, 1862-05-30
THE TAX MEASURES In THE
SENATE.
Public Appropriations for
Private Benefit.
PANIC AMONG LEE3BURE
UMEQMlSTS.
REBEL CIVILIZATIONS AND
VACCINATIONS,
Rebel Clergymen In Virginia.
MARSHAL LANNON'S NlGGER- CATCH
ING SHORTENED In.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuue1
WASHINGTON, May q, 1852.
The effort to have Col. Tutt1e Of Iowa con-
hsmed as BrigadIer General, failed in Execu-
tive Session, for want Of q quorum No busi-
ness Was done except the confirmation of d
Quartermaster-
Mr.. Richardson's bill appropriatiug seventy
five Thousand dollars to purchase Minnesota
Row for & hospital, Was voted down in the
House to. day. The Surgeon General said he
did he didn't want it. Mr.. Morrill, Of Yer
mont moved as substitute, giving Mrs.
Dcuglas ten thousand dollars outright.
He faid it would be cheaper and
would answer the same purpose.
The HouEe by six majority voted to pur-
chase Of Messrs, Gales and 8eaton, 100
ccp;es Of the Annals Of Congress, at 1856
apiece; total s35,5o0.
This appropriation is really intended to prop
up the declining EnteUigeneer. There are 100
copies already in the Congressional libraries.
Among the yeas Was Voorhees, Of Indiana,
who uttered declaimer against public waste.
Thad. Stevens, the Chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee, and Walton Of Vermont.
Among the few Democrats who yoted nay
was Holman Of Indiana. The resolution
opened the way for more appropriations OF
! the same description, by providing that Gales
| and Seaton should not sell the remaining
| copies without giving timely notice Congress,
to give 1t the first chance to purchase them.
| A letter from Fort Monroe tells Of vessel
which after entering on board nearly three
hundred contrabands, suddenly sailed, sup
posed to have gone to sell them as slaves II
Cuba. 4 gunboat has gone in pursuit.
There are now in the old capitol prison, 13'
prlsoners-103 Of the latter are prisoners Q
WAT Three Of them are women, Mrs. Green
how, Mrs. Boxley and Mrs. Morris.
| At the request Of GOV. Stanly all person
from North Carolina are to be sent there.
The new Agricultural Department az
thorized By the late law is not yet pu
in operation. The Old Bureau this mornin
received two sacks OF wheat from Odessa, Ru!
sin. More is to be ordered for Distribute
should the wheat come up to expectation.
About $50 contrabands arc ia Duff Green
roW.
4 panic exists among the Unionists in Lee
burg, comprising, possibly, o tenth Of the il
) habitants. It is reported that on the rebel
, advance after the Front Royal affair, fifteen
the most respectable citizens Of Loudc
county were hung by the rebels, on the ros
beyond Winchester. The clergymen Of ii
vicinity, with 8 single exception, are reb
sympsthisers.
The Senate refused to tax slaves bya vote
fourteen to twenty-five.
McEsrs. Browning Of H., Lane Of Ind a1
Doolittle Of Wis, with a Connecticut Senate
and Wilson Of Mass. voted, with CoWan al
the Democrats, and border State members,
exempt. Rhode Island, with Messrs. Crime
J. Fessenden, Sumner, and most Of the an
= slavery men, voted to tax. The tax on ct
Q ton will now be pressed
= Since Gen. Wadsworth tore the woman he
q as q fugitive slave out Of Lannon's clutch
Il his military protection has been respecte
l. and notice given in every case, u enable h
~ to give each ease q thorough examination.
If Some have been remanded to the Marsl
y and others released.
u WAsn1SGToH, May ga gentleman, il
y from Leesburg, reports that the rebels in Il
= place had grand jubily on Sunday and hi
- - day over the retreat Of Banks.
l
g in Baltimore for the rebels by their age1
~ ~ were got down to Jackson without captu
- WAsHlSGToN, May 29.-Gen. McClel
= telegraphed to the Secretary Of War that
- - battle Of Hanover Court House resulted
IT. IT. the complete route Of the enemy. It is sta
os that We have taken 500 prisoners. The l
y, of the enemy istet down at 900. Our Il
y. bureid 100 Of their dead. Our loss is 375
y killed, wounded and missing, Of which
~ ~ were killed. The forces opposed to us #
~ ~ principally from North Carolina and GeorE
u Prisoners from North Carolina say they
- ~ very tired Of tie var, and that their del
~ will haye very demoralizing effect on
20 | rebel army.
ey ey The Washington special to the E'eniug
- - says the EateUigenoer ofto-day states that
u. Mcdowell is now at Manassas Junction y
Isl lss sufficient force to aid in the capture Of
~ Jackson's rebel army, ROW In the Shenand
~ =. Valley.
et The Military Committee Of the House
a IH report in favor Of enlarging the locks of
sEe sr Eric and Oswego canals for military purpo
r. r. The estimated cost of the enlargement
I'LL alone $3,500, 900.