, 1863-07-11
IEE DRAFT
How the Drawings we're Made
:. in Pittsburg.
The ENROLMENT IN NEW YORK
AID MASSACHUSETTS.

The draft under the CONSUMPTION Act ha
already commenced, Pittsburgh, Pa, CARVING
OIL the honor Of the first drawing, From I'll,
pittsburgh Gazette Of the sth, pc gather ths
following:
The Enrolling Board commenced this morn.
3ls 70 graft me quota required from the 22d
Distf1cI. They commenced with the First
Ward, Pittsburgh, and are going on regularly
through the list Of sub.distt1cfs. The mnr.
1er Of drawing Ia rs follows: The names o1
Gil enrolled IN each district are writton on
teIa1ate slips Of paper, md when the quota
q that particular district Is to be drawn, the
names are all thrown into hox-wheel. The
Provost Marshal gives the wheel turn, Yhcn
man who Is blindfolded puts in his hand and
draWs one name out. This IL raed alond bv
Inc fEovost Marallal, aud duly recorded "by
me clerks. Then another name Is drawn in
each time.
The drawing 1s public, but the room ia
kmall, aud only few can be accommodated
tFrom tho Pittsburgh Gazette, 9th.
There was good deal Of excitement in the
city yesterday consequent upon tho COM
menGeme9t ofthe draft, and during the draw
Marshal, was filed with a very ansious nnd
deeply interested audience,
..ds Aihons some Of the more noticeable
features wsre the following: The Email.
Aent Commissioner, Mr. WIN. Il, Campbell.
"ilie bnsily engaged drafting other, mas
One Of the clerks. Capt. McHenry. waa % aieo
drafted, a. Tas the E1-ProYost Garshal, DR..
iieIron. No ono will be disposed, with these
drawing. 77 " .te
james r, Hopkins. ESQ.,, who bad
heta, heeh enrolled in two wards, Was drafted IN
In some instances two young men were
drawn tIom the same h1nily. This was the
case win ar. Houston, tailor, OF SmIth1eld
stfeeI, anu James Halnill, champion oars4
man, ("ho is now in the East preparing. for
4ls contest with Ward,) and his brother,
The draft will be. continued this morning
s.nl d. hine o'clock commencing with the Fift6
In the asd District the draft has been or.
aeleo, put ewing to the absence Of the Sur
econ o. 14e battlefield, the Board cannot
soon as he returns Capt. K1rker, tbs froTost
tharshni, Fill proceed with the draft.
TEE NEW: YORK KNRoLLAHSr.
Inc enrolment Of ab1c.bodied men in tho
nrst nine Congressional districts OF this STATE.
IN accordance with the net for calling out the
tSa nalonal forces, is nearly. completed, under
ne returns from two Of tho districts are moi
1uli but It Is ascertnined that the number Of |
names taken amount in the aggregate to |
about three hundred thousand. More than |
1Ho hundred Thousand OF these names were |
{ enrolled In this cityj and It Is estimated that
aiter the Necessary deductions for double en- |
rouments and exempts, tho number Of men |
clearly subject to draft will reach ninety thou
eand, and the first class, which will be first |
called on, sixty thousand.
Several days must elapse before It will
be possible to put the draft. into success
[ql operation. The general belief is, however,
Ehat the government will not find it necessary
70 order any dratted men into the serylco,-
u. 7. Evening Iost, 9Th.
THE MASSACHUSETTS EShoI1aIgyT.
j.. The Provost Marshals Of all the districts In
ne s:ate, except thrce-tne second, eighth
md ninth, Thich hare not yet reported their
1lsts to the Provost 1farshal Gen
received orders to be ready for the
tratt AZ coon as possible, and Is the different
lqotas are assigned, the drawing -wi1l sooa
AXE place. The total quota Of the seven
yrh ha ia ]