Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-19

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ARMY.-For several months past, system has
grown up, under the sanction of certain regu-
lar army officers, BY which privates In the
ranks Of the volunteer regiments are allowed
to leave their regiments and enlist In the rcgu-
lar army. For Instance, A captain In volun-
teer regiment details n certain man for some
special duty. The man remains at his post for
time, and then Is induced TO desert his regi-
ment, leave the post Of duty, and enlist In the
"regulars.n While the captain Of volunteers
Is thinking that the especial duty" is faithful
| ly performed, he receives note from some
Irregular" captain, which informs him that
| the man, John Smith, late a member of his
company, has now enlisted in the regular
army, and his clothing account and descriptive
list are demanded. This system has created
great deal of confusion and misunderstanding,
besides being wrong In principle. We learn
that orders have just been issued by the War
Department which put stop to this practice
SELLING LIQUOR TO SoLprERs.-Last Monday
night several soldiers made complaint that they
had LEFT baggage at hotel known as the "Union
House." which the proprietor refused to give
up to them. Lieut.. Franklin, of the night pa
| troll, went to the house, and proceeding to the
bar room, caught the proprietors dealing out
whisky to four soldiers. The proprietors,
Messrs. Duffy and O'IIara, were arrested and
ordered TO report to the Central guard house
yesterday morning. They were examined by
Justice Walter and fined $50 for selling liquor
to soldiers. The baggage belonging TO the SOL
diers who entered the complaint, and some
other stolen articles were found on the premi-
ses; these, and all the liquors, were seized, the
house was closed and the keys delivered TO the
Office Of the Provost Marshal.
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AccIDENT.-Yesterday noon. as one of the
horse-cars was on Its down trip from George
town to the depot, and, when opposite the
Presidents House, the conductor stopped the
car TO let off an elderly lady, and, as she was
getting off, she stumbled and fell into the
street. She would have been seriously injured
had II not been for the conductor, who jumped
off, and took her out Of the way Of the passing
teams, She was somewhat bruised as II was.
but not dangerously, we believe. The con-
ductor deserves much praise for rescuing the
lady from her critical condition. Conductors
cannot exercise too much care in helping ladies
to alight from the cars. Dbl.
PERsoNAL.-w. Z. Hopping, San Francisco,
CAL; B. +. Connover, New Brunswick; l.. s.
Williams, Cincinnati; Geo. W. Beardslee, New
York Samuel Gardner, New York; w. p. Ross
and John Ross, Cherokee Nation; &. L. God
dard, U. 5. A.. are at the Metropolitan.
Gov. Yates and Jos. II. G.. Forrest, Spring
field, Ohio; Col. Terry and Major Taylor, Chi
cago; J. II. II. Ward, and Wright Banks, U.
A MUSICAL PRoDIGY.-The French papers
give the story of a strange and. In its way,
touching police trial, worth recording on the
chance of its being true. PlatreuX, a boy ap-
prentlced to one Deryich, a turner, and bearing
an excellent character, was brought into court
for stealing an organ, deposited by Piedmon-
tese stroller in the passage Of the house. The
culprit's defence was that he could not resist
| the desire of borrowing IL to make music with
Il. Deryich, the turner, attested, in evidence,
that the boys determined passion for music
broke out in every conceivable form. Platreux
| could remember, said the master, and he could
| sing, every tune he ever heard-saved mp all
his sous to buy flageolet or pipe, or any toy
| he could get sound out of-and failing these,
| play at whistling to the leg of table or chair,
or other make-belieye substitute lying about In
| the turner's shop.
| He had secretly possessed himself of the ir-
resistible organ; and when the neighbors had
complained Of the noise coming out of the gar
ret in the fifth story after nine o'clock al might,
| he had covered IL Che owned in his defence
| with a quilt, so as to stihe the sound-not so
thoroughly though, but that tue Piedmontese,
on returning and finding his treasure gone, was
| directed, by scraps of a known tune. TO the
place where the boy was enjoying himself. The
magistrate, on the strength Of the testimony
artlessly given by the turner, the Piedmontese,
| and the offender, acquitted the boy of an inten-
ton to steal. Should the name of Platreuy
ever become famous In music, here is a tale TO
range with those Of the pilfered candle by
which Sebastian Bach sat up to copy Buxte-
nudes figures and of the harpsichord clan.
destinely studied by Arnv in the top story OF
the upholsterer's warehouse In Covent Garden
and the thousand other devices of strong pro-
pensity under difficulties.