The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-10
GENERAL NEWS


report that beyond Fairfax Court House. and
towards Centreville. the roads had been
abattlsed so as to impede the advance of the
federal forces. Ceatreville, as a general
thing, had been deserted by the INHABITANTS.
Many OF the houses had been turned into
barracks and officers quarters. Gen. Smith
mad his quarters beyond the town, in a farm
house. The troops were in winter quarters,
the camps being scattered from Centreyille
to Manassas.
A thoroughly posted person states that
only four hundred negroes are at Fortress
Monroe, while four times that number are
hanging about the Federal lines, and fear to
90 within them, lest they should be put to
hard work, or be carried off. The general
testimony of persons from the North is that
no considerable number of fugitive slaves
have fled thither since the commencement
of the war.
The solution of the dispatch received from
the Confederate Gen. johnson, is still wrap
ped in mystery. Some say it is one thing,
and some that it is another. Blu. the truth
is. none but those high in authority know
any thing Of its contents. 9a W as
Schooner Addie E. Barnes, which arrived
at New York on Saturday, reports that on
the second inst, in lat. 80 "a, long. Y As,
heard heavy firing to the westward. There
were three vessels in sight at the time.
Letters from Hayti state that Geffrard will
send a white minister to Washington if
Hayti is recognized, as no colored man Of
any standing would submit to the inferior
social position he would necessarily occupy.
Z The proprietors of the Cohoes Hotel, Co.
hoes, N. r., are surprised at an event which
took place there recently. A young lady
arrived from Albany. took a room passed
the night and went away in the morning,
leaving behind her carefully wrapped par
Gel which proved to be live baby The
landlord doesn't know, what to do with it
nor where to find it's mamma. .,eS
A lecture was delivered in Washington.
on Friday night, on "the difference between
working and Sinking" There is really
very material diference-but some people
in the world make one pass for the other.l-
Capt. VIM. Chase, retired sea captain,
was robbed on Wednesday night in Boston
Of $4,000 worth Of notes and city stocks.
The white population of Charleston, S. c., :
is about 1000 -
The Confederate estimate Of the value Of
the property at the Navy Yard in Norfolk,
land, buildings, vessels, machine.
ry, &c, is $4,61O,056 6S. ta&
A man was captured on Wednesday by
company from one of the New York regf
ments in Gen. McDowelps Division, in the
hollow of an old tree, where he had been
secreted for several days He was fully sup.
piled with provisions. He refused to give
his name, or what his business was. He
was sent to headquarters. hla3
Think Of 2l5 men and boys immured in
a coal. pit-buried alive! That was the last
accident in the mining districts of England
ind after a weeks labor not one of the num-
Der was rescued. The deadly gas and the
'alling earth almost prevented the work of
leliverance. a1 n t'si sieiai' les
The question in regard to mau's politi-!
,al position used to be, SIS he sound on The
goose ?" Now, Prentice says, it is, as he.
ound on the eagle?" s1s'ra eiai 'Ai = I
They say Barnum will find in Commodore
Mutt as profitable kernel as Tom Thumb. !
The National 1ntelligencer treats upon the |
EXPULSION of Senator Bright, and expresses
he opinion that his case was decided by the {
'anate with an extremity Of rigor not jaasti- /
ed by the historical circumstances uader !
Ihich the letter that firms the ground of the /
,dictme at a gain St him was written = : GO. :
Francis Petit, tried in Washington, for !.
hooting man some months ago, has bsen /
cquitted. -
number Of robberies. have lately, been !
,mmitted in Nanjemoy district, Charles
5unty, Md. :.;:;a
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