The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-13
GENERAL NEWS.


night to Matthias Point in Virginia. A
conAagration was seen on the point after they
landed. 1t is thought they were ordered to
examine the point, to burn the underground
and woods there, and also certain houses in
that vicinity. Matthias Point, like other
localities, has experienced all the evils of
war.
The latest arrangement of the military de-
partments is "a follows: COL Candy takes
command in New Mexico; Gen. Hunter in
Kansas and the adjacent territories; General
Halleck in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
consin, Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky west
of the Cumberland Gen. Buell. in Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky
east of the Cumberland; Gen. Rosecrans in
Western Virginia.
The bark Seraphine, of Baltimore, with
cargo of coffee, has been wrecked at Cape
LIenry-with no loss Of life--and the cargo
fell into the hands Of the Confederates.
Small vessels continue to run the Potomac
blockade by the batteries, and although fired
at, appear scarcely ever to be hit.
Gen. Buell. is to leave Washington imme-
diately for his new command in Kentucky.
Gen. Halleck starts in few days to take
command in Missouri.
Col. jackson, of the New York Eighteenth
regiment died in Washington on Monday.
Some leading merchants in Baltimore are
urging the federal government to give all the
employment possible to the mechanics Of
that city.
Two Confederate regiments Of infantry,
and several companies of cavalry were at
Accotink on Monday.
A letter from on board the L. s. frigate
Santee, off Galveston, on the 25th ult., says
that the Confederate privateer Sumter has
been taptured-that she was trapped into
the chase of gun boat-and that her off
ces and crew are prisoners on board the
Niagara.
A large amount of government goods,
trunks, valises, &C., has been found secreted
in house near the railroad depot in Wash
ington.
Some fifteen thousand bushels of wheat
lately seized near Harper's Ferry, by de-
tachment of Massachusetts troops, under
Major Gould, have been brought down by
canal, and ground for the use of the army.
{ The Richmond papers still speak in con-
fjence of battle soon to take place between
the main bodies Of the two great armies on
the Potomac. S Oh battle must be terri
BILE in its slain, and most critical in it's con-
sequences
Dean & Co., of Delaware, have contrac,
with the government for about 4OO, 600 yards
of army cloth and 100000 pair of blankets
Robert Ricketts, has been appointed to d
second.class clerkship in the auditors Office
of the treasury, made vacant by the promo
ton of Charles Spencer to a third-clast
clerkship.
j. Fletcher, superintendent of public in
struction in Indiana. says that he has ascer
tanned that there are in that State twenty
thousand more boys, between the ages O
FIVE and twenty-one than there are girls.
Rev. VIM. s. Balch has introduced bill
into the Vermont Legislature which confs
Gates all intoxicating liquors brought int
the State.
The California papers express the belle
that several millions of the national LOAF
, will be taken in that State.
; 1t is stated that number of Cabine
, meetings were held at Washington before
decision was reached to carry on the wa
vigorously this autumn and winter, but tn
! war party finally gained the victory.
) The Petersburg Express publishes a lii
of the casualties sustained by the Confed'
q rates in the battle at Edwards Ferry, G
= Leesburg. The Eighteenth Mississippi ha
Is killed, 63 wounded; Eighth Virginia II
e ports 9 killed, 26 wounded; the Seventeent
Mississippi killed, wounded total ID