New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-12
the WAR FOR THE UNION.
SaIety of Gen. Lewis Wallace.
INCIDENTS OF TIE SIEGE OF ISLAND No. 10.
fHg PASSAGE OF MEASURES OF FREEDOM.
The Slave Trade Treaty with England.
Vote on the District Emancipation Bill.
INCIDENTS OF THE SIEGE OF ISLAND No. 10.
fHg PASSAGE OF MEASURES OF FREEDOM.
The Slave-Trade- Treaty with England.
Vote on the District Emancipation Bill.
OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN.


sS:ns snd So sy. h BEEN other %
and State authorities and which have not been reported
'''''EsD w NJ STANTON, Secretary of War
WAR DEPARTMENT. wAsHISeroS, April H. 1861.
Grave complaints against Assistant Surgeons
Hewitt srd suP having rssched the Department they are
s.sgeut surgeon regarded By hi. Department
= enemy his country and his snd viii be dealt with
'''''''' EDWIN sTasTSs W. W.
SAFETY OF GEN. LEWIS WALLACE.
Senator Lane Of Indiana received telegram to-
dsy, assuring him of the safety of Gen. Lewis Wal
lace.
INCIDENTS OF THE SIEGE OF ISLAND NO. TO.
For some time before the fall Ct Island No. TO- |
there was regular mail communication between
Cairo and New-Madrid by small boats through the
suice cut by COL Bissel. A letter from the latter
plsce SAWS that the decks Of the Carondelet were,
after she had run the Rebel gauntlet, literally COW
cred with musket balls.
The writer saws: 1.-The enthusiasm among Gen.
Pope's soldiers on her arrival prodigious Cheer
upon cheer was given for the gunboats, Commodore
Foote, Capt. Walker the Carondelet the Navy and
the Union. Capt. Walker was escorted by zen.
Pope his quarters and his boats were picked
up bodily by the soldiers and passed around, Bowery
Theater fashion,"
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE AND STATISTICS.
Senator Foster to-day introduced bill TO create
Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics ID the Depart
znent Of the Interior the chief executive officer
20 be called "ConmissiOner OF Agriculture and
Statistics" to be appointed by the President
The Bureau is to be charged with collection and dir
sibution of new varieties of seeds grains and plante,
the procurement Of information in relation 10 modes
OF cultivation, renovation and drainage Of the soil,
md concerning domestic and foreign trade, manufac
turs, banks, and currency, ETC., Of the United
States and taking the decennisl census The charges
and corporations are TO be the IN the
Patent Office.
THE MARCH OF FREEDOM.
Three steps 10 the interest Of Freedom were taken
by different branches of the Government to-day
The President signed bis gradual Emancipation
luton. The House, by more than two-tbirds vote
passed the bin sbolshng Slavery in the District of
Columbia, and the Senate, by equally gratifying
majority, repealed all laws disqusfyng eoored per-
sons from carrying the mails. In the House several
Republican members who had prepared speeches in
favor of the Abolition BILL voted for immediate ac
zion upon il. Among the Ayes were several Demo
crsts, and several ultra Conservatives and every
Republican. number Of Democrats from New
York were conveniently absent The House grew
wild with excitement it rejected amendment after
anendnenf and finally passed tire bill al ii came
from the Senate. Ii now Only awaits the signature
ef the President. SeDst0r S1uiDsrs bill enabling
oolored persons be mail passed the Senate
without a word of debate. Ii ever certainly not OF
late years has Jil opposed to the preadice Of race
met with such a reception gs this. IL was introduced
quietly, quietly referred TO the Post-Otce Commit
tee reported back by Senator Collamer, and Isssed
NJ if it were affecting only white people
Thomas Jeheisons Postmaster-General, Gideon
Granger is the father Of the law which The
Senate voted 10 repeal. In 1902, he recon-
ineDded its passage in public communication,
but gave his real reasons in private letter TO q
Georgia Senator, he saying it 100 delicate q sub
iect 10 be discussed openly; but the truth that
negro EMPLOYED ia the carriage Of tie MALE would
soon get ID know too much 10 know HE rights"
Mr.. Changers recommendation did not become "a law
ill 1870 In 1875, when the Post-Ofice laws were
remodeled the statute Of 1870 aimed in substance
was modified IL form. II stil stands upon the STAT
ute books aud impose fine Of $40 for every vio-
lstion OF iis provisions
THE sLAyE-IRADb.
The President this afternoon, sent hesssge 10
the Senate transmitting treaty between The United
States and Grea, Britain for the more efeciuaI sup
precision of the save-rade accompanied by the cor
respondence on the subject between Secretary Sew.
ard and Lord Lyons The treaty was negotiated al
Washington on the 9TH inst.
THE EFFECT OF ISACrIOS.
The troops in the advance of McDowell's division
are in good health and spirits. AT MANASSAS, how
ever grea; disorder prevails The troops left in poe
session have become insutordinste. The neigbbOr-
hood il devastated by bands Of drunken SOLDIER,
against whose violence the renonaIaDces Of the
Trustworthy few avail nothing. Officers and men Of
the 5th Pennsylvania mingling in the mos,
dsraeef1l exhibitions OF drunkenness.
E8ASCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.
Pie following are the Yeas and Hays on the pas
ssge Of tie ill sb9lshiDg Slavery in the District Of
Columbia:
f0f-fessr'. Alddch 1ley, AIuold, A'hsy. Dsbbht,
bHAe, Browne IN. BufuloD. Campbell, Clainbeflsn,
,i~iA ;as, ffediIlek L. C1u. L. T. Conki1 CosOds
Snds 5ioi Ana,h. feston, Ro..enden Fih'f tianchol
ZEN, 'escl 0o"a"is Srsn.er Insight as Ethcae'i
oKNlcif kl Isui'.s LOou .s tosrjp3. Mcknight.
nsPherrr. 4ifliol Neclehe-d. Moffl Mel 1oiril
th4A Rec tNe Risile Rollins a. I o.rgss,t. sedg-
wiek attrts. Sir 3D. 3hflt1neer, sos' rTni1aH ste
E-a s.nu,S' fn'na. taArh 1isini tf'wo,i9se; 'ah
"s'houise wA-o'or, Wlhe G4tD W.tou, aud Nind,m /
b. 1g6 c Ae1 E Den ~ .l siaee &c., B9 n
hhs,a Is iioiaas I9'n on haspp L." L7'e. @f.io'y
r ne. Rollins t6oJ fte' Steel ~ y, Steele o., y
rhona, 3d., Nalisi cigaeln Nooic, Wadswofth, WOOD
VINE lOaol W.eitfe Wright
The p4ssage Of the bill was followed by applause
IN he House today. Onlytwo members from Slave
holding States Meosrs. Blair Of Missouri and Fisher
Of Delaware voted for IL, and Of the thirty nine
against, twenty-five are from tire Free States.
cONPIRSIAriONs.
Tine Senate, to-day, in Executive session, con-