The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-13

sure which s brought TO bear upon the officers OF the
government the number OF tho applications TO make
special a. are
c ana almost unanimously resolve that certain class
Of citizens shall be mustered into the military services
put wncn they dispense they become the champions OF
theusand applications either actual exemption for
SOFT places They bring upon the officers appointed
20 enforce me law an influence which u 10 not always
But the officers Of the law must not suffer themselves
their duty for their guide and be governed bv lust and
impartial rules, applied uniformly to It is seen how
ranks are 70 be and the duty OF defending
home and property enforced equally ALL The word Of
hope.
The pressure as we have said is tremendous; but II
must be wthstood We have letters before cor.
nary, aud IN disreputahe If disgraceful
e6orts and s10erfu0ss 10 suade the military lao The
ground that they are NOT ana the army ana tho
country are watching them with keen eyes Bot there
law &c and %
SENSATIONS mustbo listened to, but that does mean
ns nsy Ss an 70 1ns %
ING against established rules and hammeng at closed
The Tide Northw ard-The EmbaIming
Process Brought Into Reputation,
IL ID reliably estimated that during the past week over
hundred Jews. principals OF substitutes and Others
have to Richmond from the SOUTH put up the
routes 70 the North. How they 60 is known only 70
themselves and their agents. but il is true they have
pal hotels on Sunday morning They are Ell mostly q the
wealthy class, and ten thousand dollars is frequently
rendered for safe passage 20 the Potomac. u Is
ers their most successful accompces. They
come to Richmond with marketing or load
OF forage and carry out load OF blockade runners con-
cealed in their vehicles making profitable specu
laton their outward than their inward trip, oil pay
Numbers have been overloaded on their journey
through the lines by the detectives and are resting
Il is limited, with what OF truth know not,
that the mysterious art Of the embalmer has been en-
several embaimed Jews, neatly encoGlned, have gone
through the lines route TO bereaved relatives IN the
North.
Anticipated Uprising OF the Union Pri-
soncrs mt Belle Isle.
We understand that the military authorities felt
ranted yesterday, acting upon information disclosed
through anonymous correspondence In adopting OK
traordnary measures TO prevent an uprising OF tho Yam
kee prisoners Of held Belle Ise such dcmonstra
tion being limited At as on the tapis We will not state
what the preparations made to put down summarily
any such foolish coup deat the part Of the prisoners
but may state for the benefit Of the prisoners that
that be felt on
The Newspapers aud the Conscription.
commencing Congress TO exempt from military service
oil editors Of newspapers and SUFFICIENT number OF en-
ployes for the regular publication Of their papers,
Straiss.of enc Rebellion.
THE c0NsCRIPsloN OF BOYS AND HOW THEY LIKE IT.
We were visited Wednesday by youth Of sixteen
years Of age named william White, who recently escaped
from shs rebel thraldom in Richmond Virginia. and
rived h this city on Saturday last Under the arbitrary
rule Of souhern CONSUMPTION this boy moned by
the enrolling officer to report Camp Richmond, now
called Fair Grounds. This shout the latter part Of
January Instead Of reporting 70 the rebel military
thorities be took ia French furloughn he terms IT,
and reported here in the loyal city Of New York. He
says all the boys OF his age and little over were being
escape and como North they could Just before leav
ing Richmond no ascertaned that Longstreet was being
rapidly reinforced from among the troops In Richmond.
All male persons from the ages Of sixteen TO fifty i've
were being ordered 70 camps OF instruction. all others
have 10 take th4 neld When he left there
not over eighNor thousand troops In Richmond.
Good board could not BE- bad there q oas than 6 day
mere was but one theatre open Richmond and tickets
Of admission brought 81 so. Mr. W. H. Talbot, Of New
York, playing at Petersburg, We These are the
points OF what the young conscript states.