The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-14

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1t is said that there is in contemplation
the organization Of q division of the U.
army OF the Potomac, to be composed Q
lriSnmen, twelve Or fifteen Thousand in mum
Der, with Gen. Meagher; Col. MulilgaD
Col. Cass, Vt The Ninth Massachusetts reg,
ment, and Col. Corcoran, when he return
from captivity, as the BrlgadIers. Gen
ohields Is to De the MAJOR General.
The New York Herald says:-"Th,
| irAends VI the administration THINK that .
grave error VI Judgment has Leeu coAmlt
TED by Major Gen. Halieck, III superssulng
uen. oigei ny Gen. Gurus, Luu. Causing tns
resig nation Ut the Ivruer."
lne export soine uMe since published III
Tile New YORK papers, that Jonn brown
songs aud hymns were sung III Col Cvcn.
rane's regiment, Is untrue.
Mr.. Clemens, vi lennessee, has been al.
mltteu AS u memDer OF the U. >. House Ut
Representatives. Mar. Tram mas Introduced
into the House blli to repeal all laws prv-
nlDitlng the Issue vi bank notes Ut denoml-
nations less than i've dollars Ii the District
Of Columbia.
Mayor Brown, of Baltimore, has returned
to Fort Warren, Boston harbvr, his parole Ut
thirty days having expired. While relieved
rom Imprisonment he was visited by many
't his BALTIMORE friends, the terms Ut his
parole not permitting him to leave the
lmits OF Massachusetts. We see that he
las had his Through extended for ninety
lays.
Mr.. q. F. Train has made another speech
q England, IN which he acknowledged his
'olitical errors, believed the Trent affair
legal, and hoped Mason and Siidell would
e surrendered.
Gerrit Smith is to deliver one of his abo-
ton lectures in Washington.
Mr.. King has introduced into the U. S.
enate bill to provide for issuing a hun.
red millions Of Treasury notes bearing I
er Ct. interest, to be secured by levying y
lrect tax Of ten milIionspe per annum.
A proposition is before the MARYLAND
legislature to repeal the resolutions author.
ing the appointment of commissioners to .
le London International exhibition, on the
round that England has acted in bad faith.
The widow of tho late Tillotson Brown.
Washington, one Of the proprietors of !
rown's Hotel, has obtained letters of ad. ,
inistration on his estate, giving surety in !
10000. Bfr- 80 as'2h
1t appears that Madame Grisi has taken |
lother farewell of the stage, this time in .
Gland, before crowded audience in the G
aeatre Royal, Dublin. - a". Y
The repairs rendered requisite to the r.
eat Eastern, at Milford Haven, are pro.
essing satisfactorily, and it is expected +,
at the great vessel will be ready to 90 to b
/ again in February. sal g 9
A letter from Annapolis in the Baltimore m
n says: Mrs. Mayo, widow of Thomas G.
'yo, residing in this county, few months 81
ce had two slave men to abscond; one b,
Mt with the military to Washington, and b.
other to New York city. They have
ii since returned; the latter arriving at re-
old home on Saturday. They represent "
y were induced by some of the troops to hi
ow them, with the promise of their free "
n, and the one who went to Washington
8 to receive SIS per month and found: re
en- there he was badly treated, and re. tn
7ed no pay. Their clothing was almost
rely worn out, and they presented des Sc
tie appearance" as
The New York Herald says: -"That arch lu
litionist the Rev. DR.. Cheever, follows bu
in Washington, the masked battery of
'eley's lecture, and declaims in favor of M
ancipation. By every possible means wi
abolItionists are now seeking to under ml
he the President, the constitution and the DO
ntry, and lectures, speeches., newspaper
cles, abolition societies, agitation in and th'
OF Congress, are being employed to &C. Ter
lplish this end" de-
he Court Of France is in full mourning we
Prince Albert's death. But nothing is ma
wed to cast gloom on this proverbially
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