Daily national Republican., 1863-07-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

sERIoUs CHAnaE.-John w. williams was
arrested by some soldiers yesterday, and sent to
jail for court by Justice Rowland, charged with
opening letters intrusted to his caro- The facts Of
his offence are As follows Yesterday morning he
went to the Post ONCE and presented an order pur-
porting to be from DR.. Clark, twho had been In
charge OF hospital at Aquia Creek,) calling for
the letters for the hospital. The order appeared
to be correct, and the mail was delivered to him.
In about an hour from the time that he received
he was brought to the Post Office again by some
soldiers, who stated to Mr.. Tree that he had been
seen opening the mailbag In an alley back of
rord's theatre, on Tenth street. Mr.. Tree had him
taken before Justice Rowland, where he made the
charge sgainst him. Anumber OF witnesscs swore
that they had seen him .opsn the bag and take
thsrefrom all letters that appeared to bc iul and
proceed to break them open and pocket their con-
tents, which, when he ives searched, proved to be
postage-stamps and pictures, but no money. The
prisoner stated In his defence that the letters that
he opened ware the property Of some Of his de
ceased comrades. As stated above, he was sent to
all for court. 70 H.. .|. ...
BnLIAHD TILT To-Mosnow.-Thsre will DO
quite an Interesting match tomorrow afternoon,
at Gcsry's Billiard saloon, the corner Of Ninth
and D street, ,pstween Messrs. Deary and Isadore,
two well.known Knights Of the cue. The game 10
to be the French three-ball carom Of ono hundred
points, for etoo side. .r...
On Monday there will be another tilt between
tho same gentlemen, the game then being the
American four.bal carom, best six In eleven games,
for sioo side, Deary discou nting opponent. We
advise all ievers ol this noble art to attend as we
have NO doubt that the display Of skill there ex-
hibited will we'll repay them. ....
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The EPoLIoEMES.-Weu understand that many
persons think that WIN. .. Webb, Esq., superin-
tcndent Metropolitan Police, has iuAugurated .
new policy in transferring pstrolmen from pre-
clnct 10 precinct. We would state that he IL sim.
ply carrying out the requirements Of Law ap-
proved July 10, 1852. In section Of that act we
Had the following,.- .rt Ers t....
UThere shall be no Limitation o. restriction Of
place Of residence to any member Of Metropolitan
tropoitan folics district and u shall Do the duty
p.trsimen TO Se changed iroa time 70 tine ss the
efficiency Of the force may require" s' -..
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL DETECTIVES.
Board OF Metropolitan Polies, st its meeting yes
tsrday, appointed L. B. Eastmsn and Andrew John.
son special policemen, without pay from the funds
Of the Board They were appointed upon the re-
commendAhon Of Capt. Henry A. schurtz, Provost
Marshal OF the District under the Enrolment Act.
They will be entirely under the control Of Captain
schurtz as detective oficers.
| CRIMINAL CoURr.-Ycsterday, John sulll-
van was found guilty Of assault and battery, but
not guilty OF assault and battery with intent to
kill.
John Harrison and John Remner, charged with
grand larceny, were acquitted.
jeremiah Hardy was found guilty Of stealing sew.
eral articles Of property, and Treasury notes.
A nole pros was entered In the case Of Timothy
Rogers, charged with receiving stolen property.
John n. shinn and Altman O. Richards gave re.
cognizsnce, Jointly and severally, in the sum oi
Ss0O, for the appearance Of John r. shipn from day
to day, 10 answer charge Of assault and battery
whereof he stands Indicted. ."r't...
VIM. p. Hadly and Charles H. Wood gave rsoog
ni1ance Jointly and severally In the sum Of s2Ot
day, to answer a charge OF assault and battery
whereof he stands indicted
To-day, In the case Of George W. Bennett
shHfsed with assault and battery with intent to
kill, the jury rendered verdict Of guilty Of assault
only. He was fined s26. ..I- ...
Walter D. DoEaldson, the young theft was con
victed OF grand larceny, and recommended to the
mercy of the court. .' .'
4 q, PRISONERS DIscHABsEp.-Jno Holohan, Jas
O'Nssl, James sweeny, LOUIS Gillian, jsmes Rich
ards, Frederick Beaton, James Brooks, Barton
Shamrock, Sarah Mcguire, Sno. Mcguire, WIN
Lindsey, Theodore Thomas, Robt Kemp and Ma
thias Butler, were ordsred to be discharged from
jail.
ASSISTING DEsERTIos.-Peter Gurgon, citi
sen, was arrested this morning ON the seriouI
charge Of assisting deserters and running tht
blockade, He was committed to the Guardhouse
by order of Col Raker. until further ordera