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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-15

PAINFUL APPREHRNsIONs.-A About three
weeks ago young man, named Luther Harri-
he was in business, to purchase goods He
made several purchases at Bontz &c Griffith's
furnishing store, on Seventh street, and visited
several other houses for a like purpose. Since
that day Mr.. Harrison has not been seen by
any of his friends in this city or in Alexandria
and they strongly suspect that he has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-15

THB ODD FELLOWS LEv1a last night for the
benefit OF the /. U. O. F. Library was q big
success, the hall being crowded, and the fes-
uvities kept up with . spirit that left no rest
for the managers until near daylight. In the
neighborhood OF S175 will be realized, afford
Ing an opportunity to make q valuable Access
sion OF books to tho already exc ellent Library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-15

MONDAY, October r. Mr. and Mrs ". ].
Florence, for positively twelve nights only Re
sumption of the regular dramatic prices oc1s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-15

OBpaRHD TO CLosl.-Adolphus Custo, Pat
rick Mclaughlin, James McLaughlin, NJ
Morgan, John Noonan and VIM. Carr, keepers
OF grocery and liquor stores in the vicinity of
the Quartermasters Department, on Twenty.
second and g streets, have been ordered to
Gloss their bars and remove all their liquors in
twenty -four hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-15

MARINI's DANCING ACADEMY,
lN1 AT ISLAND HALL,
Corner Sfrth street and Virginia arsnue
Professor MARINI has the honor to Announce tn
his friends and citizens generally that his a
classes will commence ON MONDAY, the 18Th
instant, At 3 O'Clock M. Days and hours
Of tuition for L. dies. Misses', and Master 8.
MONDAYS. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS,
from to p. m. Gentlemen from to 10 D m
came evenings &C Is 1wH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-15
THE STATE ELECTIONS.

Below we give the additional returns re-
ceived Of the result OF the State cleo
tons held on Tuesday last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-15

VOTE OF THH OHIO SoLDIERs.-At Annap.
oils the vote taken amongst the Ohio soldiers
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
Avoiding the Draft.

1t has been reported that Rochester and
New York, and other large cities, by their
constituted authorities had appropriated
large Sums of money with which to pay
the Communication of $500 for poor laboring
men who may be drafted The Repub-
lican papers and speakers thereat became
extremely patriotic, and denounced the
councils Of those cities as being disloyal
and endeavoring to prevent the Union
armies from being filed with view to the
success of the South. The Indignation OF
these gentry knew no bounds, and Ian
guage was insufficient to express their
contempt and utter detestation of such
proceedings. But let us look little fur
ther into the action of another class Of dis
loyal people.
In the Cincinnati Commercial of yester-
day, we find the following paragraph in a
special dispatch from Washington City:
The draft is ordered to day in the
District of Columbia-the quota is 5000
and takes one man in every three. The
unexpected large quota creates quite q
surprise. Most Of the clerks in the De-
partments have formed mutual insurance
companies to pay exemption
We shall hear of no charges of disloy-
atty, or attempt to evadc the object of the
President, upon the part Of those vel
paid clerks in the employ of the Govern.
ment. 1t is disloyalty to make any pro-
vision for the purpose of keeping poor men
with large families depending upon their
daily labor for support, out of the army
but perfectly loyal for more than two
thousand clerks who have fattened upon
public plumber and extravagant salaries
to form mutual insurance companies for
the purpose Of keeping every one of them
cut Of the draft
This is fair specimen of the manner
in which portion of the people of the
North are denounced az southern sympa-
thizers, opposition to the Government, &c,
and another portion lathered all over with
praises Of devotion to their country. (their
country's money would be more proper, J
and fidelity of the Administration.
We have ever been opposed to this
$500 exemption clause, believing that ev-
cry able-bodied man, when drafted, should
either fall into the ranks or furnish sub
stitutc. This would insure greater equal
ity between all classes Lawrenceburg
Register.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
From the y. Y. Arsus.
On Whom Does the COnscriptfOn


One would suppose from the language
and tone of the Republican press. that the
Conscription about TO be put into execu-
tlon was to fall only upon Democratic.
Possibly that is the intention. L. ia
evident that there have been gross discre.
pancles in the enrolment which look like
fraud; and in some of the districts the pro-
portion of Democrats drawn is out of meas
ure If fairness was intended
We expect the Democrats will come in
for the largest share of the fayors of this
lottery. They have done most of the
lighting, and are expected to DO more
There are more of them than of Republ.
cans. That fast subsiding faction will
hardly be able to bring to the polls 8 re-
spectacle show of strength The young
men too are everywhere with Democracy
The election of November will demonstrate
this by a show Of figures that will dumb
found the brawlers and scolds In the Re
publican ranks.
The imputation that the Draft IL uu-
welcome only TO Democrats, and that Re
publcans do not oppose it, is preposterous
1t is as hard upon young mau Of that
party to leave family, children and buzz
ness, to go into the war, as it is upon
Democrats 1t is as unpleasant for himto
pay $500, to be disposed of as Mr.. SrAS-
TON only knows how
Our exchanges from the interior come to
us full of proofs of this. Take for exam
pie the following from the Chicago Post
(war Democracy:
in this city the most violent tslkere'
and active opponents Of the draft are the
Germans, who, almost to man, belong to
the most radical wing Of the radical Ad.
ministration party Among Democrats
the draft is generally looked upon with "a.
vor, especially as it is believed to be the
only way in which the blatant patriots Of
Abolition can be made TO do their share Of
the fighting"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
Where Law Ends. DespOtism Be-
gins.

"Another object of the Constitution l
take to be such as in common to all writ
ten Constitutions Of free Governments;
that is to fix limits to delegated authority,
or in other words, impose constitutional
restraints on political power. Some, who
esteem themselves Republicans, seem to
think no other security for public liberty
necessary, than provision for popular
choice Of rulers. If political power be dele
gated power, they entertain little fear of
its being abused. The peoples servants
and favorites, they think, may be safely
trusted. Our fathers, certainly, were not
of this school. They sought to make as
surance doubly sure, by providing, in the
first place, for the election Of political
agents by the people themselves, at short
intervals, and, in the next place, by pre-
scribng constitutional restraints on all
branches Of this delegated authority. 1t
is not among the circumstances Of the
times, most ominous for good, that di-
minished estimate appears to be placed on
those constitutional securities. A despo-
sition is but too prevalent tosubstitute per-
sonal confidence for legal restraint to put
trust in men rather than in principles; and
this disposition being strongest, as 1t most
obviously is, when ever party spirit pre-
walls to the greatest xcess; it is not without
reason that fears are entertained Of the ex-
istence of spirit tending strongly to an
unlimited, il it be but an elective Govern
ment.
| hold, gentlemen, that strict submission,
By every branch of the Government, to the
Constitution, is Of the very essence of all
security for the preservation of liberty,
and that 10 one can be a true and intelli-
gent friend Of that liberty, who will con-
sent that any man in public station, what
ever he may think of the honesty Of his
motives. snail exercise or enact an authori-
tv above the Constitution and the laws
Whatever Government is not aGovernment
Of laws, is despotlsm, let it be called
what it nav UtIstr
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
No Peace until Slavery is AbOi-
islied.

Evidence of the determination Of the
Administration to prosecute the war sole
~ for the purpose of extirpating slavery
10 multiplying. And the evidence does
not come from irresponsible sources, but
directly from headquarters. Secretary
Stanton is reported to have remarked
with emphasis and action suited to the
words" that
Nv hen the negro blood which was shed
before Port Hudson and Miliken's Bend
shall return from the ground to circulate
IN the veins of living men, then, but new
er till then, by consent or action of mine
shali one freedman emancipated by the
Presidents proclamation be returned to
slavery
The Washington Chroaicle. edited by
John W. Forney, an Administration pet,
and the exponent of its views, says:
The extinction of slavery in the sece-
ded States should be made u condition of
their restoration to the UniUl"
The New York TriJuae, proverbial for
'ts sbrewdness in guessing the designs OF
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
Union League Secrets.
From the State Sentinel.

From the State Sentinel.
We do not consider it of the least I'M
portanec what sort of fmummery the Union
Leagues have adopted for their secret
councils. 1t ought to be enough for the
people to know that the Republican or
ganization is now run in the darkness of
cellars and garrets. A correspondent,
however, who assumes to have penetrated
the odious mysteries of the order, sends
us the following as portion Of the in
structions given to the initiated:
When you first meet a member, present
your left hand and say:
'How are you, Major?"
Answer" Comfortably we'll"
"Are you member of our Union
LeagueY'
Answer-"Prove me-"
'How shall prove you?"
Answer-"By positions"
Here comes in what might be called a
command, for the person asking the qucs-
tion above set forth, says:
Take positions, and I'll call them"
The person who answers the questions
then raises his left hand perpendiularly
over his head, at which time you say,
Washington. He then drops his arm to
a horizontal, and you say, jefferson. -
He then drops his left hand on the left
thigh. and you say, Jackson" He then
raises his left hand to his breast, and you
say, 'Union." He then joins the thumb
and third finger of his left hand-at this
time you must also join the thumb and
third finger, as he does; then both Of your
hands meet, and you put your thumb and
third finger inside his, and you say,
League" All this is done in shorter
time than l can tell you.
When a member is going into the lodge,
the pass word at the first door is Eternal
Vigilance" at the second door, "Is the
Price of Liberty" When member en-
ters the lodge, he salutes the President by
holding up his left hand fore finger
When he leaves the lodge he holds up
his right hand two fore fingers.
When Union League man gets into a
fight at night, he cries out, II, l." II
any Of the brothers are around and will
ing to assist him, they cry out, "What
what"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
Only an IriShnl an.
Correaond eace ofih n. Y. World.
HIJITADFJITIIt Aug

Correaondence Of the n. Y. World.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. II.
In June las; duling the excitement cau5-
ed by the opening, in fashionable mansion
on Chestnut street, Of a negro recruiting
depot, under the auspices of the so-called
Loyal" League, ''CoLoneP' Thomas, one
of the most active members Of that body,
being asked, What do you intend to do
with these mem" replied, ITO shoot down
the Cd id Irish"
The gallant Colonel's intentions were
carried into effect on Tuesday last. On
the Chitarn Hills, the most lovely spot in
the vicinity of this city, choice space of
ground has been taken possession of to
| form negro camp
On Thursday evening last freshman,
living with Mrs. John Butler as coachman,
in the immediate vicinity of the camp, was
returning with his wife and three small
children (the youngest of seven) from an
Intellectual attempt to get oft a younger
brother who had been drafted
Proceeding along a public highway, he
arrived two hundred yards from home, on
the edge of the wood in which an encamp-
ment il located. Here he and his party
were stopped by the challenge ofa sentry
This proved to be negro on the other
side OF the fence separating the camp from
the road After answering his challenge,
the negro ordered the party to move on
The woman and the two elder children did
so. The Irishman with the youngest child
in his hand, stayed time enough to remark
"Why should move on. | am on pub
lie highway" The negro hailed the Cor
poral of the guard, "Here's fellah hyar
won't move on" The immediate reply
was, 'sShoot him." This order was at once
obeyed. The negro fred the bullet, mar
rowly missing the child, passed through
the lrishman S wrist, and entered the intes-
tines The man fell, and died in twenty
minutes.
COL Wagner, the officer commanding the
regiment has written to Washington, JUS
tifying the occurrence on the ground that
| the man 1Dos an Irishman
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
81 have few words to say to the editor

81 have few words to say to the editor
of the Journal, to whose malicious assaults
the reader is indebted for this letter.
Conceived" as he was I'm sin and
brought forth in iniquity' is is but nat
ural that the emenations Of his brain
should be as illegitimate as the offspring
of his body. He is a fit person to edit
the organ Of a hybrid party his paper rep
resents-a party which has no parallel in
history of the wickedness of its designs or
the terrible consequences ofits acts.
Let us hope that the editor of the Journal
may become regenerated in his latter
days, and use the intellect inherited
through an irregular process for the diff
fusion Of truth instead of falsehood.
We now use the words of the said SUI
GROVE as fitting commentary upon the
foregoing, and ask him to face the
music:
The facts and the inference here are
rather unpleasant things to face. We
spare comment when there is only one
thing to be said, and that is what every
body will say. The Journal, in roofing
around for party capital, has run its snout
against very unpleasant spike. 1t can't
back out with credit, or 60 ahead without
breaking its neck. In that predicament
We leave il"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
PLYMOUTH INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1863.

the army. 1t is not easy to believe that
under any system of volunteering less
satisfactory result would be obtained; and
those who honestly look at the conscrip-
ton act as a military and not political
measure must see that as at present franz
ed and administered, it certainly is unlike
ly to rebuild the army, however likely it
may be to disturb the civil order of the
Republic
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20

the Administration. and noted for its in
Auence over it, remarks:
"No member (of the CabineD harbors
for moment the idea Of reconstructing
the Union on the basis of slavery, and no
flag of truce has been or will be entertain
ed from disheartened rebel leaders which
foreshadows an idea in conflict with the
emancipation proclamation"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20
"PIain and To the Point

On the 25th of June last, over the sig
nature of j. c. WALKER, appeared a let
ter in the Sentinel defending his conduct
as an officer of the army. In that letter
appeared the following in reference to the
editor of the Journal, BERRY r Sui,
GROVE:
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20

A rustic, standing by sewing machine,
at which young lady was at work, and
looking attentivey at the machine, and at
the fair young operator, he at length gave
vent to his admiration as follows:
"By jingo! it's pretty-especially the
part covered with kaliker."
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20

This gives us twenty-eight men as the
reinforcement derived from draft of one
hundred and evenly four; or a little less
than one in six
If this be accepted as fair average of
the results Of the draft, the call for three
hundred tn ousand men promises to produce
a total Of about FIFTY thousand recruits 10
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-20

-CoNcRIPrs.-The Syracuse Constitution
list that
"a man corced agans. his will.
To 20 20 war, will aeldem kill"
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-08-14

to whom they are accustomed to look for
example, or listen for advice, do their
whole duty. Let not one such man there
fore attempt to obtain exemption, unless
the cause for Chat exemption il good, and
!. willlbe apparent to others. Let-them not
seek to obey the law by paying commuta-
ton money ;a$300 is nothing, $4,000, and
$4,000 in some cases, would not be equal
to their. presence sip, the, camp and in the
ranks, Nov lathe, time for them td back
| their. words by noble deeds now is the
time for them to sacrifice for their country
though their sacrifices cannot in fact be
equal to those Of ofthe;poor man, who leaves
those dependent upon him without the
means of support; now is the time for
-shem to lend, that moral cpewer to the
cause that anithe money they possess, and
all the words they could utter, would not
equal. IF these classes stand prominently
forth and appeafto others to stand by
their flag and defend, their country, the
300, 900 men will be had under this call,
'1andb300, 900 more volunteers to 60 with
them, if needed We shall now see in
their acts who are the unconditional loyal
men, who will stake their all against the
orebellion!A lancaster -lntelligeacer. 20 20
Nh 81. .rts4f 4ft a
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-08-14

undaunted by the first shot, continued TO
advance, when Mr.. s fred and brought
him v the ground, where he lay, supposed
to be dead, until 8 o'clock at night AT
this fine squad Of men were sent from
the steamer for the wounded man, and also
to arrest Mr.. Stone. Mr. 6. was taken to
Washington, but the authorities there
deemed it proper to hand him over to the
civil authority aahd ACCORDINGLY heiwas re-
turpsd to the county on Saturday and
given in charge of Justice VIM. B. Car.
piuter, who held him to bail for his ap-
pearance at tbs. next session of our Cirr
cut Court. Since writing the above we
have learned that the man supposed to be
KILLED was taken to a hospital in Wash
Eington, where he has since died.-Port
Tobacco (Md) Times.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-08-14
The Nicaragua Ship Canal to be RECON-
& menced Under the Auspices Of Louis
Nauolaon, f,.,y ID, o..a iTE I.Uf assn

lng AicorrespondeGt Of the New York Jour-
''olof Commerce, writing from Chinenda-
ga, Nicaragua, July IA, announces the re-
commencement Of the Nicaragua Ship
Canal project by the company recently or
ganized id England, and which purchase d
Monsieur Belly's privilege for $35O,0O0.
One of the directors, Mr.. Loos, and the
chief engineer, Mr.. Samuel, have arrived
out and are preparing to commence opera
tiohs! The correspondent Says: - - /.
- Since! their arrival, d staff Of assistant
engineers, numbering six persons, who
came via San Juan del Norte, have Joined
Mr.. Samuel, and a careful REORGANIZATION
of the route surveyed by the Belly enl,g,iu-
eers is to be made as speedily as possible.
Ii isnot supposed that there will any great
deviation from the original survey, The
part of Tamarinds, on the Pacific, may be
changed, and sthe Estero Real, which
emptics into The bay of. Fonseca, made the
terminus on this side Of the Isthmus.-
This Estero heads within Is or 1S miles
Of Lake Managua, and is navigable for
some distance for, vessels Of 500 tons bur-
then. Louis Napoleon has taken the
matter in hand, and he informed Messrss.
Loos and Samuel, before they departed
from Paris, that this great enterprise had
his best wishes; that he would give it
every support and protection in his power,
and that if their report was favorable, he
would place at the Head Of the company,
as President, Prince Murat, I'' "-' =
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-08-14
SHOOTING ArrRAY IN CHARLES CouN-

u SHOOTING 7AFFRAY IN CHARLES CoUN-
eTY, MI On Thursday week two SAILORS
ftom the UllfS. steamer Teaser, being ob
shore, became INTOXICATED. add went ID TIE,
blouse Of Mr.. Jesse, " Stone, d highly es-
tened citizen, living on Mattawoman
creek, and attempted tolyiolate the person
Of arnegf6 woman belonging to Mr.. Stone.
qIn this7they had nearly succeeded, when
Henry, also belonging to Mr.. Stone, inter
tered. q One Of The sailors attacked H efn..
Try, who fieds the house, the sailor dpur-
suing and shrsatening totshoot If Re did
mot stop. Henry, however, succeeded in
i reaching the house, procured loaded gun,
sand sby 4eahs 0f threats kept him slopf
until fho br1iivallof Mr. Stone, who being
bntAlshoft Instance fromshe house, heard
1.-THE distnsbaate and, ,hastened 10 ascertain
the camse. din the meantime, che other
sailor, having accomplished his hellish de.
bsign, arrived Oh, shet ground and made viol
,slksnt threats against Mrli Stone and the ne.
,dgFo man. i'I1s i't'l
I'D MraSto6e seised smother gun, aud aftel
i,lwarning the men not tbapproaeh nearer
whichWaraipg they entirely disfsgarded
! Mr.. Stone ordered Henryto FIRE, which lid
did, andsithe man who was ired'upon turn
led and fed to the boat. The other man
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-08-14
The Draft.
92a|a.I WAR DEPARTMENT., H..
Prooost Marshal Generals Office,
, gg1LVo.b ,:,,,3o., 4 n N "A -. n 1000

! Faocost Marshal Generals Office,
Io Washington, D. c., Aug, 9, 1868. y
Circular No 68.-The following inter.
probation Of the second and third clauses
Of section I'd Of the enrolment act Is pub
lished for the information and guidance of
officers of this Bureau, viz :; aIri, a.yft Il
Second, s'The only son liable to militia
~ duty Of a widow dependent upon his
labor for support" 'rlr,a ui5rrr taa
The term only son commonly means
that there is but one son, hence the ex-.
preston 'only son liable to military duty
means one son liable to military duty,
where other sons, if any, are not thus. liza.
BILE. Thus, to make good claim for ex-I
jemptiou under this clause,i must be es-
tablished, lst, that the person drafted is
the only son liable to military d,tty, of a,
widow, and "a, that the widow is depen..
dent for support upon this particular son.
= The widow may, have any number of
sons not liable to military duty as minors,
over age or otherwise; but if she have
one son who IS liable and she is actually
dependent upon that son, he is exempt. "a
J, Third, ,T'The only son, Of aged or in6rm
parents dependent upon bis labor for suprl
port. .''9lo.,''' i''',''''' 1877 '.,..,to.Ita
This Clause carries, the same meaning
Of the word ,oaly, making il synonymous
with one. The same construction will be.
placed upon this as upon the second clause
Of this section. '' ao ,'e' ,o,, sn3 wa,
To obtain exemption under this clause.
il will therefore, be necessary to establish,
Est. that the aged or indrm parents have
but one son liable TO military duty 3 and
I'd, that they are dependent upon this.
particular son for support, or 5,ir ,saeriF
a, ,1.2 ~ .''" JAMES B. Fry, alf yI
/" " a.'4s'' Provost Marshal, General. ..igi
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-08-14
10 corrssponasat..

ABecmWs1ieaaonS fs psbhsaiish must be accom
panied with the real name OF the author, 0rno atten-
ton will be paid to them.A The real Of the aulh
will p9blished uuiess desired, bit we cannot
consent to insert cemmunicatioas Rgess We know the