The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-03
PRINTED AT THE
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE OFFICE.
FOREIGN NEWS.

rOnElUN NEWS.
An arrival at New York from Uavan,.
brings intelligence thar the town Of VERA
CRUZ, in Mexico. is occupied hy the Sp. n.
iards, and the Spanish flag is waving Owe,
the castle of San Juan de Ulloa, which de-
tends the city.
A letter was recently addressed hvcx
S. Consul General Helm. to The Cantain Cen.
eral ct Cuba. which. with the rerrnif sinn If
the latter, has been printed in ramnblss
t rrn tnr circulation in Cnla end elsewbero.
MIR Srhu'eldt the present Con. u, for Inn
United States ut Havana, protested .ya;nss
| he reception. publication and circulat;cn ~
the pamphlet in Question.
Under date nf December / NJ Rnsseyr
sends long letter { the Lend n Times IN
| which he says: so far as can Judge thera
Is no cha, CO Of an immeda'e alvarez .nt
there gre ,rmcrs and pred 'ctit rs 81, d reas.
"ns GOING all over the town to the effect that
the General mnst very soon do som ethino or
TIE North will become angry"
TIE scene at Windsor ca tie, directly ~
fer the death Of Prince Albert is described
a. having been rafful and affecting. The
Prlncess Alice vas carried from the chamber
IN state Il hys'erlcal agitation. and when
me fafai news was cfmmun ca ed to her. .he
was Sc zod with rightly Of The nerves End
temporary irsenSi'ilitv, which alarmed tho
attendants, The grief Of her Majesty and
the royal children wss scarcely less ;ntenso
but the Queen did not allow her nrer :,
"verc me her sense Of duty. The (nnera,nf
the Prince would take nlace on the o5,b ho-
tween | l and IL o'clock, NJ. The custom
which remained in force up TO the burial ~
William ". Of interring members of III.
royal family by torchlisht has fer MANY
years been disc ntinued. and would not be
resumed on this melancholy occasion.
The London Examiner is prenarice for an
ofher cas"s beW. II says: Surprising 70.
t" e m@de for the Trent outrage.
ara The prisoners ~ he restored safe }roo,
Lynch law. which seems too ,aiural a So
qnence To Wilkes law, it will be for the now.
Frs OF Europe 10 consider whether the meas.
ures the North is taking against the South
are consistent with the interests Of civ;;z,.
ion? l. it to be endured that tho Federa,
government shall exc out the ineficacv IF
IS blockade Nv the detestahle means Of vce.
eIs l'den with stone 70 he sunk to chokop nm
southern ports?' The London Tines takes
he same view Of the matter.
'" ieh'u' lr'W Du'cn journals. That n Yea.
ell IF war. which proved to he the Prussia,
nrvefte Amazon, was stranded nc,r tho
ielder. several weeks since. and the rroha.
iitv is that all on board nerished. consist
's ut the captain (llermann) and III other
ersons.
An officer on the Trent, believed to he Mr.
}, T. Savage. Of Belfast. Ireland. commnn;.,
4tes 20 the Dublin News Letter the fnllow-
'g Incident. which happened at the time of
lieut.. Fair'ax's visit:
While all the confusion and excitemept
as at its full height I was struck bv
',rk set. elderlv gentleman. sitting IN The
III OF an arm-chsir. attentivelv listening IA
\ that was going forward on The
iarter deck. but never altering his rosi-
On; cody smoking his cigar. he seemed ncr.
city ind frrent 70 everything and evervbc,
around him. He went 70 the cornn,nion
zee; and unseen as he thoueht) quietly
'sened cp'ass. That. was p man wbo
practical wav, has done the Northern
rs" more ham than anv one else
'd they only known who they left behind
ey would have bitten their nails throuob
tn uexasion. firmly believe they wruM
We dispensed with the presence Of ~ least
OF the delegates 10 have known that ,bat
m was ON board / did not know at ,hat
lie who he was. hut have since leqrned'
1nnosnd to be The captain Of the Sumter
JEFF Davis.)