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The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

The steamer Canada has arrived, with Liv-
erpool advces to the 10th inst. Her newsis
meagre The Liverpool -four market closed
fiat, with decline of Cd. Wheat closed in:
active, and corn had declined 8 to Cd. Sir
James Ferguson publishes lettor emphati-
cally denying that he acted the part Of spy
in America. M. Fould's financial programme
has proved satisfactory, and under the inau!-
euce Of this feeling there had been On ad-
vance in the Paris Bourse. The London
Daily News has an editorial. generally rsbu-
king the Southern sympathists in England
and especially denouucing the writer Of .
strong Southern letter in the Times. The
London Gazette contains the treaty in rela-
ton to the Mexican expedition. The fourth
article states that after being signed, . copy
shall be communicated to the government Of
the United States. Il
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NEW GOODS

HARPER & BRO, -
n RE now in receipt Of The following goods,
"a viz: ..s a. ~ -
Black French Cloths and Cashmere
Velvet and Silk Vestings eo
Cassinetts, WOollen Shirts and Drawers
Silk and Linen Cambria Handkerchief
Stocks and Neck-Ties, Suspenders
White and colored Flannels a -s
Canton Flannels, Brown Drillings a.s
Brown and Bleached Cottons
Calicoes, Bleached Jeans, Pins and Needles
French and English Merino
Mousaines, Corsetts, Merino Shawls
Carpets and Rigs, Floor Oil Cloth
Alpacas, Carpet Chain
Blue Domestic, Irish Linen 5-5t=4
Black Muslin, White and Cold Cambria
Cloth and Silk Nantes .fca S8
ga PULLED Cloths, Linseys, &C., &c.
Also on hand lotof Silks which will b sold
very low.
oct TIT
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TE5E LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. Joseph Segar has written letter to
Gen. Dix, advising the government to have
nothing to do with slaves in any manner,
shape Or form, and to have them kept out Of
the lines of the federal army. He declares
that the only hope Of creating Union sen.
',iment in the South is the adoption of the
policy of "non-disturbance Of peaceable cit
liens, and total non-interference with slaves
and slavery" and he adds that this policy
must be complete and convincing. The op.
posite policy, he says, Twill consolidate the
South like mass of granite, and leave not
Union man in it." MAKE" he says,
Z" emancipation an issue of the war, and from
Mason and Dixon's line to the Rio Grande
there will not be man who will not shout
der his inusket and spill his last drop of blood
! and expend his last dollar of treasure to re-
sist it." Mr.. Segar is one of the strongest
,,Upion men in Virginia, and in favor of pros.
ecutipg the war until there is . restoration
of the Union. r..s..t1
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WAR NEWS.

. Askirmish took place on Tuesday, near
vieuna, between . scouting party Of Federal
troops from Con. Fitz Porter's division, and
. company of Confederate cavalry. Some
few on both sides are said to have been kill
Cd or wounded-and up to shutdown num-
ber Of the Federal soldiers had not come
back to their camp, and it was judged had
been killed or captured. On Tuesday night,
Seven hundred Pennsylvania cavalry under
Col. Bayard made an attack upon the Con-
Nderate pickets at Drainesville. Two Of
tho Confederates were killed and several
wounded, and eleven Of them made priso-
usrs. Col. Bayard Of tho Federal troops
vas wounded and had his horse killed; and
Surgeon Alexander and private were also
wounded.
Tho despatch Of the Associated Press, in
reference to the first of the skirmishes men,
toned above, says, that the Federal troops
we're surrounded and hemmed in by tn,
Confederstes- the fire of the .Confede
rates threw the Federal cavalry into disor
der-that all efforts to form line for q
charge were unsvailing, and the Fedora
troops had to retreat It is not known how
many, if any of the Confederates were kill
sd-and twenty-eight, At least, of the Fede
raj troops are missing - I..
There 10 nothing Of special interest from
Missouri. Gen. Price is reported to be a
Pleasant Hill with $4,000 men,. Some Q
she Government cattle and freight wagon
have been recaptured from the Confede
rates. Col. Jennison threatens with con6s
cation Of property and burning Of home
,steads all persons who are now in arms, an
who refuse to surrender them to him in &C
ssordapee with his proclamation. ,t 90.
Gen. G. W. Smith, of New York antece
dsnts.iis now commanding the Confederate
~ Lsssburg and over the surroundin
country. .ttN e'
|Rumors are prevalent that Gen. John
Breckinridge, with large force, is advan
ing from Green river, Kentucky, in the d
rection Of Greensboro or Henderson.
The steamer Constitution, with larl
force on board, connected with Gen. Butler
Expedition, has arrived in Hampton Roa
on her way South. Butler was daily expe
ted from the North, and it was suppos
that as soon as he arrived, the expedite,
would set sail. The ''stone feet" is alre
dy on its way to the place of rendezvor
The Washington correspondent Of the NJ
York Times states that it's object is to Q
struct the channels at the entrance
Charleston and Savannah.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

A Washington correspondent states that
Secretary Cameron, in his forthcoming re-
port, will take strong ground in favor Of the
emancipation of all slaves owned by Confed-
crates who have taken up arms against the
u. s. government.
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COMMUNICATED.

$50: HH = COMNUNICkTED.
"TH. FIRE Observation-Disclosures the ex-
porience of last night, active measures should
DO adopted to secure the control of the FIRE
apparatus belonging to the city. We hope
that the fire department will take the matter
in hand. *x*
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

FOB PRINTING, HANDBILLS, CARDS,
81 BILL HEADS, LARS, TO-, 4cY
neatiy and expeditiously printed, on tho lewsss
terms, ut the Alexandra Gazette Once, near the
corner of Prince and Fairfax streets. M
nov Civ
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

A quartermaster and his clerk, of the
Cameron Rifles, has been arrested in Wash
ington, charged with Wholesale POPULATION
in selling government shoes, and pocketing
the Proceeds The clerk "confssses the
coru," and says that 1.-THE Colonel knew all
about selling the Shoes" ~a,st.a fr,, 80.
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DRY eoops.

DRYAN 4. ADAMS, AGENrs, have on HAND
ID Brown and Bleached Cottons ....f.s
Brown and Bleached Canton Flannels e
Csssimeres; Cassinetg Linseys f9 y
White and Red Flannels
Grey Sack Flannels; Calicoes; Bed Tickings
Nett Undershirts and Drawers W. o.
Gloves, Hosiery, to-" oct lI-6w
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

In the Baltimore market prime hickory
wood sells for S. per cord the best oak wood
at 81 IS to S., and pine wood Of the very
best auslity at from 81 to 81 so.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28
ALEXANDRIA, VA.

MILITARY CouRr.-The Military Court
held its usual session at the Court House this
morning. Iuithe absence Of Judge Freese,
who has gone North on short visit, the Pro-
vost Marshal, Captain Griffith, presided. The
only civil case was that of one of the crew
of the schooner Delaware, noticed in our RI
yer report yesterday, charged, not with as
sisting soldiers to desert, but with selling Ii
quor to soldiers. He was fined ten dollars,
and discharged. The Court then took ur
the military cases.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

The Russellville kentucky Convention
had made George W. johnson Provisional
Governor of Kentucky, and selected Bowling
Green as the State Capital.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

Lieut.. Tatnall, commanding the Marine
Guard of the sloop-ef-war San Jacinto. was
conveyed to Fort Warren yesterday. He is
the SON Of tho Confederate Commodore Of
that nsme.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

4 man connected with the Cameron Riaes
has been arrested in Washington, charged
with horse stealing.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

"A FOR RENT.-A large and commodiens
E!: three story BRICK DWELLING HOUSE,,
containing twenty -one rooms, and hne Bar
Room, and is an excellent place for business
Water and gas, and every convenience attached q
the house. For further information, apply to
II MRS. e. BURNS,
corner of Prince and Fairfax streets,
Possession Rixen Immediately. nov 23-1W*
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

ANEW BUCKWHEAT, put UP expressly for
IN family use, for sale by
nov 20 JOHN i. COOKE.
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ments, who are to adopt line Of policy most
suitable to the locality in which they may
be situated. It is asserted that NO rule
could be- laid down that would be applicable
to different sections Of the country. The
treatment Of slaves 10 therefore hereafter to
be left in the hands Of thu, commanding
Generals.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

The Washington Republican says that. af-
ter the recent order in the Provost's Court,
in this place, "!Mr. Kinzer appeared as coun-
eel for jew merchant, who had been arres-
tedaon the charge of inducing and aiding
Soldiers to desert, by furnishing them with
citizens clothing in exchanges tor their uni
fpsuns. The clerk Of the court called Mr.
Kipzer's attention to the rule, and inquired
whether he was prepared to.ake the oath.
He, declined, .whereupon Judge Freese in
formed the defendant that if he desired coun-
apl, he must procure some one ELSE, as Mr.
Kinzer having declined. to take the oath'
eoald not be permitted to practice in that
court. The case was postponed, in order to
give, the defendant tine 70 procure another
attorney" -. "a .. ,1..,i, - :.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

A telegram from Boston, states that q por-
ton Of the Maryland prisoners atFort War
rem whose release was previously reported to
have been ordered by Secretary Seward, are
still held id DURANGO in consequence Of their
refusal to take the oath Of allegiance, which
had been rendered to them. - a.
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MISC ELAN EOUs.

"A FOR RFNT.-A neat two story BRICK
6SSH DWELLING HOUSE. PLEASANTLY situated.
on North Fairfax s'reet No. 49, with the furns-
ture. Apply ON pr. misses, or to
nov 28-3t# ISAAC BUCkINGHAN. y
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

MAYoR's OrFIcE. only business trans
acted at the Mayors Office thie morning was
the granting of few merchants licenses.
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

y i WATER RENTS. A
N1OTICE.-Water renters will please take mo-
~ tice that their bills for the ensuing term
November l, 1861 are due and
ready for delivery. Those who can make 1t con-
venient to call on the Secretary will find him q
his residence, On Prince street, opposite the Far
mers' Bank Of Virginia. A number Of bills for
the past term are yet unpaid and it is now requir-
cd that they should be paid promptly on presents-
ton. EDWARD 5. HOUGH, Secretary.
nov 27-6t
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

TIE RIvfR.-There has been but few signs
Of life and activity upon the river to-day. A
few transports have arrived from Georgetown,
and q single oyster boat from below. which
reports nothing of interest. 4. ~
The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-28

The convention to form . new State out
Of Western. Virginia, met in Wheeling yes
terday. Thirty;seven counties represented.
John Hale, of Mason county. was elected
permanent President. No business was done
beyond organizing and administering the
oath Of allegiance to members, 80.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-15
IeY TkEY; Ple EsSIKDEST'
Il PROCLAMATION

NHEREas. it hath pleased Almighty God, the
.Sover, ign DIsp,ser of events to protect f.nd de-
lend the Confederate States LHbsrto III their con.
dict with t;i-ir ensin.es, a.d TO them =
shiald
And whereas, with grateful thauh; we recognize
Hin hand AID ..okn3.Ticdse that not unto IT'S, but
noto Him belongeth the victory aud in humble
dependence upon His Almighty strength, aud trnst
ug in the business of our cause, we appel 10 Him
that de may set ~ naught the efyrrs Of our
mics, and pat them ID confusion and shame:
Now, Therefore, [, Jr,t FERSON DAVIS Presi-
ieIt o! the Confederate States in Of the i'm
pc ding conflict, d. hsreby set apart FklD 4 y. the
10Th day Of November day Of lasting humili-
,tion AID prayer /; and do hereby invite the Rev.
ereHd Clergy, Al i he people of these Confederate
States, TO repair that day 70 their usnal places
of public worship, ard 10 inpioIe the blessing Of
AlEigaty God upon Arms, that Es msy give
Tc'oty over enemies, preserve our homes
>.1i atArs fEoG pollution, and to ms the
sioration of peace aud prosperity.
}sr.I Given under my hand and the seai of
s-~.-D tse Confederate Ststes, at Richmond.
th,z thirty first dsy OF October in The year o.
L2sd THOUSAND e.sit hundred aud six;y-ore.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
2 2 tie Pcssiiart:
x II. I. HUNTER,
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+ =. .Ctgfofx"1trSios Mrs.-a cor, eapout,eut
Camp Red House, Winfield, WestsrA vir-
Slnia,' gives the following rather graphic
picture of the Union men in that sectioA Of
the State:
But The NEST curioua misery set OF beings
| ever saw, are the Union men OF Western
Eirginiii. / have never seen bot cue who
Wouid expend Il dime towards the prcs-rva-
tIon Of the Union I have s-en but
woman in Western Virginia who would bake
4 hHiScuit for = sick soldier, without tirst
ssking Il he had any change aud, during
our marches, | never saw the first drink OF
water of-red ui; ;h9ut first asking for il, anu
nearly IN all casrs the man would not move
from his leaning posture on his 'ener, but
would point 10 the well and say, - tbere Ii is,
sir. help yourself " Il IA Ill il missed from
a Union mans pile near Ii ca,up, ne goes TO
the Col mel Tor us pric. il a cabbage or tur-
rip from the garden mas disappeared, the old
ACmau sends to the Colonel tor the value of
IL.
The people heTea bouts seem to have All idea
that every LOutye carries Uncle ) suns Irea-
sury III his kuais1ck. One Just now told me
tEat he WIS going 10 ask for two hundred
dollars, IS some on. hai Droke his fence
down. some cattle had got II aud Il, sroyed
some corn; th- iaaG, cora, 9nd f~nce, would
rot felcj, fifty dollars II offered for SIZE. A
lIttie hauitog WAS required by our commis-
slrics. l. WAS get his provlsio1s up the
river BANK Il took two poufs ahd half.
with II yoke of steers hitched TO n SEED. The
m3u mude>tiy asked four Go lars. he was
ioid that the ons thousand Zouaves neforer
hiln II III IetG their homes, their al, 10 pro-
tect such O., him. He said, ''oh, yes you are
yolun teers. 1 ain not Such men as ne
com posed the majority IN Western Virginia;
still have not the least doubt they are re-
ally Union men, but they W1u give thelr
time or blood toward The preservation of
what they ussire-the Union.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-15

MORE POPULAR EXPEDITIONS 1t may not be
generally known that Swedish expedition to
Spitzbergen sailed during the month of June
last, with the intention of endeavoring TO
reach the Pole by following Perry's track to
the westward of Greenland. II unsuce eessful
1t was their purpose to return and spend the
winter In Spitzbergen, aud resume their Jour
ney the following season. Intelligence is
also looked for with great anxiety from Mr..
Hall, who sailed from New London on boa rd
IA whaler Is months ago, with the avowed in
tention of making search for additi itional relies
or for some surviving members of Franklin's 3
expedition. His undertaking will possess no.
velinterest, particularly from the fact that
Mr.. Hall will be unaccompanied by any Eu
ropeap, as he in ntends to aeeustom himself TO
the Esquimaux mode of life, and employ them
AMI journey with them only. Mir. Hall un-
dertoo this journey solely under 4 reh giou.
conviction OF duty, and sacrificed everything
10 accomplish this great desire of his life.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-15

PURITAN CONSIsTENCY.--A historian Of the
PWitans, i'll writing some twenty i've wears
ago, remarks that sit is ilresistibly a.nlusirlp
to see how the Puri'ans copied England in
bad things though ali the while bitterly a1us-
ing her. They venturea ID revolution. because
taxed without their own consent, but they had
nevertheless adopted such u principle as quite
right for ibe'n" They never hesitated 10 tax
English property, wherever they could, by
any pretence, lay their hands on IT, Mr. Fei,
one cf their writer's, admits, that us early as
iC39, they ordered persons here, l,5aicm
Mass and throng ghout the colony, - who owned
estates III England, to be taxed for them Tbese
persons owning these estates. We're not al
lowed to vote i'll Puritan councils, nor be SO
much as freemen, unless they owned the Pu-
ritan covenant Without representation, with
out title 10 so much as the elective franchise
they might be taxed for estates situated ulie,
another Government, three thousand miles
away, and taxed over again under that Gov.
ernnent, for lis Legitimate support. Who does
not see that their outcrv against the taxation,
of England without representation was a mis-
cradle preteXt, especially when that taxation
was looked upon by England as bat as equi-
valent for charter privileges!
Another example of Puritan Inconsistency j..
thus referred 10 by our author They thought i5
vast lldsnity for the English to call Us r.jeis
But so soon an Indian after being wbe,
died into an art of which he knew nothing
of the import, i. G., a pro forma declaration OF
allegiance to the British Crown, dared to act
contrary TO loyalty, he WAS "A re5tI of the mos,
malignant Nervousness, and if he escaped with
life and sergile bondage, might think himself
full fortunate. 4 war against these rebels is
waged." Had not Puritan advocates better bs
more chary OF the reputation of the days of
'76l Ii a war against rebels is as righteous
as any, monerehicai tories would make them
IL low bow for such exquisite orthodoxy.
But such has been the character of this pes
tilen. breed from the beginning Rebellion
against Puritan heresy they hold to be trea
son against God well as man. When they
were out of power, resistance to tyrauts was
obedience to God. When they We're in power,
circumstances altered cases. Rev. Dr. May
bew, who preached most furious philippe
against King Charles Is day, when the Puri-
tans got the reins, declares that government
is sacred, and not to be tfIRc& with This is
the maxim upon which the descendants of the
same men are acting now. The very people
who wanted to dissolve the Union in 1912
and who have declared that the Constitution 10
q compact with he'll, are foremost in endea or
ing, 10y fire and sword, to support the Union,
and perpetuate the compact with hell
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TsIoNIsM IN THE SoUTH.-In late letter r
to the London Times, Mr.. Russell expresses
his incredulity as to the existence Of strong
Union element in Maryland. The country
gentlemen he speaks of as tenacious and
naughty as any Magyar or Pole who ever
lived, and in Baltimore the people sullen
and angry Mr.. Russell suggests that if it
requires thirty three thousand men to hold
the little State of Mary land in chains, it will
demand a very considerable standing army
and enormous expenditure to keep the rest OF
the South quiet, even if they could suhjugate
her. None of the Northern prophets have
ventured to look full i'll tie face the conse-
quences of their own success and to realize
that, III many respects, it would be as bad as
defeat
"There il, know says Mr. Russell, Il
pretence that there is Union sentiment III
solution in the South, which will tuIAole
down in thick precipitation on the head OF
the Contederttes the moment it is stormed by
Federal bayonet; bit there IS no truce Of
formulation for tie hypotdcssS.' And yet it is
upon such a hypothesis as this that the North
builds its expectations of 4 reconstruction of
the old Union. We need not say that Mr.
Russell's statement is literally and thoroughly
true. Except III some portions OF " estern
Virginia, Last Tennessee, and Northern X keu-
tCcky, and except handful of malcontents in
the large cities, there is no such thing as
cnionism left i'll any part of the South. An
nndying hatred to the Lincoln despotism is
the prevailing and universal sentiment of the
Southern people. The Federal Government,
therefore, must prepare not only to overthrow
us by the sword, but to keep MS down by the
same instrumentality and what WORK that
will be. And, if it expects to make Southern
cotton pay the expenses of the coloss4, inil,-
tary establishment necessary to retain its
power, what if the South should refuse 10
cultivate cotton! She can live in plenty
without raising cotton. She has the finest
climate and the most fertile lands in tie world
She is grazing and farming as we'll as :.
planting people. She has no, only raised her
usual supply of cotton this year, but her grain
crops have been more than sufficient to supply
the wants of her people. The State of Geor-
Sia alone, though her staples are cotton and
rice, raises as much wheat as New York, one
OF the wheat growing States of the North
The South can dispense with those staples
which TIE North is so eager to obtain. and
still live. She r,H dispense with them, if the
North undertakes to hold her as conquered
country. They are totally ignorant Of the
lofty character Of the Southern people who
suppose that, having proved their claim to all
that is glorious in ci.ivajry wleher il lineage
sentiment, or yalor, they will ever degenerate
into tillers of the soil for the benefit ol
Northern commercial taskulasters
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II EfiovAL.-B, nag thankful to my old Gus
Ia toners, and tee public in general, who have
- beraily patronzed me at my o'd stand, on 18th
s.reet, oppO lie the Vegetable Market, 4 make
known thar / have removed to Broad street, be
twcea tie Central Depot and i7th, where 1 will
optR on MONDAY next. the - h inst.
The best the market afford will always be
served at my table. AS long As coff:A can be had
l will keep up nay old putation Meat, served
Il, all hous the choicest Liquor. and Cigars at this
Bar. MAURICE DENNIS.
II. IA good FEMALE SERVANT, TO do
general housework, is wanted The best wages
will be paid. NJ ID.
NO
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Eis. Samuel Garland, ST., OF Lyuchburg,
mains arrived in his native city On Tuesday.
Lieut.. Gov. Rsynsids, OF Missouri, arrives
in Lyueheurk on Tuesday, ss reste nr aams,
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-. MATA&SA DAP RiILROeD COM
- PANY III ha sna4al n-atia: OF She Stock
io,dars ne ha4l Gap RarCsd Com IA ~ will
DC hol in The ! oi " boissock. comfy OF She
nanloah, o., the third THURSDAY ia f;oysnber,
ovng the = iay Of IL. moatn III accordance with
tie resolution 0f the s,tGcR holder
DANIEL MORGAN,
oc al-t2istS% 4 sE slant raasuTar