Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-21
LOCAL NEWS.

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TIE THIRD WARD DRAFT MsETIre.-Ap-
other large meeting Of tho oltzens Of this ward
wss held last evening at Temperanoe Hal L..
whom reported con ,idsrsbls smount Of mon y
TSe prssIGsSa g stsesS tina. tn, onls. Of III.
day and had reduced 'fhs quota to 49, and arrange.
ments had bern msde by which Forty more could
% ne ps w IN Ss e ss. ass s
h,d beaten 4 good many ihsrl. % today, be
paper, were sigped, ali that was needed vas 70 pay
them the money, ard have the men credited 10 the
up WIKI the Soasy and make 4 Septsn nGw Ssns
tune H,sss ii would lei sSs. y d ss
Mr., sbsretts appealed 10 those pre,en, to make
mp the money needed. We ought not 10 DO behind
any other ward In offering bounties; He was not
pay for his substitute, II II should cost anything
less than si,too His whole exertions were 20
save those who II drafted would leave their fam
Mr.. NJ, J. Powers gave an additional eontribu.
iion, and said that he was not iiabie 20 the DRAFT,
e e desired 70 see his friends in the Third ward
Mr.. OGDEN 'ugge,ted that II some weIi-known
sSlir;a men coud be sppointsd 70 collect from
realized. The colored men In the Seventh ward
had done very well, and we ought to give them
Mr.. Bartlett suggested that such q person or
persona could be found Tomorrow. =.
mr. '; r. Wright moved that COMMITTEES be sp::
pointed to call upon the moneyedmen Of the ward
who had not contributed, and urge thom 10 I'LL the
deficiency. Agresdto. DrI.,. ~.
quest an additional contribution from every en-
rolled man in the ward. Agreed to.
The President sppolatsd as The COMMITTEES Mr..
.. 4 WrEht Mr; II. B. Curtis, Mr.. J. D. wheeier,
The Secretary spnounesd that the cash subserip-
The p esidsnt stated tina. the onissrs would be
present all day, to receive recruits and pay the
bounty. Also, that he hoped to have large turn
O'Clock, when the mmittse would no doubt give
them some important Information. ..-,
The meeting then adjourned 10 meet this even
Ing (Wednetday) at Temperance Hall, at Q O'Clock.
The FOURTH WARD DRAFT MEErNa.-The
citizens OF the Fourth ward held an sdjourned
meeting lat night to male further effort. for the
sided, ard r. s. Bavis acted Is secretary. " "
MIR slit had collected $40 during the day,
soriptions Of 500 each, and Mr. Grossmsyer, two
: Ms..is: Iylss, cisytor, suit, oro..m.yer and
with similar committees from other wards to have
discretionary power to regulate the purchase Of
Resoiped, That a committee OF three should be
appointed, consisting OF Me,srs. W. Z. Morgan,
the Adjutant General of the United States army,
to Aseeriain whether the District Of Columhis
would be credited with the recruits enlisted In the
general Berv CO.
On motion of Mr. Stitt, Il was
RssoiUgd, Thtt the committee be Instructed 10
draw on the treasurer for funds to meet all the
contingent expenses incurred In procuring re-
eruits.
Also, that the locality Of the recruiting once Of
the ward, and the fact that subscriptions would be
received at the store of Msssrs. Barbourh Semmes,
should be AdvertiIed in all tho city papers until
the draft Of the ward had taken place.
The following resolutions were also adopted;
RssolUed, That Metsrs. 7. W. Murphy, d. Meyer,
L. Seaman. A. Reagan, and Jeremiah Costello be
boTiptions. vac. .... ....
Rsso'ped, That MeIsrs. VIM. Hoover, d. =. N.
head, A Allen, I. W. Murphy, Dennis o'Leary,
:. T. Ford aud n. Eiehorn be added TO the recruit.
ing committee. sud-.
fhe amount Of subscriptions made is ss.sai.