The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-04-16

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procure. substitutes Il it maxine inss.
nous distinctions between the rich -snd
the poor to exempt the fatherSof mother.
less snfhst children, Dependents npon thsi.
daily toll for sustenanee, aud to :eomuel
State judges justices OF. the peace, clergy
men and c9Ilege professors to fight, pro.
cure substiWtes, OF. pay for substitutes
his law which thus discriminates In
favor OF the p5or, is denounced and ac-
cursed by Mozart Hall, Shame on aiox.
art Hall Shame on the men who ms.
represent the benefccnt provisions of an
acs passed to uphold the cause of on,
lmperilcd country - .rfssi In Ilsf
L. The thirteenth section OF this eanser;r.
ton act provides, That any person dr,f,aa
and notified to appear as aforesa;d msr
on or before the day fixed for his ang1.,s,'
anee, furnish an acceptable substitutes 10
take his place In the draft; or he NAV nav
t2 such person as the Secretary, of War.
may authorize to receive it, such sum. no,
excseding three huufred dollars. as tba
Secretary may determine, for the nroc,,r..
sion of such substitute, which sum shall, hs
fixed at a uniform rate by a eeneral ora.-
made at the time of ordering a draft for.
any State or Territory ANY person NAV
furnish an acceptable substitute to RAP.
his place IN tho er4itat any price for
which he can procure one. Every. drafted
man is at libertE.tp furnish "a substitute
at such rate as he may agree to paw the
substitute or any drafted man NAV paw
such sum, not exceeding three Hundred
dollars, as the Secretary of War NAV de-.
termine,. to procure alsubstitute. s,sr
The sum determined upon by tire Sec.
retary cannot exceed three hundred dsl.
lars; it may be ten, fifty, one hundred
two hundred dollars. or sav sun, w;tb;n
the limits OF three hundred dollars. T6i.
.proyisisp OF allowing a sum. not to excecJ
three hundred. dollars to be naid 10 s.,
Government ~ procure substitutes wa.
put into the law for the sole sn3 s;ng,o
purpose of keeping down the price az
substitutes, SO that men of very moderate
means, and poor men, could more readily
OBTAIN substitutes. This provision ena.
bies the Secretary to fix the sam wb;cI,
Vi!t De the price OF substitutes Withon.
this provision it was believed tn Aha
prices Tor substitutes would go up At ones
to enc thousand or two thousand d,,l,,.
50 that none but ricn men could obt.i,,
item 1t any drafted man can obtain !.
substitute Tor sum less than thar ,,a,a.
mined By the Secretary, he is at libertv
70 do;so. This authority eonfe-rcJ No.,
the Secretary to fix sum from On.
dollar TO three hundred dollars. wac NM
pesely given to check ,specuist;ons :,
keep down the price of substi. ,tas and :,
must inevitably 90 So
or TINS act for enrolling and calliny
out the NATIONAL forces gives assurance r.
the world that it is the unfalterabie. mr..
pose OF the nation to crush out this wicked
heheiilon, Your denunciations .of ;es
provisions can only fire The hearts and
nerve the arms of traitors, thus putting !.
peril the holy cause of our country Ana
the precious b!o.d Of its heroic defend
ers. fopr Recommendations of this hanaf,L
cent act OF patienal defense by reviv;,.
tac waning hopes of the Rebellion ma,
force upon the Government the necess;ty
OF putting into execution the dr,if nroyi
ded Tor IN this act. The draf. carsA hc
averted, exeep: By promptly sReaponinc
the Ia wiling hands of the loyal sues, in the
Rehel States, aud by Immediately Welding
@ united aud enthusiastic stpport 70 t6a
Goveraanent, thus speediiy and thorou,h-
~ crushing the hopes and effectual,y t,zfs
niEsss the eiorts Of she Rebels. ~ ~, "a
RpLEs REGULATING THE REDxNprrox
OF MuTiLArED CURRENCY there
seems to be some niisapprehcnsiorl In sths
public mind reiaive to the the raiss sbu
United States Treasury Dena,s.
ment is governed in the redemption OF
mutilated treasury notes and postage cur
rency, We publish the foilo@iag: 49,
q /. Fras aients Of note Hili rot, h. res
deemed unless it shall sbescslearly sepiden.
that they constitute oae-half or. more Of
The original note; IN which case. note,
however mutilated, will be redeemed II
proportion to the whole note, reckonip.s
by fiths aeitrgs5isssss ss.I -
= 2 Mutilatiens less. than one-tcnth will
pc disregaried, unless fraudulent bu,
any matilation which. DESTROYS more than
one-tenth the Original note, win rredecs
the redemption value OF the note. ty
one-fifth Its face value. 3. lscss1 49, ys.,f,
j .. Ms.iiased mates presented fer -s.
demption must bc, in sums not less than
three dollars the criginal FIJI face yaiue:
49, . = -@lfT
rss- Ii is stated that the first cali Of
tho President under the new Consumption
law will be forth dehcieney Of mer
under the last .wo r.1ls.,
frs tIc7 70 -iaka paataioc-s lsst-S
.at tt- ,~xf g..