Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-10

dedicate ourselves and al we have TO the pre-
seryation of our country; but when they ash
4 of US sacrifices for the purpose of trampllne
down the Constitution and destroying the
great principles Of liberty, then we must al
least have the poor privilege Of raising oul
voices in terms Of expos:ulatiQn against q
policy so fatal and ruin0us. We loTe that
flag ipOinting to the stars and stripes with
the Whole love of our life; and every star that
slittcrs On it's blue field is sacred. And lei
me conclude with the sentiment of citizen
Of another State, declaring that we will pre-
serve the Constitution. We will preserve the
Orion; wcwill preserve our flag with every
star that glitter! upon it, and we will see to 1t
that there is a State for every star. tContln'
u"d cheering.
The meeting then adjourned, and Governor
Seymour arriving again at the h"to!, shook
hands and convcrscd with citizens and friends
until the hour for dinner.
THE ACTUAL RESULT oP THE LATE DRAFT AT TIE
| NORTH.
| Accorlnt to General Fry's report to til" [
S. Secretary of War, dated the 18Th instant, the
CONSUMPTION brings only one of the conscr'pt-
ed men into the army for every nineteen
drawn. The New York World" gives u
synopsis of the statement in his report:
For every 100 men wanted $50 were drawn,
| in o.der to make sure of the hundred. Gen.
Fry SAYS that of those drawn 50 Yer cent.
have reported that is. 100 have reported for
every l50 drawn. OF those reporting, he says
that 80 per cent are exempted Tor physical
disability and 80 per cent. under the second
section of the act; leaving ~ per cent. who
| have haen held to service. Forty per cent. OF
4 IL oil n
paid commutation-so that the 80 men drawn
are reduced to "a OF this small remainder
Gen. Fry states that about one-third have
eono in person and two thirds have furnished
substitutes. The substitutes arc of course
volunteers they 90 into the army not by conf
rulsicn, hut of their own accord, induced by the
bounres they receive so that the net result Of
drafting 10000 men is to bring 10000 cSo-
sci;ts, and 10 more. into the army. Could
there be q more striking proof Of the inaptl-
tudc, bad alignment and want of foresight
which direct the proceedings of the admins
tra,ion If they had really understood the
machine they were putting IN operation, in
stead Of aiding - per cent. 10 cover detclcn-
cios, they would have added l,$O0 per. cent.
The draf. bringing only one conscrpt III nine
teen into tie army. the President, to get
~
300, 600 men to DE drawn.
THE TROOPS Mustered ~ IL THE YANKEES.
Sixteen free States and two slave States
have sent To the field 90 2246 volunteers; Of
| these ,UGS, TG1 were three years men. Penn
svlvania mas supplied 20j.3"G volunteers, "i
which % 90 ware three months, II. 100 nine
| months AMI lC4.2j1 three ycars' men. New
Ynri; has furnished b., $50 volunteers, Of
which 81, l3l were two years, and l5,9.22
| three months men. Illinois. has sont out
! l3j 40 volunteers Massachusetts, Il ,O3S.-
| Kentucky has contributed i%,0OS men, and
| Missouri 81 81. New Jersey comes in for a
total Of 30,2l4. OF which l1,395 were three
years men. l0,7l4 nine months, and 3, lO3
| three months mcn. The above statement has
been complied from Official sources, and may
be relied on rs being correct, up to January
| |, 1867.
from LuuIsIASA-EASKs PRESSING ISTO THE
HEART OF. the srATE-AN EXPEDITION FIT
TING OFT AGAINST TExAS-ENLlST1NG NEGRO
SOLDIERS. ETC.
The Northern papers report active movements
in Louisiana They say thnt troops. under Gen.
Banks. are moving through Western Louisiana,
rs is supposed, with The ultimate ohJ"c: OF re-
dceminr Texas from the rebels. The Eighteenth
army corps. under Gen Franklin, had pressed
forward to Opcousa, ginning that place on the
221 of October, without meeting 4 great deal of
resistance. notwithstanding the fact that the ar
MY. in large force Of infantry. cavalry and ar
i;il"rv. attempted to maize stand about hve
miles from the town. They quickly retreated
and have gone to Alexandria. The headquarters
o: the Thirteenth army corps, Gen. Washourne
are still ut Vermilliouvile.
At New Orleans an expedition under General
Dana composed of veteran t7nops was being fit
ted olIt Its precise destination was,'Of course,
not diyulgrd. but the general opinion is, that 1t
WAS Intended for soma point on the Texas coast
Tie enlistment of negro soldiers was going on
rapidly in New Orleans. and tho Union troops
had been very successful in the destruction OF
the salt works tanncries anil other ret@l proper
t.. acros, Lake Pos, char'r:n, in Mississippi.
NINTH REGIMENT OF Va. CAVALRY.
To tic Editors ofMe Enqnirer:
Gentlemen: YOU will please publish the
following report of casualties in the 9th Eir-
gina Cavalry during the recent series of en-
gagcmcnts, extending from the llta to the
2o22d inst:
FIELD AND STAFF.
Killed: None.
Wounded: Major Thos Waller command
ing, slightly in t"ot.
Missing: None.
COMPANY A.
Killed: None.
Wounded: Private Z Maddox, severely IN
face