The Local news. [volume], December 12, 1861, Page 2, Image 2

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Union MK_TiNO.—The Union AseoeiaAion
held its usual weekly meeting, at Lyoeum
Hall, last night, S. Shinn, prsttdir** ;
The band of the Eighty eighth Pennsylva
nia regiment attended, and interspersed the
exercises with music.
After the usual preliminaries, the Presi
dent called upon all who wished to unite
with the Association to come up, and give
their names to its constitution, whereupon
some thirty persons came up, and, having
given their names, were called by fives, and
the following oath administered to them by
Lieut. Wagner:
" You., and all of you, do most solemnly
swear that you are loyal citizens of the Uni
ted States, and that you will not give aid,
comfort or information to the enemies there
of, in any manner whatsoever."
The President regretted that Judge Freese,
who it was expected would have been pres
ent, and given information in regard to the
new company of volunteers, had been called
away to Washington. The preliminaries of
the new company had, however, been ar
ranged, and some sixty names obtained.—
American Hall bad been selected as a drill
room for them, and their quarters would be
at No. 171 King street. Captain Schaedle,
who had charge of the new company, was
present, and would make a fuller explana
tion.
Captain Schaedle then came upon the
stand, and said that he had taken upon him
self the work if raising a volunteer compa
ny here, and had succeeded in enlisting forty
good men, who were ready to shoulder the
musket and follow the flag wherever it went.
The quarters and drill-room had been provi
ded, and, in a short time, the company would
be mustered into service. He saw a great
many come up there, and swear to support
the Constitution and the Union, and then
laugh at the now company. He knew what
they came there for! They wanted to get a
pass. [Laughter and applause.] They
wanted to go to Washington or somewhere
else, and they came up and joined the As
sociation to suit their private views. Here
was the poor soldier ready to lift his musket
and fight and die for his flag, and there
comes up the rich man, and says, " I'm a
loyal citizen—l want to go to Washington—
give me a pass." [Laughter and applause.]
He wanted this home guard filled up. The
members would be stationed here, but if it
was necessary to go out a mile in the coun
try, or two miles, or five miles, they would
have to go wherever they were needed to de
fend the flag. He excused his German pro
nunciation, saying that, although he had
been fourteen years in the country, he could
not speak English very well, but be meant it-
Why were men backward when our forefa
thers, barefooted, with their bread and meat
and hominy in their pockets, had signed the
Declaiation of Independence, which had
proved such a benefit to their children. He
continued at some length, urging the filling
up of the home guard list.
The President read a resolution, that the
members of the Association display the
American flag from their houses and places
of business within five days. He said it had
been sent up from the floor, and was offered
for passage.
A member in the northwest corner—Mr
President. I'd like it better if it was in the
form of a request; Ido not like to be forced
to do anything.
Voices—Put him out—put him out.
The member said he'd like to see the man
to put h'ni out. lie was willing, upon being
desired to do so properly, to display a di zen
American flags.
The President said the remarks of the
member were perfectly iv order, aud suuh as
he had a 1 Igbt to make. He hoped never to
hear again iv that hall a cry to put anybody
out. He suggested to the member to move
an amendment.
The motion was made, and the resolution
having beeu amended so as to request the
display of the flag, was adopted.
The President said that he had hoped that
Mr. Segar would have addressed the meeting,
but he was called away to Old Point. Next
Wednesday he would promise an address
from Mr. Carlisle, U. S. Senator.
Lieut. Wnguer then addressed the meeting,
lie agreed fully with much that. Captain
Schaedle bad said, but thought some of his
hits were just a little bit too bard. He was
glad that a resolution had passed requesting
tbe members of the Association to display
the American flag from their houses and
places of business. When his regiment en
tered this city, there were but two or three
American flags floating ou the streets. That
number was now increased, but now he
hoped to see flags showing all over the city.
He rather suspected that the resolution had
been offered by a dealer in flags. (The Pres
ident declared it had not.) He bad thought
that perhaps some one had a large lot of
flags, and wanted to create a market for
them. [Laughter.] He was veiy glad, how
ever, that the resolution had passed. There
were 635 members of the Association. Sup
posing that 135 had gone to Washington on
passes [laughter], there was still left enough
to display five hundred flags. Think how it
would encourage the Union troops asd annoy
the secessionists. He wanted secession here
buried in American flags. He was glad for
another reason. This dipplay of flags would
make the members of the Association who
were unwilling, for fear of loss of custom, or
gain, or position, to declare themselves open
ly. He hoped all who came here and took
the oath, always remembered that it was re
gistered in heaven—not that he meant to in
sinuate that all who took the oath did not
keep it. By no means. But there might
be occasions and temptations which would
make them swerve a little from duty. He
trusted that, on such occasions, they would
call to mind what they had solemly sworn,
for, if they did not keep their oath, their
part would be with perdition. He was glad
to hear of the new company, and hoped that
company after company would be added to
it, until it grew into a regiment, and could
be left to (_u;ird the town, while the other re
giments moved on South to retake Fort Sum
ter. He closed by commending the Ameri
can flag as floating nowhere over an oppress
ed people.
The bund then played an air, and, in an
swer to calls, Mr. Snyder sang a Union song,
after which the meeting adjourned.
WAR NEWS.
An alarm was made by a Wisconsin reg
iment on Tuesday night that the Confede"
rates were advancing on the Potomac lines.
The divisions of Franklin, Sumner, Heint
zleman, McDowell, Porter and McCall were
all ordered under arms. But the alarm is
said to have been unfounded. The Federal
scouts reported that tbere were no Confed
erates this side of Fairfax Court House. All
the Federal troops were kept yesterday un
der arms, in cane of an attack. It is repor
ted by them that 30,000 Confederates are
about Occoquan.
We have dates from Port Royal to the
6th inst. Tbe town of Beaufort has been
occupied by 1,000 Federal troops Tbe
Pawnee and several transports with troops,
have been sent to Tybee Island Agents
have been appointed to secure such cotton
on the small coast islands as can be ob.
tamed.
From Kentucky we have no tidings beyond
the burning of a bridge at Whippersville,
on the Memphis Branch Railroad, by a de
tachment of Federal trooj s. Of the Confed
erate guards at the bridge—thirteen in num.
ber —two were killed, aud the remainder
taken prisoners.
! The Confederate privateer Salley has ta
ken three prizes—the Betsy Ames, the Se*
nora, and the E. K. Keating—all of whom
are owued at the North. The Keating was
burned and scuttled at sea; the other two
were brought safely into Charleston harbor.
The United States (Juar.erinaster's De
partment has asked C ingress for au appro,
priution ot $1,000 000 in addition to the
$1,000,000 voted at tlie former session to
meet the expenses incurred from the armed
flotilla on the western v aters.
A portion of Gen. lleiutzleman's division,
on Wednesday, went as far as Ooei quan.—
Also two brigades from Gen. Sumner's Di
vision wont within two miles" of Fairfax
Court Hi use, picketing to the left on the
line of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
beyond Accotink Creek. They report that
they saw uo Confederate troops.
Heavy firing was heard during Monday,
in the direction of Newport News, and up
James River on Tuesday, and it was the im
pression at Old Point that either a gun-boat
or a battery engagement was in progress.
On Tuesday the Confederates sent several
shots acrobs the Potomac at Dam No. 5, and
the skirmishers on both sides kept up a scat
£ring fire on the shores for some time.
La Mountain, of Potomac, made a balloon
cension from Cloud's Mill, landing four
miles from Washington, on Tuesday, lie
reports that the force of the Confederates at
Fairfax Court House is very light between
Fairfax aud Vienna. There is an increase
of strength, however, one regiment of caval
ry having been stationed there since last
reconnoissance, and all along the line very
considerable additions bave been made to
the scouts.
The wood work of the Long Bridge is be
ing entirely rebuilt.
A fight is reported to have taken place on
Tuesday, near the town of Waverly, Mo.,
but the details have not been received. It is
also reported that a scouting party surprise.
Confederate a rebel camp in Saline couniy, in
the same State, and captured some army
stores and about fifty prisoners. General
Price, it is rumored, is advancing north
ward.
GENERAL NEWS.
The old memorial of Mr. Treadwell, of
New York, complaining of Judge Taney,
for not acting upon a complaint presented to
him against certain prominent secessionists,
in January last, has been again brought up
in tbe Senate, and referred.
A motion has been offered in tbe Senate
to expel Waldo P. Johnson, of Missouri,
from his seat, for secession proclivities.
The large vote in the Senate for the reso
lution of inquiry or investigation as to cer
tain disasters during the war may lead to
some interesting disclosures.
Gen. Winder, commanding at Richmond,
is complained of by the Federal prisoners
as being harsh and severe; Gen. Huger they
speak of, as kind and courteous.
John McClare, of New York, has succeed
ed in introducing to the Government the new
Morgan tent, and orders had been given for
manufacturing them.
Reverdy Johnson is engaged as counsel
for Col. Kerrigan, now on trial at Washing
ton before a court-martial.
The Louisville papers unanimously con
demn the policy of Cameron in reference to
the emancipation and prospective arming -1
the slaves.
Most of the reports said to be furnishec
by deserters from the two belligerent armies,
as published in the newspapers, are mani
festly false altogether, or gross exaggera
tions. These men know but little, and falsi
fy that, according to the general belief.
The office of Reporter of the Supreme
Court, made vacant by the resignation ot B.
C. Howard, is worth three thousand a year,
besides' perquisites amounting to severa
thousand more.
Two men, formerly employees of the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company,
who went South five months since to get
their pay, and were not allowed to return,
have arrived at Gen. Sumner's lines.
Recruiting for the navy, brisk as it is, is
not brisk enough to supply the demands o
the service. One hundred and thirteen ves
sels are now fitting out, and six thousant
more seamen are wanted to man them. Flag
Officer Foote also wants one thousand men
to man the Mississippi flotilla. He expects
them to come from the lakes.
Garrett Davis has been r.ominated as U.
S. Seuator, beating Guthrie one vote.
Some deserters from tbe Confederates
have come into the Federal lines in Western
Virginia, representing that the roads are
impassable, and that there is much suffering.
A swift Hilling war steamer and a gun
boat have been despatched by the Secretary
of the Navy to intercept the Nashville on
her return trip. Other troubles are also in
6tore for this somewhat faint us vessel The
; loyal owners of 'he Nashville—who th?y are
is not stated—have also iiu-de nrningemeri's
for getting posst s.«ion of her hy sending out
a writ of attainder to be executed at South
ampton.
Secretary Chase thinks the war will be
terminated before midsummer next year.
The Washington correspondence of the
New York Tribune, says of the Republican
caucus of Monday evening;—"Thaddeur-
Stevens startled the caucus by declaring that,
after Mr. Cameron's report had been accep
ted by the President, Gen. McClellan went
to him and threatened to resign if it was
sent into Congress with the passages re
specting the emancipation and arming ol
the slaves of rebels unmodified " The Wash
ington Stur says, it is at "liher'y to say tha
if Mr. Stevens made any such statement, he
stated that which was not true."
. The Military Committee in the U. S.
House of Representatives has reported a bil
authorizing tbe Provost Court of Alexan
dria to retain and keep all property of those
iv arms against the Federal government.
A soldier was murdered in a house of ili
fame in Washington, on Tuesday night.
The Boston Post complains that while a
great ado is kept about negroes in the Wash
ington jail, there appears to be no sympathy
for white men confined there, on slight
charges.
The seamen and marines at the Navy
Yard, in Washington, had a "sham fight,"
fur practic-i, on Tue-iday afternoon.
In the Maryland State Senate, on Tuesday,
Mr. Bayne, of Prince George's, (•> strong
Union man,) submitted a preamble and reso
lution stating thai a war waged for the ex
tinction of slavery, would crush eat the Un
ion party in the Border States, and calling
for a joint committee to wait on General Mc-
Cleltan to solicit the adoption of some plan
for preventing fugitive slaves from entering
tbe lines of the Federal army. The commu
nication of Dr. Lynch, a member of the Sen
ate, but imprisoned at Fort Wsrren, after
Betting forth the particulars of his request,
closes with a request that the Senate of Ma
ryland " will take such action in the premi
ses as it may deem due to its own dignity, to
tbe rights of one of its members, and to the
constituency he is commissioned to repre
sent."
The Washington correspondent of the N.
Y. Herald states that Mr. Lincoln is entire
ly opposed to the policy of the radical wing
of his party, and has declared that " eman
cipation would be equivalent to a John
Brown raid on a gigantic scale." He favors,
however, the confiscation of those slave g
w hose masters have actively participated in
the establishment of the Southern Confede
racy, and also some scheme of colonization
which shall rid the c untry of the negroes
who may happen to be liberated during the
progress of the war.
MISC ELL AN EO Us 7 ~
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WANTED—A FURNISHED HOUSE, of
moderate size, for a small family, in a cen
tral location in this city; or a conveniently fur
nished ROOM, with board, for a gentleman and
wife. References given if required. Address,
stating locality and terms, Box 380, Post Office,
dec 11—tf
TO RENT—A very substantial FIRE
PROOF WAREHOUSE on the wharf, near
Mr. George D. Fowle's Warehouse, secure from
any damage of the lower floors being overflowed
by the highest tides.
dee 11—lw» JOSIAH H. DAVIS.
WOOD! WOOD!! WOOD!!!
AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE of SEASONED
OAK WOOD can be had on application, at
the depot of the Alexandria, Loudoun aad Hamp
shire Railroad.
JOHNH.~DEVAUGI_AirS
AMBROTYPE GALLERY,
No. 111, King Street,
Oppositb the Marshall House.
nor 29—lm*
JULIUS DINELT, DENTIST,
Office. No. 17 Washington street, above King.
WHERE HE CAN HE FOUND AT ALL TIMES.
nov 22—lm*
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JOB PRINTING, HANDBILLS, CARDS,
BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS, Ac, Ac,
neatiy and expeditiously printed, on the lowest
terms, at the Alexandria Gazette Office, near the
corner of Prince and Fairfax streets,
nov 6—lw
DRUGS, CHEMICALSr&c.
DRUG STORE.
HENRY COOK ft CO., 89 King St., Alexandria,
KEEP a constant supply of Drugs, Chemicals,
Patent Medicines, Spices, Perfumery, Fan
cy Articles, Coal Oil, Ethereal Oil, Lamp Oil, Lard
Oil, Alcohol, Dyo Stuffs, Paints and Paint Oil of
all kinds, Window Glass and Putty, Coal Oil
Lamps, Stove Polish, Paint Brushes, and every
article usually found in a well regulated Drug
Store. oct 11—tf
PORTLAND KEROSENE.
iAA GALLONS of the above, which is uuiver-
Trl/V sally acknowledged to be equal, if not su
perior, to any other, received and for sale at a re
duced price. HENRY COOK A CO.,
nov9 "-arepta Hall, King street.
OIL! OIL II OIL!!!
LARD OIL, Machine Oil, Linseed, both raw and
boiled, Ethereal Oil, pure Noatsfoot Coal Oil,
Train and Tanners' Oil, received and for sale by
nov9 HENRY COOK A CO., Sarepta Hall.
GROCERIES
BUTTER.— Fresh HULL BUTTER, just re
ceivod, anil for sale by
dec 5 JOHN T. COOKE.
NE.V BUCKWHEAT, put up expressly f*»r
family use, for sale by
nov 28 JOHN T. COOKE.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
HENRY G.rfafc_4>,
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURER,
No. 74 King street, Alexandria,
KEEPS on hand, and is prepared to manu
facture BOOTS and SHOES of all kinds.
MILITARY BOOTS or SHOES made at
the shortest notice, and of the best material.
Persons in want of a good article in his
line, will do well to give him a call. oct 7
WOOD.
PRICE REDUCED.
OAK WOOD! OAK WOOD!!
I AM AUTHORIZED to take orders for OAK
WOOD, to be delivered at $6.75 per cord.
Call at Wise ,fc Co.'s Coal Office, King street,
nov 15—lm* B. T. PLUMMER, Agent.
DRY GOODS."
DRY GOODS.
BRYAN A ADAMS, Agents,
No. 76, King street. oct
jewelryT&o.~
"~ W. wTDAM,
DEALER IN WATCHES, JEWELRY, AND
SILVER WARE.
All kinds of WATCHES and VLOCA'S re
paired.