Colored substitutes, July 1864

…Crops in Canada arc-suffering from drought though they look well in some parts.

Maj. Robert Swan of the Confederate army was in Hagerstown last week on parole.

Colored Substitutes.—It is said that Provost Marshal General Fry has issued instructions to the various Provost Marshals that, under existing laws, they can receive or accept colored substitutes for white persons. The decision will naturally cause a great reduction of the rates demanded for white substitutes.