The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-05
GENERAL NEWS.

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: taken prisoner by the Confed crates has a,
# rived at Washington, having been liberate
r On parole to make arrangements for the e,
s change OF the Federal prisoners at Richmond
e lie represents them there as suffering fror
e an insufhclency of clio hing and other zee,
: Sarles. 1t an exchange is not tffected, Lier
e tenant hantz is to return to Richmond with
o in fifteen days.
q IL Is stated that General Mcclellan has i,
sueo an order generating Gen. Stone fror
r tne responsibility of the disaster at BALI
= Bluffs, and stating that the blame belongs q
: a subordinate officer, whose name he doe
not state.
on Friday evening last the agents of tn,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Locust poin
, had unloaded thirty.six vessels, of variou,
s'zes' and despatched their cargoes to Wash
: 'ngtcn. Among the vessels unloaded were
number Of large propellers. The busy
operations at Locust Point were of course
much lnterfered with by the storm on Satur.
oay' but IN order to urge forward the govern
ment stores, and the supplies of coal, lum.
Der Ice, &C., for Washington hotels, suffers,
and general use, the full railroad force was
at work throughout Sunday, having loaded
nearly lOO cars for Washington.
The French steamer "Infernap' was b,ovn
TO atoms in the bay of Valparaiso, by the ex.
pioslon OF her magazine. The vessel caught
ire, and thus was caused the disaster NJ
lives were lost, all having had time to escape
Inc British storeship Nessus was injured bv
the explosion.
The foreign papers give accounts of a ter
role casualty in the department of Gard
france. In consequence of powerful storm
the bursting of vater-spout according
10 some statements--Ihe Lale mine was
Il hooded and the sides fell in, buryins all the
"orkmen. An explosion of gas took pac4
at the same time, by which a portion Of the
mine was blown up. The number Of nan
missing, and considered as killed by the ac
'ldent, Is neatly 300
The Pension Bureau has issued n,.oo
'ha' no applications for bounty lands, fer
services IN the present war will be consider-
3D. there being no law providing for such
county Tor military service rendered since i
March. 1855.
Oh fflday afternoon shell was thrown !;
rom the Virginia shore, striking the tent of t
lieut.. bFauns, who has command of the hat. q
cry OF the First Pennsylvania Artillery If r,
'iihcult creek. near Edwards Ferry. oae
the persons In the tent was wounded Ii
lightly IN the arm by the explosion. The Il
hell is supp ,sed to have been thrown from a al
ght battery. h.
1t Is understood that General Mcclellan CT
III continue in the active command in the a,
eld OF the Army of the Potomac. al
Inc best anthracite coal car be bought in
altlmore, by the cargo, at from 81 10 To Il
f'Zo per ton. The best oak wood can also tn
had at Locust Point, from the Eastern wi
1ore vessels, at about 81 per cord in IN.
nited quantities. St
1t is estimated that the EXPENSE. of n. Cit
II lor the year commencing Friday will be We
out i've hundred millions for the Un;ted be-
ates, and three or four hundred millions thf
the Confederates. the
Inc lowest bidders for supplying the fed. ~ =.
u government with lumber, in compliance Wy
tn the proposals, were James p. Cartor ""
. OF Washington, D. c., and not Frede NV
>. bletz, OF Lancaster county, Pennsvl-
ia, as recently stated. An
The Washington Republican devotes ;ts "St
'ntlon TO the exorbitant demands of the arr
W York banks with regard to another upo
ldred million loan. ted.
Intelligence from Japan give promise that The
lange for the better has taken naoo NJ says
'rls, the United States Commissioners SOW. Gen
raauai change is going on among the thro
fmois IN favor Of foreigners and thar berr
e than one half Of them are in tornn 81 Fers
Ign trade and intercourse. or t
me Confederate States Court. in session very
marie ton, Judge Magrath delivered his tose
ioa IN favor Of tho constiiutionaI;tv of Learn
o. A Mans