The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-05


qusrtersd- in the jail broke down the dosra,
releasing all TIE prisoners. and aftsrwards
ranged thes1x The town. arresshg ssssral
innscent Irons, charged with Icing Mimi.
eslSo IL government. Nobody w.stnIsd
= The Ericsson aosting battery, 81 Nsv
York, isto be tried next week.
The, steamer Northern LighA has arrived
at New York, from Aspinwall, with $780,.
600 in treasure.
R. D. w. Davis has failed in San Francis
90 for $50, OOO-no assets. 1@
A woman 10 Cincinnati, last week, in the
absence Of her husband, was supposed to be
dead, and was buried. Her coffin was sub
sequently opened, and it was found that she
he'd been buried alive.
A large quantity of tobacco 10 raised in
Lancaster county, Pa.
The food at Sacramento, CAL, at last
dates, was gradually subsidiug.
There was heavy snow storm in New
York last Saturday. Splendid sleighing.
The U. S. Minister. Mr.. Robinson, has
been formally received by the Peruvian au-
thorities
Chill is tranquil. Large shipments Of
-four and wheat were going forward to Eu-
rope.
Secretary Chase, in letter to the Com.
mittee of Ways and Means in the u. S.
House of Representatives. says be is in ia,
vor, as matter of necessity, of making U.
S. treasury notes legal tender.
The man who swallowed the set of false
teeth, in Cleveland, has been relieved, and
is now quite we'll again.
Sicily must be an agreeable place for timid
travellers, if we may believe the Corriere
Sicilano, which declares that the bandits
rob and kill with perfect impunity, and the
robbed or wounded dare not inform the
authorities, for fear of having their wives,
children and their families assassinated in
revenge.
The N. Y. Commercial deprecates Lanes
perlpatetic stump Dragging about his "South-
9rn Expedition and manufacture Of Presi-
iential sentiment" and expresses satisfaction |
at the GOODNESS with which Hunter stopped |
The bombast." The Commercial thinks it |
8 time the Chinese mode of fighting with
aideous dragons. was put an end to forever.
Mr.. Conkling stated in the U. S. House Of
representatives recently, that contracts for
'rms to the amount of $38. OOO 900 were still
'ut, and in the hands of middle men" and
'snatohers" and were hawked about the
treets of Washington.
An exchange says 80" Truth is crowded
ut this ISSUE" This, the Springfield Re.
thinks, is almost as bad as the edi-
or who said-"For the evil effects of intoxi-
ating drink, see our inside"
A man at Chicago has, after much though
brought out an invention consisting of two
added cushions, one of which is to be strap
ed on to the back of the young skaters
cad, and the back of his coat tails. It is
opposed that the managers Of skating parks
I'LL at once order supply, for, when using
he cushions, person may fall ever 50 hard
'ithout cracking the ice.
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes the fact
nat bill is before the House of Delegates !,
Western Virginia for the relief of the :
northwestern bank of that city.
VIM. A. Larned, professor in Yale Col.
ge, fell dead in the street yesterday. :
The captain of the U. s. steamer Saranac
reported to have all his officers under ar .
'st, but the cause is not stated. =
The new gunboat Kearsage has sailed Q
ON Portsmouth in search of the Sumter. 4
The asperities Of the war are much as
tagged by the recent action in establishing c
system for the exchange of prisoners, and Il
declaring privateersmen to be prisoners i
war. II is possible, too, that before long p
asses for the South will be permitted at
asst to females, tn ugh they are now with 9
cid.
1t is said that it is likely Gen. Pillow will T
gain enter the Southern service He re- Y