The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-17
GENERAL NEWS.

On Monday night warm debate sprang
up in the New York Board Of Aldermen up
on the reception of the annual report Of the
City Inspector on the Public Health. Du-
ring tho discussion, Mr.. Brady said, speak.
ing of tho health hill, "I-aon'twbelisve in
helping those doctors to setao&css;s We
killed it lin the Legislature Nv dollars.
took up a great many dollars u yeay to buy
them 1.-THE members). took up six theus.
and dollars. I put it in the bed, and slep,
over it in the Delavan Houses. But that was
not enough. had to come back and &c,
two thousand dollars more ro,6r y,Tr
Manchester, N. H., on Friday was thrown
into y state, of excitement, on, hearing the
newsof tho suicide Of Miss Sarah F. Wat.
son. She was born in Boston lost her mo-
ther and brosher when she was young, her
father finally giving her up to the care of an
aunt. While. with this aunt, she formed the
acquaintance Of young mao named Smith.
and was engaged to him, with the consent OF
the aunt, but who soon withdrew her con.
sent, and finally disinheritsd her. Not long
since che received tho intelligence of her
lovers death, who WIS q corporal in the 4th
regiment New Hampshire volunteers. at
Port Royal, which was the cause of her self
destruction. She had written letter to
eomrade Of Smiths, announcing her inten.
: ton Of suicide, from which items Of her his.
tory are taken. 80 , a@@t4.,a
Mr.. Hale has offered. in the U. s. Senate,
. resolution declaring that Ward II. Lamon,
Marshal Of the District of Columbia, by
recent order communicated to the Senate,
excluding members Of the Senate from the
Washington Jail without. passes, has been
guilty Of breach of the privileges of tho
Senate, andof contempt Of the rightful au-
thority of this body, and directing the Sec
rotary Of tho Senate TO- communicate the
resolution to the President.
Mr.. George Hulin, histrionic Canadian,
came to'New. York with El00 in his pocket.
Falling amongfrail women BY the way, he
was stripped Of cash and character. and soon
found himself penniless and deserted by the
creatures who had promised to ma, ~ him.
The poor fellow was found at an early hour
on Monday morning by one Of the FIRST ward
policemen, apostrophizing lamp post, and
was locked up till an inquiry could be made
in regard to his sanity. s...e#.
Between seven and eight hundred men are
now engaged in the work for the construc-
ton Of the military railroad, with turnouts
to the camps in Virginia, from Washington
to Alexandria, by way Of the Long Bridge. I
Some two hundred laborers arrived from the
North to be added to the force. Much of
the track between the southern end of the
Long Bridge and Alexandria has to be taken
up and relaid. This road will place not only
Washington, but also Baltimore and the
North generally in direct rail connection
with the camps in Virginia by junction of
the Baltimore road through the streets of
Washington.
In the Washington Criminal Court, Jas.
Darwin. a we'll known citizen, has been con-
victed for the robberyof Mr.. Jos. Travers,
another web known citizen, and sentenced to
shree years confinement in the penitentiary.
The workman at the Philadelphia navy
yard struck yesterday, refusing to accept the
Asw regulstions Of reduced wages and ex.
IsS6dsd time Of labor. They resolved to COM
adnicate with their fellow workmen at New ,
York, Boston and Washington, and request
'hsif aesive cooperation in urging Congress
% repeal the eighth section of, the act of
December. ys5g
1t il stated that the court in the case of
Col. Kerrigsn, u. S. A., have rendered their
lssision, which will not be promulgated for
lsveral days. 1t is said the regiment will
~ disbanded. and the men divided among
'thsr regiments, nearly all of the officers
aaving resigned. r.,,<s. .se,.4.4A
Tho Trenton IN. J.) True American says :
hat all tho paper mills in that city have sus-
,ended operations, simply because they can t
rot get cash for the manufactured article ,
There 10 an earnest call 10 the Southern pa e
,ers for. the establishment of paper manu-. q
actories in the South. t-.e G
Since the system of exchanging prisoners t