Daily national Republican., 1863-09-16

Crss.erdsG6s-i len the ROOM shead Of Capt.
Iohnsooi pcxt saw him tn thostreet, did not sec
s% iI ss i"f fs.sa h s:G ;: r..ps lis !.
ssooGs n. po,sc shat r. he 'n,:ns to
srsssio " Thompson, judging s. ~ vo,ss, at.
t~wtssed Il do sc. -
,a.Nhcs kbram wnnholts hame was called, Jus
tier remarked that Mr.. wsmhoit had more on his
sawusases thsn he woula llks " hAtn, n,,,,,s,,....
John Eivans, \ hoy. sWorni WAS swing on the
rsrncr Sf SIXTH and prnnsylvabit svfnucj heard =
Aisturnancc across the street, ssil TO Mr. Inr brt
that there was about 10 be 4 hghf' just ns rot
.ss NO ~ ss s,d s"ys sss ,.s sss
senticman ,a,ithorisc Nj. rhonlsba arrest 4
man, III. gentleman tSld Thompson that he would
iwcrn tho grnirmnn and othcer and inserferet!s
Nj. Thompson told 3, amin he would have nothing
to say 70 hia, npon that, Lieut.. Rrannin tnld NJ
nm m ss w su. ns B.aanin e w .Ss
dcfctilye.i 10 inserfered With MI. Thompson IN
nt,k'ns h!s arrest, rhemp:oa and wii:m; WV, ~ - took
Icastdi think they did sci he com menced fselinS
about he person. NJ thiuk, for awespoaJ the ON.
cangh. hold o. him sSais and ,ouiiics ~ nsss
bruks sway from them, he got somcth!ns outi
think II wssA pistol, hs then pushed or knockcu
Nj g.. .ss SsT nsn he ppsss pSs%rd .s ss r.
then sraS cd fhorirsoi either by thu throat Or by
the collar, and when 1hobp.oh Was let go he got
nfrnnin 'sgain appfoschcd him with VIII .tever he
hSd In his hald, rtcaring he would hhobt the Hrst
ma. who put his hanqi 9n him. rhompson then
Tho npsohI he TUNED and fell ia the guite'. then
heard Capt. Johnson ,ay he aIrcst Thompson. /
p,il no more attention to II, but went on the eub
heard onS man hsliooias to smother 10 shoe, = man
running down the street, and heard Capt Johnsch
ssy the olicers could not take HIN,
hqsid him tell Thompson that he A. est.d him, !
was looking at Brannin. who was thieatcnint to
shoot the oic q bell ted BtSnnis had h drawn !.
It right at Tho upsohs head. RESIDE here; this is
my teihanent residcnce,
John. d. Hays, correspondent Of the Boston
Cttendou Hotel, II tening to a .screnade; 10 Mas
b b''~sea the houts OF IL hnd half past Monday
=, hi oc 'uesuay morning Of last wtes herrl loud
sk at the L, ntrs House, betw cen Ave or six per-
sons there assembled; heard one Of them cali the
o her a d--d butt, as understood NJ started
va no bait; he was AS cred that he was q
q ID id butt; heard some talk about n -cccsh
wnn,Nn; bow wnn struck at one Of the patty,
who staggered nnd nearly fell 10 the ground,
Jim, I nevcr injured or struck you, Aud will leave
It to any one Of the cIowdP' the. nssailaht then
came niier him AgSlni just then pMctrs Thompson
aud Williams GAME running across the street, and
seeing Lieut. Drannin In the crowd IN hont OF tho
Cen raj, they attempted TO arrest him, and lie
asked them what they were doing and rushed to-
wards the c,ntre OF The sidewalk, trying TO get
swsy from them, the officers IUuowing; Bran
min said, want that man arrested, puinting
to some one In the cfowdj one Ut the Officers
started to arrest the mani Lieutenant Bran, IN
,hrn sting ottt " not that mta;that other mar;" the
oilcer then took holdof rs arm, but he Ienched
II away they then linioncd his arms behind hiuI,
hngging him; he struggled violently and got away.
and sluy out II comm tnd you to arrest ihat man
,le oiEeefs then grabbed him again, and he b,u. c
Ianas toll lam n lat I'M ~ :
h lps you don't know who ami" hone one asked,
who are your he replied "l am Lieut. Drannih,
Of tho detective rec, and You attempt e. artes..
m IN the dischargc o, my dnty, and 4 will shoot
YOU, by G-di' an Uiiicer at the ,ne time stepped
A. with = rcy0l, or md said, "yns, by CD, and
an his Irieud AID will see HIM Oui;' this man
hsd . hat on with \ military gold card on
l.. Leuts naut Brannin then struggled with the
officers and sol loose ng In, and iumbed iu his
Ger thompson and sworc he would shoot him, Ie.
pcating " will /" /" will" 81 wiIl, by Jesus ~
some II the bystanders interposed and indcnroict
away nom him; he held thu pistol above the heads
Of The l'eo,lc aud went dodgiug through the crowd
siter Ihompion, MS II cndeavoting To get aim al
h IN; bfanain and the police Uticer then gJappItt
dvwu towards the eurbstone; Drannn then pushed
or Knocked down m oricerj the neat ! saw Of him
h. waSagain aiming n revolver within lew inches
OF lhomp'on's nose; two or three times 1t wai
Knocked away by bViic OF the crowd, seeing nun
Der OF rcrovtrs deemed II prudent to retire, and
wcntorer to the cyrncr OF the Central House; the
next heard was report of pistol, and heard
| some one remark, MY God, he 10 shot; he is mur
dered;' started towards the hotel when 1 wal
arrested,
Cross-cxamined: c c,nrot swear that saw Cap,
Johnson Al all, before The shootingI raw the pis
tol drawn. ...
(AIr Iioycs resides In Boston. Justice Gihersor
aul,.d hin, to give ball Tor his appearance as
Al This stage ofihe proeesdin the Court ad
az urntd until Tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
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WANTED TO GO TO THE ARMr.-This morn
Ing an Irish woman entered the Pass office, at the
Provost MarshaIl's, and applied to the officer In
charge for pass to visit the Army Of the foto
mac. She waS told that It could not lie given, AZ
females were not allowed to go. Not satisfied
with this answer, she went to almost every Officer
In the building, and tormcnted them about It. sh,
was inaliy told to leave, which she did by goinl
out and taking a seat under a porch, aud then sci
up n squsll that 1t was wrong entirely" for heI
not to be allowed to 80 aod see her "dariin
Mike" when wo left she was still continuing
her music 10 large crowd OF contrabauds, who
seemed TO syn pa'hige deeply with heri
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THE CASE OF MARRs ALIAS ARIAL.-Sumo o
our readers rccolect the circumstance Of thii
mans trres'. After having gone as a substitut,
in this city, he was found to be = deserter from
| Massachusetts regiment. He has been tried by ,
court martial, and Is now In the Old Capitol unde
sentence which hiss not yet been made known.
TALKING TO PRIsUNERs.-JamcsB Berry, a sol
der OF sootts 1000" was arrested by one OF IN,
guard at the Central, to day, who found him drunl
and talking to the prisoners there confined. II,
W. 9 locked up for trial tomorrow, by Capt. kfer
ritt.
DEsERTER.-James Smith was yesterday ar
rested, by one OF Col Bakers detectives, on tn,
| ch ,rge Of desertion. He WAS committed to tn,
q lard House, I'd be held for the Coionels orders
SELLisG WHIsKEY TO SoLDIERs.-Danl Don
ov,n was to day arrested on the charge OF sellin
liquor to soldiers. He was required 10 leave So
for his appearance Tomorrow morning.
SUPPOSED DEsERTER. Archer was TO
day arrested at the depot on the charge OF being
Supposed substitute.
WAsHISGroN THEATRE" The Ghost" con
tinues to attract very large and Fashionable audi
enccs, who are thrilled and delighted at the IN AZ
velous spectral illusion. The performance thi
evening commences with the elegant comsdicitI
OF the Young Widow" In which Miss Levering
Mr.. Clifford and the entire company appear.
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Yestcrday, Mr.. Thos