Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-10-16
NOTICE.
BUREAU OF CoNscn1pr,oy.

RIcHMosD, VA. July Dist, 1868.
To answer numerous inquiries. and to correct err,
rdrs not uncommon, the following notice is pub
lished to all concerned:
/. Under the recent call of the President ax.
tending the conseript age. all substitutioos have
ceased 10 De vaid II the substitute be less than As
years old, and is not otherwise exempt BY law.
2. Membership (uness as an otficar DIV .,o,rt-
ed by the War Department. of local orosn;rs
tious for home defence or special service confars
no claim to exemption from Confederate ssrrisa.
neither does service in the militia unless IN "a 90 IL
officers actually IN commission who have duly quail
flied. HN"@
8. Hereafter any one furnishing subst;t,+o M,
become liable in his own person whenever the So
vices of the substitute are lost to the Government
from any cause other than the casualties or var
4. Applications for exemption, on any .round
whatever, must first be addressed to the local on
rolling officer, who. If he has not power 70 act or
is in doubt, will refer them to higher authorize,
with repor. of the facts. All such addr.sssd AZ,
rect to higher authority will necessarily and ;nvs.
rably be referred back for local examinations and
report; and the applicants will thus have uselesslS
lost time and prolonged suspense.
Appeals against adverse decisions nv ioc,I IN
GERS will be forwarded by them for hearinc wbsa
any plausible ground of appeal is set forth
D. Commandments OF conscripts will give this me-
tce extensive circulation in the local press of their
respective States.
G. W. LAY, 1t. Col. A.AG
July 81. zs2S.-tf Acting Chief of Bureau,
fIhOS1,ECl CS.-Ihe undersigned will issue -
few weeks, at Richmond, Va, weekly ioura
nal to be called
"TI1E SOUTHERN PUNCH"
1t will be nearly duplicate size. form and oen.
eral features of the world renowned London
f'Punch." so long acknowledge power in tbc
British Isles in the reformation of public abuses
and the enlightenment of the pulic mind, flashing
as it did with the genius of Hood of .;errod and
host OF wits, poets, and philosonhic thinkers
The proprietors of 1.-The Southern Punch bring
to the difficult task Of essfuT, conducting such
/ Journal, the advantages ofcapital abundant men
TAI resources and practical skill. The editor for
many years past, has been connected, in leading
editorial capacity, with the largest daily papers of
New Orleans and Mobile while the gentlemen who
nave charge OF the typo graphical and engraving
departments are unsurpassed in that skill necessa
ry to success
Every number will be illustrated with pumerou,
cHts appropriate to the times, humorous aud Sc
rious from the hands of one Of the best Enrrayers
on the continent-an artist whose name is familia
to the reading public of the South
In fine the undersigned are determined to make
the 'Southesn Punch" the spiciest and most res-
table and the best illustrated literary Journal in
America. 1t shalt distance competitor.
| Terms: description Tor single copies, $40 per
annum. News dealers at the rate Of SIS Der hun
bred copies. Address
OVERALL, CAMPBELL, HUGHES < co.
Publishers Richmond Va
| va Editors giving the above one or more inser-
tions will be entitled to a copy gratis
June 20.