Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-02-17

Tie Richmond Dispatch says the House
has PASSED the Military Bill which originated
in tie Senate with amendments in substance
as follows:
Every body is rendered liablo to enroll
lnent for military service between Is and 45
Tor ths Ysr: the I'd section Of the Senate bill
which required the enrolment OF II at!e-
bodied males between 4j and 50, was stricken
cut, and & substitute adopted that all proTost,
hospital aad conscrip. service, all clerks and
assistants i'll the Quartcrlns,ter and Commits
sary departments, guards, laborers, dc, shall
hereafter be performed BY disabled soidicrs,
anil when these are exhausted, the President
saal call upon tho Governors of the several
Safes, for quotas OF men for such service, WHO
arc not liable to military duty.
The bill excmpts one editor who was OWL
er OF editor of a newspaper published Oh the
1lth day Of 0ctobcr, 1862, or.Eritr 10 tlat
date, and whica has letn so published rcgu
larly airce that Tine and who is a practical
printer, ard such jpurnryncn printers, as
such editor may, uGder oath, declsre indlSpen
sable for printing such newspaper; the pub.
lie printer and those employed to perform
public printing for the Confederate and State
Governments; Presidents and teachers oil
colleges end s.hocla: regu arly engaged a5
such for two wears previous to the passage OF
this act, whose yciools are composed OF TWEEN
ty students or mere; one While man at The
head Of 9 fllniy OF eight Ur mere white per
SONS who are dependent on bis labor for sup
port ono overseer cn each farm where there
are twenty slayes, provided there Is no white
mue adult on the place not liable to military
duty.
The bll also examp!s the President, Gu
pcria,cndc;it. Tresurrr and AUDITOR q! each
railroad engaged IN military transportation.
sad such officers CT employees as the SHper
intonlent shall certify OF oa:h 10 ba ncce .sary
for the effective operation Of the road: not to
exceed one fAr each mile in actual use tor
military transportation-the names OF such
employees TO be reported monthly to the
Secretary Of Wer with q certificate accom-
panying such report that na one laole TO
military duty iaa tce: employed, wh@re it
was p,t :.icprle 20 p.!cl": ;'ils :rt iaiic, ca
y;.o; oi' p.r!ora.i,g The rrq"lTed .iarl,s; the
wni;e officers oi negro file l,:pa;cs in cities
in existence on the lst of J.nuary, 1854.
And the Secretary Of War, under the d.
re.tion of the President, is AUTHORIZED to ex
en pI vi CSl'lii-sdCE Otitl HctsO!iH ds Uc 1lby
be satisfied ought to be exempted on account
CT puolic necessity; and to insure the. pro-
duc!ion OF grain FOR The army, or for non pro.
ducer5, he may grant exemptions Or details
to such oyerse=rs, farmers, or planters, as he
may be satisfied will be more useful to the
country in the pursuits OF agriculture than in
the military service provided the exemption
shall cease Whenever such person shall fail,
d;lis gently and in good faith, to engage e1cla.
syely in the production Of grain and provis-
ions, the surplus OF which must be sold to the
Government or non-producers at pricss not
exec e,,ing those fixed ut the time by apprais-
crs Of the vicina.,e under tie law imposing
tux iu kind, or tho Law regulating impress
meats.
Dentists arc specially excluded from tho
osue.its of tho clause exen.ptins. physicians.
These comprise the 'uain features Of the
.mcaAa.cnts of the House to the Senate bill.
Tie li!l as amended has been sent back TO
he Senate, aud it is quite probable that
,,nmiitee of conference will be bad between
he Use l!oi':eg.
yzsa- F7sjor M".h5 has been promoted to
.isutsnsat Colonvlcy by tho Secretary Of War
nd ..mpirs;ornd with that rnnk