The Greensborough patriot [November 20, 1862]

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XXIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, NOVEMBER 20, 1862. NO. 1,225.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
M, S. SHERWOOD
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Alphonu W. lngold, Assistant Editor.
TERMS, «2.00 A YEAH IN ADVANCE,
nates of Advertising.
One dollar per square, for the first week, and
: wmiy-five centu for every week thereafter. Twelve
lines or less, make a square. Deductions made in
favor of standing matter as follows:
3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAS.
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e squares 10.00 15.00 20.00
Explanations of tlio Conscript Act.
11. Commandant* of Conicripts and Campt of Instruc-tion.
officers of the States, if employed, will
be paid the compensation allowed by the
State laws for similar services.
^alt, Salt!—The subscriber is daily receiving
I Vj supplies of a good article of Sound SALT,
; which he offer* for sale at lowest market rates. Or-accompanied
with the money will receive
opt attention. A. E. HALL.
' *e26 17-lj«
OFFICE OF N. C. R. R. Co , 1
COMPANY SHOPS, Sept. 24th, 1862. /
X'otlCC—Is hereby given to shippers and oth,
,A ers interested that the tariff of freight rates,
-is road will be raised twenty-five per cent-and
the rates of passengers to five cents per mile on
and alter the first day of October.
T. J. 8UMNER,
- if Engineer and Sup't.
DR. W. P.FDCUIIil PERMANENTLY
settled in HIGH POINT, N. C, where he will
(rive his undivided eltention to the duties of hispro-m.
Special attention given to Obstetrics and
the Diseases of Women and Children. July, 1859
Rats.—We are manufacturing WOOL nATS of
-uperior quality at Jamestown, Guilford Co.,
'<- C. Persons wishing any thing in our line would
o give us a call. Orders promptly attended
i ish paid fur wool and lur.
7_; W. N. A KM FIELD & CO.
f T—
I. An officer, styled tho Commandant of The Commanding Generals of armies in
Conscripts, will be appc inted for each State, j the field will order such commissioned
who will be charged with the supervision j officers and privates as they think qualified
of the enrollment and disposition of con- i to be enrolling officers or drill officers, ard
scripts. He will establish one or more who are unfit for active service in the field
camps in which eonscripts will be assem- to report to the Commandant of Consripte
bled and instructed, and may reccommend in their respective States, who will order
for appointment, a Surgeon, a Quartermas- j such of them to duty as may be required,
ter a Commissary, and the requisite ' and report the remainder by letter to the
If Commanding General as not needed lor
ssary
number of Drillmasters for each camp,
more than one camp be established, be
may be also recommend a commandant
for each camp not under his own immedi-ate
command.
2. A hospital will be established, and
huts for winter quarters cODStructd at each
such service.
8. Enrollments lor particular regiments
squadrons, battalions and companies in
service on the 16th oi April, 1862, may be
made by officers detailed for the purpose
by the Commanding General of a depart-camp,
and all conscripts assembled at the | ment or an army in tho fiield ; but such
camps will bo promptly vaccinated, if it has ! officers must report to the Commandant of
not already been done. Conscripts in their respective States, re-
3. Tho Commandant of Conscripts will ceive instructions from him, and assemble
require from each camp a report on the j their conscripts at such point as he may
first Monday in every month ; showing the • designate. Conscripts enrolled without
expenses of the preceding month; the j reporting to such Commandant will be
number of conscripts in the camp; the
number received and sent away, during tho
preceding month ; the regiments, battal-ions
or companies to which they were
sent; the number transferred to the navy,
the number of sick; the nature of tUeir
diseases and tho number of deaths.—
Desirable Property tor Sale.—We
offer for sale a HOUSE AND LOT, nearG. F.
College, containing 6j acres, more or less, with all
necessary buildings. Also, two TRACTS OF
LAND, well timbered and well watered, near Greens-ttgh.
J. & F. OARRETT.
V'otlCC—On the 1st .Monday in December
,A next, in the Town of Dobson, Surry County,
S'.C I will sell for cash that beautiful and desir-property,
known as the THOMAS SMITH
HOUSE AND LOT, on which there is a fine new
Dwelling, laige and commodious Store House,
Lumber House, and all necessary out-houses.
The .-ale positive. JOB WORTH, Trustee.
novC 23-4W
JOH.li LEDFORD,~COACH AND BUGGY
MANUFACTURER, keeps on hand, Rockaways,
;ies, and Light Carriages of different styles,
-. Orders will be promptly filled; repairs
e al short notice ; and all work warranted for 12
months,on fair usage.
Having been constantly engaged for more than
twenty years, in the Coach business, I flatter my-
1 shall be able to please, both in prices,
and quality. Call and examine for yourselves.
Armfield. *
deemed to be enrolled lor general service
and shall at any time be transferred on
their own application, or on the appli-cation
of commandants of corps needing
conscripts, to such corps.
V. Exemption*.
The Exemption Act will bo construed
He will make a consolidated monthly prospeclively and doe8 not authorize the
report to the Adjutant and Inspector-Gene- 5iscn Q/' one enroilod Qrin service
ral oftho ormy, ior to tho lllh day of October, 1662.
4. The Commandants of Conscripts east r „ , ,, .,, -_* _ j _\I_. B_odily an"il Mental. i,nfi.rmi.ty.
oftho Mississippi river will receive ordes . y ' '
only from the War Department, and will \ Questions of bodily and mental inca-not
be interfered with by Generals com- pac.ty will be decided by Surgeons employ-manding
departments or armies in the
OtCLi\ REWABD.—Kanaway rroin
m5il the subscribers on the 20th of May last
their man (icoiRf ; about 28 years of age, yel-low
complexion, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, quick
spoken, laughs frequently and loud when in con
versation, wears his hair long, and is a little round
shouldered, and weighs about 170 or l/o pounds.
George is an unusually smart and fine looking 2Je-
«rro; he formerly belonged to Mr. Saml Bethel of
. laswell county, and is supposed to be in his former
-nborhood. The above reward will be given tor
said negro if confined in any jail so that 1 get him
again. Fur further particulars, address A. A. la-tillo
at Vanceyville, or the subscribers at Pactolus,
C. & D. PERKINb.
gust, 1859. 49 lf .
t""lOO«l SeiM.-NEW GOODS, just received
I and lor sale LOW for cash, at SMITH'S
E 1 ORE CENTRE, N. ('. 50 doz. common andGran-te
PLATES, 60 dos. common and Granite CUPS
and SAUCERS, PITCHERS, BOWLS. DISHES,
8 1 I. \K DISHES, ■ good lot of GLASS WARE, a
few ENGLISH SCYTHES, WRITING PAPER, EN-VELOPES,
BLEACHED SHIRTING. 100 yards
JACKONETT, CALICOES, GINGHAMS, CAM-MI
SI.INS, MARSALLLES, DRAB D'ETE,
SPOOL COTTON, and a few sets KNIVES AND
FORKS. „„„
1 | 2m B. N. SMITH.
For Sale.—A splendid HOUSE AND LOT in
the town of Mt. Airy, N. C. This situation
oe ol the most desirable in this portion of North
i'HI olinb, and will be sold VERV CHEAP. Apply
S. Hill, or Dr. Hoilinsworth, of this town. A
; iitle will bemade to the purchaser. 22-8w
, m- Reward !—Ranaway from the subscri-
,«) ber, on the 19th day of October, 1862,a
likely NEGRO BOY, named Lewis. Said boy is
■ai-s old, abou: 6 feet, <". or 7 inches high, of a
yellow ur Copper color, and will be more easily
gnized on account of being very badly knock-kneed.
1 will pay the above reward for his delivery
to me. or if lodged in any jail so that I can get him.
Ai.v iniormation of him will be thankfully received.
Addr. R. H. WATLINGTON.
22—8v* Thompsonville, N. C.
House and Lot tor Sale.—The subscri-ber
offers for sale a very desirable House and
Lot. c mtaining 6J acres, in Kernorsville, Forsyth
,N. C. The house is NEW, and contains NINE
na, with a fire-place to each; and on the lot are
all necessary out buildings, store-house, &c, with
an excellent well of water. I-ossessiou given im-itely.
For further particulars apply to
M-tf. I S. WHITT1NGTON.
rW^O Hatters.—We wish to employ a number
M. of HATTERS ID work in our establishment
■i! Greensborough. Good workmen can procure
int employment, fair wages, and prompt pay-ments,
it' early arjplicationbe made to
ja2888-tf " J- & V. GARRETT.
Boot and Shoe Store.—HaviDg purchased
of J. 15. F. Beone his entire stock of Boots and
-. the undersigned would respectfully announce
to the citiiena of Greenshoro and surrounding
ntry that thev intend keeping a good assortment
of BOOTS AND SHOES,
and other articles connected with that line of busi-
, always on hand, which they are determined to
very low, and for cash only.
held. Wesj of the Mississippi, they will
report to and receive instructions (rum tho
Commanding General of the Trans Alissis-
6ippi department who will require them to
conform as nearly as possible to this order
and to the regulations prescribed for c«m-mandants
east of the Mississippi. He will
make a consolidated monthly report to the
Adjutant and Inspector General of the
army.
5. The commandants of all regiments,
battalions, squadrons or unattached com-panies
which were in service on the 16th
ol April, 1802, desiring to reeeive con-scripts,
may transmit through tho Adjutaut
and Inspector General of the army, state-ments
oi the strengtb of their commands, to
the Commandant of Conscrip's in their
respective States, who, unless other-wise
ordered, will, as far as practicable,
distribute conscripts of the State among
:»a rngimri ts, battalions and companies
deficiencies.
Ho will consult tho wishes of the con-scripts
in assigning '.hem to companies or
regiments so far as may be consistent
with their proper distribution, and will
not soparato men from the same county
district or parish, it it can be avoided. The
same rule will be observed by the Com-mandants
of corps in assigning conscripts
to companies.
6. Conscripts for cavalry will only be
taken from those who furnish their own
horses. No conscripts can be assigned to
companies mustered into service since the
16th ol April, 1862.
7. The Commandants of Conscripts are
specially enjoined to pay unce .sing atten-tion
to the health, comfort and instruction
of the conscripts under their command,
and to bear in mind that the efficiency of
the army and tho safely ol tho country
depend in a great measure upon their
faithful discharge of these duties.
III. Enrollment of Conscript!.
ed for the purpose, by virtue of the act of
Congress approved the 11th of October,
1862.
Throe Surgeons in each Congressional
Distriet will be recommended by tho Com-mandants
of Conscripts to the Adjutant
and Inspector General fur employment,
under the foregoing act; and the said
Commandants will establish in each county,
city, parish or district a place of rendezvous
for the examination of conscripts enrolled
therein.
2. The three Surgeons employed in each
Congressional District will constitute a
Board of Examination for the District; and
one or more of them may act at any place
of rendezvous therein. They shall fix days
for the examination ol conscripts in each
county, city, parish or distriet, and give
at least ten days' notice thereof, by publi-cation
in one or more newspapers circula
ting in tho Congressional District, and by
notice posted at the principal places of
2.' The enrolling officer lor tno conniy,
city, parish or district shall attend at such
examinations, and enroll and send to the
camp of instruction such persons as are.
examined and found by the Surgeon to be
capable of bea-ing arms. The standard of
bodily capacity shall be that established by
General Order, No. 58, modified by tho
omission of tho 3d paragraph, which au-thorized
tho enrollment of persons not
equal toall military duty. No person will
be enrolled as a conscript, who is not
capable of bearing arms.
4. Persons deemed incapable of bearing
arms shall be reported by the Examining
Surgeon to the Board of Examination, who
shall determine the question of exemption,
and grant certificates thereof. The certifi-cates
shall specify whether the incapacity
is temporary or permanent; and if perman-ent,
the party shall be exempt from future
examination, unless specially ordered by
tho board. So soon as the examining Board
shall be organized in any Congressional
out unreasonable delay. The enrolling
officer will receive the receipt and forward
it to the Commandant of Conscripts, by
whom it will be forwarded to the Quarter-master
General, who will charge the Assis-tant
Quartermaster with the amount receiv-ed
by him.
V1I1. Proviiion againit Extortion.
1. When application for exemption is
made by any shoe-maker, tanner, black-smith,
wagonmaker, miller, mill engineer
or millwright, not in the employment of
any.company or establishment, but work-ing
for himself, the party seeking exemp-tion
shall state in writing, under oath,
that he is skilled and actually employed in
bis said trade: that he is habitually engag-ed
in working for the public; that the
products of $s labor, while exempt from
military service shall not be sold, exchanged
or bartered for a price exceeding the cost
of production and seventy-five per cent,
profit thereon; and that he will not by any
errangemont, shift or contrivance, evade
the law, or receive a greater price or re-ward
than it allows.
2. Where application is made to exempt
superintendents and operatives in wool
and cotton factories and paper mills, and
superintendents and managers of wool car-ding
machines, shoemakers, tannerB, black-smiths,
wagpnmakers, millers, mill engi-neers
or millwrights, not working for them-selves,
but in the employment of some corn-pan
t or establishment, the president or
some director, if the company be incorpo-rated,
if not. the proprietor of the business,
or if there bo a firm, some partner therein,
shall make path in writing that the said
superintendents, operatives, managers or
mechanics, as the case may be, are skilled
and actually employed in their said voca^
company belongs, or then belonged, (see
General Order No. 26,) or an exemption
signed by the Commandant of Conscripts.
And if tho said discharge or exemption de
not show that it was granted in considera-tion
of a substitute having been famished,
such fact must be certified in writing by
the commanding officer of the regiment or
command to which the companj- belongs,
or by the Commandant of Conscripts, as
the case may be.
Bat in all cases arsing within thir-ty
days from the date of this order, the
enrolling officer may grant the exemption,
upon satisfactory proof that the party
furnished a substitute, who was actually
received into the service of the Confeder-ate
States for three years or the wsr, and
the substitute is not liable to military ser-vice;
such exemption may, at any time be
canceled, if fraud or mistake be discovered.
2. Paragraph II, General Order No. 9,
current series, is hereby revoked. No
or not
, or not
ot good moral character, or who is liable
under tho existing order to enrollment as
a conscript, shall ne received as a substi-tute.
And in all cases in which a substitute
becomes subject to military service, the
exemption of the principal by reason of the
substitution shall expire.
Any person subject to enrollment who
desires to furnish a substitute, may, at any
time before the enrollment, or before he is
assigned to a company and sent from the
camp of instruction, present a substitute
at such camp, And if tho substitute be
capable of bearing arms, and bo of good
moral character, and not within the pro-hibited
classes, he shall be received, and
person under eighteen yoars of age,
domiciled in the Confederate States,
JIO time report himself for examination at
said camp of instruction, or his continued
■Usability certified by the certificate of a
respectable physician of his county, city,
listrict or parish, he shall be held liable ma
absent without leave of his commanding
officer.
Approved Oct. 11, 1862.
tions; that they "are habitually working for the Priccipal shall be exempt from military
the public; chat they are absolutely neces- 8'3rvice-sary
for the successful prosecution of the XII. Volunteering.
business of the concern; that the products All persons liable to conscription may,
thereof shall not be sold, or exchanged or before enrollment, volunteer in companies
bartered, during tho said exemption, for in service on tho 16th of April, 1862. But
a price exceeding the cost ot production after enrollment, they cannot volunteer,
and seventy-five per cent, profit thereon; nor can they at any time volunteer in
that no shift, contrivance or arrangement companies received into service since the
shall be made to evade the law, or to se- 16ih of April, 1862.
cure a larger return or profit than it allows; XIII. Miscellaneous.
and that exemption is not sought for a 1. All impressments of man by regimen-larger
number of persons than is absolutely tal, battalion or company commanders,
necessary for 'he successful prosecution of
tho business oftho concern.
8. The foreguing affidavits shall be made
before some J ustico of the Peace or other
person author.zed by law to administer
oaths, and if such Justice or other person
be not personally known to the enrolling
officer to B*Ahat he purports to be, his
oaths, must be certified by the OierK OT
District, and shall enter upon the discharge
All white male residents of tho Confeder- of their duties, no other mode ofexamina-ate
States between the ages of 18 and tion for persons in that district will be
40 not exempted by act ot Congress, or not pursued; and the decision of the Examining
already in the service, will be enrolled.— Board will be deomed final.
Persons liable to enrollment may be en- 5. the fact that a person has beon discharg-rolled
wherever they may be found, as ed from service for physical disability or
provided by the Act No. 42, herewith pub- other cause, does not of itself exempt from
lished. enrollment as a conscript-
IV. UndomkiledForeigners. 6. If any enrolled person is unable to
,1. F,-,orei•gners no,t dio_m•iciliedi i•n„ t,uh„e Cr»o«n-- »at"to«n"t"l »at' »the rendezvou♦s«»»on,, ia?c.c-ount of m;„;„„
f, ed, erate cS, t°ates are no.t h,- aib_ie to enroliliment. sj>ir'cWair.ee»ssa, buou wwiin soend to the .Examininga IDTomi.ci.l, i.n th, e C,,onf.e..derate So,tat. es c„„onsi• st,s "S-u"r'e^-celo'"n »a«c-«e»r»ti«f«i.cate sp, ecify, i n g* t.h e c ause f in resi-d,ence w-it.ih i• ntent.i-on permanent.1ly t,„o Uo1f •a1bUsBel'n",c-le'i, and,, its 'p. rob■ ab■ le dur-a,tion. ,• fro.,m
some respectable physician resident in the
county, city, parish or district in which
the rendezvous is situated. Tho Examin-under
any pretence whatever, are prohibit-ed,
it being the design of the Department
to supply tho army exclusively through
the officers appointed by this act.
2. Allth laws an l egulations applicable
to deserters shall bo applied to such con-scripts
as fail to repair to the place of
rendezvous for enrollment, or who shall
3. All tit" ugm«w»~ ....,, _,---
e court of record, under tho seal of his apprehension and confinement of deserters
court. and their transportation to the commands
The affidavits shall be returned to tho of their respective commanders, shall be
Commandant of Conscripts, and exemp- applicable to persons liable to duty ae
lions shall be granted by the enrolling cot scripts who shall fail to repair to the
officer. If, however, be suspect false swear- place ot rendezvous alter the publication of
ing or mistake, ho shall then refuse the the call. S. COOPER,
exemption, and refer the case, after first Adjutant and Inspector General.
enrolling the names of tho parties in ques-tion,
10 tho Commandant of Conscripts, who An Act to amend an AclenUntled "An Act to further
shall dispose of it. It at any time the en-
Written for the Patriot.
A Peep Behind the Yankee Cur-tain.
A vast, great change has and is taking
place throughout the North; a change
that already rocks the pet cradle of Aboli-tionism
into a whirlpool of conflicting in-terests—
of unrest.
Two separate, distinct classes, are stri-ving
for the mastery—the conservatives or
Democrats, and tho radicals or Republi-cans.
Again, there are smaller sections
differently divided, whoso voices claim a
place in the re-echoing din and wild confu-sion
of claiming power. From the iron hand
of Republicanism (apparently softly gloved)
have emanated arbitrary and unjust laws
and decrees, that this christianized, en-lightened
era will ever recall in mantled
shame, that will ever be tiding and rolling
back through vaulted aisles, filled with
wailing cries of past memories.
Abolitionism has usurped to itself a pow-er
of its own creation, oblivious to tho
claims of humanity or society, a mind
ignis fatuus, that has guided them on to a
brink of sure destruction. Their power is
characterized by the vilest deception. One
peep "behind the scenes," and weitand
with hushed breath and paling lip for the
wickedness unvailed—for facts sternly true
and conclusive.
Their recruiting offices are weaved and
webbed over with choice incentives for en-listments,
and when an ignorant hand would
grasp the high bounty, another, claim-ing
that "might is right," withdraws the
prize, but keeps tho captive, whose name
has been placed, through false inducements,
on the book of enrollment, whore "black
and white" tells, too late to retract, and the
poor dupe hurries homeward with the sad
intelligence of his peculiar enlistment.—
Then comes the racking thought, who
will provide for wifo and children? Ah!
charity. With clinging arms around his
n.-ck, with tear-siained cheeks agninet his
own, tho Irish soldier trembles beneath his
bluo uniform, as he tears himself away to
his untried labor of fighting the battles of a
country whose interests are foreign to his
own. One instance will suffice as to how
their families are cared for. "Surell's" corps
of engineers were in the Yankee serv
rolling officer have cause to inspect lalse tfd^SepTember'ilih" 1862." nine months before an officer or menr-
■wcaring or mistake in the foregoing affi- The Con„ri;s8 of tho Confederate States ceivod one month's pay. Among then
davits, he BheUreport tbefjet totoe ofAmerica do enact, That all persons wcr0 men p00r and needy, with families fa.
Commandant of Conscripts and if the sad enrollment for military service LnL,„nt anon those wages due
commandant be satisfied after due investi- jmec instructions from "«'»3'• dependont upon h> g
gation that a larger number of persons is gjVer Department, and reported by the for support. I saw a letter (ton a U«
designedly employed than is necessary, or 1{ fff^r wherever found whether to his wife, in which he mentioned t
that a larger profit than the law al.ows is within ^ btale or COIIUly of their resi- ofhls men bad received a letter horn hem
received either directly or MtfWtj£h« Qr n and whcn 80 cnro,led shall . Q hi9 famiiy were actually Mtf
shall order the enrollment of tho parties beeubjoct l0'the provisions of law as fully ■ ^'^ *', of bread U produced such
exempted upon the said affidavits. if enrolled within tho county and State v.ng for want of breaa. ii y
IX. Detail*. of which they may be residents; Provided, an effect upon tho poor fellow s mind, wn
Citizen employees and mechanics who That this act shall not extend to any mom- 1 had no money to send them, that ne
supplies, will bo enrolled and returned to this act as regards" tho residents of any
their work: Provided, The Chiet of the locality where ho may find it impracticable
Ordnance Bureau, or some ordnance offi- to execute the act entitled "an act to
cer authorized by him for tho purpose, shall further provide for the public defence/'
certify that the number of operatives re- approved April 16, 1662, and the act tto
remain in those Slates, and to abandon
domicil elsewhere. Long residence of
it6elf docs, not constitute doinicil. A person
may acquire domicil in less than one year,
and he may not acquire it in twenty years,
residence. If there is a determination to
return to the native country and to retain
the domicil there, no length of residence
can confer domicil.
The principal evidences of intention to
remain are tho declarations of the | arty,
the exercise of the rights of citizenship,
marriage, and the acqusition of real estate;
but tho intention may be gathered from
other facts.
2. The enrollment will be made by the
enrolling officers of the Slate, if tho Gov-ernornor
thereof will permit them to t.ct
under the orders of the Ceniandan.s of
Conscripts, and application will be made
by the said commandants for such permis
ing Surgeon
15. ti. GRAHAM &CO.
Opposite Brittain'9 Hotel. 96 t>"
Ot rayed—*10 Regard.—Grayed from the
0 subscriber about the 1st of October last, sis
I ol cattle, marked with a swallow fork and
under bit In the left ear. Any information ol them
will be tniinklully received, and on the delivery of
•.hem at my house, the above reward will be given,
...r iuoj.urtioi.ably for any part of them. Two of
the cows were ve-y heavy with calf when they
left.—the other four are heifers.
K. R. PRATHER.
Having served a regular
to the above business, and
vears of practical experience in the
iction of MILL & OTHER MACHINERY,
1 tender my services to all who may desire work of
kind, with the assurance of giving entire sat-
' ion to those who may employ me. 1 will
work either by contract or as a journeyman. Rest
(i.-n noes given a- to qualifications, &c. Address
me al Gilmer's Store, Guilford county, N C.
24-ly DANIEL COBLE.
Millu righting.
apprenticeship
several
shall send the certificate to
the Commandant of the nearest Camp of
Instruction ; and ii the person mentioned
therein shall not report himself for examin-ation
at the said camp within a reasonable
period, or send to the Commandant of the
Camp a renewal of the certificate showing
his continued disability, he shall be deemed
absent without leave.
7. A compensplion ot 84 per diem, while
actually employed, will be allowed to each
of the Examining Surgeons, and will be
paid on their certified account by tac
Quartermaster of the nearest Camp of
Instruction.
VII. Friends, Dunlards Nazarene* and MennoniMs.
All persons of the above denominations,
in regular membership therein on tho 11th
. fy ot Ap
quired by the officer in charge of such es amond the last mentioned act.
tablishment, or by such contractors for Approved October 8, 1862.
government work, is reasonable and not
excessive Such certificate will be presen- An Act to establish placet of Rendezvous for the ex-am-ted
to tho enrolling officer, who will there- inatwnof enrolled men.
upon make tho detail of the men specified The Congress of the Confederate States
for a period not exceeding sixty days, and ofAmerica do enact, That there shall be
return the certificate to tho Commandant of established in each county parish or d.s-
Conscripts. At the expiration of such trict in the several States, a place ot
detail the officer in charge of the govern- rendezovous for the persons in said county,
ment'shop, or the contractor, in whose district, parish or city enrolled for lnilita-employment
said conscrip's are, shall cause ry duty in the field, who shall bo there
said certificate to be renewed, or return the examined by one or mote Surgeons to be
corscr-pts to the nearest camp of instruc- employed by the government, to be
tion If the certificate be not renewed, or assigned to that duty by the President on
•he conscripts bo not returned, no other a day of which ten day's notice shall be
detail shall be granted to such establish- given by said Surgeons, and from day to
day next thereafter until ail who shall be , to be solicitous for peace, >
the Yankee Captain further wrote that he
wept, as many others did, who witnessed
the occurrence ; and that if the govern-ment
would only drop this cursed slavery
question, and give more attention to the
welfare ol soldiers, prosperity would smile
more upon their cause.
It is true that the Yankee Government
has many factories in operation day and
night, giving employment to many wo-men
and children; but tho pittance is mea-gre
for the labor to be performed, which
mostly requires a strong, hearty constitu-tion,
and thoro is no charity meted eut lor
weary footsteps.
It is to bo presumed that such a state ot
affairs cannot but produce discord and dis-satisfactio,
j, causing the mass of the people
heart in-
Abo-enrollmenl,
on
on presenting
sion. lf it be declined the Commandant day of October, 1862, shall be exempt from
will leport the fact to the Adjutant and
Inspector General and a-k for the employ-ment
of Cor.fcderat.' officers for the purpose
of making enrollments. If tho Governor
consents, but the enrolling officers of the
Slate be found unable or unwilling to dis-charge
their duty efficiently, the like ap-plication
will bo made to the Adjutant and
Inspector General; and in such event, a
commissioned office' for each Congressional
district, and a non-cemmisaioned officer or
private lor each county, city, town, disirict
or parish, will be assigned to such duty.
In makintr such assignment, officers and
furnishing a substitute, or
lo the enrolling officer a
receipt from a bonded Quartermaster for
the tax of fivo hundred dollars imposed by
act of Congress, and an affidavit by the
Bishop, Presiding Elder, or other officer
whose duty it is to preserve tho records ot
membership in the denomination to which
the party belongs, sotting forth distinctly
tho fact that the party on the 11th day of
October, 1862, was in regular membership
with such denomination The affidavit
must bo taken and cert.tied by a Justice of
the Peace, or other officer appointed by the
time such del
"> said contractors upon work
men disabled by wounds from active duty law of his State to administer oaths; and
in the field, acquainted as far as practica- his authority to administer oalh must be
ble, bo selected. The commissioned certified by the clerk of a court of record,
officer in each district will superintend the under the sea! of the court,
cnrolllmenls and collection of conscripts All Assistant Quartermasters to whom
therein. 2son-cominsssioned officers and the said tax is tendered will receive and
privates, while so empowered, will bo allow- receipt for it,
and pay the same into tho
od pay as extra
» duty men. The enrolling Treasury of ttlhe Confederate States, with-such
establish
ment or contractor. In all cases of detail*, day .■
?or contractors, the party requesting the in attendance ior the examination shall,, tore8ls aro 80 shallow and sou loss
foiiil shall make affidavit that the persons have been examined ; and the decision °* lllion despotism has made itself
so detailed will not be employed on any Baid Surgeon, under regulations to be;
other than government work, which affi- established by tho Secretary ol War as to
davit shall be returned to the Commandant the physical and mental capacity ot any
of Conscripts: and if it be found that at any person for military duty in the field sha
tailed conscripts are employed De final ; and those only thus ascertained
to be fit ior military duty in tho field shall
be required to assemble at camps oi instruc-tion.
.
SEC 2. There shall bo assigned to each
Congressional District in the several
States, three Surgeons who snail constitute
a Board of Ex-mination in such district for
the purpose specified in the foregoing
section, any one or more of whom may act
the latter officer. ^tv in a county, parish or disirict, that
XI. Suoetnutee. city ^SS^SJE tnerein is unable to
1. When a person claims e».ng; ^Dd on account of sickn-s, it shall be
the ground that he has put a «J^J*f. *» J^uaty of said Surgeon to file said cert.fi-serv.
ee, he must exhibit to the enrolling the o■. j coniiaadaIll 0| the nearest
officer o.discharge from -m^-p-y «Spuf instruction; and it lb. person
3^?J2Ete&*!** -med therein shall uo: within a reasona-for
private
individuals^'the deta'il shall bo canceled by
ti.o Commandant of Conscripts.
Paragraph I, General Orders JSo. 50,
current series, is hereby revoked.
X. To wham Jpplicationi for Exemption mutt be cd-dres.
ied.
Applications for exemption must, in all
bemade to the Enrolling officer,
whose decision an appeal may be at any place of rendezvous
many thousand ways, that tho very name is
becoming odious to tho people, though their
Stato officers and officials do co-operate
with the detested power in vogue.
Let their banded hordes of Vandals come
on to desecrate our soil, our homes, our
liberties, wo can hurl tbem back, for our
strength is great in tho unify that binds
us. Though sun-light, moon-light, or the
stars of heaven send their rays upon the
quiet forms of dead fathers, of husbands,
brothers or lovers, over which the wild
blast flings falling leaves, through which
cold brows look out like snow-wreathes, it
will not discourage us. If we fainf on the
way-side of trouble, of difficulties almost
insurmountable, one glance on the picture
of Still forms, without gleaming slab or
brown-earthtd mound, and we rise
press on with nerves whose steel
c.eioo must tell JO the cunning
and
pre-foe.
Wo
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