The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-17
WAR NEWS.

Department that the Sumter captured thu
Joseph Parke, of Boston, on the 25th Sep
TENDER, and the Daniel Trowbridge, of New
Haven. on the 9th October. She landed
the fourteen prisoners she made on the Trow
bridge, while the whole crew of the Parke
were induced to join her. -.
A letter from Frederick, Md, saws 81 have
received intelligence from dam No. that,
ON Thursday, Capt. Williams and five men
went ON an unauthorized scout into Virginia,
and were captured by the Confederates. A
fortnight ago corp raj and four men went
over on similar expedition, and were like.
wise captured-making a captain, corporal
and nine men who have been lost by dsobe.
dience of orders"
The telegraphic dispatches in the Northern
papers say that sc uts have ,ticed recent
ly a marked increase in the number of tents
in the Confederate Potomac army, which con.
| firms the intelligence that it has been largely
reinforced. A prisoner taken says that the
Confederate generals had determined to ad.
vance from Centreville in three columns, in
all $4,000 men, to attack the Federal I'D.
vance.
wealthy farmer, living three miles back
of Lewinsville, was on Saturday arrested.
charged with selling cattle to the Confede.
rates. lie was conveyed to Gen. Smiths
headquarters and placed in close custody
The accused claimed to be strong Uuiop
man.
The officers Of the British ship Henry, at
New York from Jamaica, report that in the
Gulf of Florida they saw six Federal vessels,
bound South. They were supposed to be
part of the stone expedition for Mobile or
New Orleans.
Another account from Tennessee says that
" Parson Brownluw is in the field s"
Six companies of Col Averys cavalry.
under command of Lieut. Col Ovens, pro.
ceeded to Fairfax Cour- House on the 10th.
and went through the village in different di- !
rections. There were no indicnti ms of the
Confederates in that vicinity excepting IA few |
pickets, one of whom Was killed.
DR.. Leslie Lloyd, who was arrested at Vi
emma some weeks ago, charged with holding
sympathizing intercourse with the Confede.
rates, was soon thereafter released. He is a.
ember of the unc additional Uuion party #
By the arrival at Baltimore of the bark
Agnes, we learn that severe engagement
had ia ken place between the u S. steamer
[roquois and the Confederate privateer Sum-
Ter. 1t appears to have been drawn battle
Is one of the vessels-which of them was not
<nown-had put into Martinique to repair
damages.
The Richmond Dispatch states, as a rumor
generally believed, that on the 9Th of this
month skirmish to place across the Po-
omac, between foraging party of Federal
roops, and party of Confederates under
Jol. Ashby, which resulted in killing fifteen
# the former, and the capture of eighty i
prisoners and twenty wagons. The Confed- I
rate loss is set down as five killed. &
A picket skirmish took place near Point t
f Rocks, on Sunday morning in which. ic C
said, one Federal soldier was wounded |
nd two taken prisoners, and two Confede. z
ates killed and five wounded, The Federal e
ickets went across the river, and were driv-
n back, and were saved from capture nv L
ring from the other bank s.
As the steamer Volunteer, belonging to IL
aleb S. Wright of Philadelphia, was com. II
g up the river on Sunday she was attacked D
y Confederate battery five miles this side 81
Matthias Point. Twenty-seven shots AZ
ere fred at the vessel, one of which struck "
e awning and another passed through the 81
nber and lodged inside oI
The Raleigh IN. c Standard of the 18th ut
st. learns from a reliable source that m
deral regiment had taken possession of
at Ocracoke Inlet, N C. v,
From Kentucky, there are rpmors of bat. mi
s on Friday last at Somerset and Mum. ga
dsville, but nothing reliable has been re- th
we'd. or,