, 1862-05-05
Matters WITH FARRAGUT'S
FLEET.
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS.
Rebel Papers Charge Treasonin the
Surrender Of New Orleans.

DUl1EuUE1 VI NGH OlltdHG.
Especial Dispatcl to the Chicago Tribune}
WASHINGTON, 10, T. II.
Hr. Summers bill abolishiug the coast wise
slave trldc, repeals three sections Of the act
of eighteen hundred and eight, and prohibits
| the transportation Of slaves from one domcs-
| tic port to another under penalties,
! The Senate Finance Committee have reduced
| the tax upon slaughtered animals, upon some
I classes fully one-haH A delegation from the
| butchers OF eastern cities urged it.
/ Petitions for compensation fof forty-tTo !;
! slayes-twenty- belonging to one master, |;
! laye been filed with the Emancipation Com
missioners this Wcck. (!
| The New York Tract Society has mission
| aries at work among the colored refugees.
I Secretaries Chase and Seward, aud others
| went to Fort Monroe in the revenue cutter
Miami last night.
When States assume the care Of their sick
and wounded soldiers, their r1tions arc com
| nlutcd at twenty-five ccnts.
Richmond and Norfolk papers hint ut trea-
son in the surrender Of Nrw Orleans (bosh,}
ard charge the rebel Congress with adjourn
lug through fright, and deny that there is an
intended abandonment Of Virginia., in tone
implying their apprehension Of such i course.
Richmond correspondence to the Norfolk
Day Book says the Congressional delegations
from Georgia and South Carolina urged jeff.
Davis to withdraw the troops from those
/ States rather than give up Norfolk and Rich
| 1noud aud the correspondent speaks of the
arrival Of 4 South Carolina regiment, thirteen
hundred stroug, from Sullivan Islaud, shout
ing, 4O1d Virginia. she must and shall be
frte," and adds, JEFF. Davis recently in d short
speech to the soldiers going to 7 Yorktown,
said lie would continue tho war for tTenty
ycars rather tlan surrender one iuch Of Vir-
ginia soil. (Half the State is now in Federal
j occupatioD.)
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The current report
| that Gtn. Mcdowell has crossed the Rippl-
s.annock and occupied Fredericksburg is
untrue Telegraph communication is csiab-
: iisht with him.
= Dispatches from Gen. HAIlcck dated ycster-
:. day eay nothing Of the reported evacuation Of
u C,rintl. Il is discredited.
i D+,eItion5 IRON the rebel army here con-
& tlnue 10 be 1aluerous lAtI IRE cemlng in
!, daily, almost hourly, from various directions,
ard an agree in their statements that the rebel
> force st Yorktown is about 100, 600, aud Of g
J very E. n. ral depression of spirits, among both
/. officers ard ILL., TIE news OF our recent
I
~ 1t is understood that L Board recently ap-
| pointed BY the Srcrct;;rJ Of the Navy to e1-
O. anime the Stevens battery, has, after full
is investigation, reported that it should be In
- | lELCd, but that some notifications should be
ID made in the details Of the work to be- done.
IL Senator Summers bill, Of which he gave no
he ticc Saturday, Tepeals three sections OF thu
-. act Of 1903 regulating the coastSise SLAVE
Id from one part OF the United States to anothe
nd penal otfenee.
~ Tie latest count shows that there arc on
- hundred apd sixsy-cight Brigadlcr Generals
ay tcrial action. a favorable report. hss bcel
do made on the recommendation Of Dtn. E
49, Sick1rt, aud there sec1ns to be no douot tha
VI be will soon be confirmed. The bill propa=in
ir5 to limit the humber Of Brigadier Generals I
in. 2CO and Major Generals to 26 will in all prot
.ch ability, become law
.0N THUS far, or within two days, application
lay have been 6led for compensation for ~ Of ii
ia slaves manutui1tted in the District Of Coluu
,1v lin urd~r the emancipation act.
-. \ special TO the n. 7. Ihst from Washiu!
'ss to,l saws Chase aud Seward went down
and Feitr, SIS MONROE last night.
,lu- n. asure arr in contemplation for the bett
nv, | d.f; rsp nf cur Northern frontier.
e.e NEW YoIk, Mny 3.-Tnc Htrd{d's Nashtn
'1S ton Aiel,a ch says: About two m"n'hs ago J
il is sa eu thai there WAS in contemplation by Il
nj! Gov rpme1t az amnesty mea:urc-ih1i 1t !"
..,, pru|rrosed to offer ss5d amnesty as soon
tnd other specified places. Now learn, not IN
- of nu,.y words directly, but indirectly. t1at t
m | euhNct matter OF such amnesty measure is
sua}ly under consideration and may soaa
tnc issu+d, the whole depending on the imnedls
two SUCCESS or dcieat Of our arne- Was told Sol
urn | time ago that such amnesty would be e2'e1
et to Ill except Davis and his Cabinet, and
"se Confederate Major and Brlgadicr Genera
this With a few prominent aud efficient civilians
cted The New York 7s"Us special Nas!llogt
,on. dispatch says the town was startled by u
NOR 10 day that all the mebers OF Congress
The Bor3.r Slave States, and i nuubcr Of CT
rom serya.iyc sHnpathizers from other Stat
te Of were fcrionsiy eoneide1ang tne p5opriesy
,-a1, Withdrawing in 8 body from tho Senate
'en' | the Huusec, and the precipttatlng OF q
] be- cition By Tie people of the whole country
Ltion the radical measure OF connscatlon ano EN-
-ne-s cifaton.
'neFs Ihy Finance Committee of the Senate
'erty ctived dcputat;on Of butchers from \
,rdvr York, Philadelphia and Baltimore tod
oytd oy Nnoee 10y s,'',,h,penet IT,,
Cd In According to reliable information from R
mond, the planters arc determined to raist
tobacco thie Etason sud the military bad
| ceI. ed the stock on hand TO prevent Its fall
'uoi's into the hands Of the Federal army.
ptnre The following has been received By the
and tary Of war th's D,orn5ng:
Ttc Richmond Examiner of the I'd cont
the annexed news items.
SAVANNAH, May la dispatch from
Ash. Corin'h corr spondert Of the Repu4i
hirssy o"lto .s'n apl4, sa9 ~. .aeGneu5 uaS
"an's diminishing drily.
II tue Nfor1LE. May Ia special dispatch to
shoot Mobile Adtsrf'ser from Corin'h, 26th nit !,
feder- ttat N'i Sco't; WIN ~ eonlpau'e W ~
go: If Eederals from Tuscunbia, killing se
ard taking fuft5 prisoners, The enemy b
e.t their s1oree aid were pursued hy the Col
18as. prates. The result is unknown.
Firing Thc telegraph operator ut Bay *. Z 7
r., and fea1 ~" " 80
a.sAeh- sugar and mo1asees which Wert: thrown
ring to thr river and streets.
boast- TIE city Was to be surrendered on the
y a,;,, ult., but the time #as extended Some {
l u'i'e epenb, y vessels bad gone up the river.
SAVANNAH, Ga May l-Geu- Lswtor
e shell formally communicated to the City Co
nd the his dete1m,natlou u i sn5Ienuef' M ~ Il,
.tion Of .s',,11,e NJ, % III Fon1ke. cdi1
, boats the Memphis Aeoldnche, has been arreste
puhltahing an article calculated to arr y
e7e agaiust the Government
CHAR1EsTos, May 1.-The Federals c:
ed small battery Of two guns near
Rowe, | Point, - u,i1-s from Charlestnn. Gen.
III busi- has sent u force to look at the fankc
furoi-h- ACGrsrA, April 30.-The New 0rlean
British ltf{n Of Friday sass that F. D. Renah:'~ +
ltor, aud iede'ae, STATES Nav5 agent: tel:grapne<
our (rebel) gnnboats had been fred at
of the ipg ove1powe1ed By the enemy. The
~ e ia | Depatmen1 received q similar disp2tc
damned Saturday, but 1t is not known what boz
referred to-