Daily national Republican., 1863-10-17

A purSnlib Dsss.sss-oAss. Asss-
dale was arrested THE nosxlses By one q Capt
fodd's detestivss. - .. 1ssertse lfom NE sesoad
District OF Colunbia veluntesrs. This man y %
s..s,r,o,d 4 des,rter = vs ever heard Of, which
20 Ioliovias fssts wsll shewi he fosasrly be-
Ioosed TO The Tea,h regulars and deserted, butwss
captured, tried by court.mart,al and sentenced to
- sAss. The day Tor his execution came up, he
was seated on his comm to receive the nfe OF the
dsfkchmsnt detailed for that purpose, who hsd
lust received their iosded guns, when he was re-
prieved, to be transferred to the Eleventh iesu-
lars to serve three years from the time Of transfer
He dsssstsa from that regiment At Gettysours,
came to Washington, Joined the Second district OF
Columbia, and . few days aimee again deserted
He was sent to Forrest Hall, to be forwarded to
his regiment Tot trial.
A FEMALE soLDIsR.--The guards at the
Long Bridse this morning arrested person ans
wering the name Of John smith. John Smith was
attempting to cross the bridge without pass.
John Saith was taken TO the Provost Marshars
ONCE, where Ae turned out to be Mary Johnson
she made written statement In which she de-
elarss that she 10 10 years old lives In williams
port, Pennsyivauia, and served a. . private IN
company c, Of the Third Peuusylvania Reserves,
for 10 months, that she vas never mustered In,
but remained in the company BY the oaptains or.
dsrs, and messed with chss. Smith, and dressed In
uniform.
she further states that she left the army In May
last, and has besn isteiy on kalorama Heights, IN
the wagon camp Of Stephen Green. She also says
that she was arrested BY the police two weeks
since and naed ss ", In default Of which she was
sent to the workhouse. She says she got out Of
the workhouse BY paying ~ to the TRUSTEES. She
has no female wearing apparel. Was going 70
Fairfax TO join teamster. Capt. Todd turned her
over TO the civil authorities.
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EscAPEo or BuPPosED DuRoLAR.-Last night
. man, named Hiram Bryan, was seen behind
tree-box, on Pennsylvania avenue near western
Capitol gate. About o'clock Roundsman Mere
dith and onlcer Hilton approached him, regarding
him ~ . suspicious character. He then ran, cry
ing out" Murder" causing many widows to b
hastily hoisted. Thsy, however. overlook him
near Third street. He threatened to kill Hilton,
but he had no weapons. They then gave him "a
Of1eer Mills, who started with him to the station
At Maryland avenue he broke away and got Be
tween the cars on the track across the canal
with the aid Of the soldiers on the train, who
punched him out Of hts hiding place, they secured
him and took him TO the station-house, but this
morning % the prisoners were being taken from
their cells, he gave the oeers the alp by Jumping
over the back fence. He 10 believed from from hii
actions TO be burglar, and had he been secured
would have probably played 3 part In the next
rosues' procession. an.
ATTEMPTED TO EscAPE.-J. J. Cochun ALA
Stewart, the two-headed, humpbseked blockade
runner, who has been coninet Ia the Old Capito
prison for the past six months, and who has, with
10 that period made Al many ineifectual attempti
to escape from his p'ison, made such another at
tempt last night
He was discovered BY the guard and resulsi
rouyh-andt tumble ensued between them, but thu
bloekade-runner was too wiry for the guard, ant
would probably have gotten way II the latter haa
not raised an alarm, which reused Mr.. Wood, 90
perintendent Of the prison, who Immediately re
paired to the scene Of action. Cochran had beer
90 successful In his encounter with the guard ths
be made . show Of testing the muscle Of Wood
He made one pass At the latter and tilted ove
against the wall. Results bruised head and
white eyes decidedly black.
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| MoRs PRIsoNsRs OF. WAR.-About fifty-si,
more prisoners Of war arrived In this city las
evening. Among the number 10 q Brevst sscont
Leuteaant 9. c. Robinson, 18th N. {. infantry
They eli belong 10 North Carolina regiments. Al
Of them say that they will take the oath and re
main North during the war. Seven others Of III,
prisoners we're brought, who were wouaded, an.
are A M. D. Williamson, Noah Deaton, 9. M. Rob
inson, VIM R. Ray, J Z. Hammer, W. H. Timber
lick, and g. G. Hollinssworth. They were all sen
to the Old Capitol By Captain Todd.
FLsEINa FRon SoufnslN CoNscRIPrIox.-
George Matthew, Thomas Matthew'S, Joseph A
Petit and John 7. Beavers, the first two from
Loudoun county, Va and the others from nea
d ainsvile, were sent up from Alexandra to-day
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they fed from the sonscription In rebeldom. The!
desire 10 take the oath and remsin North durinI
the war. They were sent TO the Old Capitol b!
Capt. Todd.
PLACED UNDER ARRBsr AND ORDsRED =,
REPORT TO Pnovosr MAasHAL--Maj. J. C. Brown
Fourteenth Kansas cavalry, Capt. Cook, Lieuts
France, Woodwork, shoneeker, and Turner wer
this morning, BY order Of Capt. Todd, placed unde
arrest and ordered to report to the Provost Mar
shal's once The onicers were stopping at the Me
tropolitan Hotel. The order was executed by kpn
Of Capt. Todds detectives. ..n
ISLAND POLICE CAsss.- catherine Quick an,
Catherine MoNulty, disordsrly conduct, each nne,
~; Mary Myers and Mary Payne. drunk and dis
orderly, each naed % o., Margaret Masrsw, drunl
and disorderIy, fined ttst; Josephine Miles, va
grancy, Workhouse. Most Of the above womeI
are notorious characters and have been often al
rested. ..
DEATHS OF soLDIERs.-Daniei Kingston, q
bat. l. Corps, James Snoot, ist Nd, WIN. Q. Doyle
Sd Mich. Erastus Roberts, l2th nj. cav, Hiran
Busseif, eth W.; Oliver 8. Ward, 10th N. Y. art
Marcus stsrps sd N. Y. inf J. Hsnes,eyn, Q. NJ
d. The above were reported yesterday.
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DRAWING PIsroL-Sorsn Adams was or
rested yesterday BY one Of Col. Bakers o,eers OF
the charge Of being drunk and drawing pistol OF
q citizen. He was sent to the Guardhouse to b,
held for the Colonel's orders.
DIED.
On ths 18th inst, ANNIE COLEMAN, In the i6tl
year OF her age,
The relatives and friends OF the family are rss
pectfully invited to attend tbs funeral from th,
residence Of hes mother, On street north, be
tween Fourth and Filth, on Sunday afternoon, q
. O'Clock.