Daily national Republican., 1863-08-29
:LOCAL1 NEWS.

oAAfne 3yfnnRf AZ HopsD bfAAfAno.-This
nssaiAs. tss~tsa . Aad o's,oslg, yeAn Dean, the
with 0sasrai Hsintslsmaa's hsaaquartsfi, In seins
darknsss, whtsh was unusual d that time Of the
nossinG. This oirsunstanes lsd him 10 believe
that t6sfs was sometime wrong, and upon insti-
iHtlnl ssasch, found hat Willian Cfsus. sAs
watshnaa, having put out sti the tghts, hsd do
esmtsd, taking two hne horses, the property Of
Lieut.. Col. T. N. Greene, Chief uuartermastsr, DE-
partmsat Of wsshingtos.
Ths men employed In the stables immsdiately
Turned out aod ssatshed for the thie but were un-
suceessful In their efforts to catch him. The
hofses, however, were recovered by Policeman
baisIsy, who seeiHs Csaas d 4 father Unusual
hoar, msie hin halt, and questioned him 90 TO
xhose horses he Mad, and why he was out At such
u hotir. Cfats ststed thst they were his broth
st's horses, who was 1 sutisr. The officer
could hardly ~ II In that light, and thinking q
little examination would enable hin 70 SO II In
absttsr light, he proceeded 70 sxaniso the hones.
While he was 90 engaged, Csaus dipped from the
but Without saset, Ths ol,ssf brought the horses
t6 Col paAsf's ofies this mefniHs. Great credit
v due 70 oaaess Barclay for his pfonptnssi and
energy upoa this occasion.
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3 Fms LAsr NIeHT. About 0 O'Clock last
aisht Ore occurred In the extensive saw and
plAning mill Of Msssrs MoLaae = Co., situated on
nirtssath street, below Ohio avenue. At one
tine Il was thought that the whols sstablishment
would - destroyed, but the sasrtloas Of the are-
men saved IT, Ths Tranklia wss the arst engine
% the ground. ms Hibernia steam fire engine
rendered good service. All the books and valuable
papsrs were saved and taken 70 the Eifth-precinst
staslea-house. Messrs MoLAns Co. have been
burnt out twice before. They estimate their loss
this time st about ts6o. The hre ID supposed TO
have originated from the furnace Of the boiler.
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TRrINa TO RsscUz PRIsoNlns. Peter Am
mon got tight yesterday, and % matter Of co~rss,
when Peter gets tight he feels brave. Peter was
navigating the Avenue (as best he oould) yester.
day aftsrnoon, when he saw the patrol arrest one
Of his comrades who did not have pass. Pster
was "movsd BY the spirit" Chat he had drunk) TO
rescue his eomrade. Uttering . loud yell, he
rushed on the guard, and-the next thing that
Peter knew, he was . prisoner and being carried
10 the Guard House. This morning Capt. Merritt
recommended the hydropathio treatment to be
tried with Peter and he then bs released.
SENT TO OLD CAPIToL.-The following pris-
onsrs OF war wee sent to the Old Capitol last
night BY Capt. Todd: Capt. T. c. .. Hunter, 10th
Va. cav; Capt. John Taylor and Lieut.. John Tay-
lor, IT,, 9Th Va cav; Thomas B. shiiley and W. B.
DAhutOIut tOpOErnpniChl cuBluccfbS .. buu W VI.
Eilisoa, eth Va. cav. They were sent up from the
headquarters Army Of the Potomac. The follow.
ing rebel deserters were also sent up at the same
time: Lieut.. NJ. e. Barnes, Pat Hickey, We.
Keith, 8aml Croles, W. Russell, W. N. Blevins,
John Kline, .. o. Clark, W. s. Stevens, L. Frank
lin. They were also sent to the Old Capitol.
ASSIGNED TO DUrY.-Lisut. J. II. Tall, Of
the Eshty-sixth New York volunteers, was yes
49, AA.. atrsI f.ua Al
By Capt. Todd. Lieut.. Tall was wounded at the
battle Of Bull Run and has been confined to his
house ever sinoe. by this order Lieut. Barry will
b greatly relieved, - he hAs beea doing double
Assy since his appointment a. Lieutenant oom.
nandins.
WANTED TO STlAL A HoRss.-Hugh McSaley
thought that he had 10 much right to . certain
hosss - the Governmsnt, 20 for that reason hs
blistsred the brsad Of U. 8. ON the animal and
claimed him - his own. One Of Colonial Bakers
dstsetivss discovered 1t and arrested Hugh, and
ne Colonel committed hin TO the Guardhouse,
whsfs hs Is now awaiting orders
HAcK-DRIvBRs VIOLATING ORDIRs.-Two
hAek-drivers named VIM. Thomas and Henry Ross
!. were arrested yesterday by the mounted patrol,
they were allowed to stand by military orders.
They were confined In the Guardhouse all night,
and this morning Capt. Merritt released them on
thsir promising TO do % no more.
To BIZ esNT TO THE ARMY.-Next weak .
number OF men who have been eonnnsd in the
guardhouss for week or two past, on tbs charge
Of being supposed dessrtsrs, and who can give no
satisfaetory account Of Themselves are to be sent
TO the army - oonscripts. ..,.0t
6uDsTITUTEs.-This class Of mon are getting
quite scarce In this CITY, a. 10 witnessed BY there
only being twenty brought In all day yesterday.
The brokers will not furnish one for = less sum
than Ss7s. Many Of the drafted ones who thought
Of furnishing subs will have to pay the commute
ton or enter the ranks.
SAhBuoI WME.-This article, upon trial, We
IND quite palatable. II 10 recommended for weakly
females and invalids generally y.-Portland Argus.
Mr.. - has just received large invoice Of this
wine, four years old, Of which he u selling large
quantities.
TRIAL OF DAHLaREN GuSs.-A trial Of q
nunbsr Of Dahlsren guns was had At the Navy
Yard yesterday. They are smAll pieces, but are