The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-21

there will be any change in the Navy Dc
partment, as rumored for some time.
A suit was brought in the Essex IN J.)
Common Pleas by w. B. Bradner, against
John R. Pierson. The 'aiutiff brought the
action to recover the amount OF, bill for oil
supplied by him for the torches of the
wide ,Awakes," during the Presidential
campaign of 1860, Mr.. Pierson being the
President of the black capped association.
The, jury gave a verdict for plaintiff. of
'S35 As. - a,i#..#. "a.
A schooner going down the river was be-
Gained and ran aground opposite Stump
Neck, on Sunday, and the Confederates
opened hot fire upon her; the crew deser-
ted and a guard from the First Massachu..
sests Regiment, Col. Welles, was put on
board Itissupposed that the schooner was
got off at high tide. ~ 9'
For a week past the Van Wyck Investiga-
ting Committee have been busy examining
into alleged frauds and abuses in army trans
portators and the conduct of suffers The
! field is an.extensve on and furnishes mine
for he exploration Of the committee
| A bill has been introduced Into the T.. S.
House Of Representatives TO authorize the
payment of !: mpensati6n to parties in Ma
ryland and the District of Columbia whose
property has been occupied for military pur-
posses. :.
O,e Of the captains of the Burnside ex
pedirion, who had baggage enough to more
!; thun sink his craft; says :-"I went with my
story to the General, whu referred me to the
Adjutant who told me to 60 to the Quarermas-
ter, " no sent me to Captain NJ, and Cap
tain NJ. told me to 60 to h-l" N doubt
the skipper thought the proceedings" more
military than civil. PSI l'h -
The Richmond Examiner. IF the 18th
says: We learn that within the last few
days more than City political prisoners have
been examined by the Confederate Commits
sioners and discharged A large number of
these have gone before the different city al
dermen and taken On oath either of alle-i
glapce or>not to reveal nything to the detri-
menr Of the Republic. A large portion of
those thus discharged have been furnished
with passports to 60 home, and have had
Their way paid thereto.
bill has been reported in the Confede.
rate Congress to prevent the publication in
the newspapers of information for the use of
the Federal government of contem plated ar
my movements, or descriptions or plans of
Qualifications &C., &c.
The famous Parson Brownlow is said to be
now at his home in Tennessee, dangerously
ILL.,
One hundred and one Confederate vessels
have reached Havana, since the commence
ment of the blockade.
At last dates business was dull in Cuba.
The New York Herald says, in letter
from Washington, that recent letters re-
ceived. from British statesmen confirm the
statement made some time ago in this cor
respondence that, long before the occurrence
of the Trent affair, the French Ministry had
endeavored to persuade that of Great Britain
to unite with France in breaking the block
ade Ct the Southern ports Of the United
States. 1t is stated positively that M. Thou.
venel distinctly made such proposition to
Lord John Russell, which was politely de-
clined, not because England was not anxi-
Gus for the opening of the Southern ports,
but because the British government was un-
willing to take an active part in provoking
hostilities with this government, although
not averse to France taking the task in hand
and throwing open the ports for their com.
mon benefit" q
The Washington Globe says IAN officer
of high character has Informed Us that, to
his knowledge, On the day when the Pensa
cola ran the gauntlet Of the Confederate
batteries, and before the usual hour of COM
municating the countersisn of the day to
the pickets opposite one of those batteries,
the Confederate pickets boastfully shouted
Eshe countersgn. across the river and added |:
AThe Pensacola is coming down tot light r.