The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-05
GENERAL NEWS.

A especial dispatch" from Fairfax Court
House, dated near mouth ago, published
in the Charleston Courier says, soldier
ESCAPED from Washington" states THAT
Gen. Mcclellan has an army of $780, 900 in
fantry, 10000 cavalry and l2O batteries =
IIe is waiting to drill the latter two arms.
A general advance ia not anticipated until
che middle Of November. His policy is to
advance in three columns, mile at time'
aud to fortfy as he proceeds. Several tons
| Of bales, soaked in turpentine, have been
provided, with which the troops intend burn
ing the woods after the leaves have fallen:
their first object being to smoke out masked
batteries; second to Illuminate ia case of a
night attack. Fort Ellsworth, and other
fortiGcations have teen miued. The com
manders of the United States forces on this
side of the Potomac are Generals franklin
and Kearuey. The force on the Virginia
side is not less than 70, 600"
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Gazette has had an interview
with gentleman who lett New Orleans on
the 9th ult. His advices are the very latest
received. He reports having experienced no
difficulty in travelling on the way, and rep
resents that the people all along the southern
tier of States feel no serious apprehension
whatever of any very damaging result from
the operations of the Federal feet.
1t is said that the Court of Inquiry in the
case of Col Miles, q. S. A., have acquitted
that oficer.
Gen. Scott's inco &c, as a retired tHicer,
will still be near $50, 900 per annum.
Thirteen dead bodies of soldiers drowned
recently at Edwards Ferry, were found near
the Chain Bridge yesterday.
The late storm was very severe on the
Eastern Coast. Two barks were lost on
Scituate beach. The ship Mariana was
wrecked near Boston harbor, and twenty
seven of her crew drowned.
Difficulties and counter statements, rela-
tive to the late battle at Edwards Ferry,
amongst the officers concerned, still con
tinue in the newspapers.
Brunswick, Georgia, is another of the
points named, as the destination of the ma
val expedition.
The U. S. sanitary committee have aban.
doned the design of having number Of
military hospitals in and about Washington.
The old rumor that France claims the free
navigation Of the Mississippi, under the
treaty for the sale of Louisiana, has been re-
vived in England.
Mr.. G. L. L. Hatcher, of Loudoun county,
Va, killed at Edwards Ferry, was grad
uate Of Columbian College, D. G., in 1860.
A reward of $4,000 is offered for the MUIR
derer of Fellner, the German Jew, near New
York. The women arrested Zone of whom
has committed suicide) are said to be only
accessories.
All the news that we receive from the
South is now furnished through the New
York and Boston papers--so closely are the
lines drawn.
The steamer Golden Gate has sailed from
San Francisco for Panama, with 81 900, 900
in treasure. She carries IA army officers,
500 soldiers, and 200 passengers. The trea-
sure shipments are small, on account Of
large remittances in treasury notes and
drafts.
The Richmond Examiner states that the
peninsular reinforcements ordered to Gen.
Magruder have been countermanded, it be-
ing now known that the naval expedition is
not intended for the Virg nia coast.
First Regiment Maryland, Baltimore Vol
unteers. ia the service Of the Federal gov
eminent, have gone on TO Baltimore, TO vote
at the election tomorrow.
GROCERIES.
JOHN T. COOKE,
CHEAP IA MTT,Y GROCER