The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-17

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ave beer made here since the arrival Of the !
.rmy. Weather pleasant The best order
prevails in the city. Preparations are being
made by some regiments for winter com
huts and cabins-but still no
general indication of going into winter
quarters"
The New York World-(War, Adm. and
Union takes the strongest and most de-
vi!ed grounds against the "Confiscation"
proceedings lately inaugurated in the u. 5.
Congress.
A Washington letter says the workmen in
the Government printing -ofice recently de-
chned to wok over eight hours day, un'
der an edict of their "Irade Union" but
when their pay roll was presented at the
Treasury Department, the Auditor would
only allow them eight-tenths of their wages,
and they accordingly at once resolved to
work ten hours, as before.
The Wheeling Convention has decided
upon the boundaries Of the proposed state
of Western Virginia, comprising thlrty-one
Northwestern and Western counties, and
taking 10 Greenbrier, Monroe, Mercer, Nc
Dowel, and Pocahontas. They will also,
take in Hampshire, Morgan. Berkeley, Jet
ferson, and Pocah ntas. if majoriry uf the
people Of those counties vote to come in. 1t
is thought this movement will embarrass
operations. The subjects Of treason to the
State, and slavery were before the Convea-
ton.
John Hogan, the late postmaster Of ST.
Louis, has been arrested, charged with the
ENLIGHTENMENT of several thousand dollars
from the department during his term of
Office. He was held in $4,000 bail.
The Louisiana Baptist learns that a facto-
ry has just been established in Claiborne
parish, in that State, for the manufacture of
corn shelters, wheal-fans, spinning-wheels,
looms, and many other similar articles
that are largely uaed in the Southern Con-
federacy.
The schr. Emery from Savannah, with a
cargo of turpentine. arrived AT Halifax on
the 18th inst She loaded at Halifax about
two months before, with salt, fish, p TX, &C.,
and landed her cargo safely at Savannah
For the pork she got $50 per barrel.
Ga the 9th inst, the penthouse and pro-
veuder of Benjamin WEIGH, Of Nanjemoy
district, Md, was burned. MIR. VS. loss
was considerable, his crop of tobacco, fodder,
much Of his corn, all his farming ute sils,
and beef housed in the pens, were de-
s5royed.
A spirited contest is going on between the
friends of Rock Island, Illinois, the Fox
River, Wisconsin, Peoria, and Chicago, as
the proper location for the new u S. armory
and foundry. 1t will not be surprising if,
ow ng to these local differences, the new
foundry, and perhaps an armory also, is To-
Gated at Pittsburg.
The N York Herald says 1t is due to
truth to state that the public mind is becom-
lug rapidly familisrized with the idea of a
general suspension Of specie payment, as a
measure of precaution."
Wood and oyster boats, on their way up
the Potomac hug the Maryland shore, and
are not often fired at from the batteries on
the \ irginia shore They mostly pass up
in the night.
Salt water terrapins- making a famous
cure for epicures-are scarce and higher.
even for the fashionable CIRCLES" 1t is
said they sell for from $l7 to SlS per dozen.
The New York Herald thinks the news
firm England Is very serious and of grave
Importance; and does not deny the threaten
ing aspect of affairs towards the United
States.
In the U. s. Senate, yesterday Mr.. Hale,
of N. H., denounced the continued course
Of inaction and indecison that had marked
the conduct of the present war"
Upon landing at Shipping Hand, mouth
Of the Mississippi, it is said that General
Phelps of the Federal army, issued pro-
camaton strongly anti-savery in its Tone -"
A call in the House of Representatives for
the official documents in relation to the
Balls Bluff disaster has led to the inrerpo.
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