The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-29
rIaElEs LOCAL NEWS.

A letter from the Confederate battery at
Quantico, published in the Richmond En-
quirer, dated the 18th inst. says, there was
one casualty at the batteries on Friday even
ing. A private of the First Arkansas regi-
ment, in battery No. l, was mortally wound
ed in the abdomen by the explosion of q
shell thrown from the batteries across the
river. 1t is the first loss the Confederates
have sustained.
Nearly all of the Confederate troops are
erecting winter quarters, there being no de-
sign of advancing upon Newport News or
Fortress Monroe, although this idea was en-
tertained sometime since. Gen. Magruder
has $4,000 troops in his department, COM
prising the districts of James and York
rivers
Fairfax Court House has been entirely de-
serted. The accommodating party sent cut
by Gen. Wadsworth, found but two persons
in the village, and they were women.
The stock of -four in the Georgetown mar
ket is very small. Flour-Superfne, S. rs
per bbl extra, $6.12a@S6 SO. Wheat is
in active demand at 81 4O@Sl.43 for red,
and ST. .45@Sl.55 for white. Corn, 68(07O
cts. per bushel for yellow; white, 73(075c.;
corn, in the ear, is selling for $3.25@$3.5O
per Dbl. Oats-45c. per bushel. Hay,
81 .25 per 100 pounds.
The steam ferry-boat Ialacca, belonging
to the Cooper's Point and Philadelphia Ferry
Company, has been purchased by Mr.. Mark
ley, for the steam ferry between Georgetown
and Arlington Heights.
Authority has been given by the War De-
partment to officers to recruit troops in North
ampton and Accomac counties for the Virgil
MIA brigade, now being raised under direc-
ton of John c. Underwood.
Slidell and Mason have comfortable quar-
ters. which they share with their Secretaries
As they have funds, they have purchased va
rious articles for their convenience, not pro
vided by the government. and as the prospect
IS that they are likely to remain some time,
thefr money has been judiciously used.
A correspondent of the Opinion Rationale
writes from Turin to say that in crossing the
field of battle of Magenta on All Souls Day,
ne found the crosses placed above the graves
IF the French soldiers illuminated
The frigate ST. Lawrence, blockading off
Il IL,
schooner Fanny Lee on the 9th inst, which
left Darien, Georgia, that morning. She
proved tn be quite valuable prize, being
loaded with rice and tobacco.
The Parkersburg Gazette says: " Yester-
day we conversed with a gentleman who left
Gauley on Tuesday. Gen. r ,secrans was at
Tompkins' farm, while the forces under Ben
ham and Schenek that pursued Floyd had re-
turned to their old quarters at and above the
bridge. The camps were well supplied with
provisions, and the soldiers were in good
health. The Kanawha region was entirely
quiet"
A gentleman who left Cheat Mountain on
Thursday says that the roads from Webster
were almost impossible. He saw six horses
stalled with u wagon carrying nine hundred
pounds. l. will be imp ,ssibie to keep up the
supplies for the 1000 men under Gen. Rev
lolds through winter. The opinion of mill
tary men is that 1000 is enough for the po-
'i6ion, and that the balance might be sent
TO General Kelley to assist his movement on
Winchester.
George R. Cowell, employed as clerk by
Messrs. Robbins, Royce & Hand, d, y goods
merchants in New York, was arrested yes
;erday on complaint of his employers, who
slege that the prisoner has stolen from them,
during the last four years, about five thous-
Ind dollars worth of velvets, satins, &c. The
goods are supposed to have been sold and the
proceeds squandered on fast horses, fast wo-
men, and other similar objects. The prison
or confessed.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has appoin-
ted Lewis Johnson, Esq, agent for the U. S.
government loan in Washington.
Advices from Drummondtown state that
Gen. Lockwood has issued proclamation,
printed by printers in the army, enjoining
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