Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-16
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUsEMEHTs IA. Moi,

MI slasS Lnis week. Mons. Szollosy and
MIss M airy Bosart appear tonight for the first
Time THIS season; so you may expect a gala
time at the Canterbury
OXFORD HALL-An entire change of pro.
sIamme VIII be utupon the stage this week.
dughey Dougherty will give his great person
atlon OF 'Mops Julien" IS performed by him
tf9 consecutive nights in PHILADELPHIA Miss
ada iesman will sing some Of her ever popu.
lar songs each night
THk ANNEXED ADDRESS should, and doubt.
less VIII, receive Il prompt response from all
our citizens, Tor all are deeply interested in the
movement:
THE ENRoLLMRNT-THR DRAFr-The I'M
dersigneO, acting in behalf OF the municipal
authorities OF Washington respectfully appeal
to their fellow. citizens to lend their active aid
70 The measures already adopted in some of the
wards, ana about 10 be initiated in others, for
correcting and perfectiBg the enrolment OF
PERSONS liable to do military duty in this city.
That the present enrolment is largely dis.
proportioned TO our arms. bearing population
IS made manifest by every ties; which can be
applied To it, and by none more plainly than
by the results of the late draft, to supply which
has required some Of the wards four or five
supplemental drawings, and has exhausted
not the one hundred per cent additional
prescribed by law, bat from five to seven hun
dred per cent. above that amount, the bur-
den of which has fallen upon our resident
citizens to supply the places Of aliens and alb
sentees, who, at the time the enrolment was
made, were mere sojourners within the limits
OF this corporation, such as itinerant traders
IehmSters, army employees, and other followers
OF the large military camps which then en-.
yironed the city, but which have been subse-
gueEuy removed TO other localities, carving
with them all this floating population
The undersigned remind their fellow citi-
zens that it is upon this incorrect enrolment
that the present heavy quota is assigned to
this city, and that 1t is for the interest OF every
citizen that 1t should be speedily corrected.
They, therefore, invoke their assistance IN en-
aiding the official caRyasser. about to be- ap-
pointed for the respective wards to ascertain
and report such exempts and absentees as may
be enrolled therein, as we'll as all omissions
from the enrolment lists. II this duty-tor
duty II is-be promptly and faithfully per-
formed, the undersigned feel assured that not
only Will the enrolment be largely reduced,
but that the military authorities will take
pleasure In doing justice to the city by making
corresponding reduction in the quota as
signed TO it
There Is every inducement to enter earnestly
upon this good work, and no citzAn should
neglect the opportunity thus offered to relisve
bimself and his friends and neighbor5 from
the grievous burden OF being again called upon
TO undergo several successive drafts, as has SO
recently been the case, to supply supposed de-
fciencies in our quota, arising from the ab-
sence or exemption OF persons whose names
should never have found q place in our en-
roiiment lists. The names OF the official can
yassers will be made known in a day or two.
RICHARD WALLACE, Mayor.
JosEPH F. BROWN President Aldermen.
AsBURY LLOYD, President Council
CHAs. l. CAMPBELL, Alderman 5th ward.
WEN. W. MOORE, Council 4th ward
JOHN b. TURToN, Alderman lat ward.
SAML OWEN, Council ID ward.
n. ID LARNRR, Council Sd ward.
HENRY LYLKs. of the ith ward.
GEO +. GULICK, Alderman 5th ward.
GRO. r. RUFF, Council 9Th ward.
JOHN III. SEMMRS, OF the Sth ward.