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

The hotel business in New York is said to
be in declining condition.
A man, lately employed In boating hay at
Washington. was murdered in the streets of
Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
Gen. Scott is still in New York and his
j health improving it is said. The cause of
his coming back SO suddenly from France is
still unknown.
Both in England and France, at the last
dates, it appears that the release of Mason
and Slidell was confidently expected.
:" In debate in the U. s. Senate yesterday,
on the gun.boat bill, Mr.. Doolittle advised"
the naval committee to inquire of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy "as to some information"
and was very tartly answered by Mr.. Hale,
that "when they wanted his advice they
would ask for it." a1o oai.eesab 6a4
Thifty-odd men are under trial before a
court martial in Missouri, for l.s bridge burn
ing" They were captured by the Federal
troops. and several were in the Confederate
sarmyiaona4ss s8e4s p4saa- s..
1.-The humane conduct of A. H. Stephens.
Of Georgis, in visiting the sick in the hospi-
tails in Richmond, and administering TO them
comfort and consolation, is highly praised in
the Southern papers. eI9 hs443ai ess
In a speech delivered by Gen. Beauregard
in Richmond, he stated that at the battle of
Bull Run. when he saw the advancing rein
forcsments Of Gen. johnson, he thought at
irstsitcwas . column of Federal troops under
Gen. Patterson, and had it been so, he would
have been compelled to fall upon his reserves
and continued the battle the next day.
The Hudson river, at the city Of Hudson.
can now be crossed on the ice.
Prices of flour and wheat are tending
in New York. Dry goods gene.
rally very firm, and prices tending upwards.
The Washington Republican comments
apon what isterms, apparently withou cause,
= the pro-slavery fanaticism ofthe great BODY
# the officers of the U. s. regular army, i
which has thus far paralyzed the war, has
proved too strong for the President and Cab
net" 1t wants an advance but it cla-
nors for 2 kind Of g anti-slavery /" advance
# the Federal troops. III Ia a
The N. Y. World and other New York pa
'ers are denouncing and complaining of the
ction Of the q. S. Congress. especially in re-
erence to financial matters; whilst the w ash
ngton Republican regards such remarks "as
roof Of settled plan to break, down the
legislative representation Of the people," &c.
The subject of the next meeting of the
Baltimore Conferences Of the M. E. Church
Baltimore, is attracting much attention
mong the members of that church.
A number of persons from the Southern
tates are now in Washington seeking en-
loyment. Many of them take the oath of
llegiance to the U. S. government.
The multiplicity of the possible objects of
Ixation, was well illustrated in the resolu. .
on offered in the U. s. House of Represen- y
tives on Wednesday, by Mr.. Colfax, direc.
ng the Committee on Ways and Means to :.
quire into the expediency of taxing rail-
'ad passenger travel, the transfer of stock,
e discounting of notes, all bills of exchange t
I'd all suits in courts of record. t
The first division of Gen. Burnside's expe.
ton sailed from Annapolis yesterday morn
6. The vessels of the second division had
cam up and were preparing to leave yes I
rday afternoon. The whole of the expedi- c
IN will probably reach Old Point to-day.
It is understood that the command, under Q
IN. Lane, is designed for an expedition I
rough the section of country along the t
rkansas border into Texas, simultaneously :
th the movement of the divisions of the U.
army.
A letter from Hagerstown states that it | il
Is body of cavalry under Col. Ashby c
,ich drove back the Federal troops protec. :
g the working parties on the Baltimore l
d Ohio railroad across the Potomac, and
1t the ten thousand Confederates who an. a
ared before Hancock under Gen. jackson Ii,
re all imagination. La