, 1864-01-24
FROM THE: SourM.
II MLlTARY AND POLITICAL SITTl-
aTI0N OF; THE REBELLION.
k1arming- Phase Of the Food:
and Supply Question.
TAe New Southern. Con-
scrlptlon.
Whvesale lmpressIneat Of all Persons
Wfo have Procured substitues-
The Object Of the Bill-Com-
r. ! plant Of the Rich
'""'' . mond Press, 80.
fFAm the Richmond Examiner, i'm II i

tfAm the Richmond Examiner, Jsn, III
TIE kEw coNsCa1pr1oN.
we ad1ise The public that general orlew
EVE oecl prepared in the Ad14tant Generalta
oNes. an4 viii be issued In q day or two, to,
04eea I11aego ~, 70 the immediate eonecrtption Of
I'LL be put In the camp Of instruction With
In ten days. -:...;:; .:
From the Richmond Examiner, JAn. I4th.J !.
TIE REPEAL OF THE SUBSTITUTE Clause.
The breaking up Of the substitution con
tracts seems likely to afford plentiful crop
of frauds and artfnl lodges to Grade the de-.
munds cf the conscriptton. It. IS said that
bids so tie tune Of tens of thousands
have been made for department c1crkship5 by
come Of, the most atrocious speculatofs in
Richmond, and that petty bureau officers hare
.fn excellent chance to make their fortunes By
providing hiding places for wealthy. CON
scripts The e1tortoners are getting govern
ment clerRshlps; mil1ionaires hare suddenly
became nautical in their tastee, and are bid
ding high Tor little cribs in Mallory's depart
.ment,
TIE STAMPEDE AMONG THE SUBSTITUTE MEN.
from the Savannah Republican, Jan. lal
The flutter created here BY this law is most
interesting. We have heard Of considerable
commotion on the bay. and the papers else.
North; md other foreign parts by gentlemen
whose energies hare been devoted to trade:
:Farious nre the shifts to dodge the new order
of things. All sots of offices are in great
.den1nGd.t The papers never before announced
$50 many candidates for taI receivers aud col
lcctoTs, and We heard Of one gentleman iu
this city who offered the chief Of police ten
thousand dollars to haye himself put on the
right 1caGrh! -: 49, :.
i NOVEL VIEW OF THE oBIEcr OF THE BILL.
(Richmond. Corr spondcnce OF Columbus, {Ga.)
-: Sun. ,- -!
:. + have 1t from o sou1cc every way trust
worthy TINT. one of the designs -of. nbolishing
exemptions is to get rid Of certain editors.
.Of course the proprfetora Of the +t Confcd-
crate Reading Room, ~ as the E1ana1aer nptiyi
names the st0te department {where tho prin.
cipal brefncEs: appears to be tho Keeping Of
accurate files OF al the leading papegs), will
not muzz1e the press all at once. This Would
be showing their hand a little too plenty
Mr. BENJAMIN can afford to take his time, -
-, THE consoa11IoNs = =. j
fExtrnct from the. Raleigh On. C.} Daily Progress,
-. December %, 1851
There lis not another man to spare from the
farms or other industrial pursuits of the
country, and further draft on this class will
DO tranght with the most disastrous conse-
ducuces. II moro men are wanted In the
line, let the. thousands Of able-bodied mel
already, in. the pay of the Government
be-. placed. there, and the drpnes and
npp-producers who Insult honest toll By their
constant 6Wagger, and who haye been shield
. ed bE the corluptions OF. otfce-holderS since
tile war commenced, be gathered up and COM
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