The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-26
GENERAL NEWS.

has received sealed orders from the Depart
ment of State, for the release of more pris-
oners from Fort Lafayette The names Of
the parties had not been returned.
The Commissioner of Patents has refused
to grant patent to citizen of Richmond,
Va, who remains there and seeks patent
in Washington through his attorney.
The Confederate steamer George Page
harbors in Quantico Greek. She occasion
ally runs out into the Potomac, but keeps
under cover of the, batteries. Their gun
ners occasionally throw "a few shells on the
Maryland side.
The Ice Boat, Union and Satellite, which
were between shipping Point and Matthias
Point in the early part Of this week, receiv-
ed orders, as soon as the additional batteries
at the latter point opened, to retire below
Aqua Greek. ..
Mr., John Colson, of Oneida county, New
York, says that dealers in butter are reaping
a rich harvest by selling it to shippers for
Germany and England. He says that farm
ers, owing to the fact that the Southern
market is closed againsr their manufacture,
are disposing Of it at an extremely low price,
while shipper are. realizing profit of from
40 to SC, per cent
The trial of the privateersmen captured
early in June by th1 brig Perry. on board a
Charleston pilot.toat, commenced. on We'd
nesday in New York. in the United States
Circuit Court, before Judges Nelson and
Shipman.
The Treasury Depar' ment has allowed IA
old claim of the National Intelligencer,
amounting to $4,000. ;.
General Ha!leck is now on his way to
Washington from California aud it is report
ed that he will be assigned to high com
mand in the army Immediately after his ar
rival.
The Secretary of War, in order to relieve
the prevalent anxiety, has sent special
messenger to Edwards's Ferry for a COM
plete list of the killed and wounded.
There are now no government vessels be-
tween Matthias Point and Shipping Point.
There are below the former Point the Ice
Boat, Union, Satellite and Rescue; above the
latter point, the Harriet Lane, Yankee, Res.
olute, Reliance, Wyandank, and others.
From Missouri; we learn that the Coined
crate army under Gen. Price was still re-
treating to the South, and the United States
forces were rapidly following him. Siegel
was as far South as Price, and aiming to cut
him off at Springfield. Lane was also with.
in two days march Of him, and Fremont with
the main body of the army was rapidly fol.
lowing. The St. Louis Democrat gives some
credence to despatch that Lane and Mont.
gomery with the Kansas brigade had inter.
cepted and defeated McCulloughs force. A
detachment of United States Cavalry had
broken up Confederate camp, killing a
number and taking ninety prisoner. COL
Morgan, with a detachment of the Eigh.
teenth Missouri regiment, had defeated four
hundred Confederates.
From Fortress Monroe we learn that the
great expedition was expected to sail on
Thursday night last. All the vessels attach.
ed to it, over one hundred in number, had
arrived there.
The Atlantic and the Pacific are at length
united by telegraph communication. The
Mayor of New York has received dis
patch from the Mayor of San Francisco an
nouncing the event.
The Port Tobacco md Times says: awe
learn that on Tuesday last, whilst some Of
the soldiers attached to the.regiment station
ed at Budd's Ferry were examninga bomb
shell which had been thrown across the river
by the Confederate battery on the opposite
side, an explosion took place, caused by eff
forts to get out the powder. The damage was
considerable, some nine or ten men were
wounded, one of whom has since died, and
two others likely to die. The tents and sur
roundings, it is said, were pretty much de.
! molished."