The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-10
GENERAL NEWS.

Two weeks since Gen. Mcclellan request
ed of the Secretary of War the appointment
of Frank Patterson, son of Gen. Patterson,
rs Brigadier General Yesterday an order,
for his. appo;ntment was seat BY the Presi-
dent to tho War Department.
The entire amount of understandable cotton
brought by the Vanderbilt from Port Royal,
will, it is now said, not much exceed one
hundred and twelve thousand bales, or two
hundred and fifty bales of the usual size.
:" Mr.. W. T. Smithson, Of Washington, has
been arrested, charged with being in commu-
nication with the Confederates. He is a
Virginian by birth, leading member of the
M. E. Church South, and employed in bust
ness as 4 banker. as'i'"".2 .ass 'ai
Ex.Gov. Morehead, of Kentucky, has been
released from Warren on parole.
Bank committees from Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, &c., have come on to Washing
ton to confer with Mr.. Chase.
The u. s. Agricultural Society is now
holding its sessions in Washington.
An accident occurred on the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, near Chicago, on the 9th, by
which ". A. Barron, late county judge. was
killed. and seven persons killed.
In the general appropriation bill before tho
U. s. House Of Representatives the other
day, several items Of appropriations for the
1 public buildings and the city of Washing
ton, were considerably raced.
The provost marshal Of Washington, 'out-
done,," as Mrs. Partington would say, at the
Washington 'serenades, has determined to
suppress them. '''3'a - - :
i. Gen. Seigeps resignation, if he has made
any, was not received at the War Office in
- Washington up to yesterday. saa gvs7.
Four hundred and eighty-seven sick and
3 wounded q. s. soldiers are officially reported
. - being in the general hospital in Alexan-
dria. amt Vtai4ud.ItI5s'
>. The recent movement of the Orleans ,prin-
ces, from the, army on the Potomac, to Bos-
ton, is ysriously commented on BY the North
erne press. There are some pshasos uttered.
The N. Y. Post is disposed to be censori-
Gus in certain way--by an oblique hit-of
3 Gens McC lellan, and those who advocate
s'.Idelay" policy in the conduct of the war.
An investigation is going on before COM
-isbitsse Of the U. s. House of Representatives
dihtothe censorship alleged to be exer.
.scisedgover all'news scnt by the telegraph.
q Gen. Shields was threatened with ..sere-
nade," in Washington, on Wednesday night,
and the punishmens was inflicted, and he
had to maksia speech. The speech was an
eloquent one. g da'lsoa q baf 6.saea :
'a1- Henry Carroll, esq, planter Of St. Mary's
county, Nd, was last week arrested by the
military upon the charge Of facilitating com.
muhication with Virginia. He is now in
custody at McHenry. vac 4''
esoAn accident occurred in Annapolis harbor
son Tuesday night, by which seven soldiers
belonging to the Twenty seventh Massachu-
sets regiment were drowned. Anumber Of
the soldiers were on the way to the vessel
containing their regiment ir small boat.
when it was ran into by tug boat and bro
ken to pieces, the men drowning immediate
ly. The night was.an unusually light one,
and it seems to be the general opinion that
the accident could have easily been avoided
if proper lookout had been kept on the
tug. g,,,..,.,.F asia a. gtet.fse9 IS
On the arrival of the train from New York
at Bridgeport on Monday, twenty volunteers
got on board with their bayonets from En-
field rifles sheathed. The conductor, Mr..
Sanborn, came along soon after the cars had
started, for the fare, when number of the
volunteers refused to hand it over-threaten.
ing Sanborn, meanwhile, in a most serious
manner. Half dozen bayonets were drawn
upon him, when he wrested one from the
hands of the holder, and defended himself.
Others of the Passengers came to his rescue
with clubs Of wood, while the engineer
threatened to decapitate the mutineers with
his axe. At one time four or five of the vol
unteers had hold of tho conductor at onca