The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-28

1'o't OF the Confederate soldiers dircctlv
q front of Washington are housed hetveo
u Duh nun and Manassas: a stuff ient force I
man the forts at Centreville only being lei
3 tnere' 1t is believed that large portion q
l. the army of the Potomac is distributed
Q various points in Virginia, upon the lines
'ne ra'lroacs converging at Manassas. B.
'o's plan they can be more easily subsiste,
ana at the same time be rapidly transnor
to point of danger.
3 Gen. Benham, released from arrest ho,
applied to be put under active seryics unt;
MS trial. Gen. Mcclellan has the subject
together with the charges preferred and de.
fence of the General, before him.
In answer to despatch from the the It
>. War Department asking how manv
troops can be in readiness in two weeks. the
Governor Of Maine says he has three full
regiments Of infantry, one regiment of cav
airy and five batteries of artillery that can
be ready to march in forty.eight hours
1t is faid that letters from New Orleans
and other Southern cities are still received
at New York and Boston, some OF the letters
containing remittances. They probably are
IN the first place sent by vessel running the
blockade, and thence by the regular mail.
AT the stock board in New York, yester
day, Virginia IS advanced !, Missouris !
and Tennessees ]; North Carolina 6's declined
1 N. Y. Central r advanced 4, and Reading
L fell off J.
The arrests for circulating counterfeit
money IN Washington and vicinity, are four
or i've in number. The supposed chief is
George 5. Becker, who kept periodical
store IN the National Hotel building, and on
Saturday he was arrested. At the time of
MS arrest he had upon his person only - in
counterfeit money, but ON searching his
room con siderable amount was found in
his trunk. 1t consisted of notes On bro
Ken banks, counterfeits or good banks. and
a lot Of bogus half and .lquarter ollars,
IN ali to about $4OO. Thew an
pearod as if newly made and not yet circu-
lated Those arrested as Becker's supposed
accomplices were Henry Glare, joseph A.
Maitingly and M. Sellers, employees Of
Becker, and Maria Buch, who claims to he
his wife
It's reported in the Northern papers that
Gen. Lawton, is about to be superseded in
his command at Savannah. in conseonence
't dissatisfaction at his supposed Union pro.
;llytles An advance of the Federal troons
N Savannah is spoken of.
AT one of the recent destructive fires II,
New Aforementioned in yesterdays Local
News about 1000 bbls. of whiskey were
n the cellar in one of the stores. An ex.
'loson ensued which injured several of the
iremen. These fires were the most disas. +,
rous ones that have occurred in New York j
or several years The total loss of the fire =,
n Sunday was 100000. Nothing but the SC
rails of the Fulton Bank are left STANDING
the houses consumed in Fulton and Pearl BE-
treets. pl
Everybody in France, who can, will now =
cate. The Emperor and Empress and the
little Prince" have recently skated in pub
c, and that settles the matter. r
The Washington correspondent of the i
altlmore Sun says :-"Instructions to Gan a..
ane are based substantially, it is believed II
Jon ideas thrown out in high admins n Lac
alton quarter to the following effect, i. 9
o let slavery be disposed of by military
cessities and the course of events. IF
sves come within our lines from the nlan. =
tions beyond the Federal lines, use them ~,
they can work on Notifications, &c.. use
cir services, closhe feed and nav them.
necessary, arm them. If slaves of rebels u"
10 them" VIII
The newspapers in Peru advocate a pn;on :
the Spanish South American States g..
ltual protection, agais Spanish ngur.s. -
n. oo-
The Philadelphia Ledger speaks of fnan
4 dlfhcaltIes as becoming more complies.
land of the aneasiness they are hiring.
, upon thoughtful and thinking men everS.
ere. bes
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