New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-19
EDITORS HUNG IN RICHMOND
ACCIDENT TO GENERAL BLENKER
AN EMANCIPATION JUBILEE.
INTELLIGENCE FROM MEXICO.
District Of Columbia Slavery Statistics.
wasrISeToS. Friday. April lS, 1852.
OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN.


The following order has been issued:
WAR Dxr,nrurNr ADy-GEN's OYYIcE,
WAsHISGrON, April IL, lbo-
In the present condition of military operations at
Yorktown no posses given persons not immediately
connected with the troops In military capacity The siek
and wounded will he amply provided for by the Government
and their friends be allowed to visit them while tho
above prohibition ia in force.
L. THOMAS, Adjutsnt- General
THE TAX BILL.
The Finance Committee of the Senate have finished
the reading Of the Tax bill. and meet tomorrow to
talk over the amendments suggested by interested
parties. As yet, no action whatever has been taken.
Whether any radical change will be made is, there
fore, of course purely matter of speculation; but
the better opinion, in both the Finance and Ways
aud Means Committees. seems to be that the bill will
be reported substantially in the form in which il
parsed the House. leading member of the Ways
and Means Committee said today that be felt conf
dent that the general principles Of the House bill
would remsin unaltered. On the same authority we
sre assured that the new Tariff bill will not be re-
ported to the House until the Senate has acted
finally on the Tax bill.
EDITORS HUNG IN RICHMOND.
1t is said on the authority Of intercepted letters
Iiora Richmond that several editors Of Rebel news
papers have been hung for publishing intelligence
which was oontrsband Of
AGENTS TO RECErE PAY or SOLDIERS.
A general order from the Adutaui-Generaps Office
directs pavmasters to recognize sgents which States
may under certain circumstances, appoint TO receive
soldier psy.
ACCIDENT TO GEN. BLENKER.
rumor, which the War Department has not yet
had opportunity TO disprove verify, asserts that
Gen. Blenker has been seriously injured by fall
from hs LOrse. IL is not true that his command bas
been assigned 10 Gen. Rosecrans. The report to
this eff q probably arose from the fact that that oi-
is present stationed not far from Gen. Blenk-
er's Division.
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED
SEX and wounded soldiers, going home on fur
Tough, are entitled 10 transportation, but the cost
aaust be deducted from their pay.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BmL.
Doubts are expressed whether the Pacific Railroad
bill, which the IIcuse has postponed for one week,
will moi be- laid aside till next setsoD.
NEGRO JUBILEE.
The negroes of the District are having week Of
Jubilee over the Emancipation bill A meeting was
held all day in their church. near the south wing OF
the Capitol to-day.
TIE TRAINS TO MANASSAS.
Supcrinte ndent McCailum advertises that no
nas.eneer train will be from Washington or
Alexandria TO Manassas until further notice.
GEMS. FREMONT AND M'DowELL
Gen. Fremont will take the field in person next
week. Gen. Mcdowell was in town yesterday.
FROM MEXICO.
Official adyices from Mexico 10 the Doth ult. have
hs.n received. There is little to add to what has
TIL. ~ tha ia Oarde
a, On the whole not 60 bad for Mexico antci-
pated.
Robes was shot because he had agreed TO act as
Commissioner 10 Europe in behalf Of an insignif-
cant fraction Of the population who desire TO esb
lish monarchy and working with the Allies. Ad-
nnral de Ia Grayere, behalf of the French, had
notified the Government that France intends TO dir
regard that provision Of the Soledad Treaty which
requires the forces Of the Allies TO be Withdrawn TO
their former positions on the coas; before engaging
ia active hostilties.
The Sosuish aad English Commissioners were,
however. in favor Of abiding by the agreement
Tie Mexicans in the interior were organizing their
forces and making light artillery out of the church
bers Gen. Ortega was al San Luis de Potosi, and
Gen. Comonlort at Tamaulipas, basly at work for
their country. Nothing is said OF Marquez and his
followers, probably because Of their insignicance.
Tic news Of the Union victories in the Wet had
caused great rejoicing in the City Of Mexico, and
antcipatons that the war would be fnished In sixty
days were INDUCED in.
SENATOR HOwARD's SPEECH.
Senator Howard's speech Oh Senator Trumbulls
Confscation bill today is regarded as very able and
thorough. lie derived the power 10 coDiisca'e from
the war power, which be argued was recognized 70
s fullest extent by the trainers Of the Constitution,
who had exercised it before the Convention, in the
several States in the passage Of bills confiscating
tie property, sometimes Of tories named by the
hundred, and sometimes Of disloyal persons.
SHAREHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT.
Senator Summers resolution, adopted by the SEN
ate to-day calling upon the Secretary OF the Interior
70 furnish that body with the names OF the slave
holders in the District Of Columbia as given in the
las census with the Names number, and ages OF the
slaves held by sach WILL in conjunction with the re-
port ofthe Commissioners under the Emancipation ACT
shed light on the character of the patrisrccal inst
tuition, by showing how many patrarchs have ieit
slaves and all for the Rebel country within the past
year, and how many have sold or sent out of the
District rather than receive pay for their freedom all
their chattels that were worth anything.
FROM YoRKTOwN
A Paymaster just from Yorktown reports our
troops us ia the best Of spirits and eager for fight.
INTEREST ON CERTIFICATES or INDEBTEDNESS.
The New-York Chamber Of Commerce are urging
Secretary Chase to raise the rate of interest upon
CertiGcates Of indebtedness.