Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-08-19
NEWS.

snaEyrponr August nh, 1853. a. ".

Rrdm ia, Galvrs"n News,
SuaEvEpoRr, August ith, 1868 An
DEAR NEws You will 500 tram the
News Of this morning, which enclose, that
the great riot NJ tho NorIh was still ram
pant Oh the 18th, that tho Tribune and the
Times offices, New York, have both hccn
destroyed, anl that Raymond, (tiRis UHi'aa)
editor Of the Times, was killed, Greely, II
sccms, escaped, but his time will come next,
unless he ,eavOa the country which he will
probably 10.
We have ruMors, more or less reliable,
which you will accept as such, as :. "o"'"
De the very Insight OF rashness ~ present to
believe anything not sanctioned by official
authority. | learn from mn officer in the
service, in whom have the most implicit
confidence, that when nt Monroe, on Satnr-
day laat he was Informed al the hcadquar-
t,Is Of Gen. Hehert that France had recog-
iiisel the independence Of the Confederate
States, but in what way the important in-
;elligence reached Monroe is not stated. 1t
was not regarded in the light of strictly
official information but as coming in such
n shape as to make it highly probable.
The latest intellgen from Europe is well
calculated TO give plausibiity TO this report,
and shall await further dispatches with
interes'. | learn also that telngraphic
dispatch came TO Gen. Smith on Sunday
that mentions this report.
II is also rumored that Lincoln pro-
posed an armistice, for three months and
that Vice President Stevens has gone TO
Washington to arrange the terms OF the ar
mistice. You recoliccl that Stevens reach
ed Fortress Monroe some time before and
vas not permitted to proceed to Washing
ton.
| give these rumors for what they are
worth. | vouch for nothing until know
certainly the ground upon which 1t rests,
Con Smith left for Little Rock on yestcr-
day. He is rapidly organizing his forces
to meet the impending conflict. NJ. h.
... SHREVEPORT, August 5th, 1868.
DEAR NEWS Il have not a word of rali-
able intelligence this morning. There are
minors plenty, but they do not come in
such q shape as to justify repetition. 1t is
said that Gen. Holmes who was known to
be extremely i'll is deal This report came
in by the Little Rock stage last night,
Respectfully, NJ. Il.
RlcHMovp, July lS.-A special dispatch
from Bunker Hill of the 7th says there
was n cavalry fight yesterday at Shepherds
town, lasting several hours, resulting in
the defeat of the enemy, who retired to
Harpcrs Ferry, leaving their dead and
wounded on the field We took mum ell
OF prisoners.
Gen. Petigrew died this morning.
The correspondent of the London Times,
from Paris, says on the authority of private
letters from Madrid, that proposals for re-
cocnition have been made on behalf of the
Southern States to the Spanish Govern
ment. with the sanction Of the French En-
peror.
A telegram to the Baltimore American
from N. York, 10th, says: "The rioters gut
ted about dozen houses last night. This
morning small row occurred on Ce lal
street. but the police dispersed the rutfians
There was a serious riot ON Staten lslanc
last night: six negroes were killed. per
feet reign of terror prevailed. There wa'
con nsiderable disturbance in Brooklyn to
day. The negroes were horribly maltrca
ted. Quite number u troops arc arriv
ing. The general impression at this hour
i~eon WcdTasla1.) - tla' he worst i eve,
tte mob fearing tried troops lcou the sea
nf war. A .arao number or families hay
removed from The city, aud the zodus i
,ran,ted. In Newark. on Tuesday th'
aNye 4 loe Daily Nercarg ,opoliu.ql AZ
Eu,yej by agh.
RrcH4osn, July l5--Taa Tribune q Tia
18th IS very severe on the hcrnh au
World, sad charges tnat tnaireopdse's eA
cited tho riot in that ai'y.--Il9rd is not
word OF comment on the outbreak IN On
Herald, except preface to tAe deseripuo
uf ,he scents. Drecly made y uaH'" es
cane on he last lay Several men sup
posed 90 BE- reporters for .he Tribune ~e.
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