, 1862-04-29
FreshLo of Brigadiers.
Thad. Stevens and Gen. Mcclellan.
10000 REBELS NEAR FRED
ERICKSBURG.

the ccpsus = list OF SHAREHOLDERS in the Dis
trict and the age Of their slaves, said
the information was twenty months old
and being private in character should
not be published. Referred to the Com
mittee on the District Of Columbia. |
The Catalina resolution OF the Washburn
Committee was postponed two weeks, On Mr..
Nashburne's motion, to Admit the printing
Of additional evidence before action.
Mr.. sedgWicE, Of N. T, is speaking On the
Welles Resolution.
Several dcserters who have recently come
within Gen. AlcDowel1fs Inc report the enc
my 10000 strong, Gig gbt miles south of Fred
ericksburg. This information is confined by |
several loyal blacks. Detachments Of the
1st New jersey cavalry, last. Friday, brought
into camp ten rebels belonging to the 9th Va |
cavalry, which they say is to be changed into
artillery. They we're captured 20 miles on
the south side Of the Rappahannock.
AL the church bells Of Fredericksburg had
been sent south to be cast into cannon, in ac-
cordancc with Beauregard's order. !
Private letters from Gen. Hunter announce
that he Is about to arm the negroes. Gen. Sax |
ton is to return to Port Royal.
The Republican this morning suggests the |
building Of the Pacific Railroad BY fugitive |
elayes now in Kansas.
4 rebel in the Capital Prison is said to have
waived the rebel flag from bis window, re-
Gently.
It is said that Yorktown will either be in
our possession or Q regular siege will be in
progress before the close Of next week.
Eaparp1 fE in ior,1 1F
ton, Va
The Honse by triumphant majority passed
Mr.. Morrilrs bill prohibiting polygany in all
Territories, and repeating the laws Of Utah
on that subject. Mr. ValIandigham and the
Democratic side approved the bill.
Mr.. Arnold Of Illinois, from the Committee
On Roads and Canals, presented to-day a
strong report in favor Of the enlargement Of
the Illinois and Michigan Canal; on which the
Committee is unanimous.
Thaddeu5 Stevens, in 3 speech, read e1-
! Secretary Cameron's original instructions to
| Gen. T. VI. Sherman [of Port RoyaD direct
| ing him to assume tho control and services Of
e1aves coming within bis lines from disloyl
masters in South Carolipa, and that they
i aaotld never be fc-eaH1a3ed Mr. Stevens
saia 4sanis sentence VILE erased after 1t Lett Mr.
Cumeron'e hands and Is understood TO haye
been stricken ont by Gen. Mcclellan.
julius White, Of Chicago, Co1ene1 Of the 37th
Illinois, and who commanded at Pea Ridge,
was nominated Brigadier General, to-day, for
gallant conducti In that battle. The following
arc nominated Bdgadier Generals: Colonel
Er,stus B. Tyler, OF Ohio; Colonel J, Vt.
Wright, Of missouri; Colonel Morgan l..
Smith, Of Missouri; Henry ]. Hunt, Of the
5th United States Artillery; Colonel Jacob
Annnou, Of Ohio; Vim. B. Thayer, Of Ohio;
Colonel Joshua{W. Sill, of Ohio; Colonel Ii, C.
Smith, Of Ohio; Colonel Stanley Mathews, Of
Ohio; Colonel Charles Cruft, Of Indiana
. Colonel James 8. jackson, {M. CO. Of Ken
{ tucky; aud Colonel ". ". DufHe1d, Of Mich
igau.
Mr. Colfax OF Indiana reported from tht
| Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads {
bill requiring railroad companies to csEry ant
= | deliver 1nails npon demand Of the Post 0f1iet
:. | Department, and whoever obstructs this U.s.
:, of any road is Iable, upon conviction, to b
1 fined five thousand dollars and imprisoned
!. one year.
: In the Senate, Mr: Pomcroy, Of Kansas, in
q troduccd bill, to. day, providing for the ex
animation Of imported liquors ut the Custom
- Houses, to sec if the same is adulterated. Th
J. importer may have rc-examinatlon by
d Chemist, upon appointment By the Collector
~ and if the liquor is pronounced impure b
# both it ehal1 be forfeited and destroyed, III
l. less re,e2portcd. The bill provides that who
ever wilful1J imports adulterated liquors {
:. adultcrates the same after Its passage througg
d the Custom House, or who sells impure Iqut
4 Us pure, shall be Liable to a fine Of not 1c:
u than i've thousand dollars aud Imprisonment
20 for one year.
IL Flag Officer Fsrragh writes that he b.
e with some difficulty got the Mississippi
G is and Pensacola over the bar below New O
:, leans on the 6th. Other vessels We
er at that time fast arriving, aud the mortar de
8, WAS getting into position He expected
u, u. commence operations on The 18th. Gen. Blu
y. ler was with him:
i'd Unofficial letters from Ship Island sta
:, that feet Of thirty.fvc war vessels an
" twenty-one mortar boats, had left there, s
ia companied By transports carrying sever
ou thousand troops, under Gen. Butler, the l.
es es ter 10 follow tho war vessels up the Miss
~ eippi, while other troops moved upon t
is city via Pontchatrain. The next news fro
i'd Tarragut's and Portet's feet will probably
- yia Memphis.
nd ITO the Associated P1ess.l
lie WASHINGTON, April ea.-Mr. Arnold, fri
res the Committe on Roads and Canals, has
Nd Of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The
ru- port states that the work has been mi
TO than half completed by the State
s, 4ye Illinois having expended over six Mill
rne nn dollars thereon. Ihe Committee has b
pa nual revenue Of about =, 600. This v
,ear be greatly increased by the enlargement
". | the Illinois river, as proposed. The State
a. Illinois ofers this canal and its revenue to
. .ter United atates on condition that Congress Y
uty provide the means Of enlatging it so as
Al pass gunboats from the lakes to the Mis-;
" sippi. This Will place Us on an equality r
Re- GTeat Britain, that power being able By
eT- canals to pass war vessels from the ocean
,an' the lakes. The report, IN view Of the fact t
aay; by treaty the United States are prohibited fr
WV building or constructing armed vessels
the the lakes, urges the necessity and importa
49, OF the immediate enlargement OF this ca1
OF could be passed through to the Lakes. J
ns1s I. this medium Of con neetion been opcne
lies the beginning Of the rebellion, the 1,300
atlar sells and 1900 sailors, now shnt up on
Inc Inc Lakes, would have been at the disPosa]
eay ury during the past year VI
md IND have been vastly more than the cost Of
ssiul contemplated work! The COMMITTEES bel
very it's income will more than pay the interest
nave it's cost, and that It will ultimately pay the
rs Of The Senate, In Executive Session TO-.
tne confirmed large number Of military NJ
m bou} 1f pstions, including the following name
'fbe, lev bs B.igadter- Generals q , ,xolunts
,,., T4 Col Tbos. p F. crittenden au Of Illinois; :
oeen Wm- r, Benton. Jeremiah c. Sullivan Je