Daily national Republican., 1863-10-17
LOCAL NEWS.

Number Of "localo or "drop" letters de-
iivsred By the sarfiers. ers................... nl0S
FIRE. 70 tere,.... .........'.......... Ssx0
Current Les'srs... ...... ..'' ........'... SnTU
Aegregating the number of............ sTs,sss
letter. delivered BY the In three noaths
What would our Old inhabitants have thought Of
this three short years aaol
In addition 10 thsss. duties our istsss-earrisss
brought In from the stations the following lstssrs
For the mails. .........".................. slAo
For local delivery. ..............s......... fot
Total Al....................... 0isl
The carriers have delivered ofunpaid news.
oS Which tSs postsi: w.s prepaid there
have been delivered. ed...................... o,tss
ross, as,ss2
Tbs 9ost Of this nee systsn has bssn:
10 suSs1aiutss ior esrrisfs whsn sisk..... q sn
acknowledgement (tsihins, iadssd,)..... n
Total. .......................... oi,sN
fifty s,stion-boxss have bsen established At
various points, with great convenisncs TO our eiu.
zens generally. l.I..
rs locked boxes ~ sow usdsr rent.
DsAfH OF JoRS DEAN, EsQ.-We regret 70
announce the death " John Dean, = q, - gentle.
man who gained considerable reputation In this
city BY dsfssdtpg . nunber Of fugitive slaves,
seized under the Fugitive Slave law. He died yes
terday, OF pasunonia, d his rooms on sxth street,
between asd streets. ~. Dean's sickness was
very brief, % he was on duty At his once, In the
Treasury DspAstnsat, on Monday last. Mr.. Dean
came 10 this city from Brooklyn, N. u, about the
time Of the issuance Of the Emancipation proola-
mstion, and he entered at once energetically into
the business Of defen ling u, aad Of securing to
colored people their rights under u. Mr.. Dean, at
enc time, lived 10 Oneida county, N. ", rnd was
A. - -. 49,. - MAJ s..lllS - AAAN
county. He was gentleman Of hne social quail
ties, and had . wi 10 circle Of friends. Mr. Dean
was 90 years Of age. r.u
DEATH or AN OLD CIrrzsN.-Mr. Henry
Dudley died at O'Clock YESTERDAY mornisg, Of
apoplexy. Mr.. Dudley had been employed at the
Warrington Arsenal for the past thirty-seven
years. and the greater portion Of that time he had
charge Of the gun-carriage department Of that In
stitution. The deceased vas . thoroughly loyal
man and worthy citisen, and his suddsn and un
expeeesd demise will b received with regret BY all
who knew hin. He was 67 years Of age, and leaves
two daughters and three sons. Two OF the sons
are smploysd at the Arsenal and the other 10 In
business on the Avenue.
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RBcovsRY OF PORTION OF Go0Ds SfoL1N
AYEAa Aoo.-About one year since the store Of
Joshus n. Dryden, q North Green street, Dalti-
more, vas burslariously entered and ti,1oe worth
ofGoods stolsa, snoas the rest esos worth Of wiz
dow surtains. Yesterday, detsssive John Dusan,
OF the Metropolitan police corps, found these cur
tains In the house OF ilifane kept BY Mollis NIL
Ter, In the ssoond ward. They were packed away
In the bottom Of trunk said 10 belong 10 the land
lady. ne WA arrested And tskea before justice
Ciayoos, who held her TO ball In the sun Of $50
for fufthsS hearing. Detective Dussn dsssrvss
much credit for following this robbsry up and nad
ing the whereabouts Of the goods, when the rob
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sIlnPNa IN CENTRE NARK.T.-The follow
ing persons were arrested this morning, about Q
O'Clock, by Onissrs steele and Tucker. OF the sixth
Precinct for sleepiRgin the Centre mafke' Taylor
= Collins, George Curtis, Thomas 4. Berry, Lemuel
Moses, James Davis, WIN. Clark, candy Rogers,
solomon Matthews, Thomas Boyland, and Joseph
Wall. All were boys between the ages Of - and
49, aad most Of them boot.biacks. This practice Of
,.sleeping in the markets and In waSoas, In the
streets, demonstrates the necessity andtmporsunes
the erection OF home for the frisndless, and .
house Of refuge In Washington. The boys, except
Ing the last two, were sent to the workhouse, BY
Justice Thompson, some for thirty and some sor
sixty days.
DEsssfsRs AlElsrsD.-The following do.
sertsrs were arrested yesterday BY the detectives
Of Capt. schssts Elick McNesdsr, arrssied on the
Avenue - q deserter-bslongs TO the ist New Jer
eey cavalry, company ~ sonh D0votes uosotVh-
SD Pennsylvanis, company Il Lawreace shiel, dc
serter-ist New Jersey, company Ii James Lewis
arrested at Bladensburg ~ . deserter company y
9th New York artillery, Freeman Keck, desertsr-
2sth New York, company d, Dwight A. Merrill
dessrtsr-2Hh New York, company II.
SHOOTING IN THE TnlRD WARD.-Col. ]. g.
Hsnsborough was arrested BY the Third ward polics
last night for firing pistol shot At Mr.. Harry W
Martin, proprietor Of the Franklin House, cornsI
of d and EiEhth streets. Fortunately the shot did
NJ, aot take erect, and no damage was done. Al thu
old gsntleman who did the shooting was hardly
responsible, Mr. Martin did not desire to prosecute
himj but Justice Thompson could not do other
wise than hold hin TO bail for court.
OlPHAss' CoUar-Judge Rrceu.-Letters o
administration on ths personal estates OF John
leach were granted 10 James L. Barbour.
The Inventory Of the personal estate OF James II
Smith was nled.
The inventory OF the personal estate Of Mar,
Murray, and the inventory and appraiseosnt o
goods Of John Meaney, were returned.
The guardians Of the children Of lsaiah and Jas
Lawrence reported to the court the sale Of thei
real estate.
AssAULrINa A CoLoRsD MAs.-Lsst night
about 7 o'clock, - an old ooiorsd man was psss,n
along the Ayeaus, bstwesa Niath end Tsath streets
pretty badly A policeman arrested the soldier
and took them 70 tho Gusrdhouss, where Lieut.
J solomon connittsd them for punishmsnt. Thsi
names are James Msssher and John McMann.
SUPPOSED DBsnTBs.-John Van Ostin wa
! yesterday arrested By the guard at the depot OF
y suspicion VI his being . dsssrter. He was CON
4 mitted to the Guardhouse BY Capt. Todd for exam
ination. -...
8oLpIIR's ksTRsAr.-Arrived yesterday, Z
convalescents from Philsdelphia, % exchange
prisouess and % recruits for the Eleventh Vernon
artillery. ........
. Amusensnts.
FoAD's TaEAIRl.-Maggio Mitchell repeat
tonight the charming domestic play OF "LAttl
Barefoot" with the full support Of the COMPANY
This piece hss several good acting parts beside
those Of ths hsroine, and is altogether, very II
teresting one. The entertainment concludes wit
"Toodles," Dlshop playing the side-spli,tins pal
Of the inebriated and copjugal Toodles.
CANTERBURY HAIL." The Gipsy Trio an
"The Irish Emisrant will be played tonight f
the last time. Misses De Faibcr, Mile and Clal