The New York herald., 1863-08-21
AL QUIET ALONG THE LINES
ORDER REJaNs SUPREME.
SEVERAL COLORED MEN DRAWN.
Townsend Harris, Late Minister to Japan ;
John Morrlssey, the Pugilist, and Three
r Editors and One Reporter among
.... tho Conssripts,

Yesterday morning AZ ten O'Clock the draft sor
The Fifteenth ward, in the Sixth district or this
State, resumed at No. 1856 Sixth avenue, in this
eisy. There was even less excitement than pre-
vailed on Wednesday. Very few people collected
the sidewalks opposite the building and there
demonstration visible beyond reasonable Of Gu
ricsIy 70 know the Of the persons drafted The
room, however, In whicn the drawing was made was
sArOesed BY anxious group Of persons who seemed
- take deep interest In the proceedings Jokes
freely banded about and general good humor prevailed
~ the the previous day. there was
sssious display q military force the Provost Mar
shas Office but the police from the precincts
wednesday, mustered strongly The people were freely
admitted 70 the drawing room and nothing could exceed
tAe urbany Of the guardians Of the public peace towards
svsry person who desired 70 enter, The members
= the press were admitted 10 force and the scrib6ng Qf
pens and pencils something tobe be believed
would have been worthy Of tho War Department itself
Even the Idle clerks OF those great luminares
e ths law, Messrs Dodson d Fogg, mmOrtalized
by Charles Dickens, scrubbed not at awful
rate on the memorable occasion whom the estimabe
senior Of the firm unexpectedly entered tho ONCE while
thsir employees were engaged in little intellectual con-
vsriation. ~ ~ 'ys-,s.sssszssAesE3j Il !. 50
everything having BEEN arranged, and The wheel Of
fate and tho operators taken their places the
nsnt was made BY the proper officer that the draft
about 70 commence II was also stated that the full
sumber Of names placed in the machine Ave thou
sand six hundred and eighty OF which hundred
nsaety.tour were required 70 be drafted make mp
The quota for the Sixth district. The draft
ng then commenced, and proceeded brskly 90 much
sAAt the reporters had sometimes considerable difficulty
hkseping pace with the reader Thebusine@ was, how
svsr considerably expedited BY this process and time
Was unnecessarily wasted In formalsea
A Ia "a sh>
setsn = the Of Of these was called out,
with the qualifying adjective "colored there was some
ses sensation. amounting, sometimes TO suppressed
sAser among the crowd No unknd language used on
sseh occasions Huge sataacton expressed Whenever
Somo deniSen Of the Fifth avenue, other arsto
cratic locality, was drawn, and counenances seemed TO
ssand up as the merchants doing business in
such streets - Broadway being announced. rss
Among the ceebrietss drawn during the early part OF
~ day tho Hon. Towusend Harris, late American
Mnister 70 the court Of Japan John B. Holmes, one
- Excise Commissioners; John Morrissey, tho well
1pswn pugilst, VINO 10 made up Of capital lighting
ssria william H. Fry, sditor Of the Tnesne, Michae
b. Abrahams, . reporter On ths kspvss; J. Rem aek
a editor Of the lbsd zsisms, and Josa CAncy
she editor Of shs Leader weekly paper pubhsd in this
city. Though these gsntismsn are thus among those
ssssssA Sy Tortuns Sor the Distinguished privilege Of
aghag tAe battles Of thsir country and upholdns the
Asaor Of tho saonai Dag IL barely possible that they
Win not SEQ h IN that light. t6rn a
Among the drafted men on wednesday were the follow
~, belonging 70 the police Of she Ninth
nan Lewis 8. whiscomb pstrcmen Robert Hubbard,
orsy. Herman, schults, hcCaddsn and Mcdonald on
ss EorshAy and Alderman added 10 the list yes
ssrday.
Ths draft yesterday proceeded in the most orderly
aanner. All apprehensoos Of any disturbance had
passed away though the authorities prudenty continued
che arrangements for preserving the
tAe city.