, 1863-01-03

Tho Draft and Sub8tffutcY-SubHfftu
Election Itcms-Compiexion Of Il,
I LeEiAfature-NoD Decision Of Hnbea
| Corpus Cases.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.
MADISON, Jan. !, 1859.
4 sent you some time ago some figures q
the draft in. this state, showing that It ha'
| not largely increased the army Of the Union
| Though you failed to receive my letter, 70,
| hive published the same facts from the Sta,
Journal. The draft In one county, Manitowoc
for some 40 men, is yet to be made, ant
some eompanies Of the 50th are engaged il
Washington county and elsewhere In pickiut
up runawnys. It is doubtful whether man,
more than 2, 900 men will be obtained from tht
draft for service. It has, however, compelled
certain counties-reIied on for heavy Demo
cratic majorities, and largely behind in volun
teerlng--to furnish somewhat nearer thei
proportion OF men for the army, and shown
how much some tlatant. professions of deyo
tion to the Union and Constitution are worth
and :" that's what's the matter'' with tht
bowling Tory papers.
The worst feature Of the draft. is the eyi
dence it furnishes Of total deprayity. The
'fraud, corruption and perjury developed
among men liable to draft, enrolling officers
draft commissioners, examining physicians,
and even commandants Of camps, and army
surgeons, in the matter Of enroilments and
exemptions, is sickening. In some cases. as
in Manftowoc county, the f:auds were so ont
rageous that new examinations were ordered
and the draft postponed. Not few cases
have come to light where the payment Of
money no. secured exemptions, on surgeons GER
A number Of sharks from your city and
elsewhere, who have been engaged in swind-
ling the drafted men and the. t!nvernment "a
substitute, BROKERS' find @Htheir occupation
gone, in consequence Of an order of the Coy
ernor excluding them from camp; the opeu-
ing Of book at Major stansbury's office here
for recording the names of ali wishing to en-
gage us substitutes; and the appointment Of
officers at Camp Randall here and Camp Wash
burn in Milwaukee (Capt. r. Gerrauhtr ,,cre
and Capt. Q. Rogers Mt Milwaukee) whose
duty 1t Is, Ice Of charge, to bring together
drafted men ands substitutes, that they may ne
gotiate their OWL terms. This will but a stop
to outrageous frauds and cxactions. Scores
Of cases hare occurred where men have been
procured. as substitutes for less than SlO0, and
drafted men have had to pay twice or thrice
the amount, the *'agent" pocketing the dif.
ference. 4 man last tweek made 81, ,0O out Of
slx.substitutes brought up from Chicago tson
speculation" To cap the climax, all these
men, as well as many other substitutes. sub
seQuently deserted.
Capt. John F. Weage has been removed
from command Of the rendezvous for drafted
men at Milwaukee, and all drafted men there
put under command Of Col. Anneke, who has
organized i've or SIX companies Of his resi-
Returns Of the special election for Congress
IN the old I'd and the 9Th District COME in
slowly: They indicate very light vote and
show singular gains and losses as compared
With the November election in consequence.
us probabilities, however, seem to be deci-
both for the long and short terms.
Ihe figures Of the November election.
snow a small Democratic majority In the
State: Owing to various causes, already
stated in your paper, not more than third Of
our soldiers voted. The complete returns Of
TIE military,vote prove what has been claimed,
publicans. Had all voted, tho Democrats
would have had no majority in Wiscon-
Sin, In spite of their lying and mIsrcp-
rcsentation, 50 effective among the Ignorant,
and we should have had at least one more Re-
publican Congressman. It is useless for the
DemocIats to cry 'tfaud" about the soldiers
vote: Except where prevented from voting
by Democratic officers, the men expressed
their preferences with entire freedom, and the
ballot box in the camp was better nrotectoi
from fraud than within tie Slate. '''e'~"
Owing to the fact that the military rotc had
10 DC eanvassed and returned to the several
counties before the election of members Of
the Legislature could be certified to the Sec
rctary Of State, it has been dif1cnlt to ascer>
tam the exact complexion Of the Legislature.
Enough is NOW known to make 1t certain that |
me Senate will stand eighteen Republican, to |
fifteen Democrats, and the Assembly viii
have dfty -four Republicans to forty-six Dem
oerats, and possibly may be one or two better.
Strange as 1t appears the amendment to the |
increasing the Governors salary |
from the rittancc Of 81, $50 per annum to |
@5Go, has been defeated by vote Of 14.5i9
to 32,012. We shall 70 on sswhippinr the
devi! round hestump" by giving the Cover
nor $3.50 year for visiting and Overseeing the
several State Institutions, thus making his /
+ fhe % Supreme Court met yesterday to an.
nouncc decisions, but gave none in tic Ha6eas
'o'7'Ms case Of the Ozaukee rioters, a state.
nent Of wlicb, and the argument thereon by
nj. Ryan, on the 22d of December, was sent
,ut failed to reach you. The dozen or so Of
he prisoncrs| still in Gen. E11iott's care will
therefore lasr their hopes Of release again de-
erred till the regular meeting Of the Court,
The memb{rs Of the 25th regiment have re-
urned from their fnElough and will doubtless
Don leave for the South. The S1st reeiment.
low concentrated at Racine, is directed to be
readiness FOR speedy marching orders.
1ourS PH1Los.