The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-16

A tobacco house belonging to Mr.. Francl
M. Bowie, in Prince Georges County, Nd.
filled with tobacco-6 or hhds.-with SOM
provender, and some agricultural nipple
ments, were consumed by fire on Sunda,
night last.
The Richmond Examiner says :-"In tn
Virginia Senate, Jan. 7, resolution wa
adopted. appropriating so much of the pub
lie debt of the State and other securitie
held by the resident citizens of the Unitet
| States and the District of Columbia as ma,
be necessary to indemnify the citizens o
Virginia who are loyal to the State for losse
sustained by them in consequence of an,
confscation act of the Congress of the Uni
ted States, or any other act growing out o
the war"
The bill passed by the u. S. House o.
Representatives abolishing the franking pri
vilege, contains but one section: "From and
after the LIST of July, 1862, the Thanking
privilege shall be and is hereby abolished. .
! The bill has yet to pass the Senate.
Gov. Tod, Of Ohio. was inaugurated on
Tuesday. and delivered his message. Hehas
confidence in President Lincoln, and com.
mends his conduct of the war. He is in ia
vor of retrenchment in State expenses in
order that Ohio may be able to contribute
more money for the prosecution of the war.
The persons appointed to inquire into the
expediency Of substituting pegged shoes for
sewed ones, in the U. s. army. will report
in tho course of week to the War Depart
ment. They believe that the pegged ones
can be made to operate as we'll as the other
kind besides saving seventy.fve cts. on
each pair.
No change in the friendly relations exist
ing between President Lincoln and Mr..
Cameron has arisen from the withdrawal Of
the latter from the Cabinet.
An advertisement after the New York
style:-'.If the lady who thrust her umbrel-
Ia into 9 gentleman's face, at the corner of
Winter and Washington streets, at o'clock
P. NJ, on Sunday, wishes to pay the opti-
clans bill, she can address "Cyclops," Bos
ton Post Office"
Seal appear to be quite abundant in New
London, Conn.,, harbor just now. Two were
taken Thursday morning, the regular 'hair
SEAL" and their combined weight was 23O
pounds.
A young woman from the East has been
arrested in Peoria, Illinois, for promenadng
10 male attire. She claimed the right to
wear pantaloons, had done so often, and de-
Tended herself so manfully in Court that the
spectators became convinced that she should
continue the practice permanently.
In his first message Mayor Opdyke, of
New York, suggests uniting New York and
under the title of Manhattan"
Mrs. Lucy Cupps, living in Illinois, re-
,ently gave birth to three fine looking ma
children. That's having the he.Cupps with
vengeance, says the Springfield Republican.
The Richmond Examiner continues to
condemn the war policy of the Southern ad-
and to speak strongly against
he inaction Of the armies. 1t seems to be
What would be called in party times very
determined opposition Journal especially as
egards what is termed the defensive po-
ICY"
A wood train on the Delaware Road was
precipitated through the draw of
he bridge over the Delaware and Chesa-
,eske Canal, near St. Georges station. The
ause of the accident has not teen as.
ertained, nor is the loss Of life known de-
initely. Not more than fifteen persons were
N the train, and they were employees of the
Dad, and not passengers.
The Charleston correspondent of the
Richmond Examiner says that the Federal
FOODS on the coast Of South Carolina occu-
" or can do SO, tract about six miles long,
nd half mile broad on the main land, and
nd that Gen. Lee and the Confederates have
AIKEN position, and will make stand
bout three miles from the Coosa river
he rice fields in the neighborhCOd have oil