Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-01
RESULTS OF THE DRAFT.

We find in the Boston Journal of the 26th instant list
of persons drafted in the third Congressional (Beso6l
district and who having failed to report are now deseT-
tors from the military service Of the United States
By order of the Provost Marshal General reward Of
ten dollars offered for the apprehension and delivery at
headquarters in Boston Of any person advertised The
list embraces the of eight hundred and 6y-six
persons who have failed to report themselyes-a result
which must be very Surprising to Governor Andrew in
view of his prediction that if the Massachusetts, boys"
could be allowed fight with God and human nature
on their side the streets and lanes would with
willing recruits" Instead Of such tho streets of
Boston "swarm' with eight hundred and fifty six "de
serters." a
Since writing the above we have sesn Ia the Boston
Transcript Of the 26th instant summary OF the work 81
the Board of Enrolment in the fourth Congressional IL
trct Of Massachusetts up to ssegember 18Th By which
IL appears nine hundred and hirn more descrtions
must be added 70 the number above mentioned ncreasg
il 10 nearly eighteen hundred.
The fourth dsrct comprises part OF the city of Boso6
and the vicinity immediately adjacent The whole number
of drawn in this district were 1893 On the 1871
instant the account OF the examining board follows
Exempted for various --..-..-..-2,S57
Absent from district. ----.-.---.-..--..-- 90
Deaa $500 ----.----'-..--...
Pald communal o. l34
Furnished substitutes. --....-.- 1876
Held and sent to camp. -----............ AZ
Not reported and deemed deserters .-.-..... 939
4,l95
Here it appears that only forty soldiers were obtained
out Of 498 conscrpts; that hundred and nuey-sx
others furnished substitutes, making the whole number
OF soldiers two hundred and forywo being less than six
soldiers for every hundred coDscrp and that nine hum
dred and thrtynne of those enrolled in tho district are
considered deserters
The results Of the draft the eighteenth district
New York up to Saturday the 18th, were
Whole number exempted. ...-.......---...-..2582
w hole number examined, about. 900
1aid communication $500. $50
FURNISHED substitutes 81 :
Conscrpts accepted ..---. SO
Directly from the draft the Government gets out of tho
district soa zone hundred and thirty men, of whom half
are drafted The amount Of money received il
$685. 500
The Rockefeller New York; Advertiser of wedne.dsy
presents iu the following paragraphs the results of the
draft in that district:
:" We have been hoping from day to day that the En-
rolling Board would GET in the straege and far per-
feet the work it has in hand enable the result of the
draft IN this Congressional Dsrct to be given the pub
c The work 10 not yet completed, but progressed
20 far as to enable approximate figures be given The
Democrat gives statement this morning wide of the
mark that II should be promptly corrected and have
gathered figures at the Provost Marshas Office to
enable us TO make such correction The sstement of our
contemporary that estimated that over thousand
will be obtained from this district from the draft
was not authorized at the Office of the Marshal Wbia
be makes the number OF obtained than double
what will probably be- he aso doubles the number who
have failed to report aud who will be considered deserter
There were 265 drawn in this district and
27 was the number Of required to fill the quota Of
Monroe and Orleans counties The yield of substitutes
and conscripts will not vary much 375 Less than
$50 have taken uniforms few absent on furough
II not expected that the absentees will yield largely to
the service Fonr hundred and thirty mine have paid
communications. Estimating the at 375 and we have
total OF SD who responded to the draft person. by sub
stitute or with moneyless than one-fourh all drawn
This is not very astering Result and hardly war
rant repetition of this schems to obtain soldiers by con-
scripton" ..T
The New York Tribune is delighted at the PLAN alleged
to have been adopted by the Secretary Of War; of using
the draft communication money for the purchase and ens
ment of slaves in Maryland. 1t says:
The master gets three hundred dollars in choice GREEN
backs for most uncertain and otherwise uusaeabe piece
OF propery the negro gets his freedoms and Uncle sam
gets stout, willing soldier; while the wherewithal that
ubrcates the entire process paid by one who was
drafted but chose not to serve and probably would
not have gone In half heartily the black will III
stanton is not born Yankee he ought to b. and should
DO naturalized by Taunton or Wether sfed at once"