The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-11
GENERAL NEWS.

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Bills have been introduced into both
houses Of the us. Congress to punish
frauds upon the government. and to render
persons guilty Of frauds ineligible to Office.
9 It is said in the N. Y. Herald thst Gen.
Sigel is not popular with the officers of the
regular army-but that be has the confidence
Of his soldiers-aud it hopes he will not re-
sign. i.2 5l '1
The Almanack de Gotha, highest possible
authority, records Victor Emmanuel King of
Italy, and ignores entirely the ex,Kings Of
Modena, Naples, Parma, and such small
beer. :, ,.t....
! President Lincoln has place in the Al
manack de Gotha this year. in sri, az
The splendid brown stone fronts in New
York are said to be showing signs Of decay.
Many of the inmates decayedAong since.
~ The duty on tobacco in England amounts
to about seven times the first costprice As
. consequencesit is extensively adulterated
withvrhubarb leaves. dsslls t'9l9.
p Gen. Buell. has been in command in Ken
lucky for over two months, and during that
time has not issued one proclamation, nor
win he permit any Of his generals to in.
dulge in that luxury. ilS 80 - ''H@
= Gen. Burnside, determined that no indis-
Greet correspondent should make public any
details concerning his expedition, or its des-
tination, qpartered the correspondents on
board the Cossack, and virtually made them
prisoners of war until the petition sailed.
Yesterday, large number Of the vessels
of the Burnside expedition were passed off
the mouth Of the Rappahannock, going to-
wards Old Point. 8i .4aoqt aomfsf a3F
5 . On Wednesday morning. before daylight
three steamers of the Potomac fotilla threw
shells at an encampment of the Confederates
at Fouke's Landing, and also at the batteries
at Aqua creek There was no response
from the batteries. ao 9sa e
The Richmond Examiner ridicules the
idea of Southern tariff on importations in
a time Of Blockade and war. { [
The Richmond Wing complains much of
the inaction of the Confederate army on the
Potomac lioes, and condemns the policy of
delay and no fight.
The specie reserve of the New York banks
is more than twenty-five millions of dollars.
The N. Y. Herald says:-"Pending the
inaction Of Congress- on taxation, people are
not willing to hold Treasury notes. and .
largo proportion of the merchants invest
their means in gold and exchange as the
safest kind Of property to hold"
It appears that q sample of cotton grown
in Christian county, Illinois. in 1861, was
sent to the Supply Association Of Manches.
ter, EDglaud. and . member Of the House Of
Commons writes in reply that it is better
than New Orleans cotton.
The destination Of Burnside's expedition
10 still entirely although there
arc hundred rumors and reports a. to
where il 10 70 land.
The week closes, with, ~ far a. heard, no
army movements Of Importance, on the PO-
tonac lines, by either side. All
DR.. Chssver's lecture in Washington, on
''the justice and expediency Of immediate
military Observation-Disclosures Of the most
ultra abolition stamp, advocating the entire
subjugatien Of the South, and the emancipa-
ten and arming Of al the slaves, &c.
Three thousand Federal troops are said to
bs ct Tybee Island. Twelve vessels are
waiting storage at Port Royal. Progress is
being made in tho collection Of cotton, and
.'contrsbands" continue to come in.
In the q. :. Senate, yesterday, the case of
Mr.. Starke, Senator from Oregon, was refer
red to the Judiciary Committee. The sut.
Iier's bill WAS discussed. In the House Of
Representatives the appropriation bill, and
especially the coast survey appropriation,
which had the day before been stricken out
of il, was discussed, and the appropriation
restored.
An order was issued from the U. s. War
Department yesterday, transferring General
Denver from Kansas to Western Virginia.