Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-11-27
NOTICE.
BUREAU OF CoNscRIpTfoN,
RICHMOND. VA. ,Julv 2lst. lRea

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Tc answer numerous inquiries, and to CORRECT err
fors not uncommon, the following notice is pub
lished to all concerned:
l.. Under the recent call of the President, ex-
tending the conserpt age, all substitutions have
ceased to be valid it the substitute be less than As
years old, and is not otherwise exempt BY law.
2. Membership unless as an officer duly accept
ed by the War Department. of local organiza
lions for home defence or special service, confers
no claim to exemption from Confederate service !;
neither does service in the militia, unless in case of
officers actually in commission who have duly quail
flied.
3. Hereafter any one furnishing asubstitute viii
become liable in his own person whenever the SER
vices of the substitute are lost to the Government
from any cause other than the casualties of war.
4. Applications for exemption, on any ground
whatever, must first be addressed to the local en-
rolling officer who if he has not power to aet, or
is in doubt, will refer them to higher authority,
with repor. Of the facts. All such addressed d.
rect to higher authority win necessarily and inva
riaby be referred back for local examination and
report and the applicants viii thus have uselessly
lost time and prolonged suspense.
Appeals against adverse decisions by local Off
GERS will be forwarded by them for hearing, when
any plausible ground of appeal is set forth.
S. Commandants of conscripts will give this nc
tice extensive circulation in the local press of their
respective States.
G. W. LAY, 1t. Col. A.A g.,
July 81. 2053.-tf Acting Chief Of Bureau.
DROSP ECTuS .-The undersigned will issue, in
a few weeks, atRichmohd, Va, weekly jour
nal to be called
"TuE SOUTHERN PUNCH"
1t will be nearly duplicate size, form and gen
eral features of the world renowned London
''Punch.' so long an acknowledge power in the
British Isles in the reformation of public abuses
and the enlightenment Of the puc mind, flashing
as il 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 suct essfu, conducting such
journal, the advantages ofcapital, abundant men
tai resources, and practical skill. The editor for
many years past, has been connected, in a leading
editorial capacity, with the largest daily papers OF
New Orleans and Mobile, while the gentlemen who
have charge of the typographical and engraving
departments are unsurpassed in that skill necessa
to success.
Every number will b. illustrated with numerou
cats. appropriate to the times, humorous aud Sc
rious. from the hands of of the best Engravers
on the cnntinent-an artist whose name is familia
to the reading public at the South.
La fine, the undersigned are determined to max
the "Snuthesn Punch tn, spciest and most rea-
liable and the best Illustrated literary Journal in
America. 1t shall distance competition.
Terms Subscriptian Tor single copies, $40 per
annum. News dealers at the rate Of Sl5 per hun
drcd copies. Address
OVERALL, CAMPBELL. HUGHES & co,
Publishers, Richmond Va.
va. Editors giving the above or more inser-
tions will be entitled to copy gratis
June 20.
II sHAcKELFORp, wM-B ROSS.
OF Fauquier Va. of Cupeper, Va,