Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-08-20

-iiFI IN NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON" August


= Governor Seymour; under date of Albany,
August Sd, writes 20 the President with re-
spect TO the draft in New \ ork and BROOKLYN
he condemns the course Of the Provost Mar
Srhl in eomrnencing the draft without consul
tai N wit,n the city or State officers, at d
time when the militia were absent at the seat
OF war, and while there were not even troons
enough to man the Notifications In the harbor
The Governor complains of unfairness in.
/ the enrolment, and thinks in this lottery
| for human life, as he terms it, there should
be strict inlpartiaity.' -aEatr 5agss~ s@r
In several districts the draft has been ex-
ecuted with justice, and the conscripts have
accepted their fate without murmur, and
sometimes joyfuIly. In, the districts of New
| / DIRK, however, with population much less
the number to be drafted is in some eases
double that of the former -- f-..-. ~. ~
The attack on the enrolling officers, which
subsequently grew into the most destructive
riot known IN the history of the country, he
pronounces unjustifable.
Speaking further of riots in New FORK, he
says: Disregard for law and disrespeet for
Judicial tribunals have produced their natural
results of robbery and arson, accompanied
1 by murderous outrages on a helpless race;
| and for time the very existence of the com
/! mercial metropolis of our country was threat
| cned.
1t is gratifying that the citizens of New
FORK were able without material aid from the
state or nation to put down this dangerous
| insurrection. For time the nation had not
means to protect its own arSenals and navy
yard. One thousand men could have seized
| them all and then used their ornaments for
the destruction of the shipping and the city
Eltself, to say nothing of vessels which were at
that time engaged in burning our merchant
| ships almost within sight of our coast. ~. ~
The Governor also complains that no credit
| has been given to the city for the number of
volunteers sent, and the noble exertions Of
the militia in times Of peril. He therefore
asks for suspension, at least, of the draft till
| its constitutionality is tested. -.- E..
| The President in reply, under date of Au-
gust Z, says he cannot suspend the draft in
/ New York because time is too important. He
admits the disparity of the quotas in different
{ sections, and accounts, for II b. a claim that
! so many more persons fit for soldiers are in
/ the city than in the country who have too re-
/ Gently arrived from Europe to be 'in~the cen
sus of 1860; still, he would not consider that
reason sufficient. SIS: e.. .-
He would direct the draft to proceed,
drawing only the average quota of all dis
| tricts. After this drawing, the city districts
shall be carefully re-enroIled and the Gov
eminent agents might witness every step Of
the process. Due credit win be given for all
| volunteering.
The President would not object to abide
the decision of the Supreme Court. He
would be willing to facilitate it, but could not
| consent to lose time
go FROM THE SOUTHWEST. -....
MEMPHIS, August s.
The report of Gen. Hurlbut's resignation is
untrue. Gen. Halleck declines to accept it.
Gen. Hurlbut, therefore, remains in command
of the 18th Army Corps. G. s.ssag 81
The Mobile Neeos of August Sd says: g We
| have multiplied reports horribly de trmental
to the character and patriotism of the people
of many places in Alabama and Mississippi,
some of them too disgracefuI to publish. A
! portion of our people have gone stalk-fnadl-
| They are bastard Southerners and reereant
| C0nfederates" ss. ~a=:
The Chiefs of the Choctaws have gone to
Richmond. 3d.. ,. "a -.- 30
Johnston's army, $4,000 strong, is still at
! Meridian and Enterprise, ready TO go to Mo
| bile or the East as circumstances may re
quire
Bragg is at Chattanooga, with part of his
force at Rome, Ga. Extensive preparations
are being made to finish the Notifications of
Mobile.
CAIRO, August II.
Gunboats are being prepared to cooperate
with Gen. Steele, in his expedition into Ar
| kansas. ....r. ~t.r-sH-
Vicksburg is being put in a complete sani-
tary condition. Rations are still issued daily
to upwards of !, 900 inhabitants.
1t is reported that the guerrilla Richardson
has returned into Western Tennessee, with
| reinfOrcementS to carry out the rebel con-
| scription. 1t is said he has instructions to
corscript all light colored negroes between
the ages of Is and 40, to serve three years as
soldiers, at the expiration of which time they
are to be manumitted, but receive no pay
while in service. F-- ss
A reconnaissance under Major Worden, Of
Ransom's staff, to Woodville, seven miles
from Natchez, destroyed 5 locomotives, IS
platform cars, II passenger cars, and burned
a rebel cotton factory III Woodville, also cot
ton and Manufactured goods to the amount of
100000. ...,..... ..s Il.
Cairo is thronged with 90 days furloughed
men from below on their way home. ...
Twenty deserters delivered themselves up
after listening to a speech from Gen. Logan
at Marion, day or two ago Deserters are
being captured daily in the Southern coun-
ties Of Illinois and forwarded to their reg-
ments. a company Of citizen scouts num-
bering about sixty, organized in northern la
Dallla N y un6 last 10 resist the rcDeI COnScrlp
tion have thus far evaded every effort to
capture them. They report to Gen. Dodge at
Corinth that their number is increasing daily
and they have either captured or driven out
every officer sent into that section to enforce
the CONSUMPTION.
Letters from privates in Bragg's army re
port him as falling back to Atlanta, Georgia
A considerable number Of deserters who re
tanned their arms are in the mountains near
Pikeville, Ala, and organizing with citizens
to resist the CONSUMPTION in West Tennessee,
which is pretty effectually broken up by the
vigilance of Hurlbut's army 20 .<E
FROM THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
New York, august II.
The Herald has the following
" Fort Blunt, Indian Territory, August p
A battle is imminent at this point. Since our
victory at Honey Springs, Cherokee Nation,
on the 18th ult., the rebels. have been rein
forced, by returning to the old battle field
Coopers force Of 1000 augmented by CabeIs
Arkansas brigade Of 8, 900 strong and Bailey s
Texas brigade of about 5,00O-in all about
II, 800 and ten pieces Of artillery. ms
The Union force here is but 2, 800 efficient
men. The 18th Arkansas infantry and bat
talon Of the 9th Kansas cavalry, in all 800
men, are making forced marches from Fort
Scott, and are expected here Thursday. .
About Sunday next Gen. Blunt will cross
and attack. He says he will make it a fight
or q foot race. In an attack lies our only
safety. We cannot stay without being sur
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