The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-30
GENERAL NEWS.

to the welfare OF the recent eml8rants "
Hayti. Among these latter emigrants are
persons from Canada, Virginia. Ohio, Mary.
land, Kentucky, the Carolinas, Missouri
Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. 1t lie sta
ted that the U. S. government had got au'
tbori,y to establish a coaling station at
Curacao The Hayden republic is at peace.
The difficulties with Spain are arranged,
Hayt having to pay $25, 900 indemnity.
The story of Lieut.. Hurd. of the Second
Maine regiment" about the escape of him
self and Col. Corcoran from the Charleston
| ai, during the conAagration, was "a hoax"
There was no Lieut.. Hurd in the Second
Maine regiment, and a despatch from
Charleston to the Richmond papers states
that no prisoners escaped during thu fire.
james H. Hurlburt, belonging to the
First Connecticut regiment, who was taken
priso er at Bull Run, was Internationally
| released at Richmond in consequence OF the
services he rendered after the battle to some
of the wounded. He has returned home
and brought with him number OF maps OF
the country and of the defences Of Rich
mond, which were drawn by Union man
in that city. He lad then concealed in the
lining Of his pantaluons.
/, is said that on saturday, at dinner
given by Mr.. Seward to the Diplomatic
corps, "the termination Of the Mason and
Slidell difficulty, was the subject of general
congratulatioD
Rather extensive shipments Of ship timber
to foreign countries are now going forward.
The Washington correspondent of the
i New York Times who processes to have
been skeptical hitherto, is now satisfied that
at some fixed time, not remote" the var
Gus divisions of the grand army" will
take part 10 general movement extending
from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
The London Shipping Gazette of the 18th
states that four new iron clad first class
steam frigases are to be built with all posi-
/ ble despatch They are to be steam rams as
we'll as steam trigates. The projecting stem
under water. is to be twenty feet IN advance
!, of the stem above the water line. These
q fresh additions to the royal navy are to have
!. thirty six Armstrong hundred Founders or
; gun deck and twenty-one on spar deck
. These vessels are all to be larger than the
Il famous Warrior.
l. The Washington correspondent OF tn
Z Philadelphia Press (Forneys) paper says
# eff within the next three weeks the return
q ing messengers of the English Goverpmen
shall End the Confederates routed in Vir
:. ginia, destroyed in Kentucky, annihilate'
:, in South Carolina. Florida, and Texas, ant
driven out of Missouri, there will be no re
- cognition Of the Southern Ccnfederacy"
e The recent great fire at Antwerp destroy
l. ed 100000 worth of property and kille'
twenty fremen. 1t lasted one night and
# day.
l. Ship Tarquin, arrived at Boston. from
e Calcutta, brings as part Of cargo, 1868 bag
\ saltpetre and 1920 bags rice. Both thes
articles will pay at present figures, particu
larry saltpetre, which has more than doubled
its value here while the ship has been max
ing the passage.
r "God save the Queen" was Kissed dow
> at concert in Philadelphia last week.
rs The boa constructor at the Garden 0
Plants, Paris, which swallowed its blanke
* some time ago, and disgorged it about
D. month afterwards, has just died, owing, a
20 supposed, to it's having retained 80 indiges
re tibe mass such length Of time in it
"a body.
y, =, The Philadelphia Evening Journal says
a 1.-THE Trent matter causes much talk an
s,me dissatisfaction, but it is generally bt
IN lieyed this solution Of the question is wist
t. "a ensuriug US continuance of the kind
a, feelings of Great Britain. The surrende
" Of the prisoners has heen contemplated b
e. Mr.. Lincoln and some Of the member of hi
'e Cabinet from the moment their arrest wa
announced"