Daily national Republican., 1863-07-24
LOCAL NEWS.

:, LUAL NEW D.
THE CoURr-MARrrAL.-The evidence In the
case of the court martial Of Hasel ,, Ceehela oi
MontsSfpiy yssdfay, sllfynsa, vasS'Ssss ysr
day.
tssoth airxet a. ~ AvsAus.i casA61 wsseAAfBedi
with giving information TO The rebel cavalry - 70
the wheresbosfss ef lHses number Of 0ovsfrmsnt
cattle. ~ whssA shey wssS snabssd v esptuIs
them. n. chss. kA6sf1 1 nenbsf of ths bAr
from MalyxsA vtli dslivsf = afsuasat y 81
feu,e OF he sssunsd tsAsy.i NE asesisa uf ~
court in snls ssss y lesksa " with sst interest
as there are aifsaly : number y dass q NE
Judge Advossts oainss WIN yssbAsiy ssk Ne
court to tAns up ~ ssse Of sasosi white sfsef'
they hsvs, NM sitfudpd ne ssas nct oh htnAd,
Until his Arrest, WhitA Was dstss<ise u tha -.
uloy of Col. YSsh, Provost H1asshai Of the dty Of
baltimore. Hsuvsss arrested W oydsr o. col. -.
ker. The charges asainsth hin are thAt he receives
btibes from rebsis for fAvors which his positaoA
enabled him 10 sstsad V than. lgi -. i-,a ,li.
LARon Rns.--Lat night, ssous 10 O'Clock,
avery destractivs M oesdifsd y he norsANSss-
eru eecyiop of the olty.l copR ifanA dwe>unes
were entirely consumed By the heoee aso swo
others seriously damaged. Tbsy were occupied
by Irish fanli,ss, and nsas sf thsnwss insured.
A man nansd vsaasls owned two, sot winch %
was offered Ss,soo Abous two wssks NO. Fhos.
CorriGon ovSeA one worth t<eo. ~ ~. lse
was ths swpar Of oas vslusd at esoa Ths two
houses which were psssialiy dsstroysd wsss owned
by man named Carroll. His soss 10 estimated =
: $1,000. e .,'.5.f.i l,rs..-.-.. =, :
SPOT but could not do much account Of assafstty
OF water. The Union had ID hose oil rssdy for
thirty minutes before water could b furnished,
there being no plugs In the imusdiats visanisy
The franklin and Perseverance were present,
and did ensetivs ssrvios In sxtinguishinl the afe.
The Anacostis and Columbia were also on the
spot. 4 .---
SELLING LioUoa 10 soLDrnns.-Justice Fer
guson, this morning. had the pleasure Of hnins
VIM Haserty, A. stouter, Jas. Mitchell, and iohn
Rttner, each the sum OF sao for the above offence.
We cannot help being surprised that thsss saloon
keepers will still continue this practice aftef 20
many repssted hnes. Every dav ws hsvs two or
three cases Of this kind 10 record, We think thst
the remedy which General schsnck, OF Baltimore,
uses would be more bsaeAciai than the One. Hs
method 10 to take the s6snder and sst him on .
nour barrel in front Of his ONCE, with picard
hung over his breast and the words ''sold whisksy
to soldiers" written thereon. We see by the BAi-
timore papers that there u never more than one
this as q hint TO the military oincers who have
"s's ''""s' ~ ----.'tI tI'a'i 'Aai
srABBrwa CAsR.--Last night at about half
past ten o'clook, ~ . man, named Hugh hokinny,
was passing down Pennsylvanis avenue man
passed him, snd In passing struck against Mekin.
ny's shoulier, and then turned back and ssksd
hlm,who he was rhoving against. hekinny 70.
piled that he had pushed against him. Upon that
tho man assaulted him, and In trying to defend
himself NIcKinny was stabbed three time In the
sbtnpmen with q kuife In the hands Of the Other
mau. One OF Capt. Johnson's detectivss happened
to be passing and at once arrested both Of the men
and conveyed them to the Central Guardhouse
where tho prisoner gave his name - James Fresr
This NOR aing he was brought before Justies Fer
Rusou who ordered him to BE- held until tomorrow
morning for further hearing. .r.
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Row IN NEaRoDoM.-,Last night, about II
O'Clock, the residents Of ths uppsr portion oi
Ninth street were startled nom their accustomed
quiet, by loud swsaring, pistol shooting, aad Z
general yelling. Upon investigating nattsrs II
was found that numbsr Of negroes (who had beer
"trippang u on the light fantastic toe" at the
house OF 4 woman called Anna King, situated on
Ninth street, between N and o. had got Into
row, and were about to make 1t bloody one, q,
two or three Of them had been cut badly.
Just as matters had got well uader way, however
onncers Greer, Fuss, and sullivan made their ap
pesranec, and arrested fourteen Of the participants
This morning, Mr. Thomss Lewis, with the ofiesrs
appealed against them, and they were fined eaof
50, which the most OF them paid; but others, moi
having the requisite amount Of each, compromised
the matter with Justice Thompson, by agreeing Il
take trip TO the workhouse for thirty days. IN.
woman, King, was fined $io and costs, for keepinl
disorderly house. This house, from mr. Lewis
statement, has been great source Of annoyance
to the residents Of that vicinity, who will doub
be glad to hear OF Its invasion by the police. ed
HORSE STKALING.-A soldier named jane
Hughes was found In state Of intoxicstion yes
,terdsy by the Navy Yard police. lie had In hil
possession young horse, which he was leading
by n rope. The horse was claimed by citizen NJ
one that was stolen from him about week ago
Justice Ferguson sent Hughes to the Guardhous,
and this morning he was released, ~ 1t appeare,
that the horse was loaned to him by some soldiers
who tried to get him 10 ride II 90 90 to have tn,
fun Of seeing him thrown, ~ he was quite drunl
and the horse was rather wild. He got on but fol
= of again, aud thought that he could do better :,
walk and lead the horse, which he was found doing
A FELLOW FEELIRa.-John Walsh was yes
terdAy brought into the Cusrdhouse by . soldier
who said that he had watched him trying TO picl
the pockets OF some soldiers who wsrs lynn
y asleep In the Smithsonian grounds. When al
rested, Walsh tried to scare the soldier by passn
himself of as detective officer. The soldier toll
him Lc must go TO the Guardhouse and see wha
the officer there would say. Upon being quei
toned by the officer, he refused to answer.
shower-bath was administered, when he gave hi
name as above and said he was Just from tn
workhouse. He was placed in a cell for furthe
hearing. Led a. ara. is ......f. ...
DIsTURBAScE.-This morning q fight oc
Cured on Thirtsenth street, near the premise
upon which the fire occurred last night. II seem
\, thst two Irlshmen, named Reilly and Venable 90
into a quarrel about the lumber left intact BY tn
devouring element. From words the "bould boys
came to blows, and Venabls's venerable orbs fel
the Afrieanifying tenderness Of Reily's riling