Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-03
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Dealers ar Ty.4sles@ls sad EEesasI.

I 0eafeFs ar ss-asfesNse 9iia Akffasf'
Frsul The N. Y. yssrnsi sf Commercial
Inc sub5aiuts busiaess kss ErOEn int0 4
( large sHd profitable ore. New York city is tAa
I Principal headquarters Of #, although no sd.
( diers have Te, bsea drsstad froa tae metropolis.
/ H=Ia. es in other more regular kinds Of ErsfiE,
| .li5 cty asserts its supremacy. philadelphia.
! Boston, Washington, and cihsF ci.ies Of tae Ia
and S3aih, ges ihsir supply Of this ussfui srcls
esieAy from New Yo-E Ths zsu furaIshs7 are
mainly foreigners They are siFheF ne WY fan1-
Cd Immigrants 20 whom 300 OF $500 looks
eEorBo1ss OK thsy are resident foreigners, Wks,
/ of eourss are rot liable to she draft TIE for
msT class are naturally preferred By the sabst-
tute brokers', because thsy are procured at a
, cheaper rate tAsa thoss who are accustomed te
handling national fUads, and know their own
and tAs msRey's vaiue. Ths great tide Of i'm
mlgrasoa row setting 30 our shores, brings in
class sf s-aFdy fslsRs. somstimss i've kaR-
drsd per day, who are ready 70 tight or die for
a fair eszpsn8s-isn, with slrong .consitHti9n-
al preference fer the former occupation Agents
bltt9n-H8le tksss stzlWart sdvsz tursrs, tickle
hem with a shsW of gTssnbscks AID at Jas;
bring them face g fses vita the brokers' by
whom sargGin 10 soon clsueksd, on terms pc
ca .iarly advantageous 70 themselves sud not
objected t3 ky the raw immigrants. For these
substitutes tha 6sasud kas beer, and i, and
mA.A ~ auA t1tls tAAAAEr III t4AAA aliE
saa as sO0n ss they are engaged tasy are tUrn-
ID over, witasus less Of time, &c the principals,
81 whose risk they then sro Properly Of eli
sorts Is notorious for taking WiagE bRt no
species OF aarthlY possession is, psTAaps, more
addicted 10 dying awav than substitutes When
ta=y are wanted Ia gGsusities-1r dr0Fes ss one
might say-ss any psint eat Of the city, they
ere sent thitaor N charge Of An agent, who set
les with the principals after the nan have pass
ei t-s surgeons muster, bat before they sfs
FT0ru ia. Wkst bee9mss Of the suhst;tsla
then is Of course matter Of perfect indif lrsaca
to tho Priscipal He Is st the risk Of tho Uai-
tsd States. sud can escape only BY ingenious ar
tke=s (of which many srs raBoTtad) or by
running the gRustlst Of bsyone.5 and bullets.
The Prics Of substitutes vsries mere TRAN gold.
The Iruoraucs ar fears Of drafted men alone de-
tsTuino it. The impression has got abr5as that
the procuring Of a substitute entities drafted
person 20 exemption for TIRES years; whereas
ths paying Of thrss hundred dollars commata=
ton money clears him for this draft only, but
leaves bin eligible 20 any draft that may BE-
made the next year OF the year after. We do
net knOT upon whose sa.horiEy this ridiculous
Interpretation Of the e3uscdpiion act is put
forth Nothing Of tas kind. We bsleve. has
been promulgated ia any official order signed
by = responsible nams. This distinction be-
tween hiring substitutes and PsJiag commu.a-
ton money Is msRltesIiy absurd. TIE Three
h7aarsd dollars, ia fact, represents substitute
for tha G1vsTnment intends 10 buy one with
e. Il the Government 5sd any preference st
ell in the matter i5 would N ioHbtsily choose
the $500, with which. with other bountiss, it
osn seeure returned veterans whereas the
drafted men dou't care whom they present IN
tseir stead 50 long as he is accepted. But the
css-lsry impression is curreHt; an5 the subs.i-
iUse brokers' 6nd jhsir profit ia e. HsH large
sums thsv have recsivad- In single cssas none
bu5 themselves k7owi bat it IS reported Tat
from $3.50 10 $500 is not unComn9n- On he
other Asnd, instances are not WsltiuZ when
s1bsti-u'es ara seld A. pUies considerably Be-
.0~ $500 and here ths principal derives bele-
ts Fl N his dsslirgs with the broker.
An incidental soUres of profit 20 the brokers'
is the iusurinc Of pe7sons Ggaipst ths draft,
which they do, generslly, for sbou. 800 Tais,
bogevsr. has ceased 20 bs 8 lucrative depart
msut Of business since the custom has attained
Of forming mutual insurance companies smsHE
personal friends. whs do sot wish TO make any
5hiug out of each other. The chances Of the
draft being about one ont Of i've for the 6-ss
class, the amount which each man, Of a club IF
ten or twenty. would have 10 pay. would be
small comparei with the whole e0uRulai0n
fee