The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-01-06

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are ss's 10 bear sams. tbs Congress the
Confederate Slatss of America do enact,
That no person be- sysmptrd from military
service By reason Of bic having furnished .
sabstituts; provided, that nothing 10 the
foregoing siasse sball be So construed n.
10 relieve the subs,i,u,s from my sbIisa
ton or LIABILITY sontrscted Or assumed by
him N such bubstituts; bst this act sEail
| net be 30 construed ~ TO affect persons,
Who though not iiabls to render military
servics, have nsvsrthsis.s put 10 subsii.
/ tstss."
Congress hss modified the Tax In Kind
law. 90 as to allow farmers 10 pay their tax
10 frsah pork insisad Of bason slso allow.
Ing them to pay msuey instead Of swesi
potatsss--ths amount per bushsl to 5s fixed
BY the. imprsssmsnt commissioners. This
is done In consequences Of ths difficulty Of
saving potatess e..
In response to . r.soiutior Of the Houss
Of Representatives,, COT }. s Preston, Su
psrintendsnt of the Conscript B.reau, has
furnished The number Of persons exempt
fron military service in the Mates Of Vir
ginis. North nnd South Csroliaa, and Gsor
g,a. the four States in charge Of that Ba.
reaa. The numbsr In Virginia Is 40 .372 |;
In North Csrolinn, 22so7; in Sosth Csrsli-
na. I,si4; In Georgia. iiySs7 --To,aI s4,:
$40. Ths number Of Substitutes 10 partly
conjsc,urnl. The opinion Of Col. Pfsstou
Is that 10000 or $4,000 substitutes have
BEEN pst In the army, and perhaps over ten
thousand fraudulent substitute papers are
held BY persons not in the service. The
M sbsr OF shosmakers 10 A. 90; tanBsrs.
sS7; blusksm!tbs, s,o2i; wagon naxsrs,
ss6; sswspaper employees, S&s; railroad
employees, s,3l7; miliers, 1895; school
tsaehsrs. 7is; employees Of Express Con-.
psniss. Sc; Ntrs and Mining. lat mail
eostractsrs end sarriers, lis details, l,SI3;
physirally iusompe,cut, 20 ooS civil OF.
ears, -i,a7i. The statistics gre evidssil,
impsrfsss in regard 10 the numbsr Of sewers
al occupations. The Prssidsat, howsver,
in his unieation 10 the House Of Rep
rs-est.tivss, ssys Farther informs,ios will
bs given when received. .- .=
IL the House, bill wee ssbmittsi 10 au.
lhsriz. the Secretary Of War 10 receive iu;s
the ssssiss Crsoies In hisbarns, Mississippi
snd LouisiaAa. II states that the Crselss were
Of mixed klosd, but free under the treaty
Of Paris of 1908 and the treaty OF Spsis Of
1919. Many were owners Of slaves and
large property, aud many we're men Of high
intelligence, true to the South, snd anxious
from the bsgianine 'ts take up arms. snd
had sPplied, through nsmbsrs Of Csugrsss.
to tLs Secretary II War, ~hc declined 70
receive ttem I-st ths sssmy might make it
sn excuse for armiDg osr slaves. II wns
represented that . brigade could be raised
in too or three conntiss OF Alabama, and
equal numbers in several parts Of Ais.i..ir.
Pi aud Lssisisns; snd that they were honest,
hsd courage, were dsvoisd to the Sss,h,
and osly ssksd 10 enter the army .. pri.
Yates. Anoth.r bill sss proposed is sa.
roll all abis-hodisd male slavss bstwsAn ID
and IS, and Eon the sumbsr craft. Nam
can DO us.fslIy employ ed in the army in
any ~s, eIc-p, bearing arms Both bill.
we're nsf.rrsS 70 the Military Commii,se.f
On the 3th ult, . eommu sica lion "a
dressed TO C"sgrsss. signsd BY . large
number of the officers OF he army Of Tsn
nsssss, We rssI in, the House. urging the
prsn,pt snsstmsat of measure, 10 svsrt die
ordsrs omni potent fer .osr d~strnetion,
which may Lrcons incurabIs in lhirty. days.
In this communication they give the esinion
that it 10 essential in srdsr to retain during
ths war the irs"ps uo~ iD ser, ics. to place
iu service minrd~,~Iy for .ons am~ all
white males between - and 80, able to-
perform any kind Of siiitsry dvty, and 80
authorize the prss,dsnt Al HE disersiios 10
place in ssrviss tor tho came tsru all BE-
tween Is and IL, and Is aud 60; to pre-
hibit subsrtut.. and to Prohibit sksmp,isns
except fer civi! Officer. to Prokibi, do
charges. except for css.ss Of pssmsnss, die
ability. from any kind fdu,y TO prohibi,
f"rioughs, except under ruiss OF suissrsal
application, bassd onths length 90 ssrvics
and msritorious sondsst; ssd 10 psohibi,
as far .. Possib!s, ab.s.bodisd otiissrs aud
soidi-rs fro. being a.sigrsd 10 pos,s. hos
piraI., and ether infs ior dutiss. end 10 place
able Sosi.I nsgrossAin the rsom sf eouks
aud ,.borsr'. :s. The, ale cypress die.
sa,i.f.sti"n on account Of short satons and
dsprssiaisd currency. Rsssnsssibing The
army may be ob,ia,sd BY bosniiss 10 sid
troops, INCREASED psy and eonmsts,iSn 70
snli,'sd nee for ra,ions net issnsd. ssd si
Lowing rstions to officers The sesdiag Of
this docsment produced soms discussion
NJ. Foo's declared that iiss adoption st the
measure recommended would be sisp 10
wards military ds'Po,isn ~ish lss prsssa,
sdnin',irs,i"n and i's hssd, ss shish bs
vas seriously opposed. 10 Distasss Be-
come nrssssary, hsfssefsd pississ lbs,
power 10 the hasds Of Gen. Lss. . mas o..
ausuesd by 20 ssrrs sw vis~s or psejadiess.