The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-21

| ADDITIONAL FROM THE NORTH.
| We have received, through the courte
Sy OF Hon Robert Ouid, files OF North
ern papers from the 9th to the evening oil
the lTth inst, which arrived by flag o
truce, We give a summary OF the news
they contain.
| ThE SEYMOUKLIHCOLN CORRESPONDENCE.
| We find the following two last letters
OF the Seymour Lincoln correspondence
IN the Northern papers:
Seymour 10 L,nr..L'
ALBANY, Aug. 8, 1868
I6 the President 4f the U,.;ted States-I re-
| ceived your communication OF the th inst
this day
While | recognize the concessions you
| make, l regret your refusal 10 comply with
| my request To have the draft in this State
| suspended until it can bc ascertain if the
cnioimcnts are made in accor dance with the
| laws ol Congress, or with the principles of
| jtitice- 1 know our army needs recruits,
and iOf this aud other reasons l regret a de
cislon which stands in the way of a prompt
aud cheerful movement to ill nt the thnned
ranks oi our regiments.
New YORK never paused III her efforts 10
r'uti 10 ttit 'tttitt Us ttil I'D
iauf soldiers in the field she ha5 not Qnl,
met every call heretofo.s- made, (Wh,Ie every
other Atlantic aud New En"itnd State, eX-
ccpt i.hode Island, tias be< II delinquent, J but
has continued liberal hOunte5 10 volunteers
when all efforts We're aiE pended in many
other quarters. Active e.;eltions are now
being made 10 oTga0iza nc15 and fill up the
Old regiments. These Sciti ons viii be more
successful i: the draft ~ uslne Rded, aud much
better than reluctant suIssciipt5 VIII be III
the armies.
On the Uh advise. you by letter that
would furnish The strongest proof OF the III
justice If not fraud, in the enrolment in
cert ain districts. l now send the tail report
made To ne by Jud sse Advocate Waterbury
am coniident that when you have read it
you VIII agree withl me that the honor OF the
nation and your Administration demands
that the abuses vJhch il points ont be cor
rected and puni died. You say."e are con
fending with an enemy who as you under
stand, drives esk.Ey able bodied man he can
reach into the ranks, vely much as the
butcher drives bL;llocks 10 the Siaughte,
pen" You VIII agree with me that even
this, iinp3ltiaily dc me to all classes, is more
toiefahie than II ~. scheme which shall
iraudulently force "a portion of the commu-
ty into the milital y service by dishonest
peryerSion Qi The Ii W.
iou will see by the report of Mi Wafer
bafy thati there ISL 10 theory which can eX-
plain or justify the ,enrol ollnent in this State.
wish to call your ! ttentfon TO the tables on
pages D, q, Z, and g, which show that i'll nine
Congressional dist rlcts, in Manhattan, Long,
and Staten Islands. the numoer OF con8cripts
called for is -, 1:,,3, while in nineteen other
districts the numi rel Of cons riptS caic. for
is only 39,G36
This draft is to be made from the first class,
viz those betwtnn the ages OF ~ aud -. 1t
appears, by the census OF 1860, that in the
first nine Cong .essionai districts there We're
iGl, ,197 males between - and 50, and they are
called upon to. supply 3,!'9 eonaciipts. LII
the other - districts, with a'population OF
males betwe en ~ aid 5.j %; 2iO, 1885, only 3,
6:E are dem inded
Again, to show the para ian character OF
the enrolln lent, you will find on the 2lst page
oil The MI itary report in lie first nine Con
gressional districts. the total vote i'll 1860
was l5l, A3. The numb er OF conscripts now
deinandt ID is 33f29 Ia taie - other districts
the tot al vote was Az, s57. Yet these dis
tflcfs gave majorities in favor OF one politi-
cal party, and each of the nine districts gave
malorities in favor OF the other party.
fon cannot. and will noe, fail to right ihese
gross wrongs.
Truly, yours, HtRATIo SEYMOUR.
Lincoia's i1epfy
ExEcuTi We MANSION,
Washington, A august Ii, 1865.
4" sf,s EIeeileacy, Aos..ti" .sfysnoaf, G"e'"oT
II Aeo York.
4 Yours OF the Sth, WITH Judge Advocate
General Waterbufy's report. Wa5feceiyed to-
day, asking you To remelalse that eonsii-
er time as being very important both t" the
general case of the counfry.and TO the sol
diers already in the field, 4 bes TO remind you
that waited al your request from the LIST 10
the 9th instant, to receive yuar cominaisiel'
ton dated the :Sd.
In view OF its great length and the known
time ana apparent care taken i'll It's pfepara-
ton, did not doubt that it contained your
full case rs you desired to- present it. 1t
contained figures for twelve districts, omit
ting the other niIieteen, as supposed, be
cause yon found i4othing fo complain oi as
| 10 them. lansw :fed accorIitl gly. ln doing
| so laid down the principle to- which p,f-
pose adhering, which is to proc eed With the
draft, at the sa,ne time employ ing inialiible
measures TO AVOID any great wrong.
WIN the Communication rec eiged to-day
| y0n send fiti1Ies for twenty eig LIT districts,
including the twelve sent leioi e, and still
0mittins three, for which, supp .ose, the Ell
| iistmchtas are not yet received. In looking
| over the fuller list of twenty Gig lat districts
find that the quotas iof sixteen Of them are
above AU0O or below 400, while OF the rest
| six are above =, 100 and six are below 200o -
| Applying the principle TO These new facts
| 5th aud 7th districts must be added to tass
four ia which the quotas have already beeu
fednccd to = ;s00 for the tisst draft, and will
| these four others must be added 10 those t.
be earoiled The correct case will thei
staud
The qnots OF the IA, AIN, 9th. tith, eth, ans
oth districts ID fixed at 100 for he first draft
The Rx0sost Marsh 81 General inf0lms me thai
| the drawing is already completed in the 18th
l7ths 18th, I'D, 2itih, a6th, 9th, ssth, 18th