Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-03-04
NEW CONSUMPTION ACT.

The committee Of conference on the con
sciiption act came toa conclusion last week.
Both Senate and House bills were formed in
TO new bill. which, as i! becomes law by
virtue Of the adoption of said agreement,
contains the following important provisions
First-Both classes under the old law are
made into enc, and subject to future drafts.
SccOna-There are no exemptions except
the Vice President, Judges Of Federal Courts,
and Governors Of States.
ThWd-The Communication clause of $500
Of the old law is retained.
FaurM--Persons who have conscientious
scruples against bearing arms including all
clergymen, are exempt, provided their course
q: lif, has shown them to be sincere, but are
required to pay $500, which fully relieves
them.
T,.fth-Ths following is the communication
clause in full as il is law:
"SEcuos b. And be it FURTHER enacted,
That any person drafted into the military
service Of the United States may, before the
time fixed for his appearance for duty at the
daft rendezvous, furnish an acceptable sub
stitute. subject to such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
War; that, if such substitute is not liable to
draft, the person furnishing him shall be cX
clnpt from draft during the time for which
such substitute is not liable to draft not ex-
ceeding the term for which he was drafted
End, if such substitute is liable to draft, the
name of The person furnishing him shall be
liable TO the draft in future calls, but not un-
Ill the present enrolment shall be exhausted.
This exemption shall not exceed the term for
which such person shall have been drafted.
And any person now in the military or naval
service of the United States, not specially
designated 10 pass, who has served more
than one year, or whose term, if unexpired,
shall not, al the time Of substitution, exceed
six months, may be employed as substitute
to serve in the troops Of the State in which
he enlisted. And, if any drafted person
shall hereafter pay money for the procurstion
o! substitute, under the provisions of the
act to which this is en- amendment, such
payment Of money shall operate only to re.
licye such person frGm draft on that call, and
his name shall be retained on the roll, and he
shall be subject to draft in filling future quo.
las. But III no instance shall the exemption
sf any person on account of his payments
Of Communication money for the procuration
OF substitute extend beyond one year; but
81 Inc ehd CT one year. IN every such case,
the name of any person so exempted sha!
be enrolled again, if not before returned to
the enrolment lists under The provisions of
this section.
The other provisions Of the law are unim-
por;ant.
IT VII; be remembered that some two
moNIhs ago General Thomas, Of the Army
Of the Cumberland. assessed the sum of ,hir-
ty thousand dollars, 70 he collected Of resi-.
dents in the neighborhood of Chattanooga,
10 be paid to the families OF three Union sol.
diers who were brutally assassinatcd by rob.
els. One Of these murdered soldiers was
named Jacobs, and his family resides near
Delevan, Wisconsin. We learn from the
Da!cvsn Rtpubiieqn that Mrs. Jacobs has
just received her share of the proceeds Of
this righteous assessment 10000, a mem
her of General Slocum's staff having arrived
from Chattanooga Oh Friday last with tho
money. $3.50 of it is to go to each Of hel
three children, and the same amount to h r
self She Immediately had tho money in
vested in Government securities,