The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-14

&c, doubtedly the smallest dwarf IN tho 49, :,
gu ana the showmen have been attemnt;n,
-. rival each other in the way of big offers ar
''' every Kind of inducement to obtain the y,
'"eSe OF showing this remarkable l;tt
as n'an TO the public. Barnum has lately gor
ne 10 manchester, and, with his usual success
VIII probably take the tiny commodore b
,e 1'oFill, and come back in triumph with tn
III dwarf under his arm.
X ne voters OF Genoa township, Delawar
q county, Ohio, without reference to mart,
n nave held public meeting, and adonted ,,
n pe'l'l0n to the Ohio Legislature. praying tn,
!. passage of law prohibiting negroes from
:, em'graIing into, settling or holding property
III she State, and also asking, if the act he
constitutional; that the negroes now in Oh;o
70 removed beyond the limits of the State
ne last letter in the London Times from
"apies Is dated December 18th at which
''me the eruption of Mount Vesuyius had
ueafiy subsidized. Speaking of it's destruc-
1--WE raVages, as witnessed at his last v;s;4
VIC writer says: "Torre del Greco had no,
come what Pompeii was after the ea,,h
quake" v IN
In N. 7. on Saturday, there was sl;obtlv
improved feeling consequent upon tho do
oi'ne In exchange and gold. A disposition
20 anticipate the action of Congress in the |
matter of the tariff, gives rise to speculat;ve
transactions, and prices fuctuate hourly
10 oreadstuffs, there was an increased do
mand for wheat for export, and stead;ness
10 hour and rye. Provisions are poino for.
ward in large quantities.
The o. S. Senate, yesterday, refused to e
'aKe up the bill for compromising the owners I
y the British vessel, Perthshire, for an lille. f.
a. detention by the blpckading feet: Mr. v
-a'e reinarking that enough had been done S
or Great Britain for the present. al
BY an arrival at New York from Na,..,
e learn that on the Goth ult. the British f.
o'p'of-war Conqueror, 101 guns, struck on nc
-. sunKen rock on the east side of Rum Kew of
10 wnen last heard from the rock had be
creed i've feet through her bottom. The st,
gate Bull Dog had gone to her assistance ri,
yen. Meigs has preferred charges against
'ps' Reuben P. Hatch, Assistant Ouarte-. ~.
aster of Volunteers. He ia accnsod &c D.
0nduot unbecoming an officer and oen. 10,
man, In having last December, at Cbicss. inc
pa'd Tor $4,000 feet of lumber at the AZ. ton
S'Ve ana exorbitant rate of $40 thousa I'd
noogn ne knew that charge of fraud in
matter was pending against one W;lcor ,
clerk and agent at the time. s;de
me N. Y. Tribune says that NOT ono s;n thei
wnlte lnhabitant of South Carolina b.. writ
ea with the prefers made by Gen. She,. Som
IN his proclamation, when he landed IN som
coast. y" a M
en-. Burnside is a native of Indiana G.
luate OF West Point, and about 81 years acco
ge. has
he N. Y. Albion thinks that the Br;t;.h cock
ner k'naldo has probably gone to Der. oppo
a. the t
:. Iennyson has written an inauoura. 4au
ode TOR Uhe coming exhibition in Emo. avn
II has boon 80. :" Eng at Fla
dale Bennett ''' W mr' Morg
. Weed writes from Paris that the las, rh.
Prince Albert ever wrote was one. at an a.,
'quest Of the Queen, g to soften the des. s,rro,
to Lord Lyons " ~ from
'hbishop Hughes has had an interv;ev cock
Inc French Imperial family, but, it is Al,
found the Emperor very "non.com. VIZ.
;" vince
gagged
account of there being number Of terson
ern families at the hotels in Montreal. A Con
o"'i u0 miles
Dawes, in the U. S. House of Renre. -
Ves' made furious Onslaught, yester- w p
pon the expenditures and contracts of ing ame
'ernment, denouncing them as ruin. Jan
ID declaring that it costs two millions Qs RI
airs every day to support the U. States WHY W. Uf
the field. He said that this state of will be ,
could not be continued much longer No. l,
that "faith without works was dead lar ian III -