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ALEXANDRIA. VA. Military Court—Tbe Militaiy Court, Judge Freese presiding, held its usual ses sion this morning. The case of Sergeant McCormick, charged with shooting a pistol in the shop of John L- Smith, came up as continued. A lieutenant of his regiment testified to the general good character of the accused. Documents were produced, showing that the accused hud been admitted to practice law in the Supreme Ccurt of Georgia, and had been prosecuting attorney of Adams & Co , Ohio, and had held other offices of trust and profit in that State. The Court said that it was evident tbat the accused was a murium iniac from drink at the time he shot the pistol. Messrs. auiitb and Kerr had desired that the case should proceed no inn her. The Court directed the uoouned to give 9500 security lor good behavior, and' he was discharged. After the adjudication of several mi'ilary aud police cases, Mr. J Gardner presented au affidavit, as preliminary to a suit against Jas. M. Benton, alleged to be in the Confederate army. The Court said that it could not, at pres ent, take cognizance of the case. Ar> order had been received by Gen. Montgomery, di recting that the Provost Marshal of his com mand should suspend action in civil cases, and take such jurisdiction only as was ne cessary to maintain military discipline and a proper police. A though this order refer red to the Provost Marshal, and not the Pro vost Court, it was evidently intended for the latter, and the Court would carry out its in teut. It declined, therefore, to take jurisdic tion in the case. Mr. Kinzer, for Witmer & Co., inquired of the Court whether tbat firm would, under the operation of tho order, be restored to the possession of their goods and establishment. The Court replied that wished to carry out the intent of the order, and would hold that question under advisement for a short time. And after some unimportant business, the Court adjourned. The Wharf after the Flo d —The Po. i tomac subbided considerably on Sunday, but on Monday sunk to within a short distance i of its ordinary high water level. The strand i along the river, however, exhibited as many evidences of the passing of the waters as the laud of Egypt after the Nile's embrace. The embankment of the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad, crossing the low grounds near the *• gut," was somewhat washed by the influx of waters, but may easily be repaired. Fishtown, as usual, has ' been partly floated away—piles of timber, j grass and detritus mark tbe path of the wa ters. The bed of the O-ange Railroad, from Queen to Prince street, has been damaged, and will, at Borne points, soon require to be relayed. At the foot of all the streets, there is a deposit of rich mud, varying from five ' inches to half an inch in thickness. Some ' of the lower store floors are cated in a like ' manner. Some of the timbers of the Long Wharf have been torn away, and Hunter's Wharf, near the lower plaster mill, is almost bare of planking. The other wharves have suffered but slightly. To is morning, how- j ever, the traces of the tl iod were in most I places nearly obliterated. County Court—October Tirm. — The Oouaty Court of this coutny met at the Court House, io October session, yesterday after noon, at three o'clock. The following Justices composed the Court: James A. English, Presiding Justice pro tern.; Samuel Beach and Robert Bruckett, Associate Justices. The Levy Court was adjourned until next term. The case of B. 11. Berry was called, and its consideration c -otioued. The Court then adjourned until Court in course. Fou—A heavy log prevailed over the town this Burning, and to a Mill greater extent upon the Potomac river. There was a heavy frost oa hist night. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5,1861. New Books.—We have received from Mr. I George E. French, a copy of the Cheap Edi- [ tion (25 cts.) of Dickens' last Aork—Great Expectations—published by Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia As Dickens' works are generally very popular, aud tlie present ifi a capital story, this Cheap Edition will meet the exegineies of the times, and give the book a wide circulation. Peterson & Brothers have also published in a neat little volume, Ellsworth's Z mave Drill, a complete manual of the musket, sword, and sabre, by the late Col. Ellsworth, with a biography of his life. For sale by George E. French. A Call upon the Ladies.—The commit tee of the Relief Association h;iv) invited the ladies of this city, who are willing io unite in the charitable design of the association, to meet at the rooms of the Young Men's Chris tian Association to-morrow itltcrii; on, at '<i o'clock. We learn that the main object of this call is to procure tbe assistance of la dies in collecting and remaking second-hand clothiug, for the benefit ol destitute children of this city. We trust that this call will be libeially responded to by the fair ladies ol this city. Wo-ud—We call the attention of our read- I ers to the advertisement of Mr. B. T. Plum- ; mer, which appears in another column of to- j day's News. Those iv want of an excellent j article ot wood, could do no better thing than to leave their orders with him at once. Small vessels continue occasionally to come up the river, either by hugging the Man land shore, passing the batteries in the night, or being allowed to sail by unmolested. It is impossible for us, in our limited space, and with this small sheet, to publish long articles ; and, besides, in these times, if they ci uld be printed, they would not be read.— We have to condense, in the shortest possi ble space, the current news, of which we must keep a daily record, and the local items —often compressing the whole columns of words of the large newspapers into real sub stance contaiued in what the printers call a stick full, and laboring to present the " age and body of the tim.es, their form and pres sure," wiihin the limits to which we are now curtailed, and we hope all our citizens, every Alexandrian, will generously aid us in our efforts to present them daily this little ■ home paper, until the opening of the mails, to the southern counties, the revival of busi ness, and the condition of public affairs will | allow us to recommence again the publica tion of the old Alexandria Gazette in its for mer proportions. From the official report of thp proceedings ; which occurred between General Stone and General McClellan preceding the battle at ' Ball's Bluff, it would appear that there was some misapprehension on the part of General Stone as to the precise meaning of the order > sent to him by General McClellan. It is cv- ! ' ident that the latter officer had no intention ito order General Stone to cross the Potomac; j but it seems that the instructions to keep a ! : lookout on Leesburg, and to make a demon- I stratum, so as to distract the Confederates , while General McCall was advancing from J Drainsville, was construed into an order to I I throw his troops across into Virginia. | The ship Jura, with English dates to the 24th, has arrived. Cotton advancing—bread- I stuffs going down. Captain Semmes, of the Confederate privateer Sumter, has arrived at Liverpool. The Bank of France is to adopt some measure to relieve financial pressure. Austria, it is thought, will recognize tbe kingdom of Italy. An heir to the Austrian empire is expected in February. General Scott arrived at New York on Sat urday evening, iv th l midst of a severe rain. There wan DO public reception, as he was not expected, but when tlie crowd about the car cheered him, ho said, good naturedly, "Oh go home, friends, and don't make a noise.'' He was assisted to bis earring-, and was driven tv his ton's residence). There are reports of the nava! expedition having been seen no Tuesday or Thursday— it is doubtful which—i little northeast if Hatteras. I GENERAL NEWS. A '"special dispatch" from Fairfax Court House, dated near a month ago, published in the Charleston Courier says, a soldier 'escaped from Washington," states "that Oen. McClellan has an army of 120,000 in fantry, 10.000 cavalry and 120 batteries — He is waiting to drill the latter two arms. A general advance is not anticipated until the middle of November, His policy is to advance in three columns, a mile at a tinie> aud to fortify &_ he proceeds. Several tons of bales, Hiak.'il in tui'pintine, have been provided, with which the troops intend burn ing the Wood? after the leaves have fallen.: their Brat object being to smoke oat masked batteries; second, to illuminate in case of a night attack, Fort flUsworth, and other fortifications, have been mined. The oom mnnders of the United States forces on this side of the Potomac are Generals Franklin and Kearney. The fusee on the Virginia side is Dot less tbflffi 70,000." The Washington eoirespondent of the! Philadelphia Gagetta has had no interview with a gentleman who leit New Oilcans on the 24:h ult. His advices are the very latest received. He reports having experienced no difficulty in travelling on the way, and rep i resents that the people all along the southern ■ tier of States feel no serious apprehension : j whatever of any very damaging result from i the operations of the Federal fleet. It is said that the Court of Inquiry in the I case of Col. Miles, U. S. A., have acquitted j that officer. Gen. Scott's inco • c, as a retired tfficer, j will still be near $10,000 per annum. | Thirteen dead bodies of soldiers drowned j 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 | Seituate beach. The ship Maritana 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 j points named, as the destination of the na val expedition. The U. S. sanitary committee have aban doned the design of having a number of military hospitals in and about Washington. The old rumor that France claims the free j navigation of the Mississippi, under the j treaty for the sale of Louisiana, has been re- : vived in England. j Mr. C. L. L. Hatcher, of Loudoun county, Va., killed at Edwards' Ferry, was a grud i uate of Columbian College, D. C, in 18G0. A reward of $2,000 is offered for the mur- I ■ derer of Fellner, the German Jew, near New ! York. The women arrested (one of whom I has committed suicide) are said to be only I accessories. I All the news that we receive from the i South is now furnished through the New York and Boston papers—so closely are the I lines drawn. Tho 3teamer Golden Gate has sailed from San Francisco for Panama, with $1,000,000 lin treasure. She carries 14 army officers, ] j 500 soldiers, aud 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. Mugruder have h.-en countermanded, it be in-; now known that the naval expedition is not intended for the Virginia coast. First Regiment Maryland, Baltimore Vol. i utiteers. in the service of the Federal gov ernment, have gone on to Baltimore, to vote ■ at the election to-morrow. GROCERIES. ~ JOHN T COOKE, 011E A P FAM IL V QROO ER, C-inicr „f I'rincv. and Pitt Streets, (Out Post Oitk k Coii.n-.i-.) A in hand a large and well selected A. stock of FAMILY GROCERIES, which will «c sold on terms to suit the times, nov s—loi Foreign News From his Continental retreat, M. Kossuth has addressed an elaborate letter en tbe af fairs of Hungary to a friend in Glasgow.— He expresses his approval of the attitude as. sumed by the dissolved Diet, and commends tbe policy of passive resistance to the Aus trian government. Colonel Gower, in a letter from Sevastopol, dated September 20, says : "Last week w*e had a visit from the Emperor, accompanied by the Empress and the Grand Duke Cell. BfßDtine. The\ visited 'He Malakeff arid tbe various batteries where war raged so furious ly a lew ago. IL. has ordered twelve large nionumei.t- to be place I o'i (he sides of the various bat'eries, sod the names of the officers who were killed at the friege of Sevastopol arc t> be Inscribed upon them. Alexander Dumas the younger, lies dan-, ger. usly and almost hopelessly ill in Paris. His malady issi.d lo be not only bodily but I mental. Pr'iLcess Anna Muiat is said to be the I beauty par excellence of the French Court and what is saying much, a sans reproche member of a Court that does not precisely sh'neas reg.rds morality. The Washington Star says, there ia to be I a convention held in Washington of railrowd i managers between Washington and New York city, to consider a proposed change ef mail schfdules, by which a through mail leaving Washington at 5J p. m., will be run |to New Yoik; and startiug from that city in j this direction, at 11 p. m. The Post Office : Department believes that it will surely be I accomplished. The parting scene between General Scott I and General McClellan, on tbe departure of ! the former for New Yurk, is said to have been a most impressive affair. Gen. McClel lan and staff proceeded to the depot, to bid farewell to the veteran soldier, and as Gen. Scott pressed the hand of his young succes sor, he besought him not to he controlled by the advice of any parties who might counsel him to act contrary to his own judgment. The Secretary of the commander ef tho United States flag ship Minnesota, writes to ; the New York Tribune that the person who lately "mysteriously disappeared from tho fleet was -id attached to any officer in confi dential relations." Lieut. Bibble, U. S. A., was knocked down and robbed in Washington, on Sunday night Jby four men wearing uniforms. He was ! considerably injured. It is thought that Gen. McClellan is iv fa vor of commencing a system for the regular exchange of prisoners during the present \ war. i The newspapers frequently contain state ments said to be made by prisoners, "contra band*," deserters &c, of Army movementi on both sides. Their own stories frequently prove that they, wilfully falsify, or are them selves deceived. The Army officers place but little reliance on their reports. Georgia, it is said, has forty regiment* iv the Confederate government service, and nix regiments in the State service for cast de fence. Bjs_, JOB WORK neatly and expeditious ly executed at the Office of "The Local News," on Prince street. Smith O'Brien takes sides against T. F, Meagher; in tbe matter of the difficulties in this country, and offers to assist in restoring pi-ace between the belligerents. DTXD. At Fulls Church, Fairfax county, V.i... on tho j 17th of September last, LEW 13 K. QRIDLEY, in tho 2-1 tli your of his age. Mr. ft was a uativo of Ulster county, N. V., hut for the past eight. : years a resident of this State. WOJD.' OAK WOOD. I WILL take orders for OAK WOOD, deliver-,* at $725 per o >rd Apply at An office of Wiso i A Co , on King, between water and U'.ion straits. no - s—(it* B. T. PLUMMBK, Agent DRY QOOOB MERCHANTS, Grocers, and dealers generally, emn obtain sapplies of 'VRAPIMM' PAPER—oId newspapers—hug* and un»Tiutil_iU>u—:it cheap rates, at the oflko of the Alexandria <iazvtte- novo—:>t