Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1863, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: TUESDAY.........0000e AUGUST 11, 1863, @P BEADING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE SER OUTSIDE FOR INTERESTING TELE- | @BAPHIC AND OTHER MATTER. == Washington Meney Market. Quotations for stoeks, coin and uncurrent money, farnished by Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers: ling. | Yessels were attacked ©ou: esha, laos 7aPer 1085: Newer. tdcatee of Indebtedness, 99%, Gold, P24. OUR MILITARY- BUDGET. FROM xicHMOND. i“ PETITIONS DAVIS NOT TO EXECUTE CAPTAINS SAWYER AND FLINN, AND THREATENS HIS RESIGNATION, pS A vefugee who has arrived in Washington #orm Richmond, states that Gen. Lee has made AD BPPPAl TO Jem Davic mot te cmocute hic or der with reference to Captains Sawyer and Finn. He founds his plea upon the fact that at endangers the life of his son, and that the threatened retaliation was not provoked by the enemy. Davis dechined revoking the order, on ac- count, as he said, of the public pressure in its tavor. Lee plead the great service he had rendered the Government, and privately an- nounced his intention of resigning if the threat spould be put in execution. This story, whether true or not, is one atioat | sa Richmend when the retugee left there. 2 es eee NAVAL INTHLLIGENCE. Lieatenant-Commander S. P. Quackenbush detached from the command of the Unadilla and granted one month's leave, Lieutenaat-Commander Greenleaf Cilley orderad te command the Unadilla. Third Assistant Engineers James G. Littig and R. W. Milligan ordered to the steam sloop Mackinaw. Second Assistant Engineer E. J. Brooks or- H dered to his examinaton. BESIGNED. G@. W. W. Dove, Third Assistant Engineer, United States Navy, has resigned. VOLUNTEER SBRVICE—APPOINTED. Edward H. Brink, Acting Assistant Pay- | mast-r. Joseph B. Breck, Acting Master. Henry Waring, Acting Ensign. William Scott. Acting Gunner. Frederick Snyder, Acting 2d Assistant Engineer. George W. Joe, Ed- ward A. Reilly, Andrew’ - Har: Gil. bert Webb, Clinton Castell and Henry Johnson, Acting Third Assistant Engineers. Chas, P. Ulark, Acting Master. Benjamin Caulleth, Acting Ensign. DETACHED. Acting Assist. Paymaster W. W. F. Green- way, from the U.S. S. James Adger; Acting Master Hobert Taer, trom the North Carolina; Acting Assistant Surgeon E. 8.Smith, from the Brandy wine; Acting Third Assistant Engineer ‘Thomas W. Dee, from the Fuchsia. ORDERED. Acting Assistant Paymaster Robert H. Gil- | iatte, tothe Nancemond; Acting Assistant Pay- msier R.G. Bruce, to the James Adger; Act- | iog Assistant Paymaster T. W. Turning, to the & agton. DIBMISEED. Acting Ensigns Wm. R. Rude and William Bicaard. SPICY CORRESPONDENCE. We are permitted to copy the following rich correspondence between 4 “secesh” prisoner | now inthe Old Capito), and a citizen of this city: OLD Capiror Prison.—Wr. J. W. Reynolds— Dear Sir: I know you will be much surprised at the reception of this, but I only write to see if Lenn get you toaid mealittle. I would like t© berrow a few dollars from you until lam exchanged and then, sir, upon the honor of a gentieman, I will return it as soon as I get to Richmoad. I haye a plenty of our money viz.) “Oontederate,"” but it is not worth a cent here: but if you can spare me only two dollars (220) you will oblige me very much. Soon ag I arrive in Richmond I will return it by so dcing you will oblige your sincerely S. P. SELLERS, Room No. 1 Old Capitol Prison th 1665. {EErty.] IE do not know yon and if I did I would rather send yous Rope to Hang you or any other secesh. J. W. Reynouvs. REFUSED TO TAKE THE OATH. This morning, John Fiynn, a laborer, em- i ployed in the Ordnance Department of the | Navy Yard, was arrested for refusing to take | the oath ofallegiance, and sent to the Provost Marshal by Mr. John Thompson, and he was | committed tv the Old Capitol nntil he can be sent South. Flynn comes from Martinsburg, where he took the oath to the South, and he made thatthe ground of refusing to take the | cath here, SENT TO THE CENTRAL GUARDHOU? Yesterday Oaptain Todd committed George Davis, a citizen, to the Central Guard-house tor buying Government property of soldiers. M. J. Waldheimer, charged with robbing sol- ciers, Was gent to the same prison by Colonel Baker. George Tanley, for attempting to es-j cape the draft, was also committed to ihis ! prises. EXAMINING SURGEONS. ‘The Commissioner ot Pensions has appuin'- ed the following Examining Surgeons: Dr NV. Houghton, Phillips, Me.; Dr. Moses son, Lincoln, Me.; Dr Edward N. Mays, Hoglton, Me.; Dr. phen Whitmore, Gardi- ner, Me.: Dr. Nathaniei Pease, Bridgeton, Me. Ir. Thomas H. Cwings, Baltimore, Md. DSAFTED MEN AND REORTITS. Yesterday ninety drafted men for the 46th } Ps. regiment, and fifty recruits for the 15th N. W. Heavy Artillery, arrived at Soldiers’ Rest. — - +0 e - -- @F Tae Nashville Union is officially author- | W; iged to siate that Governor Johnson proposes | i:suing writs of election fora Legislature, at the earliest practicable day; that is, when the progress vu! military operations is such that | loyal Citizens can go to the polls in safety, and when sympathizers with the rebellion will no Songer dare, backed by the presence of Conied- erate trcops, and by guerrilla terrorism, to control the policy of the State. Regard will @isu be bad tothe disposition manifested by ae people to reeume their formef privileges in the Federal Union. They must, it says, indi- Cele in some way a desire to vote for their offi- cers, as loyal citizens. Elections will not be torced vpon them against their will. Rew Youre Universiry Mupicat Cou. £2GR.—This exceilent and well established in- stitution. of which Drs. Mott, Paine, Draper, ; Vao Buren, Metcalf, acd Budd are professors, will open for its winter session on Monday, | October 19, continuing until the it of March. | @7 The City Councils of Baltimore hava adopted resolutions highly complimentary to Gen. Schenck, for the policy adopted by him @nd the efficient arrangements made for the * protection and defence of the city agninst at. tack, duriag the Inte Rebel invasion. a@7A private letter from Morris Island, da. ted August ist, says: “It is just reported here, that @ re-enforcement of between 7,000and 6,000 troops have arrived outeide, and that they are to be Inaded to-night on the South end of Folly Maend, Matrowat Loaw.—Subecriptions to the na- téomal 5-80 loan, since our last report, seven | @ayo, bave amounted to 96,440,550. Orders om abroad continue to come in freely, rs: Tthink you haye more impu- | aence than the Devil to send to me for money | 1 FROM CHARLESTON. { Fighting at St. Helena Inlet. ‘ The correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri- can writes from Hilton Head, August2d : Ilearn by a boat from the South Carglina i coast that quitea stirring little affair has Oc- curred at St. Helena Inlet, between hereand | Charleston, which has lasted for three days, i and resulted in the entire routing of tneeee my, the eapture of two prizes, & number 0: priconers, and the burning of every house from which they were fired upon. The vessels engaged were the schooner Para, Captain Furber; the gunboatSagamore: and the Beauregard. The Para was formerly a mor- e '=fo . pounders and on Bie the dierent plan: tations by Rebel troops, and the work of pun- ishment wal carried on with great vigor. The enemy was ronted and whipped atevery point, | an immense amount of property destroyed and about twenty prisoners captured, and two schooners, one of them loaded with cotton, and ne of them commencing to load, captured and brought out of Mosquito Inlet. A number of negroes, men, women, and children, as usual, flocked to the gunboats, and begged to | be taken on board. Quite a boatload was sent | here to-day ana forwarded to Beaufort toswell ; the number already in the Department. j Army of the Potomac. | General Patrick, Proyost Marshal General ' of the Army of the Potomac, is about to dike the field at head’ of adivision. It is not , yet determined who his successor will bs, but | the probabilities are that Colonel Sharpe, | Depnty Provost Marshal General, will take charge of that OY peece . cont tn feeiments at the frout. "Last week, igned to reciments at the front. 3 outof three hundred of this class sent to the ' Fifth Corps, two hundred and ninety-nine . Were substitutes, but one individual beinga drafted man. Yi The Brooklyn 1ith regiment has sent a de- tachment to New York for seven hundred con- | scripts, spportipned to that regiment. his regiment has suffered most severely, and, al- though numbers of recruits have arrived from | time to time, it now mustors less than one hun- | dred men. Very few officers are left, andof the original organization there are less than a score of survivors. During the last week our cavajry have been engaged in arresting all inhabitants north of | the Rappahannock, as far down as Belle | Plain. Among them are a numberof loyal | men: but to make any distinction in their cases | would have subjected them to the risk ot im- | prisonment in Richmond, and accordingly all were brought off. Those who decline to take | the oath of allegiance will be held for exchange | for Union men imprisoned by the rebels. | A great number of nine months’ andtwo | years’ troops are returning to the field, many of them in the capacity of substitutes. Several of their officers have also rejoined the service. THE DRAPT—WHO ARE DESERTSRS* War DerantMent, Provost Marshal General’: Office, : Washington, D. C., August 9, 1~ Circular, No. ‘The following opinion of | Col. Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General, | with regard to men who have been drafted, | and who were abroad or at sea at the time of draft, is published for the information and | guidance of officers of this Bureau, “The class of persons, reterred to, if deser- tera according to the letter of the statnie, are not so according to its spirit, andshould not be so treated by the Government. The dratied | men who are declared to be deserters for | Raving failed to report themselves for duty, | are those who have had actual personal notice, or constructive notice, from leavinga summons at their last place of residence, that they have | been drafted, and that their attendance at i the place of rendezvous named is required. | It is assumed that the constructive notice has reached the parties, and hence they are de- nounced as deserters for not obeying it. Deser- tion involves a criminal intent, and a man can- not, in the sense of the law or with any pro- | priety of language, be held to have deserted a | Service when he did not know he belonged to —to have neglected a duty when he had no j- Means of knowing that it Lad been im) upon him. The law would stultify itself were it te declare otherwise. Ignorance ofthe law excuses no man, but ignorance ef facts always does. The law obliges no manto do an impossible thing, nor can it on any prin- ciple hold him responsible for not having done | it. When, therefore, a drafted manis abroad | or at sea, or otherwise placed in such cirenm- stances as to render it physically impossible for him to have,had knowledge of the dratt, | and of his duty under it, he should not bé ad- | Vertised or treated as a deserter. Such a step | would be cruel, and would shock that sense | ot public justice which allentertain. Ifsuch | | persons, do not, without delay, report tbem- | selves for duty after receiving information that they have been drafted, they should be arrested | as deserters. It will be for the Secretary of War to determine how long the public interests will permit the Government to wait for the re- | turn of this class of persons. Unquestionably | the drafted men who do not within a reason- able time return to the country, so as to enter the service, should not be accepted as a part of the quota cf troops due trom the State to which they belong.” AMES B. Fry, Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., July wen § Circular, No. 3 The tollowing opinioa of Hon. William Whiting, Soliciter of the War | Department, is published for the infurmation and guidance of all concerned : OPINION. | “Indians and half-breeds are not citizens ot | the United States, within the meaning of the | Enrolment act, unless they have been made citizens by the act of Congress; as was the | case with the ‘Stockbridge tribe of Indians,’ { | (See V Statutes at Large, page 647,) or by | treaty, as was the case with ‘Dancing Rabbit | creek Treaty,’ by which Choctaws might be- | come citizens, (article xiv); or, by naturaliza- | | tion under come law ot Congress. “Unless Indians come within some of these exceptions, they should not be enrolled in the | forces of the United States. See O; H | Attcrney General, volume vii page 75 (Signed) “WILLIAM WHITING. “Solicitor of the War Department.” James B. Fisy, Provost Marshal Gen’t. Wak DEPARTMENT, Provost Marshal General's Office, «#7 Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead, has published | the documents on which he founded his state- ments that the Federal Government had ap- proached him witha view to getting vessels built by him. They are letters froma Wash- ington agent, whose name Mr. Laird refuses to publish, and thus withholds the only test by which the right of the party to make the prop- ositions could be tested. em ORAFT .—Ther over thirty dif- | ferent causes e: ma ing drafted mea. All | persons liable and no! le to judge of the law | should consult a Oartais Jous H. Mo- Curcuxa, Attoro 474 Beventh street, opporite Post Office Department, is advising and an sreans exemption papers for drafted men. an No 184 WILLIAMB WILL P BONOOL onthe first Monda; Osean tember, Se) porta stre 7th Bad eth, Circalare xt Ballantyne’s Book store and Mllis’s Piano store, Penn. Ate, ac llesim* are in good runriog order. B; can be haa mskin, i es cation to G. & M | Fe. BALE—Fourteon OMNIBUSMS,eix of which iromediate appi- ater and W ivgtes areas SG eoreet as ya streets, Geory Ue ‘au 11-207 eiazons D, BARE OHANOE FOR IRVRRTHMUNT —The | repr rs ower fer sale well: Li | Bathing Detadiishmont corner of Ring eat one House, in Aleran- te invest will do ph ees put laty ofevor wist the Govern a | Rept by getting Substitutes ifte ey do not wish to serve therrelves, 4 Ruadstitutes as W. B. Lawis & do B auclloncorer 47 Tat val G au it: BOPObLALS FOR NAILB. i Chief Quart i | ore os coi Gracin fala Dae z ill | MiTRURBD AT, aug. be received at this Au sete St ated tho at la, 0@ | | ‘sbove will be wubsect to taypettion by an accompanied 8 of uecwaneeee = a saree ‘be yot he guarant to D2 veri see eke" omelal pertifceve of the Olerk of the | Ris guarantors for the faith! Ay tiers of the oon ‘Ove bi qitin ae eH Aru" be balase itt he required efter ry contract. wdae right ie reserved to relect ai. bids doomed aol tee Nats ane Bch f | the eupee, fp this eit © 6. in city, BCA Lt. Col.. Ohicf Quartermaster Oavaicy Bazgna, an i1-t4 o TELEGRAPHIC. FROM THE SOUTHWEST. 4 the Pe ef Ala. ippi—seh: sArmy . « ur 218, August 10.—The reportof General Huibate resignation, and that Geueral Hal. Jeck declines to acceptit, is trae. Gen'l Hurl. pat, theretore semaine in command of the Six- The Motite ews to the 3d says: Wehavyea muHitude of reports horribly detrimental to the character and patriotism of the people of many places in Alatama and Miseissippi. Many of them are too disgraceful to puplish. A portion of our people have gone stark mad. ‘They are bastard Southerners, aud recreant confederates. ‘he chief of the Choctaws has gone to Rich- shed “Yotinston's army, 25,000 strong, is still at Meridian and Enterprise, and is ready to go, to Mobile or East, as circumstances may re- quire Bragg is at Chattanooga, with apart of his forces at Rome, Georgia. Extensive p jons are being made to finish the fortifications of Mobile. JarRo, August 9.—Major Green walt, the pay- master supposed to have been lost on the stea; er “Ruth,” is safe. He was noton the “Rath, having been left, but followed on the City of Alton. Early in the morning the latter boat passed the burning wreck, but not knowing what it ‘was went on to Memphis, where asicr Green- walt first learned of the loas of the Ruth, and returned here to-day in consequence of the dis- position of steamboat men on the Mississippi Tiver in charging exorbitant rates from soldiers passing up and down theriver. Gen'l Grant has issued an order regulating prices. Seymour to President meen. Atsany, August 10.—Governor Seymour replies to the President’s answer to his letter, inclosing Judge Advocate Waterbury’s state- ment, showing that in niae Congressional Dis- tricts, including Manbatian Island, Long Island, and Staten Island, there are only 6,000 conscrints wanted, which is less than nizseteen other districts; while from the census ¢f 1960, there appears to be over a hundred thusand Reply ef Governor ply Li more males in the latter districts between the | ages of twenty and forty-five. He als: shows the partisan character ot the enrollment, by referring to the vote of 1660 in several Congres- sional disiricts, and calls upon the Fresident to right these gross wrongs. Arrival of Admiral Farragut. New York, Angust 10.—The U. S. frigate Hartford, Admiral Farragut, of the Mississippi Squadron, arrived here to-night. Salutes were fired from the forts at the Nar- rows, from Quarantine, Fort Wood, Fort Uol- umbus, und from various French, Spanish, and $msrican men-of-war in the harbor. Gen, Shepley at Portland. PoRTLAND, Mg, August 10.--An immenss avdience assembled at the City Hall to gree’ General Shepley, Military Governor of Louisi- ani. He made a speech twe hours’ in length, ea gnc eateerey OF the (WietlirniHoardot Trade | Kelloggofher voice. Sheis consequently stud- left for home to-day. OFFICIAL. HEAPQUARTERS Provost MARSHAI, | District of Columbia, Aug. 9th, 1963. § The Board of Enrollment tor the District of Columbia will meet to hear exemptions at the City Hall, Washington, on Monday, August | 10th, ai 9 8.m., and continue on during tne week. Henry A. SCHEETZ, au 10-6t Captain and Provost Marshal Le ceemieemncapprgrptommtemecnesnage eed purosranr TO PUBCHASSBS. In order to make room for my large Pall Stock I shall offer from the present date to lat of October | Ty entire stock at greatly reduced prices. Those who contemplate refitting, or who may want goods in my line will save money by jpurchasing of me. ‘The stook embraces a fine selection of — PAPERHANGINGS of evory quality and price. WINDOW SHADES and SHADE HOLLAN D3, SHADE TRIMMINGS, COBDS, TASSBLS, and FIXTURES for Shades and Picture Frames, Also, a fine stock of Gilt and Dark Wood Square and Oval PICTURE FRAMES, and a few CHOICE | PIOTU BBB, all of which I offer at unusually low prices, @7 Come and see, at BOTHROOK’S, 452 7th street, opposite the Patent Office. aullstawaw | ProPosBaLS FOR LUMBSR. Office of Chief Quartermaster Cavalry Bureau W 4SHINGTON. August 10, bi6: ExArep Paorozars will be received at this office unti KSDAY, Auguat 20th, 1863, at noon, for ing ut such points near the city of Wash- 8 May be designated by the Chief Quarter- waster, the following quantities acd kinda o: lumber, viz : neon feet one inch White Pine Common Oul- Des ee. £00 feet Hemlock Scantling, 3x4, eighteen feet enor feet Hemlock Scantling, 3x5, sixteen feet B00 feet Hemlock Scantling, 3x4, sixteen feet +000 feet three inch Hemlock Plank. WD pieces of Joist, 10x14 twenty seven fect long. 100 pieces 3x12, sixteen feet long All the above u ust be good merchantable lumber, subject to inspestion by au agent appointed by the Government. i One half the quantities to be delivered withia ten(10) days,ana the balance within twenty (2)) days after signing the contr f w bid is wade in the nume of a firm the names of ail the parties composing it must appear. oe he | al ceaet must be Secor anied b: pI AN So ¢ of two perrons as to the a of the bidder to fill the contract. aD = FORM OF GUARANTER. We —, of the county of ——, and State of — ae oi tes county. of Ga guaranty that — le to fulfill a contract im accordance with the terms of his proposition and that, should his y nosey! é will sr ance enter in proposien be accepted, he ® contract in accordance Bhould the contract be awarded him, we are pr his se (To this guarantee must be | fic eartiscate above mentioned» 1Ponded the oficial ‘ho responsibility of the guarantors must be | Verified by the official certifi d nearert United States Ganrin’’ OF ine Clerk of the pe coporals without satisfactory guarantee will not Gontrnees will be awarded only to regular deulere | in Lumber. Bonds for such amounts as may be determined upon (based upon the amount of the’contract) will be required from each contractor and his gusran- | tors. The right is reserved by the Quarte: iter to reject any bid or bids or say pe parts thereof, aa the interests of the Government may in his opinion require. ny ite proporai; and. tue opteioes Bete @ en’ i Tndorsed, "Proposals for Lomber a qaseelr 1. G. SAWTELLE. eee vel Chief Quartermaster Oavulry Bureau. GREBS HAS A! VED i now diet ae e IN BBDAY. t! 2 For trelghtes ‘he 19th instant, at 12 0. ly f au W-3t MORGA N <kiinmaanr, Agents, OBA FOUNTAIN FOB fALB.—Swan’ rat Portable FOUNTAIN, in perlect rntning sedans and the fixtures complete will be given to t: oe gunn ee ate at tee Monumental House, q 'o doors above ww = Bite Baltimore depot. Seana au 10-2t* iT. MATTHMWS INSTITUTE FOR ST 19tu Brauer. weTWers Goace aH. The exercises of this institution will on TEMSDAY, the Ist of Soptorsber | °° resuaed Competent ersemployed. Discipline of the Meer oe Fo ppl to the undorel, ‘erm 101 8. ora: “CHag 4s, WHITE BD anton 326 H atrest, neat 15th. N= BOUES. in America, by 3. Laboula: Austin Bluctt, by Riveacy orice tees OE prosettal tr ports, & Memoir of the Bmbarka- tion of the Bick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virgi ice 75 jeart FOSS, . Oliphant, price Btory of Biicabglhr pricy Soidenta” PTH#0 cents, Bights Afoot. ilkie Collins. Price go cts. 76. Bemble’s Journal of a Kesidence on a Secraa® patton, Pres, 12 ary ton’s 0 Guide ma pine iP & au leat 332 Born ats, ee N2Y22 TOO LATE TO LEABN. BY PROF. ALEXANDEB WOLOWSKI, PIANIST, VOUALIST AND COMPOSER. Bev anp sim LIViRD MEY D YOR Pi Ps serofecsor Wolovazi continuss phe Uinees eres new = Bingi: ad course for jane renders thi roles os ‘ful ened! 18 ocouise wilh tani, ace aracy and tae * _ PEOFRSBOB WOLOW: Receives visitors Ail from Stee Beleck s. rom 7 to 8 o'e: at his residence, Hs: Sie W attees, on the mortheast corner of ith Teot. eu ia Fesalta, quality ti atreot. VESMPTION FROM DBAYT.—-Bzemption pat i accurate: tg ed 4 ry =~ osth administer. Pabdlic, 316 Fat treet, and ‘Gant Bei aa steam | and State of —,, do | 8. H. BEMON. | i ; IMPORTANT MEETING OF DISTINGU AECOND EDITION. 4 OCLOCK P. M. NAVAL OBDERS. Commander James F. Armstrong and Lieut. S. P. Gillett, detached from the steamer State of Maire, ara waiting orders. PAYMASTERS’ CLEBES. Jnoge Advocate General Holt has decided that paymasters’ clerks are linble to draft. PrREsiDENt Lixcocy.—A private telegram saye it was rumored in New York that Pres- ident Lincoln died at § o'clock this morning!” ‘The report was probably started to effect some large speculating transactions. We hops thitsnch news will be a very long time in Texehing us. The President ts, we are happy to sey, in gcod health. S7-The Paris (Ky) Citizen, of Aug. 5, states thet General Certer’s division has moved for- ward ‘owsrd the Cumberland, and that there are strong indications that the Twenty-third Army Corps will not remain inactive much longer. The Union commanderat Mount Ster- ling states that numerous small squads of Reb- els were hovering about the mountains priorto the electior—but ample preparations were made to give them warm reception. S97 Mr. D. H. Craig, fer many years the tele- graphic agent for the New York Associsted Prese, hes withdrawn from that position, and is succeeded by Mr. Bradford, a gentleman of experience end capability. a7 Ill-feeling is proveked in New England by the publication of exempts with their de- formities and ailments. The exposure is not agreesble; in many cases it is positive injary- The law does not reqnire it. SF The fashionable circles of New York are agitated by the delinqgency of one of its fairest members beguiled’ by the smooth voice of a Boston merchent, @@ Governor Shorter, of Alabama, has called the Assembly together for the 17th jastant, Ceeming the present an important crisis, requi- | ring all the energies of Alabama. The commutation money paid by dratted | men will amount, 1t is supposed, to some forty or fifty millions of dollars thronghout the coun- Ty. aetna Ibe Pere ees S7-A bronchial affection has deprived Miss ing tor the drama. | LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, FROM THE WEST. Se ALL QUIET ON THE KENTUCKY BORDER. —_—_s—_—_ FOBREST'S FORCE TO RENDEZVOUS IN TENNESSEE. —$—~»—___- EAST PERSONS TO BE HELDIN WASH Se CINCINNATI, August 11.—The Commercial’: Lexington dispatch says that reports from the front indicate that all is quiet on the border. Refugees trom East Tennessee report that INGTO: | Forrest's mounted force was to rendezvous at | Kingston or Concord. A rebel brigade had ar- rived at the former place. Gen. Burneide arrived at Lexington yester- day. The movement of troops in that direction are very active. The Commercial’s Columbus dispatch says Governor Tod will leave for Washington to- day, and that an important meeting of distin- guished personages will take place in that city within the next ten days, at which some ques- tions bearing on the present aspect’of the re. bellion will be discussed. ‘The draft will not take place until the Gov- ernor returns. <0 LOCAL NEWS. anaes Tue Deart.—The Board of Enrolment held another session this morning for the purpose of hearing and ucting upon applications for ex- emption. The following cases were disposed ol: A. Hable, exempted for disability. Charles F. Jarvis, disability. Daniel Larrabee, erroneously enrolled. George W. Busher, disabilit: C. H. Utermehile, turnished substitute—Sam’1 Brown. Patrick Daly, alien. Henry P. Chandlee, furnished substitute— Theodore Bakegs David W. 5 pted. aished substitute— ver age. substitute—William H. E. Scott, now in service. Syivester D. Enzlish, accepted. Oliver A. Donn, furnished substitute —sas. Clark. muel Shreeye, disability. Theo. H. Cunnipgham, on! Chas. W. Webb, turnishe Sennett. pee Wethercll, furnished substitute—D. a Ww son of a widow. substitute—Jas. ter Cadman, furnished substitute—Jas. Cusick. Wm. Clar ecepted. Lewis Pribram, under age. John A. Nicolay, disability. Patrick Ford, alien. Geo. W. Van Allen, furnished sub<titate— Jas. English. Enoe Reynolds, over age. Thomas Smith, under age. George McGlue, paid commutation money. H. 8. McGlue, paid commutation money. ‘Wm. Wormley, colored, furnished substi- tate—John F. Charms, colored. John F. Cook, colored, furnished eubsti- tnte—James H. Adare, colored. Henry Warrington, furnished eubstitute— Chas Smith. John Kerr, furnished substitute—William Wilson. Samuel Brennan, disability. Wm. B. Dayton, disability. Sylvester D. English claimed exemption on the ground of physical disability, but upon ex- amination he was accepted, much to bis cha- grin and disappointment. He then requested permission to go and cbtain a substitute, but Capt. Scheetz took his descriptive roll and sent him to the camp near the Uircle,” and he will have to make arrangements tor a substi- tute after arriving there. A number of ladies attended at the Uity Hall for the pur; of pleading for relatives who had been drafted. They were all however, firmly, but courteously informed by Captain Scheetz, that noexemption couid be made ex- cept for legal cause, and that as ladies were not dratted there was no necessity for their presence, Many of them brought the pepere of ir relatives, and supposed. that would answer ev urpose. One ‘dranca man brought as a substitute a dilapidated Teuton, who looked as though he had just get off of a seven month spree, and had m pickled in a lager beer barrel from time immemorial. Capt. Scheetz concluded that the eubstitnte could not supply & place m Uncie Sam’s army. ‘The two first genuine black substitates were offered to-day and accepted. They were of- fered by Wm. Wormley and John F. well-known colored men of light complexion, and ibeeems that they had picked ont two ef the blackest darkies ae enbstitutes to bo had tor mosey. ‘While the Board have been engaged iu hear- ing the claims of those wishing to beexempted, Lewis Clophane, Esq., the receiver of comma- tation money, hae commenced to reccive the exemption money frem. up to the precent time Ras the sum ne- Steere, Thomas E. Kidwell, Jona ® Freak, nP. due, and Hi McGlue. Man: whom range from §! demand increases the prices «! tae short time the commutationere ‘will reli ia their piles in swarms, doubtless. Tho receipt given by the receiver is as fol- lows: “Received at ———, oa the -—— day of —_——, 18-, from ——- ——-, who was drafted inte the service of tha United States on the —— day of ———, 106-, fromthe Dietrict of Colamba,. na a " Pare fee Wea fie dred (8900) doliars, to tion 13 of the * Act fer enroll- ont the meiionsl sorces and UTposes, Tov" arch 3, 18 Pipooa feriher. ability under that “ ———) « Reoetver of Commutation Money." The yee 2 are in triplicate—one being itted by the reosiver to the Provost al General in his weekly retarn, and the other two taken the drstied man, who ehould precent his receipts to the Board of Enrollment, and get a certificate of exemp- tion thereon, leaving the receipts with them. The other he may keep for his own security. Deecent on “Pear TEXE ALLEY.”—Last night, Capt. Johnson's patrol mide a descent on Pear Tree Alley (Island), avd entered'the house of Mag. Wilson, wellknown 4s the lead- ing esteblishment of that kind in that section, and arrested the ‘boss *ooman” and the follow- ing * villing wictims:” Fanny Oook, Caroline Duffey, Anna Pickering, Mary J. Long, Kate Kane, Mary C. Evereit, Mary Shipley, and Maria W who were all taken to the « Central.” This mernivg they were brought out and turned over to Justice Ferguson, who intormed rie saat she would have to pry 8 fine of ten dollars and she was taken wiih a fit and turning round several times fell on the floor, striking her head and raising a bump of monstrous proportfons over her right eye. 5 however, soon recovered aad made srranze- ments to pay her fine. .Mer gay young ducks ‘were ordered to pay two dollars each. = SSS Row Between Wuitt asp Brace.—Last night, as Peter Miller,a German barber, was leaving Mechanics’ Hall (Maryland avenue, between First and Second streets) in company with two friends, they got into an altercation with two colored men, one of whom ran off, but the other grappled Miller and strack him in the breast with an ice-pick, bat did not muchinjurehim. Millerand his friends got the better of him, when the man started off and fired two pistol shots at them, but without effect. Officers Slater and L. D. Milstead ar- rested George Davis on suspicion that he was one of the attacking party, and this morning he had a hearing before Justice Ferguson, who dismissed him, there being no evidence that he was implicated. om © —— LATEST QUOTATIONS—WaSHInGToON Mon- py Magxer.—| by Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers, Haves ian ing. jing. U.S. Coupon Bonds, 1681 ...000 16 ig 106% U8 5208... ‘par = "B vee 107 ttid NEW YORK RATES—3 0 OLOOK P. M. Coupon 6's, 1991, 105 jg; 7-30's, 1065 ; New Oere tificates of Indebtedness, 993;; Gold, 126 x. Stocks firmer and quiet. CONTRADICTED. We learn, indirectly, through Capt. Merritt, of the Central Guard- house, that the Republican's story in yeotr- day’s issue of the arrest in a colored bawdy house on Sunday night last, of an aifache of the State Department, is without foundaiéon. If the name of the party was given, it must have been assumed by the guilty one, as the gentleman in question, if we are rightly in- formed, is prepared to prove in alibi. eS RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER.—At Frank- lin & Co.’s, opticians, 244 Pennsylvaniaavenue, at no time during the day has the thermometer stood at less than Ss intheshade. At half-pasi 12, it stood 90 in the shade, and at half-past 2 o'clock, §. In the sun at the latter hour it was 110. a ee Scy Strrex.—Yesterday afternoon a recruit for the 15th New York Heavy Artillery, was prostrated by the heat near the Depot, and died in afew minutes. ———__-+ ee -_____ AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. [Correspondence of the Star.] GEORGETOWN, Aug. 11, 1563. This morning Albert Murray was arrested by officer Browa for an assault upon one Wm. A. Canningham, by which the latter was rather roughly handled. Justice Reaver, after hear- ing the case, ordered him to be committed to jail to await the action of-the grand jury. Peter Conner was also arrested this morning by officer Campbell, for the larceny of some ar- ticles from one John Davis. Justice Reaver sent him to jail to await the action of the grand jury. The Georgetown level of the Chespeake and Obio Canal has had the water drawn offin order te make some necessary repairs, and clear out some sand bars, preparatory to the opening of navigation. It is thought boats trom Camberland will arrive about the uth. The arrivals by river to-day are—Steamer H. J. Devyenney, Bristoe, Philadelphia, mer- chandise to Hyde & Davidson; schr. Ocean Herald, Wiley, Gardiner, Me., ice to Walter Godey. Business is quiet; markets firm. Whelsale quotations being as follows: Flour, super, $7; extra, $7.25a%3; family, common, $8.75a$! choice brands—Darby’s, #10; Ray’s, $108%10.50; Welch’s, 10.50. Wheat, red, $1.10a1.50; white, $1.65a¢1.75. Corn, yel- low, £5a90c.; white, 9a 95c. Oats, ‘Maryland, 55 a6ec. Hay, €26a822, Mill stuff, 35a85c. Pota- toes, 8c. Apples, $5. Oranges, #6; lemons, $6.25. cider—common, 22c.; do., clarified, 30a 35c.; Champagne cider, $1a$5 per case. Whis- ky, 47atse. Salt, G.A., $1.57a$1.90; fine, $2.70: bulk, 75c. per bushel. Cumberland coal, 87.50; anthracite, $9.50. Plaster, lump, #6; ground, $10. Lumber, $25a%30 per M. Cuba. eee ee ee ANTED—Two good German BARBEBS, Wi ecck FOR AIT e ee A RERBS: give Jt _Silweek. J08. GATTO, 325 7th at. aulist MEN WANTED AT THEGAS WORKS steady work. Wi 8 $1.50 r day. ire O_HAEM. superintendent’ #7” Mauire oF 0. OR RENT—A SITTING ROOM, DININ ROOM, and KITCHEN, furniabed in tie ong complete manner, at No, 84’: st, au 11-3t¥ W ANTED—An active, energetic YOUNG MAN, of respectable parents, ge Ny will make him- self generally usefal, Inquire, 6560 Penn. avenue, Drug Btore. 1t* WAN2ED IMMEDIATELY—A WOMAN to do cham berwork and attend to children, Callon L street south, between 434 and 7th ats. asoee. an M-sté PATRICK BYAN. ANTED—By a yo: 01 8 SITUA V as chainbermaid. and acamstress, or aoa geveral housework, Apply at €77 Biass bet. 4th and 6th. dis avenue, It* 3 W ANTED—A, SITUATION. by a ienpectable young girl, to Operate on Wheeler & Wil- son’s or Howe's sewing machines. Inquire at 336 434 st. west. au ll 2t* Hess WANTED—Small House on Nary Yard, Capito! Hill, Island—any where. Liberal ren’ paid t vance, by good tenant. Address 8: : au ll-iw* ws ED—A SITUATION as housekeeper, by & respectable and well- recommended person. Apply to the Bexton cf Bt. Patrick’s, corner of # and 10th ets, au Li-3t* —— 8 st ANTED—By a single man, a SITUATION ax ion fiom the city, address 3, Or Blidenteny mi. rom e city. dress J, 0., Prince George cm, Md., for three days. au list" iL de rented for six or ni ERE ir mri 1 ni reterred, a 4 Px stréet, cast ¢.4th door south of KY an I1-at* {OR 8ALB OR BXOMANGB—Abdout 300 F of ly good ORBAN DES in needs ead SepSangn for merohuoties vio sxiales Adare ex a yal es! le ““Major,’’ Box 340 Post Office. au ll st* IOELY BUBNISHED HOUSS BOR = Nia Georgetown, comtatain e els and water. fhe adverticer wor rent in quire at No. 92 Bri street, Georgetewn. au li 3t* ee —____Ss's— TES WANTED—The highest i- eee Ta ert nea. Teens eet, at W. B. LEWIS& v9. ustioneers, 427 Bey- eath street, between @ and & ate. i ga 1t-3t lhronicie | ADAME HOSS, the C-leirated Docire apetonie ben Gert setae, ane a be Consulteo by her (rien: the 333 @ strest north, corner. th street west, gu 11-8t* ‘TRS _WANTED—92m, a Seacthy ir Seot'mesthisaee aw 8 EaWis © ay C Writes fair wana? :, Wasingtom P.O. a Im ANT DECISIO: ‘The following orders eettle points of mach interest in relation to the draf . Cy Faby 23, ; 0. 58.—PTovost Marshals will sed that draited men, whether principals or eubeti- are sent to the designated general rendez- the day they are cose if at can be m 88 soon after as poxsibie. Where there are no military guards availab! Provoet Marehale must employ enough speci guards to ac this purpose. Substi- tutes especially, s! id be sent promptly to the rendezvous, and the Boards should only accept them asthey are prepared thus to dispose of Boards of Enrolment should condnct the draft for sub-districts, and the notification of persons drafted, in such manner that the draft- ed men will be required to report for examinr- tion in squads of manageable size at suc- cessive convenient periods, and not all on the same day. Jamzs B. Fry, Provost Marshal General. 3 Wak DEPARTMENT, Provost Marshal G: ¥ Washington, D. C., July 27, 1863. Circular, No. 57.—The following “Orixton,” in rejation to that Of section 2 of the Ea- rolmeut act, which says ‘where there are two or more sons of aged or infirm parents subject todraft, the father, or if he be dead, the mother, may elect which son shall be exempt,” is pab- Ished, and will hereafter govern : “sThe only son of aged or infirm parents dependent, &c.,’ fs absolutely exempt; but where there are two sons, both are euvject to dratt until an election is made by the perent, and the name of the one elected should be removed from the list. Afier the draft ts made the persons drafted are nolonger ‘subject to draft,’ but to duty, and a parent cannot se- cure the practical exemption of twe sons from military duty by waiting untit one is drafted, and then electing to exempt him. Jaues B. Fry, Provost Marshal Gen’. War DrrartTMent, Provost Marsha! General's Office, Washington, D.C., August 1, 1363. Circular, No. 61—The following Opinions ot Colonel Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General of the Army, are published for the informa- tion and guidance ofall officers of this Bureau The only son of aged and infirm pareat or parents—exemption. OPINION. “The only son of aged or infirm parent cr parents is not exempted uuless his pa- rent or parente are dependent on his laber tor their support. If he isin acondition tosup- port and does support them withont his perso- nal labor for that purpose, he is subject todran, because he is in a condition to perform military service, without depriving his parents of the support, the law designs to secure them. The arents need not be wholly dependent on the labor of their son forsupport. It they ara so dependent for the principal part of their sup- port, the right to exemption then arises."” In the case of a widow having four sons. OPINION. “In the case of a widow having tour sons three of whom are already in the military ser- vice, the fourth is exempt, provided his mother is dependent on his labor for support.” In the case of a widow having two sons, one of whom is already in the military service. OPINION. “In the case of a widow having two sons, one of whom is already in the military service, And the cther has been drafied, the latter is exempt, &s ‘the only son liable to mili- tary duty,’ in the sense of the act. In the case of aged or intirm parents having two or more sons subject to military duty. OPINION. “In the case of aged or infirm parents having two or more sons subject to military duty, elec- tion of the son to be exempted must be made before the draft, and his name should not thea appear in the draft-box. If one of only two sous of such parents is already in the military setyice, the other is exempt, provided his pa- rents are dependent on his labor for their sap- port.” Of persons he ving conscientions scruples tn rezard to beariig arms. OPINION. “Persons having conscientious scruples in re- g@ard to bearing arms are noton that account exempt. They are not found in the list of ex- empted classes, and the act expressly declares that no person except those enumerated in that list shall be exempt. The society ot Friends, and others entertatning similar sentiments, if drafted. may find relief from their scruples in the employment of substitutes, or in the pay- ment of the three hundred dollars.” Of a man whose wife is insane. OPIN “The children of an insane mother, who may at any time recover her reason, cannot im the sense of the luw, or with any propn- ety of language, be termed ‘motherless chil- dren.’ The father of such ough they may be dependent on his labor fu jeir Support, can- not, therefore, claim exemption trom the draft. The case is ahard one, aud would, proba- bly, have been provided for, had it been fore- seen. It is, however, the law as it is, and not as it may be supposed it ought to be, that it {+ to be so enforced.” A father haying four sons, two of whom have died in the military cervice; also of Aged orinfirm parents electing which of two sons may be exempt. OPINION. “In the case of a father having four so two of whom have died in the militar, vice, itseems clear that the remaining two are not exempt from draft. Before such exemp- uon can be allowed it must be shown thas the father HAD, noth vad, two sons in the wilitary service, So the 1 is written. Congress might well have accepted the loss of two sons in the field as equivalent to their continuance in the seryice, and therefore securing the same priv- ileges to their family, but thie has not been done. To hold otherwise would notbe interpretation, but legislation. “In the case of aged and infirm parents hav- ing two sons subject to military duty, the fu- ther, or ifhe be dead, the mother may elect which of them shall be exempt. The right of this exemption does not rest npon the parents’ dependence on the labor of their sous for their support The law does not coutemplate any such dependence.” James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General, ons, Wake Derartuent, st Marshal General's Office, W , D. C., August 9, 1563. Circular No. ‘he following irtorpre! tion of the second and third clauses of section 2d of the Enrolment act, is published for the information and guidance ot officers of this Bureaa, viz: Second. “The only son liable to military duty of wisi ad dependent mpon his labor for sup- ort.” Phe term only son commonly means that there is but one son, henve the expression “only son liable to military duty,” means en son Mable to military duly, where other sons, it any, are not thus liable. Thus, to make a good claim for exemption under this clause, it must be established, Ist, that the pee son drafted is the only son liable to military duty of a widow; and 2d, that the widow is dependent for sup- port upon this particular son. The widow may have any number of sons Not liable to mili duty as minors, over age, or otherwise; but if she have one son who is liable and she is actually dependent upon that son, he is ¢: it. Third. au eae, or “ef Re or infirm arents upon his labor for support.” y This clause carries the same meaning of the word only, it synonymous with o7-. The same construction will be placed u: this as upon the second clause of this sec: a To obi exemption under this clause it Will, therefore, be necessary to establish, ist, that the aged of infirm parents have but one Son Hable to military duty; and 2d, that they are dependent upon thts particular son for sup- Pro NM. MILLEE. Ee, EPS AE. 436 medium feud Blank PAPERS et of any requized styie or sive, 486 ete tey GIRGE. Aisecn te Ho. 611 Minth ate. ‘Tho well-known