Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-03

ARTEMUs ON THE DRAFT.-Circular No. 19. As the undersigned has been led to fear that the law regulating the draft was moi wholly un- derstood, notwithstanding the numerous ex- planatory circulars that have been issued from the national capital, of late, he hereby issues Q circular of his own and if he shall succeed in making this favorite measure more clear to q discerning public, he will feel that he has not lived in vain '"
 I. A young man who is drafted and inadver- tently goes to Canada, where he becomes enl- broiled with a robust English party, who knocks him around so as to disable him for life, the same occurring in licensed bar-room on British soil such young man cannot receive pension on account. of said injuries from the United States Government, nor can his heirs or creditors.
 II. No drafted man in going to the appoint. ed rendezvous will be permitted to go round by way of Canada on account of the roads being better that way, or because his uncle Will liam" lives there.
 III. Any gentleman living in Ireland, who was never in this country, is not liable to the draft. nor are our forefathers. The latter state ment is made for the benefit of those enrolling officers who have acted on the supposition that the able bodied male population of place in- cluded dead gentlemen in the cemeteries.
 ". The term of enlistment is for three years, but any man who may have been drafted in two places has a right to go for six years, whether the war lasts that length of time or not--a right this department hopes he will in. sist on.
 V. The only sons of a poor widow, whose husband is in California, are not exempt, bus the man who owns stock in the Vermont Cen tral Railroad is. So also are incessant luna tics, habtual lecturers, persons who were born with wooden legs or false teeth, blind men (in- less they will acknowledge that they |" can see it, and people who deliberately voted for John Tyler
 VI. No drafted man can claim exemption on the ground that he has several children whom he supports and who do not bear his name, or live in the same house with him, and who have never been introduced to his wife, but who, on the contrary, are endowed with va rious mothers, and Hive round" d."-BostOn Post.
 CoURTING BY SHARP MAN.-Potts is 6 sharp man. a man of business tact, and when he goes into store to trade, he always gets the lowest cash price; and he says: We'll, I'll lock about, and if l don't find any thing that suits me better, I'll call and take this." | Potts, like all men, is partial to women, and yourg ones in particular. Now quite lately Potts said to himself" I'm getting rather long in years guess I'll get married"
 His business qualities wouldn't let him wait. So off he travels, and calling on lady friend, opened tn, conversation by remarking that he would like to know what she thought about his getting married.
 "Oh, Mir. Potts, that is au affair in which am not very greatly interested, and l prefer to leave it to yourself.'
 But,'' says Potts. you are interested, and my dear girl, will you marry me ?'
 The young lady bushed, hesitated, and final y as Potts was very we'll to do in the world, and morally, financially, and politically of good standing in society, she accepted him. Whereupon the matter-of-fact Potts coolly re- sponded:
 :" Well, well. I'll look about, and if don't find any body that suits me better than you, I'll come back E.