Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-12-25

.,l. tsr THE HKWB.
Nothing important from the army ; and
q - there seems to be no probability Of move
- ments on large scale being made during
Il the present iuelement weather.
-, = The rebels have news that Gen. Grant has
,sr ,evacuated Chattanooga, and that Longstreet
aoii is driving cur forces out of East Tennessee
a7s but they are The only ones who have heard of
~ such movements, and they viii be apt to find
= their good news not very reliable. e
Reports ffen Charleston say, the late gale
sal removed portion Of the harbor distractions,
EeT and it was thought our iron-clads would soon
-a9 !, make an attempt to enter the barbor.
- The matter Of exchanges has been turned
dr;vover togGen. Butler. He isgmaking earnest
efforts to effect exchanges, and there is fair
90 prospect of bis succeeding TO some extent,
aofs Gen. Rosecrans has been assigned to the
1 8 command Of the Missouri Department, Gen.
sehofeld being relieved. The appointment
n, gives great satisfaction to the loyal Missouri
ara ansap 10 o7oa eIE F aa'
le sn The veterans in the field re-enlisting in
&C ge'aumbers, and the antieipatiOns of the
4 rebels that they win nearly all retire from the
! ranks in the spring are not likely to be realiz
s eds .bas, a.zs.s q sasm 7idq0 - i.l- "a
bsa The steamer Chaapeakg captured by rebel
- Birates, was recaptured a few days since by
-zs United States vessels sent in pursuit, near
ia Halifax. She WIS taken into that port, when
ri tbe. .iuhabitants. .forcby rescued from the Off
II GERS having them iuchsrge, those ofthe pirates
-e;rwho had been captured. This 2exhihitioH1
.. shows fhe5hostile feeling Of the Nova ScotiaDs
toward us. bEFsrcG eai raas
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o7er Advices from Washington Indicate proba-
?. bility that the bill amending the GonscriptiOh
law will not pass beth. Houses previons to the
q holiday recess, in which event it is thought
nst the draft viii be postponed for twenty days.
in order, that it may be made in conformity
With The proposed amendments One of the
amendments very certain to be ado pied is tbs
gabolizhment of the present classification Of
50 those liable to draft, and the placing Of all
such on the same footing-and another that is
quite likely to pass is the repeal Of the 5000
Communication feature, which will make it nee
essary for every man who is drafted and pass
es examination to respond either personally or
BY substitute. The causes of exemption will
also be very much curtaiIed, with heavy penal
liatiesa aoDsexaminihg surgeons for granting eer-
tifcates on insufficient grounds, and upon the
drafted maa who secures exemption by decep-
tion or fraud. The following is full synOp.
isis OF the provisions of the bill:
as The bill exempts the only son liable to
military duty of widow, wholly dependent
upon his Iabors for support; the only son Of
aged or infrm parent or parents; where there
are two or more sons ofaged or infrm parents,
g all Of which shall have been drafted, the father
Esor if be be dead, the mother may elect which
son shall be exempt the only brother of chill
dren not twelve years old, having neither faith
er nor mother; the father Of motherless chill
dren under twelve years of age; where there
are father or sons IN the same family and
household, and two of them are in the military
service, as nou-eommissioned officers, musicians
or priVates, the residue of such family and
household not exceeding two shall be exempt.
-aie SEo. 3 provides for doing away with the
btis.inetion between FIRST and second class men.
This is all as it should be.
ass SEo. 4 provides that any person enrolled
Under the act approved March Sd, 1868, may
furnish at any time, an acceptable substitute
and be exempt from draft for the time during
(which be is accepted
s. SEC. makes an Individual who shall be
convicted of swearing falsely before any Pro
vest Marshal subject to a fine of $500 and
Imprisonment not less than six months and
mot more than twelve tss'
bag SEe. 8 provides for the punishment of any
person who shalIbe exempted on fraudulent
spretenses. 1t provides for their arrest as de-
serters and trial by court martial, and they
shall be held to service for the full term for
whieh they were SO drafted, dating from the
time Of their arrest.
Sc SEC. 9 provides for the arrest and punish
-rnent of persons who shall assist, in any way,
IL the employment of fraudulent means for the
exemption of any other person. On convic-
ton he shall be imprisoned for the time during
which the person so exempted was drafted.
~ SEC. IL limits The fees of attorneys, Who
make out papers claiming exemption from
draft to So, and provides, also, that no sur
geoh or commissioner shall receive compensa7
ftion for certificates of disability.
SEC. II provides for the transfer of names
from one enrolling district to another.
A New CHURCH AND A New GosPEL.--
Dr. E.. B. Olds; Sam Medary, aud other
saints and mortyrs of a similar stripe, ars
about to take steps for establishing new
Church, in which they will not be annoyed
by prayers for the success of the Governmen t.
in its present struggle With armed traitors, or
hear the rebellion or its authors referred to IN
terms of reprObation. The martyr Medary
denounces all who so offend as Ma gdalen
devils " who should be, expelled from the
Churches theydisgracest Rev. j. !. F. Given, re-
Gently expelled from his Conference for disloy-
atty, has issued prospectus for religious
paper which viii doubtless be the organ of
the new organization, and the martyr Olds
publishesin Medarys Crisis the following Off
cial bulletion .i-ra g.. rre
Gov. so MEDARY-Dear Sir VIII you
oblige US by giving notice in the Crisis that,
at an early day, the undersigned will move
for State Convention for the purpose of de-
visiug some plan fer new Church Organize
tion, in which Democrats may enjoy the pri-
vilege of hearing preached the pure Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ unmixed with aboli-
ton fanatieism, and without being insulted
and denounced from the pulpit as disIoyal for
hall 4I-.AA Al.