The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Albert was opposed to war with the Uni
ted States, and not friendly to the Palmer.
ston administration.
The price Of wheat in England is 9s. Sd,
in advance Of what it was this time one year
ago.
The q. s. government is erecting two i'm
mense hospitals-one Of them located in
Stones field, northeast of Columbian College
and the other situated in the Infirmary
SCARE. north of the City Hall, in Washing
ton. for the sick soldiers of the army.
Corn is so low in Illinois, that the farmers
in that State will, probably. hereafter give
more attention to wheat, sorghum, potatoes,
&C., &c.
They had their FIRST days aleighing this
winter, in New York, on Monday, with four
inches of snow.
An indianapolis dispatch of the Sd inst.
says the State Bank of Indiana will, under
no circumstances, suspend specie payments.
The New York Tribune advocates direct
taxation as the only financial resource for the
country.
Gov. Gilpin, of Colorado Territory, pike
Peak,) speaks in confdens terms Of the ca
pacity of that region for supplying an un-
limited amount of precious metals.
The Washington Star calls the action of
the U. S. House of Representatives, in per-
sisting in its determination to inquire into
the conduct of the war, and to obtain infor-
nation from the officers, which neither the
War Department nor Gen. Mcclellan think
ought now to be made public, "bad sign,"
a " deliberate usurpation," an imitation of
the "Mountain in France in the worst
days Of the French revolution, &c. The
Star says that if the course of certain mem.
beers Of Congress be not checked, it "bids
fair to turn the arms of one half those in
battle array for the Union, against the other
bali, and to substitute social war at the
North for the current civil war;" DC.
The army bakeries in the Capitol, Wash
ington. are coming to be a nuisance there,
and it is said they are to be removed to the |
Virginia side of the Potomac.
Burnside's expedition is now said to be
: all ready" waiting for orders to SAIL
The U. S. Congress committee, to investi.
rate the conduct of the war, examined on.
Monday Gen. Patterson at length in regard
0 his permitting Johnston to form june.
ion with Beauregard. He vindicated his
ction in that matter to his own satisfaction
t least. claiming to have simply obeyed Gen.
cotts instructions. The committee have
abponaed number of other witnesses, Of
GERS in Gen. Patterson's Command.
The Washington correspondent of the N.
:. Tribune says: Roscoe Conkling's ar.
aignment of the homicidal blunder which
'dered Col. Baker and the nine hundred
lied and missing into the graveyard at
ALPS Bluff, fell upon an attentive House with J..
effect. The inquiry whether West i.
ONT makes generals or only soldiers, will
wv proceed without hindrance."
The Washington dispatch to the N. " q
'orld says: lit is now we'll understood. v
ON the movements Of the Confederates that |,
ey were aware of the destination of Gen. :,
nrnsde's feet. The story goes that it was I
liked of in the family of an official, and by q
e daughter communicated to her lover, who f.
affiliated with the Confederates. The des. n
nation Of the Burnside expedition has been Il
langed, because Of the knowledge the Con- h
derates acquired of the point at which it u
as aimed. The young lady left town re-
ntly. and has not since returned Her ia.
er, it is understood, will shortly leave for =
lrope for the benefit of his health" =
The N. Y. World says that the gu. S. :
,ngress must leave the conduct of the r.
ar to the military authorities - but h
adds, the "proper subordination of d.
e military to the civil power is one of the
feguards Of liberty" II
The N. Y. World says that the expenses ii
the U. s. Government are now $l2 OOO.- &C
per week. th