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Exemptions Under the Oonsoripiion La"

Exemptions Under the COHseripfiOn Law
OF Congress.
The following exemption bill was passed by
Congress and signed by the President just be-
fore the adjournEnent:
A bin to be entitled An eet to exempt certain
persons from enrolment for service in tile
The armies Of the Confedersba States:
SECTION !. The Congress Of the Confederate
States of America DO enact That all persons
who shall be held to be unfit for military ser
vice under the rules to be prescribed by the SEC
Tetary Of War; all in the service or employ OF
the Confederate States; all judicial and execu-
tive officers of Confederate or State govern
lnent; the members of both houses OF Congress
and OF the Legislatures OF the several States and
teir respective officers, all clerks OF the officers
of tho State and Confederate governments al
lowed by law; all engaged in carrying the
mails, ell feTrymen on post routesi al plietS
and persons engaged IN the marine service, and
in actual service on river and railroad routes Of
transportation telegraahie operatives aud min
istcrs of religion, in the regular discharge OF
their ministerial duties all engaged IN working
non Mines furnaces and foundries; all jour
neymeu printers actually employed in printing
newspapers; all presidents and professors OF
COLLEGES and academies, and all teachers having
as many as twenty scholars superintendents
of The public hospitals, l1natic asylums and the
regular nurses and atlendents therein, and the
teachers employed in the institutions Tor the
deaf and dumb, and blind; in esch spothecary
store now established one apOthecary in good
standing, who is a practical druggist; supcTin-
sendents and other operatives in wool and other
factories, who msy be exempted by the Secre-
tary eff War, shall be and are hereby exempted
from military service in the armies Of the Con
telerate States.
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From the Wheeling Inteligencer, July i6l
A few nights ago young gentleman from
this city went over into Ohio, to call upon q
young woman Of his acquaintance who hangs
out n0t far from Bridgport. This young man
had heard intimasiOns that his visits were not al
together acceptable to the father of his inams-
rata and it had been arranged between the two
that the young man should call late at night,
after the old folks had gone to rest. 1t was
therefore in the neighbOrhood Of II o'clock
when the anxious youth approached the house
and was met by the young woman. The father,
It appears, suspected the daughter, and therefore
went to sleep with one eye open-the on y one,
by the way, that he had-and when the young
couple had seated themselves comfortably upon
a wheel-barrow near the house, the old man
rushed upon the UnwelcOme visitor with a club.
OF course the young man ran, and the old man
not being able to follow With any hope of over
taking him, called his dogs and set them upon
the trail. The young man took through a
whestfeli, and for about a quarter Of a mile
il was nip and tuck between the dogs and the
man, the latter getting a very fair share Of the
nip He at last reached the fence, and seizing
a club, succeeded in keeping the savage dogs at
bay until the brutes were urged on by the voice
of the old man who had come forward to call
them off. Both the dogs and the young man
evidently misconstrued the old mans approach
into a signal for the renewal of the fight.
Under the impression the young man started to
retreat, and was terribly harrassed by the dogs
from which he found great difficulty in protee-
ling himself until they were called off by then
master, who had succeeded in making himself
heard and understood. The young man was
badly bitten about the legs, and his clothes were
completely torn from his body. He returned tC
the city and has since required medical treat
ment.
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Foreign Etens.

Mes5rs George Peabody & Co, the Ameri-
can bankers in London, have presented to each
of their clerks t worth of tickets aud three
days hOliday,.i in addition to the period annu-
ally allotted for vacation, to enable them TO visit
the International Exhibition.
Baron Marochetti is to be entrusted with
the execution of the Albert memorial to be
erected at Aberdeen. The monument is TO
consist of a colossal statue in bronze, and the
site is near Union Bridge, in the principal thor
oughfare of the city.
The Vienna commissioners of the information
al exhibition have printed three official editions
Of the Austrian CataOUge-One IN German, on
paper made of maizs tibres and linen rags one
in French, on paper Of maize fbres, linen rags
and one in English, on paper Of maize tibres,
linen rags aud cotton rags They all have a
very good appearance, and take the ink we'll
A LoAdon weekly, the Spectator, gravely al
udes TO Secretary Wells as the First Lord OF
the American Admiralty"
Unexpected discoveries of very interesting 2
character have been made in excavatiHg the site
Of Shakspesre's New Place. Not only have the
entire foundations of the house, as altered by
Sir Hugh Clopton early in the last century,
come to light, but portions of the basement OF
Shakspeares own residence toward the east and
the south have been discovered, the latter inter
secting the more recent design. When Sir Hugh
ClOptOn rebuilt New Place he diminished it a
little on the north side, the adjoining house thus
gaining q small space, in the inside Of which,
as was discoveTe by Mr.. (. Gibbs, still remain
distinct traces of the gable end Of the old New
Place. More interesting still viii be ShakSpere S
original well, which has been discovered, with
its ancient stone quoining, at the back Of the
site of the house.
A letter from DUDkirk, France, says that on
the 10Th waterspout trsveTsed a tract of eoun-
try to the extent of mile square, and finally
burst in the sea between GTavelines and Dover.
In It's passage it leveled several houses. Trees
likewise were broken, and the crops, particularly
the bean crop, were greatly damaged.
Her royal highness Princess AGce's bridal
dress was of chrystallina silk, with a deep
AoGnce of HonitOn guipure lace, trimmed at the
ottom with orange blossom and myrtle; the
veil of Honiton guipure, and wreath Of orange
flowers and myrtle.
The walls Of Paris were covered with placGrds
announcing that there will be shortly given on
the lake at Versailles grand nautical .jctc rep
resenting the combat betweed the Monitor and
the Merrimac.
The Grand Duke and Duchess Constantine
arrived at Warsaw on the ID, and were warmly
cheered on their arrival. On the night Of the
Sd, however, as the Grand Duke was stepping
into his carriage on leaving the theatre, Tevol-
yer was fred at him, and he was reported to be
slightly wounded. The perperatOr had been
arrested.
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Eztract of letter written by Gen Stevens to Geners
Hunter.
HEADQUARTERS STEVENS DIVISION,
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l1HnItE
HEADQU ARTERs STEVENS DIVISION,
HILTON HEAD, S. c., July g 1862. 5
Major Gen Hunter, Commanding Department of the
South, Hilton Head, S. e
SIR: / desire to state briefly few facts in re-
la.ion TO the operations of my division at the
battle of Seces5ionville, fought on The 10th OF
June, in reference TO which there is some strange
misapprehensiOn; to present some of my own
views in regard TO that affair and some particu-
lars of the conference held by Gen Benham
with his general officers on the evening previous
to the battle
J.. That conference was held with Generals
Wright and Williams, and myself All were
unmistakably opposed to the attempt, in the then
condition Of the enemy's works, to take them
by q coup de main, and so unequivocslly and
Enthusiastically expressed themselves. When Gen.
Wright was called upon for his opinion, he an
swered that he would make his reply in the shape
of certain inteTrogatiOns to me, to which he de-
sired answers ~
Is, Tat6rTO@af0TR- you impaired the
strength of the e1emy's works at Secessionville
by the firing of your battery? Gen. Stevens
answered: "Not in the least. have driven
the enemy from the guns by my fire, and can
do it again; but as soon as the fire ceases he re-
turns. | have not dismoUnted a gun, and we
shall find him in the morning as strong as ever.
I'd IHterrogato5y.-D0 you know of any in
stance where volunteer troops have successfully
stormed works as strong as those which defend
the approach to Secessionvillel Cen Stevens
answer-''I know of no such instance"
Sd IHierrOgatOTy-HaVey you any reason to be-
lieve that the result in the present case will be
different in its character from what it has inva-
riably been heretofore General Stevens an-
swer-' have no reason to expect any different
result. It is simply bare possibility to take
the work"
In this Generals Wright, Williams, and my
self concurred. l then proceeded TO state with
ing attack. I urged that it should be deferred
to much later period in the day; that we should
first shake the morale of the garrison and en-
desvor to weaken its defenses by a continuous
fire of the battery and of the gunboats; that in
the meantime we should carefully survey the
ground and prepare our troops, and make the
attack when the battery and the boats had had
the desired effect. Iclosed By saying that under
such circumstances could do more with three
| thousand men in the gay he proposed.
Gen. wight, moreover, warned Gen. Bsnham
that J. IS were, in fact, orders not to fight
n 81 lu this General Williams and myself
in express terms, concuued.
General Bsnham, however, Overruled all ou1
objections, and peremptorily ordered the attack
to be made l assured him, as did the Other
gentleman, that he should rely on my prompt
tude and activity in obeying his orders but
considered myself as obeying orders to which
had expressed the strongest possible objections
and /, therefore, determined that there should
not be the least want of energy or prompdtude
or, nv
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Headquarters, Department Of South
Mississippi and East Louisiana,


NICRsEURG, June 81. 1852.
Gen. Van d assumes command in person OF the
defense OF Nicksburg and surrounding country. Cen
era N. l.. Smith win remain In immediate charge Of the
defense OF the city, and will call upon the General Com
mandng whatever force he may require from time to
time. He viii keep MIN informed Of his operations and
Of the movements of the enemy the river n his front
The General Commanding the troops in the field
Breckmrdge's corps will make the disposition already
indicated by written nsTuctOnst 90 him. and VIII be con-
ausy ready for active service The greatest prompt
uess essential success and is hoped that all W
be aeuated by the spirit TO resist 20 the DEATH that
the citizens Of Feksburg have anltssted boy the willing
sacrihce Of their property.
Lieut. Col Ferguson Is charged viii observing the
movements Of the enemy on both hanks Of position
Ills cavsry should be vgisu energetic, fearless and
untiriug Information must be conveyed promptly to
these headquarters. The outpost under command OF
Gen. Cowen is importsntand Is IS expected that BE VIII
do all in his power to guard it weas wei also the
post Of Col. Miller.
Couriers should be kept at an Headquarters 60 con
veY Information to General Headquarters Col ErrgU-
Will detail them upon application.
Let ID be borne in mind by all that the army here Is
defending the place against occupation. This VIII Zoe
done at All haZirdseycn though this beautiful and de-
voted city should be laid in ruins and ashes.
BY order OF Major G eneral Earl Van Dorm.
d. II. KIMBIEL,
jyl9Im Major snd A a. G..
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Preparation Of the FederaIs.
an 70 the New YOrk TrIbune.l ]

Special to the New York Tribune.l
WAsHIEGTON, July Cove have sdviees
from Warrenton up to this evening. The news
that Gen Hatch has reached Charlottesville, and
cut eff the most important source of rebel sup
plies, is the subject of great rejoicing in the
army These bold movements, and the recent
warlike orders of Gen. Pope, begin to inspire
something like admiration from him among the
soldiers who have not yet seen the face OF their
new commander.
In obedience to the spirit IS well as the temper
of Gen POpe's Instructions, the rich and arlsto-
cratic rebels of Warrenton have been placed
under contribution for the support of the natona!
army. The leading families have received
notice that all their spare mattresses and bed
clothing will be required for our sick ano
wounded soldiers, and that all the unoccupied
! rooms in mansions, and if necessary the entire
buildings, will be used as hospitals.
Col Meyers, Of Gen. McDOwelps staff, to-day
took possession of DR.. Barton's large female
seminary, in which 1000 sick can easily be &C.
commodsted The grounds and springs sur
rounding the hotels and cottages are said to be
| finer than any watering place in the whol'
country, and all the leading physicians in th'
army Of Gen. Pope are of the opinion that no
one half so many deaths will occur here as II
/ the hospitals at Washington.
| The telegraph lines were completed to SpeTrys
vile to-day. Gen. Pope row has telegTaphi
| communication with his three army corps.
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Military Districts of Department No. l

HEADQ'Rs DEPT. SOUTH BIssPPI AND EAST
LOUISIANA, jackson, Miss, june S5, 1852.
General order No. ..
THAT part Of Louisiana East Of the Mssss pp River,
L and the counties Of Mississippi, lying the Gulf
will constitute the First Disrctof this Department and
will be commanded until further orders by Gen Rug
giles.
All the counties Of Mississippi below and touching the
d parallel Of lstitude except the three Gulf coun-
ties will constitute the Second District and viii be under
the command Of Brighten. VIM n. r. Beall.
All tie counties OF Mississippi lying between the a'.
RHd the 2rd parallel Of latitude will constitute the third
District and will be commanded by Br gadier General
NJ l. Smith
The General Officers assigned 20 the commsud Of
Districts VIII proceed establish their headquarters
within the limi Of the respective commands convenient
the Missss ppi river and 10 teegraphic commuuica
tion with Jackson Mississippi They wi also without
delay proceed to organize equip and discipline troops
which may be raised within their respective dis
trcts. It's expected that they will defend 70 the MT
term st. every foot of gr-uud invaded by the enemy
and 10 attack him whenever It is possible TO do
IL No organization less than regiment, at least
battalion of five companies will be allowed in the Par
tissn Ranger service IN tis Department. Companies
raised in this service viii be organized into regiments OF
battslious and the commanders thereof will be held
strictly accountable for the good order and proper dis
epline OF their commando An undsciplned rabble ID
not dangerous 20 the enemy is extremely iRjuriCus to
the neghboThOod where Il may be stationed and is a
disgrace to aoy country The burning Of fences killing
Of stock the destruction Of property o. any knk is
forbidden by Orders well as by common honesty
III Headquarters Department is temporarily removed
20 VicksburE Miss.
By order General Earl Van Dom
;g7oT-
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OXFORD. July 25, 1862.

| OXFORD, July 70, 1oO%.
EDITORS APPEAL; Gathering number oi
'' tit bits " from refugees aud skeedaddlers at
this point to-day, cannot but remember that
you for years have furnished moro news, the
best of politics and better selections than any
paper ertant-snd having dull hour, 1 will jot
down, by way Of pOetical recompense, what /
have gathered in this little metropolis.
Here is Col Alex Williamson, president Of
the Somerville bank, catching every breeze
| with avidity. who informs me that the people
Of his little city, with only four exceptions,
stood firm. A party of jayhawkers are en-
camped near Brownsville, Cor at least were a
| few days since). Surprising to say, they loll
| about their ease all day, and at night amuse
themselves in burning cotton through the neigh
borhOod. The Union men, OF whom there are
many in Haywood, make pitteOus appeals to
their dear jayhawkeIs every morning, but the
secesh Tascals cannot be found, who are sup
posed to commit this first of crimes against
Yankeelcupidit-
Mr.. Gates has Just arrived from Jackson, who
says that the citizens have all taken q modified
! oath Of allegiance to the Federal dynasty, but
before doing so had a public meeting in the
court house to protest sgainst the procedure,
and TO avow their discrimination not to respect
It any longer than the coercion of bayonets re-
mained. Gen. Hays was arrested because one
Of bis negroes shot a Federal, and his life hangs
in the delicate scale of the wounded soldiers.
If he dies, the general viii suffer the extreme
penalty.
The very boys Of Memphis are fighting to the
last our common enemy. A few days since
two little fellows, at McGee's station, fred
! dray load Of cotton while the IriShman went
into my yard to get water. His cotton was all
lost and his wheel mule so badly burnt that he
died. The boys escaped.
Who did | meet this evening but Col. Looney,
the hero Of Shiloh, who seized at one time his fal-
te ing banner and bore it in triumph over the
captured battery. He is looking finely and
ready for service, but could communicate no
news items as he had been permitted, through
the humanity Of Cen Fitch, to enter his lines on
parole and pledge to reveal nothing he might
see His object in asking and receiving this
favor, it may be proper to state, was the illness
of his wife who had been lately cOnined-and
Bob so brave in war; is g very child in his pure
domestic feelings
Mr. Gates says the Federals have retreated
from Grand Junction to Bolivar, where they
have collected several thousand bales Of cotton,
but can net transport it By rail on account of
partisans, who it seems, are rising Ia every part
Of the country. Upton county is full of them as
We have Just learned from an old citizen just
from CUvington, that Pow May, at the head OF
ten bird hunters, ambushed eight FedeTals four
miles south Of Moscow last week and killed all
Of them on the spot. OXON.
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Count CavOur; Or QuncIkery aud HigIi-
Living,

From Halls Journal
An Italian nobleman, one of the very great
/ est of living statesmen died recently, at the
| close Of his fifty second year America, Egg
| land France and Italy, four nations, sincerely
/ regret his death, as did the friends of human
liberty everywhere. lie ought to have lived at
! least twenty years longer, and used the power
which long experience, a great intellect. and gi-
| ganhc political abilities gave him for good, for
Sardinia, for united Italy, and for mankind
But he died before his time, while in the very
zenith Of his power, his efficiency, and his fame,
as many great men have done before, in conse-
quence, first, Of yielding TO the qualification Of
the animal appetites; and second, by the weak
presumption, not uncommon with smaller minds
of prescribing fer himself-of being his own
physician. The public record of his case is /:
"IIe died Of congestion Of the brain, arising
from intense occupation, want of bodily exer-
else, and either too strong an appetite, or else
an excessive indulgence in the pleasures of his
well appointed table" In palmer language, be
died of sppoplexy, from eating too much and
exercising too little. In fact, the great count
could govern q nation better than he could gov
eTn himself His presumption completed the
ruin Of his manly frame and once vigorous con
shtution. We have all read of the Roman ruler
who loved eating SO well, that when he had
swallowed as much Gs his paunch could posi-
bly, hold, he would take an emetic that he might
repeat the pleasure.
Count Cavour had for a long time been
great feeder; and as he persisted in taking no
exercise, he made too much blood, and that too
Of bad quality and being great thinker,
this attracted the blood to the head faster than
it could be conveyed away by the sluggish veins;
hence, there was such a great accumulation
that the brain was compressed, crowded, and
the powers OF life were for the moment in a state
of suppression. He had found out, in previous
milder attacks, that the quickest wsy to get re-
eved of the surplus bloed was to open VEN in
the arm and speedily Richard was himself
again" But il this last attack, having no med
ical knowledge beyond the general fact that
bleeding had relieved him before, ne inferred
that it would do so again, and that the only rule
to govern himself by was to let the blood flow
until he was relieved, and as often as the
symptoms returned. The result was, that he did
not send for his physician, but for professional
bleeder, whose whole duty consisted in opening
a vein, and letting the blood run until be was
ordered to stop it. Hence, neither the bleeder
nor the counts phsicans were to blame, be-
cause he was in effect bled to death before he
consulted his physician at all Il is admitted
that " Count Cavour was bled to death" He
was bled seven times; but by ais own directions
given to q nOn-medical man.
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70 THE PLANTERS OF MISSISSIPPI
AND LOUISIANA.
~ - -. .TGE.H.CI.

JACKSON, July IS 1862.
directions from the Department a. Richmond, no.
b lice hereby given that subscribers Of cotton AID
money so the Government Loan are required 10 com
ply imuedatsly with the terms of their Subscription
The payments of this loan hsve en up TO tbfi date
a. Tie option Of the Eubgc1bsr-fhe suspension Of the
cllieciion being allowed by the Department IL couss-
qlerc= Of the low prices o ro5uce and desire 70 Is
caie tie interes. of both tie subscrber aad Govern
mont
Holders Of cotton ean now dispose Of 20 either 10 he
Government u private purchasers at FAIH and FUIL
prizes ara 81 is urged that suhseTibcrs vii perform the
obligation which D. upon them by the adoption OF TIE
one or he CHER OF these alternatives as Epeedy as pos
Ebe.
The bonds q The Government are readily negotiable
az par, drsW interest irCm the date Of The transaction
and are for sums Of Sfo0, $500 and $1,000
. ihsrs was say pat-iotsn 10 making it WIN be
Meted n meetisE ths subser,ptioe either by selling
aud paying over the proceeds or BY surrendsrinE the
aFt e-H itself 70 ths Government q FAR valuation
Ihose who have not hitherto subscribed, may now
ctl=- i5eir crops i1 the same nz1ner.
-La sublerber has e.tsblished his ciss at Jackson
VLere he is ready e receive sl subscriptions in money
clir prOdrcsr ana ts -5vtr she to1ds
Where crops e-s c-rsd STATE their loe.isns and the
loves price that VII De ;aksa, Tie planter to retain
the cugtCdy Of the Ez--e
iyal staTsw ID. B. DEBOw.
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NOTICE.

IN -he matter Of The fasl settlement Of the estate OF
! Matilda Price, decd. J. I Spieer Administrator OF
he estate OF Matilda Price deceased this dsy fled and
presented his account OF the 1eeepts end
an behalf Of said estate, and moved the Court to re-
c-ire and allow the nnal account Of bis sd-
lunistraiion WhereupOu in pursuance OF the satute
In this bebs 10 h ordered by the COur- that said Ad-
-nis,r tor give notice Of The presentation Of his faal
socount by publication Of The same IN tie Appeal, 3
svgnspar Published in the town of Grenada in this
STATE for four succesve weeks aud that citation issue
10 he resident Lsirs Of said estate to fcrwaId and
how caiFe il any hey can why said final account
should not be allowed ard ordered 70 record
J. F. SAMPLE.
80 fervsw Clerk