The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-07
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS. aa
~. On the 30th ulr., Col. Purnell's command,
on the Eastern Shore Of Virgins, captured
boat containing eight or nine persons.
twenty-four boxes of tobacco, and mail bag
Sled with letters, directed to parties in Vir.
ginia end other seeded States. n
Robert G.. Armstrong, q we'll known and
useful citizen Of Baltimore, of tho firm of
Armstrong; Berry. booksellers, died yes.
tsrday.
The q. S. government has large supplies
ct Port Deposit, Md.
Propositions are made for an issue of trea-
.sury notes, by the U. S. government, smaller
than five dollars, and for alloying coin.
At the first board in New York, yesterday,
stocks were generally better. Virginia 6's
advanced l per cent, Missouris ], Tennessees
/, and North Carolinas J.
- Mr.. Sumner, Of Mass, almost every day
in the U. s. Senate presents batch of abo-
litiom petitions.
Mexico is invaded by the fleets and armies
Of Spain, France and England, whilst civil
war is raging within the country, and the
frontiers arc the scene Of CaravajaPs incur
sions. The siege of Matamoras by this chief
is still going on.
George Ramsdell, Of Pennsylvania, has
been awarded contract fo- feeding 525 dis
abled horses during the winter. and Charles
Chouteau for II. 1t appears that the con.
tract system, thus far. has failed entirely
Of the horses placed on Chouteau's farm, ut
IS cents head per diem, only about thirty
five Of them have become serviceable; the
remainder are not considered worth keeping.
The Trent imbroglio being considered as
disposed of. politicians and fnanciers con-
nected with the U. S. government are giving
their attention to the ways and means of
providing material aid for the support of the
war. It is admitted that the New York city
banks are alarmed at the prospect of gov
srnment paper taking the place Of bank cir
culation.
It is said that the introduction Of the Ho-
meopathic practice of medicine has raised
somewhat Of commotion among many of
the regular surgeons Of the o. S. army.
The Union troops at Bath and an Illinois
regiment have withdrawn to the Maryland
side of the river. el.a
The steamer Vanderbilt. from Port Royal
on the Sd inst, at New York, brings three
thousand six hundred and ninety bales
Of Sea Island cotton.
The, Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist of
Friday says report prevails in that city
chat the steamship Gladiator has arrived at
. Confederate port with &c. 900 Enfield rifles,
and other needed articles for the Southern
Confederacy. The Constitutionalist has rea-
con to believe the report is true.
Some Of the newspapers have standing
card. to the effect that "now is the time to
economize, and in nothing can this be done /!
better than by advertising"-on the ground
that every advertisement is worth ten times
it's cost in the increased sale of goods, and
procuring of custom.
The Bohemia brings dates from Liverpool
TO the 26th. Business was suspended, gene.
rally, during the holidays. Cotton slightly
change in breadstuffs.
The regular dispatch to the Northern
press, from Washington, states that the city
ls full of Southern aympathisers OF spies in
high social position, land that they must be |
vigorously dealt with"
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