Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-20
LOCAL NEWS!

The DRAFT. : TAird Ward lltstino. The
citizens Of the THIRD ward held large ueetins
last evening, 81 Temgsrauee Hall, to AID 10 hlins
the quota Of the W I'd. -. .........-.. :
he committees reported ,hs amount. feoe,yetl
BY them during the day, t6ge,herwifh the subscnb
lions. f.'-'Hf- r.3 leo boa M
Mr.. sharrees said that IN NJ, rounds to-day,
who ho'ds sn oHicp 10 one NJ the departments!
When he( Mr.. So nsked III for his subsc Upton.
n sS uc or y pay for recruits q 70 Into he
army and xiii ore another. .oT =. Of. n
MI $, hoped there wers no pnaters here TO.
night wehad come hero 10 give our aid In keep
ing the ward out OF the traft and he hoped II would
be done, and knew n could bedpne, II all would
keep at work. The collectors could not do all the
wors. 4
Mr. Steele said that he desired to state one little
incident witch occurred in his experiences to- ,sy.
lie called on . negro woman, who was certainly
TO the fund because shs desired the quota Of the
replied that il wa" AuSt + ston," and that she
was refugee, She was = slave from the planta-
e. fSTS dS on ot sm.p Se.E desired
contribute her mite TO MI the quota. tApplause j
He said that there were many rich men in the
ward who had not yet contributed, who, by giving
from fifteen to twenty dollars each, could relieve
the ward from the draft. rs| -... l.. /
committee appointed ysstefdsy morning to pro-
coed to tleHapdria and put IN recruits, had per
.oIIsd that dny, but had OF nc, with The sue sue,
nut in. Arrangements had heen made to put in
large number to-day. All the committee wanted
coming, and draft would be avoided. II there
whs draft, however, the number to DO drafted
tee would guy SGsrsnf.e to help them OUT nj. MT. L
desired It to he distinctly understood, however,
that should any person be drafted in toward who
slide. The club would not touch him. .
Several gentlemen asked the hair questions In
regard to how the recruits could be obtained.
Mr.. J. H. Bsrtlett Zone OF the oommittes) hoped
that tho business would DO left entirely with the
committee. Let the patriotism and honor q the
President OF tho Club carry you through without
draft, and AK no questions. All that was e.
quired was the money, aud tbs COMMITTEES would
The Pfesiient stated thst number OF recruits
had he n promised to-day. Tho Officers OF the A.
10 receive sSc recruits and the bounty Isaoo, for
each man was ready. ha would state that he also
had the pronise OF several coiored recruits, and
he had NJ doubt the quota would be largely re-
The secretary report, d thN the tot.l c,sh re.
subsc ,iptions not yet having been paid In. The
meeting then adjour ed, to meet this evening, a.
the same place, at o'clock. -r.,..
THE DRAFT MEETING IN THn FOURTH WARD.
Last ovening large number OF the citizens Of the
Fourth ward held a meeting IN council chamber,
evident that the ward was waking up 10 the peces-
sty OF filing up the quota OF the ward. The chair
wa, tskoa 6y Sir. A. Lloyd, and R. $. BAvii acted
Mr., j NJ Tompkius, from the Finance Commit
tee made his report Total cash and subscriptions,
SIOI9 81 The collect onH during the evening
amounted 10 sl,O0i.
Mr. Stitt offered resolution providing that the
money collected shall be equally divided among
rctiyed s2I or upwards
A lcng' by ds, ussion ensued on this resolution,
audit rs nlAlly Withdrawn.
" wRa here stated that the poorer classes and
working men have given quite literally, but those
as evidence Of the liberaity Of the poor man, 1t
was ated that NetSrs; Myers, seanlon and Cos
'e2 on lSss lee would b. to
duco every mau In the ward to subscribe the
HI9u9t aud thereby exempt the ward;
hard work TO raise money, but they Intended TO
continue in the work with renewed yigor. II was
number as four or Ave thousand had been ENROLLED,
and SIN more astounding hat one hundred men
soGa not be i0u Sho Were Ttliing e give SEQ
R. $. Davis. Z: !. Evans D Blahe,le., N Gross
mage, W, Nolfshumer and coward Shaw fol-
wed the example of Mr.. Tompkips during the
The Glowing were appointed to procure 800
Metsrr II wallach, C. II. utermehle, Dsvis,
Moore, BIaheslee, Lloyd, Gron, Mayer, Topham,
II hsvIns been suggested that the cniorsd men
liaOie - dIaft, should help the fund, Alfred Boil
land, WIN slade, and Alfred G!gsrwere appointed
Mr. ScyIes moved the appointment OF commit.
Tee to procure, Il possible eopy Of The eqIemeot
and j.. J K'oifer were appointed:
s5sle, hopci that there would DO some means
adopted whereby the names OF those who have
s. b5o lied may be known; and he moved that the
names Le published, butit wing been objected to
en- account OF the expensc, the motion was with.
drawn.
A committee ws1 appointed to go to work and
put la recruits as f,st as they could be obtained
ard as long 81 the money laBts, oonsIBting of the
following: J. y. Chsuncey, J. N. johnson, James 7.
Walker, 81. r. A. Fenwiok, Chss; Waller, Samuel
T. crown, John I. Hslleck, John s. Moore, IT.,
WIN. Douglas, and J.mel spottswood, who open
an office at No. 81 Louisiana avenue to-day.
1t was announced that the police OF the Fourth
ward intend to give picnic At the Park, Tuer-
day, 21th ipstanf for the bsneht OF any drafted
in the ward, and quite = number OF Tickets were
roll.
The meeting adjourned to this evening.
SEVENTH WARD EXEMPTION ASSOCIATIONS