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              :' J f JUL' i . - '.hrp ii mmm m m m w m m m i w ..... . . ..... ..-.- r ..i ' -. J i i i i i i - - .. . 1 i i ii i.i r v -. a t -i -v f 7 i i f Ui l f: : 5 j;'c: - ( , I t lit v I III I f . T , . - - I rl I I 1 V l I If I. I I ill I II 1 li I 1; : --- 1 h 3 !!JLJ . 1 1!J 'f ! t-L-J LAHi U !L..' , gl 1 . 11 ' i' i ' ' ii ' ' ' '"'i ' "' i n i T ' i ir B rt fc ' '- 8t . gtntcralit gmiiur . " L, HABPEBt ; -:. OQee In fFHlwrd BlMk Sd Story. TERMS. Tw IoIlara pit aanam, psy&bl in ad . vaite ; $3.5ft wirhia six moatlu ; ifur tike zpi i )i Wrif(ei t Jfoum Vertm Bantur, LETTEES TO THE PEOPLE. NXIMBERTOUR. Arbitrary Attempts to Suppress Freo Discussion Ths Massachusetts Bigots, Eadearor to Silence Free Speech and the Free Press John Ad&ms and the Alien and Sedition Law in Hew England JUathew Lyon's Case the Ee-":: " suit. ; The first efforts of the Federal government to silence diacupfion were during-(lie administration of the elder Ad&tus. A native of Massachusetts, and trained up in that school of bigotry and intolerance, which drove the Philosopher Franklin from its limits, and which - gave encouragement to every species of fanaticism, it became his pride and delight to impose restrain ta upon freedom of speech and the liberty of the press. The Alien and Sedition Laws were juat to his hand and suited his purpose admiralty. The Alien Law ,of July 6, 1798investl the President with the power of ordering "all such aliens as he should j judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the- TJnited States, or should have any reasonable grounds suspect were ooncernel in an v treasonable or secret machination agKinst the government thereof, to depart tmt of the territory o( the Unite! States within such a time as shnnld be expressed in such order;" and if the ' order" was disregarded, the party was liable to an imprisonment for a maximum of three years, together with the sul?equerst incapacity for citizen ship. In trne of war the President was authorized to apprehend and remove the btlligereiit power vid Peter's statutes at large p 577. The Sedition Law of.Iulv 14. 1798, to be found on p 598, of the same work, was designed to prevent combinations to oppose the measures of the administration, to check all criticism of its acts,' and under the specious pretext of preventing incurrpctions and riots to virtually suppress dfscussion of the political conduct ol the President and Congress.. These ' acts the administration set out to enforce rigidly, and for a tim held a steady hand many a free thinker and outspoken citizen was made to smart under the reign of terror inaugurated by John Adams, backed by every Federal member of Conres, aud enforced by the whole power of that administration. But. the people at the close nt the ttrrm of his office ap- nlied the corrective hand bv re moving fn m place the oppreH.-orai.MiU minions. Su.di w3 the CAStf in the ii-f. su will be in tl.e present ! Those twin reli s of barbarism the alien, and the saluion law, which covered with infamy the administration of John Adams, having been shelved in disgrace it was presumed would be a standing monument to deter all future administration from attempting arbitrarily to interfKe iheir orlers against ihe indefeasible rights of the citizen. But It has been resrvsd foe the'- ud iimistration of Abraham Lincoln 'to' und-rtake to io with the .Democracy "vhuv his illustrioii- prototype so signally failed in dong.and a like fate awai:s his administration at the bil!ot:ftox in 1804. 'Tet' Freedom! jet, thy bvncr. tora. but flying, Stroma )iUe the thuntler t rm .j riv the win'l;-thj trtim(et vui -e. lUoiih lrrken natr and dying, The ioadeot ctUl-the tempest )rei l ehiiwi ; The. tree hath bet i h ui!. and the riud, - Chop'd bj the axe. looks rou;h ami liMto woith, " JSat toe sap Mate. unt etui ine sceu we Una Sowa deep, ereit m tie tmtom of the Surk Bo ihH a better spring less bitter fruit bring forth." - That our readers in iv be able to compare the old Federal Sedition law with the recent military orders of this administration, we give in full the second section of this infamous act under which honest Democrats were hunted down by party blood-hounds aud consigned to filthy prisons. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That if anv person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall know ingly and willingly assist or aid in writing. printing uttering or puoitsmng any taise. scau dalous and malicious writing or wrimigH against tne uovernment of the Uniteil ,S:ate, or "either honse of Cousresa of the CTi.ite.1 States, or the President of the U. tiled States. with intent to defame the said (l'vernment, or either house of Congress, or the s-iid Pres-' ' ident, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute, or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred ot - the good people of the Uuiied States, or to stir op sedition within the United Stales, or to excite any unlawfut combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the -United States, or any' act of the President of the Uni- ted States, done in"pursuane of any sueh law, or of the powers in him vested by the Const i-,..tutioo of the United Sutes;orto resist, op-v . pose, or defeat any sueh law or act ; or to aid, t encourage, or abet any hostile designs of anv foreign nation against the United States, their . people or government, then such ron. be flTngbereof convicted before anv court of the r: United States having iurisdictio tlterenf hall ; be punished by a fine not exceding two thou-1 udu uvun v. ui7T wjumai not exceea-ingtwo years.-r - , -; 'V'ln aMmencan . .Whartoo, oVXenyoii College, aathor of - A ; Treatise os mecaA Criminal Law," ' State trisiff eu'- sxtfrectly temiarks '.in . regard to . fheeubject:-- 'rv. ' ? , ?uT motires which-indueed tha majority to pase these Jawe, we are told by Mf. Tocker, rn hb sjdntirabrelie 'of. Mr,:Jeffersoiw have . .aaver beeneaxistactorily explained . bat i -per-. .mf7 ne,cre msype iouna inline .lenacncy t'rsx sncik exwu ta every dominant party -to per- lfatienency Jyrhe:h6tnilidoa of .J-f iriKaUu! ,'!Trive out HherwslcQnteats; and rTrerSe, by el erifom well, and C6lo-c 'tjT'H lflaod witiitthe belief thai he was 4brc-7! bt weedl.r the ures, dashed Into leaclorj ibemben. 'Let tbe riadom: of ike people correct the nbirjorora, orged Walpole,; then io the flash of a terrary ascendency ;bUi'power wa iocacerated withia the and the result was Sachcrerell was impeacbed walla of a pnsoa they returned, hbai to Con-and suspended, Ifeamires of a character al-1 greee. Mr, Lyon received 4,576 Totes to 2,444 most identical the saspenaian- of the AoAu corpus the arms bill, and the suspected aliens bill, were found necessary to check the pro gress of French principles in England, ? and were not some such steps necessary : to 'check the progress of the same principles In Ameri ca! The same Congress which, by its manly resistance to French im position had seemed to make permanent the federal ascendency, caused that ascendency to totter under the blows which they aimed at its adversaries. Tbe, Alien and Sedition Laws,' .said Hr. Jefferson, with his. ssnal quickness of perception, 'are working hard;' and so bard did they work that, before anoth er general election arrived, the substantial edi fice which the majority had erected, was lev elled to the dust." One of the most noted prosecutions under the sedition law was'that of Matthew Lvon at Vergennev!Veraiont, October 7, 1798. for having-made a publication with the intent "to Btir up sedition, and to bring the Presi dent and government of the United States into contempt" etc. The various steps taken in the case of Mr. Lyon were so much like the movements of the present day that we can not refrain from referring to them more fully in order that the people may see the coarse pur sued by arbitrary power, and also from the re suits that ensued may find that " public jus ce though slow is certain," for " Time at lst et I1 thing eTen," and lavs the proud oppressor low in the dust while the object of persecution, who has contended for the birthright of the American citizen, phoenix-like rises to the summit of honor and eminence. : Mr. Lyon was the publisher of a paper styled " Ths Scourge of Aristocracy and Repository of Important Political Truth," and in politics was a radical Democrat, opposing with all the zeal of an ardent nature the corrupt acts of the Ad ams administration. Having indulged in free criticism of the condact of the Executive and made publications through his paper and at public meetings, as was charged, " with the intent of making odious or contemptible the President and government, and bringing them both into disrepute," he wa arrested, underwent a mock trial and adjudged to " stand imprisoned four months, pav the costs of prosecution, and a fine of one thousand dollars and stand committed until this sentence be complied with." The moment the sentence was pronounced tlie Marshal in a glee of ecstaey called two of Lt en's bitterest enemies, who had when he was first arrested followed him to insult him and gave them charge of him. They refused ltoUt hUn S toh'1 lodgings that he might vlKe OI u'8 pape. inaieau oi impnson- ing him in the county jail where he lived, he was taken to a distant part of tha State under a guard of troopers armed with pistols Ac, and offered various indignities. From a letter to General Mason, of Virginia, dated in jail, October 14, 1798, we extract the following showing the animus of hi officers when making their triumphant entry into town after passing Middlebury jail in Addison county "the next day we arrived at this place; there are two roads to come . into it, one comes up through to the jail-house, by but two or three houses ; the other is circuitous, taking almost the whole length of the little city in its course I was inclined to take the nearest road, but the gentleman, by that route would lose a share of his triumph ; be ordered us in a peremptory tone into the circuitous road through the city. On the way from Rutland, he undertook to direct me. and stop me as to speaking, and told me I should not have the use of pen, ink and paper. On Wednesday evening last I was locked up in this room, where I now am ; it is alout sixteen fet long by twelve wide, with a necessary in one corner, which affords a stench about equal to the Philadelphia docks in the month of August This cell is the common receptacle for horse-theivea, moneymakers. runaway-negoes, or any kind of felons. There is a half moot, hole through the door, sufficient to receive. a plate through, and for my friends to look , through and speak to me. There is a window place on the opposite side, about twenty inches by sixteen, crossed by nine square iron bars; all the light I have is through this aperture; no fire-place in the cell, nor is there anything but the iron bars to keep the cold, out; consequently I have to walk smartly with my great coat on, to keep comfortably warm some mornings." AH the reading then allowed him was the President's Messages, Velney'a Euins and a list of the petit jury, and when he expressed a desire for pen, ink and paper and a little more favor, the officer threatened him and (" look ing at the chain that lay on the floor,) he said . . . . . : - . .V ,,J he would put me in a situation that I could I nor write. I asked him what be meant by that f , lie told me, I was at hie disposal, and if I did not behave like a prisoner, he would send me to Woodstock-jail. - I told him there was one advantage in that, he would not be there alwayf and I should get rid of the sight Sueh was one of the bastiles in which a Democrat was fmprisoned, in 1798, and such the treatment which was meted oat to an op-poser of the admtnistratloa, : who had served a a member of Cbngresa, and been a advo cate of popular rfghta.T .That,was. heioia, .te McHenry had arises and beibre the" fckek. 'r-t ; vp-!'gnaooata- ; tiaa ,Dcen fJ M ostCti-f dipWioixlor ditoTsjaemhers of Coasrsee M other, who 1 dared to eri tides the- TAdmUUtration and its v -Haw let see what ;thr.TsawJti. The people tru s 'to' e bores'" stood: 'tij'thef 'taz who had 'a'fsris,'. 'ri- t ,tn pebk and ;frs disctiaaion. TKejr Hscatod their own bbnor and whUs tlie vkm of ar J for llr. WtlKams the administration candidate; mi ijrvni unu unit priowa wuw wnu avm beloved and frepected than ever before a halo of glory has " ever '. since encircled his name. - . ' -;';-?'v'. ;-: - Bitter and unrelenting tyrants may oontiau'e their persecution bat it only serves to strength en the confidence of the people in the advo cate of their fights. When Ur, Lyon had served -out hie time ia priaou, and afterwards made his appearance in the hall of Congress he was met by the following resolution " Resolved, That Matthew Lyon, a member of tnis nouse, having been convicted or being a notorious and seditious person, and of a de praved mind, and wtcaed, end diaJKMical disposition, and of wickedly, decidedly, and ma- nciousiy coniriving-to aeiame tne government of the United States, and of having, with in tent and design to defame the government of the United States, and John Adams, toe President of the United States, and to bring' the laid government into contempt and disgrace, and with intent and design to excite against the said government and President, the hatred of the good people of the United States, wick edly, knowingly and maliciously written, and published certain scandalous and seditious writings or libels, be, therefore, expelled from . I ti , . - r i a is uouse. Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Nicholas made very able speeches in opposition to this resolution and the vote upon it stood 49 ;to 45, it requi ring a vole of two thirds of the members it was lost. Upon the close of Mr. Adams administra tion Mr. Lyon declined a re-election, and removed to Kentucky, where he at once became a leader of the people, who in 1803 sent him to the seat of Government as their representa tive, and continued him. until 1811, when he withdrew from the Congressional forum. Mr. Jefferson tendered him the commissary ship of the Western army, which . he declined. Sub sequently Mr. Monroe conferred upon him the appointment of United States factor for the Cherokee nation and he removed West of the Mississippi, where he was regarded as one of the leading men until his death at Spadre bluff, on the Arkansas river August 1st, 1822. On the 4th of July, 1840, public reparation was in great part done to this stern and un yielding champion of free discussion by the approval of an act of Congress paying the legal representatives of Mr. Lyon the amount of the fine and costs and full interest on the same from the date of its payment. : By refer ence to Ilouse Journal of the 1st Session 26tb, Congress, Document 86, it will be seen that the principles on which this trial was conduct ed were strongly repudiated. By eutnming up the result we will conclnde this number. of our papers. The persecution of this champion of the rights of the citizen made him the idol of those among whom he lived gave him a seat in the National Congress for ten years- secured for him the confidence of Jefferson Madison, Monroe and others, the purest and most exalted men in the country, and has con ferred upon his memory a fame as enduring as Free government itself SIr itur ad astro,' such is the way to immortality I Let the Democracy stand firmly by the right. Let them be faithful to their champions who do not quail or blench before the arm of arbitrary power,-but in defiance of their malice and their means while knowing that the blow is impending, as much as say, "Strike, but-hear" ! : God gives us the ability to think let not man take it away from us 1 From Him also have we re ceived the gift of speech- let it not be wrested from usl The Constitution guarantees the peaceable enjoyment of these God given rights . " Tet let at ponder boldly tia a base Absndoament of reason to resign Oar right of thoaghf To tamely arrender the right of free epeeeh I Without this our boasted republicanism is the merest farce imaginable. It has been re. served for ibis people, this very year, to noire the problem of free government. ' The issue between absolutiem and democracy is fairly made up. The -representative men of each idea have been by their friends placed in nomination. The absolutists, in the course of the persecutors of Matbew Lyon will find a paral lel ease and the Democracy while encour aged by that refreshing recollection should put forth every energy To make such an utter prostration, such an overwhelming rout of the enemies of popular rights .that it shall serve as a warning to all coming time. . ' ITiosu . A Jndieial Interpretation of Public Rights, Judge Miller of the United States Supreme Court, in the district of Iowa, an appointee of President Lincoln a Republican of course- thus lays down the taw in a late charge to the Grand Jury at Burlington, Iowa. Ha says; "The right of the citizen to discuss and by " . r 3 peaceable means to endeavor to oroenre the repeal or modification of an obnoxious Law. or toecoange oy legal. means of an officer of the Government for one more satisfactory, is unquestionable." . , That ia the correct doctrine, and if it ia oot maintained, we shall have a despotism is place of a republic -' ; T,f:-i-: , GoTtrnor Andrew, of narwlwett, on Tres peee2u : Governor Andrew of . 2Iassachusetis ths most intense Abolition Executive la tha oua try, gives utterance to tha followjng excellent John Union said, U the dearest of all Ubertiea. WUhout this right there can be bo liberty to any people; rith it there can be no slavery 1 tare cot for the truth or error of the opinions held or uttcrti, cot for the wisfsa cf&e wor! or lime of their tliempted fetteraccs wl es I eonsidrr tbia mat uestiotr cf funii-enUj sisircahes, t-is fTeatriil, whicb tr.r.:; Xrst be secure befcre-e society ca Xi till ti ts oa any fotnsiitiaa, tct cIr mmn eajjic--i Vs-.' IUlea and XLenlatiesa Z&& XTtx J- OFFICES3 ATO TiSL m OScial Xisi Excaptica '' ' -' . . '. r. '.. i "f . ' ':;:.?;tjhmsW's4iss '-' The instruction of. Provost Marshals and other officers under the Cbneiptioa Law are about to be issued by the War Department. They bare been prepared by Cot Frr: thePro- voet Marshal General and wnn thafe fact Ss . a w as . . . t . staiea it is neeaiesf to aoa uat tnev are clear. coocise and comprehensive. .'7,--Tber cover the whole rround of tb dntiMi of Assistaat Marshals General ; of District Provost.- Marshals, wttb their. -detntiee and aeetits; of the opprehensioa: and delivery of deserters ; of the arrest of spies f of Board of i? - r . . . . jwrgiimcni; i exeni(Hiuu, aaa tne rules Of exemptions, and : tne rules, of evidence bv which they are to be determined: of the phys- tutes. and of the accdunfa, reports and returns or omeers under tne law, Secretary Stanton prefaces the pamphlet (which makes, including an elaborate index. about sixty octavo pages) with the announce- iDcnv ma. " xoee regulations nave been ap- . ... l a a. - tv . a provea oy ine rresiaeni, wno commands tbat tnev be published for the government of all concerned, and that they be strictly observed." Frofuvadvance sheets of the work I abstract a few points, which, now that this all embracing law is on the eve of beinz out . into oper ation, will be of absorbing interest. ' . ASSISTANT . PSOTOST MAKSHAL 0!f SSALS. When the Conscript Bill was under discus sion in Congress, the question of having As- sisiant rrovoM juarsnai uenerais tor . each - . - a. v er i - State was raised, but there was a decidedly adverse majority. The Department, regard-ingsuch officerk as essential to the rjroner ex- ecuuon oi tne taw, ooviated tne s difficulty by "detailing officers from the army to serve as acting Assistant Provost Marshal Generals." They are directed to " exercise supervision over the Provost Marshals and their subordi nates in their respective States: to communi cate to them the instructions ofithe Provost Marshal Generals, ; and see that they are promptly and efficiently, executed : to eive from time to time such instructions, in accor dance with these regulations, as; may be re- quired, and entorce obedience So them; to communicate treely with the Governor and other State, town or county officers ; nd shall make full and frequent reports to the Provost Marshal General on the condition and wants of the service in bis State. . The salary of the Assistant Prorost Mar shal General is, of course, that of his rank in the army. ; He will generally bera Colonel or Lieut. Colonel. ' The District Provost Marshal has the rank. pay, and emoluments of.a Carta of cavalry (amounting, 1 believe, to about $1(0 per month. The exact figures were recently forwarded.) Two Deputy Prorost Marshahyniay be appointed ia eacbr-dietriet, competed of more than oneeoartry, hk the -approval 'oTtmy Provost Marshal Oeneral. Their par shall not be over a hundred dollars per month. Special officers and agents may be employed for detecting and arresting spies, but not more than four in a district, without special authority. They may be paid forty to sixty dollars per month, according to usefulness. J he Surgeon ami Commissioner (who, with the Provost Marshal, from the Board of Enrollment,) receive the compensation of an As sistant Surgeon, (rank of Captain,) excluding commutation for fuel and quarters. Their pay last only during the time actually employed. tnroiline officers, selected by the Board, are to be paid three dollars a day. SISTSICT. HlADQUASTTaS Are fixed by the Provost Marshal General. If there is no uovernment building there suita ble for the purpose, an office, consisting of nou more loan t nree rooms, may be rented. Each Provost Marshal may employ at these head quarters two clerks, subject to the appro vl of the Provost Marshal General, and at such rate of compensation as he may fix. SOLDIERS' SESTS QCTABTKBS AWD StTBStSTXSCS, " KeaU' are to be rented by the Provost Marshal, to be used in providing for deserters. straglere Ac He is also to contract for their subsistence at not more than thirty cents a dav, or a contract made for their board and iodeinz at a rate never over forty cents a dav. and which, in general, is expected to be much ess. Wner neither or these arraneements can be made, prisoners in charge of Provost Marshals parties may be lodged in jails, when only the ordinary jaif fees will be paid. ; INTXarlRXNCB WITH TH PRArT. - The Provost Marshals are enjoined, in - ac cordance with the terms of the act, to arrest and deliver to the proper civil authorities; to wit: -1 he United States Marshal, with written charges, any person" resisting the draft, or counseling any drafted person to conceal him self, or m any way disobey or. dissuade from obedience to the law. On conviction, persons so arrested are to be fined ' five hundred dol- ars, or imprisonment not exceeding two years. or both. -The instruction ia added that in all cases the Provost Marshals shall execute this duty wiih firmness, but also with prudence and good judgment, and without ur necessary harshness. To enable them to perform this and similar duties, they are authorized to call on the nearest available military force, or. on citizens, as a posse eomuotus, or on United States Marshals and Deput Marshals. .-,,, a rrREHENsioif Airn ncLrraar. or dssxrtxrs. Evervv noesibbt effort must be made br the Provost Marshal to arrest all deserters within his district, and he must receive and hold all deserters presented to him by other parties. The five dollars reward for the delivery of a deserter is to be paid just as soon-as he is sat tsfied that the person vteeeuted or a deserter. so that those bringing desertera may , receive tb eir re warda as surety ana promptly as poesv ble. Where there is a military atatioo w the imniediate Tidoiqr, deserten will he seat toy U at one. H so-statiooa areremote, they wilt be sent tit-moaUiIy, or ofteoer if there be more than five on hand at My intermediate aeriod. : A spemsi jruard. tuay Es em oloTedL when a military one Is oot Troeurable. io so- company th prisoners, for which ther shaQ be tid a dollar a day and einense&J If thev deliver the prisoner wsly--otherwi8 nothing. Parsons, who arr drafted and dafy aotUIed, but fail to report or famish substitute' or raw for one, are to be trect J aaf. cserterai - FmnT.1 mi or oaarrantble arrests, and vts& U take Are to be trrc-U J t s dssertars in i f:rt h I th turned; over to Xfeztzzl...Iccz-iir j -tie aepartaenu'r ;w f .''"bs jTv Y.i 3 crCaTrr-,! generally preferred for enrolling, officers. One ts. lo be appointed from each sub distrfcV and the Board.may take as many of these) as it deems necessary, having generally but one ibr eache parseJy settled coualy, and one in each ward of a city, or township ofa populous county. , ,'c - - 4.:- : "' Enrolling oficeraareto enroQ all persons subject to miliury duty vsKtiker tAif or Hail, and to note their ages,- residences, color and occupations.,, Tber must; include, first, all able-bodied males between the age of twenty and forty-five, not exempt by law ; and second, all persona of foreign birth wbo shall Jiave declared their intentions to become eitiaens. : - The enrollment of the two classes (between twenty and thirty-fire, - with unmarried per sons, and econd all others) must be kept on separate sheets, but made, at the same time. JMudents ib couegee or schools, teachers, ap- preatieen, Mutorv. iraveiers. travel ma mer chants and the like, are to be enrolled at their legal residence, their temporary absence from which forms no cause for exemption. Enrolling officers are to judge of age by the beet evidence they can obtaia, but sppeals from exemption on account of . tamj always be made to the Board; : zaArrs. :-. s Whenever any part of the forces thus ea" rolled are to be called out, the Provoet Mar shal General shall notify, each District Pro vost Jfarsba! of bs proportion with specific instructions as - to the, subdivisions. The Board shall then make the appointment to the sub-districts, and shall add fifty per cent. thereto.. What follows is embraced io the following regulations: : .. ' v . '73. The Board shsll make an exact and complete roll of the names of the persons draft- eu, bu i uie oraer in wnica tnev werearawn, so that the first drawn may stand first on the said roll, and the second may stand second. and so on. The draft shall take place at the headquarters of the district. It shall be pub lic, and under the direction of ihe Board of Enroll menu Thejiame -of each person enrolled shall be placed in a box to be provided for the irpose, and the Provost Marshal, or some person designated by him, (the drawer to be blindfolded,) shall draw therefrom one name at a time until the required number is obtained. 74. The exact and complete roll of the names of persona drawn in the draft shall be entered by the Board in a booV for the pur pose, ruled and headed to correspond with the descriptive roll of drafted men. (Form 34.) ".5. 1 he number required to nil the call wU be taken from this roll, by commencing at the first name, and taking in order until the required number is obtained, all who - are not, bv the Board, decided to be excepted and ex empt under the provisions' of the Enrollment Act. '--'-- a,; :- '--; . - 76. The names of the men thus called into service will be entered on Mescriptive rolls, (in triplicate,) signed by the Board. Onecopy Of this roll will be sent to the Provost Mar shal General direct, one copy to the Acting Assistant Jrovost Marshal Ueneral of the State, and one will be retaiqed by the Provoet Marshal. ' - 77. Certified extracts from this descriptive roll shaTl be made in duplicate by the Provost Hawhtl Inr VYV rx rf W " M mmm off and sent with the party to the otdcer to whom the party is to be delivered." One copy is to be retained by this officer, and he other is to be returned, with a receipt for the party as delivered to him, on the back. The returned copy will accompany the Provost Msrehal's monthly-report to the Provost Marshal Gen eral.";'- 78. The Board shall note on the roll-book of drafted men, in the column of remarks, op posite each man s name, the disposition made of him whether callett into service and sent to the rendezvous, exempted by the Board, re ma red bv a substitute.' commuted for. de serted, or discharged as not being required. "7y. I he substitute whom any drafted per son is authorized, by section 13tb of the Enrollment Act, to furnish, must be presented to the ASoard of Jt.nrollment; and it shall be the duty. of the Board to examine him. and. if ac cepted, to place his name on the book of persons drafted, with explanatory remarks. His name will then be transcribed on the descrip- .? : 1 1 r ,1 , . . .. . uve rous oi men cauea inio aervice. "80. Certificates of exemption -from the draft, by reason of having provided a substi tute, or having paid commutation money shall be furnished by the Board of Enrollment according to form 31. A discharge, from one draft furnishes no exemption from any subse- 3uent draft, except that, when the person rafted has furnished an acceptable substitute, and has received ar certificate -of discharge . .. ...... a from a preceding draft, be shall be held ex em pt from military duty during the time for which he had been drafted and for which such substitute was furnished: "81. The board shall; furnish a discharge (form 31) .from further liabilities under the particular draft, to any- drafted person who presents a bona Jid receipt for the sum an nounced . in order for procuring substitute, j. ., t . . i - . irom tne persons autuorizea . Dy tne pecretary of War to receive it.- ' xxmptjOkS. ' . . On this subject I append all that the regulations say. --.' - '; v-., v -'V msrosTS. ' Eight different kinds of reports must be made by the Provost - Marshal, most of tbem tri-monthly. No less- than thirty-nine differ ent forms are furnished, giving promise that the mere clerical labor of the office will prove no sinecure.. - ; r '; .- . - v . -, . . kxkv rrioxs am rclxs or xtidexcx t 'whicu THtf JtR TO B PrrRRKlWXO. 84. Section 2, Act for Enrolling and call ing oqt';the- National Forces, Ac approved March . IcHmS,, provides as follows:- 'That the followine persons be. and they are hereby excepted and exempt from the provisiona of ibis acvaua enaii not am iiauie to munary duty under the same, to wit : such aa are rejected .as physically . or mentally unfit for the service; also, first, the Vice. President of the United' States, the Judges of .tha various Courts of the United States, the head of the eorioue -; Executive - Departments of the.Gov-ernment, and the Governors of the several States. " Second, tha only son, liable to military duty, of a widow dependent upon hie labor for support. ; Third,, the only sop of aged or infirm parents or pe.rentsdependeet .apoti his labor for supjort.; Fourth, where there SrS two-or more sons of aged or Infirm Barest, abject to drafW the faxher - or if be be dead, the mother may elect wuico aoa amut do, exi cmpt.- "Fi&h; the only brother of oMkfren aot ! twelve years old, bavin iefther father nor mother dependant crpott his labor pif rapport. Seventh, whsre there ere a fither and sons tn the aamelarony , and bousehoUand two of tbem are lathe miliary aervice of the Uaited t&tea ej iwn-ccrjm iioaed odcersi-mu-dcians or privatev the. resWae of Such -faDy ead tqusth'c!JLotexceeiiB'; two, e&Il be exem'-'t;' And iw t ckoss tct gnc a r i tr t ex: icspp-t-ti flail m.xi?U.'T. ;r. r'-Zi :rrr- Lit norrrscrj rrh trtLe? tczrlcf I cf y f.I- cay ehall ie tzxCl&l tTcrcci tcsrva ia ; 85. The following diseaeee and httraitlei are those which disqualify for military errioe, and for which only drafted men are to be ,re-jected as pbysicaiiy or mentally :aafit for the service, ris t . ; " "- 7 , -. . ; "l. MsjjifestimbecOity or insanity. . "2. Epilepsy. For this disability the state- mentor the drafted maa is insufficient, and toe fact must be established by the "duly attested affidavit of a phy sician of good slaoding, who has attended nlm ia a convukiotu V ' i , Paralysis,' general or of one" limb, of chorea; their existence to be adequately deter mined. . "4. Acute or organic diseases of the brain or spinal cord; of the heart or .-lungs; of the stomach or intestines; of the liver or spleen : of tberkldnera at bladder ' anfifoieat ta liiit imrjeired the general health, or so well mark- aa to leave no reasonable doubt of the man's incapacity for military service. ' "5. Confirmed coneamption; cancer; aneurism of the large arteriee. "fi. -Inveterate and extensive disease of the skin, which will necessarily impair his efficiency as a soldier. . 7. Decided feebleness of constitution, whether natural or acquired. 8. Scrofula or constitutional srnhillis. which has resisted treatment and seriously im- pairea tiui general health. . - "9. Habitual and confirmed intemperance, or solitary vice, in degree sufficient to have materially enfeebled the constitution. - 1(L. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifest ed by positive change of structure; wasting of me auecteu nmo, or pumness or dmtortion of tpe joints does not exempt. Impaired motion of the joints and contraction of the limbs alleged to arise from rheumatism, and in which toe nutrition of the limb is not manifestly impaired, are to be proven by examina tion w one in a aiaxe oi anasstnesia inaucea oy other only. ' . v 44 11. Pant, whether insulating headache, neuralgia in . any of its forma, rheumatism, lumbago, or affections of the muscles, bones or joints, is a symptom of disease so easily pretended that it is not to be admitted as a cause for exemption, unless accompanied with manifest derangement of the general health, wasting of a limb, or other positive sign of disqualifying local disease.: "13. Great injuries or diseases of the skull, occasioning impairment of the intellectual faculties, epilepsy, or other manifest nervous or spasmodic symptoms. r "13. Total loss of sight; loss of sight of right eye; cataract; loss of crystaline lens of right eye. 14. Other serious diseases of the eye af-- lectin its integrity and use, e. a: chronic ophthalmia, fistula lachrymalis, ptosis, (if real.) ectropion, entropion. Inc. Myopia, unless very decided or depending upon some structural change in the eye, is not a cause for exemption. , "15. Loss of nose; deformity of. nose so great as to seriously obstruct respiration; ozasna. dependent upon caries in progress. lo. Uomplete deafness. This disability must not be admitted on the mere statement of the drafted man, but must be proved by the exweDce oi poaiuve uiaease, or oy otner aaus- tactory evuience of Furlenl Ottorhcea. 18- Dumbness; permanent loss of voice ; not to be admitted without cMr snd s"fc- 2l. Stammering, if excessive and confirm- , -. I ....II! I 1 - eu; to o estaoiianea oy aatismctory cvtaence, under oath. "22 Loas of a sufficient number of teeth to prevent proper mastication of food, and tearing the cartridge. .. "23.. Incurable deformity or loss of part of either jaw, hindering biting of the cartridge or; proper mastication, or greatly, injuring epeecn; aBcoyioeta oi lower jaw. "24. Tumors of the neck, impeding respiration or deglutition; fistula of larynx or trachea; tortocolis of long standing and well marked. "26. Deformity of the chest sufficient to impede respiration or to prevent the carrying or arms and military equipments; canes of the rib. "26. Deficient amplitude and power of ex pension of chest. A man five feet three inches (minimum standard height for the regular army) should not measure less than thirty inches in circumference immediately above the nipples, and havean expansive mobility of not less than two inches. ."-:'-.- 27. Abdomen grossly protuberant; exces sive obesity ; hernia, either inguinal or femo ral. - .- : - . - - . "26. Artificial anus; stricture of the rectum; prolapsus ant. Fistula in ano ia not a posi tive disquaiihcauon, but may be so if exten sive or com plicated with visceral disease. "29. Old and ulcerated internal haemor rhoids, if in degree sufficient to impair the man s efficiency . .External haemorrhoids are no cause for exemption. "30. Total lose, or nearly total loss of penis: epispadia or hypospadia at the middle or bear the root of the penw. " . -31. Incurable permanent organic stricture of the urethra, in which the urine i passed drop by drop, or which is complicated by dis ease oi tne bladder; urinary fistula. Kecent or s pasmodic stricture of the urethra does sot exempt. . "32. Incontinence of urine, heme: a disease rrequenuy feigned ana or rare occurrence, ia not, of itself, . cause for exemption. Stone in the bladder, ascertained by the introduction of the metal ic catheter, is a positive disquali- ncaiion. '33. Lose or complete atrophy of both tes ticles irom any cause; permanent retention of one or both testicles with in the inguinal canal; but voluntary retraction does not ex-em pt. ;".'-.- ; " .;. "34. Confirmed "- or malignant sarcoocele, hyrodrocele, if complicated with ; organie dia-eaee of the testicle. : Varicocele and crisoeele are not, in themselves, disqualifying. . , . t- r "35. Exceasire anterior or posterior curva ture or the spine; caries of the spine. : "37. Wounds, fractnres, tumors. .. atrophy of a limb, or chronic disease of the - joints or bonea, that would impede marching or prevent cobtinuoua muscular exertion. - -.Ur" -- 1 38. 'Anchylosis or irreducible' dislocation of the shoulder, elbow wrist, hip knee or aakle joint.'----'" .-'-'-- -. ': ; ;' '' : "SV Muscular or cutaneous eoatraettons from wounds or boras, - in.a degree sufficient to prevent useful motion of a limn..- r - -TotaMoas of a thumb; loss of ungual phalanx of rightthumb. ' ;r - . ?U Total losa of aoy two fin-ers of same hand.' r' -s: v v - if ; -".-v.;'j- it'-': - "42, Total losa of index.rtmset of ri?ht hand. '"-""' . .v.. i ' - - ' '. 4&.: Jjoea of the firitan Tr nStslaiiMia of the Cn-ers of ri-U haud,y "TT iermaaect ixUnzizier DeTmaaeal eontradioa of asy finder exec t the Lttle finger; all tha Cn-ere adherent et i.z Had. ,...t i s -Total loss of either, rr-a.toeer loss of any tnree toes 09 1- asms foots 4. tne to3 ioiaeJ-. ts-ther 1 -A'l r' m great toe txosz.as the other tot iiiiTttt rrembence of the artrcn!slSow ef ti.9 raetilUrsil tens jadXJtpiruax.,cr t-i Oren-ng or aoygry;r.;aa isi jiS: tefmaneul retratSiofi Cf titLl.r phalanx oone of the toes, so that the free bor derof the nail bears upon the ground; er Cex" ion at right angle of the first" phalaar of a to ; upon a seceod, with anchylosis Of this artiti laUon." . . - - "43. Club feett splay feet, where the area is so fir effaced that the ,tnpero'rty of tha scaphoid booc touches Ihe ground, and the line of station runs along the whols internal border of the fbc wits great prominence of tha inner ankle: but ordinary.large, iH-ahaped or flat feet do not exempts- - ? ; - , . . . - ,"oXL Variooae veins of inferior axrsaiuea, if large and numerous, having dusters of kaota, and accompany ing -with , chronio swelling or ulcerationa. " " V . J ' . ' . . . ""3I. Cbreaie ' ulcers' f extensive, deep aad adherest cicatrice of lower extrernhfea-f 86V No- certificate of a pbysiciaa oe mxa geon is to be received ia support of y point in - the claim of drafted men for exemptioa from military service, unless the fact and statements therein set forth are affirmed or sworn to before a civil magistrate, competent to. ad minister oaths. - . . , , "87, The exempts under the first broviaiod of section two of the act enrolling and calling out the National forces, efcc will generally bo sufficiently well known to the Board to obvi ate the necessity of, evidence with reeard to tthem. Should, however, the Board consider it necessary tn any ease tne commission or certificate of office of any person ' claiming exemption under the provision mentioned may be required to be shown, : t . "87. To establish exemption under the see ond. third, fourth, fifth and sixth provisions ; of section 2 of the act for ' enrolling and calif ing out of the National forces, &c the Board shall require the affidavits of the persons seek ing to be exempt, and,of two respectable men, (heads of families,). residing in the district, that the man in question is the only eon 'liable to military duly of a widow dependent oar hfs labor or support, the-onry son' of aged or infirm parents, or parents dependent on him labor for support, or otherwise, aceordiagkta the particular provision of the section -ttnder which the exemption fa claimed. These a5 davits will be made according to the forme : hereinafter prescribed, and must in all cases? be taken before a civil magistrate duly authorised to administer oaths.' These forma of affidavits shall be published by the Board of Eov Tollment in the newspapers of the district, for' the information of the public, when a draft is? ordered.- " '--. "89. When a claim for exemption a made' under the seventh provision of section two ef the act enrolling and calling out the National forces, Ac, the Board shall apply to the Provost Marshal General for the necessaryjex-tracts from the official rolls in the War Department, upon which it shall decide the. case. :'-"."'.-'; " . "90. Persons claiming exemption from en roll meat must furnish clear proof of their right to such exemption. They will be enroll' ed where the proof of their exemption ia not clear and convulsive." Whr General Jolmstoa Caat Eeliersj : VickiiuTff. " - The Vicksborg correspondent of the CSa-cinnatF ("rfft thus writes wrv'W .r1 te wnr ur caw xcrf vo so. " If he had a b undred thousand men it would 4 be impossible to assist Vicksburg from the 1 - m 9 tsi" .a a rear, toe more mea am couui ormg toe setter for ns. I wish our people to understand this. The country is for fifty miles, all be' tween the Yaxoo and Big Black, dawW-Our troops hare burned all Hit eon andporkv all mills, and all that could contribute to the support of troops. ' The topography of the Country ia the most favorable to defense of any npoo earth. It i a succession of bills arid gullies, and there are only three roads by which an enemy could advance; these are commanded by hills that could be defendei by a small force against tea t twee their number. General Grant has ' no more' fear of them, has no mere doubt of suceeesv than your readers have of the approach oi autumn and its golden fruits. : . Suppose Johnston should come? He && not make more than five miles per day. He cannot carry more than five davs ration a. Where would that cary him? He knows that and his only hope is in a force from l6isian and Texas. How could they cross the Mise issippif It is fntile to fear, foolish to dreads All is on our side, right and might. . Trait of Iaacc!BisTirf' . Lincoln said in his Inaogunl: Vft& the people retain virtue and intelligence, no-administration, by any extreme of wickedness: or fo.ly. can very seriously injure the. Govern-' . ment in the short space of four years." Then ' according to this, the people can no longer retain virtue and intelligence, for Lincoln's administration has been goisg on only two years and " bis wickedness and folly" . have , - . , . . 1 injurea tne country ai roost past reaempuonv . Under his management our nation is distracted) at home and disgraced abroad. Our foreign commerce is paraliredw-Our domestic trade is ruiaedw -- - ; -. . r Our coasts are bioekaded. . ; Our great rivers, the arteries of eommert! ealtb are shut up. -r Our railroads are torn up and destroyed, " Our Constitution as trampled under foot.-Our laws are suspended. . . . .-Our eoorts and judges are powerless,-Our eitixens are reuied and imprisoned with out process of Uv. ' - :- - ; Our State Legislature are overawed Ire th bayoaet. . . , . . . - -.' . Oar States are invaded aaddmemeered. Our business is prostrated, Onr banks are breakiag. r ' V. - Our people are threatened with nengfne u - - they speak against the deatructioa cf the Coo . atitutioa . - : - ' ' , : . . - . j . Our freedom of the press is denounced-. Our right of jpetitieu denied. , - ' Our peaceable dtizeua are Insulted ia the) . street. 1 " :- '-- ': - ' . ' ':.: . - And these are only a few f the Crico Est : . of calamities which- hare -come to Lincola'a two years cxperimeatiae in the Preaidestixl 1 , - hi . . . . , m enair. k oat win oar country oe m tne na-of four years f-Ths mind' -shrink aghast at,-tha prospect t God hare mercy" apo us sad our unhappy eountryl JV; T. Day jScsJL : , " tJ VaUaodlshala though he errsr eaai - heart2r up to the aupport of the GorermaseV voted me and ooary for tha tfoaecutioa cf ; ' r tha war, a Oct which the lhmond Jss r f remembers spinet I la tow, and cf wti-a 11 taaafj tha while yet ntz at lri' otsrtersGwmrTgiJl v - - " The Omaa ' aad ti aio ; v - riesau: lias mada "ii' a tlsadsr-r f:r viitflw lhat aiias- f-..'. ft Si f'iwy f ' m . ; , i : : 2.v:v. trsa ia'tha 2?orth'ti.fy t: t --yeis:saidtabeCscScl-a; j H U 2 " Couth ---Tie m?zf -ct C C " ; -. - ' t