The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-27
GENERAL NEWS.

"no" was reierreu tnat portion OF the Prel
; idents message, relating TO the constructio
Of national military road across the Stste
of Kentucky and Tennessee, have under cor
sideration plan for the connection by raj
road of the great centres of the railroad syt
TENS of the North and South. This plal
meets the approval ofthe President to whom
1t has been suggested by Gen. Leslie Combs
Of Kentucky. It contemplates the connec
ton, by direct railroad, Of Chattanooga
Tenn, with Louisville. KY, and Cincinnati
10 complete this connection, it would be ne
cessary to construct about two hundred aut
twenty miles of railroad.
Mr.. Faulkner was welcomed in Richmond
BY the Governor, the Mayor. and q large
concourse Of citizens. He said in his speech
Of thanks that Messrs. Mason and Slidel
feel confident that "Great Britain will pro
tect them and her flag" Mr.. F. thinks "ii
they are not given up, war will ensue-il
they are, the abolition sentiment at the North
will overwhelm the administration.
During Gen. Summers indisposition, Gen.
Heintzleman is to take com and of Sum.
ner's division, with his own.
After dark on Friday evening two broth.
ers-Thomas and Peter Branigan, 63d New
York regiment-went out near the railroad
track to collect some boards for their cook
house. An engine, Of whose approach they
were unaware, struck Thomas, dislocating
his hip and otherwise iujuring him severely.
When Peter was picking up his brother, the
engine reversed and hurt him. Thomas was
conveyed in al amLular ce to the hospital in
Alexandra.
In the o. S. Senate, yesterday, Mr.. Hale,
of N. H., made speech against the release
of Mason and Slidell, and in favor of war
rather than their release. Mr.. Sumner
seemed to think Mr.. Hale "spoke without
knowledge" Both Houses have adjourned
until Monday next.
Gen. Hooker, U. S. A., on the Maryland
side of the Potomac, has recently tried some
Parrot riAed guns he has received. Severa,
were fired across at the Confederate bate
ries-without, it is said, any damage being
done.
The Charleston Mercury SAYS that sharp
engagement took place, on the 10Th, near
Port Royal, in which Eat boat with num-
Der of Federal troops was sunk and "many
killed.
A letter from ex.Gov. Lowe, of Md, was
read in the Virginia House of Delegates, on
the 18th, and several speeches made in re.
spouse to the sentiments it contained of
sympathy for the South. ~
The Fredericksburg Recorder complains
of the inefdciency of the Potomac blockade,
and says the Federal forces have succeeded
in placing buoys at the mouth of AQUA
creek. A she'll thrown from the Maryland
shore on Sunday fell in the camp OF Geor-
gia regiment, and wounded two men.
4 large Powder Mill for the Confederate
States is being built at Petersburg.
Richmond is said to be now one of the
busiest and gayest cities in the COUNTRY
Numbers Of the former residents of Alexan.
dria are there. ALI kinds of business are
Mr.. Ely is in high spirits at his release
from confinement as prisoner. He has
gone on to Washington. Mr.. Voorhees,. of
Ind, who recently was at Fortress Monroe.
has, also, gone on to Washington.
The Richmond Dispatch argues that "all
things unite to force on two great battles in
a few days-onein Kentucky, and the other
on the Potomac lines. The latter seems
doubtful.
The United States government is still |
buying up the steam ferry boats in New
York hsrbor to send them South.
The price Of pork is declining in Cinciu-
,ati and the West generally.
The N. Y. World says that Com. Dupont
md Gen. Sherman, at Port Royal, do not
gree in their plans.
Cholera il making great ravages in Indi.