New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-21


A SWEEPING CONSUMPTION BILL.
Mr.. Sparrow of Louisiana reported bulls IN
reference 20 substitutes and exemption. and offered
report providing that o
J. All white male residents Of the Confederate States
between sixteen aud fifty i've sLal be In the military
service.
2 Al between sixteen and eighteen and between
fory. and fifty five shall belong to the reserve corps
thee between eighteen and forty five ~ the army IN the
neli.
Aivho hereafter arrive at the age Of sixteen shall
telorg 20 the aud those who hereafter ar'c as
the age u eighteen shall be Transferred iron TIE reserve
| 10 the army IN the field
That The reserve corps shall 10 nsed for local de-
fense and garrison duty and may be ORDERED sryona
emergency All details for provost and hoe pifai guards
for commissary and quar'ermssters ag,ats. ae shall
= Persons Liable 10 duty in the reserve corps failing
10 enroll shall be conscribed to the army IN the Geld
a. Tho organization Of tho reserve corps shali be The
that prescribed ~ sxistns laws In the imy IN
T. Any eIi.ung organization Of non -oonscrip's msy
BE- received into the service and form part u tie Hs
o No prr,on sha be reiev cd RON the operations Of
this Law BY 81 having been heretofore discharged
from tho when disability nov exists, nor shall
hos. who have furnished sHbsttuies be any lougcr eA
enp,sd by any thereof provided tina, hosc who
have paid into the public treasury the amount specihe
by the act in relation 10 eXemptonf approved iIsh Of
IOetober is62 and who may BE- held 10 service under
TN. act shall he repaid fair proportion OF the amount
10 paid by them under rules to bc prescribed by the
10 All laws granting exemptions from military ser.
vice be repealed aid that hereafter none be exempt
| but the following
| / Anvho shall be held % bs unfit for military ser.
vice under rules ~ be BY the Secfein, Of
IL Ministers OF religion. supcrntendenis Of as!ums
Of deaf dumb and blind and o' the insane one editor
Of each newspspr and the employees ia newspapsr es
tablshen- physicians and spolhceares. a, now pre-
sciibcd ~ law
| LIyCoLs's MESSAGE
| FROM III. Richmond fBluircr Dec. H.
Al fEa t~fs. a
readers with the Message VI Abraham Lincoln Eecov'
ering but recently from atsck NJ the some
eIcnse msy be made for the Mesnge u Il but another
exhibition Of HE weakness and folly why BIS cabinet
viii permit him 10 make sucl fool OF himself and r.n'
der their country object OF contempt aud rdiculs
,hrou gout the word only b. accounted for on the
supJoson that II ia tho easesi way to got nd 81 HIN
They Therefore permit him to ha'. the eesi and fullest
use of his pen.
| TO his proclamation Of amnesty and reconstruction
We especially nyii. the attention ~ our reader and
uhen me lone tenth nre ready 10 sIocumb We ssk
n. privilege Of announcing II 10 their Father Abraham
Al the present have not the space Ia review ms
Message and do moi hno" that we Shall hereafter ma
the time but there some features IN II ~ charao
tcristc 81 iAnke., We may Oh iuiGrr ocCo.0Ss iteu
| 10 this Message
EVACUATION or CHATTANOOGA.
The President is said 10 hav, received from
Col Ives his Aid now with tb' Army Of the Tennes
see telegraph announcing tae evacuation Of Chatta
| nooga BY Gen. Grant and his retreat upon Nashville
tearing up the railroad behind linn We understand
Il III.
sudden aud une pected evacuation II not known. by
many il is regarded strategic move to commence
new ga, paign Whatever may be the enemy designs
he will find his adversary OH the watch aud fully pre-
Perhaps the army under Grant Il TO undertake
The On Ia Richmond" and be- eaguphcd In that Ser
bon;an bog where armies whole have bnnk where
McIDov.ll Mcclellan Pope. Bnrnsiie Hooker. and
Meade have been hurled By Gen. Lee
'''' '''' Enquirer. Dec. Il.
RETALIATION.
Authentic information having been received
that Acting Masters John u Beal and Ldward
Nc1;uire together with IL men, all belonging Ia the
Confederate States Navy are now In close confinement
In non, at Fort McHenry ~ be tried pirates our
c;cicDt nd energetic Agent o. EIchange Judge Onld
ba- notified lien. Meredith that Lieut.. 4 omilsnier
| Fdxsrd T. Williams aud Ensign Benjamin IL. Porter.
and IS seamcn, nov Yankee prisoners In our hands
have been placed in close confinement and irons snd
viii be held hostages ior the proper treatment 81 our
men. Enquirer. Dec. 10.
OUR LOSSES AT LOOKOUT.
From all that We can now learn says Tie IT.
j,,ta R,yisf,r our disaster At Chstanooga has been
Greatly gerated. Our loss In killed and wounded
va. light and the number taken prisoners VIII not er
c,cd 800 or OO0 The heaviest comparative loss We
sustained in artillery Perhaps thirty pieces were
thai we have more field pieces than we can man But
there II recognized stain upon the army th'' loses
guns and hence the misfortune.
Ashore.
We understand that there WAS heavy iirinS on
the coast lsst night and this morning We learn that
be ader1, nave chased the steamer Bsauregnrd
ashore some distance above Fort Fisher. near Battery
Gastin Whether not the ship Or her cargo 81 al!
par Of IT, can be saved is than We can YET say
There was report this forenoon that the ship LAD been
set ON ire This wants conn ma'ion .,
| INiu.nytOg JOufnA. Dec. Il.