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ecessionist drew a knife on him. There was some excitement, but no damage was done by the incipient assassin. Subsequently he was arrested by the Provost Guard and placed in prison. Several gentlemen of respectability called upon Provost Marshal Christensen and urged the release of the culprit on bail, offering any amount, and claiming consideration for the offender on the score of the respectability of his connections. Capt. Christensen, to his praise be it said, declined to accede to tCapt. Christensen, to his praise be it said, declined to accede to the request. With a firmness which does him infinite honor, that able officer intimated to the friends of the young man that he deemed the position of the individual — his respectability of relatives and intelligence — an aggravation of the crime, and he would not accept bail. The offender, we are informed, is a nephew of Chief Justice Taney, and but recently held a commission in the rebel army, and is at large upon parole. We hope an example will be made in this case. It is quite time t