Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-08-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Instructions to Drafted Men.

UNIV VI buhluH " inIulllntNi lntst Eultb
embrace the points on which drafted men are
most desirous to be informed.
b" lst. Any drntted persun, paying $500 under
section Ii OF the Enrolment Act, is thereby
emempt from further liability under hat drgn
but not from any subsequent draft"
I'D. Any drafted per.on furnishing an nc
ceptable substitute is exempt from military ser
vice Tor the period for which sid substitute is
mustered into the service"
9" 81. substitute, once mustered into the
service. cannot he drafted while in service"
4 Circular No. AZ
The following opinions of Hon. VIM Whiting, |
ocitor cf the War Department, have also been
published by Col Fry:
"A person drafted into the military service of
the United State4, under the provisions of the act
VI March 3, 1868, chapter 20. for 'enroing and
calling out the national forces aud for other pur
10 es,' claiming exemption from draft by reason
uf my disability Ms provided in said act has the
right to have the question of his disability sub
mltpl to and passed upon the Board Of Enroll
ment. whose decision thereon is final II the
Board shall have decided that the claimant il
liable IN serge he has the right after such decl
sion against him, TO pay his commutaton money
or to furnish his substitute. within such extended
time as may be fixed by the order of the Boaid
OF Enrolment for his appearance for duty" (Cn-
cular No. 6l)
''Any person claiming exemption, OH the
ground of ahenage, shall file before the Board an
affidavit stating
lst That he is an alien and setting forth the
Government of which he claims to be n subject
. The time when he came into the United
States, aud where he has resided since that date
ID That he has nevtT declared hs intention TO
become citizen of the United States, and has
not exercised the right of suffrage by voting at
T. amy election in any State
4th That he claims to be exempted from mill
lary service On the ground that he is tue subject
Of foreign Government, aud mas not declared
e his intention to become citizen Of the United
: States and has never voted in any state.
IL The affidavit to he supported by any proof
, the party moy offer" (Circular No. SO
e Whenever any drafted man shall show To tie
Board of Enroment Of the district in which he
may have been enrolled, that be was improperly
e enrolled, having been when enrolled, an alien,
nonresident of the district, not Of proper age,
II in the service the 81 of March, 1868, he shall
q be discharged by the Board, aud his place in the
quota shall not be filed from the fifty per cent
a drawn in addition to the quota to supply yacau
e ces created by exemptions arising under the
ii second section of the Enrolment net" Circular
No. 5J)
s "The Judgment of the Enrolling Board is de
r clared by the laws to be final upon the question
ii Of exemption, but it is so only while that judg
4 meut remains upreversed. The }onrd, like any
other quasi judicial body, may revise its own
action and correct any errors which ii may have
committed. 1t, therefore the decision has been
basel On oaths or testimonies subsequently,
1 certained to be false the Board should, having
!, first given notice to the party, proceed to
:, slider t4 a3lon and it, for the reas sin mentioned
le the judg nent should be found to I've erroneous
e il should be set inside and tie certificate of ex
D. empton based upon It should be vacated and held
re for uaught' (Circular No. Ga l. Il. W.
!, TnE PEo0LIARlTIEs OF TUE DRAFr.--ln cur
m last paper we gave The list OF the names OF the
= drafted men for the e.tre State tables showing
=, the number Of men required from each district,
- gether with the blank forms Of applications for
10 exemptions, aud ofciHl orders to the conscripts
being the only paper IN Delaware that hus thus
far done 80. We herewith give some Of its
y psclliarite8 and freaks; -
o. NaHstsfR=he5. c. D. Kellogg, Firsi Presby-
'9 ,eiian Church, aud Rev. Patrick O'Bfen, Of 81.
IL Peters Roman Catholic Church. Rev, WIN. s,
re Pueh, of Mount Salem NJ 4. Church, on the
rs brnudywine, was also drawn.
10 Hgsicidn DR.. j. +. Vaughan,
u Friaiefs.-James A. Hart, Of the Journal nnd
State.man, jesse X, Malu, Of the Republican
< John Trotten and Charles Is Woodward.
Il Bunk officers. Evan Rice, Ca.hiar the Bank
"a Of Wilmington and Brandy wine; Samuel Floyd
or Casher OF the Bank of Delaware; John H. Finn
/, of the Bank Of Wilmington aud Brandywiue ;
William ii. Taley, Farmers Bauk also John N
Robinson aud II. G. Robinson Of r. r. Robinson
ng q Co., Brokers.
il, PaJiic officers. Thomas NJ. Culbert, U. S
- Dcpny Provost Marshal; Charles Il. Sparks
nd Superintendent Of the Wilmington Bridge Johl
h /. McLear, u s. Assessor OF Internal Revemn,
-. Of the State of Delaware Alfred H. Wootten
A.; Attorney General of the State of Delaware.
There is II large number Of our most prOminen
. merchants, and the heads of some OF the nrges
, business firms in the city drafted.
w There were number Of clubs formed in this
~ city by gentlemen subject to the draft. There
~ a" was one composed Of twenty five of which there
"a we're nine drafted These were drawn successiyel
a a., from the wheel, aud were the first who had pu
~ ~ down their names. There was another composed
r. Of twenty, from which there were two draw
~ -" both Of whom will more than likely be exempt
~. There was another Of ten, each paying Que hun
m dred dollars. not one Of whom was drawn. Bu
H. one man. who was asked refused to join th
H., ',o club, and he is among those conscrpted Their
a. was another OF thirty-Gve Of which eleven arr
e0nscripts.
There are twenty six more coored men drnwl
he in Pencader, Red Lion st. Georges aud Apo
~, quinimink Hundreds than in all the remaining
ng part Of the county, including Wilmington.
X The Odd Fellows Lodges, in this city, had
nd large number Of their members drafted. Hon
is Lodge, No. u, loses its N @ II. s., and p. S.
IN Columbia Lodge, No. 20, the N G h. s., an
be SIX OF its members. Nearly all the Lodges i
The the city have goodly portion OF their member
s drafted.
ing In Kent county, among the drafted are tn
names of Wm. Nj. Bell. Cashier of the Bank {
An Smyrna Whteey W. Meredith, who spent som
", time at Fort Delaware for disoyalty; Dr. A. N
~ Day, and Dr. Mark G. Lohand
In Sussex, the Rev. Thomas +. Plummer {
sh the NJ. L Church Mr Plummer is well know
eir to our citizens, having formerly been connecte
ave with one of our banks George W. S. Nicholson
ain formerly editor Of the Dover Reporter. and Con
in sui to runis, under the Administration of NJ
Of buchanan. Quite change from a Consulshi
to Delaware Gonseript. There are IL pcrsol
din. OF the name of Hearn drafted from Que Hundre
lest mud five named Clendanel in another
en- In Wilmington there are seven named Smitl
II. among whom are three Johns, There are ali
al tour men named Jones
and Cooley roR September The September nut
.ose her of Godeys Laiy's Book, has been receive
ION 1t contains plate entitled "a Happy Party
ia which for excellence Of engraving has sedo
mt hcen surpassed. The scene is that of numb
,asa Of happy children in the country willing avn
tion their hours in shady grove in innocent sport
n.e II is truly llte-ike and pleasant. The Fashi
plate is an elegant specimen, and is gorgeous
colored. Raisng Beard, is quite a hume
shal Gus picture. Tbe reading matter is of hi
GU order of literature, and altogether it is 20
ted, number
Nv, pen FRUIT BowL.-T Thos. T. DeNormandie, n
"O2 Market street, has just received large Al
. " beautiful collection of Glass and Fruit Bowls,
o"- entirely new styles, which he invites the
putting up fruit to call and examine.