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A negro man made an affidavit on Tuesday that a young gentleman, (Mr. N.,) employed in the post-otlice here, had knocked him down on Monday. Mr. N. proved an alibi, and, of ; course, the falsity of the accusation, and was immediately released by the military, by whom he had been arrested.— Alexandria Gazette.