, 1864-09-03
THE COMING DRAFT.
Row 1t may be Avoided In Cook Conn.
Ky-Men Wanted

We need not spologize tor reminding once
again the citizens Of Chicago, that o. Tondsy
i1i the draft for ogr quota under the recent cai1
5,sf 1o5 $4,000 . nen. VII become due. md payment
men Just at this lancture. General shermnn,
gee:s s a*'s5y p4sssns .a%st Il Has
P Il doRS %fn bv ns tbs
astrition With rebsl bullets aud bteastworks. and
owing to his decreased strength hc il nov com
PEELED 70 maze increment Tor the capture Of AT
eeen a. strong as 1t wss At the commencement Of
the tatnpaign. The rebel leaders have eoncentra
ted every avail man ia and about the defeoses
year, Of age. have BEEN taken frurn The nnb1c
schools, apa placed. gun ln hand, behind ths Eebe
ss..h wGtks H. E1 Of Of the dsts c
will it be said IN the future that after long and
successful campaign Sherman was Obliged to fall
Of u W se nsf at @ tHe
rttuiorceucLte, give hlur6 eurps de Fessrr< with
which be cao make rnfds into the interior OF The
provisions and nun,oas II wsr taeir 1si Eoads e
and brddeer. We venture the assertion, and know
it to be perfectly true, that column Of 50oo5 men
to the northern border OF the Old Eorth
State, striking terror 1Lto the souls Of the eeces
bionists, and pntting summary end to secession
under the corrected enrolment IN this city shall
We be called upon to tnfnfth 1t ts not in our pow
r. to determine. The public have been seni of1i-
tie drst Congressional District was Eomewhefe fn
the netehboy hood OF four thousand. The report
Of Colonel Hancock, Who sometime since went to
Springfield to endeasor to ar1iye At something de-
finite In relation to it, lesda us to infer that The
quota may be reduced to little less then two
thousand upon the present enrolment Now that
the list hae been cut down BY the erasure OF aliens
aud 1hose disqualified By physical disability. il Is
to be hoped @ that our quota viii be reduced to
sasea ~ be 20
Very many Of our leading citizens expseas them
eslse5 willing to contribute literally fot the sake or
4 great deal Of time and effort has been e1pend-
ed III The effort to reduce the enrolment lists to an
spp1o1 1inanon to the trnth- We venture The as
men, THY Nould al have been In eamps by this
time and left Cook county once more clear on ths
record The price paid to substitutes is row about
five hundred dollars cash, and for thls amount
there are Tery many willing to volunteer 4
bounty ot t*o hnndred dollars given from d fund
fast for = that s pntposs added 70 the Government
amount. There Is no doubt one thousand men lls-
bic TO the d1aft could now be tound In Cook couu.
y, who would 1.l take that bounty rather than
snbstltute business as now conducted is limited 10
aliens nj soldiers who have served TWO years. Let
Inducements be offered to citizens also to yolun-
ter, md enough men will be raised to clear Cook
county OF the draft The time Is thort. Action
to De cdtctusl nust berpeedy. Recru11ng il brlsE
10 come Other portions Of the 5iate, vhere mora
liberal ytew 10 tskcn Of tbeae nst,ers than appears
nished. Let measures be taken to brfnr fhem for
ward ut ohce.
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u1a.a nI.Asoa.- .11pl a7Duu, me tocompssnnle
Lotd U1hcfeafT and Brother Sam, " Waa uadcthe
recipient Of very handsome benefit last evening
at McVfcke.'s Theater. He apne,r, IN h,a ravo-1ts
49, ~ .f,..n..-a r., 49, AAe '"'oA4'e
!os ~ tns t aAa evening. M9oeFeI wants
At the Academy. OF Musls. Prof. Anderson per-
formed TO large house. His slelg ut Of hand tests
wire 1ul! Of novelties, and were performed In
manner t9sd asgine aeteehon- The spirit manlfesta-
a,tenf,a, ~ ,be .ssnt5o " % sE'. 70 caaMense ~ ine
sophie, - ~'' ~ ''' -A0 p0''o'
. At The lecture room Of Col: Woods Museum,
Married Itse " was rresented IN capitaa style to
Q. Bor1,eo" form quite an attraction Tor those
levees are largely attended.
3Hs NAFA1 A1hESDEzsocs.-Ihtnss are, to use a
commonplace EXPRESSION, going on swimming1y
at tbe naya} ren5rzvons, Ahont tSo hundred mn
.rtrp rnnstercd ,nt ec,vica ,,,t oct .t ~, ,1na.
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aet1ans ~ ~ o1uce n OnAsas plo:9 anls WeeK toe
e. @ nAl Asesaes. aoua1! 1itt pe1 W. 5at
S IonsiGetaoie 1qmoer .eeES VIII % etsaaea 70
tive rtcroite are choosing this hrauea OF the
sc!Vlet-the snme local and government noaafies
being paio to them IS to those Joining the army.
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