Daily national Republican., 1863-07-31
LOCAL NEWS.

with a largo assemblsxe Of oitirens, who wer,
gathered together to witness the review Of artil
icry, ty Brigadief General VIM. =. Barry, Inspector
General Of Artillery, U. 9. Army. Ten full bat
teries, under command Of Lieutenant Colonel J. A
Moore, were on the ground, and II really wal
beautiful 10 sec with what ease and accuracy tn,
dinuDnt evolutiops were made. After having
been inspected and reviewed by General Barry
two or three Of the batteries were manGuv
cred and drilled on the plain, and went through
with their peculiar movements with great rapidity
and skin. The principal batteries were the Tenth
Michigan, Capt, sch,etz. and Battery II, First New
York, Capt. Mink. These oficers mannuvrcd
their batteries ably and won high encomiums from
tho spectators. Tho Tenth Michigan are what IL
called horse artillery, the mea being mounted on
horseback, instead Of sittins the caissons a. IL
usaIly seen. There was q general lacking Of men
noticed, but that 10 readily accounted for BY the
know Of the fact that the most OF these oate
ries have been engaged in the ordeal OF hot battle
From the vicissitudes Of the field they have been
sent to Camp Barry to recruit men and horses Az
the camp they are placed under the command OF
Lieut.. Col. Monroe, an of1cer Of much experience
and rigid disciplarian. The appearance OF the
treo,s yesterday not only did great credit to the
men but also to their commanding oficer. The fol.
lowing is the list of the batteries reviewed.
T~elfth Ohio battery, Capt yohnsSni ST,.,,
ss.osdy sty ytoannscsisSs . a NT battery, Capt Stirring
battery II. FiIst new YORK, Capt: Mink.
Tenth isss.o S,s,s s.,.y StHs sns sesls sSis
Battery II, TI;. fsnn.ylv.1iss s!I1sv Capt rasan
First Virginia battery, Lieut.. Furst
Within few months there have been sent out
from Usmp barry large number Of splendid bat
teries, AMI these sre being constantly sent away
ss they become fitted for the field Under the caro-
full inspection Of Cen. Barry, our artillery Is kept
in the very best possible condition. These artil-
lery reviews are Q fine thing, and we trust they
will be rereated often.
CAPITOL HILL AFrRAY.-A number Of port
able houses are situated, as our readers may be
aware, on East Capitol street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets, and occupied by the wives Of reg.
ular soldiers. A guard is de ached from the Sec.
ond District volunteers for the purpose OF protect
ing the portable premises. Last night lady
named johanna Dorsett, not being able to rec
tijy the errors Of undisciplined reason, nor
curb the sallies OF unsubduei passion, engaged
for a while In q battle of tongues. Not con-
tent, however, with this mode Of warfare, she
took what sentry named Jonathan Stevens swore
waA revolver, and aimed 1t at him with the
Ayowed purpose Of dlscharging its contents.
Strange to say, the guard, becoming frightened de-
parted from the place at double quick" The oc-
currence WAS Immediately made known to the o.
to the scene, searchei the premises and found the
weapon used by the woman, which was not a re-
volyer, as the sentry sworc, but something more
forIniiable-it was pop-5otile. 1t seems the wo-
man infringed some mandate Of the guard, for
which she received from the soldier severe repri
mand This was the cause Of the disturbance. A
poor soldier was he who could reprimand and not
stand his round.
SELLING CLOTHES TO SoLDIERs-Last night,
q man named L. Casenheimer came to the Guard.
house and asked The officer Of the night for guard
Of men to 90 with him to arrest some soldiers who
he said had tried to take soue goods from him.
just then the patrol brought In q soldier, named
WIN. Kelly, for having no pnss, and Casenheimer
said that was one Of the men. Lieut.. H. s. Thomp-
son twho was on duty, after questioning the man,
ordered the guard to arrest Casenheimer, on the
charge of selling citizens clothes to soldiers. He
was confined In the Guardhousc all night, and this
morning was brought before Major Cilley, who,
after hearing the story, held Casenheimer to bail
for a further hearing on Sunday morning, and
ordered Kelly TO be held In confinement.
FALSE CMAReE.-John II. BELOW and Mrs.
Riley appeared before Justice Ferguson this morn
Ing on the charge Of selling liquor to soldiers. The
arrest was made by Capt Todd's order, on infor-
nation received from man named VIM. Jayne,
who keeps store In the neigbborhood Of Carver
Hospital, near which the parties do business. The
witnesses that Jayne named were present and upon
being sworn tell nothing about the offence some
Of them had never been In the house OF either Of
the parties The Justice dismissed the case, stating
at the time that Jayne should be punished for ma.
king such a statement, which WAS certainly done
through jealousy.
AN ITALIc sPREE.-Loulsa Brenter went to
the Office of Justice Rowland, Yesterday, and
brought q charge OF assault ard battery against
Maria Capelara and Julia Ristaghiata. Anumber
Of Italian families live In house on the corner OF
Tenth street and Louisiana avenue, and among
them the aforementioned parties. Louisa placed
some wood In the yard, to which she had unques-
toned right and the parties accused told her that
II she did not remove the wood they would split
1t for her, which they did, and assaulted her In the
bargain. The parties were required to give eiOo
security to keep the peace.
AN UNsExED FEMALB.-Maria Branson, o
lovely girl of IS summers who resides on Eleventh
street east, between c street snd South Carolina
ayenue-snd Is ranked among the notables Of the
Five Points community-was yesterday attired In
soldiers uniform, sporting with some soldiers on
the commons near her residence. Her mother
(NIrs. Branson) went to the police and complained
Of her sentlemanly conduct. She was arrested,
taken before Justice Gull and required to give Sc
curity to keep the peace.
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FATAL LACoIDENT.-About4 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon fatal accident occurred at the WASH
ington Arsenal A German, laborer In one OF the
machine shops, was unloading Government car
filled with muskets picked up on the late battle
fields, when one Of them accidentally exploded,
killing him instantly. The ball entered the right
side and passed through the body. The German
was discharged soldier, having faithfully served
in the Peninsular campaigns.
WIFE BEATER.-Last night, q man named
Michael Dana was taken before Justice Rowland
on a charge Of assault and battery upon his wife.
Mrs. Dana and another lady appeared before the
Justice and testified to the truthfulness OF the
charge. Dana abused his wife, even before the
Justice, and showed the most marked disrespect
for her. He was committed to jail In default OF
security to keep the peace.
CoNrIscATED.-Yesterda morning the Mar
shal under the instructions Of District Attorney
Carriugton, seized, in accordance with the pro.
visions Of the conhscstion act the property Of d.
S. slocumb, who is alleged to be In the South aid
ing the rebellion. The property consists Of lot
in squire 66, on street, between Fourth and Fifth
streets, improved by a two-story frame dwelling