Artemus On The Draft

Artemus Ward senda us the followng " Circular :" cmcutAR no. 78. As tbs oncersignaa has been led ttf 'ear hai thé lnw regulating the drai wns not wfirolïy understood, nntwitnátanding thó niïmerous explananatory circulara tbat havo beeft Tsstfed from ílie naliona] capital of late, he hei'éby fflsues a circular of his owfS; and ii hë shall succeed in tn;iK'tg this íavoriitéí measure more clear to a diíeernnlf public, he will feel that he has not lived in vain : I. A yonng man who is drafted ind inadveriently goes to Canada, where hU beeomes embrniled with i robust Englisli party, wbn knocka him aronnd ro as to disable him for lite, the same occurring in a licened bar-room on British soil, euch young man cannot receffif a ponsion on account of said ïWj'uneiï from the United States government, nor 'jan his heirs or credit(Ts. II. No drafted man in ging to tb nppointed rendezvous will be permitted to go round by wav of Canada on account of the road8 being better that wuy, or beuause his " unclo VVilfiaiïi " ives there. III. Any gentleman living in Iroand, who was never in this country is not liuble to tïie draft, nor are our fore'ut her. This atter statement is niade :oT the benefit ol those enroHing officerir who h'ive acted on tFie sú'ppoíitfon thai the abie-boriied male population of a place included dead grtlemen in thif someterles. IV. The term of enlistme.it is fot three years, but any man who may have been dr;ified in two plíices has a right to.go for pix years, whether tho wiir lusts that length of time or not - a right ibis departmenl hopes.he will insist oti. V. The onlv sons of n poor widow whose husband is in California are not exemnt, but the man nho owns stock in !he Vermont Central Railroud is. - So, also,are inceseant lunática, habitual lectnrers, persona who were bom wit'! vvooden legs or falst) teeth. Wind mfn? (unless they vvül acknowlodyo that theV "can see it,1') and people who delibeiately voted for John Tyler. VI. Nodraftedman canclnimesemption on the ground that he has eeverul childreu whom he supports and who do not bear bis name, or live in tho sam# house with him, and whn havo nevor' been introdnced to his wife, but who, n the contrary, are endowed with yaous mothers, and " live round."