexandria. lthas been
recently retitted, with new wagons and
superb horses. Capt Sayers is an encrget-
ic and we have no doubt an efficient officer.
The community here are much pleased with
him. MarshGH RepabHcan.
According to the northern reports there
are now three immense iron-clad rams, the
most powerful ever constructed, now being
/ built for the Confederate Government, two
in Liverpool, and one in Glasgow. The lat
/ ter is Il screw, $500 tons, 800 horsepower,
/ II foot draft, plating j J inches iron, IL
/ solid teak. She is TO be completed in 20
months from last July. Besides this, there
are at Glasgow six IRON (not iron clad YES
sells being prepared TO run the blockade
| They are swift and especially adapted to
/ the business. In addition to these there
are three large screw steamers, the Thistle,
/ GaralIc and Columbia standing in the name
of Geo. Wigg, of Liverpool. Begby & Co.,
/ of London, arc building three iron steam
ers, on the CLYDE. They are The builders
f Of the Gladiator. The gentlemen connec-
ted with these various vessels arc Begby y
Co.. George Wigg, Henry Lafone, George
aud James Thompson, and james Laird
MP.
The Northern papers complain that Liv-
erpool is utterly ami unanimously rebel in
its sympathies.
Since the occupation of Nashville by the
! aboltionists, according to Northern accts,
/ there have been Inferred largely over one
thousand soldiers. The deaths now aver
| age about fortya week, the fatal disease
being chronic diarrhea and typhoid fever
There are sick in the hospitals Of the city
more than two thousand soldiers. There
are about fifty six thousand sick and wcun-
ded soldiers in the hospitals in the United
/ States OF these twelve thousand are IN
/ the West VicksJug Wig.
The Vicksburg Wing has dispatch da-
/ ted the oath, stating that Farragut's feet
| consisting of thirty vessels, reached New
/ Orleans on the 10Th from Pensacola.
FoRT HuDsoN Nov. pa person from
New Orleans, informs us that Gen. Beall
heard while in Buffers office q dispatch
from Farragut at the mouth of the river