The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-02
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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE OFFICE.
GENERAL NEWS.

Movements in Louisville and elsewhere in
Kentucky afford indications of early move
ments of Federals. Large numbers of them
for the past ten days have arrived and
departed for their respective rendezvous.
Three regiments have arrived at Louisville
daily, and been sent to Bowling Green
Gen. Nelson's command had been withdrawn
from Prestonburg to the mouth of the Sandy,
from which point they were sent to Louis
vile, Wild Cat and Camp Dick Robinson.
The exports of breadstuffs from New York
to Europe during the past week were l,OO0,-
quo, bushels grain, and 61,155 barrels Of
fiour,-a slight falling off from the ship
ments of the past six weeks.
The news of the arrest of Mason and
Slldell had been received in Havana, and
had caused great excitement.
A letter in the Richmond Examiner from
Charleston, dated Nov. 2lst, says 1.-THE
amount of cotton abandoned on the Planta.
tions was very consider able. 1t is not easy
to estimate the quantity with certainty, but
is generally said to be about fifteen hundred
bales Many of the planters, before quitting
set fire to their crops and such other COM
bustible property on their premises as could
not be removed"
The Ordnance Department of the Navy
finds considerable difficulty in getting trans
portation for the heavy guns from point to
point, and among other agents who have de.
clined to assist the Government in this mat
ter, are Messrs j. & N. Briggs, of the Swift
Sure Line, N. Y.
Capt. Gordon, convicted in New York, Of
being concerned in the African slave trade.
has been condemned to be hung on the 7th
Of next February.
According to the New York Express the
departure of the new (Irish) regiment
(63d) from New York. was accompanied by
desperate fight, in which two men were said
70 be killed; and after long fighting, result.
ing in Commissions, bruises, wounds, black
9yes. and the sundry ct ,ceteras of general
'ow, about seven hundred, out of eight hum
lred and fifty of the troops, embarked on the
teamer, some in hopelessly drunken state.
The ansentees had taken refuge in the grog
hops. Afterwards, the regiment proceeded
owards Washington, fighting continually in
ne cars. While crossing the Susquehanna
wo of them were thrown overheard and
rowned. In. passing through Baltimore
desperate contests continued among them
elves; they bayonetted one of their leuten.
nts, &C., &c.
The Havana Diario states that upon the
rival of the steamer Trent at St. Thomas,
ne captain entered a formal protest against
'e stoppage and search OF his Vessel, and
re taking therefrom of Messrs. Mason and
lidell; and an officer left to report the case
the British governments. 49,
The Boston Merchants Exchange has the
'telligence that the privateer Beauregard,
bach was captured by Captain Rogers, of
e gunboat W. G. Anderson, on the 18th
T., had taken two prizes before falling into
e hands of Capt. r. The names Of the
ssels are not known, but one of them. it
known, had on board $4,000 in specie.
hich the privateers threw overheard to nre-
mt it's being taken by the Anderson. =,
The. burning of the ship Harvey Birch. by. 6
Confederate steamer Nashville, as an
unced' in the foreign news, caused the =,
'st intense excitement among the shipping
erchants in New York on Saturday. and
med the chief topic of conversation in bus
ess circles.
The full organization of the Western V;r-
MA Convention was perfected on the 28tb
le work of forming State Constitution
been assigned to nine Committees.
ere is no division of sentiment on the
" State question. There will be an an. :,
cation made to Congress early in the ses.
1or admittance into the Union. The
'eral outside opinion is that q gradual
ane.patlon clause will be adopted in the
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Ihe estimab]e wife of Governor More.
"a, Of Kentucky, is reported to have be.
ne insane since his seizure and incarcera.
d.