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not less than $40.0OOoOo annually. 1t will be
reported from the Committee 10 the Senate materially
modified.


RELEASE OF COL. VAN wYCK.
Col. Van Wyck, after being under close arrest for
three days, on the charge of appropratng to ths
OF bis regiment abandoned Rebel property, has been
released from custody. The incarceration Of the
Chairman Of the Committee on Government Con-
tracts amused the soldiers
REWARD OF LOYAL BLACKS.
A bill will be introduced into Congress, at the
suggestion of the Navy Department, giving tho
Charleston pilot and his Of loyal blacks the full
value of the prize which they brought to the block
aiding squadron.
DISMISSAL OF ACTING MASTER STONE.
Acting Master Stone, who WAS in command oil the
Emily St. Pierre when she was recaptured by infe-
rior force has been dismissed the service. His re-
Fort of the affair does not materially differ from the
accounts published in the English papers.
CONFIsCATION AND EMANCIPATION.
The most important question that came before the
select Committee of the Senate on conilscatlon and
emancipation is left undecided. Mr.. Wilson pro-
posed section authorizing and recurring the Presi-
dent Immediately after the passage of the act to
issue a PROCLAMATION declaring the slaves OF all
Rebels who should not lay down their arms within
thirty davs forever free. The Committee stood
four 10 forr, Mr.. Cowan absent, and it WAS con
cluded to report the bill to the Senate without this
section. with tie understanding th.t it would be in
troduced there.
STRICKEN FROM TIE ROLLS.
DR.. A. j. Butler, Assistant Surgeon Of the army
has been stricken from the rolls for intoxcation and
neglect OF duty.
THE CONSERyE-SIhyERY PARTY
NJ. of ln}a boo
timely hint, from source he respects not to affiliate
with tie Conserve-Slavery party.
A FORGERY.
The letter to Flag-Olicer Farragut, from Com
mander De Conet, of the French vesseofwar
Milan, published in the New-Orleans newspapers,
demanding notice of sixty days before bombarding
the city il pronounced in the best informed circles
here forgery.
DEATHS At WASHINGTON AMONG OUR SICK
SOLDIERS.
j. Steele the 6iih Regiment ~ Y s ", died on the
s.eamboa. AIrowsmith, on Thursday night.
Jw. Kelly OF the 5th New Hampshire Regiment. died on
the same boat. Of typhoid fever, on Friday night.
Joha BcTst Of the lo3d Pennylyana Regiment died On
board the Louisiana, Thursday night.
tWAsHrsGroS Saturday, May 10, 1852.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN THE DISTRICT.
Since yesterday eight or ten fugitive slaves have
been returned to their claimants 1t ia estimated
there were in Washington recently about thousand
slaves principally from Prince Georges, Maryland,
adjoining this District. AT least forty shareholders
from that county were at the Court House to-day
filing their petitions for reclamatons. The runaways
in some cases, as many us twenty-one, are claimed
by single person. In several instances after the
Cour. had Issued the necessary writs, the Marshal
and his DEPUTIES were unable 10 find the fugiives,
who having BIZ some means been informed of the
judicial process, removed beyond the reach of ar
rest.
THE REFUGEES FROM FLoRIDA--A PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT FOR FLORIDA RECOMMENDED.
large number Of refugees from Florida are here,
including some Of the weatnest property. owners IN
the State. Having no Senator OF Representative IN
Copcfess. tley applied to Senators Wright Of Ind
aua and Browning of Illinois 10 represent them.
They ask the erection Of Florida int' separate mil
itary department.
REPORTED sERyILE INsURRECTiOS IN MARY
LAND.
4 letter received here to-day from Leonardtown,
St. Mary's County, Maryland, has produced much
excitement. Il stales tha, plot for negro insur-
recion in the adjoining couniies-Charles sud Prince
Georre-hsd been discoy cred, and that great alarm
exists among the white population. The planters
were preparng AIMS and patroll.ng every nelghbof-
hood Several negroes implicated in the insurrec-
,joDsry movement have been arrested. These three
counties have the largest proportion OF the negro
population in the State
THE CALIFORNIA COLLECTION DISTRICTS.
The Senate Collection District bill abolishes the
Districts Of Monterey, San Diego, Sacramento, So
nora San joaquin, and San Pedro, merging them all
in that OF San Francisco; provides an Inspector at
Monterey, San Diego, Sacramento, Benicia, Stock
Ton. and San Pedro; and reduces the salaries OF OIL
Gers to ali equality with those in other collection dis
trcts
DEATHS or SOLDIERS.
The following deaths Of soldiers here are reported;
p,s,. siirk.r Company Il. tGlh n. i. Volunteers
Tho. b. Tnickrn, Company II, 9ld y. Y Volunteers.
yS. lnS Siiii5i Iiof1 conpsay H. ois n Y vouDee
Moe. Wilcox Company &, Ssh Pom Volunteers
Geo. scott, Company IL, cd n. \. kounieess
WssHING.Os, May !5 1862
MAI. MATTER ToR BURNsiDEs COMMAND.
The post OGce Department has directed lllst all
plsi, matter destined for Gen. Blrusides command,
in North Carolina shall hereafter be sent 20 New
York.
THE TRUSsIAN CLOSED MAIL.
The Post-Ofice Department gives notice that here
after the single rate o: postage for prepaid letters
transmitted per Prissian closed mail between the
United States and all pats Of Germany, except the
Grand Duchy Of Baden, will be 28 ine.ead Of 30
cents. All unpaid letters to whatever part Of Ger
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