New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-11
The Drift.

Preparations FOR the draft have boen completed in
Science adv County, \. \. There are in that Con-
greTsional District 50 Subdivisions, each of which
will be drafted from separately. la Schenectady
County there IRE seven districts, from which 56S
men will be draw ont Of an enrolment III the 1rst
class Of 20i2-about one in four. The sbov. state
ment includes the % per cent the actual number Of
men TO be taken from this county Is 3lS.
The draft Ii TO come off IN Schuylkil Count y Pa,
this week. Many " tile persons enrolled are miners,
and large majority Of those foreigners, aud op-
posed TO draft. That il SAID to be the only die
lrict in the State IN which any serious difficulty ID
expected. The Government, however, In resolved
to carry out the law there well in every other
place. 1 wo full regiments OF infantry had reached
Schuylkill County, and II battery OF Blk guns. On
Saturday last, Dahas Troop and u battery Of fonT
guns arrived in Pottsvile. The four-gun battery"
was nc the battle of Fair Oaks, and the news Of the
arrival OF a veteran battery ia ScAuyiAlu County
produced somewhat Of "A sensation.
/ On Saturday iast, while young Mr. Cortright and
Lieut. y. W. DAVIS, it,, were engaged IN Notifying
the drafted persons OF the road which connects
Wsir . Settlement and South Dwego, Tloga County,
nearly midway between these two places, wniie
passing "a piece OF woods, they We're fired on, and
one OF the horses connected with the carriage IN
winch they rode was instantly killed. Before this
they had been greeted with eggs ana sc.lding water
very pr0fusey administered, beside worry liberal
application of the ferce.t biingsgate. The young
men returned soon ~ convenient, ana notified
Provost Marshal Baltc 81 the riiilt oi
south-of Iioga Comfy. The Marshal a, once or
derd out force Of soule 20 men, armed 10 the teeth
mostly returned soldiers, VINO proceeded Ia carriages
10 the scene of the outrage. During the evening
the rain fell IN torrents but the boys soon gathered
40 those they could ind Of the rosously dispored
aud brought them 70 the village, and handed them
over 10 the Martial Two Of insm Edward Briggs
aud Auld.g GCodspcei, have already been sent to
tie L. :. PRISON a. Cauandh.ut, and Mrs. FOX
from the sGme part OF he county, since arrested
NAV soon follow. Sac, 1t 10 -aId, was mott liberal
Of sra!tus water aid rotten eggs. This opposition
20 the L. s. Government will be- found, 10 these
Young men = sorrow, % BE- mos, serious oilsn'e
TIE I nitci States Courts mrs serious matters. An
iudictment tor tie DO Sustained, and ample
proof r. alrcldy at hsnd 20 place their lives l.
jeopardy.
4 dispatch 10 The Chicago T'rJHHs states that the
Wi1cogfiu Supreme Cont has given dec.1lon IN
th. hrbrs- corpus - drafted men who claimed 4
dischafg- on the ground # slienshp bu, who voted
ILLEGALLY. Ia. Cont scl4 that the .ci q! ,ongre. -
under which the draft male dIf not render nois
aliens VINO had not declared their intentions, though
the, bad voted Illegally, and minated That under
the present dram 1t could not include those who had
voted without color ol law. AID 20 OF coufso does
no, lncluLe "a voter who claims exemption from
DRAFT A. nu alien ari proves tina, be voted Illegally,
md establishes bis right 10 serve a tern OF ye&fn ~
the State Prison instead 81 the United states Army.