The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-05
GENERAL NEWS,

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Gays. IF in the nee Of tAsstSW Apon thia
subject, neae are to be allied tsEAold com.
missions mths army uolsss theyswill hero.
after consent to turn their commands into
hsrbors for the robbery Of loyal citizens Of
their slaves, it il high timetlhst the country
should ksow the fact, that il may hold those
to due responsibility who are thus making
the success If the srms Of the United States
pslpsbls inpossibility, in their work Of
making abolition capital for themselves at
home"
The q. s. Senate, on Monday, rejected the
following military nominations: Andrew j.
Butler, Of CAL. to be Commissary of Sub
sistence; Of lst Lieut. Symmes Gardner, Of
18th Infantry, to Be an Assistant Quarter.
master; Of I'd Lieut.. John Adair, to be lst
4 Lieut.. in the lat Regiment Of Cavalry.
The restaurant keepers in Washington APP
pointed committee to call on the Provost
Marshal and pledge all of them engaged in
business to refrain from selling liquor, un-
der any circumstances whatever, to soldiers;
and to request him to leave their business
with citizens to the control of the civil law
only. as before, on this pledge, and their
further pledge to employ persons to ascer-
tain who shall hereafter sell or furnish IL
quor to soldiers.
Among the bills reported in the U. s. Sc
nate yesterday, was one by Mr.. Sumner to
appoint diplomatic representatives to Hayti
and Liberia. The case of Senator Bright,
Of Indiana, was then taken up and debated
until the hour Of adjournment. In the
House, the bill authorizing the issue of U.
s. notes, &c., was further discussed, but no
vote taken.
Capt. R. w. Evans has been stationed at
the Long Bridge to see that no spirituous IL
quors are either carried over that structure
Or down the river, for the troops. The
steamer Telegraph, destined for Budd's Fer
~, having twenty barrels of whisky on
board, was prevented from making her trip. !
The U. S. Senate has called upon the Sc.
cretary of War for information about the
Hunter and Lane business.
Dr.. Francis Neale, Of St. Mary's county,
Maryland, who was arrested and confined
in Washington about two weeks since, has
been released from custody, and allowed to
return to his home.,
Mark Harrington, tried in Washington on
a charge Of murder, has been acquitted.
A meeting Of all the Southern Railroad
Presidents, &C., is going on this week in
Va.
The Potter Committee report against the
suspects" in Washington, it is said, is
much disapproved Of by strong Union men.
Upon an application made to the U. ). Sc
cretary Of War, to appoint Mr.. Ely one of
The Federal Commissioners to visit the Fed
sral prisoners in the South, it. is said, Mr..
). promptly replied, that if Mr.. E. would
resign his situation as y member of Con-
sress, he would be appointed. Mr.. E. de-
lined to resign.
The Geographic dispatches from Wash
ngton say that Mr.. Seward does not unite
n the general opinion Of European inter-
erence in affairs on this side of the Atlantic.
It is said that opposition is made in the U ,,
}. Senate to the confirmation of the appoint
nent Of Gen. w. A. German, because he had
ome negroes whipped who infested his
camp and sold whisky to the soldiers.
Gen. Halleck has ordered that all officers l
f the University of Missouri, all officers
nd conductors Of railroads, contra stors and
ivil employees in the service Of the United +
states in that State, must take the oath of
allegiance or be deposed He recommends s
hat all ministers, teachers, &c., who are in a
avor Of the Union. should take the oath. i
Z telegram from Washington states that Q
10 answer has yet been sent to the commu- r
Iication from the Confederates received un- l.
Ter the flag of truce, nor has the contents of
he dispatches transpired.
The publishers of the American Farmer a
the oldest and one of the most valuable 8
gricultural journals published in this coun- v
the temporary suspension of tt
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