The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-23

contracted in 1873. The Roman question il
still before the Italian Parliament. Carl
baldi would, it was said, return to Caprera
Advices from India state that the harvest
was progressing favorably.
A boats crew from the Harriet Ian,
landed on the Virginia side opposite Indian
Head on Friday. The landing was effected
on the farm of Mr.. Otterback, residing il
Washington, and several sheep and in guam
tity Of poultry were obtained from him.
| Four new iron-clad vessels have been or
dered to be prepared by the British govern.
ment.
Mr.. JONES' of Iowa, late Minister to Bogo.
ia, has been arrested by the U. S. govern
ment, in consequence of some letters of his
written to persons in the South, coming into
the possession of the State Department.
These letters expressed his sympathy with
the South.
Gen. Mcclellan has issued an order direc
ting that all persons coming into the Federal
lines from Virginia, shall be sent on to hi 8
headquarters, without precious examination
by any one-a land further, that the telegraph
stations must be guarded, and unauthorized
persons kept off from them.
Gen. Mcclellan, upon the receipt of Gen.
Phelps report of his occupation of Ship Is.
land, yesterday, declared his dissatisfaction
with Gen. Phelps proclamation, stating that
he should have issued no ps.4ianat ton at all
on the occasion.
"A young man deliberately shot and killed
his father while he wss lying asleep in Lew
is county, N. Y, on the l9sh inst The
murderer escaped.
The three weeks parole of Marshal Kane,
of Baltimore, having expired, he returned
to Fort Warren on the Goth inst.
Reviews and flag presentations continue
to take place almost every day, in the divi-
sions of the U. S. forces on the Potomac
lines.
Kentucky has, bya vote of her LegislA-
ture, resolved to assume the payment of her
portion Of the direct tax imposed by the U.
5. Congress, and also by resolution approves
the action of the administration regarding
Gen. Fremont's proclamation and Secretary
Cameron's original report, and requests the
removal Of Mr.. Cameron.
A pamphlet has been issued in Washing
ton explaining and enforcing Mr.. Chase
views on his proposed system OF finance.
The office Of the St. Croix Herald, at St.
Stephens, N. B., was destroyed last night,
by party of Confederate sympathisers, ow-
ing to the opposition manifested by the edi-
tors to the cause of the Southern Confede-
rates.
Col. S. G. Stambaugh, of Pennsylvania
late Surveyor General Of Utah Territory, &C.
companied by Messrs. Gavish and Livingston,
merchants from Salt Lake City, passed
through this city yesterday, ON a visit to the
various camps.
The British frigate Warrior had taken her
coal on board preparatory to setting out for
North America, and the Hero (eightysix
guns) was to leave Portsmouth on the 9Th
ms tant for the same destination.
1t is said that the u S. army in Ken
lucky on the lst day of January next viii
contain one hundred and fifty thousand
men, in seven divisions, all under the COM
mand of Gen. Don Carlos Buell.. This is a
high fgure-and probably exaggerated.
Large numbers of British troops are daily
expected in Canada.
DR.. Bayne's resolutions, offered in the
Maryland State Senate, urging plan to
prevent fugitive slaves from being received
into the lines of the u S. forces, have been
adopted in that body.
Scouts from Kentucky report that a large
contraband trade is being carried on with
the Confederates from Illinois via Cave in
Rock ON the Ohio river. Also, that the
rihed cannon have been placed on the Ten
nessee river for the purpose of sinking th e
United States gunboat Conestoga, which
makes her occasional trips up the river.