The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-07

"ocAL lTEMS-The soldier who die" IN
ser 'ue guard house on Tuesday night. is report
81 oy the surgeon To have died from lntem-
peranoe, and pussibly some previous expo
sure.
al, Capt Griffith. Prov st Marshal in this
place, reports to Gen. Montgomery the Mill
tary Governor, that number Of soldiers are
in the habit of cnming into Alexandria from
the neighborng camps. procuring citizens
clothes here, and. Mn this disguis', going to
Washington. Gen. M. will take the reQu;-
site steps in the matter.
insalubrity of the guard-house in this place,
it is stated that Gen. Montgomery is in no
way to blame for that--the fault arises from
the prisoners themselves in q great degree
and the practice of allowing many soldiers
to come into town, whore they procure liquor,
and have to be confined in numbers.
Christ Church, in this place. is hereafter
to be opened ON Sunday mornings as well as
afternoons. The oficiating cergymen are
generally chapiains in tho U. s army.
A colored man in Washington, yesterday.
whilst loading pistol. fred it accidentally,
it is presumed, aud killed his own child
standing near.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION "A regular weekly
meeting of the Volunteer Relief Associa-
ton Of this city, was held at the office of W.
b. Price, yesterday afternoon.
The report Of the Distributing Commistee
was made, which shows tina, on January lst
there was distributed from the Supply Store
81 rations to l66 destitute families, as fol-
lows:
1860 lbs. meat;
932 lbs. -four;
364 bushels corn meal;
1 barrels of fish.
The Secretary stated that the amount Of
donations received by the employees Of
Messrs. Rosenthal & Bro, was S57 .62,
whereupon the following re=oluti n was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks Of the Asso.
citation are due and hereby rendered to those
gentlemen for the very liberal aid they have
bestowed upon the charity in which We are
engaged. and the Society furnish them 4
copy Of this resolution.
The meeting then adjourned.
BUSINESS UNION MEErING.-We under
stand that at the Business Meeting Of the ,
Union Association, last night, the subject i
Of allowing citizens to remain out after 10
O'Clock, was laid On the table. A commit
tee On celebrating the 22d. was appointed. ,
CAMP Vendors. has been fal !
ling off in the business with the camps, car !
ried on ny the vendors Of cakes, pies, &c. {
The trade which was at first ~ lucrative. :.
quickly attracted great numbers, bur mpe- ;
lition SOON brought down the profits, and the
bad weather and condition OF the roads has t
sensbly diminished the number of sellers.
and the suffers are gradually monopslizing
the business.
RoBBERY.-The bow-window of the store
,f Mr.. VIM. Woods, on ST. Asaph street, adj :.
Joining the depot building of the old WASH o
ngton and Alexandria railroad, was robbed I
asst night. The paddock WAS wrencheu #. /,
hree panes of glass broken out. and all the
articles in the window stolen.
A letter from a former resident of Aiexsn-
lria. now in Maryland. says. You can
hardly imagine the pleasure that the perusal Il
If the Local News gives us bringing fl
Us, rs it does, the dongs in our dearly be.
owed home. and the best summary Of the r.
Law, that we have.
FrRE.-Last night about 9 o'clock a. fire ;,
occurred in frame dwelling on the north ;,
,ass corner of Washington aad Queen streets u
which was extingushed before much dam 81
age was done.
LIQUOR SEIZED. Eight barrels and tw.lva b
boxes, containing liquor. were seized yes. f,
erday afternoon, on bard the sseamer
Thomas Colyer, by the military authorities
here. The liquor was consigned to J. 6. C
McCracken. Ct
OYsrERs.-Prices have declined and ,na,, 8
,ysters, of good quality, are now selling at
10 c.s. a bushel and duh, with fair supply ;,
There are no large ones at the wharf.
RIVER MovExENTs.--Since our repart YEA h
erday. there has been but one arrival. that :,
,f an oyster boat. which passed the Pot.,mac u
batteries last night without heink fred at o'
The captain reports no news whatever be-. Ia
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