North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-02-08
The New Enrolment Act.

4 ne IOllOWlnS Is the amendeQ enrolment
act, introduced in the Senate by Mr. Wilson,
Of Massachusetts,, and now pending:
BILL N ADDITION TO THE SEVERAL ACTS
FOR ENROLLING AND CALLING OUT THE Ma
TIoNAL FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Be ii enacted by the Senate and Hou Sc of
Representatives OF iao United States of
america in Congress assembled, That
from aud after the passage of this act persons
enrolled and liable to be drafted may be &C.
cepted as substitutes for drafted persons.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted,
That no person owing military service shall
be exempted from liability to perform the
same on account of furnishing substitute
| fer the a7y, unless the substitute Is pre-
sented IN person to the board of enrolment
by which the principal is enrolled and is &C
cepted by said board of enrolment.
Sec 8. Ind be it further enacted, That
any recruiting agent, substitute-broker, or
| other person, who shall enlist, or cause to be
enlisted as volunteer or substitute, any
! insane person; convict or person charged with
! crime, or person in a condition of fintoxication
| or deserter from the military or naval SER
| vice knowing him to De such, or who shall
/ defraud or deprive any volunteer or substi
ture Of any portion OF the State, local or Uni
ted States bounty to which be may be enti-
tied shalt upon conviction By any court mar
ti4i or military commission, be fine not ex-
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not exceeding two years. or both, at the dts
cge.ion Of such court martial or military COM
mission.
SIC 1, Ana be ii further, enacted, that
any officer who shall muster into the militia
ry or nava! service, or insane person, convict
or person charged with crime or person in
condition Of intoXicatinD, knowing him to be
! such, shall upon conviction by any court
martial or arbitrary commission, be di shon
o-ably dismissed the service of the United
| States.
| Sec. 5. Ind be ii further enacted, That
| all State and local bountes hereafter TO be
| paid to any volunteer or substitute upon en-
! try into the military or naval service of the
United States shall be paid in instalments,
| as fellows One third et the time Of the mus
! ter into service Of such volunteer or substi.
tute: one third at the expiration of half the
term Of service, and one third at at the expi-
ration OF the tern, of such service, unless
sooner discharged by reason of wounds re-
ceiyed in battle And in case of his death
while in service, the residue of his bounty
unlaid, shall be paid to his wide ", if be shall
have left widow if rot, TO his children, or
| if there be none, to his mother, if she be a
| widow.
SEC. 6 And be ii further enacted, That
the remainder of the term of service of any
person who shall hereafter enter the militia
ry or naval service as volunteer or drafted
man, and shall desert therefrom, or be DIS
charged by reason of physical disability ex
! isting prior to such entry into service shall
be adde d to the amount of service due from
the district to which such volunteer or draft
ed man shall have been credited, and the
same shall be filed up from such district by
enlistment or draft,
SEC. 7. And be ii further enacted, That
Ill addition to the other lawful penalties of
the crime of desertion from the military or
naval service, all deserters from the said SER
vice, who may have deserted or who shall
hereafter desert beyond the limit of the Uni
ted tates, shall be deemed and taken to
have voluntary relinqushed and forfeited
their rights Of citizenship, and their rights to
become citizens and such deserters shall be
forever incapable of holding any office OF
trust or profit under the United States. or Of
exercising any of the rights f citizens there
of. And all persons within the United
States who have deserted the military or
naval service, who shall not return to service
or report themselves to some provost mar
shall within sixty days after the passage of
the act, and all persons who shall hereafter
desert the military or naval service, shall be
liable to the penalties of this section.
CURE FOR SMALL Pox.-The German Re-
formed Messenger has received letter from
a friend in China, in which it is stated a
great discovery is stated to have been recent
y made by a surgeon of the English army
in China, in the way of an effectual cure Of
small poX. The mode of treatment is as fol-
ows When the proceeding fever is at it's
height, and just before the eruption appears
the chest is rubbed with croten oil, and tar
taric ointment. This causes the whole Of
the eruption to appear on that part of the
body, to the relief of the rest, 1t also Sc
cures full and complete eruption, and thus
prevents the disease from attacking the in
ternal organs. This is said to be now the
established mode of treatment in the English
army in China, by general orders, and is re-
garded as perfect cure.
SUBSTITUTE FOR BUTTER.- Marry the
incest girl you know. You will then have