The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-27

Mr.. hewitt. of Fairfax county, who has
been prisoner here for the last month or
two, has been released. The two Messrs
Lee, arrested with him at the same time. are
not yet discharged.
Full accounts are given in the Northern.
papers Of the landing of Mason and SidelE
at Fort Warren, and their incarceration. Mr..
Siidell is said to be depressed; Mr. Mason
self possessed, and in good spirits. They
were treated courteously on board the Sau-
Jacinto. but are to be closely confined. Their
voyage to Boston was rough and unpleasant.
The New York Herald says that william
West, OF Washington, who la'ely came .ovss-
from the Confederate army, reports that The
headquarters of the Confederates ia still AZ
Centreville, and that the force immediatelx
around that point is sixty thousand, and tha.
that number is supposed to be less than half
their whole force on the Potomac. General
Johnston is in command. Provisions ara
plenty-that is, bread and meat; coffee and
sugar deficient; salt very scarce The troops
are living in tents. They are tolerably we'll
clothed, and pretty we'll armed Some Of
their arms they lately received from Europe.
The troops, he says, are in good spirits. They
express the belief that they can maintain
their line of occupation in front against any
force brought. The troops, be says are told
constantly by their officers, and especially BY
their chaplains, that this is war of suhiu-
CATION, devastation and abolition. There are,
formidable intrenchments a. Centreville, but
no siege guns. There are fine intrenchments $
atManassas, and some heavy guns He says
that no troops have gone southwark to his 20
knowledge, the coast operations not causing
any dispersion of their forces"
The Mayor Of Georgetown, Henry Addi-
son. esq. like Mayor Wallach, of Washing.
ton, has issued his proclamation, in accor.
dance with a"resolution of the Corporation
Councils, requesting the citizens to observe
Thursday next as Thanksgiving day
At the review of the sreeular tfoonds ~ nm
Tuesday, in Washington, an exhibition Of
the system of signalling and of throwing
pontoon bridges acros. streams took place.
"DocToRs DIsAGREE."-The Washin eton
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says -
Some of the newspapers are holding out
the idea that there is to be great battle on
the Potomac. But no such thing is within
the compass of probability. 1t is not con-
templated on either side. so far as is to be
seen. Both PARTIES will continue to hold
their positions. but the theatre Of active war
is transferred to the West and South /"
The special Washington correspondent Of =.
the New York Tribune says: "The Rich
mond Enquirer Of the 22d predicts that the Z
next battle on the Potomac will be Ia the Vi.
'inity of Occuquan and Dumfries. It OK
poets comb ined movement from Alexan.
1ria, the Potomac and the lower counties Of
Maryland"
The Washington correspondent of the New
York World says: Ysu need not be SUI,
'rised if the army should begin it's forward
movement as early as Tuesday morning. Or
an artillery fight should commence befor>
he end of the week"
The Washington correspondent Of the Phil
delphia Press telegraphs to that paper On
ollows: I" Everybody here seems to have
ONE unanimously to the opinion that Gen
lcClellan is about TO make an advance upon
he enemy. His army is certainly in excel. ;.
int condition. and the movements Of the past
w days certainly seems to indicate move.
lent of some kind"
N3- NoTICE.-Tbe usual Wednesday eve.-
e lecture and service at St. Paul's Lecture Roo,,