, 1861-12-05
CONSOLIDATING THE ARMY,
REBELS SCARED At P0eAH0HTAS,
FROM WASHINGTON.

The debate in the Senate, to-day, by VII |
son, Hale, Fessenden, Sumner, and Grimes, |
on the Washington Judiciary, the jail, and
slavery in the District Of Columbia, was re-
frcsling. Nobody defended erin=titution.
Some bill will probably pass, abolishing
slayery in the District Of Columbia, either i'm
mediately by compensating legal owners, or
by declaring all born after certain date free
Senator Wilson, in introducing joint resolu-
tions directing for the discharge Of all colored
persons in the city Jail now held to answer
for specified crimes, read from an elaborate re-
mort made tothe Provost Marshal (Porter,)
hv dctcct!1c employed to examine
into the condition q the .nearoe::S;seeta.
contrabands. He (the detective) states that
he found sixty in filth, a prey to contagious
diseases, without shoes, with Insufficient
clothing, bedding, or fire, aud i'll a half starry
ing condition. The detailed statements Of the
whole number incarcera:ea, follow i'll the re-
port. The majority belonged to rebel masters,
from whom they ran away, some because OF
the threat Of being taken to Manassas, some
in consequence Of nl-trcatment, some because
llcy would not follow tllcir masters to the
rebel amy. Two or three we're free men from
Maryland, Minnesota, or Pennsylvania, who
accompanied Northern regiments. Several
belonged to owners whose political sentiments
do not appcar, Several were in the employ o.
tlc Government at the time Of their arrest.
Among them, one once belonging to John 4.
Washington, who declined to 90 to Manassas
| to wait on his master and Col. Lee. One be
| longcd to Toderington, once IN officer OF the
| Senate, but now captain in the rebel army who
left his slave here till the end Of the war.
| Representative Gurlcy's confscation and
| colonization scheme, Of which gaye you no.
tlcc yesterday, will provide for the freedom o1
| all slaves belonging to the rebels, their ena
| ploymcnt during this war in such way as ma,
| be best calculated to bring it to Il successful
termination, their apprenticeship at its elos'
to loyal masters for six years, and their finn
colonization to some tropical climate selected
meanwhile by Commissioners Their wase'
arc to contribute to the colonization fund.
Mr. Arnold, Of Illinois, has given notice 0
| Il similar bill.
Mr. Arnold has also given notice Of bill t.
establish, national armory and arsenal a
Chicago.
Tie 10, COO uniforms manufactured in France
and recently arrived in New York, are to b
the reward Of discipline and Yalor; and tn
SD Pennsylvania and 18th Massachusetts Wei
each presented with q complete regiment;
outfit today. The SD is accredited the be!
: regiment in Gen. ButterGeld's Brigade, whie
is the best brigade in Portcr's Division, whn
is the best division in the Potomac a11ny. II
| 1or and J,sa3fhet
all equipments and appcnasses.
{? A large invoice Of the importation b
|, gone West.
Furitiyc slaves who have recently arriy
report from 10000 to $1,000 troops betwe
Centreyille and Bull Run, with only one re
mcut at Germantown. There is trouble
T tween the Virginia and South Carolina troo]
ie Some Of the latter have gone home.
d, Gen. Benham, from Gauley, is here un'
q" arrest. He asks for A court Of inquiry on
,c question Of who let Floyd escape:
it. Secretary Seward las ordered 1nG ssaeh
OF ton police to discontinue sending contraba1
~ -. to Jail, and to treat them as under nlilit
nd protection. So much for the airing giyer
In the matter in the Senate.
~ The Treasury report will not be ready
q. Saturday. 1t will propose and urge the ad
hc tion Of some paper money and banking
sc TEN by which Government circulating III
~ ~ um will be created.
sc Mr.. Faulkner, at Fort Warren, has Wri'
on to Congressman Fenton, Of New York, ?
on ing to be put OH parole and sent to Riehme
IL he he pledges himself 10 exchange Mr. Ely
ere himself.
ted The Indiana members were serenadcd
aso Ok, uicht. Speeches were made by Senator HI
md s. Lane, Schuyler Colfax and VIM NJ. D'
Secretary Cameron entertained Russell
Ks the London Times, and few other friend:
1T, 1T, dinner, tonight. He was afterwards c:
nty upon by Vice President aatnnh ano i n'n
ere, | of f{,onnressmen.