Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1862-01-22
WHOLE NUMBER iS3.

Geu. Bucll over Hrscn river, have heea
swept away by high water Twelve iedo-
raj gunboats and 3S mortar boats have a.
rived at Cairo wi tn large reinforcement
Of troops. The crews oi these boats hGvo
been assigned to service, an mustered int"
the immense army, of which il Is the er.
dent purpose Of making an early uhvanc'
in some direction, hdNices nom T"uu'a''
as late as the 'th INST arc 'ecc'Ne',' IN"
say thH' p'lo's nave pee" IT" '''NV' INV,
service IN tne coh'eh' pn''v" ~ "'oN''''t'e "
the 1eaeral not'''@ up 'he lch"css'o '''''
itIcnHoEp, January. ".--There was heavy
firing la st night Al Atquia creek The
Yankee vessels eagoged our ba''cries-no"
body hurt on our side. Nothing ls kaoHa
of the damage to the iedcrHIs Thr Lynch
burg Republican, has Intelligence rom VIE
chester that there has bee svuc i'ttlc skir'
mishing with only u few casualties. The
confcdefatcs have burnt he Drudge over Ca-
pom river, and destroyed liam No.. en- the
Chesapeake canal, and bridges on the Bal"
timorc and Ohio railroad. They then re"
turned in the direction oi WnchrS 90. Tho
coniederatcs lost in this txvcd ton ahou,
10. On Monday, about II miles below
Romney, the coniederatcs in small iorce
were attacked by 1000 Yankees. We lost
8 or 1 KILLED, Il few prisoners, 40 canno'.
and baggage wagons. Tie enemy 'cstroy
ed the property of seyc al pntncrners
in that region. We capt. 1t one of ou1
expeditions two cannon an h. or lor7
thousand dollars worth OF ,lrtA,ng and mi
i'ary stores.
NORFOLK, Jan. l0.--Hacharic, of Nv Or
leans has been released by the ankee GOV
ernment and has arrived. Passengers re-
port three gun. boats and three large trans'
ports with four thousand troops arrived to
day at Fortress Monroe flom Arnapolis.---
There is much activity at Monroe. The Day
Book has IL Herald of the Jth. Ia the 'cde-
raj House of Representatives, n committee
was formed to report bill Tor raising four
hundred millions by direct taxation. There
is an upward movement i'll gold-eXchange
ll5. The Herald says Wall street has cor
spired to defeat the plans Of the government
and that the Treasury will be without a cent
in another week. The Philadelphia banks
refuse treasury notes, and the public begin
to cry, down with the banks and calls are
| made for q national currency. The steamer
! Canada reached Halifax on the Sth Janua.
~, with more troops and artillery and 800
tons of munitions. The Hibernia is to fol
low her up with more troops The LondoN
Times stands aghast IN contemplation OF 'ho
tremendous ana magnihceht 'esesu.,Un Z,
the Yankee debt frussia mas auoress'o
her Minister al washington, coHuenihi-s
the arrest OF Mason ana ohueii
RIcHxosp, January 9.-Northern paper,
of the 7th, report the French frigate Catina
in Hampton ROADS, ana an fngiish 1rlgsts
at Annapolis. resolution mas been adop-
ted in the federal Senate ahthoriing an e1 .
change ct prisoners from the priVatteer 'eH
Davis for federal prisoners. Inc nohemis
has arrived at New YORK win hserpooA
dates to the 27th. Two french meets, oEe
for Mexico and the other Tor America' Ters
about sailing from LiverpooitD II was re-
| ported that Engllsh irlgates cruising OH u'-
bralta, are searching ieaerAl prlvatee.s--
| The officers OF the french iflgats Cauhe,
which arrived at norfolk Yesterday, rescA-
! ed Richmond tonight. Inc fauna orihgs
dispatches to the British Consui at oharles
ton. 1t is believed that the Austra,as'a mas
been wrecked eng hau aDoa.a ioHo nns
iish soldiers. "h is 1sA.s ,or ais',y.' rs ~
asa iahkee o.a i,s ua..on pooS.
BURNSIDE eAP.ut..on ,.s ''"-'
yesterday o0unu sou'n a'N'
New ORPHANS, Jan. ll'-Capt' Cione, on
the French despatch steamer Milan, arrivec
in this city from the anchorage OF his Vessei
of ship Island; lie IS bearer OF dispatches
10 the French Consul at this port. The re-
mains OF Col. lnooock arrived tn's norn'hg
and were escorted oy sns h,i'ary ehis o.
ternoon 20 the TsnEo"u ueP'', {" i'H'e ''i
Texas
MEMPHIS, jan. i-.-,ihe appears Io!um
bus correspondent oi the oth s"ys, yestero@y