Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-16

csxFAIaSISe ARRANGEMENTS OF GEN. MCCLELLAN
AND STAFF.
There was an inspection Yesterday at the West
end, Of twenty.fOur wagons; also II two travelling
carriages; the wagons and carriages zach being
drawn by a team Of four horses. The wagons are
designed for the conveyance Of the tents baggage,
&C., Of Gen. Mcclellan and staff and the travel
ing carriages, ingeniously fitted up for sleeping,
eating. writing, &c, route. are also for their
accommodation
The horses are among the finest in the service,
being In excellent condition, and nearly matched
In color and size. They are all dark bays. The
transfers for the train have been selected with
care. Each wagon has painted on the canvas
cover the words, 4" Commander United States
Army"
NAVY YARD.
The steamer Baltimore went down to the 40
tila yesterday, with purser's stores and returned
last night She reports all quiet on the lower Po-
tomac, and the situation unchanged.
An oyster punga ran the blockade In dayligh,
| on Tuesday, and although twenty-six shots were
Ared at her from The Confederate batteries, she
escaped unframed. Two or three other oyster
boats ran up yesterday, but were not fred at
The steamer Jacob Bell has Joined the upper
fOtills again.
the sunken schooner Ocesn Wave.
ST. PAuL's CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA
1t has been stated in Alexandra by leading
Episcopaiians, that the Rev G. A. Smith. on
Inviting Gen. Montgomery, the Military Cover.
nor, to be present at church, at the same time in.
formed him that the prayer for the PresIdent
wouldsbe omitted. Can this be so
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 10, 1862 Editor Stny. The
building occupied AZ hospital for the Morgan
artillery, which was DESTROYED by Ere on Sunday
Mig ht last, was the property Of VIM 6. Cazenove
delegate from Alexandria county in the rebel
az stated
The liquor nuisance among the soldiers in and
around Alexandria Is dreadful. and is increasIng
All the vigilance which can be exercised here TO
ao1te u is vain so long as so much ooseness pre-.
walls in w Washington IN recommending passes 10
be granted 10 improper persons There are only
Two methods OF managing this matter-ei'hPr
throw the business Il importing It into this place
open TO all, or forbid IL to all Our own cit gems
who need little for their usual trade find much
dimeulty Ia getting II; while certain newcomers
connected with army officers or favoritns nj
w arlington, can get IL with ease at the rate of
hundred boxes dav Parties appearing IN he
suffers, or suffers storekeepers get large ouanI-
ties OF barreled liquors and In cases pac ked in
hogsheads. the residue Of the hoghead or other
casing being filed with potatoes, cabbarps &c
and holes left, so that the vegetables can be seen
This fraudulent packing is said to he done by
leading merchants In Washington. These doings
call loudly for the attention OF the " ashingt
police and military authorities. Unless some
thing effective be done there, the army will be
ruined bv these knaves, who would sell their
country ~ any moment, TO put money In their
purses Al Is hoped that soldiers VIII be detail,
for the purpose or 9c'r- --cund and giving qroper
notices to The guilty parties, and that measures
VIII be taken to follow UP the notices with
prompt punishment for violations I annex the
DPdG of h~rE ,lar A.;
Respect for this order requires rigorous measures
FOR lis enforcement on the part Of the Provost
Marshal in Washington:
No wins, beer, or ardent spirita unless they
be for hospital or subsistence stores or the private
stores OF al officer for his own use when tbey
should be so marked Ia dangerous exception this
last shall pass tue guards at any bridge or ferry
on me Potomac, or the guards of any camp or
barracks, without pass from the Provost M srsbai
OF washington, to cover the stores or from tbs sc