The national Republican., 1862-06-06
sEs AND snrses AT rn. CAPITAL.

sEE AND saIHes AT raE CAPITAL.
pe,seasA > UasA 3,
Il ssems 70 Do e.dsStaU ~ the on
cotton ssrsss b - y ssnc = 4 one he cent
per pound-hs V. = Ne =, .aeaon q Con-
srss spoa - bs sssh Of AsaAjsct nhnot
nearly 20 high tax as many members desired
70 impose, but On The other hand, ths nanufao-
tarsa- maze yiolsntly oppossd - any tax. Thsy-
arc willing 70 try this tax, and, II ID said, with
how much truth we cannot Ay, that Western
.nsa oonssatsd 10 ANY nall tax on oottoa
yin ~ undsrstsndlas Itlat ths W - real
ssass shall be droppsd sfssr tAis Sssr. it'-
The subject Of oonnscatioo will soon BE- up
10 Tho senate-just % sooa ~ The msunoth
tsx bill IL out Of the WY. Action Of some
kind upoa tbs nhject vii b taken, - n early
adjournment is bsooming popular In both
branches Of Congress. The House oon0scation
bill lies upon the Senate table, and can be
taken up at any lime BY q majority vote. r,
b WHY ADJoURSs 49,.
In times like these why should Congress id.
journ sias die I, Civil war raging throughout
The lsnd--momentous events d hand-yet
Congress proposes to adjourn as carly az usual
In times Of peace and quiet Once adjourned,
and no matter what The emergency, Il cannot
we'll be called together before IL usual time Of
meeting In December. II strikes Us that II the
old psr dim pay arrangement was obtained,
-n,.tA ia ali NJ A.
sirable 10 escape the hot weather, how easy to
take . reoes Of six or eight weeks. There are
members Who strongly favor this plan, but the
majority are 20 anxious 70 get 10 their homes,
hat q resolution Of adjournment will d any
Hme be popular, as was proved the otter day
in the House. Some very important legialasion
will be neglected by this desire for an early ad-
journment, We fear. Better, at least, see to II
that all the important bills are parsed before q
resolution Of sdjournment Is aged to.
SOLDIERS IN THE PESrTENTIARY.
A resolution was passed In the House yes.
terday calling upon the Secretary Of the Inte-
rior for information respecting the number Of
soldiers in the District Penitentiary and for
what offence they were sentenced. We can
give some Of that information. About ninety
soldiers are now under the care of the warden.
Among them Is one Methodist minister. One
soldier l. in for year for taking newspaper
that did not belong to him. All these men
were sentenced BY court martial. We hear
the Secretary Of the Interior refuses 10 receive
any more soldier.prisoners into the jail, and
will ask the War Department 10 take the ninety
now in the Jail somewhere else.
BACK FROM DIXIE.
A brother of Postmaster King Of The House
Of Representatives, who was taken prisoner al
Ball Run, got back to Washington yesterday
otter nearly years experience iu Dixie. He
has had pretty rough fare throughout bis ab.
senos, but says the rebels have begun, Of lsts,
70 grow more respectful towards the "Ysnkscs.' "
They no longer call the United States troops
towards, and have got little sick Of insisting
that Northern soldiers dare not fight Southern
rebels
| WELL SAID.
There was a significant editorial in the Balti
more American Of yesterdays date, and ".
clip a paragraph from IL:
"That slavery Ia xssailed more by Gpenis thar
by any olass Of persons 10 apparent to all. III
Avowed purpose In the cotton States--to ayeng,
itself for its mishaps on the "whole civilize,
| world" )" by the Wholesale and suicidal destruc
lion Of cotton--cannot but react with fearfl
6Drce upon the institution tcherever Il erists
and those are indeed blind who cannot see Il
And II those most deeply concsi ned viii 10
recognize the facts, and more, take measure
to protect themselves, instead Of standing still
idly dreaming that storm so sweeping In !,
oh tracter will 20 harmlossly by. II shall not b
our fault, for We shall at least keep them at
vised OF the sspec, Of the question from tim
IN time" ~.
That 10 we'll said--iruihfully said. VII
will not the border State men in Congress Sc
what is coming and project themselves" b
adopting the Presidential scheme Of emancips
don! SPECTATOR.