, 1865-01-06
OFFICE ON THIRD STREET
NUMBER "A
The Drafts for 1865.


The Drafts for 1865. a6iIs5g
In speaking of the duration of the war. Gov.
Seymour, Of New York, in late speech at Phil
The men who were drafted this year under
the five hundred thousand call, have but one
year to serve. The three years men who were
taken into the army in 1862, will go out of SER
vice next year. Their terms begin to expire in
the spring. In nine months the army viii need
the largest additions that have been made at any
one time As the Administration shtank from
calling for more three years men just before an
election, the places to be vacated by the one
year men must be provided to be filed in nine
months, and thus it is reasonable to believe that
the largest draft that has yet been made, viii be
ordered at the beginning of the year 1865.
do not speak unadyisedly, for the Administra-
ton has limited to me that they expect another
draft. The State of New York has furnished an
excess Of three years men, and I asked that in
making up the quota Of New York, one three
years man should be counted as equal to three
one year, S men. They said they could not do
that, as they needed men Immediately but
they provided that three years man shOuld
count as one man on this draft, as one man on
the next draft, and one man again on the
third draft, and thus the matter would be equal9
lied. So it appears from this, that we are to
have at least two drafts more. Voice-"T That's
refreshing. Every man knows that we must
have this draft After the war is ended, under
the policy of this Administration, we shall be
compelled to maintain large armies to hold the
people of the South in subjecton to carry out
the Emancipation Proclamation and Confscation
Act.
Rosa BoNHHuH AND HER PrcrUans. Many
have seen an engraving of the picture called
''The Horse Fair" painted by French lady,
Rosa Bonheur Her history is interesting, as
showing what industry and pluclly determine
ton will do. Her father was a poor drawing
masterin Paris, and apprenticed Rosa, at the
age Of twelve, to learn dress-making; but her
health failed, and She left a business she did not
/ like. She soon commenced to make models of
animals and copy her fathers paintings, hoping
some day to be able to support herself She
worked hard, day after day, until her father no.
ted her wonderful progress, and gave her
course Of instruction. he then sent her to the
Louvre, the finest picture gallery in Paris, to
copy from the best paintings. Here she used to
| work from morning until night. Soon her pic
| lures began to sell for a small sum, which in
creased her diligence She was then but six
teen years old, Having resolved to devote her
self to painting animals, and being too poor to
buy models, she used to take bit of bread in
! her pocket, walk out into the country, and copy
/ from nature. She would also visit the cattle
] pens in the city, where animals were kept pre-
vious to being slaughtered. This was not a
pleasant place for young lady, but she was too
much in earnest to be stopped by trihes. Her
/ reward soon came. When nineteen years old,
! she received several prizes for her pictures ex-
! hbited in Paris, and at last took the gold medal
! for the best painting. At thirty-two she fin
shed the f'Horse Fair, which brought $S, 900,
and from that time her fortune was made. She
! is now very wealthy, and the best animal pain
ter in Europe Remember the secret of her sue
cess;-She loved her work and stuck to it.
DEsoIArIox OF the SoUTH.-A lady who has
managed to return from what was once the
! wealthiest and most prosperous part of Ala
! bama, makes this statement concerning the con-
/ ditions and spirits of the Southern people
The desolation of the Southern States beggars
! description. Destituton and poverty have ta-
ken the place of opulence and prosperity. Men
that were worth hundreds of thousands are re-
! duced to utter poverty. As for the luxuries Of
! life formerly so abundant in the South, there
are none, Those formerly the wealthfest have
nothing to sustain life but what the country af-
fords and not enough even of that for by i'm
pressment it is taken from them for the army:
Their garments, even their shoes, the families
! have to make themselves They spin, weave
and dye their cotton and homespun clothes, rich
and poor. Tea, coffee and sugar are not to be
| had milk and water are the only beverages; In
dian corn is their principal food. The families
are broken up and ruined You seldom meet
with a male lnhabltant, and If you do, he is Ell
ther inirm or CRIPPLE A large portion Of the
male population are killed in battle, many more
crippled for a lifetime; many patriotic Union men
/ died of broken heart. What remain are in
! the army or in the employment of the govern
ment Nevertheless, search gangs cross the
country in all directions, in search of men for
the army. All ties of social life are completely
dissolved No courts of justice or equity are
/ held; justice is meeted out by the military
Universities, colleges and schools all sus-
pended. The country in many places resem-
bles a wilderness Wherever the armies march
/ there everything is ruined--the crops destroyed !
fences burned, trees cut. down. domestic animals
killed, robbed or taken from the army. But
whatever the Southern people may suffer, they
bear it with heroism and resignation; they have
i little hope of success. There arc very few if
any, that prefer ignomny to death. Under the
impending Congressional and Presidential meas
ures, they deem it impossible to surrender at
discretion, and are resigned to utter destrucs
tion.
The RHMooERos' FRIEND 1T The rhnoceros'
friend and the rhinoceros hunters most tiresome
enemy, is little bird, the Buphago Africana, ,
vulgary known as the rhinoceros bird. II con-
stantly attends on the huge beast, feeding on the
ticks that infest its hide, the birds long claws
and elastic tail enabling it TO hold on to what
ever portion Of the animal it fancies. If it rem
dered the rhinoceros no further service than rid
ding him of these biting pests, it would deserve
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