Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-05-18

alreaty turned tOWhVub bisooh' AZ u puD-
lie demonstration on the continuation OF
amicable relations between the two onations,
reciprocal salute had taken place in honor
Of the respective hags.
New ORLEANS, May I.-About seyenhun-
dred Confederate prisoners Of war arrived
here esterday morning from Fortress Mon
roe, on the stea mship Atlanta. Five hun
drcd and fifty of them belong to Louisiana,
the remaining one hundred and fifty are
from Texas aud alabama. They were all
surrendered under Gen. Lee At Appomattox
Court House, Va, to Lieut., Gen. Grant.
II is announced that passports will be
granted to 80 many of Lees officers asd desire
to leave the country.
Paine, one of the prisoners arrested, char
ged with the assault upon MIR. Seward,
made an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide BY butting out his brains.
II is understood that Gen. Sherman will
be relieved by Gen. Grant, and be required
10 answer for his assumed ohense before
military court
New YORK, April 25.-Gold opened at
l52, and fell to l5lt , closed at l5l 5-S
BATON ROUGE, April 30.-The Memphis
Bulletin Of April27th, reports that the steam
er Sultana exploded her boilers near that
place on the morning of the 27th, and burn
ed to the water. She had 22OO persons on
board. At the hour Of writing only 800
persons had been saved, and not less than
1000 lives were hurled into eternity by this
accident.
Special to the Telegraph.
GALVESTON, May 7th, 1866.
The following news, from the New Or
leans papers of April 30th and May 1st, is
published in Flakes Bulletin Of this morn
ing:
Gov. Vance left Raleigh before the Fed
erals occupied that place. Two papers, the
Standard, edited by Holden, and the Prog
ress, both strong Union sheets for some time
past, continue with their regular issues.
Cotton, at New Orleans, forty cents, for
strict middling. A correspondent Of the
N. 0. Times writes from Tombigbee river,
Ala, April 23d, that the Confederate gun
boats in Mobile Bay have all gone to Column
bus, Miss; that Gen. Maury has gone to
Texas with all the men he could get across
tho Mississippi river, and Gen. Dick Taylor
is making his headquarters at Meridian
Miss.
There are no rebel troops between here
and Demopolis, with the exception OF Maui
rvs cavalry.
The rams Nashville and Morgan, and the
steamers Southern Republic, Admiral, Su-
anter and Baltic and the blockade runners
Virginia and Mary are at that point.
The blockade runners Heroine and Gaunt-
let have gone further up the river to obtain
supplies.
No Intelligence from Forrest and Dick
Taylor had been received at Demopolis up
to the time of their departure.
WASHINGTON, April 25,--The Richmond
Times of yesterday has the following:
An order has been issued by the General
this department, designating
the Powhattan Hotel as the place of all |
Confederate officers and soldiers. The |
Spottswood Hotel is prohibited from enter
tanning such, and those now there are re. |
quested to leave.
Gov. Brown Of Georgia has called out all 7
the militia between the ages OF Is and COZ
On the 18th inst. body Of the raiders we're
on the West Point and Atlanta railroad,
three miles south Of Atlanta. The Atlanta
papers know of the assassination Of Lincoln,
but make no comments.
Intelligence from Richmond indicates
that the law for the punishment of treason
will be enforced.
A State report shows that q, ,030 negroes
have been enrolled in Kentucky. Gen. Flet-
cher of Missouri has written letter taking
strong grounds against the adoption of the
new Constitution recently passed b. the
It is reported that troops whose terms of
service have expired in the Federal army,
are organizing for an expedition to Mexico.
All persons leaving Havana for the United
States, must now have passports, counter.
signed by the American Consul.
Some Americans, attempting to celebrate
the fall of Richmond by raising the Federal
Gag in Ottawa, C W., and in doing so raised
4 mob, and the police required the flag to be
struck.
GALVESTON, May 7.-The Bulletin says:
Information has reached us which We be-
ieve reliable, that formidable feet is fitting
,ut in Mobile Bay for an attack on Galveston
Island. The expedition is expected to be
ready for operation in from 80 to 40 days"
special to the Galveston News.
GALVESTON, May GA dispatch TO the N.
,. Times, dated vicksburg, April 26, states
hat "Gen. Hodge comes under flag of truce
his morning, with dispatches from Gen.
Johnston and Gen. Sherman, To Gen. Taylor,
informing him of an armistice agreed upon
IN the 18th inst, for sixty days, with view
10 peace between their forces. Gen. Hodge
vas commissioner from Gen. Taylor to
Gen. Dana for the same purpose. General
Wright has gone to Memphis for the same
purpose, and Gen. Taylor to Mobile to con-
'er with Gen. Candy for the same object"
The above learn from official circles, and
'ou can rely on it.
FOREIGN NEws.-New York, April "a
The steamer City Of Washington, from Liv-
rpool the 18th, arrived here tonight The