The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-03
GENERAL NEWS.

tails of the country is estimated at sixty
thousand, which is in itself great army;
but the per centage is not large. being only
about twelve in each hundred. Tho santa
ry regulations of the army are pronounced
defective and the National Sanitary Com
mission, will remodel and reform the system.
Mr.. Maynard, elected to Congress from
the I'd District of Tennessee, was sworn in
as member Of the House, on the ground
that he was elected to his seat before Ten.
nessee voted herself out of the Union.
Mr. Green, of Missouri. now in Washing
ton, is an er.Senatcr-not Senator as was
enormously stated yesterday.
Mr.. Frederick Stanton, of Kansas, is now
in Washington, claiming the seat of Gen.
Lane in the Senate.
Daniel j. Sutherland, late major in the
United States army, with the appointment
of paymaster, was found dead in his room
at the Metropolitan Hotel, N Y, on Satur-
day morning.
The municipal election takes place 10 New
York, to-day. The candidates for Mayor
are Opdyke, Wood, and Gunther Much in
terest is felt in the result.
It is stated that about sundown on Satur
day last, as Prof. Lowe was making recon-
noissance in his balloon near Budd's Ferry
the Confederate battery fred at him, the
screw of shell striking his car. No dam
age was done.
Mr. Pettigru, an eminent lawyer in South
Carolina, before the Confederate Court, open
ed in Charleston, by Judge Magrath, made
an able argument against the Confederate
seqnestration act, especially that portion of
IL, requiring counsel to answer interrogato-
ries az to the business affairs of their clients.
/ man named Raglan, died in Troy, New
York, on the och ult., aged one hundred
and one years.
Eleven thousand eight hundred and six
teen barrels of apples arrived at Boston on
Friday, from Albany, N. Y.
The Michigan Southern Railroad Compa-
ny have made arrangements to do heavy
business thi winter in shipping dressed
hogs from Chicago to all Eastern cities For
this purpose they have built dressed hog
depot, where they have every facility for
handling. and where no other business will
be done. 1t is announced that an express
train for dressed hogs alone will be run over
the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada, dur
ing the winter, for Portland and Boston
The Secretary of the Treasury announces
his readiness to redeem the treasury notes
authorized by the act of Congress approved
December II, 1860. The interest on these
notes will, according to law. cease on the lst
of February next.
The United States Mai steamer Arago,
for which some anxiety is felt ON account of
the presence of the privateer Nashville in
British waters, carries four rifled cannon Of
long range, has a large number Ct small
arms, and can be defended by crew of one
hundred men. Gen. Scott is passenger on
the Arago.
A letter from London says :-"Nautical
men here express very discouraging opinions
in regard to the Great Eastern. They think
it doubtful whether she will ever make an
other sea trip, and think that after remaining
while at Milford Haven, she will be con-
verted into bath-house or a floating hos.
pital."
Among the residences burned in Fairfax
are: Lewis, near Sangster's Cross Roads;
Brotten's house and barn, and two houses
near Pohick Church. So devastated is the
country that troops will find nothing but
desolate houses barren and unstocked farms,
empty barns, an impoverished and suffering
people,
Gen. William A. Richardson has deter.
mined to resign his position as member Of
Congress from Illinois to enable him to con
tinue Brigadier General in the voluutee,
aervice, to which be was appointed some
motnhs since.