, 1865-02-23
RECRUITING.

Yesterday being in come sense national ho,I.
day, YVES expected that enlistments would sensi.
hly diminish. The class Of men who enlist, az q
general Thing observe holidays, and the fact that
but ffty-ninc men were secured yesterday under
he clrcumRtancee, does not and&cate an unhea1hy
sentiment upon the enlistment question. We
different apt-distrirts Of Cock county. Is a. IN
tense Is cvcr, and that nov, Is before, the all ab-
so1n,ne sssiae ,tI tauesSioR Sass Is "Hew shall we
+ 4 sh1s osssssSssae = the NisAs1s NiaiS saa
zealons minded residents Of those wards haye e
hsts with intent q make dircci pcrsonl M appeai
to the citizens for subscriptions to the ward ii1d
They threaten, II this agpsssl Be pot heedsd, to
Pay and Will not in the newspapers, and hold them
up to public execratton for atl coming time With
out entering into discussion to the proprcty OF
asninhle that ii i made. The Ninth and Eleventh
Wards, End sse beliere The zane Is trne Of many
other wards OF the city, lack each but five or siI
thousand coltars Of the snn uceessary to I'LL their
Th1ouchont The city. the working men, the ciH-
gems Of small means and small inconee, have con-
tibuted comtoendshly: while the WeAlthjer eid-
ztns. those who hare thocsands where the oilers
have dimes, are holding back and refuse to con-
trihnte q their abundance, sheltcring themselves
they will Re able to purchase eubsfitute. Ii is
hut Just that sneh should pay liberaily, and II
theE e8h pe reached IN no other Why. let them be
made TO fee! the full force Of public opinion.
Bnt there IS another class upon whom the Dian,
i adopted, w7l work with great hardship. We
which they are forced te lise and support large
fauEiet-theJ who ind. when Saturday night
comee, what with the payment Of debts, doctor's
bills, and current expenses, that their tttle in
live comfortably, and are snnous
10 retain the good opinion Of their fellows, but
they cannos ray to the ward the money required
without Gepftving their little ones Of needed com
forte. They bare nodtcum OF pride In their
composition, and dislike 10 assume before their
ward the position Of mendicapts-they don't like
Justice would result 1om this species Of black
mailing. II drafted, ench would expect to serve,
tor they would be unable to procure substitptes.
We throw oct these hinta not In the expectation
that THEY VIII influence the action Of the Ward
Committees. 1t may he TINT the plan they hare
suggested will, on the whole, prove tae best; but
1t IL well, Eh1le seeking to reach the hard-dsted,
to do no Injustice to those whose future to make
hberal response il occasloncd solely BY their
poverty.
F1fty-nine recruits were secured yesterday--a
good dsyee work certainly for Wash1nEtonss Birth
day. The prices payed to them ranged from 800
to ECO. 4 few tom the country were put In bY
the brokers IL low as $3.50 and o1e was tc receive
but $st0, but the County War Fund Committee
very wfsefy decided thar each recruit should re-
ccire N high AZ $40. They conefuded that II
ltroker mare $lQ0 on q man he ought to be Cor
tent. The whole number Of those who have re-
ceived the county bounty under the .ate call fof
CO. COO men VII. up to the close OF busiuess last
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