The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-19

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the Quarterinasil end Coaamissary depart.
Inenis. clerks iiable to military duty, and detail
Coz clerical daties disabled soldiers. The
Mouse bill pas, ed early in the session, repeal
ing certain clauses Of the exemption act, was
taken up and aaeutisd by the substitut oi
tho clauses Of the-senate exemption bin rclat
ing To overseers on elnutations. II was further
amended by incorporating all the provisious
Of the conference exemption bill rejected yes
tertmy Tess the paragraph relative to overseers
'&c. III fhis sBalse the biH passed after long
debate. ~
RnHWoxp, April 18th The House passed
the Exemption bill as reported on Gsdnes-
day lroa the Committee of Conference; II
also passed the bill to allow hospitAl secom-
modntiofs 10 sick and wounded officers at
one dollar por day. The lInnse adopted the
following device for the seal Of the Confedc.
rate states: : Equestrian portrait of Wash
ington. copied from fhe Monument at Rich.
mond, surrounded with a wreath composed of
the chief agricultural productions Of the
Soufh. Motto: Dec Duce Tfncenrss God
being our leader, we will conquer. The
House went into secret session on the tax
bill. "" '9
's' JArxsox, April IA special to tho Ap-
pesF srss INC Memphis Bulletin and Argua
were suppressed for pubrahrsg the tincin
natl Commercials censurs Of Grant.
yIcKsErkG. April l7.-Some eight ,af the
IenemY's .boats came down at eleven o'clock
last night. Heavy firing was opened by our
batteries. aud replied to hriskly b. come oI
the Boats. Ono boat wns fired by our guns
and burned TO the waters edge in font OF
the city. Tie others, including two trana-
psrls, passed down--two or three were
thong ht to be disAbled. None of them are
now in sight, bat cne transport is lying al
Brown & Johnston SEQ TIVE guns Of the Ian
kee battery en the peninsala, opeaed 90 thin
city this morning %, g. and one still firing
-Foxr HvpsoH, Aprh l7.---The enenys up
per feet returned above Bayou Para, and
stopped at Point Ooupee Post Office. aud re
turned let,ers taken on thcir way down
They committed no ,lepr redation. The lower
aees is quiet !; ore vessei in sight. .'
NrcksprRo; April l7.--Four prisoners from,
the boat, sunk last night, were brought IN TO-
day, and say the transport Henry Clay, was
Sunk, dhd sun-boat was burned. The La
fayctte was sunk by our batteries last night
also. The remainder Of the expedition. they
say, viii. come down tonight. The battery
OH the peninsula ceased firing late this affss.
noon. No damage done. ..
RicHxosp. April 1.-two steam propellel
gunboats, one Of large, size. both filled with
troops came up the York riyer on ThMzxday
The latter went up the PAaa amlscy river abest
o mile above Wsst Point Oar artillery open
ed FIRE, doing great damage. At the cad o.
the action she was gotten Of with great diff
Guilty Tire groans and screams Of the wound
ed were heard distinctly at West Point. Boti
propellers went down the river.
PoScH,rorLA, April L. The New Orleans
Era of tae .l4lh has the following; The cap
tured ram Queen Of the West was destroyed
this morning at 10 o'clock by gnnboats OF
Grand Lake and the crew captured. The gun
boat Diana, 10 in Alright place, and will preba
bly, I've captured or destroyed. The rebel
cvacu uated their works al CentsSvilio last nixhi
and retreated up the. Lake. Ii IL expected
thaG the relied force will be captured. Th
enemy is sew between the troops Of Genera
Grover and Gen. Emery. 9ea. Grover sas
ceeded in gaining tlsessesE of the enemy, an.
" ilt in.srcePG sheir reareAt. The encusy LEI
HE guns awd mmmaniti0h bellind hisn. wlAio
have fallen islto our hnnraa.
JACKSON, April l1.--Sews fron, Memphi
says Il regiments are to be sent 10 MississiI
pi to act as cavalry. Corinth Il as reportet
has been largely rtthfbreed. 80 !0eo have bee
lsent ,hero via the Tennessee river. The Yasc
aeet have gone down the Mississippi. Tu
transports and one gunboai went down ON sk
l3ti, and seven boats on the Is. A large ca
lsary force passsd -Mernphis, snppsssd fsGvtt
Tennensea river. The Mississippi is fallin
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