Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-04
THE CITY.
THE CONSUMPTION.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN DRAFTED
Drawing Of the Lottery of Life at tho
City Hall --- Result of Yesterday's
Drawings---List of the Names
Drawn---Scenos and Incl.
dents of tho Day.

ing to witness the drawing of the conscrip-
tion, the first that has ever taken place In
this city. The audience consisted of able
bodied men liable to military duty. A de-
tail of Company G, Of the SSth Infantry,
under command of Lieutenant Wilson, were
on duty as guard. The City Hall was di-
vided by a partition OF seats; the conscrip-
tion apparatus was placed upon platform
in full view of the audience, which was
stationed beyond the partition. The wheel
was n new wine cask, with handle and
and the usual internal arrangements. which
was elevated upon a stand.
Provost Marshal Wilcox explained to the
crowd the mode In which the business
would be conducted, The District, he said,
is divided into sub-Districts, In each of
which the names of those liable to military
duty were enrolled, returned to the Provost
Marshaps office, and there written on card
with the residence, and placed in package,
marked with the number of the sub-Dis-
trict and the number of the names enrolled.
These names were thus prepared under the
law of last year, which required that there
should be two classes, distinction which
was abolished at the present session of Con-
gress, so that now the names in both classes
20 into the wheel together. The cards will
be counted in your presence as they are
placed in the wheel; names will be drawn
until the required number is secured; and
then, to show that there is perfect fairness
about the drawing, the cards will be taken
out, counted and the names read, to show
that the names were all In the wheel. Be
fore proceeding the Marshal said he desired
that good order and quiet should be main
tanned, and wished that no demonstrations
of applause should be made, and requested
the audience to select some one to draw out
the cards.
Mr.. John Otstot was selected to draw the
names from the wheel, with the approval of
tle assemblage.
SEVENTH WARD.
The names having been counted and
placed In the wheel, Mr.. S. d. Henkle an
nounced that the draft for the seventh sub
district, being the Seventh ward of the city
of Columbus, would now commence, the
other wards below that number having fill
ed their quota. The package of names Of
the first class, 357 in number, and of the
second class, 1913 in number, making 500 in
all, were placed in the box, and amid pro-
found silence the following cards were
drawn out by Mr.. Otstot blindfolded, and
handed to Mr.. Henkle, who announced the
names for the Seventh ward as follows:
l. Jacob Bowen.
2. George Weaver.
3. John Woodward.
4. Charles Shank.
5. Jeremiah Crawley.
6. Charles Kent.
z. L. III. White.
These names filling the number required,
the names remaining in the wheel were
taken out and read.
NINTH WARD.
The next ward to be drafted was the
Ninth. The number of names enrolled in
the first class was 19S, second class lag, to-
tai 344; the number to be drafted was thir-
ty-fve. The draft was proceeded with, and
resulted in the drawing of the following
names
]. Patrick German;
2. Powell II. Muller;
3. A. +. Ellis;
4. David Armantrout;
8. Albert III. Condit;
9. ThOs. E. Barrett;
2. s. w. Ellis;
8. John Mention;
8. VIM. Romans;
10. Clinton Lazell;
IL. Edward English;
IL. Barney Lawler;
13. Henry G. Berry;
IA. Barney G. Hoves;
10. Henry Huy;
16. Con. Sullivan;
IL. James Quirk;
1S. James Cooley;
10. VIM. Webb;
20. Charles luther;
81. VIM. Entzminger;
%. Andrew Quirk;
%. VIM. Murphy;
"a. Hugh Martin;
%. Joel +. SHILLING;
26. Addison Hays;
q. VIM. Barrett;
49, Henry Speismaker;
20. Patrick Sullivan;
80. Daniel Carmichael;
81. Harry Haines;
80. Henry Zebrum;
80. John Criler;
"a. William Lowther;
80. Thos. Long.
When the name of Daniel Carmichael,
the well known Councilman from the Ninth
Ward, was announced there was cheer
from the crowd. 1t is generally understood,
however, that Mr.. Carmichael is far beyond
the age designated in the law. The other
names in this ward, with one or two excep-
tions, are those Of poor men with large fami-
lies, upon whom the conscription will come
with weight OF sorrow and oppressiveness
that few can imagine and no one describe.
:av BROWN TOWNSHIP.
The next sub-district In order was the
eleventh, Brown township, in which there
were one hundred and eleven names enrolled,
and eleven men to be drafted. The following
are the names of those selected:
Jacob McNemar, Thos. Baily, Uriah
Beach, Thos. Beach, Robert Bynner, Benz.
Cane, Thos. Richard, Joshua Balinger,
Samuel G. Patterson, Aaron Clover, Call
more Mccoy.
After Brown township was disposed Of
further drawing was postponed until two
o'clock