The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-29
= ALEXANDRIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 49, 1862

couor was oVefmatcHeu, DOtn as regards the
number of troops opposed to him. and still
more in respect to artillery, and that the
Federal troops achieved signal victory, are
what is now admitted on both sdes-and
there does not seem to be as much discrep-
ancy in the accounts Of the battles as has
usually been the case with regard to pre-
vious conflicts ga
The Boston Courier criticises very harshly
Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens late speech in the
US. Hous' of Representatives on the sla
very question, denouncing him for what it
considers his ultraism.
The two most important battles Of the
present war-those of Bull Run and Mill
Spring fought on Sunday--the first
on the 2lst Of July, 1861, and the other on
the 18th of January, 1862.
The condition Of affairs in Mexico is re.
garded with much interest.
Judge Dean, the counsel of Capt Nathan.
iel Gordon, of the SLAYER Erie, who was SEN
fenced to be hanged for being engaged in
the slave trade, has presented to the Presi.
dent letition signed by a number of in
auential citizens Of Maine. headed by ex-
S. nator Evans, of that State, to commute
Gordon's punishment. On Friday last U.
S. District Attorney Smith had an inter-
view with the President, and it is understood
that he was opposed to any interference with
the sentence. The general impression in
/, Washington is that the President will de-
cline to commute the sentence. @
Potter's Investigating Committee report
unfavorably upon the case Of John Watt,
late gardener at the Presidents House,
and complain that notwithstanding they re-
ported their charge Of disloyalty against
Watt to the President, so far from that in.
dividuaps being dismissed, he was appoint
! ed Lieutenant in the U. s. Army-at
which ''the Committee express their sar-i
prise" ei dY sos s5ii'oa a9ss
1t was Rev. IT, G. o. Dwight who was
killed, the other day, on the Rutland Rail
road. in Vermont-not DR.. burgess, as the
telegraph reported. Mr.. Dwight has been a
missionary to Constantinople.
1 Such is the prostration Of business in St.
Louis that thousands Of the inhabitants are
supposed to have left the city, leaving whole
rows Of stores and dwellings without an &C.
cupant This is true, even on the principal
streets. It is stated that elegant stores
which last year, rented for $4,000 per an
num. now lease OF the. rate Of S25 per
month, and a large proportion Of citizens are
able to pay nothing at all. Activity is OBJ
servable only in the movement of troops and
military preparations. sia 1etsiD y as's'
Droves Of beevss, at late dates, were pas
sing through Petersburg, Va, for the use Of
the Confederate army. Large supplies Of
Pork, are also being seat on. 80
Phebe, an aged colored woman, who had
long resided on the York road, near Balti-
more, died on the Oath inst. She was fami-
larly known to the neighborhood as 'Old
Aunt Phebe," and her known age was one
hundred and ten years She was thought
by some to be still older, but there was no
way of establishing the date of her birth be.
yond her own assertion, and her narrative
of events, as far back as, above. "Auut
Ptebe" was a servant in the family of
Charles Carroll, of Carrolton.
The Boston Post says =" John J. Critten.
den is deeply affected by the news from Ken.
lucky, and has not been in the House since
the report of the battle Of Somerset was re-
ceived. He has two sons in the Union army.
and one in the Confederate army"
The Boston Post says =" Office seeking
in Washington is more of a disease than eo-
er. There are no less than eighteen bun-
dred applications for army ,paymasters. For
places in the departments the applications
are legion" ...,4 .,.s .iadJ
The Adjutant General Of Connecticut has |
ordered the selectmen of the several towns
to proceed to draft men for the State militia |
This is not to recruit the army service, but 1
to fill up the active militia force of the State.
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