, 1863-05-16

The Conscription Law.



Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1 ii
WAsH1SaroS, May it, 1867.
Tie subject Of the proper construction to be |
placed on the 18th section Of the Conscrip- |
tion Law is being considered at the War De- |
partment. It has been represented to the |
Secretary, and he is understood to believe
that if that section is so construed as to mean
that the Government must let of any Con-
s7i1Ison 1dy1nent Of fhrte hundred dollars, the |
purpose Of the law will be in great measure
defeated, and conscnptions prove to large
extent, at least, j water haul
Secretary Stanton is understood to hold
that the law leaves it optional with lin to
receive the $500 or not. That he is not Fed
cEal Treasurer; that he gives no bonds; has
1o financial officer under him has no means
Of enforcing security for such sums Of money
when paid to his subortlnates, and has no
time to 70 into the business OF hunting up
substitutes.
Solicitor Whiting, law officer of tue War
Department, is understood to concur in these
views, and un1tss tie President objects, it
seelus, therefore, certain that the whole clause
giTirg exemptions OIL payment Of $500 will
be practically ignored, and conscripts will
be left to hunt up their own substitutes at
their Own price, if they don't want to 20
themselves.
Possibly plan will be adopted Of calling
ont an equal number Of volunteers at the
time the draft is ordered, said volunteers to
be accepted only as substitutes for drafted
ncn, aud to receive therefor the Government
bounty Of $l00, and the Conscript's commute
| Of sN0. On this plan, volunteers would be
| permitted to select conscripts whose places
| they would take, and it is quite certain that
few Of them would consent to 60 as snbsti-
tutcs for Copperheads. The advantage there
fore, which its advocates claim for this plan
| Would bc its forcing peace men to bear,their
share Of the burden Of war, as well as Repub-
| lcans and War Democrats.
In any eTent, it is now believed the Fresi-
dent will insist on the adoption Of soma plan
| By which tie law will not be turned into a
! revenue measure instead military one, by
! which man, to carry musket, may, in SONG
way be produced for every name drawn from
the box.
NEw YoRK, May 15.-Tlc following are
appointed Provost 1larshals Of Illinois:
F1rsr D1s1Elc7-WillIan, James, Provost Mar.
| F1ecr, Surgeon.
sEcoSp D1sTn1er.-Amos D. Coon. Provost
Marshal: ". D. Berry, Commissioner Aaron
| Lewie, Surgeon.
TH1nn DisTn1cr.-John y. Euetacc, Provost Mar
shal; ". a. Yo'ngman, Commissioner; Chaucel-
ForATn DlsTitlcT.-Jas. Woodruff, Provost Mar
5hal Gl,,ss Joln IN Mckinney, Commissioner; Charles
FTTH D1.rnlcT.-J II. Allen, Provost Marshal;
Richard a. Ioc, Commissioner; Thos. Hall, Sur
shal; Solomon Simmons, Commissioner Robert
J. %o aAa T. E. yoaoso M,s
Surg con.
Ei6HTn D1s7E1cr-Isaac Kcyca. Provost Mar
ehal; G. Jones, Commissioner; 2. Il. WAitmore,
Nis1n D1s7nrcr.-B. F. westlake Provost Mar
sfal: G. G. Eturtevant, Commissioner; Il, N.
TEs1n p1s4r1eT.@W. sN NJ. Fay, Provost Marsha, !;
y. S. Monlson, Commissioner; David Prince,
EEEyEs7n D,srucr.-M. O. Keen, Provost Mar
ehal ". 7. Archer, Commissioner; J. Paine, Sur
TWELFTH D1srn1er-Geo. Abbott. Provost Mar
shai; E. DIETRICH, Commissioner; ". Wing, Sur
| geoR-
a1a1rIal; i. ]. Kendall. comnissioner: I. T. i.
Burgess, Surgeon.
WASHINGTON, May 15-Thc United States
Marehal of this district has scized the real
and persona1 estate Of thu following persons
G. y: c. Dunnington, DR.. Cornelius BOYLE,
Maj. c. s. Wallach, Lawyer Ratclifft, Francis
Hanna, Cornelius Frost, Vim. Shields, Ed
ward II. Clark, Martin L. Smith, Samuel Lee,
and several others.
Mr.. Carring:on, y. s. Attorney for the:Dis'
trict If Columbia, is rapidly maturing pro
.3S+,erc falls .,31S
who have lef, their homes and joined tn,
Southern Confederaey. He expcets to hart
nearly all completed hy the first Monday in
June, the return day, fixed by order of tlt
| court. He is acting under orders uf the At
torney General of the United States, issued
, | several months ago.
The army 1as bcrn paid nlaiuly to tic list o
March last.
WASHINGTON, May IA large party o
leading Union Leaguers Of Philode}phia, 1T
rived here today. Senators Wade and Clr.ntl
ltr, and Col. Forncy are their invited gusts.
Ii is supposed that steps are to be initiated
whereby home forces shall be organized unle
Goyeltment auspices, to repTess lisl0ya
demonstrations in the North
WAs11lsG7oS May 13. 1863.
Afugitivc slave cnse, pending in the su
! creme Curt Tor this District, e1cites 1nucl
+ interest.
The case technically is that Of Andrew Hai
: a=t George n. Duvall, Of Georgia, Of Mary
land, the former being negro boy claimed Il
:, an absconded SLAVE Of the latter. The DO!
: was taken mp here on 4 writ Issued by th'
! | indccs. under the law for the rendition o
+ fugitiycs from labor escaping from one Stat'
= into another. etc.. and being lodged in priso1
!. accordingly. writ of habeds corpus is euct
, INT low W Messrs. Dean and *Joliffe, seekin!
i Iii discharge. The counsel for the owner ar'
!, M,:srs: Joseph Ii. Bradley, R. $. Coke, AMI
:, Chief Justice Cartier to day said that it wa
i | not for this tribunal to review the decision
!, already pronounced By Superior Courts an'
+ the prnctice Of both the. Executive md Lesis
i. lativc Departments as to the constitutiona!it
r Of tue law That is settled. This institut1oi
. ot Slavery, this madness arbitrarily to contro
- men, involves the nation's life.struggle, nn
4 has sent some Of the best men Of the countr
q to premature graves. But the Law will be ex
p ecuted, for it is the bond; and further, II
r. nan can be arrested and sent hack to diE
= loyal master The men who own this rrol
= er1y are apparently dead to the love 4
- country, and would give it for 4 'niggcr, nj
"a though there are honorable exceptions. It
- not to be disguised that the blood now she
- is on the altar OF this institution.
=. Associate Justice Wylie said he Issued
n warrant By which the party WIS arrested
l. namely, a fugitive from Maryland-and pu
~ him in prison to awnit his return to bis ma:
Il | ter. a writ Of habfas corpus was sued or
IN and brought before the Court, and upon th
~ lie could not concur with the Chief Justic:
= Although he {Nylie) had issued the wareau
"a he had since come to the conclusion that b
had no authority to do so, and thought tt
,e party ought to be discharged. The fugitiy
4 slaye law, he said, vas applicable to tt
H. | States.
H. Associate Justice Olin said that his conyi
is ton was, tl,at all the power possessed by tt
IL. former Circuit Court had been transferred
# this new Supreme Court. Under tho forme
nt the Chief Justice Of the District was the d
m sgnated executive or ministerial office
t. apart from Judicial conduct. He desirs
- these points to be further discussed. tn
n was agreed to, and Wednesday next was $
&c. apart for the purpose.
ID These three Judges concur on the const:.
tionality Of the fugitive slave Law, but II
r. question to be determined Is whether Il
- Court is clothed with power to act in Il
~ premises.
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O. O. Gen. Burnside Not