Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-05

three or four responsible men, we have no
doubt quarter OF q million stock would
be taken'in q week Who will move in
the matterH We areall bound to come To-
It sooner or later and Why wait until ev-
cry little place has taken the start of US
aud secured corresponding advantages.
TIE Presidents order for a draft Of half
q million Of men on the 10th of March re-
ceiVeS three or four different interpreta.
tiOus. Is partskes of the fatality
that has attended almost everything con
usotsd with recruiting and needs interpre-
ton. 1t is remarkSbls that somebody at
Washington does not ascertain precisely
what 1t means, aud relieve the apxfety of
the people upon maltsrof the utmost in.
terest to them. - - 'ss4 btNyi
Taken literally, the Presidents order
meanSa call for half million men, over
and above the present calls, WIKI only the
deduction Of the eultstmeuts not hitherto
credited on the previous quotas. We sup
pose most Of the men who. enlisted under
the last call for 800, 600 have been 'itereto.
fore credited" Another Interpretation
sent from Washington to one OF The New
York papers, Is that the half miitoh.cov-
ere the two previous calls, aud is there
fore Ia effect an offer TO let the people off
with ave hundred thousand, instead Of Six
hundred Thousand. FHtsview is not very
likely to be the correct one. q
The most common understanding is that
this order includes the 300, 900, aud that
the dra is to be for the balance NOT filled
on that call and for zoe, 900 more. This is
probably the true Interpretation, and II
would have been well If the President had
added liue to his brief order, and so made
it plain Assuming the fact to be that the
President wishes to add enough men to
those already enlisted under the 800, 900
call to make the whole number 800 900,
the draft will be for some $50, OOO, less
the number of volunteers obtained duriue
the present month, as only about half The
last call has YET been filled by re-ealist-
ment Of veterans and by new volunteers,
1.-THE present efforts to procure volunteers
continue, 1t is not likely that 81, 1000 can be
obtained in tour weeks, aud the draft mus,
be for at least 400, 900, under any, clreum.
stances that We can now look tor-thai
is for the full number Of the last cali;
The whole number being obtained, Ne
shall have between eight and niue hundred
thousand men in arms il the spring. no,
to be much diminished by the discharge
of the frst three year volunteers until, fall,
A Washington dispatch Gays that The new
call was made necessary 6y recent advisss
from the South, which appear to have con-
WINGED the government that the strength
OF the rebellion is by NO means broteS
that the supreme effort is yet to be male
Exactly WhaEw will be the conditions II
the dratt tits Impossible 10 say, as The On.
Eollrneat law is yetup for amendment in
OOnEresa Bnt It iS considered certain
that the House. will agree to the Senate
provision that the draft shall be,pspsa.sd
IN each diltLiot tlll the assigned onotl ,s
full. Az this gives every. ble.bodied nan
"a etsoeg eaAPee to be a!hftsdp taueseases
the motive for volunteering AZ once. The
difference between volunteering and being
drafted and paying communications q seveS
hundred and ffty dollars, Vhioh Is 4 difis5F g
ence worth epnsidsring iby mostof us.
s-------S4--A----S 49, LIZ a-ell SasIF7
Cot, PoWtths fine I'd ttbss :,
length been released from Libby PriSoD
and We suPPOseWlllEeash here A a i;lSJ - -
Two. We quote from the Richmond a. :
I P4ep1lR mt Il the IA a..
n tas libby Prison, Sis:, Colonel PoNs ~
SApS .Staaton'andl Capt. GkaIt have han
patoled, aud win 60 to CITY POINT tS,s
PoFpiqg ina Tag s0f, trhos- 6oat, Ss -, ~
q O'clock. PiSe 5 ivates. r ~ SS-o1"5'@
E VIII aeSompahy them. The c6iotsi =
kaoEates 0us-eyeds Powell, and stSntan
y son Of B6ns Slauto1, fotmet nae ~
q SoneEess from Ohio. Powell Vim do16t
aAeSs ee exchange for Col. y - .iofs bnr
army stzsa ssi'ils 'S.ss7i .slsl5sls ifSf =
Tn Richmond nag 81 WSdns an IL.
has, has synopals of the re0sl dssersts4l ofI
Ahs IteAsuEy. lin respolsos 10 4. rs5olutioS.
Of the.seaats The f6dded; ds6t a .ssslsS 4
81 900 cal csttthsatss. $ss, ooS, COO. IL.
terest, bearing TreasuEy notes, $ios. oob. !
600; nou Interest. ! Il IS lf,sa.,,,,. =