The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-03

'""J ye"'S' stereotype phrase In the ma
rine list Of the Alexandria Gazette.
FIREMEN's MEETING We are reoueste.
to state that there will be meeting of al
interested in the reorganization of the FIR,
Department, at Relief Hall, tonight at
o'clock
The following is what the London Times
says OF the Prince Of Wales-and we NAV
add-to him-upon the death of his father
and the position in which he is placed:-
"If the Prince of Wales is ever to be wise
and good sovereign, he will now be wise
and good son; and if he will ever feel any
call to devote himself to his country as his
parents have done, he will feel itnow. This
Is the time for that selfsacritice on which
the greatness of a Crown, as we'll as the
glory OF statesman. soldier, or a priest
must be founded. This, indeed. ia the occa.
sion such AS historians and dramalists have
loved to describe N the lives of their favorite
Prlnces, when the Prince of Wales will have
to make solemn choice between a life Of
frivolity. perhaps Of trouble and misery and
reign of usefulness, to make his name
blessed forever. He must resolve. if he
would Do; and renounce, if he would Win
1t is an awful thing to say, Now or oaver.u
but experience proves that they who reject
the first solemn call are seldom more atfecfed
by any that come after. From all account
the Princess Alice has shown herself f,l,v
equal to the occasion, receiving her DYING
fathers condolences. and giving her mother
timely comfort and aid. That the Onepn
should gather her family around her an adj.
afess them nc such time, for such a pur-
pose, Itself proves her confidence in them
That ALL and above all the Prince of Wales
may be deserving of that confidence is now
The prayer of this great country. we know
lot how much the destinies, not onlyof the
brlnsh, Empire, but of the whole human
ace, depend on the youthful Prince of whom
We have seen s. SO much, yet seem to know SO /
little. lake the rest Of us, he has position.
nd honor. and power to win. lie may he
true iAing or shadow of Ryalty; and, {
y all the laws Of human nature aud the
estlm"ny OF experiences, the decision is 10 /.
e made this very hnur.". =, ~. t.E.
"A soldier Of . NJ issippi7r re rim inf ,,ff i
ensacola went to his tent and blankets tha 9
her day to light thrgush an ague. A no.. ii
9 u Aatewater TO his feet not being COME 8
et', one Of his con- tades went ont md I
cked up one Of the humorous shells Col o
fown sent over during The bo.nbardnent n
'ated 1t at the Ii e,aud put it to bed with the C
* mans feet Unhappily, the she'll had tt
st lis cap buihad noe exphdld. The heat
The 'ml lire acc nnp!isbtd what Lincoln f.
'rotechny had failed in, to wit: an exn,o. ft
IN. Ths tent WAS blown to pieces and Il,
me me OF I The men title hurt and greatly Sc
'onlsAed NJ one was killed by the mis-. az
p, fs.a .a
The Cincinnati Commercial Believes ,h., qu
ADVANCE" on the part of the Federal yo
'0ps Is certain this winter. 1t saws that 7"
'rnsde'S expedition is aimed at E,stern =
rs'nia; that 10000 men can be srarea Y
IN the army in front of Washington TO '
we down the P'tomac--that Uooker's ii. NJ
ION on the lower Potomac can be trans.
rted across to the Virginia shore in niob, OK
md that Gen. Banks and Gen. Reynolds
vements towards frederick point to an
'ance on Winchester and m vemant m
rds Manassas, 81. These statements aro
ae IN the Commercial t, show that Il ere
be another winter camr align.
n ne late o,r Ralph Pendehury bequ ,ath.
, , magn' iicent sum of el0O, 900 TO he
W uu1ees tor 'he relief of the Door of
borough of Stockport, England