The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-07


Nd, have established the fact that very |
extensive trade has for long time been car
ried on between that county and Virginia.
The leaders have at last been arrested, anu
to prevent it's continuance regiment OF IN
fantry. with two companies of the Third In
diana Cavalry, will be sent thither and WIN
ter in Leonardtown, Great Mills and Mill
stone Landing
Wednesday was the day appointed by law :.
by the Confederate government for the presl-
Dental electors of the different States of the
Confederacy to cast their vote in Richmond
Stale pies made in New York, are sold at
twenty cents, more than double their price
BY the hundred at Washington.
The correspondent Of the New York Times
criticizes sharply the conduct of the officers
of the federal gunboat engaged in the re-
cent skirmish with the Confederate steamer
Yorktown.
The Confederate Congress recently passed
a vote of thanks to General Price tor hts
active service in Missouri.
Gen. Prentiss recently made speech at
St. Joseph, Mo-, in ich he said, GAS God
is my Judge, every Sec1ssionist shall take
the oath Of allegiance to the Stars and
Stripes, or l will send them to work on the
trenches of Fort Smith,"
The recent newspaper paragraphs about
"raising the black flag" at the South, APP
pear to be unusually condemned by consid-
crate people in that quarter
Lieut. Hare. 3lst N. Y. Volunteers, in
Gen. Franklin's Division, has been arrested
for sleeping on his post, whilst on picket
duty. and it is said will beexecuted.
! The U. S. Government has seat, under a
flag of truce, to Old Point, large quantity
of clothing, tor the Federal prisoners held at
the South.
Strong reinforcements have been sent to
J Port Royal ny the U. S. government On
the other haad. large bodies of volunteers
from the Confederate States are Aocking to
the coast.
| D ,ubts are thrown over the truth of the
dispatch conce, ming "a victory gained by
Parson Brownlow, in Tennessee" The par
son is now said to be ''quiet" at Knoxville
A telegraph wire is said to have been drawn
across the road at Anandale, on Thursday
last, which tr,pped up some of the Contedc
rate cavalry as they charged upon the Fede
raj troops. Six or seven Of the Confederate
aud one of the Federals, it is said, wer
killed in the skirmish.
Secretary Welles has written an oficia
letter to Capt. Wilkes approving of the cap
, ture of Mason aud Slidel-and telling hin
that his forbearance in not capturing tn
Trent also, will not be considered at present
A general feeling prevails in New Yor
a aud elsewhere in favor of an exchange c
;, prisoners now or hereafter taken in the pre-
sent civil war.
J Canton has been evacuated by the British
Our European exchanges c'nta'ns repor,
of the proceedings of "a great convention
favor of parliamentary reform, held at Iced
} On the 10Th ult.
Il Ben Mccullough is erecting barracks q
Bonneville, Arkansas, for winter quarters.
- As one Of the incidental connections
> the present war, it is stated that an ofit
10 has been opened in Washington for embaln
= ing the dead. The system is that of tt
;, celebrated Surquet of Paris-by an inje
). ton of powerful antiseptic fluid, whie
soon hardens the tissues to a marble lii
substance, and perfectly preserves the col
nc and features, and keeps the body free fro
- all offensive 0dor.
>. A letter from Charleston, published in Il
10 Philadelphia Inquirer says: Provisions a
- abundant and cheap. The Courier OF No
- % quotes -four at $40 $ll, bacon al
. hams 80 cents per pound, salt $40 per sac
IN brown sugar to IL cents. no coffee to
- had, and cotton cents for Upland. Gen
rally provisions are cheaper and more abu
y. dant than is supposed at the North, shroug
out all the South Atlantic States"