Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-05-13
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Tho following Is all Ve received by Pony
Lxpeas last night. We ge' hy Il no news
Of ihe progrsss The re,lerals are making Ia
Iaulsiaua. We learn ~ passengers trom
Shreveport yesterday that Il WAS under
stood IN Easiefn Texas and Northern I.eg-
is!ana that nauks Was Terrifying ~ llulmss-
e Vile, a peigt near Slmsporl, aud iiily o.
sixty miles below Alexandria. II Was al
I 80 understood that rcinlorcemtRs from
{ Arkansas mightrcach Alexandria, ifihey
would move n'piiiN soon enough 10 save
/ that tow
By vairers Of SihlrJs Brigade, we learn
'hpi i,was reported rs aceouh,r sbpt banAr
bad $50. heavily reinforced,
Following alc "a, dispai'hes.
. lclccrnph,u .nn beaumont
3 The Ialluwing u from the Naichtl Conr-
icg Of Apr. 9th.
-Sa4riAAetcA AprI.l seven prison
eYs were sent ihgough the lines iO-is.T7, ti.osr-
fmilirs were allowed half an hour 10 g.
South or 10 Northern prsoas. Scouts from
Tcauesscc river report the landing " iwen-
iy-four transports al ssS:port s.E;:,ss
ron luka, viii. i.twculA iliousand Fcdcrals
cavalry An qaict in front. Noimmigcnt
( prospect Of a battle
T, RIcuaoAD, April 2l.--IaiAe SENATE
resolution was adopted fixing the first cf
! May ss the day for the adjournment of
Congress. The House amendment to the
bill authorizing newspapers TO be sent free
Of postage passed The bill TO provide for
the conseripticp OF aliens was transferred
to the Sccrctary's calendar.
The House bill for assessment and col
lection nf taxes was amended aud passed.
! The House passed the Senate bill abol-
ishing supernumcraries In Quaricrmastcr
aud Commissary departments; also tho
Senate bill authorizing The lease of site
near Richmond for the preparation Of ma.
val ordinance stores.
The committee on hoW contracts made
report generating finnell Cranshow
and Co.
! vrcKsprmc, April 81. Everything re-
mains quiet. The enemy appears obe
working on The Peninsula batteries. The
river is falling pretty fast.
RIcMMoSp, April sl.-Thc Herald of the
istl, has been received, which says the last
! news from SuiIolk is to the 10Th The at.
tempt of Longsheet to cross the Napsemond
I river, with the mid of pontoons, was drica
ted by artillery.
!. The other naws items are unimporiant
A riot las occurred at Halifax between
\ the soldiers and citizens Mrs. Senmes,
! Wife OF Capt Sempcs, of the Alabama. who
has been residing in Cincinnati, has been
Z ordered TO cross the lines into Dixie.
Gold closed in New York at l53. Money
Z easier than ever; cotton dull and heavy
z Nnrthn,.p ,lniou ~ tlo 1Gtl stota tl,o die
patches from Ten. Foster at Washington
: n. G., Of Sunday last, say he can still hold
out three weeks.
Seward hns sentanother dispatch to Min
istcr Adams, warning Great Britain allow
, ing any more Alabamas to gorth to prey
upon American commerce,
Tharques Hartipg gton, lately in Richmond
! has made speech saying the North can
only cAtermina,c the South, and that the
! Sonth will fight TO tie lasi
4 The MY Trlbunc's correspondent, speak
ing Of the attack on Charleston, says eve
have experienced bitter repulsc, Tho
iron clads have disappointed the cxpecta-
tons Of the most confident
JACKSON, April 22-Thc New Orleans
| Era of tile 18th, says th9 battle on Grand
Lake resulted in one thousand prisoners.
T, The rams Queen of tic West, Diana, and
I transport Cornic, were captured destroy
cd. One hundred and ninety wounded
Yankees have arrived at st. james Hotel
Farragut states that there arc only four
days rations at Port Hudson.
The robelS have heavy batteries at Grand
Gulf. Col. Ellet is alive, commanding the
ram Switzerland.
Upwards often thousand negroes in The
Federal department. Of North Carolina nrc
consuming government rations. A fatal
cpedcmic Of measles among them.
One hundred government employees at
Louisville have deserted TO the Contedcr-
stcs. A special to the Appeal says the
enemy had reached Senatobia from the
rear at noon on the Goth detachment
was sent to Sardcas to cut the Tclc-
graph WIRE lnfintry with brides to carry
OIL animals and negroes willing or unwill-
ing were taken The Yankees are unioubt-
odly retrcating.
RIoHNoND, April 22-The Senate passed
q bill to amend the impressment act; pro-
viding when an impressment officer disap-
proves of the appraiscment, the claim may
be settled according % principles of equity
and justice. The House debated the Senate
bill amending the ssqnestration act which
was rejected.
JAcRsos, April pa special TO the Ap-
peal says the Yankees burned the court I
house and other buildings Mt fernando.
Their statement Of loss on Sunday is one
Major, one Ca ftain, and seventeen priyaies I
killed and about fifty wounded.
Trustworthy citizen reports that large \
force Of Yankee cavalry campcd II miles
from Houston, Mississippi, on Sunday night.
Their avowcd purpose was TO destroy the
Central Railroad. commencing at Winona .
o. buck Hill
BEAUuoST May /, on NJ Sibley bri- (
eade. or rather what is left Of it-arc On
eanped ~ Nibietts Bluf, under commaud /
Of ten Mout2n and Col Tom Green.
lorf1cfaIsi
AIExN:nnIA. April 10Th, +. VI.
CapfrB q G. celt
The enemy are still ia position about
FORTY miles from ;ais place. and are ilot
advancing.
WM. STTVENs. Capt. s 4. q. n.
Special 70 the Telegraph
krfx&NpHIA. Nay ~ lei3
Tie encmy have fallen back. 10 Nash;ne-