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exemption bill.
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Richmond, Saturday, December 10.?Mr. i
Miles, from the Military Committee, reported
tbo general exemption bill, and asked a suspension
of the rules, with a view to having it
printed and made the continucing special order
after the last special order, which motion whs '
agreed to>.
We give the general features of the bill ;
which, it will be seen, is substantially tbo Old i
bill, with important restrictions and specifications.
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The clause in regard to the exemption of the J
press is materially changed. Also tliat in relation
to teachers, exempting Qiily tdacliers of 1
, colleges, theological seminaries and military
academics. 1
'JPIjo only entirely new exemption clause is
hat relating to the officers and employees of ?
the James River and Kanawha Canal Com
panv. 1
The "fifteen field hands" clause is left i
?fit. ' v
The Vice-President of the Confederate States .1
and the members and officers of Congress and
j of the several State Legislatures,and such other
Confederate and Stale officers jis the President i
or1 the laws of-the respective Stales may declare
to be necessary forthc proper administration of i
tlfc Confederate or States Governments as the
nocn ntnv lm '"
VL*UU HIIII MVl JJIVIJ III1IIUUUI U1 ICIlj^lllll 111 J
the regular discharge of his ministerial duties,
who, on the 17th day of February, lSG-t, had, 1
according to the rules and usages of the denom-:
ination to which he belonged, the pastorial care
of a religious congregation; but no minister of 1
religion shall be exempted under the provisions I
of this Act who has' at any time during the
war'engaged, or who shall hereafter engage in <
buying-'or selling for profit! Superintendents
and physicians of asylums for the deaf, dumb 1
nnd'blind,and of the insane; and nurses'in asy- '
lums for the insane; one editor for each newsrtilhor
Kni n/y r\nlilielin/l *1- ?
|/nt?iicuv/\.i (I t L>l|Vs LJI1IU U1 III U
passage of this aet, and sucli practical printers
and pressmen as said editor may certify on oatli 1
to be indispcnsiblc to the publication of such
newspaper; the public printer of the Confedcr- |
ate and State Governments, and such journeymen
printers as the public printer shall certify >
on oatfr to be indi-penrnble to perform the
public printing; 'one skilled apothecary in each
apothecary store, who was doing business as
such apothecary on the tenth day ot October;
1802, and has continued in business without
_ ' intermission since that period. Skilled pharmacutists
engaged in the manufacture .of drugs
nnd medicines to the value of $250,000 per
annum ; all physicians who are, and were for
tii'e ten years next proceeding the 17th day. of
Febrnary, 1S64, in the regular practice of their
profession,'and who have uot been engaged in
buying and selling for profit; all presidents and
teachers of colleges, theological seminaries and
military academics who have been regularly
engaged as such for two pears next before the
passage of this act; superintendents and physicians
of public hospitals.
The law in reference to railroad companies
is substantially the same as heretofore.
The officers and indispensiblc employees of
the Jfunes River and Kanawha Canal Company,
ivot to-cxcced one workman for every three
luiearmilesof said course.
All persons who arc now regular members
of the society of Friends apd the association of
Dunkards, Nazarines and Menonists. The persons
so exempted to pay into the treasury a tax
of ?500 per annum, and sell tlie remarkable
surplus of provisions and grain now on hand,
and which they may raise from year to year
^ while this exemption continues, to the govern'
ment, or to famill6& of soldiers, at prices fixed
by commissioners of the State under the impressment
act.
Mail contractors now in actual contract witli
the government.
The power of exemption and detail is vested
l'S heretofore in the Secretary of War, to suchfarmers
and planters or overseers ng he may be
satisfied will be more useful to the country in
the pursuits of agriculture than in the .military
service. IIe may also exempt or detail,' upon
such terms as lie may prescribe, such other .
persons as lie may be satisfied knight to be
exempted or detailed on occounl of public necessity,
justice of equity, and revoke such details
and exemptions whenever be may think lit.
Details for service in the bureau or depart111
Allf o a4 Iki 4- a ii A?n. ? ?-? -* ? * 1 '
nibuio UI 1111; \ '\J ill IllllUllb rtt> I1UI1 CXpCl'lS ciH(l
contractors tor supplies or otherwise, shall bo
made from poisons over fort)'five years of age,
jv persons ^signed to light duty, or unfit for
military service in the field.
From Fast Tennessee dy way oe the
North.?In late Northern papers we find the
annexed news froin Tennessee :
Yankee Gens. Milroy and R'osscau command
\i M urfrccsboro. An attack on that place was
Repulsed Dec. 5.
The headquarters of Gen. Hood arc said to
be at liren-twood, six miles from Nnshvillo nn
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Franklin pike.
Northern papers say (-Jen. Forrest hritfcrossed
.he Cumberland river. i<
The Louisville Journal says tlie Confederates
last ten generals
The Union garrison left at Johnsonvillc have
irrived at Clarksville; Tenn.
The three Yankee steamers lately captured,
l?y the Confederates have been recaptured by
he Yankees.
General Cheatham liad a narrow escape at
Franklin.
The Louisville Journal says Kosecranz .is in
Hood's rear. The Journal thinks Hood will
move in East Tennessee.
The water in the Tennessee river is low and
;till falling.
The Confederates'have a battery placed at
Harnotli ?\1wvit? mi ill" rP-..
j.,... ..... inu x ?.-inn:t>j>uu rivwr.
A Nashville <Jisj?;ito!i intimates thatthc Confederates
have commenced a march . tow ard
Kentucky.
A St. Louis dispatch says the reported disns
tcrs to Co11federate gun boats on the Cumberland
river are ineoi re? t.
There arc seveta!'Yankee butteries belweoYi
C'larksvillo and Nashville.
The Confederate battery fourteen mites helow
Nashville, oii'the-river, has been reduced
by Yankee gunboats.
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The Power of* the Press.?"Give me but
the. liberty ol the press," s.iid Sheridan in the
British House of Conmians'ih 1710, "Give mc
hut the liberty of the press, and Pwilhgivo to
the Minister a venal'House *>f Peers?I will
give liiin a corrupt and servile House of Commons?
I tvill-give him the full swing of the
patronage of office?I will give him the whole
liost of ministerial influence?I will give him all
the power that place can-confer upon him to
buy up submission and overawe resistance ; and
vet, armed with the liberty of the press, I will
go foith undismayed to meet him;. I will
attack with that mightier engine the mighty
fabric he has raised I will shake down corruption
from its height, and bury it beneath
the ruin of the abuse it was meant to shelter."
A badly bunged up Emerald Islander, in response
to the inquiry, "Where hare you been ?"
said, "Down to Mrs. Mulroor/cyVwakc, and an
illcgant time we had of it. Fourteen fights in
fifteen minutes ; only, one whole nose left in
the house, and thai belonged to the tny kettle."
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OTCUL.!!! VJIUIMi TO TIIK VWD OF JLIIOMAS.? All
ofiieial dispatch, received at the War Department,
says that "scouts report that Gen. Steele,
with fifteen thousand troops, landed at Mem'
phis on the 2-tth ult'., and went up the river on
the 2Gth. It is supposed they arc going to.
reinforce Thomas at Nashville. This movej
ment should put General Kirby Smith ^in
motion.
CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL
mOND l V AUFllftlKC D?)C. 10.
Mr. J. if. Gayi*:, ngont of the Soldier's Relief Depot,
requests us to say that lie -Trill be absent for two
or three days, but will deliver ?u Thursday and Friday
of this week, instead of Tuesday and Friday, as
heretofore.
SlKGK Matters.?Tlio Mercury of Saturday says:?
About seven hundred Yankee prisoners were yestorday
delivered to the enemy, this being the lVnal instal- 1
nieulo! the. prisoners to bo exchanged under the present
truce.
The truco terminates at 10 o'clock this (Saturday)
morning, when, we presume, the Yankee batteries will
reopen fire upon llo eity, and wo shall have a lively
.time.
Affairs at Savannah.?The Charleston Mercury
of Saturday says: In tho present state of a Hairs, it is
by no means an easy mutter to obtain any trustworthy
news from Savannah. Wo may, however, onee for all,
caution our readers against believing any of the thousand
and 0110 rumors which nro afloat dailv unon nnr
streets. As far as we fiavo boon able to learn, the re
port of tlie evacuation of Savannah by our forces, so
curreutyesterday, is altogether without foundation.?
Gen. Beauregard lelt the city bjr the Savannah Kailroad
yesterday morning^
Foster's batteries, in the neighborhood of Tullaliiiy
Creek, near Coosahatchie, continue to shell, with great
vigor, every train that passed tlio latter point. As I
yet, however, we 'have beard of no material d image
done, otherwise, all remains quiet along the line of the
ltond.
Through the kindness of a friend we hare been banded
a letter, written by Capt. Wit CbXBURS to a friend
in this place, from which we tako thfr liberty of extracting
a few sentences: The letter was hot intended'for
publication, but the paragraphs below'.will be found
interesting, us they arc written in a happy and olicevful
style, and contain the encouraging sentiments that
should pervade our whole army
"1 think that the campaign is about over up litres.^?
Tho rains linvo set in and the wealhor is gellingtiBO.
very co'.d that it is almost impossible lor a large araiy'j
to move; hence 1113' reason for thinking the snritur cam
palgn is over. CiliA.vr's "on lo Richmond'' lias been a
complete failure .The hero of the West, as he is called,
did nut liiul such men as I'liXtliKluox lo deal with up
here?they are-men-who were determined to defend
themselves and their country to the last extremity.,?
Richmond and Petersburg are safe. G kant's army,
one of the largest and best disciplined armies that hate
ever been brought against us, have been cut to pi< e.-s
and defeated in every attempt tbey have made to advance
on us. Tliey have lost, from their own statements,
over one hundred thousand men in attempting
to take Richmond, which place is better defended now
than it ever was. We have not been lying idle. When
we lay down our rifles, we take up the spado and the
pick, and have inado llio works around Richmond and
Petersburg impregnable). All is right in tins section-.
Wo arc not alarmed or uneasy about Georgia. Sukkman's
grand march through that part of the count.-/,
if lie should get through safe (which is thought doubtful),
will amount lo nothing serious bej-oud the destruction
of property as ho passes along;'hut destroying
nronortv will not xiiliiivnto m t 1 - 1
& a * ... j -0-. ^7, a. lavj/i; uiu JJUUJJIU ill
humc are not as depondeiit.ns when last 1 wits home
1 feel better satisfied now than I have since tlio war
commenced. Everything looks encouraging from all
parts of the Confederacy?the dark cloud which has
been so long hanging over onr bleeding and distracted
country is fast disappearing-?-our' political horizon is
looking bright again, and woliavo at this timo a bolter
army than we bare ever had bofore,. made up of men
who arc determined to be free. #
"Tell the people at homo not to be discouraged ;?
there is no cat ike'for it in the least. The feeling in the
army is all right. I have never seen soldiers in better
spirits?they are willing to remain in the army as long
as their services' aro needed. Nothing short of independence,
separate nnd alone, will satisfy them. They
do not wish to return to their homes and families without
they can come as freemen."
Jaukatt's is thirty miles from Petersburg,
anil Bcllficld ten miles further South on the
Wolilon road. At ihis> point, there is a rail
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roau uriuge uuruss uic lucuerrin river, 10 wuieu
the raiders, 110 doubt, will give attcution, if
they liavo time. 3>clIfield is in Greenville
county, and is twenty-two miles distaut from
Weldon. The whole distance between Petersburg
and Wbldon is sixty-two miles.
LATEST BY TELEGRA]
REPORTS Of THE PRESS ASSOCIATION
Entered according to tlio Act or Congress in tho
18Gil, by J. >3. TllUAtf. I Kit, in tho I "jerk's office
District Con it of the Confederate States /o
Northern District of Georgia.
A OK Til ERA AE MrS.
Richmond, December 10.?Nortnern
, pers of the l3tq has tocn received. A il
trcal telegram says the St. Albans prist
have been released, the court deciding tL
had no jurisdiction in the case. The lb
Stutes^fcmsul lnadejau impassioned speech
implored the court not to discharge the piers,
declaring if it did so it must be pro]
for the consequences. The court ordcrc
prisoners discharged, saying it was prcj
for the consequences and the rcspousibilil
the act. The decision was received will
plause, which was immediately checked.
The gunboat Obega was sunk by the e
sioli of a torpedo in Itoanoke river about
I mouth a few days ago.
The weather has enforced the suspensi
nil important movements on both'sides at J
! villc.
In the Yankee Senate, Sherman report
resolution, which was forthwith"passed, a
printing"a million dollars for the constru .
of six revenue cutters for the Lakes.
In the Yankee House, a resolution
adopted retpiiring the President to give ( '
]>ritain notice of the" termination of the r
rocal treaty. .
G-okl in New York 28"i>.
The- (,>i.iv Isst.'i:.?Wo rejoice, to see
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V- w iij^ I er-v in iUHMIt III I'MCliU llll! IIIIIU. IOJ
redumption of the old issue to the. 1st. of
next. This is rill'ht. The people suhn
>\vith general cheerfulness to the tax of
TTrird on these notes, hut the repudiation <
remainder is unworthy of the (Joufederac
peeially Vvhcu that remainder would he 1
to he in the hands of the mom ignorant
es. Jietler impose a slight additional'tax
on them lor each/month unf^T returned,
it is important that they should l e reti
and withdrawn from circulation.?Fuyntt
Ob.tcrvcr.
A despatch from Augusta says that in the
light at Co"i>sh\. hatvhie,. VViday, l>rig,. Gum.
(iartrell was hadly wounded in the side hy' a'
shell. Notwithstanding iiis severe wound,' hh'
remained on the Held until the fight closed. '
Jle was carried to Augusta Sunday.
IJOTIcif '
OAK AND 'PINK WOOD I'M R SATX APPLY1
to joriN cantkt:
Nor. 9?tl.
Auction Sdle.
J "WILL SELL IN FRONT OF Til K MARKET ON
Saturday the 17tli inst. A good horse, one'mart)
and one mule, and other articles. A No. 1 oil'ieostove
wili he'sold at the same time and place, and canhe
seen at ihc storo of J. M. Gnyle.
Terms cash.
J. K. WITIIERSrOON,
Dec. 13 5 Auctioneer.
Negroes to Hire.
I FIFTEEN LIKELY NEGROES?PI ELD OR TUIi'.
DENTINE hands?will be hired on the tirst Monday
in January next. Terms will be made ' knovh fm
day above lueiitioncd. J Oh N KIltKLAKD.'
December 15 3"
Liverpool Salt.
I 7* I FTY SACKS GENUTNE'LIV lORPOOL SALT
on Consignment and lor sale by
Dec. II ? 10t. % MAT1IKSON & CO.
Notice. .
ALL PARTIES HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST
the Commissary Department for 111DES will como
j forward and receive them. 1 am now prepared to settle
all claims. A pply to
J. P. SUT1IKRLANI),
dec Dl-Utddlw. Supt. 0. S., at Magazine Hill.
For Sale.
A NO, 1 COOK WASH Kit AND IROXKR. AL.
SO, another superior, if possible, to the other.?
She lias ono child. For particulars apply to
December 1(5?tl D. J>. UOGOTT..