North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-11

THE CoNscRIPTroN BILL. -,


The Conscription bill, which passed the
Senate some days'since, was passed by the i.
House on Wednesday, with afew amend.
ments, one of which confines the term of SER,
vice OF the conscr;pts to the continuance of,
the war, not however, to exceed three wears.
(n the Senate bill five years J another. re.
lates to spies found lurking about fortifica.
tions and camps, providing for their trial by
general court martial, on military commits.
sion, and making their punishment death on /,
conviction; third strikes out Of the section a
relating to prodost marshals, that part max
ing it their duty to inquire into and report to
the Provost Marshals General all ,treasonable
practices. On the final passage of the bill in
the House the yeas were lis, nays 40, as
follows: ....-- s
YEAs.-Messrs Aldrich, Arnold, Alley.
Ashley, Baobitt, BaiIy, Baker, Beaman, Biug.
ham, Blair of Virginia, Blair of Pennsylvania;
Blake, Brown of Virginia, Bufinton, Calvert,
Campbell, Casey, Chamberlain, Clark, Celfax
Friedrich A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling. Co.
vode, Crisfeld, Cutler, Davis, DAVIS, Delano.'
Diven, Dunn. Edgerton, Eliot, Ely, Edwards,
Fenton, Samuel G. Fessenden, Thomas A. d.
Fessenden, Flanders, Fisher, Franchot, Frank
Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Hahn,
Haight, Hale, Harrison, Hickman, Hooper,
Horton, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W.
Kellogg, William Kellogg, Killinger, Lansing,
Lehman, Leary, Loomis: Love!oy, Low, Min
doe, M'Kean, Midnight, M'Pherson,, Mar
ston, Maynard, Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill,
OF Maine, Morrill, of Vermont, Nixon, DIN,
Patton, Phelps of California, Pike, Pomeroy
Porter Rice Of Massachusetts, Rice of Maine.
Riddle, Rollins, of N. H., Sergeant, Sedgwick
SegaF, Shanks, Sheffield, Shalabarger,. Sher-
man, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, ,Stratton,
ohonas of Mass, Thomas of Nd, Train,
irmbIe, Trowbridge, Vandever, Van Horn,
Verre, Walker, Wall, Wallace, Walton. Wash.
bu:ne, Webster, Wheeler, White of Indiana,
Wilson, Window and Worcester. .s. -ss.e, .
HAYS.-Me9srs. Allen of Ohio, Allen of
Illinois, Ancors, Biddle, Clements. CONWAY.
Corning, Cox. Cravens, Crittendon, Delat.
laine, Dunlap, English, Fouke, Grider, Hall
Harding, Holman, johnson, Knapp, Kerrigan,
Law, Lazer Mallory, May, Nenzies, .Alorris,
Noble Norton, Nugeut, Pendleton, iPerfy,
Price, Robinson, Rollins of Missouri.nShiel,
Steele of n. T., Steele of N. j., Sules, Val
landigham, Foorhers, Wadsworth, Ward,
Whaley, White Of Ohio, Wicklifse, Wood
Woodruff, and Yeaman. .av3 h z49
The bill divides the militia into two classes.
All persons subject to military duty between
the ages OF twenty and thirty five years, and
all unn1urried persons subject to military du-
ty above the age of thirty-tiye and under
forty-fve, constitutes the first class, and will
be first sailed into serYicc.-The second class
comprises all other persons subject thnihtary
duty that is all all married men between
thirty-tive and forty five years of age. iThis
class will not be called into service until the
first class is exhausted. The conscription in
cludes Congressman, Assenblymen, Alder
men, Quakers, Shakers, Menonists, Dunkards
Clergymen, Indians and Negroes, and if sue
cessful to the extent contemplated Wilde
prVe almost every family in the loyal States
of one or more of its members As we under
stand it, one of the amendments of the bill
turns over to the civil authorities all persons
arrested by provost marshals for reasonable
practices. The New York Herald, in a vein
rather sportive for the occasion, remarks;
1.-THE able bodied Quakers, like the rest of
their fellow citizens between twenty and for
ty-five years of age, if called upon, must pock-
ct their considerations scruples and GO forth
to fight, or fork out three hundred dollars
| each for substitute. 1t is nonsense to talk
of resistance. The laws must be obeyed.
The Quakers and Shakers, we know, viii not
resist the Indians are alwas ready for war
purposes, and the niggers like white men,
have no choice. Attention, Caucassans and
Africans, Indians Shakers and Quakerst To
the right about, face Shoulder arms p