Daily national Republican., 1863-09-14
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
HsSsnw FEsrrAL.--rho Hebrew New Yes
or Rosh.shannsh, besaa yesterday, and will COR
the month Trial, the AativsrsAfy, according Z
Jewish tradition, Of the ersatAss Ief the world
The festival ID observed - > sabbath, no work Q
any kind being peruitted in the Hebrew house
hold. A feast n observsd up to the time Of III
sounding of the sophsr, wAioh y blown at noon
tine. On the roth Of the month Eissar, tasth o
september,) the Feast Of ths Tabernseles, or sue
Goth, win be celsbfated, and viii continue for
week. The hrst 10 day Of sacred convooGrfou
and no ss,vils work will b performed By any iru
Israelite. During this feast the chosen people o
God are required to dwell In booths or tents, an,
many families partake Of their meals under can
opy OF branches. The dw elling In booths u con
memorativs Of the manner In which the Jews live,
after they escaped from Egypt and before the!
reached Canaan, while wandering for forty year
in the desert. TIE prophet zsehariah has pro
claimed that whoever Of the families Of the sartl
should not 90 up to Jerusalem to worship shoult
''eceiys no ram. Even the Esyptiaas, who sssdet
no rais, should be smitfen with plague II thei
neglected to worship the Lord Of Hosts. In thii
festival wave Offering 10 made on acsount Of thu
gathering Of ths fruts At this season OF the year
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Epsiishmsn, was arrested yesterday By Odaesr Nc
Colsan, and turned over TO the military BY Justies
Giberson. lie has been prowlins about the city
for several days, without pu' suing any particular
vocation. He has been lodging at the Station.
house during the nights. He claims to b auhjeci
Of Great Dritsin, and 90 do many rebel spies
When the justice talked Of turning him over to
the military, he thought that he was to be i'm
pressed into the Federal service. He bessms very
fndt tUnn nuA anla AnsA -.
army. He had sworn 70 that effect and would not
violate his oath-they might hang him arst. A
suPposition was expressed by q policeman present
that swearing never to enter the Federal army
meant that he had sworn allegiance TO the Con-
federate cause. The Englishman said he had been
living in Philsdslphia, and he expected, from per-
sons there, some money 10 be forwarded BY
Adams Express, with which he might be enabled
SUSPICIOUS CHARAcTERs.-Wm. Love was
arrested By of,cer MonnahAn Tor intoxication and
sleeping In the street. and taken to the seventh
precinct station. He had 90 on his person when
arrested. He said he came from Baltimore coun-
~, Maryland, on last Saturday, TO make applica-
hon for a government teamster In this city. Jus.
tice Giberson In consideration Of his being stran.
ger, imposed the smallest fine, which was o. and
costs Being suspected Of desertion from the army
By Lieut.. Cronin, he was TUNED over to the mill
tary. II seems that four men escaped from Ana
lostan Island last Thursday night and the sergeant
thought TIE man under arrest answerei the des.
crip'ion Of one Of the deserters. The man was in
company with Richard Rivers, . notorious oharsc.
ter, who was also arrested and turned over to tho
military.
HANDSOME PRESENT FOR THE Iron BRI0A DE.
A beautiful battle.nag 10 on exhibition at Hudson
EJlors book store, on Pennsylvania avenue. II
10 one OF the anest and most Hastily arranged nags
we have seen during the war. II Il intended foI
presentation to the Iron Brigade, composed OF the
fecond, Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin, Nineteenth
Indiana and Twenty-fourth Michigan regiments,
and was gotten up by the clerks In the Depart
ments from these States. The names OF the ieyersl
bsttle-hslds In which this brigade distinguished
themselves BY heroic courage are Inscribed On the
banner In brilliant colors. Gainesville, Bull Run
Antictam. Fredericksburg, South Mountain and
Gettysburg constitute Q record Of which this bri.
gade may well be proud, and which emiasntly en-.
titles them to this evidence Of the appreciation Of
their friends. This flag will remain at Mr.. Tayor's
only few days. II 10 worthy visit
SHOULD BE SEEN To.-Passing along the Ave-
nue. last night, after the RAIN to the cross
ing at the corner OF Seventh street, and we were
surprised 10 md the whole street covered with
water from one side to the other, owing to the
inlet to the sewer being completely chOked up
This thing should be to, II 10 very unpleas
ant for pedestrians to have to walk = half block
before being able to cross the street. Whose bust
ness 10 i'll See to It, gentlemen, II you please.
P.S-Since writing the above, we have noticed
workmen engaged In cleaning away the surplus
dirt, (which was almost 9 cart-load.) However,
our humble opinion Is, that 1t would be much bet
ter to hase things clear before rain than to do IL
ater Hho over
NEwsBoYs FROM THE ARMY ARREsfKD.-
Five newsboys were on Saturday sent from the
headquarters OF the army, where they have been
for rome time past, and as II WAS thought by Gen.
Meade that he could get along without them, they
were sent to Capt. Todl who committed them to
the Guardhouse 10 be examined by Capt. Merritt,
who this morning told the boys that he would send
Agusrd to the cars with them, on condition that
they would stay at their homes In New York and
Philadelphia. They promised to do so, and were
accordingly sent OFT In tho u o'clock train. The
names of the boys are Daniel Kans, Chris. Dow
ling, Michael Herlehey, Johnny Roche.
SAvY-YARD BRInaE.-Ths travel over this
bridge on last Saturday, from one o'clock \. m to
twelve o'clock p. m, was as follows i,6D0 per.
sons % six-horse teams 100 four-horse teams !,
sthree.horse teams: 2Ss stwo-horse teams COS one
horse teams 4sa on horseback S7O horses OK
teams n cattle and 1T sheep. The above 'oes
not include men riding In the wagons.
Efforts arc being made to have this bridge re-
paired, as II is now In . very bad condition. The
inmen,e travel Of wagons, ~, belonging to the
Government ought to induce the authorities to
make 1t a substantial structure.
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DRUNK AND ISDEcEST.-Chas. Green, sol
der Of the Invalid corps, was yesterday brought to
the Gusrdhouse by a policeman, who found him on
the corner Of Seventh street and the Avenue, very
drunk and exposing his person. The brute IL held
in the GuaIdhousc to be punished according to his
deserts
Aaoiher.-Jas Finn was also arrested for the
same offence, which he committed at st. Aioyslus
hospital. This morning Capt. Merritt ordered him
to be weH showered and held for punishment.
A FAST CAPTAIN.-Fred Cassenona, CAP
tain In the service, was on Saturday afternoon ar
rested by Officer Wahnsll on Ninth street, where
he was furiously riding up and down the street,
from 4 street to the Avenue, tn reby greatly en-
dangering the lives Of pedestrians and also nearly
running over little child who was playing on
one Of tho crossings. He was brought before Jus