The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-27

Mechanics are wanting in Stephenson
county, Illinois. Rents low and provisions
cheap. Wages to correspond to low prices.
man has been arrested in Richmond,
Va. charged with Offering bribe to the
Southern Commissioner of Patents.
There was crinoline futter in the camp
OF Mumfordsville lately, on account of Gen.
McCook's ordering all the women out of the
camp. Oue lady, an Indiana captains wife
hatly refused to 70 and the General had to
succumb to her will.
A correspondence has taken place between
Gen. Price of the Confederate forces in Mis-
souri,. and Gen. IIalleck, Of the Federal ar.
my, in relation to the arrest and trial of
persons for burning bridges, &c., General
Halleck says that if Gen. Price sends armed
forces. wearing the garb of soldiers and duly
organized and enrolled belligerents to de-
stroy railroads, &C., as military act, 1--WE
shall kill them if possible in oren warfare;
or if we capture them we shall treat them
as prisoners Of war;" but if they come dis
guised, or in he garb of peaceful citizens,
to do these things, II ey will not SO be treated.
From the Cork Examiner we learn that
meetings are being held in Ireland for the
purpose Of providing funds to alleviate the
distress now prevalent i'll many places for
want of fuel. These meetings are being
convened by the clergy, and Catholic and
Protestant ministers are uniting heart and
hand in the meetings to carry forward this
labor of love-
The Wheeling Inteligencer says:-The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, as far as Pat.
tersou's creek and beyond. is again in tolera-
bly, good condition, and trains are run
ming as usual
Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt Richie is spend.
in the winter in Rome.
The State Department in Washington
will be open only to Senators and members
Of Congress on Saturdays, and only to men,
bers Of foreign legations on Thursdays, and
to the public having business there on other
days.
The National Intelligencer in treating up
on the bill recently passed authorizing the
issue of one hundred millions of dollars Of
U. S. Treasury notes, regards it as being
simple aud perspcuous in its terms-meet-
ing the public exigenccs at once, &c., but
ex Expresses the belief that unless the interest
on the bondsis made payable in gold and
silver the whole scheme will be exposed to
dangerous fluctuations, that must greatly
impair the credit of the Government and en-.
nance the expenses of the war"
The arrival of Captain Robt. Tansill, late
Of the U. s. Marine Corps, at Richmond, is
announced. The Dispatch states -" Capt.
Tansill describes the treatment of tue prise.
ners in Fort Lafayette as bad, but says they
were kindly treated at Fort Warren. He is
of opinion that Mcclellan awaits before his
advance, the gaining of some important stra-
tegic point by the Burnside expedition, and
the expirations of the term of enlistment by
the Southern volunteers"
The financial questions now before the u |
S. Congress appear to engross general atten-
ton All the manufacturing interests a,e
alarmed at the prospect of tax alton, and each |
one solcits exemption from excise. on the
score of special merit.
The postal money order system is now un.
Ter formal consideration in the u s. Con-
yress--a bill for the purpose having just been
reported by the House committee on post of.
fees.
The Speaker of the U. S. House of Rep
resentatives, has taken private residence
in Washington, and gives "social reception"
A few of the members. Of Congress, have
dwellings of their own, and follow suit.
From Gen. Fremont's elaborate defence of
bis Missouri campaign, the Com mittee on
the Conduct Of the War, had synopsis
prepared for publication, which was for
warded to New York paper and put in
type. Further reflection and conference
brought about change Of purpose, and the
publication was ordered by the Committee