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ufficient cause." In the 1st district, out of 119 conscripts drafted, 71 received exemption papers, 27 furnished substitutes, 8 paid the $300 exemption, and only 13 were passed. In the 5th district 350 were discharged, 19 paid the exemption, and only about 75 recruits were the per- sons who go as substitutes the following paragraph from the Philadelphia Ledger may give some information: The 200 substitutes that left the city on Friday, in charge of Major Sellers, were destined for Col. Lyle's regiment, National Guards. A discovery was made on the boat after the substitutes had been place on board. About one fourth of the number was found to be deserters from regiments in the field. The Lewiston (Me.) Journal has this statement on the same subject: Thursday evening last five substitutes for conscripts, who had received their pay of $300 each, managed to escape from their place of confinement at Portland. They started off on foot in the direction of Boston, and r