The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-22

A letter from Troy, N. Y, published in the
N. Y. Herald. gravely announces that T" the
long anticipated cock fght--the Athenan
the boasted pleasure Of China,
India and the Philippine Island, and the ia
vorite subject Of Aristophanes, the Greek
between Albany and Troy cocks, came off in
Trey, on the 2lst inst, ia the cock loft OF !
Paul Kavanaugh's saloon, ia Congress street |
The elite Of American sportsmen, from John
Morrissey down, were present, aud the whole |
scene was mostly CHARACTERISTIC of liberal
American life, unrestrained By the poltce.--
The contest engaged the attention OF Albany
and Troy cocks exclusively, and up to half
past twelve that morning the Albany birds
were in the ascendant, hopes turning evi-
IDENTIFY upon the final victory of the Troy
game"
Important changes, it is said, are about to
be made in the disposition Of the New York
regiments in the U. s, army enlisted for only
two years. There are thirty-eight of these
regiments in the field, and they comprise the
only ones not enlisted for the war. 1t is
proposed to have them allotted to brigades
from which their removal at the end Of their
term of enlistment will be attended with no
such results as in July last attended the
withdrawal from active service Ut the three
months regiments.
The Washington Star says -" Last Sun
day, a man protesting to be Captain A. G.
/ Ward. of the Indiana volunteers, met with
Mr.. Mathews, a soldier in one Of the New
York re giments, at Brvwn's Hotel, and they
two went together the entire day. visiting
numerous places aud enjoying themselves in
any way they pleased. They visited the Sew
enlh Ward, and the captain led his conpaa-
ion into very muddy place on Four-and-a-
half street, aud he became careless of going
further On that route. Coming to a paling
fence, Captain Ward took strip Of it on
pretence that>a dog generally troubled him
in that neighLorhood. Mathews at last de-
clined to 20 further with him, and Ward
struck him with the strip on the head, stag
. gering him. Mathews defended himself but
feebly, and Ward repeated his blows till he
knocked him down, and then robbed him d
t about $3.50. The officers have been on hi
9 trail" ~
The ice in the Delaware river moved of
e towards She ocean on the 10Th inst.
The Washington correspondent of tn
h New York papers give details Of ''cowhid
). ing affair" on the Avenue in Washington
and serious domestic difficulty he par
: ties in one case from New York-in the othe
i from Massachusetts,
The.three batteries of artillery which wer'
originally intended for British North Ameri
ca. and landed by the Arabia at Halifax
!. numbering nearly four hundred will be des
q patched to Bermuda, in the West Indies, a
soon as the necessary means of transports
;. ton can be arranged.
1t IL said that Archbishop Hugb's bad
Every cordial reception at the hands q
NAPOLEON the Third, and that the Prince I'm
: nerial was brought forth in order to receiv
tho blessing of his Grace of New York.
!, |. The Philadelphia News says:-"A Court
= martial il being held in Gen. Casey's Div
sion. The last case before the Court engaa
ing its attention is that Of a volunteer car
!; tain, who is charged with enlisting iemal
y f3r the purpose Of having her AS mistress
:. She is 70 years old, and rather pretty. Sh
: did duty as soldier for two months. an
> went by the name of Frederick Wood. I'll
io name 10 Harriet Howard. and she belongs
, WATERFOWL, N. Y"
y The report that the privateer Sumter vi
off Cadis-and subsequently, another repo
IT, that she was sunk there-are now both sa
" to be " canards."
Twenty Of the twenty-five young men I
rs Gently arrested in Baltimore, charged wi
,h treason. upon refusing to take the oath l
b. ouired, have been sent to Fortress McHen
-. "
THOR SALE.-A substantial business WACO
with covered top, made by the best New 70
o CITY Makers; has been but little used, and will
No sold at sacrifice. Also, a fine large b.
1t, HORSE, suitable for the above wagon, and Sc.
d OF HARNESS.. The HORSE isperfectly gent